Keep Out of War Plank A Puzzler
Washington April 30 Republican leaders clash over a "keep out of war" plank as Stassen and others debate foreign policy. Texas harmony drives Democratic moves toward Garner while Massachusetts and Rhode Island primaries shape delegate slates for Dewey and Roosevelt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Texas
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
United States
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Austin
R.-Vt
Rayburn
Lyndon Johnson
Garner
Johnson
White House
Republican Party
House
Myron G. Blalock
William H. cMasters
Thomas E. Dewey
Farley
Mr. Roosevelt
Rhode Island
Oklahoma
Stassen
Philadelphia
Platform Committee
Congress
Senate
A.F.L
Eleven Elected to K U Pi Kappa Lambda Chapter
Eleven persons from the top quarter of KU music seniors graduate students and faculty were chosen for Pi Kappa Lambda, the national honorary musical society, at the annual fine arts convocation. Members include Dalby Topeka Burns Lawrence Goode Lawrence Hunt Lawrence Meinke Loring Stoner Lawrence Ward Lawrence Briggs Tulsa Burne Olathe Flory Ottawa Ruppenthal Underwood Holton Ikoy.
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K. U
Pi Kappa Lambda
Jack C. ‘Dalby
Topeka
Ethelyne M. Burns
Lawrence
Helen Dill Goode
Gwen Marie Hunt
Eva Ruth Meinke
Loring
Paul H. Stoner
Tarjorie Alice Ward
Obert L. Briggs
Tulsa
Okla
Joseph Burne
Olathe
James Flory
Ottawa
Ethel Ruppenthal
Dorrance
Ikoy
Underwood
Holton
Kansas FFA elects new officers in Manhattan meeting
Raymond Kaup of Smith Center was elected president of the Kansas Future Farmers of America last night in Manhattan. Other officers include Phillip Cooper of Chanute as reporter and John Lawrence of Winfield as secretary.
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Manhattan
Kan
Raymond Kaup
Smith Center
Kansas Future Farmers of America
Phillip ‘Cooper
Chanute
John Lawrence
Winfield
Holzworth Plans Gannett Campaign Stop in Lawrence
John M. Holzworth New York lawyer and wildlife conservationist arrives in Lawrence to finalize plans for Frank Gannett's appearance Thursday in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He is president of the National Association of Wildlife Conservationists and has led expeditions for the U S Biological Survey and the National Museum.
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John M. Holzworth
New York
Frank Gannett
Lawrence
Gannett
Holzworth
National Association of Wildlife Conservationists
Columbia University
New York University
Columbia
British Columbia
Alaska
U. S. Biological Survey
National Museum
Admiralty Island
America
American Society of Mammalogists
Washington Biological Society
Zoological Society
Explorers Club of New York
Frank E. Gannett
Investigation into Flag Misuse Charge by U S Officials
Washington officials study a first official charge of flag misuse in the European war. C J Hambro cited a Norwegian pilot saying the German ship Jan Wellem flew American colors near Narvik to disguise its nationality. The neutrality act could apply if proven, but enforcement would require a diplomatic protest.
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Washington
Welles
C. J. Hambro
Jan Wellem
Narvik
Norway
United States
State Department
Lawrence items note office return and Iowa-style traffic woes
Heard in Lawrence reports Heard in Lawrence D Johnson back at post office after eye surgery. Weather and traffic issues in western Kansas and Lawrence with dense fog and thick dust on routes. Police training and speeding critique noted along with a child’s doctor car comment. Roosevelt photo reception in Vicksburg proves apathetic. Kansas figures from university talks and a postponed Lawrence-Ottawa track meet due to rain. Lone Star lake rise and a Kansas City baseball cancellation cited. KU telephone exchange handled 1590 calls in a day.
