Appeal for Rescue from Bandits in Manchuria
An appeal from Mrs. Pawley regarding British subject Charles Corkran and herself held by Chinese bandits in Newchang Manchuria. A servant carried a note to a brigands camp urging swift action, warning of beheadings and ears, while Corkran's letter said clothes arrived and begged for money. The captors demand ransom and threaten further harm if not met within days.
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Newchang
Manchuria
Gharles’Corkran
Ahhother
Corkran
Finke
Big Bills Popping From Pocket Of 12YearOld Jimmy
Chicago story reports James Noble Jr. age 12 displays hundreds and thousands in cash from his pocket. He shows a $500 bill a $1,000 bill and several fifties prompting police to question. He explains mother left and father went to Denver leaving him to fend for himself. He discovered $1600 in a tin can in his clothes closet and police vaulting it while they search for the father. Swill go to reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Noble, Jr
Yates
Jimmy
Denver
Jock
Reformatory
Parole Violator Hildebrand Returned to Reformatory
William Hildebrand, a parole violator from the reformatory in Dodge City for burglary, was arrested here on forgery and car theft charges. County Attorney R B Stevens said he would be turned over to state authorities for custody after a conference with federal officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Hildebrand
State
Reformnatory
Stevens
Ccase
Hildebrane
Reformatory
Hoppe Coming Monday Exhbition at Swede's Billiard Hall
Willie F Hoppe world renowned billiard player to appear Monday at Swede's billiard hall with exhibitions at 3 and 8 pm. He is acclaimed as the greatest all around billiard player, holder of 18-2 balkline title and top finishes in world three cushion events. Demonstrations of trick shots included. Nazis interrupt Prussian Diet during debate on officials’ obedience to Prussia’s commission government amid uproar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoppe
Berlin
The
Naxis
Commission
Prussia
Machray Is Sentenced In Manitoba University Case
Winnipeg man John A. Machray former bursar of the University of Manitoba is sentenced to seven years for each charge after pleading innocence. Authorities allege he diverted funds totaling 901000 from the university and 60000 from Heber Baldwin his former law partner, with alleged long-running speculation over several years. Machray is 67 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
John A. Machray
University of Manitoba
Univer
Heberibald
Machray
Home Loan Board to Announce Directors After Acceptances
Washington Sept 22 AP The Home Loan bank board has picked seven directors for each of its twelve banks but will not announce names until acceptances arrive from the appointees. Telegrams went out yesterday but replies are insufficient to finalize committee appointments. Salina Kan Sept 22 AP Ray Tidrick truck accident victim seriously burned but expected to recover.
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Washington
Home Loan Bank ‘Board
Salina
Kan
Ser 22
Tidrick
Revenue Laws Taxes Are Beginning to Mount Up
Washington AP reports tax receipts from new levies on gasoline, electricity, banks, stock transfers and other sources reached nearly 400 million by July 1 and 70.94 million in August. Officials expect further increases as 1932 act yields rise but warn receipts may slow as taxable merchandise stocks shrink and excise payments lag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aiea
Treasury
Imperial auction club hosts at Mrs Moore home
The Imperial auction club met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs R C Moore with Mrs M F Hudson substituting for an absent member. Mrs R M Fitzpatrick won the afternoon prize. Several chaperons changed houses with Eva Oakes moving to Sigma Phi Epsilon and Frances Goodell returning to Lawrence with Delta Sigma Lambda. Newcomers include Mrs Rachel H Butler Chicago Illinois Alpha Chi Omega and Mrs Nell Butcher Neodesha Alpha Delta Pi along with Mrs C A Thomas Fredonia Kappa Epsilon Kappa and Mrs A J Naumann Chicago Illinois Delta Zeta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Auction’ Club
