Eastern Kansas Conference music contest closes at KU auditorium
The annual event's final session begins at 7:30 PM in the University of Kansas auditorium, open to the public. Lawrence High dominates with entries in all 35 events, featuring mixed chorus, A Cappella chorus, and orchestra performing works by Gaul Demuth Franck and various classical pieces.
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University of Kansas
Lawrence High
Gaul
Demuth
Cesar Franck
Margaret Lewis
Theodore Sperry
Samsou Smart
Isabel West
Barbara Edmonds
Milding
Oscar Rumsey
Jed Ewin Gress
Ralph Allen
Frank Gurtler
Carl Knox
Corwin Sperry
Ovellette
Schumann
Ruth Seard
Bruch
Charrie Har
Jean Perry
Mildred Ewing
B Martin
Safflou Smart
Margaret Lewie
Dorothy Nuffer
Ruth Haggard
Mickle Leonard
Inabel Wert
Jesus
Dawson
Samson Smart
Franz
Corvin Sperry
Lottie Lamb
Worth
Koy
Poorson
Russell
Alex ‘Mitchell
Jude
Leo Freed
Trom
Paubert
Theodore Gress
Tis
Scherzine
Dizu
Helen Rice
Weber
Gertrude Welch
Volkmann
Jeanne Meyer
Conceru
Cline
Schwencke
Qovernent
Samlou Smart
Kansas Receives New Allotment For Relief Aid
Washington April 13 relief administrator Harry L Hopkins announced an allotment of 118 661 384 for April relief. The total compares with 132 936 226 in March. Kansas was allocated 1 882 565 with other states receiving funds for general and drouth relief transient aid emergency education and student aid programs.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Kansas
Arkansas
Colorado
Missouri
Oklahoma
Hopkins
Deaths and Funerals for Miss Libbie Curtiss
Miss Libbie Curtiss, 70, died at the Methodist home in Topeka. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 AM from the home, with burial in Clinton Cemetery. She lived in the Clinton neighborhood and attended school there, survived by brothers Alfred Curtiss of Heys and Floyd Curtiss of Washington state.
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Libbie Curtiss
Topeka
Clinton Cemetery
Miss Curtiss
Clinton Neighborood
Alfred Curtiss
Heys
Floyd Curtiss
Washington State
Test Your Knowledge Trivia Quiz Questions
A collection of general knowledge questions covering literature law history geography and cinema. Topics include authors scientists cities provinces capitals and classical references with queries on idiocy chowder the knout and Tennyson.
Dr Schwegler to Speak at First Baptist Service
Dr Raymond A Schwegler dean of KU school of education will preach at First Baptist Church tomorrow at 10 50 am His sermon title is The King Guest soloist Mrs Katherine Langmade Nelson will sing Open the Gates of the Temple and the chorus will perform Behold Thy King by Henry Parker
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Raymond A. Schwegler
School of Education
University of Kansas
First Baptist Church
Katherine Langmade Nelson
Knapp
Henry Parker
Mary Manary Chosen Kansas Relays Queen
Margaret Manary of Dodge City will be the Kansas Relays queen next Saturday selected by radio announcer Ted Husing. Attendants will be Katherine Barbara Kuster and Lucile Bottom, both noted society members. Dean Paul B. Lawson discusses dandelions as targets for his ward activity. A former KU student wore a borrowed ROTC uniform at a Kansas City Military circus drawing attention. Missouri and Iowa uniforms outshone KU blue outfits.
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Katherine Kuster
Lucile Bottom
Dean Lawson
Ary Margaret Manary
Dodge City
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Miss Manary
Ted Husing
Katherine Barbara Kuster
Enterprise
Kan
Alpha Delta Pi
Kansas City
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Paul B. Lawson
Dr. Lawson
K. U
R.O.T.G
Missouri
Towa
Mussolini backs armed Austria in conference notes
Report on League of Nations deliberations shows Mussolini favoring armed options for Austria and possible treaty group actions to enforce the covenant. Talks among Ramsay MacDonald France and Italy discuss German entry to the League, colonial issues, and limited armament measures amid cautious optimism.
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League of Nations
Germany
Loot Found Tied to Kansas City Bank Robbery Case
Kansas City detectives report two $1,000 bills hidden in the Missouri Bank and Trust vault after teller Halliday disclosed the hiding place. Halliday and four others are held in a $6,000 alleged fake holdup tied to employer Conrad and a series of recovered funds including $3,100 found at Halliday’s brother’s home. Police note $4,635 remains unaccounted for.
