Salvi Harp Recital Delights Big K U Audience At Robinson Gym
Alberto Salvi offered a stunning harp recital to a large audience at Robinson gymnasium last night. Critics praised his masterful technique and tonal range, noting passages of near orchestral depth, softly whispered lines, and brilliant fortissimo. Debussy, Poiss, Chopin, and Salvi’s own Italian Serenade drew sustained applause, with encores including The Swan and Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffman. The performance was hailed as a revelation of the harp’s expressive power.
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Alberto Salvi
Robinson Gymnasium
Tausic Jovers
Dience
Salvi
Swith
Debussy
Poisse
Chopin
Schucker
Poenitz
Lake Rose
Barcarolle
Tales of Hoffman
Weaver of Dreams
Fellowship Awarded To Graduate Student In Minnesota
A Minneapolis based graduate student earned the Thomas Ropes Fellowship for one year of graduate work. President M Carey announced the honor, naming the recipient as the Fellow in the program.
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Ary Bienberk
Atte
Minneapolis
Minn
M. Carey
Thomas Ropes
War Department officer led national trifling marksman ship unit
Designated by the war department as executive officer of the national Tifla matches this year at Camp Perry Ohio he served with the 88th division which included Ohio West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania troops during the war and was in charge of trifle marksman ship of the American Expedition ary Forte in France.
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War Department
Camp Perry
Ohio
88Rd
West Virginia
Western
Pennsylvania
France
Nursery Wallpaper With Animals Adorns Room Decor
An affordable wallpaper design for children features quaint animal and child illustrations. The cheerful print titled The Nursery decorates shelves and walls with playful scenes suitable for a child’s room.
Army ambulance planes to enter tests at Dayton field
Washington reports four new specially designed army ambulance airplanes will be placed in service if tests prove satisfactory. One model received at McCook Field Dayton is undergoing trials and preliminary reports say it will meet requirements. The plane can fly 100 miles an hour and carries two patients a pilot and a flight surgeon. England France Czechoslovakia and Sweden have provided the US with medical aeronautics information.
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Washington
Associated Press
Army
Covanvision
MclCook Field
Dayton
Ohio
England
France
Czechoslovakia
Sweden
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Margaret Miller
Mrs Margaret Miller an early settler of Douglas county died at her home near West Baldwin yesterday afternoon after a long illness Funeral services will be at Ives Chapel in West Baldwin at 2 oclock Wednesday afternoon The pastor Rev Short assisted by Rev Bailey will conduct the services She had lived in Kansas since territorial days and spent time in Lawrence with her parents in the early days
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Margaret Miller
Douglas County
West
Baldwin
Ives Chapel
Ele Short
W. Bailey
Wichita has Holiday Entire Town Celebrates
Wichita celebrates as the national high school basketball champions return from Chicago. Principal L W Brooks proclaims a day off while thousands fill Union Station and the business district in a joyous homecoming. Babe Ruth collapse news from New York appears in brief.
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Wichita
Wichita High School
Chicago
Union Station
McGovern to Seek Mystery of Human Head Squeezers
London April 6 AP reports Dr William M McGovern plans a seven to ten month South American expedition to study the legendary human head squeezers tribe between the Amazon and northern Andes. He will travel through Brazil Colombia Ecuador and Peru with cameras and wireless gear to observe their habits and the alleged head shrinking method. He aims to map their culture and edge diamond and gold legends while seeking a scientific understanding of the process. The expedition ends in Lima Peru before his return to London.
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London
Associated Press
Amazon Basin
Andes
South America
William M. M McGovern
England
McGovern
Brooklyn
Amazon
Feild
Limes
Peru
Canada considers further cuts to Japanese fishing licenses
Washington reports Canadian officials contemplate another 15 percent cut to Japanese fishing licenses, reducing the 1922 total to about 30 percent. protest from salmon canning interests grows as white fishermen diminish, with officials citing salmon depletion as the motive behind license reductions.
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Washington
United Press
Canadian
Vacouver
Canada
Swedish ore talks stir Stockholm markets in 1925
Stockholm reports that Bethlehem Steel may buy Trafik Grangesberg ore output, with Swedish mines perhaps doubling in 1925. Exports from Lapland rose sharply in January, much of it to America, amid European demand. The Trafik Grangeberg mines could yield up to 1 1 900 000 tons annually, sparking concern over continent market loss. The piece also recalls Boston’s 1825 labor unrest and employer association funding.
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Stockholm
Associated Press
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Trafik
Aktiebolaget Oxelosund- Grangesberg
Lapland
Germany
America
Trafik Grangeberg
Sweden
Motorboat to Run at Amazing Speed for Harmsworth Trophy
Detroit April 6 AP report on Commotore Gar Wood to defend the Harmsworth Trophy aboard a new multi step hydroplane powered by four Liberty engines. Race rules may allow several boats and two heats to win. speeds expected from 80 to 40 knots.
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Detroit
Associated Press
Wood
Haymsworth
Cowes
England
Wodd
B.I. T
Mahy
Government Bonds New York Update April 7
Liberty bonds show mixed prices with bands closing near 101.12 to 101.24. U S government securities trade at 43,300.28 and 4s at 104.28, reflecting diverse demand across maturities.
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Government
New York
Liberty
U. S
Commission delays keep old gas rate orders alive
Topeka April 7 considerable confusion over outcomes of filings with the old state public utilities commission after the state public service commission took over last month. Hearings occurred but no final orders issued, so conclusions await the new panel. In major cases, re hearings may be required to brief the new body. An outstanding gas rate dispute, heard at Winfield Wellington and Arkansas City, involved former commissioner Ed T Hackney ordering removal of limiting devices and a shift to local gas priced ten cents per thousand cubic feet, with Empire Natural gas at forty cents. The ruling required averaging costs of fifteen cent gas and any necessary forty cent gas plus a sixteen cent distributing charge. A rehearing is expected.
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Topeka
State Public Utilities Commission
State Public Service Commission
Winfield
Wellington
Arkansas City
Ed T. Hackney
Empire Natural Pipeline
Focal Distributing’ Company
Pipeline Company
Empire
Commission
Easter program at valley chapel and Sunday school contest
Valley chapel notes show an Easter program at the church after Sunday school and a contest between old and young folks to boost attendance. Local family visits include Mr and Mrs Bond hosting, various kin sharing Sunday and Saturday meals, and neighbors driving new cars. John Banks and Neal Banks visited Lawrence. others rode to nearby towns.
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Oskaloosa
Ellis Bond
Albert Webber
Marvin Bond
Dial
John Banks
Marie Schellhorn
Epley
Lawrence
Gress
Maesday
Neal
Neal Banks
Roy Curtis
Frances Ward
George Eastman Retires From Kodak Posts in Jersey City
George Eastman, founder of the Kodak company, retires from active direction in Jersey City. He relinquishes the offices of president and general manager, roles he has held since 1919, marking a major leadership transition for the firm.
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George Eastman
Jersey City
Kodak
Eastman Kkodak Company
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Alexander J. McNab
Titusville
United States
Nations Exchange
Babe. Ruth
World
Babé Ruth
Ashville
Munn
New Haven
de Waloft
Cominy
Wayne’ Munn
Ed “Strangler
Lewis
Hartford
Myster of
Squezers
William Henry Ireland
Bethlehem Steel Company
Boston
Detroit River
Old State Commission
Argentine Republic
Argentina
Martha Washington
University
Harl H. Bronson
Massachusetts
Curteina
Polaire
Pillowa
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