Coogan Visits Lawrence Amid Wedding Drama
Delta Tan Big Shot Coogan returns to Lawrence after three months in Denver for Winifred Washe and Bill Danenbarger nuptials. He arrives but is kept from the ceremony by the wedding party, as friends describe the trip as newsworthy yet uneventful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan‘ Coogan
Delta Tan Deltas
Denver
The.j
Coogan
Lawrence
Winifred Washe
Bill Danenbarger
Coonan
City police seize liquor in two arrests during night
City officers arrested Nigené Payne 18 of 741 Connecticut street about 10 PM as he left a bus at Second and Locust feet carrying 12 pints of liquor. Payne faced possession and transportation charges before Justice Charles Springer. Harry Moss, from near Richland, was seized on East Ninth street at 5 AM while driving a 1928 Chevrolet coupe. Officers found a five gallon jug of whiskey in the car, Moss charged with possession and transportation of liquor. County Attorney R B Stevens plans confiscation action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nigené Payne
Connecticut Street
Henry Smith
James Messer
Payne
Charles Springer
Harry Moss
Richland
East Ninth Street
Mes“ner
Smith
Moss
Frank Dodds
R. B. Stevens
Taxi Driver Robbed and Tied on Fort Riley Reservation
Two Junction City bandits robbed taxi driver Owen of 25 dollars and his car, tied him to a tree on Fort Riley land, and warned he could not escape. He freed himself, then reported losses to military authorities. The Mid-Quin wholesale grocery firm also reported a theft of about 200 dollars in cigarettes and tobacco.
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Oneten City
Aveil 3
AP x Owen
Fort Riley
Roy Bowen
Mid-Quin
Illinois candidate Bernice Van der Vries for state representative
Lawrence residents show strong interest in a circular endorsing Mrs Bernice T Van der Vries for the Illinois state representative nomination from the seventh district to succeed Mrs Ickes. The portrait highlights a long record in Winnetka including lawyer civic work and service on the village council with notable leadership in the League of Women Voters.
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Lawrence
Bernice T. van der Vries
Ilinois
Ickes
van der Vries
John N. van der Vries
National Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Columbia
University of Kansas
Winnetka League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters
Roosevelt to Stay South A While Longer On Cruise
President Roosevelt sails south for another week extending his fishing cruise. On board Nourmahal off Cay Sal banks near Elbow Key light, Elbow Cay. His sons James and Elliott head toward the fishing grounds. Congress stays in radio contact as the open sea trip continues beyond Friday.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Elbow Key Light
Cay Sal Banks
James
Elliott
Naval Lane
Congress
Capitol Hill
Deaths and Funerals in Topeka Area
Obituaries note Eli H Hall 94 died in Topeka hospital with services at Hoyt cemetery burial near Auburn. Civil War veteran survived by five sons and a daughter. Lloyd Finch 16 died after ruptured appendix with services at Bethel Church Overbrook burial Overbrook cemetery. Mary J Farmer 86 dies, services at Rumsey Funeral Home burial Oak Hill cemetery, survivors include two sons, two sisters, two brothers, 21 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren.
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Eli_H. Hall
Eli H. Hall
Lawrence
Lloyd Finch
George Finch
Worden
Bethel Church
Gordon Piichitt
Overbrook
Overbrook Cemetery
Nellie
Lucy
Georgene
Maxine
Floyd
Sit
Lucy Krouse
Flora Riley
Mary J
Mary
Farmer
Rumsey Funeral Home
Thomas Popplewell
Oak Hill Cemetery
W. A.,farmer
Venice
N. M
Herbert’ Farmer
North Topeka
J.D. Fergeson
Topeka
Jim Matthews
Will Matthews
FACES PETTY THEFT CHARGE IN EAST LAWRENCE
Robert Ingalls was arrested in East Lawrence after police recovered items from his possession believed stolen from Harold Shaw on Massachusetts Street. Shoes jacket trousers hose and a cap were found and identified. Ingalls faces a petty theft charge in Justice Frank Odds court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ingalls
New Jersey Street
East Lawrence
W. J. Cummings
Lilburn Dowers
Cummings
Ingalls
Harold Shaw
Massachusetts Street
Court of Justice
Frank Odds
Prisoners Taken To Lansing For Sentences
County officers moved two Douglas county detainees to Lansing to begin sentences. Helen Bradford of Kansas City Missouri pled guilty to shoplifting and will serve 30 days at the women's farm. Meyer Nemitoff eighteen pled guilty to burglary in district court and faces a two to five year term. Hearing for Ira Buzick eighteen and Nemitoff has not yet been held.
