Flood Toll Rises as Washita River Claims Eleven
Elk City Oklahoma April 5 AP flood toll climbs with the discovery of eleven bodies along a 10 mile stretch of the Washita river. Rescue crews search for at least six more missing as residents recall tents and dugouts along the swollen river. Damages total about 625000 with farm and railroad losses substantial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk City
Okla
Washita
E. H. McClanahan
L. L. Fenter
Stella Mae Fenter
Levi Fenter
Lawrence Taylor
Lenora Taylor
A. M. Adams
Opa
Edith
Lo Fay
Audrey
Lenora Bush
Epee L. L. Fenter
Hammon
Leo Bush
Wilma Adams
Velita Adams
Bush
Woodrow
Elvin
Emory
Isaac Dick
Butler
Rusty Toller
Harry Kemp
Ewing Taylor
Flay Freeman
Lawrence Conway
D. Liord
Taylor
C. F P. Staith
Fera Eneer
Hamman
Carl Giles
Whate
Oklahoma City
Glinton
Cheyenne
Smith
Strong City
Deaths and Funerals for Robert Joe Winters
Funeral services for Robert Joe Winters held at 2 pm Friday from the Church of Christ in Vinland conducted by Rev. Andrews. Burial in West Baldwin cemetery. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Ford Winters of Baldwin, three brothers Alfred Winters of Ottawa Harry Winters and Charles Winters of Lawrence, three sisters Mrs Minnie Randall of Vinland Mrs EF House of Emporia and Mrs Francis Macy of Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Joe Winters
Will Wanters
Vinland
Church of Christ
Mr. Andrews
Awa
West Baldwin Cemetery
Ford Winters
Haldwin
Alfred Winters
Ottawa
Harry ‘Winters
Charles Winters
Lawrence
Minnie. Randall
EF. House
Emporia
Francis Macy
Topeka
Wright and Collins plead guilty to armed robbery in Mannford raid
In Stillwater Oklahoma on April 5 Glenn Roy Wright and Pat Collins pleaded guilty to armed robbery charges connected to a $6000 raid on a farm auction last fall. Wright also faces a murder count in Ottawa County while Collins has a bank robbery record. District Judge Freeman Miller will hear testimony before sentencing tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Glenn Roy Wright
Pat Collins
Mannford
uThey
Wright
Ottasra County
Collins
Ze Brodie
Freeman Miller
Endres Files Candidacy in Attorney General Race
Ben Endres of Leavenworth files as a candidate for the Republican nomination for attorney general in Topeka. He is the first to announce for the post, held by Roland Boynton in his second term, with 15 years in the legislature representing Leavenworth county. Nearly 13,000 acres of Kiowa Indian land in Oklahoma have been terraced for a soil conservation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
F Dres
Leavenworth
Endres
Roland Boynton
Leavenworth County
Kiowa Reservation
Oklahoma
Moratorium Challenge Dismissed in Court in Kansas
In Topeka on April B AP the Kansas supreme court dismissed the National Life Insurance Company action seeking a writ of mandamus to force sheriff Mel Gibson of Montgomery County to issue a deed of trust on foreclosed property. The court ruled the company must file in district court first and then appeal to the supreme court. A new moratorium law was enacted in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Supreme Court
National Life Insurance Company
Mel Gibson
Montgomery County
Reynolds Heir Receives Large Estate After 16 Years
Richard J. Reynolds Jr inherits $1.78 million from his father’s will but the fortune expands to over 25 million as most assets flow to the heir. The late magnate left the family home to Dick and split assets among widow and four children, while elder son’s stock value was modest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
Apr
Richard J. Reynolds
Baltimore
R. J. Reynolds
Reynolds, Jr
Mary Babcock
Nancy Bagley
Z. Smith Reynolds
Reynolds
Fifth and
Spring Streets
Rainy Tuesday drenching slows Lawrence roads and business
Rural residents recall a drenching rain on Tuesday night that soaked dirt roads and slicked CWA rock areas, leaving cars stuck on level terrain. A job-seeker was sent to a farm, refused low pay, and F R Gross opens a new business at 18 East Ninth Street. A postcard delivery aided the Journal-World, and school board talks on New York building contracts touch on skilled versus unskilled labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Warmer Weather Expected After Kansas Rainshowers
Kansas forecast calls for gradual warming as showers taper off and clouds clear. Western Kansas to feel sun first with a chilly night possible elsewhere but no freezing anticipated. Meteorologist S D Flora notes light rainfall in several cities and the dry subsoil requiring more rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toneka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Topeka
