Illness grows in dust regions amid drought storms
In Liberal Kansas on April 29 health officials faced drought dust with rain and snow nearby. Seven pneumonia deaths linked to dust storms occurred in the past week as areas in western Kansas eastern Colorado New Mexico and neighboring states reported illnesses. Red Cross director Albert Evans announced two more emergency hospitals would open in Ulysses and Johnson City Kansas with four nurses aiding patients. Ten thousand cloth masks were being distributed to aid defense. Hospitals in Baca County Colorado saw eleven admissions over two days. Dr. E A Evans of Beaver Oklahoma noted a slower decline than typical pneumonia. Weather varied with Amarillo receiving a trace of rain while dust storms continued. east Texas saw heavy rain and hail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberal
Kan
S-state
Albert Evans
Red Cross
Ulysses
Johnson City
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Evans
Baca County
E. A. Evans
Beaver
Okla
Amarillo
Tex
Missouri
Nebraska
Alfred DuPont Dies at Estate Near Jacksonville
Alfred I. DuPont, 70, longtime head of Du Pont de Nemours and Company, died suddenly at his Florida estate after a heart attack. He reorganized the firm in 1902, retired years later, and was a major landowner and banker in Delaware and Florida. He supported radium research and cancer treatment philanthropy. A Farmers Educational meeting opens May 1 in West Baldwin led by Arthur Holcomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Alfred I. DuPont
DuPont de Nemours & Co
DuPont
DuPont Company
Florida
Hounds National Bank of
Wilmington
Del
Alfred Lenee DuPont
DuPont de Nemours Company
Delaware
Central City
Cal
E. L DuPont de Nemours Company
Test Your Knowledge Queried on Classified Answers
Test Your Knowledge asks seven questions from a classified page about rivers mountains and history. The accompanying note praises Porters Cut Rate Grocery promising customer service and lasting presence with a union slogan.
To Speak at Topeka by Kansas Chamber Leader Roy F Bailey
Roy F Bailey president of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce will deliver one of three addresses at the State Chamber district meeting in Topeka on April 30 He has led the state's chamber through highway campaign efforts and edits the Salina Journal His talk is titled As It Was in the Beginning Other speakers include Paul A Jones editor of the Lyons News and Carl C Magee editor of Magee's Weekly Review Oklahoma City Okla with topics Coronado in Kansas and Whats Ahead respectively
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy F. Bailey
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Topeka
Bailey
Salina
Paul A. Jones
The
Lyons News
Coronado
Kansas
Carl C. Magee
Magee
Weekly Review
Oklahoma City
Okla
Spring Clothing Drive Night by Incal National Guard
Final plans were set for tonight's spring clothing drive starting at 9 by Company M Incal National Guard for the Social Service League. Trucks loaned by local concerns and guarded will visit residential districts after drill. 2nd Lieut Schiller Shore leads, assisted by First Sergeant Edwin S Young. donations of old clothing bed springs canned fruit and other items to be left on front porches with porch lights on for pickup. league seeks to restock store room after near emptiness.
