Encephalitis outbreak in the Northwest kills sixty
A baffling illness likely mosquito borne linked to sleeping sickness has killed about 60 people in the region within a month. Dr. James P. Leake and a federal medical corps head the investigation across North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota with the Rocky Mountain laboratory testing animals for clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N.D
UPI
Northwest
James P. Leake
Washington
U.S. Public Health Service
South Dakota
Minnesota
North Dakota
Rocky Mountain Laboratory
Hamilton
Mont
Leake
Urges 40 Mile Speed Limit to Cut Gas Use
Harrisburg report shows State Police Commissioner Lynn G. Adams urging a nationwide 40 mph federal speed limit to conserve gasoline for defense. He asserts the move would save thousands of lives, citing fuel efficiency data from stock car tests at 30 50 and 70 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Lynn G. Adams
America
Try Mule Drawn Wagons Ambulances to Be Tested in War Games
Twenty mule drawn ambulances, the only mercy wagons of their type in the army, traveled 14 miles on their first day of a 120 mile trip from Easton Kansas to participate in planned military exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Easton
Second Cavalry
Kan
Big Week at Movies in Lawrence Theatres Plan Fortnight Events
Lawrence theaters launch Movie Jubilesta week starting Sunday with King of the Sun contest finale sponsored by Commonwealth theaters. Jayhawker shows Jack Benny in Charley's Aunt Sunday then Charley Ruggles in Parson of Panamint Thursday with a sneak preview of a top film. Granada hosts Carnival Week with games and prizes, opening double bill Blossoms in the Dust and Hello, Suck ex, plus Sunset in Wyoming and The Richest Man in Town Jerome Pryor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Commonwealth Theaters
Jayhawker
Jack Benny
Charley Ruggles
Panamint
Tom, Dick and Harry
Dr. Jekyl and
Mr. Hyde
Granada
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Hugh Herbert
Gene Autry
Wyoming
Roger Pryor
Pleasant Valley Community Notes and Visits
Pleasant Valley residents host guests and share social events from July 30 through early August. Families including Holcom Garratt Janeway Luckan Uttinger and others visit, with gatherings at Barker Prairie Center Lawrence and Baldwin. The community sends best wishes to a newly married couple The Koehlers move to Lawrence and local threshing crews are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Holcom
Betty
Ethel
A. J. Holcom
Shirley Garratt
W. W. Garratt
Shirley
C. B. Janeway
Marlene
Dolores
Kenneth
Charlene
Freida
Catherine
Uttinger
Paul Hirshfield
Topeka
Ward Landis
Otto Luckan
George Richardson
Karen
T. G. Hiatt
Baldwin
Mr. Hiatt
Thelmas Woodward
Linus Deitz
Boise
Idaho
Lawrence
Catherine Luckants
Kansas City
Minnie Shaffer
Albert Lynch
Norma
Clarence
Evan Griffith
Evelyn
Koehler
Fairview
Koehlers
W. W. Hegeman
Founders and clues in the long horizontal and vertical puzzle
A complex puzzle grid lists numerous clues across horizontal and vertical sections. It includes references to Boy Scouts founders, various objects, animals, substances, and concepts such as eternity and fortune, with numerous cross-references and wordplay elements. The prompt presents a dense, mixed set of definitions and partial phrases for solvers.
Social visits and out-of-town calls noted in Holcom area
The column lists numerous social activities around Holcom including Mrs Vernon Anderson and son Larry Vernon visiting at Mrs Gus Koehler's in Eudora, Miss Lillian Ellis staying with relatives in Nebraska, and multiple gatherings with the Garratts Hegemans Luckan Rich ards and Parson families. Several locals like Harold McKay and the Landis families are mentioned with farm work and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Anderson
Larry Vernon
Gus Koehler
Eudora
Lillian Ellis
Nebraska
W. W. Garratt
Shirley
Fred Howard
Baer
Wright Horton
Riley
Lloyd Hegeman
Evelyn
Carol
Horon
Lewis Muessles
Vernon Broers
Roy Parson
Betty Wiltz
Lawrence
Otto Luckan
Crissie Richardson
Opal Richardson
Reta Richardson
Salina
Doris Landis
Lena Jones
Local families share Sunday dinners and birthday tributes
Mr and Mrs Lewis Bay and family of Tarkie Mo and others visited Sunday dinners with the McCoys and Kiblers. Dinners included residents from Overland Park Lawrence Topeka and Kansas City with a centerpiece birthday cake for George Abel's 83rd birthday and a basket dinner at Homewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Bay
Tarkie
Charlie Brown
Overland Park
Minnie Parks
Phylliss Parks
Spencer McCoy
Donald Lyons
Kansas City
H. B. Kibler
Nevieve Wilson
Jack Howard
Lawrence
Walter Wilson
Ed Vogler
Pete Edelbrock
Charline
Pete Kretsinger
Evelyn
Lee Dixon
Topeka
Martin Breithaupt
Clearfield
Charlie Florance
Charles Clayton
Gail Breithaupt
Eureka
Blanch Godman
Kate Edelbrock
Mary Cook
George Breithaupt
Eveleyn Krestinger
Charline Edelbrock
Gail Eugene Breithaupt
Otto Abel
Martin Abel
Martin Fesmier
Larry Lesholz
Jay Wright
Homewood
George Abel
Frank Deay
Willow Springs
Elwood Deay
Local Social Notes Highlight Family Visits and Hospital Entry
Mr and Mrs E Pence and Bryone visit with relatives while Arthur Eisele and family spend Sunday in Eu dora. Mrs Johnnie Reusch and Donna Mae call on Floyd Broers family. Oscar Broers of Kaw Valley visits. Holden Pierce from Gulfport guest of John Bowen. L Hollister visits Appleton City then returns home. Jim Osher hospitalized in Kansas City for tonsillectomy and improves. Reillys host Donnie after two weeks with Kindreds. Ott and Combest families drive to Lecomp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Pence
Bryone
Arthur Eisele
Eudora
Frank Bryant
Johnnie Reusch
Donna Mae
Floyd Broers
Oscar Broers
Kaw Valley
Broers
Marjorie Westerhouse
Ralph Whaley
Lawrence
Topeka
Holden Pierce
Gulfport
Miss
John Bowen
L. Hollister
Appleton City
Jim Osher
St. Mary's Hospital
Kansas City
Leo Reilly
L. L
Donnie Reilly
George Ott
Gerald Ott
Norman Combest
Lecomp
Local Social Roundup With Visits and Illness Update
Sunday visits featured Mr and Mrs S V Hibner hosting. Epworth League Institute attendees included Miss Bryonea Pence and Miss Leone Parker. Lawrence figures Mary Eisele recovers from tonsillitis at home and plans return to work this week. Bonner Springs and Kaw Valley residents joined Friday and Tuesday gatherings at the McCoy home.
