Spanish Blockade in Effect Monday
The hands off Spain committee ordered a blockade to begin at midnight next Monday April 19. It will use British French German and Italian war vessels with strict controls on merchant shipping from 27 nations. US ships face inspection in Spanish waters but not searches if papers are in order. Meanwhile in Spain, insurgents under General Mola push toward Bilbao and Durango as government forces defend Madrid and disrupt rail movement from Valladolid and Jadraque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
United States
Neutrality Committee
Bay of Biscay
Emilio Mola
Bilbao
Basque
Sailot
Basque Plains
Durango
Madrid
Manzanares River
Casa de Canina Park
University City
Valladolid
Jadraque
Relays Day Brings University Visitors To Campus
On Mt Oread relays day drew high school athletes to campus amid festive displays and new faces. Oklahoma visitors in fancy cars dazzled coeds as KU students eyed the activity, while rumors of a phony Comely Coed contest circulated before Doris Johnson and three others left for Hollywood for screen tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Oread
Doris Johnson
K. U
Hollywood
Scout Society Meets Installations at Lawrence Event
James Mott presided as president with new officers installed by the Lawrence Senior Scout society at a special service held last night at the home of W. E. Whetstone. Officers include J. A. Lavery Jones Wieder mann and Jay Collins. Ralph E. Graber praised the senior scouts' aid at recent court of honors ceremonies and outlined scout duties. Refreshments were provided by a committee of local ladies led by Mrs. George Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mott
Lawrence Senior Scout Society
W. E. Whetstone
Reed Whetstone
Jones
J. A. Lavery
Robert Wiedermann
Jay Collins
Ralph E. Graber
H. Brewster Powers
George Jones
J. M. Mott
Minnie Collins
F. Wiedemann
Cora Shumate
NYA Entertainers Brighten Co-Op Club Program
NYA colored unit entertained the Co-Operative club at Hotel Eldridge last night under Mrs Bennie Bozeman. Warren Littlejohn hosted, Mayme Stewart played piano, and a tap trio featured Maxine Frye Mary Bozeman LaVerne Webster. Helen Foushee sang The St Louis Blues. Alberta White tapped with Bernice Salsbury. Cliff Catl and his Whifflebird Singers offered the second of three entertainments. Carl Brick, international secretary of the Co-Operative club, will visit the Lawrence club next week. Clinton Cemetery Association and Flower Club to meet at the cemetery Tuesday April 20. Officers to be elected. attendance requested. Rexall one-cent sale ends Saturday at H W Stowits drug store. Relief Corps No 113 meets tomorrow at 2:30 at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA
Co- Operative Club
Eldridge
Bennie Bozeman
Warren Littlejohn
Mayme Stewart
Maxine Frye
Mary Bozeman
LaVerne Webster
Helen Foushee
St. Louis
Whifflebird
Carl Brick
Co-Operative Club
Lawrence Club
Test Your Knowledge From Classified Age Quiz
A test style quiz asks: What is another name for draughts the game, the Earth circumference, an epitaph, first great English Teet, full name of Ole, and more. It queries why cream rises, defines sub marginal land, Hudson exploration by the Half Moon, Lake Che in which state, and Soviet trading organization in the U S A with Dr. Alexander, Dentist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joa Ole
Hudson River
Lake Chein
Alexander
Head Over Heels in Love at Dickinson 7 review
Jessie Matthews headlines the Dickinson 7 program with tunes by Gordon and Tefe Revel. Notable is a color Popeye short, Sinbad the Sailor. Also covered is a French automatic compass aiding instant aircraft positioning, demonstrated before officials. A survey notes 60 to 70 percent of Oklahoma farms run by tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Matthews
