Tickets On Sale For Douglas County Institute Banquet
Preparations for the annual merchants bureau banquet for visiting teachers to Douglas County Normal Institute begin with ticket gate launches. The event will be at the Hidridge hotel on August 23, with the institute running August 22 through 26. George Lowman heads the banquet with ticket sales committees organized by city blocks and chaired by Walter Schaal, R. T. Davis, and C. S. Stapp, including members such as Herb Hunter, Al Green, On Hurwitz, g v8 Maloney, H. H. W. Keene, T. Gaolidge, Charles Radcliffe, Walter Keeler, Gr A. Decker, Carl Drake, H 2 Hanna, and others.
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Merchants Bureau
Douglas’ County, Normal
Bey
Hidridze
George Lowman
Walter Schaal
Herb Hunter
al Green
On Hurwitz
R. T. Davis
G v8 Maloney
H. H. W. Keene
CN. Stapp
Genseine
Abels
Ee Carter
Barricades Down as Miners March Threat Looms
Christian county officials removed barricades at Taylorville allowing entry of union miners protesting the new wage scale. sheriff’s deputies stood by, with threats of arrests for troublemakers. In nearby Toronto unrest sparked by 150 miners derailing a coal train. Peabody Coal Company’s four Christian county mines mostly operate. 1,100 miners voted to strike at the Tovey mine. Illinois National Guard, led by Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Lammond, en route to confer with Sheriff Wieneke. Thousands made homeless.
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Taylorville
Christian County
Springfield
Charles Wienekxe
Saide
Toronto
Glenarm
Peabody Coal Company
Tovey
Wieneke
Greatest Floods of Fifty Years in Shanai Province
Peiping dispatch reports in Shanai Province the greatest flood in fifty years. At Tai Yuan Fu 7000 houses collapsed many villages submerged and a Buddhist temple theatre washed away. Five thousand soldiers repair dykes as cholera spreads with about twenty five hundred deaths in 80 villages and relief funds from the provincial government aid refugees.
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Peiping
China
Shansi
Tai Yuan-Fu
Pastor Held Without Bail After Habeas Hearing
In Muskogee Oklahoma on August 18 AP reports Rev. S Al Berrie charged with murder in the poisoning of his first wife was ordered held without bail following a habeas corpus hearing before District Judge En rbe Vernor. Berrie appeared with his 19 year old bride and made no comment as the decision was announced. Prosecutor James Babb argued for the state. Berrie, age 52, had sought release claiming the crime was not proven and was returned to jail.
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Muskogee
Okla
al Berrie
Enrbe V.vernor
Vernor
James Babb
Murray
Life Savings Burn In Granddaughter Blaze
Salisbury Maryland August 18 The Americus Baker saved forty thousand dollars from earnings and real estate deals over eighty years but now has only five hundred left as his one room shack near Nelsonia Virginia burned yesterday or overnight. A fed stove started the fire. Baker kept forty thousand dollars in tobacco cans around the house and after the blaze only ashes remained in the cans.
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Salisbury
Americus Bakers
Nelsonia
Ios - Beker
Ouse
Charge Crude Oil Theft Report From Oklahoma City Field
Oklahoma City August 18 AP wholesale theft of crude oil from the Oklahoma City field was charged in a report by Lieut Col Cicero I Murray military supervisor of proration to attorneys for the state corporation commission. The report describes secret underground pipelines noiseless pumps and other schemes to steal oil from wells closed by military authorities and notes excessive oil runs and civilian guards on military supervised leases. Guardsmen won matches Kneisler and Biltz victors.
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Oklahoma City
Cicero I. Murray
State Corporation Commission
Kneisler and Biltz
Guardsmen Kneisler and Biltz win openings at Fort Riley
Private James Kneisler won his wrestling match and Private Francis Biltz won a boxing bout in the opening rounds of the annual tournaments at Camp Whitside Fort Riley yesterday. Kneisler and Biltz are National Guardsmen from Lawrence silencing the two weeks camp period before starting a 200 shopping tour. Jayne World Journal-World Want-Ads offer prompt results.
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James Kneisler
Francis
Biltz
Camp Whitside
Fort Riley
Journal-World Today
Kneisler
Lawrence
Perio
Journal-World
Piccard Returns From Air Journey
Professor Piccard completed an extended ascent near Desenzano after a long previous expedition with Paul Kipfer. He addressed the crowd by radio before boarding the gondola, saying he expected five to ten hours aloft but carried oxygen for thirty. He declined to discuss scientific findings and departed with his instruments by car.
