Shoes May Hold Clue in Col lings Case
Huntington officials announced that gymnasium shoes sent to Mrs. Col lings by the pirates who abducted her after her husband's murder have been partially traced and may become a key clue. Assistant District Attorney Fred Mander said tracing could be completed soon. Additional clothing found in the Long Island Sound will be shown to Mrs. Col lings upon her return to Huntington for inquest testimony to compare with her description of the attackers' garments.
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Huntington
N.Y
Apj
Suffolk County
Benjamin P. Collings
Fred Mander
KU Freshman Initiation at North College Hill and Memorial Stadium
The annual KU freshman initiation starts Wednesday evening at North College Hill and Memorial Stadium with events beginning 7:40 PM and 8:00 PM respectively. The Torch Mortar Board will light the University fire, and students will be led to the stadium for the KU seal lighting, torch race, and induction ceremony led by Dr. Frank Strong Miss Hanna Oliver and Chancellor E H Lindley.
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University of Kansas
North College Hill
Memorial Stadium
K. UG
Torch Chapter
Mortar Board
K. U
Frank Strong
Hanna Oliver
E. H. Lindley
Lawrence youths held after bicycle thefts case
Lawrence youths Adam Carter and Leon Reno, both colored, were detained by Kansas City police after taking bicycles to ride to Kansas City. The bikes belonged to Jacob Maddux and Clyde Byson. the pair were returned to Lawrence and jailed in county custody.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Adam Carter
Ohio Street
Leon Reno
Delaware Street
John Ingalls
William Hayter
Jacob Maddux
Kentucky Street
Clyde Bysom
Vermont Street
Leys
OVS
Ingalls and
Hayter
Western Democrat Favored For 1928 Presidential Candidate
Kansas City reports U S senator J A Reed of Missouri as a strong possibility for the next Democratic presidential nominee. Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois, visiting en route to Chicago, says the party should name western candidates to unite the nation amid a split in New York and eastern states.
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Kansas City
J. Hamilton Lewis
U. S
Ilinois
West
James A. Reed
Missouri
Chicago
Lewis
New York
Prisoner freed after confession ends murder case
Jesse Lucas, who served half his 50 years for a murder he denied, was released after George R. Pond, dying, confessed to killing Clyde Showalter 26 years ago. Local AP report from Chester Illinois notes the case closure and Lucas’s renewed freedom.
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Chester
Jesse Lucas
Menard State
George R. Pond
Clyde Showalter
Whimsy and local currents noted in Lawrence column
A Lawrence column sketches casual notes from the city and beyond including a West Stadium crowd cheer for Weaver in Kansas sports, calls for duck sales before hunting season, rising nicotine burner sales, and a travel note on Dr Lyle S Powell’s Graf Zeppelin trip via Vienna and Akron.
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Lyle S. Powell
Vienna
Akron, O
PLAN FARM MEETING IN OTTAWA NEXT WEDNESDAY
An all day farm outlook meeting will be held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at Ottawa next Wednesday to forecast agricultural conditions for the coming six to twelve months. M Chapman and R M Green of Kansas State College will present, with H A Biskie organizing the Franklin county event. Representing ten eastern Kansas counties are expected, with parallel sessions in Parsons Holton Salina Colby Dodge City Wichita and Clay Center.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa
Nex
J. A. Terrell
M. Chapman
R. M. Green
Agricultural Economic Department
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Green
H. A. Biskie
Franklin County
Kansas
Anderson
Coffey
Douglas
Franklin
Johnson
Lyon
Lynn
Miami
Osage
Wrandette
Parsons
Holton
Salina
Colby
Dodge City
Wichita
Clay Center
Public blamed for unemployment by Walter Gif ford
Walter S. Gif ford tells Washington listeners that public spending and consumer buying must precede a solution to unemployment distress. He offers a four point program including statewide and local emergency committees, assessing unemployment load, and reporting plans to state committees. He cites 6,000,000 unemployed as the commonly mentioned figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter S. Gifford
Hoover
Government Men Seek to Save the Trumpeter Swan
Washington AP reports the national park service fights to save the trumpeter swan from extinction. Once abundant, only 30 to 50 remain, with nests seen in Yellowstone and nearby areas. Park naturalists monitor eggs and cygnets, facing predators. they may suspend sanctuary rules to kill animals harming the young.