Gordon
Tefe Revel
Gaumont
Sinbad the Sailor
Washington
United States
Oklahoma
Tennants
Jaunt into the Stratosphere Told by Major Stevens
Major Albert Stevens recounted the 1935 record flight to 73 000 feet in the stratosphere using slides and film. He explained stratosphere basics including temperature, ozone importance, and air composition. He discussed propulsion options, balloon designs, and the Explorer II mission, noting future ascent limits and the value of weather balloons. The lecture also covered Explorer I imagery, the National Geographic pamphlet, and related research efforts at the University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jules Verne
Albert W. Stevens
Hoch Auditorium
Major Stevens
Stevens
Air Explorer
National Geographic Society
University
Explorer I
Paul B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts
Vinland Cemetery to Host Annual Clean-Up Day
The Vinland cemetery annual clean-up day is set for Tuesday April 20. A basket dinner will be served at noon and all interested persons are asked to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinland Cemetery
Interscholastic Meet Preliminary Heats Summary
Preliminary heats list results from the interscholastic meet with multiple towns and athletes. Winners include Aker Atchison and Brown Winfield, with many runners from Junction City, Olathe, Perry Rural, El Dorado, and others. Time records range around 210 to 326 seconds across heats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballise
Janction City
Adama
Olathe
Aker
Atchison
Brown
Winfield
Sillinger
Junction City
Morgan
Wichth North
Singleton
Herington
Tell
Sumner
Jensen
Leavenworth
Walters
Paola
Drummond
el Dorado
Schlesser
Fredoni
da Grange
Wyandotte
Cladwell
Hutchinson
Kohlieber
Boring
Larson
Osage
Cit
Rovell
Actors
Yates
Horton
Ie Vanger
Chanute
Brittain
Newton
Paine
Ottawa
Thune
Weber
Shawnee Mission
Mankin
Argentine
Stalwart
Seaman Rural
Young
Junction Cy
Miller
Pollum
Topeka
Underwand
Wichita
North
Pruitt
Indene
Acket
Claus
Harper
Kurt
Fatell
Summer
Coo
Time
Francs
Bumner
Lallis
Hind
Eaton
Wichita North
Watters
Mola
Wells
Hutchmann
Adame
Shannon
Tine
Akers
Atchinson
Tunetion City
Tec
START BEE JAY WORK Practice Opens at Haskell Diamond
Lawrence entry in the Kansas Ban Johnson league begins practice tomorrow at 10 am on the Haskell diamond. Les Demeritt supervises preliminary drills. Last year's players expected back, with contracts ready. Players from Ottawa and Tecumseh planned to attend. Lefty Liell and Frank Martinac in good shape. Jayhawk students may join after KU finals under the 21 year age limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Kansas
Harold
Lefty) Liell
Frank Martinac
Bee Jays
University of Kansas
Jayhawk
Ban Johnson
Comedy at Woodlawn brings Ready Made Family to stage
A three act comedy The Ready Made Family will be staged in Woodlawn auditorium on April 22 and 23 at 8 pm directed by Irene Nordstrom. Cast includes Dorothy Bleakley Misa Lydia Lena Fincher Henry Turner and Charles Gable. Memorial Hospital notes report several patients undergoing operations and others leaving, with Mrs Rankin improving and planning to go home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodlawn
Irene Nordstrom
Orothy Bleakley
Misa
Lydia Lena
Fincher
Henry Turner
Baris
Tablee Frame Saminie
Charles Gable Reronta
Alice Dicker
Sileademus Dell Wiley —— Memorial Hospital Notes
G Man Wounded in Topeka P D