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Pagel
Imade
Paul Kipfer
Obergurg
Alps
United States
Desenzano
Relief work begins for hundreds of homeless in Oklahoma floods
Enid and northwest Oklahoma suffer floods leaving four known dead and hundreds homeless. In Cherokee two dead and 300 plus homeless. two drowned including Bert Dillon and Mrs. Sam Cellan. Boggy Creek and Skeleton River floods disrupt rail and highway traffic. bridges washed or submerged. Enid business districts flooded. livestock losses reported in Alva. rail service halted to Cherokee. Authorities launch relief efforts as damage potentially reaches $2 million.
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Enid
Okla
Resef
Oklaho
Cherokee
Bert Dillon
WA. Dillon
Sam Cellan
Maggie McFarland
Bogey Creek
Skeleton River
Guthrie
Santa Fe Railroad
Alva
Principa
Merchants Bureau Plans Ice Cream Treat for Guard Units
Lawrence units of the Kansas National Guard at Camp Whiteside will receive ice cream and Sunday papers next Sunday, courtesy of the Merchants Bureau. Howard Parker chairs the committee. about half the ice cream will be donated by Fritzel Dairy Products Co and Lawrence Sanitary Milk Co, the rest by merchants who will supply papers. Staff Sergeant Roy Vranstetter will supervise distribution. local residents plan to visit the troops at the camp.
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Lawrence
Kansas National Guard
Camp Whiteside
Merchants Bureau
Howard Parker
Fritzel Dairy Products Company
Lawrence Sanitary Milk Company
Merchants
Roy Vranstetters
Shouse to Aid Wets in Ratification Drive
Pierre S. Dupont announces Jouett Shouse as president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment to lead a drive for prompt ratification of the new amendment. Shouse, ex-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, replaces Henry H. Curran who becomes vice-chairman of the directors.
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Washington
Jouett Shouse
Association Against the Prohibition Ammendment
Congress
Ae Pierre S. Dupont
Shouse
Association
Democratic National Executive Committee
Henry H. Curran
Despondent woman attempts suicide with lysol
Mrs Hilda Clemens 32 of 84114 Massachusetts St was rushed to Memorial hospital after drinking about three ounces of Lysol in a despondent act. Neighbors learned of the crisis from her crying daughter Virginia and alerted police. Doctors operated to keep her breathing as they treat throat burns and monitor her serious condition.
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Hilda‘ Clemens
Massachusetts Street
Memorial Hospital
Clemen
Virginia
Charles Rickabaug
Fred Rockefeller
John Sylvester
Clemens
Bertha Oliphant
Lilburn Dowers
Tom McCall
Women's Christian Temperance Union Opens 58th Convention
In Seattle on August 18 AP reports the WCTU begins its 58th annual convention amid calls for dry party support in fall elections. Mrs Ella A Boole of Brooklyn N Y is reelected president for an eighth term. A possible third party with a prohibition candidate is floated by Arthur M Barnhart of Chicago but the platform remains total abstinence and prohibition, opposing repeal or referenda and condemning both major parties' prohibition planks. The executive board will meet tomorrow to select next convention city, likely Milwaukee.
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Seattle
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Milwaukee
Ella A. Boole
Brooklyn
N. Yu
Arthur M. Barnhart
Chicago
Illinois Conference of Organizations
Botah
Pinchot
Resolutions Committee
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Elizabeth Carr 86
Mrs Elizabeth Carr 86 of 433 Maple Street died this morning at home Funeral arrangements to be announced She survived by son Charles Carr Kansas City and three daughters Nettie Bennett Detroit Ida Walker and Lyle Irving Lawrence
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Elizabeth Carr
Maple Street
Charles Carr
Kansas City
Nettie Bennett
Detroit
Mich
Ida Walker
Lyle Irving
Lawrence
Rudy Vallee Faces Hecklers at Fernbrook Park Dance
Rudy Vallee, the radio crooner, faced hecklers at a Fernbrook Park dance hall in Wilkes-Barre Pa during a Tuesday night program. He dropped his baton and advanced toward the crowd while most of his band followed. Police quickly escorted the hecklers from the venue before any confrontation occurred.
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Wilkes-Barre
Ave
Rudy Vallee
Fernbrook Park
Rudy
Nork
Endurance Flight Paces Toward Record by Two Women
Frances Marsalis and Louise Thiden completed their fourth full day aloft in Valley Stream aiming to set a new women’s endurance flight record. Rain and wind threaten refueling limits yet 100 gallons was added to keep them airborne into mid afternoon tomorrow. A thermometer tracked Marsalis amid abdominal pains suspected as appendicitis.
