Mrs Simpson Has Signed No Papers In Villa Visit
Cannes dispatch reports Mrs Wallis Simpson signed no documents after a lengthy talk with solicitor Theodore Goddard at the Villa Lou Vrer. Lord Brownlow says Goddard discussed Mrs Simpson’s London business affairs. Dr Douglas Kirkwood traveled with Goddard but is not to visit the villa and is not needed medically.
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Cannes
France
Wallis Simpson
Edward
Theodore Goddard
Oddard
Dr. Kirkwood
Marseille
Lou Vrer
Simpson
Goddard
Queen Charlotte's Hospital
London
Lord Brown- Jow
Mrs. Simpson
Cumberland Terrace
Brownlow
Herman Rogers
New York
Kirkwood
May Close Vinland Depot
The Santa Fe railroad applied to the Kansas corporation commission for permission to close stations at Heizer Dundee Spivey Ashton Genda Springs Cummings Lang Vinland and Agricola. It also sought authorization to substitute caretakers for agents at Zenith Bellefont Dillavyn Morehead New Salem Halls Summit LeLoup Wayside Rest and Vilas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas Corporation Commission
Heizer
Dundee
Spivey
Ashton
Genda Springs
Cummings
Lang, Vinland
Agricola
Zenith
Bellefont
Dillavyn
Morehead
New Salem
Halls Summit
LeLoup
Wayside Rest
Vilas
Woman's League Christmas Party at First Methodist
The Woman's League of the First Methodist church will hold a Christmas party Friday in the League room from 3 to 6 pm with a gift exchange and a good time promised. Mrs. C L Cook and her committee are hosts. Edward Taylor and Robert Ingalls were sentenced to 30 days each for petit larceny after pleading guilty to stealing cigars from Crown Drug and sweaters from Montgomery Ward. The Ottawa school board awarded a $163,000 contract to Baosboom & Raith of Salina for a new grade school building, aided by a $125,000 bond issue and an $81,000 PWA grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's League of the First Methodist Church
C. L. Cook
Edward Taylor
Robert Ingalls
Taylor
Crown Drug
Ingalls
Montgomery Ward
Ottawa
Kan
Ottawa School Board
Baosboom & Raith
Salina
PWA
Test Your Knowledge seven trivia questions from classified page
A reader asks seven trivia items including the softest mineral, definition of condor, term lengths for Unit polistates and senators, Fulton steamboat trial river, location of Tanna Nova, conduit meaning, 1900 aliens head tax, John D Rockefeller middle name, Thomas William Robertson, and Joe E Brown dual roles in Circus Clown as noted by Dr. Alexander, Dentist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
United States
John D. Rockefeller
Thomas William Robertson
Joe E. Brown
Coed Learns of Evening Visit by Telegram at KU
A KU campus tale follows a coed whose date could not reach her by phone due to busy lines. After multiple attempts a telegram was sent to announce when he would arrive for the evening. The piece notes campus chatter about a forthcoming engagement announcement and lists university library additions and student activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Liberty Memorial high school Christmas program planned
Liberty Memorial high school drama and voice departments will stage a Christmas program in the school auditorium Sunday afternoon December 20 with a Friday morning assembly December 18. The play Why the Chimes Ring is by Elizabeth McFadden directed by Elizabeth Shepherd. The a cappella chorus directed by Joe Williams performs The Sleep of the Child Jesus Gevaert and Eight Fold Alleluia Atherton. Cast includes David Whitney Bob Allphin Martin Flory Betty Lee David Watermulder Eleanor Allen Bo Montgomery Russell Miller Helen Louise St Clair LaDean Davis Bob Brooks and Alfred Goehring. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Memorial High School
Elizabeth McFadden
Elizabeth Shepherd
Joe M. Williams
Child Jesus
Gevaert
Atherton
David Whitney
Bob ,Allphin
Martin Flory
Betty Lee
Speaks at St Francis and other Kansas football banquets
Adrian Lindsey head KU football coach will address a St. Francis high school banquet tonight. Mike Getto and Bill Hargiss will speak at dinners in Moline and Great Bend on Thursday. Hargiss addresses a Kansas City Junior College grid team dinner Saturday. Hargiss to Cherryvale December 16 for a high school banquet. The Douglas County Bar association dinner at Hotel Eldridge next Tuesday December 15 at 6:30 with Prof. W. W. Davis delivering the history talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Lindsey
University of Kansas
St. Francis
Mike Getto
Bill Hargiss
Getto
Moline
Hargiss
Great Bend
Kansas City
Cherryvale
Move to Adopt AI Committee Report Sees Senate Action
Measurable progress toward final adoption of the University Senate survey committee report was made at a meeting yesterday. The panel studied curriculum organization, analyzed college progress of 1928 entrants, and approved seven recommendations including a permanent curricular committee and independent study plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
University Senate
University of Kansas
Committee On Committees
Spanish Inventor Had Improved the Autogyro
