Spring social season kicks off with KU senior cakewalk
Mount Oread comes alive as spring formals begin with Senior Cakewalk hosted by Kansas University seniors. Fletcher Henderson's Harlem band drew mixed reactions while Thetas, Alpha Delta Pi, and other Greek houses plan garden party decor with artificial grass, hollyhocks, and fountains. Ducks swim for the big moment as purses and dandelions decorate campus lawns and alleys. Relatives abound amid Pan-Hellenic limits, and student politics spark a protest from the Dread-Kayhawks over ballot stuffing in Thursday's election.
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Mt. Oread
K. U
Fletcher Henderson
Harlem
Thetas
Alpha Delta Fi
Theta
Union Building
Red Blackburn
Smilax
Alpha Delta Pi
Joe Penner
Boy on bicycle runs away, found near Lawrence
Fred Rhoades, 15, who left Kansas City after a note to his parents, rode a bicycle since Thursday night and passed through Lawrence yesterday afternoon heading toward Wichita. He stopped for air at a filling station on Twenty third and Louisiana, gave his name, and said he was en route to visit a cousin. Sheriff Dunkley and local reports confirm the disappearance. In other news, Gov. Landon appoints W. K. Skinner of Stockton as judge of the 24th judicial district to fill the late Judge W. B. Ham's seat, effective immediately until next November.
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Fred Rhoades
Kansas City
R. D. Benner
Lawrence
Joe Weber
Twenty-third
Louisiana Streets
Jack Dunkley
Wichita
Weber
Highway 13
Dunkley
Rhodes
Roosevelt signs Norris Rankin resolution on federal rate probe
Washington April 14 AP Roosevelt signs the Norris Rankin resolution directing a federal power commission to investigate electric rates. The move aims to curb alleged rate abuses and press for fair pricing in the energy sector. The action underscores federal oversight of utilities and potential reforms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Power Commission
Exile-Insull voyage and global politicos in brief
Exile Samuel Insull began the homeward voyage with Mrs Insull likely joining at Catania Sicily on the journey to the United States. Vienna reports train wreckers linked to left radicals facing imminent arrests as authorities accuse conspirators of derailing the international express. Tokyo bans an American show troupe from leaving Japan after engagements ending tomorrow with one transit visa extension granted. Madrid marks Spain’s republic anniversary amid cabinet crisis rumors and prisoner protests over expected amnesty being denied.
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Associated Press
S. S. Exilene
Samuel Insull
Insull
Catania
Sicily
United States
Vienna
International Express
Fey
Tokyo
Japan
Madrid
Spain
Varied program at Lawrence junior high concert
An evening program in the Lawrence junior high school auditorium featured musical selections, a play Oh Rosalind and living pictures. Rex Shaver led the boys free club with Miss Mildred Kirkham directing the play and Miss Helen Inge guiding the living pictures. Cast members included Evelyn Wulfkuhle Gale Wiley Donald Wetzel Marcella Gress, Jean inn Harold McKay Floyd toch Jerry Sisson Helen Salisbury Edward Moorman and others. Musical numbers ranged from cornet solos to violin duets piano trios alto horn solos and a gypsy dance with several accompanists and readers.
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Lawrence
Living Pictures
Rex Shaver
University of Kansas
Shaver
Mildred Kirkham
Evelyn Wulfkuhle
Gale Wiley
Donald Wetzel
Marcella
Gress
Jean Inn
Harold McKay
Floyd ‘Och
Jerry Sisson
Helen Salisbury
Edward Moorman
Helen Inge
Vena Flory
Barabara Ann Knott
Katherine Heck
Ola Golf
Marjory McCarty
Lucille Myers
Jim Brown
Margaret Jane Wadhams
Helen Lindquist
Buddy Marr
Gene Whetstone
Jeanne Moyer
Alan Ewing
Anita Boughton
Miss Kirkham
Chickens Die In Blaze At Calep Hultz Residence
Fire swept a chicken house from a small oil stove at Calep Hultz’s home on Eighth and Hickory, about 100 chicks killed. firefighters prevented spread to the house.
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Calep Hultz
Eighth
Hickory Streets
Tennessee Street
C. F. Welfley
Joe Knack
Walter Hayden
New York Street
Paul Ingels
Intruder Scares Mrs Rice at Locust Street Home
Mrs Casey Rice woke to a flashlight in her eyes as a man bent over her at 622 Locust Street about 9 35 last night. She yelled and fled to a nearby filling station to call police. Lilburn Dowers and Huston Turner responded, but the intruder had fled. The assailant wore a blanket over his head and she could not describe him.