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Valley Stream
Frances Marsalis
Louise Thiden
Melon theft arrests and Lakeland golf champ noted
J D White of Kansas City was arrested near the Eudora bridge on a watermelons theft complaint by Undersheriff Jude Anderson and Deputy Sheriff Fred Vogler. Watermelons recovered. White held for investigation and to be turned over to Leavenworth County officers. Also Johnny Shirah regains Lakeland Fla city golf title, recapturing the 1930 crown after losing in 1931.
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J.D
White
Kansas City
Eudora Bridge
Jude Anderson
Fred Vogler
A. H. Underwood
Leavenworth County
Underwood
Johnny Shirah
Lakeland
Fila
Wild Animal Thriller Coming to Patee Soon
Jungle thrills abound in Frank Buck’s Bring Em Back Alive opening at the Patee theater Sunday for three days with shows at 3 7 and 9 o clock Regular admission applies Buck a famed wild animal hunter supplied most of the animals filmed in Malay jungles The picture features jungle life thrilling captures and fights and comes to Lawrence for three days among early releases.
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Frank Uck
Buck
Lawrence
Kiwanis Victoria Defeats Rotary In Annual Tilt
Kiwanis team Victoria beat Rotary 19 to 13 in the annual ball game on the South Park diamond last night. A large crowd from both groups attended as several home runs were hit in seven innings. The hat collection raised 11 dollars for the Lawrence Junior Twilight League. Kiwanis battery Guy Keeler and John Brand. Louk pitched and Wagstaff caught for Rotary. Umpires were Cliff Carl and Armin Woestemeyer.
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Kiwanis
Rotary
South Park
Lawrence
Guy Keeler
John Brand
Charles Louk
Dick Wagstaff
Cliff Carl
Armin Woestemeyer
Mehringer Wins Olympic Wrestling Final for KU Alum
Prof Raymond Beamer of Kansas University observed Pete Mehringer of KU triumph in the Olympic light heavyweight final. Beamer noted Mehringer’s decisive victory despite foreign foes speaking another language and the Kansan’s pride in a college lineage.
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Raymond Beamer
K. U
Beamer
Pete Mehringer
K.U
Mehringer
Pete
P Sintedt
Sweden
Australia
Dixiana Opens Two Day Run at Patee Theatre
Large crowds attended the Dixiana feature at the Patee theatre opening a two day run yesterday. Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey lead with Dorothy Lee Bebe Daniels Everett Marshall and Jobyna How. The program includes musical numbers dances a cartoon and a news reel.
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Dixiana
Patee Theatre
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Dorothy Lee
Bebe Daniels
Everett Marshall
Jobyna Howand
Babe Didrikson May Not Enter National Golf Tourney
Parsons Kansas August 18 AP Babe Didrikson Olympic star said she was undecided about entering the women s National Golf Tournament She added she has jumped around so much lately she hasn t had time to play much golf Didrikson traveled from Dallas to Parsons en route to Chicago for a post Olympic meet then flew by chartered plane to Kansas City to continue her trip
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Parsons
Kan
Babe Didrikson
Olympic
Star
Tye
Miss. Didrikson
Dallas
Chicago
Kansas City
Farmers Start Plowing Wheat Acreage in Douglas County
Early fall plowing has begun on Douglas county farms as hay is put up. Indications show next year's wheat acreage near 1932 levels, despite dry spells and hot winds. County corn crops remain generally good with high stalks and multiple cars. Silo filling is listed as the next major farm activity. Church Picnic Topeka Pilgrim Baptist members to meet at Lee Farm west of Lawrence Friday evening. Ninth Street Baptist and St Luke's A M E Church members to join. meet at churches by 6 pm for transport.
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Douglas County
Lee Farm
Pilgrim Baptist Church of
Topeka
Lawrence
Ninth Street Baptist Church
St. Luke’s A.M. E
Wife Sues for Divorce in District Court
Mildred Will sues for divorce from David Will alleging abandonment for over a year. They wed in 1981 according to the petition filed in the district court.
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Mildred Will Against
David Will
Atchison Couple wed at Camp Creek Church ceremony
Miss Exama Wohlegemuth of Atchison and Claude D Neill of Effingham were married in an evening ceremony at Camp Creek church west of Atchison. Neill, a two year KU student, works as a chemist for the Pillsbury Mill ing company in Atchison.