R. C. Moore
M. F. Hudson
R. M. Fitzpatrick
University House
Eva Oakes
Belts Sigma Lambda
Sigma Phi Epenonce
Frances Goodell
Lawrence
Delta Sigma Lambda
S. S. White
Delta Zeta
Triangle House
University
Rachel H. Butler
Chicago
Alpha
Chi Omega
Nell
Butcher
Neodesha
Alpha Delta Pir
A. Thomas
Fredonia
Kappa Ete Kappa
A. J. Naumann
Personal notes on Marion sisters and Lewis travel plans
Mrs. A. M. Marion and Miss Agnes Marion, who have been visiting Prof. D. L. Patterson, depart this morning for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Lewis will leave Thursday night for a short business trip to Dallas, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Marion
Agnes Marion
D. L. Patterson
Pittsburgh
Penn
L. N. Lewis
Dallas
Tex
Remodels Bring Central Produce, Gibbs Clothing to Vermont Street
Extensive remodeling at the old Francisco Barn on 812-814 Vermont Street aims to house Central Produce Company by October. Costs run about 3000 dollars per Lawrence Building and Loan Association. A new front, cement floor, steel roof trusses, vents, and skylights are added. Central Produce now at 880 Vermont with managers Clifford Christenson and W H MacLaren. Work proceeds on a new front at 811 Massachusetts Street for Gibbs Clothing Company, occupying October 1. Building owned by Phil Ernst. previously Peirce Piano Company. William Pappas plans a lunch room at 721 Massachusetts Street, opening October 1, space formerly Sullivan Shoe Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco
Vermont Street
Ihs
The
Central Produce Company
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Massachusetts Street
E Central Produce Company
Clifford Christenson
W. H MacLaren
Gibbs Clothing’ Company
Phil Ernst
Peirce Piano Company
Lawrence High School Ticket Sales Show Strong Momentum
The Lawrence High School activity ticket sale progresses with 316 tickets sold by noon per Neal N. Wherry bruterial. Last year by this time 281 tickets had been sold. Several student groups still planned to purchase before week five ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School
Neal N. Wherry
Cast Named for The Empty House High School Play
Lawrence high school announces the cast and business staff for The Empty House a Hi Y and Girl Reserve production directed by Miss Lina Shippy. Tryouts Monday selected Nora Katharine Aston Larry Ferguson and others including Reda Reeves Walton Ingham Lucile Willert George Hamilton Barbara Kirchhoff and more as the mystery unfolds with Tom Ferguson as would be playwright and Clifford staff filling roles such as business manager and art manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School
Beiny Wets
P Jay
Lina Shippy
Tom Ferguson
Nora
Katharine Aston
Larry Ferguson
Keith Swinehart
Frederickaergugon
Barbara Pendleton
Tom: Ferguson
Harold Fraser
Barbara Ferguson
Carolyn Stockwall
Reda Reeves
Clara Lindquist
Ralph Overton
Walton Ingham
Pency Painter
Lucile Willert
Anthony Alison
George Hamilton
Barbara Kirchhoff
Almar
Nottingham
Body of former M. U. grid star found in Baltimore
Harry R. Jackson, former Missouri Tigers football standout from St Joseph, was found dead beside a pier in Baltimore with a bullet wound. The ex star, who played at the University of Missouri and later in professional football, faced suspension in 1926 over a drinking party allegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A
Baltimore
Careft
Harry R. Jackson
St. Minour
Bouri
Manumbe
Dumboy
Harry R. Jacson Verno
Timore
Missouri
St. Joseph
Central
Jackson
Tiger
Carl Bacchus
Mauer
KU Freshman Cap Seen on Mount Oread in Early Morning
In Lawrence a KU freshman was spotted wearing the season’s first cap, heading toward Mount Oread with uncertain steps. Other notes mention a single fuse blow at Walter Bradford’s East Ninth Street home, raincoats worn downtown, and a Mid-West Violinist item on music education by Ednah E. Hopkins of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Oread
K. U
Walter Bradford
Light Company
Kansas City, Mo
Ednah E. Hopkins
Lawrence
Kiwanis Luncheon Features Moore and Orcutt Music