Topeka Kan report on one of the second Katonah bank robbers. Plotters of the second robbery are reported arrested in New York City. Three men held up customers and employees in the Northern Westchester bank on March 12 and fled with 18300. Gerald Lewis 45 and Robert Suhay 26 of Jackson Heights NY named by state justice agents as the robbers three weeks ago after capture of John Maurer 54 James O Reilly 29 and Leonard Haberman 32 of New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Katonah
New
Robert Suhay
Jackson Heights
New York Department of Justice
John H. Maurer
James O'Reilly
Leonard Haberman
New York City
Officers Ready for Hunt Following Postoffice Gunmen
Several out of town officers arrived around noon to join the manhunt for the Topeka postoffice gunmen. Kansas City detectives Joe Schick and G. M. Bod dington came by auto, with state highway patrolmen R. R. Rutherford and Leo Richardson checking radio reports. Topeka traffic officers on Relays duty and Sheriff Fred Vogler with deputies monitored highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka Postoffice
Kansas City
Kan
Joe Schick
G. M. Boddington
R. R. Rutherford
Leo Richardson
State Highway Patrol
Toneka
Kansas
Fred Vogler
Crash A Coed Show in Boulder Ends with Police Aid
Nearly 200 male CU students, borrowing dresses and wigs, crash a coed only vaudeville. The crowd leads to a police call after 50 masqueraders are ejected from the balcony. The show disappoints with no strip tease and the men deny collusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
iPy
University of Colorado
Macky Auditorium
Harold Stewart
Stewart
Deaths and Funerals Thomas M Harbour
Thomas M Harbour 76 died at home on route 2. Services Monday 2 PM Rumsey Funeral Home. Burial Vinland Cemetery. Survived by wife Mia Clara Harbour two sons Walter Kansas City Kan Bert Lawrence two daughters Mrs Annie Gnodger Fedora Mrs Lucille M Hrandhouse Lawrence 14 grandchildren. Arthur Schulz Finneral 48 died early yesterday at home Route 6. Services Saturday 2 PM Rumsey Funeral Home. Not private as announced. Death by blood poisoning from finger injury. Contagion feared then ruled out. Rev A J Miller will conduct. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Harbour
Rumsey Funeral Home
Vinland Cemetery
Mia
Clara Harbour
Walter
Kansas City
Kan
Bert
Lawrence
Annie Gnodger
Fedora
Lucille M. Hrandhouse
Arthur Schulz
Rumsey Funeral
A. J. Miller
Oak Hill Cemetery
K U Senior Recital Promises Varied Program
Monday night at 8 in the administration building auditorium the fourth senior recital of the school of fine arts features pianist Carolyn Bailey and baritone Warlin Wright. Both artists are active in university music and social circles, Bailey serving as fine arts student body president and Phi Epsilon member, Wright leading the men's glee club and Delta Chi, with Orewe Yowell as Wright's accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Fine Arts
Carolyn ‘Bailey
Warlin Wright
Miss Bailey
Howard C. Taylor
University Women’s Plee Club
Mu Jphi Epsilon
Pi Beta Phi
Jay Jones
W.S.G.A
Wright
Irene Pea
University ‘Men’s Glee Club
Delta Chi
Orewe Yowell
Relays Attract Large Visitor Turnout In City
Colorado coach Potts leads stars including 6 feet 8% inches indoors record holder to the meet. Dick Kearns in decathlon and Clyde Crosby, conference dash champion, seek top honors. Iowa brings 14 athletes under Coach Bresnahan with Bush Lamb in javelin and hurdles and Harkness in discus. Notables in hotel lobby include Lee Taylor and George Yates with many coaches and sports editors arriving ahead of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Potts
Dick Kearns
Clyde Crosby
Iowa
George Bresnahan
Bush Lamb
Merrill Harkness
Vincent Finazze
Hawkeyes
Lee Taylor
Des Moines Register
George Yates
Eldridge
B. E. Gridley
Wichita
Mitch Hanna
Topeka
Ted McDaniel
Emporia Gazette
Francis Keegan
John Outland
Kansas City
Henry Schulte
Nebraska
A. Gebert
