Time Extended for Marshal Chang in Nanking Crisis
Nanking China reports the government granted Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang three more days to resolve the mutiny and free Chiang Kai-Shek. Dr. T. V. Soong plans to depart for Lianfu as negotiations appear to aim at a peaceful settlement and guaranteed safety for leaders on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Chang Hsueh-Liang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Marshal Chang
T. V. Soong
Chiang
Lianfu
Chang
Sianfu
Shao Yuan-Shang
Shao
Youth Chooses Jail Term Over Wedding Plans
August Turcotte aged 24 began a ten year sentence in a reformatory after admitting he robbed the home of Max Korn and beat the housekeeper, saying he preferred jail to marriage. He refused to name his fiancée and told Judge Louis Cox he wanted to keep her out of the case.
Test Your Knowledge Classified Quiz Questions
A reader asks seven knowledge questions on a classified page: six queens of Henry VII, ring wear order, Great Brave Lake country, Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, czar nicknamed the Terrible, pronunciation of data, Pasteur nationality and religion, Horatio Alger, West Point commissioned grade, seven sided figure, sigrette, Great Expectations author, patent term, Ithaca Cornell, Noah's three sons, John Gibson, fork or spoon to cut ice, Nebraska main river, Cast thy bread phrase source, patent sale while pending. Dr Alexander Demiist advertisement and insurance ad follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry VII
Brave Lake
Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
Russia
the Terrible
Louis Pasteur
Horatio Alger
West Point
Ithaca
WN. Y
Cornell University
Noah
John
Gibson
Nebraska
Alexander
Horseradish Prank Outshines Soup For Coach Getto
In Eldridge, Kansas, Line Coach Mike Getto nearly choked on horseradish added to his soup during a cafe joke. He demanded to know who played the trick, but the culprit remained unknown. The item ties into campus life as students and staff share holiday events and library and recital schedules unfold amid vacation bustle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Getto
Eldridge
Getto
Mike
Poor Children to Receive Presents in Lawrence
Christmas toy workshop operated by Lawrence firemen reports a one third rise in repairs this season. Dolls and dresses repaired by Ed Miller and volunteers, with new dresses sewn by women groups. Toys to be distributed by the Elks, with 300 packages planned, including candy fruit and warm clothing. Packages to be delivered Christmas morning under Elks committee chaired by Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Paul Ingels
Ed Miller
Elks. Club
Electa Kindlesperger
Fitch
Elks
Anderson
Flks
Week’s layoff set for Lawrence PWA lateral sewer work
Lawrence city engineer Ben Babb announced a one week layoff for workers on the PWA lateral sanitary sewer project, ending today and resuming Monday December 28. TheChristmas period layoff is covered by extra hours in the past two weeks, with several sewer sections under a blanket project planned across the city. The first completed lateral connects the main sewer at Thirteenth Street to Delaware, then north to Delaware Street, with another planned between Oread Avenue and Mississippi Street from Thirteenth to Twelfth, 735 feet long, followed by a southward section from Fifth Street to Elm Street and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Lawrence
Ben Babb
Thirteenth Street
Santa Fe
Delaware Street
Oread Avenue
Mississippi Streets
Thirteenth
Twelfth Street
North
Fifth Street
Elm Street
Walpee Street
Austrian police dogs hunt for photographers near Rothschild estate
In Enzesfeld Austria police dogs swept the Rothschild estate to flush out movie cameramen hidden in woods waiting for the Duke of Windsor. Dogs nabbed two photographers from a brush pile near the golf edge. the former British ruler learned of the stunt and joked about future camera hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enzesfeld
Austria
Baron Rothschild
Duke of Windsor
Salvation Army seeks 60 Christmas baskets for distribution
Lawrence reports the Salvation Army needs 60 baskets for Christmas distribution with pickup or drop off options at the army hall after a call to 633. A porch light theft is noted at 920 Ohio Street, and a reminder to feed birds in winter follows. The Colby Candy Co. in Kansas claims a machine outputs 2,100 candy pieces per minute for Buttercups, while Rotarians will hear a Christmas music program from the Junior High boys glee club. Perry American Legion posts a turkey shoot tomorrow at 10:80, north of the highway east of Perry, under Ed Quinlan with turkeys ducks and moose as prizes and lunch on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Army
Army Hall
Kansas
Colby Candy Company
Massachusetts
Boys’ Glee Club
Oliver Hobbs
Perry American Legion Post
Perry
Ed Quinlan
Deaths and Funerals Notice of Hicks Infant
Mr and Mrs Charles Hicks Jr of 800 Hill street announce the death of their grandson Bert Edwin Hicks Jr six months old in Providence Rhode Island The deceased was the son of Bert Edwin Hicks Sr a graduate of the engineering school at KK U in 1990.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hicks, Jr
Providence
R. I
Bere Edwin Hicks, Jr
Bert Edwin Hicks, Sr
School of Engineering
KK. U
Juvenile Sentenced for Grand Larceny in Hutchinson
Justin Scoggins, 16, was sentenced by Judge Hugh Means to an indeterminate term at the state reformatory in Hutchinson after pleading guilty to grand larceny. He conspired with four other youths in November to commit minor robberies, including stealing a $20 clarinet from the Junior high school band room on May 21 and an adding machine valued at $76 from the MecConnel Lumber building on East Thirteenth Street on November 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justin Scoggins
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Hugh Means
Scoggins
David Jolley
MecConnel Lumber
East Thirteenth Street
Oatmeal Peanut Candy Recipe Demonstrates Healthful Treat
A vintage kitchen instruction outlines Oatmeal Peanut Candy made with Quaker rolled oats, boiling water, salt, maple syrup, raisins, peanuts and gelatine. The mixture cooks, gels, and is cut into half inch squares wrapped in wax paper for serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Christmas Pageant by Church of God Members
A Christmas pageant titled The Greatest Gift will be presented at the Church of God located at Eleventh and New Hampshire on Christmas Eve at 8 o'clock. Forty-eight persons comprise the cast depicting the birth of Christ, with an imaginary cast of characters augmenting the Bible figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Eleventh
New Hampshire Street
Christ
Holidays Pause at Local Business College
The Business College notes a holiday recess through January 4 with a Christmas program led by Arden Ott. Santa Claus duties were performed by Herbert Weatherby as students and staff prepared for the new term beginning in January marking the school’s 68th year.
