Pi Beta Phi Founders Day Banquet and KA 51st Anniversary
Founders Day banquet for Pi Beta Phi and the fifty first anniversary of Karas Alpha chapter celebrated at the Country Club with eighty four guests. speeches by Miss Elva Plank and Miss Helen Pendleton highlighted Pi Phi settlement work in Gatlinburg Tennessee. A White House portrait gift to Mrs. Calvin Coolidge was unveiled, with plans for KA Dames meeting at Westminster Hall and a music club program at the Congregational Parish House. Community notices include committee meetings, a Lawson office party in Topeka and Lancent events, births, and club gatherings through May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pi Beta Phi
Karas Alpha
Country Club
Sirs
William
Johnson
Elva Plank
Helen Pendleton Roe
Pi Phi
Teaders
Pendleton
New York
Kansas Alpha
National
Washington, D.C
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Howard Chandler Christy
Mrs. Coolidge
George
Mary Washington
Notable community events and upcoming university lecture
Miss Norris leaves for Excelsior Springs for treatment as she closes four years of teaching. A birthday dinner honors Henry Schehrer with fifteen guests. Esther Norris-Vetter wedding announced for April 28 at Lawrence. Woodlawn PTA to meet. students prepare for Emporia music and state contests. Professor George Grafton Wilson of Harvard to lecture at KU on Recent International Adjustments with university backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teria
Norris
Excelsior Springs
Virgil F. Norris
Henry Schehrer
KR. H. Brown
North Third Street
Esther
Homer J. Vetter
Newton
Mrs. Vettee
Lawrence
George Grafton Wilson
Harvard
University” of Kansas
Chubb
Wilson
Hague Academy of International Law
Six typists from high school win chamber contest
Six students from the commercial department competed in a typing contest at the Chamber of Commerce to measure accuracy and speed. Joe Stapleton won with fifty four words per minute, George Peacher eight nine seconds? forty nine WPM, Agnes Lenahan third with forty seven WPM. Frank McFarland Mary Miller and Bernice Starkey also participated. the six will represent at a state contest in Topeka next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Department
Chamber of Commerce
Jane Gordon
Joe Stapleton
C. E. Birch
George Peacher
Agnes Lenahan
Frank McFarland
Mary, Miller
Bernices Starkey
Topeka
Itee
Fanny and the Servant Problem staged by Liberty Memorial seniors
Liberty Memorial High School presented Jerome K. Jer ome s comedy A Fine Play Friday in the auditorium. Jeanette Bowersock starred as Fanny with Eldon Ardrey Bernard Blach and Andrew Hughes highly praised for strong supporting turns. Penfield Jones drew laughs as the footman, while Florence Beamer and Marguerites Leseher charmed as two old ladies. The production moved swiftly and showcased significant student talent under Miss Margaret Larkin from the University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny
Jerome K. Jerome
Liberty Memorial High School
Jeanette’ Bowersock
Eldon Ardrey
Bernard Blach
Andrew Hughes
Mr. Bloth
Leland Barrows
Eunice |Arkey
Bertha Alice Perkins
Penfield Jones
Helen Stover
Florence Beamer
Marguerites Leseher
Olive Weatherby
Marion Lawrence
Marion Elliot
Keath Wellman
Agnes Lenehan
Gladys Beddow
Velma Calvert
Edna Old
Margaret Larkin
YN Aget
Personal notices reflect Lawrence social circle
Mrs C Y Thomas and her small son left for Pittsburg after visiting Mrs Thomas's parents Prof and Mrs E F Engel. Allen Wilber of New York City, a former K U man, visits Dr and Mrs E J H Bailey. he works for Macmillan in NYC. Numerous outings and guests at local homes include Lance Hill of Emporia, Prof Joseph Farrell of San Diego, and Prof C J Skilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Y. Thomas
Pittsburg
Thomas
E. F. Engel
Allen Wilber
New York City
E.jh
Bailey
Wilber
K. U
FE. Wilber
Westminster Hall
Chapman
John’ L. Kilworth
J. W., O'Bryan
Belle Ross
Chicago