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Douglas County
Lansing
Helen Bradford
Kansas City
Frank Dodds
Meyer Nemitoff
Hugh Means
Ira
Buzick
Nemitoff
Doris Duke Questioned by Mexican Officials on Funds
Mexico City April 3 AP The American heiress to the Duke tobacco fortune Miss Doris Duke arrived for a visit and was asked by immigration officers to prove she had sufficient funds so she would not become a charge on the republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
D. F
Doris Duke
Governor Landon to address Lawrence alumni dinner
Governor Alf M Landon will speak to Lawrence high school alumni of the vocational agriculture department and guests at 6 30 pm in the high school cafeteria. Robert Laptad leads the alumni group gathered with county farm leaders and local businessmen. This is the third meeting of the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf M. Landon
Lawrence , High School
Lawrence
Robert Laptad
Landon
Independence
Physicians Hear Dr Scammon at Fraser Lecture
Dr Richard E Scammon of Minneapolis spoke to about 500 University of Kansas medical students faculty and Lawrence physicians in Fraser on The Guild of Medicine The lecture was the second in a three part Porter lectureship series He graduated KU in 1904 and 1906 and warned that loss of guilds could impair medicine A 1918 bequest by Dr J L Porter funds scholarships and annual lectures in medicine with income supporting both a student scholarship and lecturer expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E., Scammons
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Scammon
Europe
J.l.porter
Paola
K. U. School of Medicine
Cochrane Is Better Now After Hospital Stay
Mickey Cochrane, catcher manager of the Detroit Tigers, was discharged from Morrell Memorial hospital in Lakeland Florida after two days of observation for pain in his right side. Doctors said tests were negative and he seems fully recovered though the cause remains undetermined.
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Lakeland, Fla
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Morrell Memorial Hospital
G. C. Freeman
Cochrane
Charged with Assault In Kansas City Area
Jack Harris a Mallin market employee and Andy Tanner route 2 were charged in Justice Charles Springer s court with assaulting Am brose Wolken 1125 Vermont street a University of Kansas junior from Richmond The beating happened last night as Wolken emerged from an automobile after returning from his home for Easter vacation Harris and Tanner were to be brought before Justice Springer later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Harris
Mallin
Andy Tanner
Charles Springer
Ambrose Wolken
Vermont Street
University of Kansas
Richmond
Wolken
Harris
Tanner
Springer
Jayhawk FFA members prune school grounds
A group of about 45 members of the Jayhawk chapter Future Farmers of America worked this morning on the Senior high school lawn pruning shrubs. The project, directed by W R Essick vocational agriculture instructor, fits with their orchard work and includes plans to plant new shrubs and flowers and supervise a campaign for better grounds care.
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Jayhawk
Future Farmers of America
W. R. Essick
Boa
Death of W. H. Headley Brother of Mrs Raber
Mrs. E. B. Raber of 822 Indiana street received notice from Mexico City of her brother W. H. Headley death there on March 24. Headley, 42, was an electrical engineer for the Mexico Light and Power Co. He had spent eight years in Spain supervising power plant construction in Barcelona and Madrid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Raber
Indiana Street
Mexico City
W. H. Headley
Mr. Headley
Exico Light and Power Company
Spain
Barcelona
Marid, OO
Miss Celia Mulvihill Easter with aunts and more
Miss Celia Frances Mulvihill of er one spent Easter with her aunts Mollie and Margaret Sherine Mulvihill. Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hunt left today for a short Dallas vacation with their daughter. Kanwaka Discussion Club meets Friday at the schoolhouse with music and a one act play The Fentil gulag performed by local youths. Classifieds advertise economical four lines for eighty cents per week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Frances Mulvihill
Igses Mollie
Margaret Sherine Mulvihill
Robert A. Hunt
Dallas
Tex
Kanwaka
Kanwaka Discussion Club
Fentil Gulag
Funeral for Prof C A Peacock Ottawa Music Director
Funeral services are set for 3 pm Wednesday at First Methodist for Prof C A Peacock director of instrumental music in Ottawa schools for 14 years. He died yesterday aged 42. Burial will be at Stafford. Ottawa school orchestra and band skip Eastern Kansas Conference contest Saturday but other Ottawa entrants will compete. Peacock was highly regarded locally and nationally for leading the Ottawa high school orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Peacock
Ottawa
First Methodist Church
Peacock
Stafford
Local Re-employment Report Shows Job Gains
Private employers provided 35 jobs last week and PWA projects employed about 200 in the city, per C. G. Glenn manager at the federal re employment office. Seasonal farm work may end by summer when wages rise. the office serves as a genuine employment intermediary between the unemployed and employers, with files open to private employers and PWA projects.
