Campus Sing marks close of summer session Thursday
The annual campus sing in the University grove near Fowler shops starts at 7 45 pm directed by Dr W Otto Miessner. Soloists Meribah Moore Irene Peabody and Leslie Breidenthal join an audience chorus with a 90 voice a cappella choir and small orchestra performing selections including The Glendy Burke and God Bless America. Over 500 attended last year and readiness includes printed song sheets and overhead lighting.
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University Grove
Fowler Shops
W. Otto Miessner
Miessner
Meribah Moore
Irene Peabody
School of Fine Arts Voice
Leslie Briedenthal
Topeka
Dean Swarthout
Mr. Swarthout
Glendy Burke
South
Mississippi River
Olga Eitner
Edna Givens
Jack Stephenson
Louis Maser
Winifred Hill
Department of Buildings and Grounds
America
Sir Echo
Joe
Leslie Breidenthal
Mather Mahree
Meribah Monre
Nurse Testifies Tar and Feather Attack In Calgary
A 28 year old nurse testified that the wife of Dr J L Allen and her daughter tarred and feathered her in her apartment two weeks earlier. She described roofing paint daubed on her and feathers dumped from a pillowcase. The assault case was heard at police court with adjournment until Friday.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alice Knowles
Ethel
J. L. Allen
Ander
Betty
Salesman Shot on University Campus in Kansas City
Stanley Churchill, a 30 year old insurance salesman, was found fatally wounded on a University of Kansas City campus street. A .22 revolver lay near him and his purse with four dollars and seven checks to Prudential Insurance was found nearby. Police pursue holdup murder theory as motive centers on a planned collection of 165 dollars. Three witnesses, Bill Olds, Will Mansfield, and Martha Green, reported seeing a man flee into bushes after the shooting.
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Kansas City
Stanley Churchill
Prudential Insurance Company
Churchill
Kansas City University
Bill Olds
Hutchinson
Kan
Will Mansfield
Martha Green
Lucille Martz
Tallest Family Patriarch Borne to Grave by Sons
Hiram Bogue, 78, seven feet tall, head of the "tallest family," was buried today in Underhill flats cemetery after dying Saturday. Six sons served as pallbearers. seven foot Max shared pallbearer duties. Family from New England. 16 grandchildren.
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Underhill
CPX
Hiram Bogue
Max
Leland
Alvin
Howard
Arthur
Homer
Bogue
Pleasant Valley
Underhill Flats
Roy
Ida
Ed Irish
Henry McClelland
New England
Officiates at Services for Harry Baker in Wichita
Dr. W. O. Mendenhall president of Whittier College came to Wichita from Barneville, C., to conduct funeral services for Harry D. Baker former collector of internal revenue for Kansas. Baker died Sunday and was a close friend of Mendenhall who had promised to officiate at his funeral 16 years ago.
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Wichita
Kan
W. O. Mendenhall
Whittier College
Whittier
Calif
Barneeville
Harry D. Baker
Internal Revenue
Kansas
Friends University At
Mendenhall
Baker
Ways Of Putting Women Back Into Corsets
Chicago August 1 The Merchandise Mart style clinic showcased corsets with laces and stays to revive the waistline. Stylist Mrs. Katherine Ratto noted bustle backs and peplum features as hip emphasis, with lacing corsets for shaping.
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Chicago
Merchandise Mart
Katherine Ratto
British troops kill nine Arabs near Bethlehem
British forces engaged a large rebel band south of Bethlehem and killed nine Arabs with twenty wounded. Several prisoners were captured as the clash followed the attack that killed one British sentry and wounded four others last July. A separate note mentions estimates of U.S. television network costs exceeding 150 million dollars.
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Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Young country doctor saves twin boys with homemade device
In Idabel Oklahoma on August 1 a 29 year old doctor improvised an oxygen breathing setup from a fruit jar rubber tubing and a welders oxygen drum to revive four month old twins Charles and Larrie Faulkner who had nearly stopped breathing during a severe bout of whooping cough. He raced for oxygen from a welding shop and used a makeshift mask to support the infants' respiration until stabilized.