Miss Meribah Moore soprano and Miss Ruth Orcutt pianist performed at Wiedemann's luncheon. Waldemar Gelich introduced them. selections included Dance of the Elves Juba Dance Orpheus With His Lyre At the Well Heaven Born Pathway. Ninth Street Baptist church sisterhood plans play by A Plage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Wiedemann's
Meribah Moore
Ruth Orcutt
Waldemar Gelich
Orcutt
Kroeger
Delt
Orpheus
Arthur Sullivan
Hagerman
Sadroa
Rummel
Rch A. Plage
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Sisterhood Next Phongiloe
Pioneer woman in Kansas recalls pioneer days
Troy Kansas September 21 AP Mrs Sarah Jane Thompson who arrived from Missouri years ago in an ox drawn wagon says low mood and the Kansas Nebraska pill did not deter her. She lives on a farm near Troy and recalls plowing with oxen as a girl and driving to church. She notes selling corn at 10 cents a bushel butter five cents per pound and eggs five cents a dozen while surviving hard times and enjoying life despite division and strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Kan
Sarah Jane Thompson
Missouri
Franklin
Kansas
Deaths and Funerals Bass B Marshall
Mrs Gertrude Clark received word of the death of her brother in law Sergeant Bass B Marshall in Berkeley California The body will be brought to Leavenworth for burial next Wednesday Services will be held at the A Mine church in Leavenworth Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bass
Marshall
Gertrude Clark
Bass B. Marshall
Berkeley
Calif
Leavenworth
A. Mine
Check pass fine for James Scott at Myer’s Grocery
James Scott, colored, was charged with passing a bad check for 12 dollars on Myer’s Grocery. He was fined 50 dollars and costs by Justice J. H. Mitchell. The check drew on the Lawrence National Bank. Unable to pay, Scott was sent back to the county jail to work out the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Scott
Lawrence
Myer's
J. H. Mitchell
Lawrence National Bank
Scott
Lost Wedding Ring Found In Chicken Trough
Lecompton resident Mrs Henry Bahn maier misplaced her wedding ring after 48 years of wear. It turned up yesterday in a wooden trough used for dipping chickens. Rotarian E Beare of Washburn College addressed Leavenworth and Topeka clubs recently. In Memoriam notes mark the first anniversary of Frank L Varnum’s death, with a message from his wife Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bahnmaier
Lecompton
Beary
Fe, Beare
Washburn College
Leavenworth
Topeka
Rotarians
Vinland Fair Opens With More Entries Than in 1931
The Vinland fair opened this morning with more entries than last year. Entry placement today. fair proper starts tomorrow and runs through Saturday. Kansas State College judges livestock and agricultural exhibits. Cash prizes for wine winners. athletic events, music, and sleight-of-hand show planned. Vinland Grange sponsors the event at the high school grounds. Roads are dry and a large crowd expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Hoskinson
Agricultural Home Department
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Hoskinson
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Vin- Tand Grange
Theft of dynamite from Jackman rock crusher
Three cans of blasting powder and a quantity of fuses were stolen from a shed at the Jackman rock crusher west of Lawrence. Entry was gained by sawing through a chain and padlock. Sheriff Jack Dunkley reported the theft occurred in the past three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackman Rock
Lawrence
Jack
Dunkley
Cars Collide at Corner Near Wellsville
Two Douglas county cars collided north of Wellsville at Hughes corner on Tuesday afternoon. Miss Grace Faves of Black Jack drove a Dodge. Herbert Lawrence of near Vinland rode in a Ford coupe. The Ford overturned, losing two wheels and fenders and bumper on the Dodge was crumpled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Wallsile
Hughes
Wellsville
Grace Faves
Black Jack
Dodge
Herbert Lawrence
Vinland
Memorial Hospital Notes On Automobile Accidents
The condition of Robert Dye, confined to the hospital with injuries from a Sunday night crash, improved today. Bill Pells, a student at 1840 Louisiana Street, was transferred to the student hospital after a mild concussion from a Sunday night accident, with his condition reported much better by his physician.
