Melvin to Speak on Versailles at League Meeting
Prof F E Melvin of the history department at the University will address the League of Omen Voters on Thursday noon at the Episcopal parish house. He will discuss the Versailles treaty and its impact on postwar Europe, arguing misperceptions hinder clear understanding of the current world situation.
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F. E. Melvin
League of Omen
Kansas University
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University
Europe
Napoleon
Episcopal Parish House
Department of Government and Foreign Relations
John Stutz
John Ise
Annulment Suit Filed Over Alleged Old Marriage
Harry Hutchings sues in district court seeking annulment of marriage to Emma Pryor Hutchings claiming illness left him unaware at the time of a November Kansas City wedding and a deed conveying Lots 62 and 68 on Kentucky Street to Pryor Hutchings. He asserts he has only a life estate in one lot and an equity in the other and notes Pryor Hutchings left his employ November 23.
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Harry Hutchings
Emma Pryor
Hutchings
Kansas City
Register of Deeds Office
Douglas County
Kentucky Street
Emma Pryor Hutchings
Drawings on Exhibition by Hammond Children
An exhibit of elementary school drawings made by Hammond Indiana pupils is on display in room 322 West Frank Strong hall under Miss Maud Ellsworth. The works were intended for University public school art students but are open to all visitors. The pieces are large colorful and showcase children's creative expression. District Poultry Meeting in Topeka for seventh world poultry congress and exhibition will be held tomorrow afternoon sponsored by Shawnee county poultry industry executive committee.
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Hammond
Ind
Frank Strong
Maud Ellsworth
United States
Topeka
Shawnee County
Test Your Knowledge Quiz with Mixed Trivia Questions
A reader prompts a multi question trivia list covering capitals, famous names, historical events, pronunciation, and definitions. The set includes questions on Peru’s capital, Zachary Taylor nickname, Maine explosion year, oil wells, world court membership, and other varied topics.
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Peru
Zachary Taylor
Frank Murphy
Michigan
United States
Maine
Havana Harbor
Supreme Court
KU Campus News Mixes Tests Rabbit Hunting and Shakeups
A Kansas University campus note highlights a student upset over daily tests this week while Sig Alphs rabbit hunt yields plenty of meat. Pi Beta Phi ponders pledging a Wichita station wagon driver. Rumor of a downtown coaching staff shakeup surfaces as Fred Pralle scores 28 in an all star win. Disciplinary petitions against Ad Lindsey circulate. Greek chapters weigh Lindsey’s removal and a new athletic director.
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Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Wichita
Pi Phis
Fred Pralle
K. U
Sour Owl
Cagers
Fred
Hoch Auditorium
Ad Lindsey
Concensus
Lindsey
Gwinn Henry
Henry
Man shoots self after threat as police intervene
Ben Wilson of 733 Walnut Street North Lawrence suffered a self inflicted head wound with a .32 caliber pistol during police intervention at his home after Mrs. Leo Tidd and others sought to calm him. He remained in critical condition at Memorial Hospital.
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Ben Wilson
Alnut Street
North Lawrence
Memorial Hospital
Lilburn Dowers
Ralph Hubbell
Leo Tidd
Taxation committee meeting set for Wednesday noon
A Lawrence taxation committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at 12 15 p m on Wednesday at the Eldridge hotel with Henry Asher as chairman.
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Eldridge Hotel
Henry Asher
Nancy Cummings dies at 86 after long Douglas County life
Funeral services set for 2 PM Tuesday at Pleasant Hill church with burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery. Mrs. Nancy Cummings died Saturday at her son Jerry Cummings home, where she lived 61 years. Survived by daughter Elsie Lecher of Pasadena. sons Clinton and Frank in Kit Carson. foster daughter Lettie Lutz of Topeka. sisters Fanny Runyon and Phyrophia Cade. brothers Siegel Rose Arthur Rose Jasper Rose and Albert Rose. 19 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.
