Thirteenth Kansas Relays set at University Stadium
Hundreds of track athletes from high schools and colleges converge for the Kansas Relays weekend events. Friday features 100+ high schools and a Mississippi Valley decathlon begins, with 23 relays and 10 special events scheduled for Saturday. Glenn Cunningham headlines a mile vs four quarter milers as tempers rise for record attempts amid uncertain weather.
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Kansas
Glenn Cunningham
Bart Ward
Oklahoma
Durward Crooms
Emporia Teachers College
Sam Allen
Oklahoma Baptists
Strange As It Seems Heritage From Mammoth Cave Tales
This column recalls Mammoth Cave Kentucky’s 1612 nitrate plant era with enslaved laborers kept inside the cave, equipment remains, and the underground process. It also notes Daphnia eggs that hatch decades later, Pere David's deer extinct in the wild, and a brief mention of "The witch hunter."
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Deen
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Strance
Daphnia
Csid
Drouth
Pere David's
Orient
England
Ross to Fight Again in New York Boxing Match
Lightweight champion vacancy looms as Barney Ross considers a return. He relinquished the 135 pound title after failing to meet weight, planning a possible welterweight bout with Jimmy McLarnin for Mike Jacobs' club likely on May 28. Ambers and Canzoneri eyed for lightweight crown if vacant.
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New York
Barney Ross
Lou Ambers
Herkimer
Ross
State Athletic Commission
Jimmy McLarnin
Mike Jacobs
20Th Century Club
McLarnin
Ambers
Henry Woods
Seattle
Briz
John J. Phelan
Solons
Tony Canzoneri
Perry to sail for home amid engagement end
Fred Perry, the world amateur singles champion, left Hollywood for New York and a boat to England after his engagement with British actress Mary Lawson was reportedly off. He sought life in America as a potential screen actor while Miss Lawson stayed in London. Perry had talks with film executives but no deal was reached.
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Hollywood
Calif
Fred Perry
New York
England
Mary Lawson
London
America
Miss Lawson
i _ Perry
Big Six Baseball Opener Links Missouri Kansas State In Columbia
In Columbia Missouri and Kansas State prepare for a two game Big Six conference baseball series starting today. Missouri aims to rebound after a three game loss to Oklahoma last week as coach Anton Stankowski cites faulty fielding and pitching as major factors.
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Columbia
Kansas State
University of Missouri
Tigers
Oklahoma
Anton Stankowski
Lawrence Rec bowling match scores and a former private mint employee
Lawrence defeated the Emporia Hot Shots 2569 to 2567 on Friday night and beat Leavenworth 2514 to 2470 on Saturday. Also noted is Christian Rechiler of Rutherfordton NC, the only private citizen licensed to coin money, who reportedly turned in 2,241,840.50 in gold between 1831 and 1840.
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Lawrence
Emporia Hot Shots
Leavenworth
Christian Rechiler
Rutherfordton
N. C
United States
New Chinch Bug Threat to Golf Greens
A Cornell University report warns chinch bugs as a major threat to Rose greens and lawns. Described as Public Enemy No 1 for greens, the pests suck plant sap, cause browning, and are hard to control. They are three sixths of an inch long when mature, black with white wings folded in a Maltese cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell University
Nebras ka grid season outlook and coaching moves
A 1935 Nebraska football preview quotes D X Bible on faster backs and notes coaching shifts across the region. It reports John Rowland joining Syracuse, Bus Ham’s praise for Kansas, Bernard Oakes at Colorado, and Bud Faurot no pay raise with added duties at Missouri. Darwin Hindman named head of physical education at $4,000 yearly.
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D. X. Bible
Nebraska
O. U
Bus Ham
Ad Lindsey
K. U
John Rowland
Lewie Hardage
Sooners
Syracuse
Rowland
New York
Ham
Hardage
Nashville
Blue Howell
Pittsburg
Boulder
Bernard Oakes
The
Buffaloes
Montana U
Oakes
Montana
Colorado
Kansas
Don Faurot
Missouri
Tizer
Darwin Hindman
Ohio State
Kansas Relays Referee Named For Thirteenth Event
The article notes Clyde Littlefield, Texas U. track coach, named referee of the thirteenth annual Kansas Relays to be held Saturday. It also mentions local events, social visits, measles outbreaks, class pictures, and several community notices from Tonganoxie including hospital stays, weddings, and civic meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Littlefield
Texas U
Longhorns
Association Games Are Expected to Draw 40 000
Chicago reports opening day draws projected for the American Association's 34th season. Columbus Red Birds host Indianapolis with about 10 000 spectators. St Paul Seints under Marty McManus hope for 12 000. Kansas City anticipates 10 000 to 12 000 for Milwaukee. Toledo forecasts around 3 000 as Mud Hens meet Louisville.