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Washington
National Park Service
Chesapeake Bay
California
Park Service
United States
Yellowstone Park
Society Members Attend Sunday School in Wellsville
Members of the Kanaga and Brotherhood classes from Metho dist Sunday school traveled to Wellsville for morning services. After church they visited Mr. and Mrs. A H Fiehler for a basket dinner and an enjoyable afternoon, with Mr. and Mrs A Y E Knauss of Baldwin joining the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanaga
Brotherhood
Methodist
Wellsville
A. H. Fiehler
A.ye. Knauss
Baldwin
Personal notices from Lawrence area residents
Mr and Mrs J E Anderson of Cincinnati are visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs Mc Creath and friends in Riverside. They will motor to Emporia to spend the day with Mr and Mrs C B Taylor. Mrs M A Bruner lately left Lawrence for Topeka to live at the Methodist home. Mrs Sidney L Palmer arrived in Lawrence from Sierra Madre and will reside in Lawrence this winter. Mr and Mrs George Melvin returned from Estes Park Colorado and a ranch visit. Miss Margaret Tucker traveled to Kansas City on Saturday.
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J. E. Anderson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ty. H. McCreath
Riverside
Lawrence
Topeka
Bruner
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Sidney L. Palmer
Sierra Madre
Cal
Refugees From Spain Join St Benedict's Seminary Group
Twenty four Augustinian monks fled Spain due to religious strife join St Benedict's major seminary in Atchison Kansas for study. Led by Father Gabriel Salinas A R they travel from two Spanish provinces with two accompanying Spanish priests. Some will enter theology this year while others have one year of study already completed or will be ordained next summer. Conditions in Spain are tense but improving, though regional orders remain at risk under the republican regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
Spain
St. Benedict’s
Gabriel Salinas
A. R
Holy Ghost Parish
Omaha
Neb
United States
Gabriel
Manuel Jimenez
el Paso
Texas
Braulio Balisa
St. Benedict's Abbey
Banks Fail to Open in Three Missouri Counties
Jefferson City Sept 28 AP three Missouri banks closed today in widely separated counties the finance department gave no reason. Closures began with Citizens Bank of Atchison County Rockport with assets loans and deposits listed. Portage Des Sioux Bank in St Charles County and Farmers Bank of Chilhowee in Johnson County followed with varying resources and obligations.
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San Antonio
Texas
City Central Bank& Trust Company
Jefferson City
Missouri
State Finance Department
Citizens Bank of Atchison County
Rockport
Bank of Portage Des Sioux
Jin St. Charles County
Farmers Bank of
Deaths and Funerals Henry Abels 88
Henry Abels 88 Civil War veteran and pioneer Kansan died yesterday at his Topeka home. Born August 9 1844 in St Louis he later moved from Eudora to Topeka. He served with Company L 15th Kansas volunteer infantry and in the Indian wars. Survived by five daughters and two sons. Funeral at Wall-Diffenderfer mortuary Topeka Tuesday at 2:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Abels
Kansan
Topeka
St. Louis
New Orleans
Kansas
Kaw River
Abels
Eudora
Quantrell
Lawrence
State Line
15Th
Kansas Volunteer Infantry
Lincoln Post No 1
George Seybold
Frank McMillan
Lydia Abels
Homer White
Carl Lundberg
Colorado Spring
Colo
William ©. Abels
Ben H. Abels
Seek to Break Will of Ella Wendel Fraught with Reversal Claims
A suit filed in U S district court seeks to break Ella Wendel’s will, alleging undue influence. Rosa Pew Stansbury, a fifth cousin from Mississippi, petitions to null probate, while a temporary restraining order halts probate with a nominal bond. The complaint cites Wendel’s eccentricities, family insanity history, and the estate’s value around 73 million dollars including New York and Westchester properties.
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New York
Ella Wendel
Wendel
U. S. District Court Today
Arthur Garfield Hays
Samuel Untermyer
Rosa Pew Stansbury
Vicksburg
Miss
Julian W. Mack
Miss Stansbury
Miss Wendel
Methodist Church
Westchester County
Paint for blonde hair primes Kansas City demo
At a beauty culture convention Emil Rohde of Chicago demonstrated a safe alternative to bleaching. A coat of paint can give a temporary platinum look that harmonizes with evening wear and can be washed out next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Emil R. Rohde
Chicago
Rohden
Bank Robber Majors Freed Then Arrested in Delaware
James Dudley Majors also known as Earl White was released on a pardon after eight years of a 20 year sentence. Kansas City authorities arrested him on a bank robbery charge at the Wilmington workhouse gates. Police found an imitation pistol in his shirt. He had been sentenced in 1923 for highway robbery and lashings plus a $500 fine.
