Laval Plea for Decrees Sparks French Turmoil
Paris August 10 Premier Pierre Laval warned a dictatorship of France could arise if his recovery decrees fail to enforce order. He pressed provincial governors to share responsibility as unrest and bloodshed erupted in Toulon and Brest. Reinforcements, injuries, and political posters marked continuing resistance to the decrees while officials blamed a few officials for riots and Laval urged public confidence in measures to revive trade reduce living costs and boost employment.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
France
Toulon
Brest
Popular Front
Laval
John Bekker to Speak at First Baptist Church
John Aron Bekker, a Russian fugitive, will speak at the First Baptist Church tomorrow at 11 o'clock. He deserted the Red Army in 1928 and came to America in 1930. he plans to complete naturalization within a year. Bekker has studied at Berkeley and Newton, with recent graduate work in political science at the University of Kansas, and will enter Chicago University this fall for PhD work. He will discuss his religious experience under the topic What Religion Means to Me, with W. B. Dalton as guest cellist and Mrs. P. C. Rankin accompanying. The church invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Aron Bekker
Russia
First Baptist Church
Bekker
Red Army
Siberia
Via
America
Mr. Bekker
Berkeley
Calif
Newton
Kan
University of Kansas
Lawrence
E. F. Engel
Chicago University
W. B. Dalton
Massenet
P. C. Rankin
Boellman
Victor
Chopin
Remembering the Lawrence circus lot and balloon landings
A reminiscence recalls the former circus lot at the north end of Vermont street in Lawrence, now the site of the Lawrence Sanitary Milk Co. Old Timer notes hot air balloon ascensions from that lot, with one balloon landing on Mount Oread and another on South Ohio Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Vermont Street
Lawrence Sanitary Milk Co
Mount ‘Oread
Ohio Street
Knowledge Quiz Mixed Questions on Geography History and Language
A compilation of short trivia prompts covering Dageer Bank water clock Greek and Roman use, twin counts, Gregorian calendar, White Company author, Show Me state, Green Goddess playwright, Cuyahoga county seat, Bruges Ghent location, Windward Island southernmost, orthography, Cinderella, Ohio U S Senators, title between king and duke, anosmia, Mayo Clinic location, gold certificates, Circe, Gaelic language, Grand Forks state, with a note that classified ads close at 6 p.m.
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Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Bruges
Ghent
Windward Islands
British West Indies
United States
Mayo Clinic
Circe
Grand Forks
Table of Social Security Old Age Benefits Summary
Washington report presents a table outlining potential monthly old age benefits under the social security bill. It shows earnings brackets, years of employment, and resulting monthly benefits up to $85, with a $52.50 lump sum at retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas City fugitive nabbed in Croinin slaying case
Kansas City August 10 A 23 year old PiArk Miller was jailed after an 11 month flight from a Pittsburg Kan robbery and killing of Jerry Cronin at a filling station. Miller admitted participation to police and said the other bandit was George Gaines also 23 of Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Archie Miller
Miller
Pittsburg
Kan
Jerry Cronin
George Gaines
Cronin
Tulsa
United States
Marie Hays
Peoria
Wrife
Gaines
Netherton pleads for clemency in wife murder case
Topeka Aug. 10 UPI Dr S C Netherton of Olathe fruit grower and retired ship surgeon serving life for the 1928 murder of his wife has appealed to Gov Alf M Landon for executive clemency. He was twice tried and denied clemency 1931. The state contends the physician killed his wife to gain her $85 000 inheritance.
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Topeka
UPI
S. C. Netherton
Olathe
Alf M. Landon
James M. Scott
State Board of Administration
Netherton
Harry H. Woodring
Lawrence
Supreme Court
Marriage Licenses Issued to Two Topeka Couples and Baldwin Pair
Probate Judge L. H. Men ger issued licenses to Joe H. Hisey and Julia R. Smith of Topeka who received theirs yesterday, and James E. Lockwood and Marvin I. Puckett of Baldwin who received theirs today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Menger
Joe H. Hisey
Julia R. Smith
Topeka
James E. Lockwood
Marvin I. Puckett
Baldwin
Revival to Begin at Nazarene Church Hutchinson Kansas
Rev R E Dunham from Hutchinson Kansas will lead a revival at the Church of the Nazarene located at Nineteenth and Vermont. He is a noted Nazarene minister, Bible scholar, and prophecy student. Prof Harold Bomgardner of Hutchinson will direct music and sing nightly specials with Mrs Bomgardner at the piano. Evening meetings run at 8 each night through August 25.
