Young Pianist Eunice Norton to Play Here May 3
The article announces a University Music Week recital featuring Eunice Norton a young pianist from New York City. Norton has performed with major orchestras including the Minneapolis New York Philadelphia Boston and Chicago ensembles and studied in London with Tobias Matthay and Arthur Schnabel. Tickets are included with season ticket access and performance is at Hoch Auditorium.
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D. M. Swarthout
Eunice Norton
New York City
Miss Norton
Swarthout
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Minneapolis
W. E. Norton
Minnesota
House of Representatives
Europe
Tobias Matthay
London
Arthur Schnabel
Sir Henry Wood
Germany
Holland
America
Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Philadelphia Symphony
Chiesco
Boston
Hoch Auditorium
Red Cross To Meet In Douglas County
The Douglas County Red Cross annual meeting is set for tomorrow night at 6 7 5 o clock in Plymouth Congregational church. Elections will fill 21 board positions with nine directors from Lawrence and other towns. L M Mitchell of the mid western branch will discuss Present Day Trends Red Cross Activities. Ruby Fairbairn will recount flood relief experiences in Ohio and Mississippi. Mrs Fred R Tsanes will preside.
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Douglas County
Red Cross
Plymouth Congregational Church
Lawrence
Baldwin
Budora
L. M. Mitchell
American Red Cross
Ruby Fairbairn
Ohio
Mississippi
Fred R. Tsanes
Marked Woman at the Granada with Bette Davis and Bogart
Bette Davis stars as a worker in a clip joint owned by gangster Eduardo Cianelli in Marked Woman at the Granada. Humphrey Bogart plays the assistant district attorney who helps convict Cianelli and curb crime. Supporting players include Isabel Jewell Allen Jenkins and Jola Lane. Shorts include news with Bill Corum on sports and musical pages.
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Bette Davis
Humphrey Bo “Wart
Granada
Miss Davis
Eduardo Cianelli
Bogart
Villian
Cianelli
Isabel Jewell
Allen Jenkins
Jola Lane
Bill Corum
Bandit Taken After Topeka Gun Battle Fears Weak Bullet Wound
Robert Suhay, linked to New York bank robbery suspects, was moved from a county jail in Kansas City to the federal prison hospital at Leavenworth after a Topeka gun battle that killed FBI agent W. W. Baker. Suhay sustained a shattered left wrist and required treatment.
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Kansas City
Robert Suhay
New York
Topeka
W. W. Baker
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Prison Hospital
Leavenworth
Suhay
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions
A set of trivia prompts asks about a novena the country containing Lake Bienn and the author of North to the Orient. It queries who stood behind Chippewa Falls and Antioch College location and details, the definition of betel and idiocy in law, the country that used the knout and the composer of the opera Ernani.
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Lake of Bienne
Thomas Chippengale
Chippewa Falls
Orient
Antioch College
Ernani
Indian Girl Trains for Sabetha Milk Maid Contest
Miss Arlene McLaughlin, a Teton Sioux senior at Haskell and Wakpala SD, trains in milking to compete as United States representative among 20 nationalities in Sabetha Kansas next Thursday. The event, run by the Sabetha Chamber of Commerce with the Northeast Kansas Holstein Cattle association, will judge beauty among milk maids and bassies, with possible cow milking demonstrations if needed. The Haskell band led by Phil Cato will perform, and a native costume dinner will follow the 11 a.m. contest at Lanning hotel.
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Arlene McLaughlin
Haskell
Sabetha
Kan
United States
Sabetha Chamber of Commerce
Northeast Kansas Holstein Cattle Association
Miss McLaughlin
Tenton
Wakpala
S. D
Phil Cato
Lanning Hotel
King Suit for 48500 Goes To Federal Court
An order of removal to the Kansas federal district court was entered in the district court here on application by the defendants. Walter H. King sues for 45890 for his wife Abigail's death and his own injuries from a collision with a truck alleged to be the agent of Sonken-Galamba Corporation and Ohio Casualty Insurance. The accident occurred at the Baldwin junction of highways 50 and 59 last May 2.
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Kansas Federal District Court
Walter H. King
Sonken-Galamba Corporation
Kansas City
Ohio Casualty Insurance Company
Hamilton
Ohio
Hugh Means
King
Abigail
Kansas City Corporation
Baldwin
Clark Gable 18 Cleared In Floating Illiteracy Case
In Los Angeles on April 24 Violet Wells Norton, Englishwoman, pressed a paternity claim against Clark Gable, amid her mail fraud conviction. A jury of business men found her guilty in under two hours, risking five years' imprisonment or a $1,000 fine. OTTAWA WOMAN IMPROVES
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Los Angeles
Pia
Clark Gable
Violet Wells Norton
Ottawa
Car Driver Injured Enroute to Emporia Contest
Empria Kan Apr 24 Mrs Delta Mae Thiry Ottawa injured in automobile truck accident near here yesterday reported at hospital today to be improve enough to return home tonight. Her hand laceration and internal bruises noted. Her two children Eileene and Loren Thiry also hurt but returned home after the accident.
