Bravely Done Empire Verdict voiced worldwide
London speakers and listeners across the globe reacted with emotion to Edward VIII’s farewell broadcast from Windsor Castle. Reports say more than 500 million heard him as Britain and empire faced a historic moment with his last act on British soil. The king's words were simple and direct, paying tribute to his family, to Baldwin and to the crown’s next wearer.
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Britain
Augusta
Windsor Castle
Australia
Daily Telegraph
Ketter
News Chronicle
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Stanley Baldwin
George VI
Freight cars burn in Grandview yard derailment
Twelve Kansas City Southern freight cars derailed in Grandview Missouri last night. Oil gasolene and sulphur products fed flames destroying the cars and damaging nearby homes including Richard Hilton's. Engineer W B Keith of Pittsburg Kansas steered 33 cars to safety. firemen estimated losses at 50000.
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Grandview
Kansas City Southern Raiload
Richard Hilton
W. B. Keith
Pittsburg
Kan
Topeka invitation a forensics winners list includes McAnaw and Morrow
Lawrence debaters won several events at the Topeka high school invitation forensics meet. Mary Frances McAnaw of Excelsior Springs took extempore speaking, Ruth Morrow of Plattsburg original oratory. Other winners included Gladys Huber second in extempore and Russell Miller second in oratory with more top placers.
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Topeka
Mary Frances McAnaw
Extelsior Springs
Misa Ruth Morrow
Plattsburg
Oratory
Gladys Huber
Valley Falls
Mack Heney
Fort Scott
Max Louk
Lawrence
Russell Miller
Thomas Shrout
Independence
John Pusinello
Housemothers Track Late KU Coeds With Gadgets and Antenna Hats
University of Kansas sorority housemothers monitor curfew with a footstep light on an outside stair and a changing contact to foil evaders. Antenna hats spark chatter as coeds debate practicality while a Rose Bowl trip winner is announced among campus figures.
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University of Kansas
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K. U
Wherry to Speak on Sunday School Roles in Topeka
Neal M. Wherry Liberty Memorial high school principal and Sunday school superintendent at First Presbyterian will address the Topeka Council of Christian Education Tuesday evening. He will discuss coordinating Sunday school with the pastor's church program and avoiding counter-attraction to the morning service. In court, John A. Alexander and Roland A. DeWatteville forfeited bonds of $1 each for overparking in police court.
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Neal M. Wherry
Liberty Memorial High School
Topeka
John A. Alexander
Roland A. DeWatteville
Mutiny of Chinese Troops Reported Strains Power Shift
A Domei report from Shanghai and Tokyo describes mutinous Chinese troops in Shensi and Sianfu detaining Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. The NW anti communist army under Chang Hsiao-Liang pressed for oppose Japan and control, while censors restricted dispatches. Chiang moved toward Fukien, as mutineers seized sites and forced emergency sessions.
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The
Domei
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sapan
Nanking
Shanghai
Lianfu
Chiang Kai Shek
Japan
Chan Haiao-Liang
Sianfu
Executive Yuan
Chiang
Hot Springs
Shensi
Chang Hsiao-Liang
Manchuria
Communist Suppression Army
Heiao-Liang
Kansu
Missimo
Hsiao-Liang
Fukien
Chang Hsiao- Liang
Chang
Pick Operetta Cast For Liberty Memorial High School
The Belle of Barcelona cast and crew chosen for the Liberty Memorial High School operetta to be staged January 16. Joe M Williams directs singing, Elizabeth Shepherd handles drama, Margaret Maynard choreographs dances, Clarence E Sawhill directs the orchestra. Cast includes Martin Flory, Mabel Yeaton, Ann Cox, Wanda Mercer, Hampton White, and others. dance numbers feature Jeanne Werner and 14 others. Stage managers Dwight Jost Gale Wiley. publicity Luella DeForest Jean Stouffer.
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Barcelona
Liberty Memorial High School
Joe M. Williams
Elizabeth Shepherd
Margaret Maynard
Clarence E. Sawhill
Martin Flory
Mabel Yeaton
Ann Cox
Wanda Mercer
Hampton White
David Watermulder
Lewis Reiderer
Douglas Anderson
Gaylord Carter
Rose Alma Martin
Marjorie Channel
Minerva Davis
Everett Buhler
Curtis Dalton
William Hansen
Jeanne Werner
Helen Louise St. Clair
Marian Hicklin
Patti Payne
Betty Blue
Annalee Moore
Barbara Chariton
Bernice Bell
Helen Evans
Eleanor Allen
June Griesa
Phyllis Wise
Ruth Wiedemann
Thelma Johnson
Peggy Wadhams
Dwight Jost
Gale Wiley
Luella DeForest
Jean Stouffer
Marjorie McCarty
Roberta Brewer
Mary E. Hansen
Marjorie Hetzel
Betty Brune
Winifred Hill
Alice Ann Jones
Bob Guntert
Don Thompson
Gene Burnett
Choir Selections From Messiah At First Methodist
The Wesleyan Chorus of the First Methodist Episcopal Church directed by Dorothy Enlow Miller will present a 45 minute Christmas program from Handel's Messiah during Sunday morning worship at 10:50. Soloists Ellen Shafer Theo Ericsson with Anna Lee Hazen at piano and Max Hodges on organ. The 70 voice choir performs selections including Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive and Hallelujah with a full orchestral postlude.