Church Meeting Eyes Kansas Conference Merger Vote
At Salina on September 22 the Northwest Kansas conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opened with plans for merging with the Southwest Kansas conference. Dr. L H Sweetland reported no insurmountable hurdles and outlined college and hospital zoning, with boundaries likely staying as now. The northwest vote on the merger was awaited for Friday or Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kan
Northwest Kansas
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Northwest
Southwest Kansas
L. H. Sweetland
Southwestern
Winfield
Kansas Wesleyan
Vnal
Open Season Tomorrow Linwood and Washington Clash
Linwood and Washington high schools open the football season Friday at 2 p m on the Linwood field. Coaches Travis and Keester say Linwood has a strong, capable team this year likely to make a solid showing. Parsons merchant Jesse C White dies after paralytic stroke. He was 69 and had been a furniture dealer since 1888, contributing to poultry industry development the past six years. He leaves a widow two sons and a daughter. Dean E B Stouffer of the University of Kansas graduate school will return to his desk tomorrow after a summer touring central Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood
Washington High
Travis and
Keester
Parsons
Kan
Jesse C. White
Fle
Stouffer
E. B. Stouffer
University of Kansas, Graduate School
Dean Stouffer
Bucks Creek and Chester Buck Creek Family Visit
Mr Ward father of Wesley Ward hosts a Tuesday evening gathering with Rob Bearl Walter Ward and families from Hunter alongside James Holiday Winford Thiry Arlo Donald Bower Roscoe Whitman and others at the Wesley Ward home. Otto Graber of Lawrence visits his sister Mrs Whitman and Mr Whitman at the State Fair on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ward
Wesley Ward
Rob Bearl
Walter Ward
Hunter
James Holiday
Winford
Thiry
Arlo
Donald
Bower
John Bower
Roscoe Whitman
Otto Graber
Lawrence
Whitman
Sunday Family Visits Across Woodstock Area
The article notes Mr. and Mrs. Frank Black and their children visiting at the William Bergoyne home. It lists Sunday dinners with the Nowak family near Woodstock, mentions Wesley Ward and Merle at a ball game at Green Brothers park, and records 12 year old Fred Logan drowning incident in Kaw River projection area. Also mentions Mary Jean Smith ill with tonsillitis treated by Dr. Burchard Lawrence and John Moron of Kansas City visiting George Smith’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Black
William Bergoyne
James Holiday
van Nowak
van Etta
Grover Husted
Nowak
Woodstock
Wesley Ward
Merle
Green Brothers Park
Fred Logan
Lee Logan
Lawrence
Kaw
Chester School
Mary Jean Smith
Burchard
Mary Jean
George Smith John
Kansas City
Waa
George Smith
Market News Wrap Counts Wheat Slump Amid Selloff and Gains
Eastern selling and stock reactions press wheat prices while rallies ride on stock and cotton strength. Argentina and Australian wheats above export parity. US No 1 hard winter near No 2 Manitoba. Winnipeg arrivals 2 525 cars, less than prior days. Canadian export business muted. Russian shipments strong at 152 000 bushels. Corn and oats firmer than wheat. hog values influence provisions. Kansas City prices show mixed shifts.
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Cuearo
Sept
Chicaka
Chicago
Canna
United States
Manitoba
Winniper
Argentina
Turbulent session as rails stocks swing and utilities hold
The stock market showed alternating gains and declines with a late rally led by Santa Fe Union Pacific and New York Central, while utilities stayed chiefly steady. Rail car loadings rose about 17 percent for the week to September end, with New York Central reporting 32,778 cars, up 24 percent. Analysts expect the next weekly statement to show a further rise, aided by assumptions of Eastern railroad consolidation talks and softer loan pressure from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Raila
Yeaterday
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
New York Central
Armorican Waterworks
United Corporation
Consolidated Gan
U. S. Steel
Alronath
Busta of
Eastern Trunk Line
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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William Hildebrand
Billard
Wachray
Francisco Building
Frances M. Stover
Stovers
Frances M. Pollock
Grand and Renerdy
Mi Mich
Ahnson
E. J. Nulon
N Cities Service
Cities Service Co
Chirel
Mette Lawrence Santiac Ach
Francs
Lavonia ‘Johnson
Jennie "Evans
Tournnal
Edith Avison
Marjorie Perkins
Constans
Virginia Clark
Lennox
Charlies
Dallyrapic
John Chandier
Arnold Gilbert
Vivien Lavery
Billoweth Maccubrie
Marian Craig
Bob Srowlands
Manrice Austill
John Stratton
James Donahue
University of Kansas
Ino
Thompson
County
Frank L. Varnum
Mary
Vinland Fair
Buck Creek
Chester
Nature
Paul Bransom
Luc
Walph Waldo Emerson
Lucky Sesikce
Aberty
Eberty
Chia Chicago
Beacus
Pracy
Red River
Harris, Upham & Co
New York Stock Exchange
McGreevy & Co
Varsity
Linder
Aly Theis Cantor
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