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Kansas City
City
Harvey ©. Jury
Fred Ennis
Missouri Bank & Trust Company
Charles E. Halliday
Teller
Halliday
C. E. Conrad
Conrad
Edward F. Searles
van Channell
Leonard L. Smith
Ralph
Hamburg
Parsons Man Elected Kansas Commercial Secretaries President
GPI C E Perkins of Parsons was elected president of the Kansas Commercial Secretaries Association at the close of its annual meeting. Other officers named were John Stickman of Independence as vice president and L H B Crawford of Winfield as secretary treasurer. The next convention will be held in Wichita.
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Ottawa
Kan
GPI
C. E. Perkins
Parsons
Kansas Commercial Secretaries’ Association
John Stickman
Independence
L. HB. Crawford
Winfield
Wichita
Brackett School Closes With April 18 Program
Brackett school will hold closing day exercises on Thursday April 18. Dinner will be served at 12 o’clock followed by a program. Mrs W T Davis and pupils invite everyone to attend and bring a item for the collection.
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Brackett School
W. T. Davis
Germany Sues for Pact Line Amid Stresa Fallout
Berlin reports Reichsführer Hitler agrees to participate in a general non aggression pact to avoid blaming Germany for Stresa failure. Mutual aid clauses would be dropped, while Neurath signals willingness to sign an eastern non aggression pact without mutual assistance. German press hails stance as savior of the three power meeting.
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Germany
Geneva
Reichsfuerrer
Adolf Hitler
John Simon
Europe
Hitler
Berlin
Foreign Office
Reich
Stresa
France
Italy
Britain
Diplomatische Politische Korespondenz
Western Kansas Acres Not Destroyed By Dust
Dick Williams, covering western Kansas for Watkins farm interests, says western Kansas wheat is damaged but the land remains. He backs government listing programs as sound, noting some dust lands may be abandoned, but most farms will recover with rain. He divides Kansas into four wheat prospects zones and recalls a dust cloud near Goodland, describing the fear and darkness as he drove through it.
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Kansas
Dick Williams
Watkins
Greeley County
Goodland
Farm Administrator Warns AAA May Suffer If Amendments Fail
Washington April 33 A warning that the entire AAA may be scrapped if amendments to the adjustment act fail to pass in Congress was voiced today by Chester C Davis farm administrator In a radio speech he said unless the act can be made fully effective as a national instrument serving the 2 000 000 farmers who grow special crops or milk then with support from that group missing the whole act is in danger The amendments described by Davis as vital to carrying out the marketing agreements phase of the act among growers of special crops were criticized by some as granting too much power to Secretary Wallace
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Washington
AAA
Congress
Chester C. Davis
Wallace
Davis
Williamstown and Pe Baseball Clash Sunday Afternoon
Williamstown hosts Pe in a Jefferson County League non-conference game Sunday at 2 30 p m at Williamstown. Rams and Rams are the two teams slated for the afternoon matchup ahead of league play.
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Williamstown
Jefferson County League
Rams
Jayhawk Club plans motor caravan to Kansas Relays
Kansas City Jayhawk Club members arrange a two vehicle motor caravan to the Kansas Relays with KU boosters forming a parade line in the morning. Glenn Cunningham is scheduled to run April 20 at low admission, though scalpers profit as tickets at $1.65 sell out with a $7 premium for a recent New York race viewing. A 13 pound six ounce baby born in a Lawrence hospital draws local chatter as the iceman father noted. Eggs are plentiful as Dunmire's grocery reports hens produced large consignments from Walter Bradford, Frazier Butler, and Frank Wulfkuhle.
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Jayhawk Club
Kansas City
Kansas Relays
K. U. Boosters
Lawrence
Glenn Cunningham
K. U
Glenn
New York
B. E. Kelley
Topeka
Dunmire
Walter Bradford
Frazier Butler
Frank Wulfkuhle
Trucker Injured In High Way 59 Crash Near Pleasant Grove
John Dellinger, 48, a Curby auto supply truck driver from Ottawa, suffered a fractured left arm above the elbow and cuts when his truck overturned three miles south of Pleasant Grove on highway 59. An ambulance took him to an Ottawa hospital, and he was later released home. Dellinger said a car struck him from behind as it passed, then fled. The Curby truck was badly damaged.