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Company M
National Guard
Social Service League
Schiller Shore
Edwin S. Young
Large Lawrence Group To Attend Topeka Chamber Meeting
A sizable Lawrence contingent plans to attend the Chamber of Commerce district meeting in Topeka tomorrow at 6 30 pm at the Kansan Hotel. Roy F Bailey of Salina, state organization president, urged strong attendance and study of current problems. D E Ackers, district vice president, will preside. speakers include Paul A Jones of Lyons, Bailey, and Carl A Magee of Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Topeka
Kansan
Roy F. Bailey
Salina
D. E. Ackers
Paul A. Jones
Lyons
Reckless at Granada features Powell Harlow Tone
Movie week at the Granada spotlights MGM lavish Reckless with William Powell and Jean Harlow. Franchot Tone plays a distraught millionaire. Ted Healy and Nat Pendleton provide comedy. May Robson acts as Jean’s grandmother. News items, a March of Time segment, and a Lennoxes-style scandal frame the feature. Also noted are local market quotes, liquor-arrest forfeitures, and a Lawrence marriage license for William Ware and Freddie Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granada
William Powell
Jean Harlow
Fran
Ted Healy
Nat Pendleton
Reckless
MGM
Jerome Kern
Libby Holman
Smith Reynolds
Miss Harlow
Jean
Franchot
May Robson
Huey Long
Sands Point
Hawaii
Far Above new title for Kansas song by Jayhawk group
University of Kansas students and alumni seek a mechanical reproduction of Far Above the Crimson Valley. Miss Gladys Baker notes the request while Dean Swarthout praises rain music at music week. Jayhawk Junior day is May 4 at 1 30 at the Patee theatre with Moe Ettenson slated for school tours. Boardman announces Ettenson’s appointment and a goal of growing to over 400 members. Kansas City backers urged for club chapters as members bring cards and 5 cents for entry. A campus reporter covered the pasture queen contest with 1000 words and the phrase pasture queen appears in campus prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Golden Valley
Gladys Baker
KFKU
Kansas
Crimson Valley
Patee Theatre
Thayer Boardman
Kaneat City
Tolay
Boardman
Moe Ettenson
Leavenworth
Ettenson
Jayhawk
Moe
George Bowles
Kansas City
Haskell Girl Is Winner of Posture Contest Again
Miss Lillian Saul of Haskell Institute won a third straight posture contest at the University of Kansas play day. The Choctaw student topped several high school entrants from Lawrence Ottawa Tonoxie Nortonville Rosedale Argentine Haskell and Atchison as she impressed judges with walking posture. Ruth Hoover announced the victory in front of more than 100 participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Saul
Haskell Institute
Women’s
University of Kansas
Miss Saul
Ruth Hoover
Lawrence
Ottawa
Tonganoxie
Nortonville
Rosedale
Argentine
Haskell
Atchison
Unusual Double Egg From Denver Hen on Display
Mrs Maude Augustine of Denver operator of a local grocery displayed an extraordinary egg from her White Wyandotte flock. The egg measures about four inches long and contains a yolk and white at one end and a normal egg at the other. Neighbors reportedly never saw such an egg. Also noted, Charles Morin of Kansas City a Mexican arrested April 26 for possession of marihuana faced a preliminary hearing before Justice F B Dodds and was bound over for district court on May 10 with bond set at 2500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Augustine
Denver
Charles Morin
Kansas City
F. B. Dodds
Willow Springs School Closes After 5 Years
Willow Springs district 51 school 12 miles southwest of Lawrence closes on April 24 marked by a noon basket dinner for about 150. A 3 to 4 match game pitted the school team against district elders, with scores and a program by local pupils. Visitors from multiple districts attended.