Margaret Steele
Fred’ W. Lobb
Agnes Emery
Miss Steele
Kansasity
Tor
Yates Center
Lee
Rex Harshbarger
Kansas City
Mary Beal
A. L. Harris
Baldwin
Julia Perry
Osage City
Mildred Green
C. O. Wolf
Ottawa
Lawrence
Department Will Aid Washington In Litigations
April 22 Attorney General Stone agreed to have the department of justice aid the senate Daugherty investigating committee in litigation arising from the attempt to punish M S Daugherty for refusing to testify In Chicago on April 29 a subpoena called for the presence of Federal Judge Landis Roscoe Andrews former federal prohibition director and former Judge Charles W Williams before the senate committee against former Attorney General H M Daugherty A grand sentence by Judge Landis was overturned by a presidential pardon for Philip Grossman who had served part of his sentence before being taken to the house of correction Landis later became baseball commissioner McLean must testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stone
Department of Justice
Senate
Daugherty
Litigaton
M. S. Daugherty
Chicago
K.M. Landis
Roscoe Andrews
Prohibition
Charles W Miams
H. M Daugherty
U. S Marshal
Levy
Landis
Philip Grossman
Tresdent
Coolidge
Grossman
House of Correction
McLean
Grand Jury Investigates Transportation of Fight Films
Washington publisher Edward E McLean was served a subpoena directing him to appear tomorrow before a Newark New Jersey grand jury probing the transport of fight films. His counsel, Wikitn J Lambert, accepted service in the United States vs the Dempsey Carpentier film case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward
McLean
Newark
N. J
Wikitn J. Lambert
United States
U S Steel Declares Quarterly Dividend and Extra Payout
United States Steel Corp directors announce a regular quarterly dividend of 1 14 percent and an extra 1 2 percent on common shares. Total earnings for the quarter ending March 31 stood at 50,075,445, up from 49,958,980 in the prior quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation Today
Pial i Katy
Germans Blame Americans For High German Coffee Prices
Berlin reports that American prohibition drives Germans to drink more coffee, pushing prices up. Editors cite that postwar consumption dropped to about a quarter of prewar levels, with coffee rising from 1.60 to 3.20 marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Associated Press
Germany
New York Committee Forming to Promote Gov Al Smith Nomination
A state committee will be organized April 29 to back Governor Al Smith for the Democratic presidential nomination. Previously no formal action existed, though Charles F Murphy of Tammany Hall had been guiding efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
New York
al. Tred. E. Smith
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Poincare and MacDonald May Meeting Probable After French Elections
Paris reports indicate a probable May meeting between Premier Poincare and British Prime Minister MacDonald after France’s May 11 elections. Consultations in Paris with Belgium’s Theunis and Hymans yielded no decisions, awaiting post election talks. In Washington, President Coolidge plans to confer soon with reparation experts Dawes Young and Robinson to assess the European economy and express U.S. appreciation for their work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
Poincare
MacDonald
England
Brussels
France
Theunis
Hyman
Deaths and Funerals: Infant Juan Romero and Rev J R Allen
Death of one month old Juan Romero yesterday leads to burial at Mt Calvary. Rev J R Allen aged 86 died at 912 Indiana St. funeral at First Methodist on Wednesday Apr 30 at 2 30 PM with Rev Edward Hislop officiating. burial in Waterloo Iowa. Survivors include wife and six children. sisters and relatives arrive for services. Barkley bill opposition forms to block railroad labor board abolition. fight begins as House plan to take up bill Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan
Jose Romero