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Casey Rice
Locust Street
Deaths and Funerals Russell S Raber
Russell S Raber died in Los Angeles California. His body will arrive Monday morning and funeral services will be at Clinton cemetery graveside at 3 PM Monday. He was born and raised in the Clinton area. Survived by widow and several siblings including Alta R Derby and Eli B Raber of Lawrence.
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Russell S. Raber
Russel S. Raber
Los Angeles
Calif
Clinton
Mr. Raber
Alta R. Derby
Eli B. Raber
Lawrence
Engine-less trains by radio powered car tested in Oklahoma
Boise City April 14 A P report details a secret experiment on Santa Fe tracks where energy transmitted by short wave radio powered a small rail motor car for seven miles eight passengers rode the device as inventor M C Gregory plans a 1000 horsepower system to run a five car train from Brooklyn tests in California and later tests in Boise City Gregory and assistant Roberts of Brentwood say static or weather did not affect operation despite poor radio reception problems.
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Boise City
Okla
Santa Fe
M. C. Gregory
Brooklyn
N.Y
California
New York
Morris Weingood
Roy Butterbaugh
Gregory
Ei Roberts
Brentwood
Westminster Choir to Sing at Emporia Vesper Program
The Westminster A Cappella Choir of First Presbyterian Church will travel tomorrow afternoon to Emporia for a 4 o clock vesper concert at the College of Emporia. Fifty seven singers will ride two buses, funded by a church member for better music. Women will host a dinner after morning service and the group plans to depart about one oclock. This exchange of choirs precedes a return concert by the College of Emporia choir on April 29 in Lawrence under D A Hirschler. The program includes All Breathing Life, Crucifixus, The Lord's Prayer, Glory Honor and Laud, The Shepherd's Story, and Bye and Bye among others.
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Westminster A Cappella
First Presbyterian Church
Emporia
College of Emporia
D. A. Hirschler
Lawrence
Lorpolitoff
Ivanoff
Gretchaninof
Mary Louise Beltz
God
Gretehaninofel
Glory
Honor
Laud
Saviour Kristiansen
Augusta, Mueller
Dickinson
Howard Sanders
Bartitone
Dale Vilet
Alice Denton
Bye and Bye
Noble Calin Arts
Dett
Evening Service at First Methodist Church
Rev. David Bulkley of City Mission Kansas City will speak at 7 30 Sunday evening at First Methodist Church. He shifted from business success to aid the poor in Kansas City’s North End, living in the former palace of sin gifted by the queen of the underworld. Dr. Hunt and John Hunt helped his conversion nearly thirty years ago. The Men's Business Chorus and a High School string trio directed by Mr Sawhill will perform.
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David Bulkley
Kansas City
First Methodist
Bulkley
Robert A. Hunt
First Methodist Church
Mr. Bulkley
John E. Hunt
Baxter Springs
Kan
Sawhill
Forum on Patriotism Incorporated at Unitarian Forum
Tomorrow at 10 o clock Tom Page of the International Relations Club at the University discusses Patriotism Incorporated and munition makers role in military preparedness and Nye bill in Congress. Sermon at 11 o clock with Mrs Henry Werner and Keith Davis singing a duet.
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Patriotism Incorporated
Unitarian Forum
Tom Page
International Relations Club
University
Henry Werner
Keith Davis
Promethean Club
Charles A. Engvall
Louisiana’ Street
Young People’s ‘Religious Union
Wae Island
Portsmouth
H. Drie ™ M. Sturtevant
Hendrik Ibsen
Genevieve Bero
The
Former City School Head Is Garden Prize Winner
M. C. Del Manzo, former Lawrence schools superintendent, won Better Homes and Gardens national contest prizes including a $1,000 sweepstakes and $200 first prize in class 4. His project restored a Dutch Colonial dwelling at New Hope, Pennsylvania, removing a Victorian addition and returning the home to its 1750 lines. He aimed for comfort and livability without obscuring the period architecture.