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Willow Springs
Lawrence
High Prairie
Pleasant Grove
Union
Central
Globe
Columbia
Hopewell
Twin Mound
Walnut Tove
Irene Hale
Lloyd Wingert
Byron Shuck
Wayne Flory
Dudley Deay
Vivian Rothrock
John Besguies
Joan Churchhaugh
Gilbert Vaughn
Florine
Boehle
John Beeghley
Florin Boehle
A Wingert
Baldwin
Olive Alice Brown
Ladies' Literary League Luncheon at the Colonial
The Ladies' Literary League will hold a luncheon tomorrow at the Colonial with Mrs C D Cowgill directing the final program for the year. The Y M L club will be entertained tomorrow afternoon at Mrs Homer Allison's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Literary League
the Colonial
C. D. Cowgill
Y.M.L. Club
Homer Allison
Personal notes from Lawrence social circle
Dozens of local residents share weekend trips and visits. F P Hormuth returns from Oklahoma City to resume his Lawrence shoe repair shop. Miss Mary Collins comes back from Topeka while Miss Stella Batterson returns from southern California visiting relatives Sheridan Batterson and Grant Batterson. Mr and Mrs George Mendell of Long Beach stay with Mrs A A Hicks. Mrs Mendell is mother of Ledrue and Alva Carter. Tom Woodward and two children visit Miss Madge Bullene. Atty E T Riling judges at Ursuline convent contest in Paola. Mrs Gerald Trautwein and daughter head to Udall after month with the Radcliffes. Tom Mifflin reportedly ill at 831 New Jersey. Dr C W McCarty and mining businessman son Wilbur Dover and others noted. Mrs C W Maloney Sr and Mrs R A Maloney with Martha June return to Tulsa after days with the Maloney family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Hormuth
Oklahoma City
Lawrence
Mary Collins
Topeka
Stella Batterson
California
Sheridan Batterson
Venice
Grant Batterson
Santa Monica
Clara Batterson
Palisades
George Mendell
Long Beach
Cal
A. A. Hicks
New Hampshire Street
Paola
Ursuline Convent
Gerald Trautwein
Caroline Sue
Udall
C. P. Radcliffe
Tom Mifflin
New Jersey Street
Mr. Mifflin
Deaths and Funerals Benhart Kramer 81 in Melvin
Benhart Kramer aged 81 died Sunday at his Melvin Kansas home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon in Melvin with burial at the same place. He lived in the Clearfield neighborhood for many years and moved to Melvin 80 years ago. Surviving relatives include seven children Kate Bonham Esther White Caroline Bird John Kramer and Charles Lewie and Pete Kramer three sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benhart Kramer
Melvin
Kaw
Kramer
Clearfield
Kate Bonham
Esther White
Leota
Caroline Bird
Kansas City
John Kramer
Waverly
Charles, Lewie
Pete Kramer
Mollison Crashes New Plane at Croydon Airdrome
Mrs Amy Mollison the premier British woman flyer cracked up her new American plane during its first Croydon flight. She escaped with only a severe shaking up as the machine crashed on landing though the retractable undercarriage was smashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amy Mollison
Croydon Airdrome
Shadow of Doubt at the Patee theater review
A mild review notes Shadow of Doubt billed as a guess proof mystery with Ricardo Cortez and Virginia Bruce in lead roles in two murder cases. Also shown is the Laurel and Hardy comedy Oliver the 8th and a news reel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricardo Cortez
Virginia Bruce
Oliver
Catholic Church hostile to anti Christian cults in Lourdes
In Lourdes on April 29 a three day prayer for peace closed with a Vatican warning to Hitler and communists that the church will stay opposed to philosophies contrary to Christian faith. Cardinal Pacelli stated the church will not peace with enemies driven by race or blood and cited social revolution as a major threat. About a quarter million pilgrims and dignitaries gathered around the grotto as Pope Pius XII, via radio, delivered a benediction.
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Lourdes
France
Vatican
Pius
Vatican City
Supreme Court Upholds Receivership Proceedings
The Supreme Court refused to review lower court rulings in Illinois that dismissed Sidney B. Pollak's suit to void the Middle West Utilities receivership. Pollak alleged Samuel Insull Sr used fraudulent and collusive methods to secure the appointment of receivers.
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Washington
Middle West Utilities Company of
Chicago
Insull
Supreme Court
Illinois
Sidney B. Pollak
Samuel Insull, Sr
Sheriff Seeks Custody of Raymond E. Ogle in Forgery Case
Police report a wire from Charlotte Michigan sheriff requesting custody of Raymond E. Ogle held on forgery and cat theft charges. Ogle was arrested Sunday morning in a Studebaker secret and is detained in the county jail pending transfer.