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
J. R. Allen
I RB. Allen
Indiana Street
First Methodist Church
Edward Hislop
Waterloo
Iowa
Mr. Allen
A. Y. Tully
Bessie Allen
Los Angeles
Cal
R. W. Allen
Ralph R. Allen
Memphis
Tenn
Glenn O.' Allen
Girbin
Sask
Canada
Frances Allen
Lawrence
Tully
Bertha Ashbrook
Ashland
Allen
Washington
Railroad Labor Board
House
Ford bid on Muscle Shoals power project eyed by governor
Washington Apr 29 Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania told the senate agriculture committee that Henry Ford's bid for Muscle Shoals would not guarantee results beyond construction. He urged handling the project on social grounds and criticized the contract as careless with no penalties or guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Senate Agriculture Committee
Henry Ford
Musele Shoals
South
United States
Eee Eketachot
Ford
Viscount Grey Mistaken For Tramp In Lords Story
London April 21 Associated Press Viscount Grey sparked humor in the House of Lords during a debate on vivisection when, while with Lord Montagu on a soggy day in the New Forest, a passing tramp prompted Lord Montagu to offer a lift. They discovered the supposed tramp was Grey himself, walking four miles to check on a bird at a pond. The tale, amid other notes on marriages and empire, contrasts with a quirky wildlife fact about house spiders laying up to sixty eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Viscount Grey
House of Lords
Viscount Knutsford
Lord Montagu
New Forest
Viscount Grey of
Falloden
Lightning Kills Local Farmer Near Hepler Kansas
Pittsburg Kansas April 29 Lightning struck a clothes line near Hepler in Crawford County killing farmer Lattener, 37, instantly as he walked to his barn in a morning storm. He leaves a widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Lattener
Hepler
Crawford County
Mrs Bartz Undergoes Appendicitis Operation Today
Mrs Louis Bartz of Padora underwent an appendicitis operation at McConnel Hospital today. She was formerly Norman Stewart of Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis. Bartz
Padora
McConnel Hospital
Bartz
Norman Stewart
Lawrence
Women Dye Is Old Things New Dyes Offer
An early 20th century ad proclaims 15 cent pia mond Dyes that let any woman dye or tint worn items. Directions claim it is simple for beginners to choose a color at the drug store and refresh old fabrics.
Also Mentioned on This Page
K. A
Music Club
Kate Riggs
May Riggs
C. W. Eoff
Charles Sterling
Louise Wiedemann
League of ‘Women
C. I. Reed
Missionary Society of Trinity Lutheran Church
Review Club
C. E. Lewis
Alabama Street
Marilyn
Josephine
Yngolside Club
J. C. Watkins
Louisiana Street
Realness
Oelork
C. W. Smith
Massachusetts' Street
The
Episcopal Church
George “Beene
Charles Pettibone Jr
Olathe
Inonor
Pauline Hailey
May A. Norris
Pleasant Grove
SMART
Woodlawn Parent-Teacher Association
Emporia
Karl Bratton
Verl Bratton
Bolin
Virginia Arnold
Guila Gress
Gress
Mary Harding
Edward + Klein
Dorothy Horton
Halbur Bartlett
Quentin Newcombe
Elizabeth Schungel
Rose
McCulloch
Helen Cady
Magdalena Noe
Dick Mullins
Carol Heiberg
Ten High
L. H. Menger
W. H. McKone
Bienvenue . Club
Harvard ‘International Law Authority
Joie Stapleton
Ich
With. Jerome
K. Jerome
J. K.s Rankin
M. Hill
National Fire Insurance’ Company of
Bonner Springs
J. Ware
C. J. Topping
Lloyd Ware Jr
Henderson Martin
George M. Nichols
Pendennis
Kans
George Hoskinton
Vinland
Jerry Lyons
Kensis City
Frank Holt
Minneapolis
Minn
Holt
Katherine Holt
East
F.B. Dodds
Washington, D. C
Rachel Beeman
Elm Grove
Ohio
W. Terry
Kaw Valley
Ahd
Fred Jennings
Interurbante
Grand Jury
U.S. Steel
Besuditet
Z “Husain Shéale
Tolle’ ‘Committee
Noble
British Empire
Douglas Radio Company
ART Furniture
Em, Sickel, Successor
Uae
Tce
Ice & Storage Co
Tom St
Toue Protection
Ars
Mer
Ning
Gruen Pentagon VeriThin
Gruen
University
Harl H. Bronson
Massachusetts
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