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Pleasant Hill Church
Pleasant Hill
Jerry Cummings
West Virginia
Douglas County
Elsie Lecher
Pasadena
Cal
Clinton
Frank Cummings
Kit
Mrs. Adeline Tedger Dies. Rites Planned in Kansas
Former Lawrence resident Mrs. Adeline E. Tedger died Saturday night at her Wellington Kansas home. Graveside services are set for Wednesday at 4 PM in Oak Hill cemetery. She is survived by sister Mrs. John Engle of Wellington and sons Carl Tedger and Fred Tedger of Orlando Florida.
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Adeline E. Tedger
Lawrence
Wellington
Kaw
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tedger i
John Engle
Carl Tedger
Fred Tedger
Orlando
Fla
Carrie Baecker Schafer of Jewell Dies at 61
Word has reached that Mrs Carrie Baecker Schafer of Jewell Kansas died at 11 30 this morning after a stroke last Saturday She was 61 years 6 months born in the Clearfield area south of Eudora She was sister to Rev A P Baecker Lawrence Charles L Baecker Eudora and Mrs Samuel Breithaupt Topeka She is survived by her husband Charles Schafer and a stepson and stepdaughter Funeral services will be held next Thursday at Jewell Nebraska conadry
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Carrie Baecker Schafer
Jewell
Kan
Clearfield
Eudora
A. P. Baecker
Lawrence
Charles L. Baecker
Samuel Breithaupt
Topeka
Italian Tunisian demonstrations spark clashes over France plan
Heavy police guards surrounded Italian consulates in Tunis and Susa Tunisie after demonstrations against Italy. Rioters were injured and fifteen people were arrested as crowds cried Down with Italy and Long Live France in response to Italy's Tunisia campaign across from Sicily.
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Mediterranean
France
Daladier
Tunis
Tunisia
Susa-Tunisie
Italy
Sicily
Lindbergh Name Dropped From TWA Slogan
Kansas City December 5. Trans continental and Western Air officials refused comment on deleting the slogan The Lindbergh Line from all TWA literature. Proof sheets of the 1938 calendar show the slogan replaced. Lindbergh has not been associated with TWA since 1934. The Star notes complaints about the heroic flier’s decision to live in Germany.
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Transcontinental
Western Air
Lindbergh
T.W.A
Althe
Charles A. Lindbergh
T.W. A
Jack Frye
The
Star
Germany
Strikers Back to Work at Chrysler Plant in New Castle
About 1,500 Chrysler workers returned to their jobs in New Castle Indiana after a three day strike tied to a C I O A F L dispute. The remaining 2,100 employees planned to resume duties later today as operations restarted. The report also notes Dan Flory's return from California and references George Flory now serving as police judge in Whittier. A muslin sheet with 66 to 76 threads per inch is mentioned.
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New Castle
Ind
Chrysler Corporation
A.F.L
Dan Flory
California
Dunkard
Modesto
Claude E. Flory
Whittier
George Flory
Douglas County
Sudetenlanders Approve Liberation Ballot In Referendum
Reichenberg Germany December 5 Sudetenlanders backed Adolf Hitler as liberator of Sudetenland with 98.7 percent voting yes for 30 deputies to the reichstag among 2 211 895 eligible and 2 152 256 yes 26 497 no turnout 33 142 abstained or spoiled ballots.
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Reichenberg
Germany
Sudetenlanders
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Reichstag
Hitler
Konrad Henlein
Karl Hermann Frank
Fuehrer
Sudetenland
National Socialist German Labor Party
North Lawrence Civic Association Meeting Tonight
The North Lawrence Civic Association holds its monthly meeting this evening in Woodlawn School library. Members urged to attend as officials warn the group may dissolve without increased interest and participation.
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North Lawrence
Lawrence Pioneer Dies in Michigan
Lawrence resident Mrs. Alford recalled her KU days after entering the University of Kansas in 1866 55 students. She described pony rides to town and her lilac hedge tale linked to Stanford and Hoover neighbors, and noted the origin of the rock chalk yell with Professor Bailey. Her son Lieut Alfred C. Alford died in the Spanish American War. a bronze plaque honors him in the Union building lounge.