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S. V. Hibner
Bryonea Pence
Leone Parker
Epworth League Institute
Baldwin
Wilfred Eudaly
Warren Lee
Lawrence
Marjorie Westerhouse
Jip Dickens
DeSoto
Mary Eisele
Arthur Eisele
Paul Mise
Joe Seely
Bonner Springs
Spencer McCoy
Ralph James
Kaw Valley
McCoy
Parish and Area Residents Gather for Visits and Vacations
De Soto residents Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Ellis and son visited Mrs. Ellis mother Mrs. Hattie Hale in Lawrence. A G Naylor and daughter Thelma of Tonganoxie joined other area families for a Sunday call on A T Broveak and son Robert in Independence Missouri. Perry Nease and family left for a three week western vacation mainly in California. Mary Rothberger and daughter visiting their father Moses Curtis. Arthur Gabriel visited Baldwin relatives. G V Longstreth hosted insurance company representatives Tuesday evening.
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Virgil Ellis
Lawrence
Ellis
Hattie Hale
A. G. Naylor
Thelma of
Tonganoxie
Harold Allen
Kansas City
Forest Allen
Mildred Allen
Independence
A. T. Broveak
Robert
Perry Nease
Anita Mae
Keith
West
California
J. M. Torrence
Mary Ann
Elda Lane Manning
Phyllis Jane Longstreth
Claudia Blaylock
Wilma Lehman
Marlyn
Keith Parker
Lorene
Ann Frances Roberts
Daisy
Lou Warsop
Audrey Wyckoff
Kathleen Bardwell
Marlys
Marie
Janey
Dixie
Susie Jensen
Helen Torrence
Mary Rothberger
Moses Curtis
Arthur Gabriel
Gabriel
George Roche
Baldwin
G. V. Longstreth
Local Notables Mention Health and Home Improvements
Neill G White law expected to leave St Luke's hospital this week after four weeks hospitalization with improved condition. Kansas City native Will Brabon and wife have renovated their acreage south of De Soto once owned by Mrs Margery Hiddleston. A radio employee daughter from Topeka visits weekends. Ella Thorne and daughter visit Lawrence relatives. Wesley Coker family noted in local circles.
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Neill G. Whitelaw
St. Luke's Hospital
Will Brapon
Kansas City
Margery Hiddleston
DeSoto
Brapon
Topeka
Ella Thorne
Lawrence
Local residents and guests visit area families in brief notices
Mackey and Nichols of Washington D C were guests of Raymond Gardner. Cawleys attended a funeral in Valley Falls. Nuttings and Hemphills joined a picnic at Gage park honoring Ernest Nutting. Hemphill guest of Meridith Smith in Wichita and recovering at home. Mohlers traveled to Leavenworth for a business trip. Schoenlein and Bereiter visitors in Kansas City and At Bereiter home. Corbetts visited Effingham and Mrs Bereiter ill. Hogge Suiter families shared dinner. interurban station cared for by Mary Suiter and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cawley
Valley Falls
Effingham
Otis ‘Nutting
Gage Park
Topeka
Ernest Nutting
Anderson
J. C. Hemphill
Meridith Smith
Smith
Wichita
Mr. Corbett
Frank Bereiter
John Hogge
Maurice Suiter
Elmer Suiter
Suiter
Mary Suiter
Garden Party Planned in Lawrence for Nichols Vacationers
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gardner and Miss Kate Jewett attended a party for former club member Mrs. A C Nichols and Mr Nichols from Washington DC. The combined clubs plan a garden party at Mrs James Holyfield’s home in Lawrence with a 7 o clock dinner served from quarter tables in an electric lighted garden.
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Raymond Gardner
Kate Jewett
A. C. Nichols
Nichols
Washington, D.C
James Holyfield
Mr. Holyfield
Lawrence
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