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Kansas
Lawrence
KU Thespians Dining and Hamlet on the Menu at Convocation
Chancellor Malott announced that about 25 000 persons visit Spooner-Thayer museum each year and hinted a student may be seen there. Convocation speaker Charles Kelley discussed Art and the Public and promised a lively talk. The Speech Arts banquet featured ham as the meat course and Bill Shipley was named president of the Stinkers club. The Interfraternity sing was postponed to May 19 to allow prep for the May 3 broadcast by Fred Waring.
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Spooner-Thayer Museum
Malott
Charles Fabens Kelley
Evans Hearth
Bill Shipley
Stinkers Club
New Order
Fred Waring
Choir Broadcast of Bach Magnificat Planned at Hoch
The Magnificat by Johan Sebastian Bach will be broadcast from KFKU on Friday night from 6 to 6 30 featuring the West minister A Cappella choir with soloists Marie Wilkins Meribah Moore Irene Peabody Joseph Wilkins and Rudolph Voth, conducted by Dean Swarthout with the University Symphony Orchestra. A second Friday concert will air 9 45 to 10 15 featuring Handel Suite in E minor performed by the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra and transcribed by Charles Skilton, with the Fairy Suite by Carl A Preyer also on the program.
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Johannes Sebastian Bach
Hoch Auditorium
KFKU
Westminister A Cappella Choir
Marie Wilkins
Meribah Moore
Irene Peabody
Joseph Wilkins
Rudolph Voth
University Symphony Orchestra
Dean D. M. Swarthout
Handel
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles S. Skilton
Carl A. Preyer
Highway officials discuss funds and safety upgrades
Lt Gov Carl Friend introduces highway leaders and announces plans to seek more gasoline taxes for new construction. Wells outlines safety programs and new center line crews. A red stripe marks no passing zones and curves will show safe speeds. driving sight distance has risen from 250 300 feet to about 1000 feet.
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Pace
Fair
Carl Friend
Harold Snider
Lawrence
W. K. Canan
A. B. Wells
Wells
Laws to Broadcast Discuss Public Problems on Roundtables
University of Kansas will broadcast May and early June discussions on public law. Law students host weekly talks on legislative power, jury trials, bar integration, tribunals, and legislation validity with participants from multiple cities and the June 6 final on industrial regulation.
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K. U
Ernest Devies
Wakeeney
Clarence Robinson
Newton
Marion Miller
Garden City
Mary McDonald
Eureka
Philip Buzick
Lawrence
Moe Ettenson
Leavenworth
Andrew Hibbard
Toronto
Robert Jessee
John Crouch
Everest
Henry Onsgard
Woman Treats Census Taker To National Debt Mortgage
Mrs. Arthur Cline told a census taker her home mortgage is 45 billion dollars, the national debt limit. Supervisor Richard Marlow called the reply a refusal to answer, while her husband claimed such debt is a lien on homes nationwide. A second census stop is planned.
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Toledo. O
Arthur Cline
Richard Marlow
United States
Cline
Mrs Vienna Chilcote Payne Funeral Services Planned
Funeral services for Mrs Vienna Chilcote Payne 78 of Lansing who died yesterday at home will be held at Funk chapel Wednesday at 2 PM. Rev Theodore Astman will officiate burial will be in Clinton cemetery.
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Vienna Chilcote Payne
Lansing
Funk Chapel
Theodore Astman
Clinton Cemetery
Cordley School Music Week Observance Tomorrow
Cordley school presents its annual music week with department programs starting at 2 and 3 pm announced by John Simons and Dolph Simons Jr. The kindergarten rhythm band and school orchestra perform under William Leech, Claudia Anderson plays a violin solo, and fifth and sixth grade vocal groups sing under Miss Mabel Barnhart. The observance honors John Louis Simons, with a memorial fund supporting the Cordley orchestra.
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John Louis Simons
Cordley Orchestra
Death of Chalkley Hill Revered County Resident
Chalkley Hill aged over 80 formerly of the county died yesterday at his son John W. Hill's home in Pasadena California. The body will be brought to Lawrence and lie in state at Schubert funeral home from Thursday night to Saturday afternoon. Surviving are two sons Gurney Hill and John Hill of California a daughter Eunice Hill in Wichita and another son Charles Hill of Chicago. Funeral services will be held at Hesper Friends church at 2 pm Saturday with Rev. Orin Dunlap and Rev. William Garrison officiating. Burial in Hesper cemetery.