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City School
New Hope
M. C. del Manzo
Lawrence
Better Homes and Gardens
Mr. del Manzo
Conast
del Manzo
New Trial Denied for Kansas City Dem Leader Lazia
In Kansas City on April 14 AP reports north side Democratic leader John Lazia failed to gain a new trial on income tax misdemeanors. Judge Merrill E. Otis ruled juror Greer had no recollection of Lazia as a state defendant, returning the case to the earlier conviction for failure to file 1929 and 1930 tax reports. Lazia was sentenced to one year’s jail and a 2500 dollar fine with an appeal window to May 15.
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Kansas City
John Lazia
North Side
T. J. Pendergast
Merrill E. Otis
Lazia
Albert H. Greer
Greer
Frank P. Walsh
Jerome Walsh
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
County relief handling urged by state director at Topeka
Topeka April 14 AP County commissioners and local relief administration must properly handle wage and relief problems. Stutz said counties will cover direst relief if local opinion differences cannot be quickly resolved. Federal work relief wages not available in counties with unresolved disagreements. Announcement followed a conference with REA supervising director Edmands. Wright context noted.
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Topeka
Kan
John G. Stutz
T. J. Edmonds
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Kansas Wesleyan
Winfield Tourney
Speed blamed for Pittsburgh viaduct wreck nature
Interstate Commerce Commission safety bureau suggested a dead or incapacitated engineman may have been at the throttle of the Pennsylvania railroad passenger train that plunged from a Pittsburgh viaduct on February 26 killing 11 and injuring 46. The 24 mile last leg took 26 minutes, exceeding the 25 mph curve limit.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
Safety Bureau
Bureau
Shaw
Local notes on Lawrence events and figures
A column features Lawrence happenings including high school band practice for a state contest in Emporia, gardens in Central Park, and Earl A. Farris of Holton a longtime J-W supervisor praised for his ideas. It mentions George Washington Univ freshman basketball, KU women's plans, Popeye dolls, and an ICC probe into southern rail fare differences.
Sigma Xi Lecture Open to Public by Dr Robert H Baker
Dr Robert H Baker director of the Illinois observatory and astronomy professor will lecture under Sigma Xi at 8 pm on Wednesday April 15 in the central administration auditorium at K U Co The talk titled External Galaxies is part of a circuit of lectures at Kansas State College University of Missouri and Sigma Xi meetings in Lawrence Manhattan and Columbia Mo The event is open to the public and all interested are invited to attend.
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Robert H. Baker
Illinois Observatory
University of Illinois
Sigma Xi
Central Administration
K. U. Co
Baker
Kansas State College
University of Missouri
Lawrence
Manhattan
Columbia
Agreement on bond guarantee for Home Owners' Loan bonds
Senate and house conferees reached a conference agreement to guarantee the principal of Home Owners' Loan Corporation bonds. They struck out Senator Norris's amendment to bar politics in employee selection and did not insist on its retention. The measure also removed a provision making home loan bank bonds eligible for re discount at Federal Reserve banks and now returns to the House for action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Norvis
R.-Neb
Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Banks
Petition Moves Farm Mortgage Bill To House Floor Vote
Fourteen more representatives are needed to trigger a chamber vote on the Frazier Lemke bill to refinance farm mortgages with new money. A total of 131 signatures were gathered this morning to force the measure from the Agriculture Committee to the House floor.
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Washington
House
Shawnee Clerk Defies Order to Fire Office Employee
Shawnee county clerk Tom D. Williams ignored a county commissioners demand to discharge a woman employee amid a dispute. The board warned future complaints could trigger legal proceedings, but identities and specifics were not disclosed. Williams denied the accusations and any involvement with a confrontation, including being struck by a ledger.
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Topeka
Tom D. Williams
Shawnee
W.C. Noller
Ira C. Williams
M. T. Kelsey
Williams
Arrest at Topeka probes vice conditions at junior high
In Topeka officials led an inquiry into vice conditions among junior high school boys. One man is under arrest, four others detained for further examination, and more than 30 boys have been questioned. George Horne, a local organist, was arrested. County Attorney Lester Goodell said more arrests are expected as the probe, begun at Crane Junior High, expands to other schools and tied to separate attacks on two girls at the state house.
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Topeka
George Horne
Lester Goodell
Crane
Lawless
State House
Shepard Trial Date Set for Second Murder Case
Federal Judge Richard J. Hopkins set September 8 for Maj. Charles A. Shepard army surgeon’s second trial in the murder of his Fort Riley wife in June 1929. Sardius M. Brewster, the prior district attorney, may not be in office when the trial begins as S. S. Alexander has been nominated by President Roosevelt.
