Weather and education notes from Kansas April briefing
Chilly weather lingers in Kansas with frost in Prospect for northern areas tonight and warmer conditions expected by Wednesday. Snow fell in western Kansas. eastern counties saw flurries. Rain totals across several towns. highs reached 74 at Emporia and Fort Scott yesterday. Dr. E E Lewis of Ohio State University to speak at a Lawrence school dinner Friday evening on Seeing Thru Johnny and Seeing Johnny Thru.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Concordia
S. Cd
Flora
Fort Scott
Horton
Lawrence
Emporia
Iola
Manhattan
Wichita
Winfield
Wamega
E. E. Lewis
Ohio State University
School of Education
Lewis
R. A. Schwegler
Johnny
Coin operated automatic apparatus used in East Pittsburgh
An apparatus capable of automatic operation by key, push-button, or coin has been in service in East Pittsburgh for several months, indicating a locally deployed machine likely tied to self service or vending functions.
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Pittsburgh
Paderewski To Recite At University Of Kansas Auditorium
JS Much Decorated Paderewski, world famous pianist, will appear in a recital at the University of Kansas Auditorium at 8:20 o clock tomorrow. He holds honorary doctorates from Yale, Columbia, USC, Oxford, Posen, Cracow and Lemberg and serves as Minister Plenipotentiary at Large of Poland. He travels with a diplomatic passport and will not be interviewed. A special car with a piano accompanies him and four attendants ensure privacy. At 70 years old he still practices four to five hours daily unless performing a concert.
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Ignace Paderewski
University of Kansas
Paderewski
Yale
Columbia
Southern California
Oxford
Posen
Cracow
Lemberg
Explorer Duguid to seek Col. Fawcett in Brazil wilds
Julian Duguid, author and Oxford alumnus, will leave New York to search for Colonel P H Fawcett missing with two companions in Brazilian wilderness six years ago. He believes Fawcett may be held by a native tribe and will also study Russian "tiger man" Alexander Sitel. Com Dyott explored the Amazon in 1928 and reported Fawcett and his son, with Raleigh Rimmell, slain by Indians in July 1925.
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New York
Julian Duguid
Oxford
Col
P. H. Fawcett
Brazil
Duguid
Colonel Fawcett
Alexander Sietel
South America
Schopenhauer and Tolstoy
George M Dyott
Amazonian
Fawcett
Raleigh’ Rimmell
Idaho music judge Swarthout to depart for contest duties
Dean D. M. Swarthout of the University of Kansas fine arts school will leave tomorrow evening after a Paderewski concert for Pocatello Idaho to judge instrumental and vocal groups at the University of Idaho southern branch contests. John Dyer, former KU men's advisor, serves as executive dean at the school.
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D. M. Swarthout
University of Kansas Fine Arts Scholol
Paderoiwski
Pocatello
Idaho
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
John Dyer
K. U
Vertical parking cage to lift cars above New York streets
Westinghouse announces a vertical parking machine that stores cars in cages lifted by endless chains and sprockets. A two-car garage ground space suffices for the system, which hoists cars to a perch above the city. The device promises a future where cars are secured in cage arches high above the street level.
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New York
Westinghouse Electric’& Manufacturing Company
Lawrence High School crowns 17 basketball letters
Seventeen players received basketball letters for the 1931 season at a Lawrence High assembly. Ten majors and seven minors were awarded by Coach Joe Ulm. Bob Curd named honorary captain for the season. Curd led scoring at center.
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Lawrence High School
Joe Ulm
Bob Curd
Curd
Milton
Allen
Kenneth Bruner
Claude Dicker
William Gufler
Fred Harris
Carl Lohman
Fred Nelson
Charles Rogers
Lawrence Spalsbury
Richard Conner
Alfred Dicker
Clarence Gauck
Charles - Goble
Paul Hormuth
Jack Pearce
Tom Raybourn
Ulm
Fairview School Meeting Rescheduled for April 17
The annual school meeting postponed from April 10 will be held April 17, the last day of school at Fairview. A community dinner at noon precedes the meeting. Attendants include Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cleveland, Mrs. Emma Bennett, and Mrs. Delmar.
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Fairview
Earl Cleveland
Emma Bennett
Delmar
Community notes from Franklin and Lawrence area
Local social column records visits among Bennetts Lewis Howard and Shirar families across Lawrence Pleasant Valley and Franklin. It notes musical events at Fairview and Fairview church charges, a funeral for Frances Hunsinger, and school district 16 annual meeting with elections.
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Fairview
Fairview Church
Husted
Schafstall
Fred Howard
Little Frances Ruth Hunsinger
George Hunsinger
Rumsey Funeral Home
Hasted of
Baldwin
Homer Brownlee
Harold Marshall
Jesus
Ethel
Dorothy Griffin
Helen
Betty Drefer
Little Frances
Mabel Peters
Floyd Nisely
Eugene Leary
Man
Widow Mrs Foster Dies After Illness at Valbey Grove
Mrs Foster longtime resident of Valbey Grove dies after several days of illness. She was mother to Will Foster Mrs William Coffman and Mrs Henry Poeverlein. An earlier Sunday collision near the Shultz farm left both cars damaged and occupants with minor injuries. Will Puckett family battles a severe influenza attack.
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Will Foster
William Coffman
Henry Poeverlein
C. A. Jones
Shultz Farm
Jones
Will Puckett
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Idaho Music
Dean Swarthout
Cage
Westinghouse Company
Anna Peters
Vinton Peters
Tonganoxie Friay
Franklin
Nanninga
Evangelical Church
M. Heizman
M.schutz
J. R. Topping
Frank Topping
Chas
Shiraz
Flin White
School District 16
Lawrence Glock
B. A. Coates
Kathleen Strong
C. L. Davis
Plin White
Ted Flory
M. Schutz
Dorothy O’rourke
Kansas City
Harold
Byron Eisele
Raymond Rayne
Frankin School
Leslie Kindred
Weaver
W.K. Eisele
Glenn
Lecompton
T. K. Murphy
W. T. Lemon
Carolin
Elliott
Helen Miller
Baby
Ernest Leary
Ollie
Pyrle
Valbey Grove
Pohor
China and Glasswear
China
Carter’s China Store
Unsehnion Bus Depot
Massachusetts
Spring
Pickwick-Greyhound
ST. Louis
Omaha
Des Moines
Chicago
Southern Kansas Stage Lines
Kaw Valley Bus Terminal
Montgomery Ward & Co
Federal Trade Commission
Riverside
Ward’s
America
Riversides
Pirestone
Goodyear
Goodrich
Silvertown
Firestone
Goodric Yertown
Aizes
Ward
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