Washington reports the death of Juan de la Cierva autogyro inventor prompts regret. Officials say he recently developed a new jump-off feature for rotor blade planes. Cierva had led autogyro improvements since its start. The pitch adjustment arrangement is not yet used in U S autogyros. Pitcairn of Willow Grove Pa is the American licensee of Cierva patents and recently delivered a readable autogyro to the air commerce bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Juan de la Cierva
Air Commerce Bureau
Pitcairn Company
Willow
Brother in Turkey reports floods toll and work in cotton fields
P. Clark brother of C. M. Clark of 1640 New Hampshire street is stationed at Adana Turkey where floods have caused deaths and property loss. He works as a cotton culture specialist for the Turkish government supervising thousands of acres in the Seynan Basin. His son Stanley P. Clark Jr. graduated Liberty Memorial high school in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Clark
C. M. Clark
New Hampshire Street
Adana
Turkey
Clark
Seynan Basin
Stanley P. Clark, Jr
Liberty Memorial High School
University Chancellor heads to Washington on radio broadcasting talks
Chancellor E H Lindley of the University departs for Washington D C to attend the first annual conference on educational radio broadcasting. He will lead a Friday round table on university broadcasting stations and return to Lawrence on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Lindley
University
Washington, D. C
Jay Ambrose Fined For Speeding In Police Court
Jay Ambrose was fined five dollars in police court this morning on a speeding charge. He also faced a charge of driving a car without a muffler, with Judge D. S. Hults ordering a muffler by tomorrow noon. Melvin Goff and J. H. Lehman forfeited bonds of one dollar each on overparking charges. Annabelle Scott and Catherine Owen faced other charges, with some defendants excused. A tax congress event was announced to be held in Topeka December 17 to discuss tax effects on local government financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Ambrose
D. S. Hults
Melvin Goff
J. H. Lehman
Annabelle Scott
Catherine Owen
Bowman
Setean
Topeka
Samuel Wilson
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Baldwin Faces King Edward Showdown in Parliament
The political crisis deepens as Prime Minister Baldwin weighs royal options amid silence from the king and cabinet. Attlee presses for guidance while observers expect no clear decision on abdication or marriage to Mrs Simpson, with Churchill avoiding new attacks and ministers fresh to Downing Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Clement R. Attee
Attlee
Commons
Fort Belvedere
Winston Churchill
L'Affaire
Simpson
Churchill
Downing Street
No. 10
London
Borglum confirms no Susan B Anthony likeness on Mount Rushmore
Rochester sculptor P Gutzon Borglum said he received a letter from Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt requesting a Susan B Anthony likeness for the Mount Rushmore memorial. He explained the monument's purpose is to portray the men who founded defended and expanded the United States, so Miss Anthony will not be included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
P. Gutzon Borglum
Rochester Times-Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Susan B. Anthony
Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
Black Hills
Miss Anthony
Borglum
United States
General Denhardt Granted Bail in Murder Case
Brigadier General Henry H. Denhardt, charged with the murder of his fiancee Verna Gurr Taylor, was freed on $25,000 bond in New Castle. Circuit Judge Charles C. Marshall set the bond with Dr. A. T. McCormack of the Kentucky health department as surety after Denhardt had been jailed in Louisville since his November 20 bindover to the grand jury. He was brought to New Castle for the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Charles C. Marshall
Henryh. Denhardt
Verna Gurr Taylor
A. T. McCormack
Kentucky Health Department
Denhardt
Louisville
Wrestlers Lost In Lawrence Mix Up On Central Street
Carload of wrestlers managers and promoters spent minutes in Lawrence trying to locate Central street thinking they were in Topeka. Also notes include KU Missouri no decision debate at Fraser Hall with Lintner Motley Motley Miller. Oklahoma House passes two year extension in oil compact. Ernest T. Quigley named supervisor of league arbiters. Ad mentions office supplies by The World Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Topeka
K. U
John Lintner
James Motley
University of Kansas
University of Missouri
Marvin Motley
John Miller
Fraser Hall
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma City
House
Senate
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Roosevelt's Ship Returns Home After Equator Crossing
President Roosevelt sails aboard the Indianapolis in northern seas on December 9 as his cruiser returns across the equator after a two week stretch. The voyage from a peace mission to South America included sunny weather and a sun bath for the president while the convoy with Chester traced French Guiana. He prepared to meet Sir Murchison Letcher, British governor of Trinidad, at Port of Spain.