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Exama Wohlegemuth
Atchison
Claude D. Neill
Effingham
Camp Creek
Mr. Neill
University of Kansas
Pillsbury Milling Company
Piccard tops stratosphere with new altitude record
Personal notes from visitors Mrs. W. G Sanderson and others. Una Ferry returns to work after visiting Nevada MO. Virginia May Johnston back from Chicago buying trip. Prof Auguste Piccard reaches 16,700 meters in stratosphere, claiming world altitude record. assistant Max Cosyns assists as balloon lands after twelve hours. ground temp just over 100 F while up there was near zero.
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W. G Sanderson
J. Frank Jones
Kansas City
Jones
Robert Rowlands
Misa Una Ferry
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Lela
Lauren Davis
Nevada
Idlewild
Virginia’ May Johnston
Chicago
Piccard
Hearing Set for Taylor Separating Shooting Case
George F. Taylor, charged with shooting his wife Bes sie Taylor and her brother Everett Christenson, had his preliminary hearing continued to September 2 by Justice Charles Springer. Two star witnesses remain hospitalized, delaying testimony. Taylor remains jailed on two counts of assault with intent to kill. bond set at 30,000 remains unattainable. Christenson’s condition improves while Mrs. Taylor has relapsed and is in serious condition.
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George F. Taylor
Bessie Taylor
Everett Christenson
Charles Springer
R. B. Stevens
Roosevelt Plans Visit to Twenty One States
Albany Aug 18 AP Governor Franklin D Roosevelt Democratic presidential candidate will launch an eight thousand mile campaign tour through twenty one states to the Pacific coast starting September 12. The route covers the middle western grain belt Rocky mountain belt Pacific northwest California southwest and Great Lakes industrial area before returning to Buffalo October 3 with stops tentatively set for Topeka Kansas September 14 and Denver September 15.
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Albany
Pacific Coast
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Middle Western
Rocky Mountain Belt
Pacific Northwest
California
Southwest
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Topeka
Kan
Denver
Ponca City arrests in auto theft ring
Four men were arrested in Ponca City Oklahoma in a broad auto theft ring probe. Eleven cars were seized nine of them confirmed stolen. Cars were stolen across Kansas Arkansas Texas and New Mexico and resold in Kay and Osage counties using fake sales documents. County Attorney Bruce Potter said they would likely be turned over to federal authorities to face over act charges.
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Ponca City
Okla
Newkirk
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
New Mexico
Kay
Osage
Bruce Potter
Flier Russell Boardman Injured in Practice Flight
Trans Atlantic flier Russell N. Boardman crashed near Springfield airport during a practice flight. Doctors say he will be laid up for three months but has recovered from his concussion and can recognize people today.
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Springfield
Mass
Russell N. Boardman
Man Leaps to Death From Fifth Story Window
A man tentatively identified as Clyde Wilcox, an attorney, fell from a fifth story Scarritt building window in Kansas City. His body was found in an alley west of the building. The day also saw an uneasy stock market finishing with modest gains in some leading shares following a late wheat uptick.
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Kansas City
Clyde Wilcox
Scarritt
New York
Officers Named in Mickey Mouse Club Start
The first Mickey Mouse Club officers were appointed for a six week term. Chief Mickey is Jack Stapleton of Quincy and Chief Minnie Ariene A uchard of McAllister. Other posts include Courier Barbara Charlton, Color Bearer Gail Jameson, Sergeant at Arms Genevieve Traynor and Bob Allphin, Song Leader Jean Moyer, Cheer Leader Ted Conley. The club meets Saturdays at the Patee theatre with sponsors from PTA and AAUW supervising activities. Admission for the first meeting is free. later meetings cost ten cents with a portion supporting sponsor groups. A parade on Massachusetts street precedes the initial gathering.
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Mickey Mouse Club
Patee Theatre
American Association of University Women
Mickey’ Mouse
Jack Stapleton
Quincy
Minnie Mouse
Ariene Auchard
McAllister
Barbara Charlton
Cordley
Gail Jameson
New York
Genevieve Traynor
Woodlawn
Bob Allphin
Pinckney
Jean Moyer
Ted Conley
C.C. Carl
Carl's Clothingg
Massachusetts Street
Wisconsin Bandits Escape After Use of Six Girls
Beloit August 18 AP seven bank robbers seized six frightened girls as shields during a bold Beloit currency heist. They rode three downtown blocks on running boards before forcing the women from the car. In the bank they pistol whipped president B. P. Eldred and customer Henry Coxe as two submachine guns aided the raid. Currency for payrolls was stuffed into laundry bags.