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R. E. Dunham
Hutchinson
Kan
Church of the Nazarene
Nineteenth
Vermont
Dunham
Harold 5. Bomgardner
Bomgardner
Mustings
Court House Gleanings Boys Must Be Boys and the Sheriff
Last week the police department missed a red electric light bulb. The sheriff and City Marshal Will Johns investigated and the county provided two bulbs after the county bulbs would not fit. Sheriff Fred Vogjer later reported a missing large flashlight from the county car and called Chief Johns for its return. John Callahan, clerk of the district court, danced at a Bald win picnic, denying he danced all evening. Mrs. C. W. Carman, deputy clerk, noted fuss over loom use by relief workers, comparing to Episcopal church women who have used a loom for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Johns
Fred Vogjer
Chief Johns
Picknickers
Baldwin
John
Pat" Callahan
District Court
Callahan
C. W. Carman
Episcopal Church
General Cleanup After Session Ended at University
General cleanup and repair work began on multiple university buildings after summer term. Green Hall replastered and repainted. home economics house freshly painted. Watson Library floors cleaned and resurfaced. journalism building downstairs repaired. plaster removed for new coating and fresh paint. A new widened sidewalk west of Fraser Hall connects Fraser library and journalism, with work also extending toward Watkins Memorial Hospital and the Grove path. Pianos sent to Kansas City for reconditioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
Green Hall
Watson Library
Memorial Union
Fraser Hall
Thebrary and Journalism
Watkin’s Memorial Hospital
Fraser
Grove
Union
Kansas City
Goiter Removed From Diva Amelita Galli-Curci
Surgeons in Chicago removed a right neck goiter from opera diva Amelita Galli-Curci while she sang for study on voice impact. The six and a quarter ounce lump formed about 15 years ago and the operation used local anaesthetic. Doctors doubt voice impairment, suggesting possible improvement. Also in Hollywood Jeanette WilsonMiss Kansas arrived with parents for screen tests at Fox studios and planned to attend the San Diego exposition as a guest of the Wichita Beacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Amelita Galli-Carci
Arnold Kegel
Raphael Dunlevy
Kegal
Regal
Kansas
Hollywood
Calif
Jeanette Wilson
Misa Kansas
Fox Film Studios
San Diego Exposition
Wichita Beacon
Resignation and relocation of B and G hosiery assistant manager
Mrs. B. V. Fink resigns as assistant manager of the B and G hosiery shop on Massachusetts street and leaves with Mr. Fink for New York where he has a position with the New York Produce Exchange. he will be stationed at Erie, Pennsylvania. In Enid Oklahoma, a head on collision killed Claude Hagan, 30, and injured Claude Davis and Grant Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
B. V. Fink
B and G
Massachusetts Street
Mr. Fink
New York
Enid
Oklo
Claude Hagan
Claude Davis
Grant Davis
Wheat Contracts Not Altered By Crop Estimate
Washington says the AAA views show ample wheat despite a government crop drop. August 1 forecast places 1935 wheat at 607.7 million bushels versus 731 million in July. car estimates rise to 2.272 billion. AAA confirms acreage reduction of 16 percent next year and four year adjustment contracts unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AAA
Department of Agriculture
Department
George E. Farrell
Shiny Buttons Form Main Street Center Line
Massachusetts street loses yellow streak as dotted line of shiny new traffic buttons appears between Sixth and Elev enth. City engineer B M Babb reports 400 buttons bought at five cents each from a Topeka foundry will guide motorists and replace paint with low maintenance traffic aids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Street
B. M. Babb
Babb
Topeka
Lawrence milk ordinance eyed by Los Angeles leaders
A Lawrence milk ordinance mailed to Mayor Shaw of Los Angeles during his coast vacation. Mayor Lawrence studied Long Beach and Los Angeles milk rules with city councils and the Los Angeles executive showed interest, praising Lawrence’s milk quality. A farm straw-hauling worker attended a barn dance with straw decorations and a sun bonnet noted downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
Los Angeles
Lawrence
Long Beach
Three Internationally Important Concerts From Salzburg
Mrs. George Lowman of the Lawrence Music club announces three NBC blue network broadcasts from the Salzburg Music Festival Austria. Each one hour program on Sundays August 11 18 and 25 features the Vienna Philharmonic under conductors Toscanini Walter and Weingartner. The August 11 program at 10 a m CDT includes Beethoven Symphony No 3 E flat Eroica Opus 55 conducted by Felix Weingartner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lowman
Lawrence Music Club
Salzburg
Austria
NBC Blue
Arturo Toscanini
Bruno Walter
Felix Weingartner
Vienna Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Eroica
Jordan couple head to Regina and national parks
Prof. and Mrs. H. E. Jordan depart this afternoon for Regina Saskatchewan Canada. They will travel via the Black Hills South Dakota and return through Glacier and Yellowstone national parks, arriving home about September 14. Their daughter Myra Jordan, with the Frick Art Reference Library in New York, sails today for a month in Paris.