Wichita
Concordia
Dodge City
Oswego
Parsons
Walnut
Dempsey Loses Shirt In Unique Ring Event
In Alexandria, April 5 AP Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey refereeing a wrestling match faced a riotous moment when Mrs. Johnny Plummer, wife of a contender, climbed into the ring. She grabbed Dempsey by the shirt and hair while he retreated from the melee. Dempsey later raised Bruce Noland’s arm in victory by default after promoters restrained the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Jack Dempsey
Shamman
Dempsey
Johnny Plummer
Bruce Noland
Plummer
Noland
Mrs. Plummer
Citywide drive orders removal of slot and gambling devices
Mayor Spalding and City Attorney Mitchell led police in a campaign to remove slot machines, penny and nickel snatching devices, and similar games from the city. Merchants were warned to remove devices this afternoon, with a thorough city check and possible arrests planned for tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Spalding
A. B. Mitchell
Landon to Speak in Colby to Young Republicans
Governor Alf M. Landon planned to fly from Topeka for Colby to address the sixth district Young Republicans convention tomorrow night. Also on the program are Frank Carlson state chairman Fred Seaton of Manhattan president of Kansas Young Republican clubs and John Peach sixth district chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Colby
Snring
Young Republicans
Landon
Frank Carlson
Fred Seaton
Manhattan
Kansas Young Republican Clubs
John Peach
Ford Opposes Higher Prices Amid Economic Recovery
Detroit April 5 AP Henry Ford, in an interview, said his company will not raise automobile prices and urged the administration to halt price increases, calling the rise a craze that would hinder business recovery. New York April 5 AP Mrs Elbert H Gary widow of the steel magnate died at her Fifth Avenue home after a long illness. she was Emma Townsend before marrying Gary in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Hng
Henry Ford
New York
Elbert H. Gary
Fifth Avenue
Steel industry fights Wagner bill in Senate hearing
The steel industry testified against the Wagner bill to outlaw company dominated unions calling it vicious destructive and grossly unfair before the Senate labor committee in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Mrs Will Rogers sister recovering after pneumonia attack
Attending doctors said Mrs Tom McSpadden of Chelsea Oklahoma sister of humorist Will Rogers appears to have emerged from the crisis of a pneumonia attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Okla
Tom McSpadden
Will Rogers
Harold Denton Named Honor Man in Class Roster
The list highlights Harold Denton among top juniors and seniors across multiple colleges. It cites numerous students by name and hometowns, with honors across schools of Business, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Law, Medicine, and Pharmacy, noting high ten percent placements and Beta Gamma Sigma, Pi Lambda Theta, Alpha Omega Alpha designations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Business
George Crawford
Beta Gamma Sigma
Lawrence
Marian Fitzwater
Goff
Don F. Gresser
Roseville
W. Holmes
Eudora
Howard Turner
Gardner
Lioyd Metzler
William T. Corcoran
School of Education
Gladys Porter Gurtler
Pil Lambda Theta
Bernice Bf. Mahan
Wichita
Mary Virginia Smith
Pi Lambda ‘Theta
Margaret Thayer Walker
Pi Lambda ‘the
Topeka
Marian E. Isher
Des Moines
Iowa
Ellen Graham
Pi Lambda Theta
Route 2
Kansas City
Ken
Tighest
Hoger
Tau Meta Pi
Sigma Tau
Independence
William A. Edson
Robert I. Ganoung
Salina
Edgar Gill
Fayette
John Herndon
Civ
Richard W. Porter
Sigma Tau Salina
Charles
Bpahr
A.S.C.E
Wiliam Swerdloft
Ken Frederick Wheeler
Tau Beta Pi
Juniorar
Guy
Omer
Lea W. Born
Osage City
Curtis Beninger
Stanberry
Fred Q. Genmill
Electrical
George 3B
Hamilton
Chemical
Tarwrence
Margaret N. Wheeler
School of Fine Arts
Helen Russell
Pi Kappa Lambda
Mortar Board
Great Bend
Raymond E. Lawrencen
Pi Kap
Lambda
St. Joe
Gane- Nieve Hargiss
Cairo
Leona Jensen
Nowata
Okla
Etta
Louise Knaup
Concordia
Tom. Ryan
Chanute
Clarice Sloan
Ralph Hawley
Son Marie] Ha
Phi Teta Kappa
Alpha Omega Alpha
Muskogee
Howard E. Hamillion
Kane City
Kan
Herbert H. Heaser
Kansans City
Pete E. Hiebert
Alghr
Onr Alpha
Buhler
Charles Isbell
Ape Omera Alpha
Edward H. Kisin
Talph Zupanec
Spearville
Inior
Lee Herman Leger
Goodland
Henry Quin
Kansan City