Nordy Hoffman
William Hennigh
Wichita University
Chuck Seymour
Spalding’s
R. H. Snowden-Mize
Atchison
J.D. Kelly
Minnesota
Roy Wynne
R. H. Redmond
Vic Hart
Tulsa
Ohlo
Charles
Frank Cramer
Cramer Chemical Co
Gardner
Clyde Littlefield
Texas
Lindsay Austin
Gene Kemper
Topeka Daily Capital
Fran Welch
Emporia Teachers
E. A. Thomas
Kansas State High School Athletic Association
Frank Potts
Judge Otis sentences eight in vote fraud trial in Kansas City
In Kansas City on April 16 Judge Merrill E. Otis imposed federal prison and reformatory sentences on one woman and two men in the fifth federal vote fraud conspiracy trial, with three other women and two men ordered jailed and all eight fined. None receive probation, the first time women in these trials were denied clemency. China’s imports of charters fell to 75 million last year from 7.31 billion in 1926-30 due to higher domestic production and tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Merrill E. Otis
Colyer Pupils Spell Perfect Week Among Local Visitors
The Colyer school recognized perfect spellers: Doris Heffner, Mary Helen Mohler, Shirley Belle Powell, Twila June Bond, Edith Ewing, Nellie Fay Mohler, Edna May Mohler, Junior Mohler, Dale Powell, Ernest Hornberger, and Marie Hornberger. Local residents and families from Lawrence and nearby towns visited, with several trips mentioned to Clinton and Eudora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Heffner
Mary Helen Mohler
Shirley Belle Powell
Twila June Bond
Edith Ewing
Nellie Fay Mohler
Edna May Mohler
Junior Mohler
Dale Powell
Ernest Hornberger
Marie Hornberger
Olin Heffner
Glenn Schwartz
Lawrence
W. H. Hornberger
Alfred Eisele
Eudora
Charles Herschel
Clinton
Colyer
Ruth Metsker
A. E. Metsker
John
Ida
R. M. Ewing
Ray McClure
Ewings
McClures
C.C.C
Mini Maxine Mohler
Doris
Oscar Lutz
Jene
Overbrook
Grandma
Grandpa Grammer
Winter features Mrs Willis Colman host club event
Winter community notices Mrs Willis Colman will host a Friday afternoon gathering with Mrs Ray Mitchell assisting. Roll call will be answered with Memories of School Days. Several local residents and visitors from Kansas City and Topeka spent weekends with Winter families, including the Deskin and Albach lineages, and Mary Miller from Eudora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Colman
Ray Mitchell
Mary Miller
Eudora
George Miller
L. R. Drysdale
E. Bonwell
Kansas City
Kan
George Richards
Carl Williams
Topeka
David Willams
Kanwaka
Charles Albach
Richland
Winter
Albach
Christopher Deskin
J. C. Buerman
Frank Deskin
Winter Kanwaka community notes and obits
Saturday afternoon social visits span Kanwaka and nearby towns with extended families. the Winter school will close April 28. Obituary notices include Edward S. Houston 90, former Winter resident, survived by wife and nine children. Community events feature Farm Bureau meeting, legislative notes, and church attendance, with multiple local families visiting and hosting over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. XK. Elkin
Kanwake
al Blass
Patricia
Donna Lucia
Evanston
Wyo
Bines
K. E. Shults
Roger
Arlton
Lecompton
Herman Banks
Carl Williams
Topeka
J. C. Buerman
Fred Gregory
Howard
Kanwaka
George Miller
Ralph Miller
Ellen Gentry
Lawrence
Miller
Frank Miller
Mra
Banks
Irene
Alberta
Wayne
Derryl
Tom Dews
Tonganoxie
George Dews
Dews
G. T. Richards
Marguerite Nunemaker
H. Nunemaker Sworth
Ethan Sims
William Schroyer
Ray Mitchell
Keith Baugh
Edward S. Houston
Washington State Soldiers Home
Orting
Wash
Mabel Houston
George
Warren
Homer
Bayard
Chester
Nellie Robbins
Mercy Smith
Alfreda Davis
Houston
Winter
Mercy
Charles Winter
United Brethren Church
Fairmount area social notes and visits page wide