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Idabel
Okla
Charles
Larrie Faulkner
George K. Fisher
Louis Faulkner
Texarkana
Paris
Tex
Lost Jersey cow returned after years wandering
In Tooele Utah Sheriff John S. Evans reports Arson Hacking recovered a Jersey cow missing about five years. The deputies found the livestock in a pasture along with two other cows and a calf. Elias Boni of Leland allowed to keep one to settle the deal. the rest were returned to Hacking.
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Tooele
Hacking
John S. Evans
Elias Boni
Leland
Boni
Evans
Early Demise Predicted by Dancing Masters of America
At the 56th Dancing Masters of America convention in New York on August 1, Leroy H. Thayer reported the majority of about 500 delegates expect jitterbug and acrobatic dances to fade. He said older ballroom styles may return with a quicker tempo influenced by revived feminine fashions from the gay nineties.
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New York
Dancing Masters of America
Leroy H. Thayer
Washington, D. C
Nebraska Bug Eaters to Cornhuskers Name Change
Nebraska football teams were once nicknamed the Bug Eaters before changing to Cornhuskers, reflecting a shift in school identity and athletic branding over time.
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Nebraska
Appeals life sentence in Topeka for no-fund check
E W Hutton, convicted in Montgomery county district court last January of unlawfully writing and delivering a no fund check for 1000, and sentenced to life imprisonment, appealed to the state supreme court today. He previously had been convicted of three felonies. London has one policeman to every 2000 residents.
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Topeka
E. W. Hutton
Montgomery County
State Supreme Court
Kansas City Visitors Share World’s Fair Tales At DeSoto
Corliss residents and guests from Kansas City and nearby towns gathered for church and social events in DeSoto and Basehor. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Leo Brooks and Miss Edna Rennick, plus the Turner and Frisbie families, with reports from a New York World’s Fair trip and local picnics and meals.
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Bernard Hauber
Kansas City
Bill Bennett
Leo Brooks
Edna Rennick
John Turner
New York
Roy Frisbie
Bert Lane
Boham
Likely
Corliss
Willow Springs Farm Bureau
M.E
DeSoto
Sallie Randall
Dave Randall
South Dakota
Frank Doane
Helen
Shawnee
Minnie Golden
LeSeur
Ola
Dorothy Henderson
Local Socials and Obituaries From Columbia Area
Mrs. Ira Rothreck learns of her sister Anna Mary Ulrich death in Santa Ana California. Funeral services held at Church of the Brethren. Eva Leones seventh birthday celebrated with ice cream cake and lemonade at Shuck home. Upcoming sales and moves noted for Eudaly and the Heremans family.
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Charlie Brohammer
Frank .Dean
Charles Shuck
Darrell
Barbara
Laurie Postma
MacKarnes
Lloyd Shuck
Eva
Warren
Will Postma
Richard
Walter Dover
David Kesler
Daniel Beeghley
Elmer Flory
Arthur Flory
George Reece
Fairview
Ira. Flory
Isaac Montgomery
Dave Wray
Ira Rothreck
John Baker
Santa A
Cal
Anna Mary Ulrich
Lloyd
Johnny
Baldwin
Robert Markley
Yavonne
Henry Flory
Norma Jean
Marshall Churchbaugh
Joan
Carol
Neal Banks
John Willam
Reta Mae
Solon Markley
Mary Katherine
Willam
Eva Leone
Eudaly
Lawrence
Will Hereman
Columbus Red Birds Release Pitcher Qunate to Springfield
The Columbus Red Birds announce the optional release of pitcher Marvin Qunate to Springfield of the Western association. Qunate previously pitched for Mobile in the Southeastern league earlier this season.
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Columbus
Columbus Red Birds
American Association Today
Marvin Qunate
Springfield
Qunate
Mobile
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