KU Orchestra Plans May Concert With Gershwin Blues
University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra will stage a spring concert May 5 at 8 pm in Music Week events. Director Karl O Kuersteiner leads more than 70 players with added saxophones and guitar for Tschaikowsky Fourth Symphony and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue featuring Mary Jane Bruce as soloist. Schubert songs by Keith Davis with choir, harp, and double violin obbligato accompany Ave Maria and Serenade.
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University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
Karl O. Kuersteiner
Gershwin
Mary Jane Bruce
Kansas City
Kan
School of Fine Arts
K. U. Symphony
Lawrence
Keith Davis
Schuert
Tschaikowsky
Dickinson Poised for Role in Republican Battles at Cleveland
Senator Lester J. Dickinson, a longtime Republican critic of the New Deal, remains a key battler in the party. He could join the national ticket and is expected to lead Midwest opposition, having previously keynoted the 1932 convention and shaped corn belt policy through strenuous work in Washington.
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Associated Press
Lester J. Dickinson
Cleveland
Midwest
Lhngell
Eudora Pupils Stage The Inn Of The Golden Cheese Operetta
The Eudora grade school presents The Inn of the Golden Cheese at the high school auditorium on Wednesday April 29 at 8 o clock. Principal Gilmore Nichols directs with a rhythm band orchestra and chorus from grades one through eight. Cast includes Peggy Austin Hi Tom Austin Sally Austin and more with many Indian chorus members and a guest. Musical numbers include overture dont cry Sally the scarecrow scare and I aint skeered of an Indian among others.
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Eudora
Gilmore Nichols
Eudora High School
Peggy Austin
Fioretta Mowrey
Hi Tom
Austin
Melford Bartz
Joey Austin
Billy Durr
Sally Austin
Doris Bohnsack
John Eisele
Anne
Barbara Johnson
John
Jackie Mohler
Smiling Eyes
Painted Feather
Delta Hohnsack
Periwinkle
Napoleon Grant
Laverne Bagsby
Christine Eiseleter
Albert Mohlery
Penn
Lee Irwin
Papoose
Peggy
Richard Cory
Tom-Tom
Toma
Washington Parade and Power Debate in 1920s schools
Washington Parade columnist recalls liberal backlash to Power Trust propaganda in schools and the rise of New Deal era electricity advocacy. Describes WPA plans with Lincoln School and Columbia University to publish Building America magazine promoting government ownership of power plants and a Teacher guide showing students the Power issue with illustrative before and after TVA scenes.
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Washington
Power Trust
Federal Trade Commission
WPA
New York
Lincoln School of Teachers’ Colleges
Columbia University
Tennessee Valley
TVA
Lat
New York Sees Electricity Cut Divorce Rates
A New York claim links electricity use to fewer divorces and calmer homes. The remark contrasts with Hoover era official Wilbur’s past statement that depression brought families closer. Copyright Washington Features.
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New York
Hoover
Wilbur
Washington
May Party Luncheon Baskets and Cookies Recipe Item
A list of party foods and detailed steps for making orange baskets with fruit and whipped cream, plus a cookie dough recipe and frosting. Also notes Chinese convicts releasing to fight a fire in Chengtu, Hsuanhan district, and authorities seeking commutations.
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Chengtu
China
Hsuanhan
Rain Sweeps Southwest Improving Crop Prospects
Rain spread across Kansas and the western half of Oklahoma bringing moisture to dusted areas. Althe most regions saw less than an inch with some locations reporting over an inch, boosting pastures and spring crops while noting drouth remains and cooler unsettled conditions ahead.
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Topeka
Kansas
Southwest
Althe
S. D. Flora
Flora
Dodge City
Hays
Liberal
Manhattan
Philsis
Tribune
Kansas City
Minneapolnds
Missouri
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Plains
Texas
Clarendon
Jericho
Donley County
Amarillo
Oklahoma Panhandle
Dreath
Guymon
Beaver
Boise City
Lawrence wedding and social notes from Linwood area
Lawrence residents attended weddings and birthday gatherings in Linwood including Agnes Smeltzer and Jean Blevins uniting on April 14. Local visits featured Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Taber in DeSoto, Clyde Coleman and daughter Myra Claire from Kansas City visiting J. B. Coleman, and Lilian Margaret Coleman’s sixth birthday celebration hosted by Mrs. Carl Silkey with guests Myra Claire Coleman, Jennie Opal Taber, Johanna Mae Coleman, and Edna Irene Henik. Guests at Jesse Taber home included Tom Wilson and Mrs. Harry Wilson.
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Harry Helds
Lawrence
Homer Collins
Agnes Smeltzer
Jean Blevins
Jesse Taber
DeSoto
Clyde Coleman
Myra Claire
Kansas City
J. B. Coleman
Carl Silkey
Lilian Margaret
Myra Claire Coleman
Jennie Opal Taber
Johanna Mae Coleman
Edna Irene Henik
Charles Coleman
George E. Kirkman
Tom Wilson
Harry Wilson
Marriage notices and weekend visitors across Kansas area
District Directors and Mrs Jim Hulbert with Joann and others from Kansas City visited Topeka Saturday. Williamstown and Linwood trips noted with Silkey and McCloud. Nadine Lamb and Charles Henik wed in Tonganoxie. Catherine Skinner and Le Roy Shoemaker married in Kansas City Kansas. Shopping group in Lawrence included Basil Taber Brooks families.
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Jim Hulbert
Joann
Hill
Esther Craig
Elmer
Irene Craig
Wiseman
Kan
Nadine Lamb
Charles Henik
Tonganoxie
Irvin Clark
Art McCloud
Fiver
Linwood
Fred Meinke
A. Smith
Missouri
Paul Walhgren
Kansas City
Baptist Church
Carl Silkey
George Henik
Pete Sedgwick
Bonner Springs
Henry Baird
Hiawatha
Catherine Skinner
le |Roy
Lawrence
Floyd Basil
Gene
Jesse Taber
George Brooks
Sarah James
George E. Kirkman
Social notes from Range Line and surrounding families
Topeka visits and domestic gatherings. Neighbors Emery Crawford and Homer Crawford host at their homes. Finch family weekends in Topeka with Mrs Clover at Stormont hospital. Several illnesses and hospital stays noted. The H. C. birthday club gathered with covered dishes. School events include a dinner program at Centropolis and Range Line, perfect attendance pins, and eighth grade exams. Senior play at Appanoose high and a Hole in the Rock picnic are reported.
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Jim Lavin
Clark
Topeka
John Clark
Emery Crawford
Homer Crawford
George Finch
Finch
Clark Clover
Stormont Hospital
Harry Fisher
Fred Wheeler
Wheeler
Lawrence
Art Rogers
Will Reapeau
Harve Clark
Lydia Allen
Mary Clark
Joe Sassaman
Tom Smith
Bryan Stewart
John Turner
May Nusbaum
Floyd
Nellie
Lucy Finch
Naomi Neis
Cecil
Darene Brecheisen
Ruth Darlene Hornberger
Earl Turner
Ottawa
Eldred
Thelma Shuler
Fannie Keeler
Grandpa Warner
Princeton
Centropolis
Will Reabeau
Nellie Wintermantle
Elmer Wintermantle
Range Line
Neis
Wellsville
Miss Neis
Eldred Fisher
Georgine
Maxine Finch
Lucy
Mary Sassaman
Letha Morgan
Appanoose High School
Appanoose
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Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
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Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
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Claudette Colbert
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Pierus Te el
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Lewis Stone
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