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John Dellinger
Curby Auto Supply Company
Ottawa
Pleasant Grove
Dellinger
Douglas County
Engineer and Others Testify at Rockville Bus Crash Probe
Baltimore witnesses at the B&O inquiry into the Rockville Md school bus train crash testified the engine whistle was loud the bells were ringing and crossing signals were operating. Engineer J A Shoebridge said he sped 55 to 60 mph and could not stop within 1800 feet after applying emergency brakes. Other witnesses confirmed signals and warning bells were functioning at the crossing.
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Rockville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
J. A. Shoebridge
Shoebridge
Arizona Parole Board Has No Plans in Park Case
In Florence Arizona the Parole Board says Edgar Park known as the Old Grad of Kansas University faces no action. The board prefers to let life sentences stand and won’t act until at least ten years served, making Park ineligible before January 1939. The report notes Park’s murder conviction for Perry Brite. A rabbit drive near Lodi California yielded 4,500 rabbits in a four-square mile area.
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Arizona Parole Board
Park Case
Florence
Ariz
Edgar Park
Kansas University
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Walter Hofmann
Perry Brite
Lonely Nava
Arizona
Hofmann
Dust storms prompt relief drive in Oklahoma panhandle
County Agent Lamar says two weeks of choking dust storms create urgent relief needs for health and welfare. He notes 38 new dust storms, low visibility across Enid and Forgan, and predicts possible recovery with moisture. Government campaigns seek 175k–200k for erosion work and 2.5M for broader dust belt projects. Wheat crops wiped out in Cimarron and Beaver counties. Texas county may yield up to 60 percent of planted crop.
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Okla
Oklahoma Panhandle
Lamar
Enid
Forgan
Woodward
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Cimarron County
Beaver County
Texas County
Hesver Team Wins Douglas County Tournament Trophy
Hesver basketball team won the Douglas county tournament at Liberty Memorial High School defeating Vinland 18 to 26 to claim the county trophy. Players: John Kasberger Delmar Dalby Larry Klopfenstein David Dunlap Duane Terrell Robert Dale Stanley Joseph Wotan. Accompanying were Miss Irene Neis and several local families. The article also notes school events, exams, and club meetings with local residents mentioned.
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Hesver
Douglas County
Liberty Memorial High School
Vinland
John Kasberger
Delmar Bagby
Larry Klopfenstein
David Dunlap
Duane Terrell
Robert Dale Stanley
Joseph Wotan
Irene Neis
Charles Terrell
Howard Caviness
Luther Klopfenstein
Bobby
Eudorahich
Hesper School
Neil
Eudora
Keystone Korner Klub
Roy Cramer
Lucy Abels
Norma Ambler
Clara Pearson
Wichita
Neal Dalby
Clarence Crane
Tena Miskimen
D. M. Harris
C. M. Williamson
Levi Woodard
Frank Page
Walter Gerstenberger
W. W Gerstenberger
Charles Daughtery
Lawrence
Daugerty
Gerstenberger
Keystone
Lulu Votaw
Research Hospital
Irvin Votaw
Votaw
Thomas Thornton
James Rush
Miss Hattie
C. E. Votew
Olathe
Community notes highlight gatherings and events around Eudora
A long list of social visits, family dinners, and local happenings in Eudora and nearby towns fills a town page. Weddings, anniversaries, PTA activities, plays at Hopewell, and church missionary meetings show a busy community calendar with numerous relatives and neighbors attending events and sharing news.
Community picnic and social visits noted in local roster
A school picnic was held Thursday at C. M. Williamson's timber with attendees including Lu cille Votaw Alma Votaw Lois Cramer Herbert Grosdidier Paul Grob and Willie Neis. The day featured visits among neighbors and several Sunday dinners and calls from residents of Edgerton Kansas City Kaw Valley Garnett De Soto and Lawrence.