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Emporia
Kan
Delta Mae Thiry
Ottawa
Thiry
Eileene
Loren Thiry
Bishop LeBlond Links Social Work to Religion in Speech
Bishop Charles H. LeBlond of St. Joseph told Kansas Conference of Social Workers at the Memorial Union that religion and social work are closely united. He warned the nation lost its self reliance and urged religious ideals to fuel welfare efforts. He traced U.S. welfare history from Hoover to Roosevelt and stressed private agencies alongside government relief.
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Charles H. LeBlond
St. Joseph
Kansas
America
United States
Congress
Hoover
Roosevelt
LeBlond
le Blond
PWA repairs begin on Eudora Raw River Bridge spans
Massman Construction of Kansas City has completed all new piers and will begin steel work on the first of three spans. A 116-foot north bank span is in false work and steel placement starts Monday. Two additional spans of 225 feet and 150 feet will follow. The project, sponsored by Douglas and Leavenworth counties, has the bridge closed since June 1935 after flood damage.
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PWA
Massman Construction Company
Kansas City
Douglas
Leavenworth
Alf M. Landon
William Hard Visits Topeka for Private Political Talks
In Topeka on April 24 27 William Hard assistant to Republican national chairman John D M Hamilton is visiting former Governor Alf M Landon to discuss recent political events and policies The meeting was described as private by Landon after a brief chat with the 1936 presidential candidate They then toured a London colonial home under construction in Oneka Hard a political writer and radio commentator spoke at the campaign last year and will return to Washington today.
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Topeka
William Hard
John D. M. Hamilton
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Hard
Oneka
Washington
Dr Backus To Speak At Unitarian Church Sunday
Dr Wilson M Backus former Unitarian pastor in Lawrence will greet friends at the 11 oclock Sunday service. He will speak briefly and occupy a portion of the devotions. Also noted is the funeral of Mrs J D Rowersock and other obituaries including retired minister Diex and former Sheriff Amose Decker.
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Wilson M. Backus
Unitarian Church
Lawrence
Rackus
J.D. Rowersock
Adrian
Mich
Will Talk On Europe by Donald Grant
Donald Grant, lecturer at the Institute of International Education, will discuss present danger spots in Europe. The talk is Monday at 4 30 p m in Fraser theater at the University. Grant, born in Scottish highlands, studied at the University of Edinburgh and New College. He helped organize the International Student Service and led its official publication. He has worked with destitute postwar European students and held roles in the Student Christian Movement in New Zealand and England. He has studied Central Europe the Balkans and Russia and recently lectured on international affairs.
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Donald Grant
Institute of International Education
Europe
Fraser
Grant
Highlands of
Scotland
University of Edinburgh
New College, Edinburgh
International Student Service
Student Christian Movement
New Zealand
England
Central
Balkans
Russia
Outdoor party under threat of frost at KU Sigma Nu
Fraternity Sigma Nu plans an outdoor party on the tennis court with Frankie Masters and his Chicago orchestra as headliners. If weather turns, the group will move to the Eldridge hotel ballroom. Other KU social notes include a Phi Psi spring party, chess exhibits amid displays, student fashion quips, and Hollywood casting talk from Doris Johnson and Mary Fislar about refusals of film roles.
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Sigma Nu
Frankie Masters
Chicago
University of Missouri
Eldridge Hotel
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Union Building
Red Blackburn
Summerfield scholarship finalists take KU tests
Thirty two finalists in the Summerfield scholarship contest at the University of Kansas began competitive exams covering high school and general material. The group met the faculty committee yesterday and exams run until evening. About 10 to 15 will be chosen from tests and interviews. winners announced in about two weeks.
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Summerfield
University of Kansas
Olin Templin
Union
Charles F. Scott
Tola Register
Scott
Paul B. Lawson
Sam Kimble
E. H. Lindley
Air Show Promised At Local Airport April 27
Major Ernest Smith head of Kansas City army air reserves says an air show is planned at the local airport on April 27 featuring Navy and Army maneuvers. Busch Voigts of Kansas University and Myr. Voigts of the Pittsburgh to Kansas City route may speak at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Several private planes will offer passenger service as no spectator rides are allowed in army ships. The day drew unusually many visitors with planes circling from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the busiest in field history. Bob Bell flew in from St Joseph in 1 hr 55 mins despite strong winds aboard a Taylor Cub. Memorial Hospital notes and local business updates follow.