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Chicago
American Association
Columbus Red Birds
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Seints
Marty McManus
Donie Bush
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Dutch Zwilling
Bluez
Phil Page
Brewers
Americo Polli
Toledo
Mud Hens
Louisville
Tonganoxie Reading Club Meets At Cain Home
The Tonganoxie Reading club gathered Friday afternoon April 12 at Mrs. C. H. Cain's home. The program included roll call and readings on psychiatry and medical topics. Guests including Miss Marie Shipp, Miss Gene McNemey, and others visited. social visits followed with local residents.
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Tonganoxie Reading Club
C. H. Cain
Ralph Cain
Karl Menninger
Roy Wingrove
E. E. Hoskins
Jane Cowie
Topeka
Leonard Deaton
Marie, Shipp
Kansas City
Gene McNemey
Wichita
York
Jean
Joan
Sedalia
Marie Newsome
Mary Newsome
William Newsome
Myrtle Horne
Lawrence
H. F. Geib
Earl W. Farrell
Leavenworth
Ollie Myers
M.P
W. J. Stephenson
Walt Neibarger
Ann Myers
Frances Bullimore
E.R. Rogers
Emma Myers
Lucy McNaughton
Wilson Myers
Bert Harman
Dana Sanders
E. Hoskins
Jolly Quilters Meet At Mrs Deskins With 17 Members
The Jolly Quilters gathered at Mrs Roy Deskins home Wednesday for a day of quilting on a basket quilt. Seventeen members were present with guests including Mrs Ted Hout and Mrs Frank Bidinger. Next meeting will be with Mrs Sam Buchicum and daughter Bonnie, roll call with house cleaning hints and a flower seed exchange.
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Jolly Quilters
Roy Deskins
Ted Hout
Frank Bidinger
Fred Deskins
Williams
Garber
Harrell
Sam Buchicum
Bonnie
Irene
Alma Harrell
Jean Williams
Georgie
Lawrence Coffman
Russell Deskin
Ruby Kampschroeder
Clinton
Kanwaka Good Will Club
Theo Wiggins
Charles Coffman
Oliver Peterson
Robert Peterson
Homer Hird
Pierson
Warrington
Buerman
Wiggins
Bigsby
Topping
Rhanwake Good Will
W. M. Richards
Ida Hall
T. R. Wiggins
Josephine Wiggins
Community Notes From Lawrence And Surroundings
Mr and Mrs Abe Flory spent Tuesday night at the Kester home in Lawrence to help care for the ill Mr Kester. Several local families attended gatherings and suppers at nearby homes including the Brohammer and Shuck households. Mary Katherine Markley played in a recital. various residents spent weekends with relatives and helped at the Porter sale on the old Bayles farm. A Ladies Aid meeting was noted and Miss Pearl Brohammer planned a birthday surprise for her mother with a pleasant evening of candy fruit salad and cake.