Dennis B. Dorees
Baldwin
Ralph Co. Ellis
Blue Ridge
Utilities Fair Rates Association backs lower Kansas rates
Halstead Kansas April 5 AP city officials formed the Utilities Fair Rates Association of Kansas with about 400 attendees. R T McCluggage was named permanent chairman and the group urged abolition of current rate structures in favor of valuations based rates. They support a cooperative statewide gas pipeline and petitioned for a federal loan for Inland Pipe Line from Burrton to Emporia. The association plans a May 2 meeting in El Dorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halstead
Kan
Utilities Fair Rates Association of Kansas
R. T. McCluggage
el Dorado
Thurman -Hill
Wichita
Kansas Public Service Commission
E. L. Kinzer
G. W. Herrman
Frank Lostutter
Emporia
Kansas
Inland Pipe Line Company
Burrton Field
Fellowship Dinner at Trinity Lutheran Church Friday
Close to 200 members and friends will attend a 6 30 p m fellowship supper at Trinity Lutheran to honor new members received during Palm Sunday and Holy Week. Rev O D Baltzly will be present and Delphine Dasher, retiring parish worker, will be guest of honor. The John Chest offering report will be given and reservations are urged by phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
O. D. Baltzly
Delphine Dasher
Lawrence
Spring Arrives on Campus with Yard News and Pranks
Campus flora blooms as spring warmth returns. News from Beta house kite plans, Phi Psi outdoor party, and Sigma Nus reappear after hibernation. Rehearsals for Journey's End begin with Kansas Players. A parade of campus jokes, a new flagstone, and debates over the compulsory activity ticket frame a lively springtime scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Oread ‘Ag
Beta House
Steve Stotts
Kentucky
Ponganoxie State Lake
Brown's Grove
Kansang
Lawrence Boy Missing Again Reported by Mother
Jimmy King a 15 year old stepson of Mrs. Vina A. King of 503 Lake Street is missing again. Earlier he vanished en route to school sparking a large search and a broadcast appeal that led to a tip about a farm seven miles southwest of Princeton. A fresh search is under way as Mrs. King and Chief Cummings pursue possible sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy King
Vina A. King
Lake Street
W. J. Cummings
Jimmy
Ottawa
Princeton
Franklin County
Hepburn in Spitfire Extended Run at Patee Theatre
Katharine Hepburn’s Spitfire remains on view with extra showings at the Patee theatre after large crowds since its Sunday premiere. Tomorrow and Saturday feature The Chief with Ed Wynn, followed by Al Jolson’s Wonder Bar. North Carolina State College reports hog-tasing industry has cut corn surplus in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Hepburn
Patee Theatre
Ed Wynn
al Jolson
Wonder Bar
North Carolina State College
Dr Harry Chambers Kiwanis speaker addresses club
Dr Harry L Chambers lieutenant governor spoke to the Lawrence Kiwanis Club on Kiwanis objective to develop intelligent aggressive serviceable citizenship. He urged active citizens to drive progress, noted education must be kinetic not static, and praised survey results showing need for better leadership. Frank M Dawson, former member now at Madison, Wisconsin, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Harry L. Chambers
Kiwanis International
Committee On
Kiwanis Education
Chambers
Frank M. Dawson
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Ultra Modern Encopation Jazz Program Delights City Club
A Society program of jazz featuring Mrs Arthur L Owen and musicians at the Central Administration auditorium drew favorable comments. Highlights included Study in Jazz, Dancer in the Patio, a multifaceted Jack and Jill, and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue performed from memory by Mrs Owen and Harold Grasse. The junior Grasse, a University engineering student, impressed with flawless memory. Meanwhile Trinity Service Club hosted Miss Delphine Dasher at the Lutheran church parlor with appreciation from parishioners, a gift and handkerchiefs shower, and light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Administration
Arthur L. Owen
Edward Burlingame Hill
Charles Repper
Dolph’ Simons
Wilma Miller
Jack and Jill
Sigmund Spaeth
Handel
Schubert
Donizetti
Debussy
Grasse
University Engineering School
Lewis Smith Sentenced for Assault and Battery
Lewis Smith, 40, of 1240 New York street, was found guilty yesterday afternoon by a justice court jury of assault and battery against Marie Colbert of the same address. Justice Charles Springer sentenced Smith to six months in the county jail with immediate imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Smith