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Chalkley Hill
John W. Hill
Pasadena
Calif
Hill
Silent
Kansas
Lawrence
Schubert
Gurney Hill
John Hill
California
Bister
Ellen Hill
Eunice Hill
Wichita
Charles Hill
Chicago
Hesper Friends Church
Orin Dunlap
William Garrison
Hesper Cemetery
Nazarene Revival At Church Draws Strong Local Interest
Revival efforts at the Church of the Nazarene show unprecedented local interest with nightly special music and an inspirational service led by Rev and Mrs Brown. Bethany evangelist Mrs Paul Choplin delivers timely sermons as a lay evangelist. Services begin daily at 7:45. Thursday night the Church of God men’s group will attend and perform two numbers.
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Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene
Brown
Paul Choplin
Bethany
Okla
Choplin
Church of God
Monarch Cement workers strike for better agreement
Humboldt April 30 workers at Monarch Cement company began a strike at 10 am seeking a improved working contract. Company officials would not disclose the number of employees involved or details of the desired agreement. The strikers belong to United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers Union Local No. 93 A F of L. The plant had reopened April 22 after a shutdown.
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Humboldt
Monarch Cement Company
United Cement, Lime and Gypsum Workers Union
A. F. of
Centenarian grandmother assists birth at local hospital
A 104-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Jane Dixon of 735 Pennsylvania street, served as midwife at Lawrence Memorial hospital for the Caesarian birth of her great-great-great grandson. The baby was born to Mrs. Anna belle Russell, 15, of 9111 East elfth street, colored. Russell's mother, Mrs. Thelma Hughes, was present. Dixon is Hughes' great-grandmother.
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Jane Dixon
Pennsylvania Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Annabelle Russell
East Elfth Street
Russell
Thelma Hughes
Dixon
Bounties Paid for Wolves Coyotes and Gophers in Douglas County
A Douglas County record shows bounties paid this month at the county clerk office. Eighty two wolves and coyotes were brought in for a bounty of one dollar each. Gopher bounties totaled seventy nine dollars and forty cents at ten cents per animal.
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Douglas County
Forum on finding and improving employment by Chancellor Malott
Chancellor Deane W. Malott will lead the third and final E U employment forum Thursday at 3 30 in his office 223 Frank Stronghall The informal roundtable will cover finding a job holding it and advancing to a better position Speakers from Purdue Hall Brothers and Harvard background will be summarized and added to Malott's own notes The event is open to students and will last one hour The class of 1940 and Alumni Association sponsor the forums to aid graduating seniors in locating employment Also included are local items from Pony Creek Fall Leaf and community activities along with farm visits and a Stork shower for Mrs John Gilliland
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Deane W. Malott
E. U
Frank Stronghall
Malott
Jack Walters
Purdue University
Charles S. Stevenson
Hall Brothers, Inc
Harvard University
Hawaii
Baker
Alumni Association
Editors to Attend Campus Banquet Honoring Chancellor Malott
State newspaper editors will visit the campus May 18 for a Sigma Delta Chi sponsored banquet and informal gathering. William Allen White of Emporia accepted as toastmaster and Gov. Payne Ratner also accepted to attend, with Chancellor Malott to be introduced at dinner.
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State
Sigma Delta Chi
E. U
Deane W. Malott
William Allen White
Emporia
Payne Ratner
Malott
Notables on KFKU May broadcast series
A five part series will air in May on Kansas personalities over KFKU, presented by the University debate team under E. C. Buehler. Each program starts at 2:30 P M on Thursdays with speakers including John Stewart Curry, Walter P. Chiran e, Dr. Arthur E Hertzler, Alfred Landon, and Glenn Cunningham.