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Bert Harman
Ann Myers
Fred Cronemerer J
Gene
Harry Quisenberry
Barbara
Nelson Quisenberry
Dean Ratliff
Lawrence
Tongmaxie
Elloween Ratliff
Kansas City
Tonganoxie Rural High School
W.C. Allan
George Lawrence
Wellington
Lillian Umholtz
Whitney Umholtz
Lawrence Hammelgaard
Ms. Cain
Trnganaxie
Ciubanu
N. G. Walters
Grarul Esland
Nev
Jr. M. Cox
Convretational Ladies Association
Bert Grem
Resroe Beam
C. M. Williamson
Hans Freienmuth Farm
William Carney
Toent
Rare Taylor
Chi Jt
Byron Cox
H. M. Cox
Frances Carney
Baselior
Joe Carney
Carney
Foster Laming
Oliver Myers
Helen Schillings
Mary Ellen Hawkins
Bessie Bradley
Muriel Casebier
Topeka
Vera Mitchell
Geraldine Cox
Izola Farrell
Catholic Ladies Club
Roche McCaffery
Friends Christian Endeavor Society
Robert Robinson
Friends Church
Tonganoxie
Ohn
Papenhauzen
Cushing Memorial Hospital
Leavenworth
Will Young
Russell
Blankenship Farm
Here
Jessie Mahoney
Albert Conley
Confer
Whitsed Laming, Sr
California
Mel. Laming
W. C. Morrow
Sam Hawkins
Noble Christenson
Bethany Hospital
George Fisher
Henry Geib
Laming
C. H. Cain
G. D. Whitaker
Ivan Sechrest
Fred Angell
Leonard Hazen
E. FE. Hosking
Earl Schenck
John Nirschi
Lee Freeman
August Wartzack
Excelsior Springs
Wartzack
Eugene Nading
Edwin Proctor
Overland Park
Ruth Kern
Enid
Ohio
Nellie Parney
Menifee Roberts
Wilbur Menifee Roberts
Hummison
Kansas
Tonganexie
Mable Alice Osborn
Mildred Pearson
Effie Fisher
Ann Powell
Tennsyl
Eli Wheeler
C. L. Nellis
Tonganoxie Cemetery
Hubbel Hill
Whitsed Laming
An Beased Laming
Gladys Jean Iunter
Preston Hunter
Charles
Preston Eugene
Elmer
Cushing Hospital
Gladys Jean
Evelyn
Lucy
Maple Grove
Rebekahs
Jodge Nail
J. T. Surface
Ilice Lea
Dorothy Forsythe
Red ‘Oak
C. By Stanwix
Vivian Britton
Laverence
Jeanette Stanwix
Helen Derkin
Richard Cars
Clinton
M. C. Elliott
Stanwix
Annabel Allen
Petefish
Art Ulric
Carl Hird
Arthur Hi
Margaret
Kenenet
R. Coleman
Bi Leese
Roth Gunther
Homer Hird
Shaw
Cashter
Dews
Abe Flory
Kester
Charles Shuck
Darrell
Shuck
Eva
Warren
Charlie Brohammer
Agnes Stevens
Merritt Woodward
Betty
Thelma
Robert Seaman
David
Lloyd Shuck
Henry Beck
Mary Katherine Markley
Will Postma
Chester Wible
Arthur Flory
Clearence
Charlie Woodward
Bayles Farm
Evelyn Shuck
Solo
Oscar Markley
Kenneth
Treasie Seward
al Gerard
John
Charlie
Brohammer
Miss Pearl Brohammer
John. Brohammer
Oscar Shuck
Evelyn J
Byron
Shanghai Must Lift Itself to Avoid River Bed Rise
Herbert Chatley, American engineer for the Wang Pao conservancy board, warns Shanghai the city must be jacked up several feet within 200 years as the Yangtze river dumps vast silt, causing the river bed near Shanghai to fill.
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Shanghai
Herbert Chatley
Wangpao Conservancy Board
Yangtze
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Ray Patterson
Iowa Wesleyan
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Victor Paul
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Elmo Howes
Lovette Burk
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Lee M. Haun
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Lawrence Schmutz
Kansas State College of Manhattan
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Per Corts
Arash Heath
Ton Bath
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Babe
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Philadelphia Athletics
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Cleveland Indians
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Associated Press
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Perry
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Lawrence Rec
Sommer's Grocery Welle
Ae Schlegel
Strone
Eit Sommer
Iliview
Golf Gauck
C. Berry
McMillan
Turner
Johnson
Royal Shoe Store
Wulfkuhle
Rumsey-Allison Patton
Underwood
Feddlez Hatfield
B. Berry
Reugsceggerny Mit Lit
Evan Edwards
Carlos Hobbs
Topeka Journal
Jim Counter
Colorado US
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Phi Gam Zlee
Braddock
Baer Bout
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Max Baer
Madison Square Garden
Rice
Wae Audden
Associated Preas
Mark PanTaEe
al Savelin
Teagy
Beverley Rockhold
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Joe Knappenberger
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