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Beloit
Wis
Second National Bank of Beloit
B. P. Eldred
Henry Coxe
Bank Robbery in Ashdown Ends in Gun Battle
In Ashdown Arkansas at 2 p m deputy sheriffs Pearce and Finley were wounded and a robber killed during a bank hold up. Four men seized about 5000 to 6000 dollars and fled with hostages including the cashier and two customers. The remaining three robbers were later recaptured after exchanges of gunfire. A woman and two bank employees lay on the floor during the heist. The shooter’s name was not immediately learned.
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Ashdown
Ark
First National Bank
A. B. Pearce
Cy Finley
James A. Sanderson
Mitler Johnson
Rotary Challenges Kiwanis For Second Baseball Game
Wayne McCoy and other Rotarians challenged Kiwanis at a luncheon to a second baseball game set for next Thursday evening after Kiwanis won the first game. McCoy warned Rotary may extend challenges to tennis and handball if it fails to win. Climax State Bank closes in Kansas. state banking department cites depleted reserves.
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Wayne McCoy
Kiwanis
Kiwanians
McCoy
Rotary
Mrs. Boxberger Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs. Boxberger has returned home from a hospital in Kansas City after an operation several weeks ago. Otto Vitt and Mr and Mrs Frank Vitt and John Vitt drove to Topeka Sunday to visit Mrs. Florence Vitt at the B A.
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Boxberger
Kansas’ S City
Otto Vitt
Frank Vitt
John Vitt
Topeka
Florence Vitt
8. B. A. Hospital
Picnic attendance and visits span Kaw Valley families
The Kaw Valley community reports a Friday Goldwin picnic with numerous residents and relatives listed among attendees including the Farley, Davis, Chanay, Schultz, Mitchell, Schultz, Cobb, Breithaupt, Gatmore, Walder n, Snyder, Hughes, Corel, and other households. Visitors returnees include Mrs. Cries in Colorado and William Hughes in Bartlesville. Several families shared Sunday dinners and lake outings at Tomanoixie. Helen Hadl is seriously ill with heart trouble.
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Will Farley
Joe Davis
fam+ jlv
Will Chanay
Delbert
Arthur Schultz
Bert. Mitchell
Oliver Schultz
Edd Davis
Gene Cobb
Arnold Mitchell
Carl Mitchell
Irene Breithaunt
Edith Gatmore
Irma Waldern
Snyder
Wright
PG. Hughes
Marion
James Corel
Eugene Corel
Goldwin
S. Cries
Son
Colorado
W.L. Kiefers
William Hughes
Bartlesville
Okla
Allen Cochran
William Ott
State Lake
Ji My
Walter Wilson
Lovie Hadi
Josephine Ann van Petten
Joe Foster
Edwin Will Rote
Eudora
van Petten
John Ott, Jr
Ethelbert
Em Jerson
Tomanoxie
Albert Miller
Carl Kurtz
Louie
Bert Mitchell
Dave Mathia
Frank Steele
Louis Wichman
Anna Blume
Helen Hadl
Eudora Social News Highlights and Visits
Local residents in Eudora and nearby towns shared Sunday visits and travels. Floyd Kennedy returned from Lebo with family, while Ada Kenney and grandson Lester Wickman visited Roy Kennedy. Many attended a Baldwin cold trails picnic and Lawrence Trinity services.
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Wendlein Drumcardt
Gorham
Emma Fardthmeir
Lawrence
Albert Noenstifter
Frank Greiner
Floyd Kennedy
Lebo
al Hammord
Roy Kennedy
Fred’ Moll
Martin Abels
Belleview
Worner White
Paul Woodard
Garnett Hughes
Colorado
J. D. Adams
Union
Trinity, Lutheran
Eudnra
Adams
Loren Ranier
Gentee Schubert
G. Houser
Frank Pace
Curtis Rathrauff
Funeral notices and society events in Eudora area
Mr and Mrs Fred Moll attended funeral services for their uncle Henry Moll in Ola Friday. Mr Moll suffered a stroke Saturday after attending his brother-in-law Louie Moll's funeral in Eudora. Eudora social groups held meetings at St Paul church basement. Epworth League hosted De Soto members. Bridges and visits noted among residents and neighbors.
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Fred Moll
Henry Moll
Olathe
Gus Ziesenis
Leon Durr
Our Eden
Herbert Landon
H. Reifschneider
Elma
Betty Michaels
Lawrence
Lorene Michaels
Hesper
Jake Milburn
Eudora Epworth League
de Soto Epworth League
Methodist
Renner Springs League
George, Gerstenberrer
Otto Rosenau
Flow Aren
Fred Rothbercer
Margaret Wooten
Edna Darby
Henrietta Schubert
Carrie Richards
Eudora
Kansas City
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