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H. E. Jordan
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Black Hills
South Dakota
Glacier
Yellowstone National Parks
Myra Jordan
Frick Art Reference Library
New York
Paris
Gerard Reports Being Cordial in Rome Meeting
James W. Gerard former US ambassador to Germany said Premier Mussolini treated him with utmost cordiality in a half hour audience at the Palazzo Venezia. Gerard insisted he is not on a mission for the United States and declined any such claim.
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Rome
James W. Gerard
United States
Germany
Mussolini
Gerard
Tr Duce
Spezia
Gulf of Genoa
Palazzo Venezia
France
Baker University Pre-Enrolls Record Freshmen Ahead of Fall
Baker University plans a Sept. 10 start to Fall term with unusually large enrollment projections. Officials report pre-enrollment already exceeds totals of recent years. Prof K Landes of the University of Kansas will speak on Some Ancient History of Kansas at the Young People's Union forum tomorrow at 6:30 PM at First Methodist Church.
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Baker University
Landes
K. Landes
University of Kansas
Kansas
Young People’s Union Forum
First Methodist
State rests its case in Ferris murder trial
Detroit August 10 the defense rested its case in the murder trial of William Lee Ferris and three beer garden entertainers with him when Howard Carter Dickinson a New York attorney was shot and robbed in Rouge Park the night of June 26 Prosecutor Duncan C McRea opened rebuttal with two hospital physicians whose testimony contradicted Ferris on police third degree methods in obtaining his confession
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Detroit
William Lee Ferrig
Beer Garden
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Rouge Park
Duncan C. McRea
Ferris
Postoffice Station Opens in North Lawrence
A contract non-delivery postoffice station will open at John Claypool drug store 500 Locust Street North Lawrence on September 1. It will be called station number one and handle stamps money orders and similar services. Mr Claypool, formerly Williamsburg postmaster, will supervise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Claypool
Locust Street
North Lawrence
Roger Williams
Claypool
Williamsburg
Williams
Michigan champion fiddler Jep Bisbee dies at 93
Ludington Mich Aug 10 Jep Bisbee famed as Michigan champion fiddler died aged 93 after a heart attack shortly after a concert honoring Father Marquette. He once rode Henry Ford’s private railroad car to New York and made more phonograph records in a day than anyone, Edison noted. Bisbee had earlier been proclaimed state fiddling champion in 1920 under Ford’s auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludington
Mich
Jep Bisbee
New York
Henry Ford
Michigan
Bisbee
Jacques Marquette
Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Flying Pair Will Rest After Alaska Hop
Dawson, Aug. 10. Wiley Post and Will Rogers rested here after a three hour and five minute flight from Juneau, Alaska. Post plans a possible Siberia trip, with Rogers likely to accompany as far as Nome for a Bering Sea hop.
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Dawson
Y. T
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Juneau
Alaska
Post
Rogers
Siberia
Nome
Bering Sea
Urschel Sues Denver Attorney Over Kidnap Fund
Oklahoma oil millionaire Charles F. Urschel filed a $12,000 suit in Denver against attorney Ben B. Laska. Urschel alleges Laska received $12,000 of the $200,000 paid for his release and that the fee came from Albert L. Bates, one of the kidnappers now serving a life term. He also seeks 6 percent interest since 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma
Ben B. Laska
Urschel
Laska
Albert L. Bates
Bates
Upholds Coatless Man Accused Of Disorderly Conduct
New York magistrate Hulan Capshaw acquitted David Alper of disorderly conduct after ruling that going coatless is a customary practice in the city. Alper had been arrested for occupying an elevator without a coat despite a building rule against shirt sleeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hulan Capshaw
David Alper
Alper
Mystery play “ Mysteries of India” at St Luke AME
W S Jones a Chicago magician will present the mystery play Mysteries of India at St Luke A M E church next Friday evening at 8 15 sponsored by the church usher board led by Mrs Daisy Taylor. The show has played in nearby churches with favorable reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
St. Luke A.M.E
W. S. Jones
Chicago
Daisy Taylor
Jones
Marion Miley Wins Western Women’s Golf Title
Miss Marion Miley of Lexington Kentucky added the women’s western golf crown at Westwood Country Club Cleveland Ohio defeating Mrs Phillip Atwood the former Miss June Beebe of Chicago 6 and 5 in the 36 hole finals. The 21 year old from the bluegrass state earned another title in a strong showing that weekend. Separately in Sioux Falls South Dakota twenty five Morrell packing plant strikers were held on $500 bond each on 38 counts arising from strike activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westwood Country Club
Cleveland
Marion Miley
Lexington
Phillip Atwood
June Beebe
Chicago
Sioux Falls
S. D
Morrell Packing Plant
Thunder and Lightning Bring Little Rain Tonight
An electrical storm passed over Lawrence last night with minimal rainfall. Lightning and thunder were constant for over an hour, but only a light patter of rain occurred. Rainfall totaled .06 inch, and the night cooled the air. Temperatures ranged from a reported -77 to a high near 94 before easing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Deaths and Funerals In Lawrence Feature Two Obituaries
Funeral services for Mrs. William Smith age 85 will be held Monday at 2 PM from Rumsey Funeral Home with burial at Hubble Hill Cemetery in Tonga noxie. Survivors include the husband two sons John Norawine and three sisters. Dr H W Hayne age 79 died last evening at 925 Missouri Street. Funeral services set for Monday at 9 AM from Funk with Rev Charles W Thome of First Baptist Church in charge. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Dr Hayne born Hamilton Canada Nov 9 1855 came to Lawrence around 1830 and was a leading local oculist. He studied medicine at KU and was certified to practice in Kansas in 1901. He married Della Olds in 1993 and had been in ill health since 1928.