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Ernest Smith
Kansas City
Eldridge Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Bell
Omaha
St. Joseph
Douglas County Red Cross group meets on campus breakfast
Members of the Farm and Home Accident Prevention Committee of the Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross held a breakfast meeting at the Union building on the University campus. L. M. Mitchell spoke, representing the American Red Cross in St. Louis. The committee is educational, with no staff or research, aiming to spark local action against common hazards.
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Douglas County
American Red Cross
Union
L. M. Mitchell
St. Louis
Red Cross
John Callahan
Callahan
Gas line blast threatens Oklahoma City area
A two block section in northeast Oklahoma City faced danger when a high pressure gas line at the No. 1 Sooner well of Biz Chief Drilling ruptured. Workmen shut the line off with no damage. Residents were told to extinguish fires as a precaution while the gas dissipated in the wind.
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Oklahoma City
Pia
Biz Chief Drilling Company
Bob McAlpine
Flight Commander Parker to Lead Air Reserve Flight Over Lawrence
Major Alton N Parker USMC Reserve will command the naval division of the air corps reserve fleet for air combat maneuvers and flight formations over Lawrence Municipal Airport Tuesday afternoon. Parker and other reserve pilots join Lawrence Chamber of Commerce for a luncheon the same day. He is a Transcontinental and Western pilot who accompanied Admiral Byrd in the Arctic in 1926 and in the South Pole regions in 1928.
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Alton N.parker
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Naval Division
Air Corps Reserve Fleet
Lawrence Municipal
Parker
Air Reserve
Lawrence
Civil Rule Reported In Madrid As Siege Continues
Civil rule returns to Madrid with General Jose Miaja stripped of civil powers and ordered to focus on combating Francisco's insurgents. An anti fascist city council takes charge, while a 12 day bombardment ends as clouds cover the city. Insurgents in the north push toward Bilbao via El Orio with Italian artillery support.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Jose Miaja
Francisco
el Ormio
Bilbao
Weather swings from heat to snow in Garden City
Lawrence reporter relays a stunning weather shift in Garden City Kansas where morning temps reached 91 degrees then plummeted to 40 with dust, rain, and snow. Police desk posts shift changes. Kaw Valley Fuel opens season tomorrow at Holcom's Grove against Belvoir. Fifteen bird houses by Foy E Brown and Boy Scouts marked fifth year with 85 total houses placed. Scouts named include Eldred Jones Joe Bleakley Edwin Burgess Billy Burgess Charles Crowder Burnett Howard James Van Sickle.
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Forrest A. Jackson
Lawrence
Garden City
Kan
Kaw Valley Fuel
Holcom’s Grove
Belvoir
Fa Fe
Foy E. Brown
Five Hurt In Rural Kansas Auto Collision
Five persons were hospitalized after an auto wreck on highway 77 near Riley Kansas last night. Two sustained serious injuries. Mr and Mrs T H Heath Enterprise Kansas were brought to a hospital with Mrs Heath suffering a punctured lung and head injury and Mr Heath internal injuries and shock. The Clay Center students included Lase Bauer with a broken hip and Miss Iane Swenson and Miss Margaret Hodfer with head injuries and minor bruises. Urges River Projects Washington urged 13 flood control irrigation and power projects on the Republican river. Hays celebrates Catholic diocese anniversary May 11 and May 12 at Concordia and Salina.
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Manhattan
Kan
Clay Center
Highway 77
Riley
T. H. Heath
Enterprise
Heath
Emporia
Lase Bauer
Iane Swenson
Margaret Hodfer
Mathematics committee sessions at Eldridge hotel KU dinner tonight
Members of the National Commission on the Place of Mathematics in Secondary Schools meet at Eldridge hotel with University of Kansas mathematics faculty host. The group, including Reeve Nyberg Hutchinson Lane Jamison, plans lectures and a public meeting while two years of study culminate in a final report to national math bodies.
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National Commission On the Place of
Eldridge Hotel
University of Kansas Department of Mathematics
Evans Hearth
A. G. Mitchell
University of Kansas
W. D. Reeve
Columbia University
J. A. Nyberg
Hyde Park High School
Chicago
Charles
Reeve
National Council’ of “Teachers of Mathematics
Mathematical Association of America
Indictment expansion in Kansas City vote fraud probe
A federal grand jury indicted 18 more persons on vote fraud conspiracy charges, raising total indictments to 126 as the investigation proceeds. Judge Albert L. Reeves ordered a new grand jury for May 4 to continue probing, with 82 convictions already secured including 18 prison terms and six inmates given probation on appeal.
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Kansas City
UPA
Federal Grand Jury
Albert L. Reeves
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