New York Street
Justice Court
Marie Colbert
Charles Springer
Smith
Fire destroys Rembrandt painting Pontius Pilate at Cardew mansion
A fire in Cornwall destroys the priceless Rembrandt titled Pontius Pilate housed in the Cardew mansion owned by Capt. Charles Tremayne. The blaze at the country estate near Perranarworthal damaged the structure and the art collection, with reports noting the painting's loss in the early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
England
Pontius Pilate
Cardew
Charles Tremayne
Settlement talks amid Gadwood brutality claims in KC
In Kansas City, attorneys for John H Gadwood, charged with murder over municipal election slayings, claim he was brutally beaten while under police questioning. Photos of injuries were taken as chief detectives warned against third degree methods and suspended detectives involved. Separately, Attorney General Cummings said large taxpayers offered to settle tax liabilities with interest and 50 percent penalty, and noted papers to return Samuel Insull and the potential creation of a NRA violation unit in the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
John H. Gadwood
Depuy
Lee Flacey
Gadwood
Thomas J. Higgins
William _ Simpson
R. K. Cole
Simpson
Cole
Chief Higgins
Higgins
John Gadwood
Swope Parkway
Lee Flacy
P. W. Oldham
Larry Cappo
Washington
Cummings
Department of Justice
Justhe ‘Department
State Department
Samuel Insull
Special Justice Department
The
Recovery Administration
Huey Long Called Down in Senate Feud Over Harigan Comment
Huey Long was called to order in the senate for a rule violation tied to a charge that Pat Harrigan could "stick him in the back and drink his blood." The clash with Harrison sparked a day of sharp exchanges between Louisiana and Mississippi Democrats in a committee hearing and in the senate. Separately, NRA aide to Detroit noted discontent over slow labor board action, with Edward F. McGrady rushing to Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Gam
Alpha Gam
Washington
Huey Long
Senate
Pat Harrigan
Louisiana
Mississippi
Harrison
Clark
D.mo
NRA
Detroit
Automobile Labor Board
Hugh S. Johnson
Edward F. McGrady
Brinkley Plans Return to XBR Broadcast From Mexico
Dr John Brinkley announced plans to resume broadcasting on XBR from Villa Acuna Mexico opposite Del Rio Texas by April 15. He said Mexican government issues which shut the station were being ironed out and may use remote control from a yacht named Doctor Brinkley 11 captained by Chris Berra to relay the program from Corpus Christi if permitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Tex
John Brinkley
Villa Acuna
Mexico
del Rio
Texas
Brinkley
Doctor Brinkley
Florida
Chris D. ¥Berra
Brinksey
Doan's Pills Promise Kidney Relief From Toxins
An old 1934 medical ad claims kidneys hold 16 miles of tubules and washing out 15 miles of tubes prevents fatigue and urination issues. It touts Doan's Pills as a safe remedy endorsed by doctors and mass-market druggists, warning against unproven cures and stressing long use since 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Ortor
Raillloua
Foster-Milbure Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Old City Hall
F.R. Gross
East Ninth Street
Tuttle Cafe
Journal- World
Lawrence ‘Business College
Ady
Spalding
Will
Harold Denton
Kappa
Holton
Lucille Weiss
Phi Beta Hapa
Barnes
Otia F. Brubaker
Falfurrias
James L. Lawson
Paul’ W. Miles
Nickerson
Alfred C. Ames
Cary E. Anderson
Beattie
David W. Carson
Harold L. Dyer
Oberjin
Catherine AC Hartley
Enoch Johnson
Dorothy M. Lewis
Nortonville
Sol Lindenbaum
William G. McCarrol
Hutchinson
Ralph C. McKibbin
Hazel E. Rice
Margaret Schwartz
McPherson
Freshmen
John Hubert Anderson
Wellington
Iverson Earl Baker
Barbara Goll
George C. Johnson
Junction City
Ruth Eleanor Learned
Hawaas City
School of Pharmacy
Ennis Sandberg
Rexsie Cooper
McDonald
Gilly B. Checkin
Mary Nicholson
Mt. Oread
Theta
Lodge
George Callahan
London
Colin Clive
Sigma Nus
East Topeka
Pacacamacs
Oread-Kayhawks
Katharine Hepburne
Patee
Harry Chambers
Kiwanis Club
Trinity Service
Lutheran Church
Erna Corey
Miss Dasher
Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Huey
Lawrence Business College
Brinkley Saga
Pep
Vigor
Dickinson
Dee Gene Reymond
Alison
Dangerland Disaster
Love
Lawrence Building & Loan Association
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank
Mount Hope
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!