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PWA
Federal
C. G. Glenn
Glenn
Douglas County
Warm Day in Kansas and Girl Scout Picnic
Parsons and Independence in Kansas report temperatures reaching 81 and 85 degrees. A troop 7 Girl Scout picnic under Captain Mrs G N Jackson featured hostess tasks, cooking badges, songs, and a cake presented by Mrs Virgil Lee. A Marionette show in Weaver's window showcased Elizabeth Arden products. Glen W Dickinson Theaters Inc. held its annual stockholders meeting in the Dickinson Building offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Troop 7
G. N. Jackson
James
Uevonia Jackson
Lone Star Patrol
Irma Jackson
Lark Patrol
Ruth Warner
Red Bird Patrol
la Verne Webster
Virgil Lee
Dorthea
Weaver's
Glen W. Dickinson Theaters Inc
Dickinson
Death Notices From Villa Eden Area
David Casteel of Tonganoxie died Sunday night leaving relatives in the area. Funeral services were held at Tonganoxie. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. August Torneden and others visited relatives. Merlin Brocks and Vincent Schoenhofer attended a show in Lawrence Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Reetz with daughter Melba spent Sunday afternoon with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Casteel
Tonganoxie
Casteel
Gus Qommeden
Hertard
la Cygne
August Torneden
Oscar Brown
John Hughey
Charles Davidson
Anna Torneden
G. Seele
Six Corners
Merlin Brocks
Vincent Schoenhofer
Lawrence
Godfrey Reetz
Melba
Easter Visit Notes at Brock and Torneden Homes
Local social notes recount weekend visits among residents including Mrs Emma Earl of Topeka calling at the Brock home. Miss Rath Pettengill from Lawrence spent Easter with family. Mrs Alma Walter from Kansas City visited Lena Torneden. several others from Lawerence and Valley Falls visited or called on neighbors and relatives. A schoolhouse play is announced for Friday night in April.
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W. Brock
Alma Walter
Kansas City
Lena Torneden
Brackett News Roundup With Easter Visits
Mrs Sam Kelsall visited relatives and attended church in Reno Sunday. Mr and Mrs Robert Ridley were Easter dinner guests of Mrs Daniel Libby and Alan. Wilson Martin was Sunday dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Paul Winter at Barker. Mrs Martin and N R Miller attended Methodist services Sunday evening. Mrs W T Davis spent the weekend with her mother Mrs L G Barnes in Lawrence. Brackett school ends Friday April 20 with a basket dinner at noon. Hollis Marsh of St Louis sister of Sam Kelsall visited Friday and Saturday at the Kelsalls. Guy Hildreth of North Dakota, cousin of Mrs E E Kiefer, will visit after Portland and en route home via Los Angeles and the southern route.
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Sam Kelgall
Reno
Robert Ridley
Daniel Libby
Alan
Ilson Martin
Paul Winter
Barker
Hollis Marsh
St Louis
Sam Kelsall
Kelsall
Guy Hildreth
North Dakota
E. E. Kiefer
Portland
Ore
Anden
Los Angeles
Greenwood Valley P T A Elects Officers at Meeting
Mr and Mrs Merle Scheer and family from Topeka visited Scheer parents and others, as Fred Plateman accompanied the Richardsons home. Greenwood Valley P T A met at the Greenwood Valley school Friday March 30 electing Ora Goff president Mary Horton secretary Harold Horton treasurer and planning committee appointments. A program of songs and readings followed the business portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Scheer
Topeka
Ora Goff
Mary Horton
Harold Horton
Oak Ridge News Recaps Local Happenings and Chores
Oak Ridge community notes paint two airport hangars in lemon hue for visibility. Mrs. Grant Gideon and daughter with Mrs. Floyd Evans visit. Hog and corn allotment committee met at Farm Bureau for instructions. Easter egg hunt at Oakridge school with Miss Jennie Low ash and pupils. Various social visits chronicled. Last day of school planned in three weeks. Mrs. A F Brown ill with ivy poison. Grant township board hosted by Van Neste home. lunch at Indian Village. Mrs. S M Dolan returns to church after winter shut in. Mrs. Clarence Dreyer visits Lawrence. nursing course appointment for Oakridge Farm Bureau. Arthur Griffin recovering from surgery. Janette Erwin, an overnight guest, attends egg hunt. Milk producers attend a Poema merce at Chamber of Commerce. Masonic brethren attend Maundy Thursday lights-out service.