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Wilmington
James Dudley Majors
Earl White
Kansas City
Kan
Joseph B. Downs
A. L. Becker
Major
San
James Dudley Major
Del
Piper
Wyandotte
Oil Proration Debate Aims At Midcontinent Meeting
The United States faces a growing oil prorating issue with international implications, slated for discussion tomorrow night in Tulsa at a session led by Wirt Franklin of Ardmore Oklahoma, national president of the Independent Petroleum Association.
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Tulsa
Oklo
United States
Midcontinent
Wirt Franklin
Ardmore Kla
Aydependent
F Petroleum Assoc
Returns From Europe For Dr Powell To Lawrence
Dr Lyle S Powell returns to Lawrence after studying at European clinics including Vienna University Rudolphspital and others in Budapest Prague and Stockholm He toured Oslo Copenhagen Barcelona England and Salzburg and visited Vienna’s hospitals some with 4500 beds He notes air travel in Europe is costly and outlines highway building urges.
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Lyle S. Powell
Powell
Lawrence
Lake Lotawanna
Europe
University of Vienna
Eric Ruteen
Rudolphspital
Hageh
Policlinics
Czecho-Slovakia
Budapest
Elselmig
Prague
Stockholm
Oslo
Copenhagen
University of
Barcelona
Spain
Vienna
England
Germany
France
Salzburg
Austria
Max Reinhart
Federmann
Cathedral Square
Work Should Continue Blood Tells Meeting of Officials
Salt Lake City Sept 28 AP continuation of the federal government's unemployment relief program through emergency highway construction and regular federal aid was urged by Henry H Blood Utah road commission chairman and AAHSO president. The annual convention opened with some 300 highway officials present. Blood cited July employment of 318,936 in highway work nationwide, or one worker per 369 inhabitants, urging continued construction despite treasury strain. The association's secretary W C Markham reported highway spending of 1.3 billion dollars this year versus 825.9 million in 1928.
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Salt Lake City
Henry H. Blood
Utah Road Commission
American Association of State Highway Officials
Blend
Treasury
W. C.markham
Association
United States
Oklahoma governor rules out special session
Oklahoma City Sept 28 AP Governor Murray announced there will be no special session of the Oklahoma legislature to enact cotton and other relief legislation. He says relief bills begun by petitions and voted on by the people will suffice, as no relief is likely this year for wheel and cotton crow.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Murray
Eight KU Women Pass Quack Club Tests
Eight University of Kansas women have passed the Quack club swimming tests conducted by Miss Ruth Hoover of the physical education department. About forty students took the tests. leaders include Mary Julia Jones Alice Smith H Henry Eleanor Higgins La Verne Wright Mary Louise Swartz Camilla Luther and Meredith Filkin. Club officers this year are Lillian Peterson president Margaret Walker secretary treasurer Nellia Starek Berta Willhelmy Helen Bowman Lila Lawson Mary Virginia Smith Barbara Kester Elizabeth Day Harriet Iritz Caroline House. Pledges listed are Carol Higgins Helen Louise Coulson Josephine Wheeler Beth Ridings Lillabelle Stahl Louise Rumberger and Betty Moore.
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University of _ Kansas
Quack Club
Ruth Oover
Physical Education Department
Mary Julia Jones
Alice Smith
H., Henry
Eleanor Higgins
la Verne Wright
Mary Louise Swartz
Camilla Luther
Meredith Filkin
Lillian Peterson
Margaret Walker
Nellia Stareck
Berta Willhelmy
Helen Bowman
Lila Lawson
Mary Virginia Smith
Barbara Kester
Elizabeth Day
Harriet Iritz
Caroline House
Carol Higgins
Helen Louise Coulson
Josephine Wheeler
Beth Ridings
Lillabelle Stahl
Louise, Rumberger
Betty Moore
Fugitives Clash With Officers in Texas Jail
Three recaptured Oklahoma fugitives from Granite Prison fought officers during an escape attempt at Waxahachie Texas jail. The convicts, who escaped September 21, were subdued after officers used pistol butts. shots were fired and several officials including Sheriff John Davenport and Jailer Thompson were beaten and bruised.
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Dallas
Texas
Granite
Okla
Waxahachie
John Davenport
Thompson
Woodring Returns to Desk After Legion Trip
Gov. Harry H. Woodring arrived in Topeka after attending the American Legion convention as a delegate and immediately began handling a backlog of correspondence. He refused to comment on the Legion's prohibition referendum action but suggested a statement may follow. In Clay Center a hotel holdup netted $50 as three men robbed the Bonham after forcing clerks into the basement and fleeing in a Nebraska-plate coupe. A herd report notes H. B. Peaker’s Ayrshire cows, not Angus, led September dairy records in Douglas County Milk Testing association.