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Wesleyan Chorus
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Dorothy Enlow Miller
Ellen Shafer
Theo Ericsson
Anna Lee Hazen
Max Hodges
Thorus
New British King Proclaimed as Old Lands Abroad
George VI, tall and proud, wore admiral’s blue and gold as he accepted fealty from dominions beyond the seas after proclamation. The procession moved from Friary Court to Buckingham Palace, with crowds cheering as the king acknowledged the city. Edward's departure from the British Isles followed naval goodbyes at Portsmouth, amid tears from empire subjects.
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Fencers Tie in Kansas City Bout with KU Stars
Fencers from the University of Kansas drew with the Heart of America club in the Armory at Kansas City Missouri. KU’s Orr won two bouts and Raport noted a possible return match in Lawrence. Also mentions plans for meets with Rockhill fencing club and a call for locals to form a fencing club.
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University of Kansas
Heart of America
Kansas City
Kansas
Tom Orr
Tripp
Jim Raport
K. U
Orr
Max Elias
Raport
Lawrence
Rockhill
University of Kansas City
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T. D. Bryant, Jr
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Lowhoff
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Belt
Perkins
Buctin
Chevigny to Law Post Austin Texas
Allred announced that Jack Chevigny UT football coach for three seasons will become an attorney in the state tax department January 19.
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Chevigny
Austin
Tex
James
Allred
Jack Chevigny
University of Texas
State Tax Department
Lindley Arrives Sunday for Lawrence Visit
K U chancellor E H Lindley will arrive in Lawrence from Washington Sunday. He has attended the first annual conference on educational broadcasting in the capital and conducted a roundtable on The University Broadcasting Station. He will be in his office Monday morning.
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E. H. Lindley
University
Lawrence
Washington, D. C
Capital
Lindley
Ice skating season opens on Potter Lake campus
In Lawrence six boys began the town university skating season on Potter lake as workmen dug holes before Watson library and prepared to plant trees and remove the elm by the new steps. The Dodge City poultry show moves to western Kansas January 11 to 16 marking its first western edition.
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Altho
Lawrence
Potter Lake
University
Jarre
Watson Library
Dodge City
Kansas
Library Annex Bonds to Total 19250 Authorized
City council approved an ordinance authorizing general improvement bonds totaling 19250 for the library project funded partly by a 15750 grant from the PWA. Bonds dated Jan 1 1937 bear 7 18 percent interest, issued in 1000 denominations with one 1250 bond, maturing 2000 yearly for nine years plus a final 1947 maturity. Sell by Dec 23. contract bid opening Dec 28. work to begin by Jan 11 per PWA.
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PWA
Sunflower 4 H Club Holds Christmas Party at Lake View
The Sunflower 4 H Club held its annual Christmas party on December 9 at Lake View Country Club with about thirty members and guests. Delmar Slinkard and others directed games, followed by refreshments and a gift exchange. Guests included Roby Leonard from Oak Ridge and several Lawrence residents. A separate note announces the First Methodist Church Brotherhood meeting on December 14 at 6 30 pm with supper and an educational motion picture.
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Jayhawk
Betty Mack
Reynolds Shultz
David Perkins
Noel Reed
Noel
Lake View Country Club
Delmar Slinkard
Herbert Folks
Simmy Plummer
Carl Spray
Miss Roby Leonard
Oak Ridge
Betty Lou Grant
Ruth Irene Oatman
Helen Grace Gentry
Hazel Lee
G. B. Wiggins
Rolly Zillcox
Lawrence
Betty McClure
Bernice Wiggins
Kathryn Folks
Tenth and
Vermont
Gratitude for Kindness After Death of Jacob Walters
Mrs. Jacob L. Walters thanks friends and neighbors for support during her husband Jacob L. Walters illness and death on November 12 1936 at the Veterans hospital Wadsworth Kansas and burial at Park Hill Memorial Cemetery Des Moines
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Jacob L. Walters
Veterans Hospital
Wadsworth
Kansas
Park Hill Memorial Cemetery
Des Moines
Jacob L. . Walters
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