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KFKU
Kansas
E. C. Buehler
John Stewart Curry
Irving Kuraner
Leavenworth
Walter P. Chi Rane
Warren Anderson
Kansas City
Arthur E. Hertzler
Emmett Park
Chanute
Alfred Landon
Addison West
McPherson
Glenn Cunningham
Robert McKay
Wichita
Porter Lectures by Dr. Haden at KU Medical School
Cleveland physician Dr. Russell L. Haden delivers the three Porter lectures to Kansas University medical students tonight and tomorrow. Dr. J. L. Porter of Paola funds the lectures and a scholarship for a top senior. Haden speaks at the medical school in Kansas City tonight and tomorrow night, then returns to campus for a 10:80 a.m. talk in Fraver theater on The Red Blood Cell of Man.
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Russell L. Haden
Cleveland, O
Porter
Kansas University School of Medicine
J. L. Porter
Paola
Haden
Kansas City
Fraver Theater
Golden Trumpeters Concert At Jackson Barber Shop
The Golden Trumpeters will give a concert at 8:30 tonight at the Jackson barber shop located at 680 Massachusetts street in Leavenworth.
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Golden Trumpeters
Leavenworth
Jackson Barber Shop
Massachusetts Street
Local Notes From Reno And Nearby Towns
Reno Merle Rutherford shows rapid improvement after diphtheria. Wichita visitors Miss Mary Phenicle and Miss Linda Severance joined Miss Ruth Phenicle for a Kansas City shopping trip with Mrs. Dana Sanders. W. A. McCleary returns from Cushing hospital to stay with sister Mrs. Hemphill in Lawrence. The Cannons move to Linwood to live on the Allison farm. Dan Sample family visits Ottawa for a day. Jack White joins a group for a Manhattan picnic. A baby shower honors Robert Lee DeHoff with Mrs. Harry White hosting and gifts showered. Mary Ann White assisted by Mary Lou DeHoff for refreshments. Reno school dinner draws a large crowd including Bernhart, Phenicie families, Hess, Stewart. Assessor Mr. Black was seen midweek. Ruth Phenicie and brother R. A. Phenicie host dinner for Bleakley family and E. Helser. Dan Sample family depart for Oregon. Leonard DeHoff reports the name Robert Lea on their young son. Sheep shearing continues on local farms. Pony Creek pupils and teacher travel to Fall Leaf for a ball game with Janet and Francis Wiley, Robert Plank, Cannon children, Mary Ann Mahoney, Mary Lou DeHoff, Kenneth McCourtn ey, Eloie Mildebrand, Babeoth umpiring.
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Merle Rutherford
Mary Phenicle
Linda Severance
Wichita
Ruth Phenicle
Kansas City
Dana Sanders
W. A. McCleary
Cushing Hospital
Leavenworth
C. W. Hemphill
Lawrence
Cannon
Linwood
Allison
Dan Sample
Ottawa
Jack White
Manhattan
Harry White
Robert Lee DeHoff
Mary Lou DeHoff
Reno
George Frederick Bernhart
Leavenwort
Lacy Phenicie
Eugene Hess
C. R. Stewart
Stewart
Pony Creek
Fall Leaf
Janet
Francis Wiley
Robert Plank
Mary Ann Mahoney
Kenneth McCourtney
Eloie Mildebrand
Mr. Babeoth
Feather
Kanwaka School Closes After Festive Year
The Kanwaka school ended Wednesday April 24 with a picnic and prize day. Winners in races included Donald Farrier Sally Topping Dorothy Farrier and Frances Wagner. Attendance and scholarship awards were given to several students. 18 pupils were enrolled. The Kanwaka Good Will club held a meeting and the Sunday School announced weekly sessions. News covers local visits, hospital updates, and Farm Bureau events.