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Topeka
American Legion
Harry HH. Woodring
Legion
Red Clay Center
Clay Center
Kan
Bonham
Ayrshire
H. B. Peakrs
Douglas County Milk Testing Association
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Weddings
Independence residents report a series of small gatherings and errands. Visits include Mr and Mrs Williams and children at Chas Geiss home, Miss Clara Geiss with Miss Oletha Hazen in Ottawa, and Mrs Culbertson of Lawrence with M J Jardon. A barn struck by lightning harmed the Gale family’s property. Phylis Rousselo wed Lloyd Rocks at Vinland. local fairs and watermelon feeds draw neighbors to Topeka and Wellsville events.
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Chas. Geiss
Clara
Ottawa
Walter New
Hopewell Country Club
Ada Williams
Clara Geiss
Oletha Hazen
James Gale
Cecil Jordon
Steve Speicher
Lorenz Spei Icher
Eudora
Henry Husted
lEdgerton
Culbertson
Lawrence
M. J. Jardon
Paul Husted
George Reynolds
Topeka
Ray ‘Price
Shook's
Estelle Moore
Claude Rice
Phylis Rousselo
Edgerton
Lloyd Rocks ‘Hold
Vinland
John Rockhold
Overbrook
Tom Curtis
J. H. Gale
Grace Husted
Ray Price
Ailey
John Lederer
Wellsville
Frances Geiss
Anna Curtis
Jerry. Curtis
Baldwin
Damon Jones
Mary Lou
Billy
Monday Morning Socials Across Local Families
Sunday gatherings include Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lederer and others at Laury Gillan's. numerous calls to and from local residents in Kansas towns. Names include H.R. Husted, Clyde Lederer, Tom Curtis, Anna Curtis, Grace Hiatt, Chas Geiss, James Gale, Mary Mathey, and Charles Mathey among many extended family visits and farm chores noted.
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Earl Lederer
Laury Gillan’s
Jones
Kansas City
Henry Seele
Oswald
Seele
Henry Seele, Jr
Lawrence
Mae
Elsie Pippett
Phil Geiss
John Moses
Geo. Puvogle
Chas
Geiss
James Gale
Jewell
E B. Moore
C. B
Knowledge Hill
Henry Blechel
Goss
Kan
Joe Scherer
Eudora
Richard Butell
Pleasant Grove
Justin Matheys
Mary
Mathey
Lindon
Wheat market steadies on export demand and supply data
Chicago trading shows North American wheat exports easing early losses with 1.8 million bushels Canada and 250,000 from the US. US wheat supplies fall 1.596 million bushels, aiding bulls while prices close unsettled. Corn and oats ease. hogs and cattle mixed with strong to higher calves and steady cattle trade in Chicago and Kansas City markets.
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Chicago
United States
Farelen Exchanse
North Dakota
Kansas
Ohio
Eabernt
Chienko
Usdai— Potatoon
Point
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Idaho
Red River
Kansas City Livestock and Market News Summary
Kansas City livestock close reports Horst Mosing with cattle mostly lower and steady to easier trends for western killing steers and stockers. Prices show top steers around 9.25 cwt with varied feeder and stocker values, while lambs and sheep range from 6.25 to 6.50. Nearby cash grain quotes list wheat, corn, oats, and rye with mixed results. markets reflect broader Wall Street activity and tax payment implications.
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Chicago
Fusda
Hoxa
Bull Road
Atrone
Choice Rangers
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
IBM
Ono
Choice
Aly
Horst
Weatarn
Kanane City
Milo Matze
Kaffir
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Weaver
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Mae Muray
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Eel
Associated Press
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Talladega
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Cason Nabors
Alabama School For the Deaf
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Ella
Peter J. Everhardy
Leavenworth
James Majors
Delaware
Cooperative South Sea Church
Papeete
Tahiti
Taega
Tow
Journal-World
Milwaukee
Wis
Phoenix Hosiery Company
J. P. Margeson
Rod
J. S. Crawford
Crawford
Edwin Price Jr
Tennessee Street
David Courter
Quincy School
Journal
U.S. ‘Arms
Pee Ae
Hugh R. Wilson
Switzerland
Geneva
Louise Werle Williams
Tuckshoe, N. Y
Women’s Auxiliary of the
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Woodring
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Eastman
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E.S. Weatherby
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