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Mr. Dread
Mt. Holyoke
Dartmouth
Fraser
K. U
Stanford University
Carruth
Kansas
California
Stanford
Memorial Chapel
United States
Alford
Skilton Resumes KU Classes After Illness
Charles Sanford Skilton professor of organ at the University of Kansas met his classes today for the first time in several weeks. He has been suffering a mild appendicitis attack.
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Skilton
Charles Sanford Skilton
University of Kansas
Local church chicken pie dinner announced
The Woman's Society of the First Baptist church will host its annual chicken pie dinner on Wednesday December 11 from 11 30 to 1 30 at the church. Stony Point school to present a program and plate supper December 7 at 8 o'clock led by Miss Lena Milburn. Pleasant Valley Farms Bureau held Christmas dinner and gift exchange at Mrs J C Maloney home with twenty members and guests. Maj Raymond F Edwards will speak at Lawrence Woman's club tomorrow evening with Erna and Olga Carl performing flute duets and National Guards buglers providing military calls.
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Stony Point
Lena, Milburn
Pleasant Valley Farms Bureau
J. C. Maloney
L.armstrong
Jo Ann Armstrong
Larry Allison
Neil Thayer
William Wells
Lawrence
Will Allison
Number Six
Olive Shan
Pleasant Valley
Karl F. Baldwin
Lawrence Woman’s Club
Maj
Raymond F. Edwards
Erna Carl
Olga Carl
Kuhlau
Howell
National Guards
Edwards
Leavenworth
Local personals list mixed with travel notes and visits
Major and Mrs S A McKone return from vacation in Laredo Texas visiting son Maj S A McKone Jr and family. Other visitors include Karl Kreider at Kemper Military School, Boonville Missouri and John Chain staying with Mrs Avery Johnson in Abilene. Mrs J H Wilder travels to Galveston to visit daughter Mrs Warren Kemmerling. The Reichle family from Riley Kansas visits Pauline Simon. Clyde and Lyn Lucas visit Ottawa and Lawrence before heading to San Francisco for an engagement. George Lowman moves to a new Emery road home in West Hills. Dairymen note a test of feed quality: will the cow eat all she needs.
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Laredo
Tex
Maj
S. A. McKone, Jr
McKone
James Herbert
William Lee
Neuva Laredo
Mex
Karl M. Kreider
Stanton Kreider
Kemper Military School
Boonville
John Chain
Abilene
Avery Johnson
J. H. Wilder
Galveston
Warren Kemmerling
Mollie C. Mays
Walter van Osdel
Columbia
Kirt Williams
Henry Reichter
Edna Reichle
Albert Reichle
Eldon Reichle
Alfred Reichle
Riley
Kan
Pauline Simon
E. E. Darnold
Kansas City
Clyde Lucas
Lyn Lucas
Annual school of fine arts Christmas vespers announced
Irene Peabody directs young women in a Christmas vespers program next Sunday featuring tableaux. Performances are scheduled at 4 and 7 30 oclock.
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Irene Peabody
School of Fine Arts
Rural electrification director attends Chicago meetings
W. C. Boardman of Kansas Electric Power spent part of last week in Chicago for the annual meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, of which he is a member, and for the International Live Stock Exhibition.
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Chicago
W. C. Boardman
Kansas Electric Power Company
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Shotgun Repairer in Fredonia Kills Self by Accident
Emile Gragert a 42 year old gun expert and World War I veteran from the 35th division accidentally killed himself today while repairing a shotgun for a friend in Fredonia Kansas. The weapon discharged in the incident.
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Fredonia
Kan
Emile Gragert
Kansas City Couple Weds Before Probate Judge
Probate Judge L H Menger married Howard W Fritz and Ida Perrin of Kansas City yesterday. He also officiated Saturday for John Elmer Summers and Yvonne Clary, both of Topeka.
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L H. Menger
Howard W. Fritz
Ida Perrin
Kansas Cit Co
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