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Kanwaka
Donald Farrier
Sally Topping
Dorothy Farrier
Frances Wagner
Billy Gene Fritzel
Dale Button Clyde Wagner
Reuben Farrier
Donna Lea Warrington
Richard Foelkes
Billy Foelkes
Shirley Button
Billy Warrington
Dale Button
Anna Haegle
Jimmie Topping
Glenn Johanning
Irene Button
Mildred Button
Iésaonsa
Nadine Farrier
Waa
Clyde Wagner
Glen Johanning
Shirley Ann Button
Irené Button
Dow Dewr
Jack Fritzel
Billy Gene
Lawrence
Good Will Club
A. A. Burdorff
Guy Blgaby
Topping
Warrington
Bigs
Burdorff
Betty Anderson
Norraine Roll
Alfred Haegle
M. Hunsberger
Homer Hird
FE. Stanwix
Kanwa
Martin
Wyo
W. F. Elkin
William A. Wymer
Kanwaka Unit
Farm Bureau
Ruth Crawford
Kansas State College
Carl Hird
Charles Topping
Alfred Haeagle
Kanwaka Group Notes and Local Appointments
Armatrong and Mrs. Frank Speicher attended as Kanwaka unit members. The Anderson couple's son had an appendicitis operation last week. Doris Button started as stenographer for Dr. Leasure, veterinarian. In Lawrence the Kanwaka Discussion club meets Friday May 3 at the school house. The Kanwaka Farm Bureau Women unit meets Tuesday April 3 at 1 PM for luncheon at the homes of Mrs. George Dews and Mrs. William A Wymer. Estate committee, Mrs. Harley.
No. 10 school board names new director in April meeting
The No. 10 school meeting on April 12 elected Richard Butell to replace Charles Detwiler who served 11 years. Agnes Stevens was rehired to teach next term. The day featured a banquet, program, ball games and a community club election with officers named. Local movement plans and visits are noted plus several town residents’ activities and family updates.
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No. 10
Richard Butell
Charles Detwiler
Agnes Stevens
Betty Jean Loree
Evelyn Reeves
Gene Hobson
Donelda Hobson
Dorothy Jackson
Oscar Turner
Lila Bales
Millard ‘Jackson
Harry Hobson
D. Clark
Milo Embrey
Beth Kring
Kenneth Hobson
Emmett Kring
Raymond Barkley
Topeka
Mattings
John A. Lewis
Davis Nursing Home
Ottawa
Saturda
Mr. Lewis
New Mexico
John Lewis
Achoal
Maud W. Howell
Otetawa
Lewis
Mra
Kate Owena
California
Clara Wheelan
Porteland
Ore
Charion Lewis
Canada
Mont Baldwin Cemetery
Betty Anty
Judith Kay
Mras Millard Jackson
Henon
Kirk Newcomer
Raymond Stonkelng
Sipley Arona
Lawrence
Marietta White
Joe Dyer
Arthur White
Garnett
Wayne
Fred Weaver
Lois
O. M. Hird
Roy Clary
Baldwin
Clifford Magenett
Florence O'Connor
Kate Howell
Dan Bales
Bales
James Oshel
Ray Price
Amily
Independence District
Charles Bowser
Ethel Turner
Thelma Dyer
Ray Merchant
T. W. Swartzenholtz
Kansas City
Paul Johanning
W. Blase
Lois Detwiler
Feoria
Jimmie Butell
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H. D. Johnson
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Washington, D. C
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Vicksburg, Miss
Solid South
Henry F. Holtzclaw
University of Kansas
Washburn College
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Horton and
Atchison
Rock Island and
Railway Express Agency
Lawrence-Ottawa
Elmer Schaake
K.U
Lone Star Lake
Kansas-Rockhurst
Mike Getto
Convocation
Bob Pearson
Phi Delta Phi
Law Fraternity
J. B. Smith
School of Law
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Mort+gage
Cordley School
Coyotes
Trondheim
French Foreign Legion
Charlie Strong
Reno Aid
Sam Gilliland
John Gilliland
Floyd Gilliland
Elsele
Kahn
Caviness
Babcock
Doris Black
Harry Skeets
Will Young
Beulah Black
M. F. Black
Ella
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Lewis Hildebrand
Tonganoxle High School
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M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
Rumsey Funeral Home
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