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S School
C. M. Williamson
Lucille
Alma Votaw
Lois Cramer
Herbert Grosdidier
Paul Grob
Willie Neis
Oscar Votaw
C. C. Gerstenberger
Zada Zillner
Boner
Kansas City
John Kasberger
Oscar Brecheisen
Janet Jean
Lloyd Smith
Edgerton
Howard Kohler
Fred Neis
Oscar Votat
Thomas Thornton
James Rush
Hattie
Rush
Noel Griffin
Kaw Valley
Wilma Brecheisen
Eugene Griffen
Lena Finley
Willie Finnley
John Kanzig
Ethel Woods
David Johnson
David
Stanley
Martha Jean
Mary Jane
Ed Knabe
Roger Stanley
Ruth Dunlan
Orthy Brecheisen
Carl Grob
Louis Williamson
Marian
Lucille Votan
Mildred
Ralph Grob
Jeonard Beecroft
Ed Grob
Leonard Beecroft
CCC
Garnett
DeSoto
Tena Gabriel
Alvin Gabriel
Alma Seiwald
Rozalene
Emma Mercer
Amos Westerhouse, Jr
Anna Deay
Arthur Irvin Deay
Rosa Orrick
Rose Starr
Ruby
Evelyn Miller
C. M. Williemson
Leslie Kindred
W.lt.y. Club
May
Charles Holmes
Mirs
Louis Bartz
Carl Bern
Carl Pfleger, Sr
Joe Zillmer
Jerome
Lawrence
Evening Dinner Guests At Kasberger Home
Evening hosts Mr and Mrs John Kasberger welcomed guests including Mr and Mrs Victor Feldmeyer Dorothy and Katherine and Mrs Zig and Greta. Other attendees were Mrs Erwin Kanzig and Doris Moore the last of the Brecheisen children. Attendance at the Walter Brecheisen home included Mr and Mrs C M Williamson Mr and Mrs M B Starr Martha and Henry Gertz Mrs William Miller and Mrs Rey Miller. Rebekah lodge was attended on Tuesday imiscot and CM Williamson and Mrs D M Harris joined an Eastern Star meeting on Wednesday.
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Ulrich Schlegel
Eudora
Ira Burnell
Mary Ann
Osawatomie
Ella Orn
Roy Kurtz
Charles Kurtz
Heaper
Frank Page
Irene Caviness
Amaretti Gabriel
Bmrs
Georgianna Dolling
Dorothy Mae Votaw
Elsie Meg Griffen
Georgia Votaw
P.T. A
Eeryone
M. B. Starr
Lawrence
Charles Daugherty
Helen Cooper
Virginia Starr
Br. B. Starr
Ben Neis
Ruth
Kansas City
Eugene Griffen
Elsie Mae
Miss Esther
Jess Brecheisen
Doris Dean
Gayle Gabriel
Greta Kanzig
Earnest Milburn
H. Reifschneider
Ruth Elaine
Alfred Seiwald
Gus Gabriel
Little Blue Missionary Society
Bessie Kanziz
Sarah Brecheisen
Sam Gabriel
Amaretta
Lena Finley
Lottie Brecheisen
Clete Milburn
Amos Westerhouse, Jr
Ralph Wotan
Ralph
Mohler
Ed Brazil
Stella
Kaw Valley
No. 10
Sarah Ellen Wade
Dan, Wade
Deay
E. Milburn
Harmony
Ed Milburn
Eva
Lens
Floyd
Gyril
Gertrude Steffen
Richard Beatrice
Clifford
Amos Westerhouse
Harry Miller
DeSoto
Ray Miler
Hopewell School
Fuss
Feathers
Leon Milburn
Dorothy Hausman
Doris Moore
Eva Milburn
Harold Gabriel
Jess Brecheizen
Gerald Knabe
Louishville
Herbert Knabe
Paul Gabriel
Louis Bartz
Oliver Deay
Clifford Haverty
Alice Walters
Mayme Kohler
Salem Evangelical Church
Maggie Hagenbuch
W. W. Dolling
Dunlap
C. M. Williamson
L. E.klopfenstein
Raymond Stanley
John Kasberger
Victor Feldmeyer
Dorothy
Katherine
Zig
Greta
Vast
Erwin Kanzig
Brecheisen
Walter Brecheisen
Rey Miller
Rebekah Lodge
CM. Williamson
D. M. Harris
Eastern Star
Business College Notes Highlights Students and Appointments
Miss Grace Riebe secured a stenographic position with Peabody Furniture Co. in Topeka after leaving Garnett Kansas. Walter Reichardt of Dwight Kansas elected mayor in spring election. A new shorthand class begins after Easter vacation. Emma Hensley received a civil service appointment in Washington D C and enrolled in L B C from Pomona. Quakenbush subpoenaed as expert witness in Federal Court at Topeka Tuesday. Velma Jacobson works part time for Kansas Electric Power Co. Neal Havens left school for a position with Kansas Public Service Co. Robi Parker of Pomona is a new student this week.
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Pomona
Kan
Quakenbush
Toreka
Velma Jacobson
Kansas Electric Power Co
Neal Havens
Kansas Public Service Co
Robi. Parker
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