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William Smith
North Fifth
Rumsey
M. A. Draper
Hubble Hill Cemetery
Tonganoxie
John Norawine
Henry Woodworth Hayne
H. W. Hayne
Missouri Street
Funk
Charles W. "Thome
First Baptist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hayne
Hamilton
Canada
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Townsend revolt brews at Chippewa Lake park gathering
Cleveland reports a growing revolt against Dr. F E Townsend over the old age pension plan. George B Cooper, longtime Townsend speaker, condemns funds flowing to Los Angeles HQ and aims to spur action at a Townsend picnic at Chippewa Lake park. Cooper notes he will not fund Townsend any longer. The Townsend plan manager calls the revolt a one man affair.
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Cleveland
PHA
F. E. Townsend
Berea
George B. Cooper
Townsend Clubs
Chippewa Lake Park
Here
Cooper
Townsend Plan
Los Angeles
Santa Claus
Dr. Townsend
Alfred J. Wright
Ohio
Coopas
Opening for tax suits on AAA reform agreed
Washington reports a compromise on the AAA amendment bill allowing processors to sue in court to recover processing taxes if the AAA law is invalid. Conference committee members retained a senate-like approach, letting courts assess each case rather than leaving determinations to the IRS. Senator Bankhead noted the shift from a total ban to a case by case recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
House
Husband in a Denial Ties to Wife’s Death Investigated
Robert S. James, five times married, was detained briefly for questioning in the death of his wife Mary a 27 year old former beauty shop operator found drowned beside a goldfish in the yard. Authorities said sleeping powder traces were found at his home as investigators disclosed his real name Lizenba. James asserted his innocence and claimed no knowledge of the arrest. The inquiry listed his previous wives Maude Duncan Vera Vermillion Winona Wallace James Ruth Thomas, noting one drowned and another annulled marriage.
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Los Angeles
Robert S. James
Liberty
Mary
James
Lizenba
Norris Stensland
Sheriff's Office
Als
Maude Duncan
Vera Mae Vermillion
Emporia
Kan
Winona Wallace James
Manitou
Colo
Ruth Thomas
New Orleans
Direct Motor Act
Eastman Heads New Division to Administer Regulations
Washington dispatch reports the Interstate Commerce Commission named Joseph B. Eastman as chairman of a new division to supervise motor carrier regulation. A new bureau of motor carriers will work with Eastman to administer the act and oversee interstate rates for motor trucks and buses, while he remains federal coordinator of transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph B. Eastman
Bureau of Motor Carriers
Eastman
Ohio congressman Charles V. Truax dies at 49
Democratic representative at large from Ohio Charles V. Truax died yesterday after a heart attack in his Bucyrus apartment. He was 49 and had served in the house since 1983. His widow and three children survive. The note appears on the Journal-World classified page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles V. Truax
Ohio
Truax
Bucyrus
Fear For Balloonists In Lake Ontario Flight
Balloonists led by Milton Vanik venture toward Canada from Buffalo in a light south wind aiming to cross Lake Ontario. Their fate remained unreported at night with dawn expected sightings near Toronto or Cobourg, as friends feared disaster. The crew includes Emile Pelletier, Robert Wedberg, Edwin Walton, and James Redding.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Ontario
Canada
Toronto
Cobourg
Milton Vanik
Poland
Vanik
Emile J. Pelletier
Robert Wedberg
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Edwin F. Walton
James D. Redding
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor. Company
Heat Reaches 108 in Wellington Kansas
High temperatures pressed 108 degrees in Wellington on August 10 as thermometers climbed. Journal-World classified advertising continues to deliver prompt results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Kan
Journal-World
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