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Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Equator
Chester
French Guiana
South America
Murchison Letcher
Trinidad
Port-of-Spain
Deaths and Funerals for Mrs Louise G Barnes
Mrs Louise G Barnes 87 died at her home 718 Indiane street this afternoon. Survivors include four daughters in Kansas and Missouri and three sons in Kansas and California plus nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Word has reached Denver friends of Miss Edith Cole Denver of the death of her sister Mrs Nellie Cole McClure. Mrs McClure had lived in Lawrence before marriage and Miss Cole taught at Lawrence High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise G. Barnes
Indiane Street
T. L. Wisely
W. T. Davia
Lawrence
Nora Walker
Clay Center
Kan
Harry W. Douglass
Kansas City
George W. Barnes
Jeff Barnes
Valley Grove
Luther Barnes
San Francisco
Nellie Cole McClure
Edith Cole
Denver
McClure
Miss Cole
Lawrence High School
H.F. Fulton
W. L. Glenn
Enterprise
Abilene
Lynn Meyer
McClelland
Topeka
Irene Slavens
Ottawa
George M. Bahnmaier
Walter Brown
John Mathey
Cy Glenn
Oneta
Joel French
George F. Bahnmaier
Harve Glenn
Cora Scott
Howard Morriss
Lecompton
Will Moore
Alma Henry
Grace Kellogg
Miss Henry
Anthony and
Evelyn Ice
Leonard
Irene Swecker
Billy Anderson
Jack Henry
Helen
Francis Brown
Edna Mae Horton
Elsie
Billy Lutz
Billy, Jr
Jerry
Mary
Ben Kellogg
Wright Bertschinger
Big Springs
William Geel
Greenwood Valley
P.T.A
Henry Bahnmaier
Ed Kohler
George Warden
Georgeanne
Olathe
George Hilderbrand
Howard
Lois Hilderbrand
Waller Brown
Henry
Henry Z. Brown
Bill Brown
Beverly
Roy Scott
Charley Andrews
Wilma Glenn
W. B. Glenn
Mac Watts
Haines
Starr Glenn
Edna Moran
Marion Moran
Paul Moran
Jo Ann
Paul Eugene
Tom Glenn
M. F. Cole
Albert Cole
Lawrence Eichman
Phy Martin
Ruby
Maxine Glenn
Chief Stone Cleared In Taxed Cigars Trial
Kansas City Kansas Police Chief William H. Stone was tried on a charge of possessing untaxed cigarettes and was acquitted by a justice of the peace jury. State inspector Robert Cassett testified finding three cigarette packs without tax stamps in Stone’s drug store. Stone insisted on trial, argued he paid all taxes, and the jury returned a not guilty verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
William H. Stone
Justice of the Peace
Robert Cassett
Stone
James H. Barnes
Start on condenser pit at KU mechanical lab
Workmen prepare a condenser pit measuring 15 feet by 10 feet by 56 feet in the University of Kansas mechanical engineering laboratory. The pit will hold condensers steam pipes and electric conduits as renovations and new equipment continue. Also reported Ottawa notes election costs with Franklin County total near 10 006 and county expense about 6 417 52 with candidate spending following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
Franklin County
Ottawa
Kan
Don Harbison
Mediation Effort Gathers Backing Over Spanish War
The French foreign office said France and Britain invited Germany Italy Russia and Portugal to join in mediating the Spanish civil war and to pave the way for a plebiscite to determine Spain’s government. Pablo Picasso, famed painter, once painted on two sides of a canvas because he was poor, but now commands as much as 30000 dollars for a painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Russia
Portugal
Pablo Picasso
Reservoir site survey for Kansas river flood control
Captain Heath Twichell said a preliminary report on 36 possible reservoir sites along the Kansas and Marais des Cygnes rivers and tributaries would be ready in the spring. He could not yet name the natural sites. The survey will be submitted to the War Department and Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Heath Twichell
District Army
Kansas
Marais Des Cygnes
War Department
Congress
Richberg resigns as special assistant attorney general
Washington reports Donald Richberg former NRA administrator has resigned as of November 30 after forming a law partnership. He had been assigned to prosecute oil companies charged with defrauding Osage Indians. Engineer George S. Davis of the Kansas state highway commission will describe the North Lawrence grade separation project at a K U talk Thursday at 7 30 in Marvin Hall room 210.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald Richberg
NRA
Cummings
Richberg
George S. Davis
Kansas State Highway Commission
North Lawrence
Civil
Marvin Hall
K. U
Thanksgiving social notes from Glenn and vicinity
Thanksgiving gatherings and visits are listed for residents of Glenn and nearby areas. Numerous families from Topeka Ottawa Lecompton and Abilene are mentioned visiting relatives and hosting dinners and desserts during the holiday period.
Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Vineland And Lecompton
Numerous families from Vinland Topeka Ottawa and Lecompton shared Thanksgiving visits and meals. Howard L Dean Arlus Dean Carol Joan and Grace Hiatt joined relatives in Vinland while Glenn families entertained in Topeka and Grantville. Local clubs held a Dresden plate quilt session and a YWCA meeting preceded a Lecompton township board gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Dean
Arlus Dean
Carol Joan
Vinland
Grace
Doris Hiatt
Lawrence
Topeka
Carl Peterson
Ottawa
Mac Watts
Sears
Henry Hennesey
Hennesey
Seals
Mary Cree
San Jose
Calif
Cyril Bahnmaier
Nettie Glenn
Arthur Richards
Minnie Glenn
George B. Bahnmaier
Jennie Glenn
W. H. Glenn
Garfield Shirley
Mary
Helen
Grantville
Bertha Righstal
Grace Martin
Elva Bell
Madelyn McClanahan
Lecompton
Bertha Moore
Searle Tayllr
Sam Glenn
Will L. Glenn
Vesta Bahnmaier
Ruth Bahnmaier
Mabel Glenn
Nellie Glenn
Jo Ann
Jessie Glenn
Peggy Moore
Olivia Fulton
Frank McClanahan
Carolyn Grey
Edna Bahnmaier
Martha Mathey
Overbrook Cosmos Club Holds Inaugural Meeting
The newly organized Junior Cosmos club held its first regular meeting at Mrs. Lauren Plummer's home last Saturday evening. Sponsored by the senior Cosmos club, it has a growing membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmos Club
Lauren Plummer
Local Club Officers Named in Senior Group Promotion
The senior club announces officers led by president Edith Spielman and vice-president Elizabeth Oveson with Margeret Fisher as secretary and Virginia Coffman as treasurer. Members include Alvin Fisher, Margaret Emma Coffman, Virginia Coffman, Eleanor Hart, and others. Elizabeth Oveson to host December 9 meeting. travel notes from Kansas City and local social visits are recorded alongside a sheriff’s sale notice and a later card of thanks from the Johnson and Robinson families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Karnes
A. M. Hart
Edith Spielman
Elizabeth Oveson
Margaret Fisher
Virginia Coffman
Anne Minford
W. E. Topping
Plummer
Wayne Bly
Glenn Dodder
Alvin Fisher
Mike Fisher
Leuren Plummer
R. C. Waddle
Margaret Emma Coffman
Eleanor Hart
Margarie Nell Hart
Josehine Jones
Hope Laws
Claudine Iller
Marie Minford
Elizabeth Warmer
Detta Whitmore
Fred McClure
Iona
Kansas City
McClure
Harve Lutz
Toneka
Otho Brent- Inger
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Vinland Depot
Fanta Fe
Woman's League
Methodist Church
Alexander
Altho
Union Building
Hill Ened
Chicago
Morton Levand
Wichita Beacon
Levand
Bill Cochrane
K. U. Union
Austin
Texas
National Association of College Unions
Henry Werner
Sig Alph
Lodge
University of Kansas Senate
King Edward
Lugan B. Anthony
Quigley
Saparvione
National League
Ernest T. Quigley
Phone 22
the World Co
Ady
OAK
Associated Press
Glenn and Vicinity
Overbrook
The
Voice of Firamons
N.B.C
Red News
Pisst
Lawrence Ca
George A. Tuttle
Douglas County
Fred A. Vogler
Kanes
Donald A. Campbell
Frank Flack
Plaintiff
P. F. Johnson
Nolan Robinson
Carter
Christmas Club
Peoples State Bank
Massachusetts
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