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Topeka
Richard J. Hopkins
Charles A. Shepard
Fort Riley
Kan
Eies
Sardius M. Brewster
United States
S. S. Alexander of
Kingman
Roosevelt
Brewster
Department of Justice
Mrs Ray Shirar Hurt In City Auto Collision
Mrs Ray Shirar route 2 sustained a fractured rib and shock, listed as not seriously ill, after a collision between a Chevrolet driven by her husband and a Graham car driven by Bert M Briges at Twenty third street and Haskell avenue. Mr Shirar and Mr Bris escaped with minor injuries.
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Ray Shirar
Bert’ M. Briges
Illinois Street
Twenty-third Street
Haskell Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Shirar
Bris
Briggs
Butell Family Attends Play. Mrs McConnell Leaves for Nebraska
Mrs. R G McConnell departed Wednesday for Nebraska after being called by the death of her father. Mr and Mrs Ernest Butell and Wincel Dean, Miss Agnes Butell and Herman Butell Jr attended the show David Harem in Ottawa. The L and T club was pleased.
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R. G. McConnell
Nebraska
Faer
Ernest Butell
Wincel Dean
Agnes Butell
Herman Butell, Jr
David Harem
Ottawa
L. and T
Community Notes From Ives Chapel Area Social Roundup
Local social calendar highlights include visits by Mrs. Ernest Butell and Winzel Dean, Easter games and shrubbery discussion led by Mrs. Glen Howard, and a Phoebe Emery Missionary Auxiliary gathering at Ives Chapel. Attendees listed include Mrs. Lada Flanders, Miss Catherine Van Keuren, Mrs. E S Greer, and others. multiple church and family visits span Kansas City and Topeka, with dinners, mumps cases, a poultry loss from a brooder fire, and a Sunday road trip to Ottawa and Paola.
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Antly
Ernest Butell
Glen Howard
Frank Lobingier
Lym Taylor
Charlie Merchant
Kansas City
Phoebe Emery
Ives Chapel
Ladies’ Aid
Lada Flanders
Catherine van Keuren
E.S. Greer
Oliver Price
Ella Holliday
T. F. Haas
Ed. Meyer
John Wise
Maurice Frye
Margaret Flanders
Lucille
Arvelda Cheney
Henry Bailey
Frances Bailey
Alice Gorrill
Lawrence
G.F. Haas
Robert Busby
Warren
Charles. Griffith
Jimmie
Bob Boyd
Dar-lene
Nettie Shockey
Euphemia Henon
James Osher
Jim Pardee
George Fiva
Charles Brown
West Baldwin
Paul Johaning
Topeka
Roy Clary
Theodore Glaser
Centropolis
T.F. Haas
Wincel Dean
M. T. Hemming
Community Notes From Prairie City Area
Sunday evening gatherings at the Jordon home and dinners with the Cook and Sutton households are recorded. Rosa May Miller stayed with Emma Emery Lucille and Argelda Cheney. The Prairie City school will hold a dinner on May 19 for exam review. O Day hosted Winfield Scott and Beulah Thomas for supper Wednesday. Neighbors attended plays at Fellowship Hall Wednesday evening.
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Puesta
Charles Jordon
H. S. Cook
A. _R. Cook
Sam Taylor
Sam_ Sutton
Kanwaka
Rosa May Miller
Emma
Emery Lucille
Argelda
Cheney
Prairie City School
Pa’ O
Winfield Scott
Beulah ‘Thomas
Fellowship Hall
Rev F M Testerman to preach at chapel Sunday
The Rev F M Testerman of Lawrence will preach at the chapel Sunday morning with Sunday school and communion services at that time. All not worshiping elsewhere are invited. Bellview school will close Friday April 20 with a basket dinner at noon and a program. Claud Landon made a business trip to Wellsville Tuesday.
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Lawrence
Alfred Tornaden
Fall- Leaf
Milton Shafstal
W.G. Meairs
Clifford Ulrich
Roslan Skinner
Mildred
F. W. Freeze
George
Barbara Horn
St. Paul
E. E. Hagerman
Vinland
Cliftok James
Baby
A. C. James
Clarence James
Clyde Freese
Schenectady
N. Y
Belléviev
Claud Landon
Wellsville
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Holton
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R. C. Manley
Central Park
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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Baker University
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Chester Brown
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H. R. Husted
Ibelleview
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Kansas’ Power and Light Company
IPS Fconomicat
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