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Lawrence Municipal Airport
Grant Gideon
Wednenday
Floyd Evans
Lawrence
Brune
Hayden
van Neste
Farm Bureau
Jennie Lowash
Oakridge
Frank Toms
Katharine Toms
Jack
Janette Erwim Delia Rosefeet Alts
Frank Leonhard
F. Longanecker
Charles
Joan Longanecker
A. F. Brown
Grant Township
Frank McDonald
S.M. Dolan
Iwrehive
Toms Home
Chamber of Commerce
Temple
Easter Vacation Heads Home for Area Students
Miss Nelle Nincehelser and Miss Agnes Nincehelser from Columbus and Council Grove high schools spent Easter vacation with their parents. Irene Brock of Perry visited her parents. Margaret Ford of Ottawa stayed with the Fords. Kansas University students Marie Stevens Charles Sutton and Naomi Gragg were home. Billy Leech visited his grandmother Mary Leech. Celia Phinney returned from Grand Rapids. Mae Long and Anna Mae Strickler toured Ramona. Long teaches sixth grade. Strickler handles domestic art. Mary Spurlock, Ruth Sacher, and Gladys Campbell spent vacations with relatives before school resumes Tuesday.
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Nelle Nincehelser
Columbus High School
Agnes Nincehelser
Council Grove High
Will Nincehelser
Irene Brock
Perry
Clarence Brock
Margaret Ford
Ottawa
Walter Ford
Kansas University
Marie Stevens
Charles Sutton
Naomi Gragg
Billy Leech
Mary Leech
Celia Phinney
Grand Rapids
God
Roland Park
Mae Long
Anna Mae Strickler
Ramona
Miss Strickler
Miss Long
Mary Spurlock
Cottonwood Falls
Ruth Sacher
Holton
Gladys Campbell
Lawrence
Greenwood Valley Community Notes and Guests
Topeka visitors included Mr and Mrs Henry Hennessey and Robert Blake Hennessey who were hosted by Mr and Mrs L D Seals. Big Springs 4 H club met with Anthony and Evelyn Ice Saturday night. The Kelloggs and children Elsie and Johnnie guests of the Seals Sunday evening. First to third grade pupils of Greenwood Valley school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hennessey
Robert Blake Hennessey
Topeka
L. D. Seals
Big Springs
Anthony and
Evelyn
Ben Kellogg
Elsie
Johnnie
Greenwood Valley School
Easter Sunday gatherings and community notices
Easter morning breakfast and lights ceremony. guests include Mr and Mrs Ardell Weeks, Leonard Hill, and families at various homes. Kansas City visitors, milk meetings in TongaNoxie, long Easter break for KU and high school students, and many family visits from Lawrence, Winter, Walnut Grove, and Hiawatha. Funeral for Harry Dicker, Dicker Bros store noted as longtime local landmark. deep sympathy to the families.
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Ardell Weeks
Leonard Hill
F. H. Leonard
Doyle Reed
M. C. Elliott
Kanwaka
K. U
Lucy Purcell
Oskaloosa
Bessie Leonhard
Tete Bryant
Kansas City
Frank Johns
Henry Hornberger
F. H. Leonhard
Lawrence Leonhard
Tonganoxie
Bruce. Brown
A. Brown
C. A. Dolan
S. M. Dolan
Edgar Dolan
Williamstown
Frank Jahns
Ruth
Bobbie Jahns
With Rice
Eadora
Jahns
Philip Gabriel
Willis Colman
Winter
Harry van Neste
Z. H. van Neste
Lawrence
H. G. van Neste
Charlie Shirar
Walnut Grove
C . Miller
Milford Miller
Frank Toms
Katharine Toms
Jack
Howard Erwin
Idx May ‘Toms
Hiawatha
Corn
Grant Township
Harry Dicker
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EB. E. B. Raber
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William Torneden
Fern Wilson
Lizzie Torneden
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Elmer Smith
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F. P. Stevens
Robert Laughlin
Jennie Stevens
Kelsie Baugher
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Garnett
Archie Baugh
Shellenberg
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Edith Kelley
Archie Baugher
Fredrick Hemphill
Annie Weiler
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Ross Stone
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