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Charlotte
Mich
Raymond Ogle
Michigan
Ogle
Williams
Studebaker
Lawrence Vocational Group Heads to Manhattan State Contest
The Lawrence high school vocational agriculture team leaves for Manhattan to compete with about 100 teams in the state contest at Kansas State College. The trio Kenneth Johnson John Metsker and Julius Hornberger will judge two days while Lewis Bearman and Byron Eisele handle shop practice in welding timing motors concrete work frame raft ers and tin work. Robert Gorrill speaks on AD Changing Agriculture Arthur Leonhard attends the Future Farmers of America state meeting and Lawrence chapter delegates Robert Gorrill and Kenneth Johnson were elected to attend. The boys return to Lawrence on Wednesday.
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Lawrence High School
Manhattan
Kansas State College
Kenneth Johnson
John Metsker
Julius Hornberger
Lewis Bearman
Byron Eisele
Robert Gorrill
Arthur Leonhard
Jayhawk
Future Farmers of America
Arthur
Lawrence
Lawrence Wednesay
Brother’s Funeral Attended by Mrs L O Cobb in Kansas City
Mrs L O Cobb 1135 Ohio street returned from Kansas City Kansas after attending the funeral Saturday of her brother Rev Benjamin Quinn Denham. The service was led by Rev C A Riley of the First Congregational church in Kansas City. Denham had served as minister to Welborn Community church for six years and prior pastors in New York City Winter Haven Pleasant Hill Olathe and Merriam Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. O. Cobb
Ohio Street
Kansas City
Kan
Benjamin Quinn Denham
C. A. Riley
First Congregational Church
Denham
Welborn
New York City
Winter Haven
Fla. Pleasant Hill
Olathe and Merriam, Kan
Band Practice Tonight by Veterans of Foreign Wars
The Veterans of Foreign Wars band will practice tonight at 7 44 o clock in Ericksen hall. High school age musicians may join and should see Walter Rigdon. The band seeks more clarinets and cornets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ericksen
Walter Rigdon
Kaw Valley Garden Association Holds Annual Meeting Today
Seventy members from eleven garden clubs gathered at Trinity Lutheran Church for the Kaw Valley Garden association annual session. A speaking program concluded at 3 p.m. with plans for a Lawrence garden tour. Topeka Horticulture Society was reelected officer club for the year, unifying future elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw Valley Garden Association
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lawrence
Topeka Horticulture Society
Steve Henderson Pleads Guilty to Assault Charge
Steve Henderson pleaded guilty to common assault and being intoxicated before Justice F B Dodds today and received a sentence of jail time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Henderson
F. B. Dodds
Henderson held after disturbance at Tepee camp
Henderson was arrested Saturday night by sheriff's officers at the Tepee tourist camp on the north edge of Lawrence after witnesses said he caused a disturbance while drunk and assaulted Richard McGuire by throwing sticks and cans. He received 30 days in jail on the first charge and a $10 fine on the second. the disturbing the peace charge was dismissed. Fred Lindley, charged with drunkenness, was arraigned and a preliminary hearing set for May. Lindley remained in county jail after failing to post a $200 bond.
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Henderson
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Alfred Dupont
West Baldwin
Farmers Educational School
Arthur Holcom
Thousand Islands
Robert G. Inger
Catskill Mountains
Bank of England
Pat
U. S. House of Representatives
Ezekiel
J. C. Porter
wAdy
Chester Lestie Elland
Eugene Wedge
Kelie Catale
William Ware
Freddie Brown
Famous Valley
Dean D. M. Swarthout
K. LA
Sig Eppin
Salvation Army
Smoky Mountain National Park
Croydon
Schulz
Catholic Church
Raymond E. Ogle
Awrence High School
Kaw Valley Association
T. G. Fitch
Hosford & Arnold
Mass. Jones
Kansas Electric Power
Estes, Payne & CO
Mass
Thrifty Times
McGrew-Peck Inc. Co
Dickinson Bldg
Conrad McGrew
Arthur, Peek
Ocery & Market Wey
Massachusetts Street Jr
the Journal-World
Lawrence, Kansas
J.C. Porter
Journal-World
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