Fairfax Belmont reports Mrs Frank Curbon visited Mayetta due to her father illness. Davenport family visits Linwood Sunny Hill. Charles Newcomb returns home after six months CCC service in Fall. Visitors to Jona Yoder include Joe Roth Harvey Roth and daughter plus Earl Roth of Harrisonville Missouri. Adams of Topeka and Brooks of Farmington stayed with Frank Adams and Mrs Frank Jones hosted Phillip’s eighth birthday with twelve boys. Zillner family and John Schehrer dined with Neus then visited wife at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Clara Mae Cooper from Guthrie Oklahoma arrived to visit sister Mrs Truman Ransom. Ernest Cooper returns to Guthrie. Henry Beers family welcomed a daughter born April 10 at Lawrence Memorial. C C Nelson, L W West Ottawa visit. Neustifter and Avey visit Mary Houk in Eudora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Newcomb
CCC
Jona Yoder
Joe Roth
Harvey Roth
Earl Roth
Harrisonville
E. FE. Adams
Topeka
C. F. Brooks
Farmington
Frank Adams
Frank Jones
Phillip
Hedwig Zillner
Josephine Zillner
Theresa Wegstein
Kansas City
John Schehrer
Clearfield
Neus
Schehrer
New Babe
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Clara Mae Cooper
Guthrie
Okla
C. C. Avey
Eudora
Mary Houk
Market News Kansas City Hay and Grain Prices
Kansas City market report lists hay prices for Altalta and Prairie categories with leafy grades, plus Prairie leaf youth. Grain shows wheat at 1.20 and yellow corn at 1.40. Butterfat No 1 30 cents. poultry prices for hens broilers Leghorn roosters and heavy roosters noted. hog price around 5.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Hay Market
Kansas City
Hay
Altalta
Prairie
USDA
To Morrow
Grain and market notes from Kansas City and Chicago
Wheat, corn, barley and other grain prices reported with bids and closings. Kansas City notes wheat and corn futures with various No. classes and price differentials. Chicago potato market details along with U S government bond closes. eggs butter and poultry prices in Kansas City. livestock receipts forecast. card of thanks for a daughter's illness and death from Mrs J M Grant and family.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Army Man
Glenn
University of Oklahoma
John Paul
Moran
Carlo Peroni
San Carlo Opera Company
Faust
Paul
Fine Arts Bulletin Board
Dyche Museum
Katherine Hurd
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Women’s Pan-Hellenic Council
E. H. Lindsey
Glenn Cunningham
Scout Society Meets
Clinton Cemetery
Clinton Cemetery Association
Flower Club
Rexall
H. W. Stowits
Relief Corps
Samuel Walker
Relief Corps No. 113
Court House
Aaven
THE
Dickinson
Theodore H. Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Chelan
Fic. C. Fleming
Hamlet
Onaga
Frishie
Perry Rural
Armatrong
Wilson Gardner
G. Lindsay
Nortonville
Casebler
Winchester
Falkenstein
R. Wilson
Mulvane
O. Lance
Fairview
Seale
Waterville
J. Lindsay
Wilson
Burlin- Age
G. Grimes
Downs
Roosevelt
Sereni
Dale Norris
Gibbons
Levempton
User
Thine
Cyphers
Poppard
Perry
Contrada
Rush
Rogers
Votle
Summerfield
Peck
Pleasanton
Drake
Kinna
Louisburg
Ouaga
Erskine
Edgerton
Richardson
Fidgerton
O'Bryhem
Wingert
Rasehor
Ashcraft
Allen
Crowley
Tinwand
Fineham
Bee Jay
Haskell
Comedy
Ruth Norwood
Connecticut Street
Harold Peters
Vermont Street
H. J. Cleary
Ohio Street
Raymond French
Wendell Emrick
West Thirteenth Street
Martin Herratrom
R. C. Rankin
G-Man
Topeka P. D
China
Fairfax
Belmont
Frank Curbon
Mayetta
Harry Davenport
A B. Davenport
Linwood
Sunny
Chicago
Reer An YY
Gape Roe
Peans
Idaho
Burbanks
LU. S
U. S
North Dakota
Michigan Russet
Minnesota Cobblers
New York
Apres
Treasury
J. M. Grant
Carters
C. R. Albright
Flamingo
Perassenger
Armstrong
Kipling
Mass
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