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Parker
Florida
R. Weatherby
Neodesha
Kan
Hazel Hawk
The
Kansas Electric Power Co
Ruth Norwod
Lecompton
Montgomery Ward Co
Kansas City
Carl Bushy
Kansas Electric Power Co. 4
Arden Ott
Santa Claus
Herbert Weatherby
Community Night Program Under WPA Project No 8040
Douglas county WPA Recreational Leadership Project 8040 held a community night at Second Christian Church on Nineteenth and Tennessee streets. Program included congregational song America, Scripture, prayers, solos by Mrs. Watson and Rev B R Ross, readings by Rev Ross and Mrs Boehlman, duets by Paul and Cai Sims, remarks by J E Johnson, and craft display by project members Wesley Sims Bernice Miller Claude Matthews Willard Cushingberry and L E Johnson supervised by L E Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Douglas County
Second Christian Church
Nineteenth
Tennessee Streets
America
Mrs. Watson
B. R. Ross
Paul and
Cai Sims
Sims Jr
Boehlman
J. E. Johnson
Wesley
Sima
Wesley S. Sims
Bernice Miller
Claude EB. Matthews
Willard Cushingberry
L. E. Johnson
Clothes to Cleaners and a City Jail Roundup
Hollywood reports a day of odd events with GPI cleaning shops busy after a party for Edgar Allan Woolf. Woolf’s longhaired spaniel chased a skunk into the dining room while guests looked on. In law news, four youths tied to a string of robberies posted bonds totaling $500 for two incursions on filling stations. three remain jailed. A 1980 Nash coupe, seized as a liquor car, sold for $9 at auction after Otis Murray’s arrest and guilty plea. Joe Rapp pleaded not guilty to embezzling trousers, with a 9 am December 24 hearing and $50 bond. Jane Winifred Gard filed for divorce from Robert Gard, seeking her maiden name Byrn. The North Lawrence church Christmas program shifts to Thursday December 24, and Post 852 VFW and Auxiliary sponsor a Christmas program Monday at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Vogler
Court House
James Moore
Lawrence Buick Company
Otis Murray
Eudora
Murray
O. J. Lane
Linwood Lodge elects officers at regular meeting
Linwood Masonic lodge No. 241 elected James Smith as master Orville Hughey senior warden W F Kerster junior warden C O Browning secretary and D J Brown treasurer at Thursday evening session. Plus local social notes and upcoming events in Linwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Masonic Lodge No. 241
James Smith
Orville Hughey
W. F. Kerster
Browning
D. J Brown
Missionary Circle of the Baptist Church
William Kline
Carl Meineke
Leavenworth
Homer Nance
Kansas City
Kan
William Anderson
Mary Catherine Frederick
Randolph Utah
Arthur Norris
Baptist Sunday School
J. B. Coleman
Donald
Ora Wilson
John Haas
Bethel
Max Frederick
Jesse Taber
Harry Hicks
Charles Riley
Laurine
Charles Hicks
Frank Reed
Ron
George Holland
Tonganoxie
Louie Snyder
Coleman couple to attend joint Masonic Star installation
Mr and Mrs James Coleman plan to attend a joint installation of officers by the Masonic and Eastern Star at White Church Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Coleman
White Church
Masonic and
Eastern Star
Local Social Roundup and School Notes in Baldwin
Mr and Mrs Tom Pugh and Dorothy and Barbara Jean visited D H Athey of Baldwin on Sunday. Several families from Lawrence and Pleasant Valley stopped by, a Christmas program was planned for December 23, and exams were held December 10 and 11. The Journal World is subscribed for by the Model English club under Miss Metcalfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Pugh
Dorothy
Barbara Jean
D. H. Athey
Baldwin
Ivan Gibler
Lawrence
Henry Dirk
Noah Pugh
Jack Perdee
Burton
Pleasant Valley
James Tryon
Mabel Ice
Myra
George Lawn
Model English Club
Franklin
Patty
Lila McAfferty
Charles Banning
Betty Jane
Mary Greene
Will Johns
K. U
Douglas County Farmers Union
Lone Star
T Here
Oliver Brown
Kansas City
A. E
Holcom
Verna Fae Pugh
Feltz
Nash Pugh
Roy Goff
Bertha
Berniece
George
Roy
Lois
John
Ethel Oloom
Goff Timber
Belleview Community Notes Include Visits and Events
Belleview residents share weekly social visits from Kansas City to Abilene and Eudora, with 4-H honors for Richard Wilson and Esther Fae Miskimen. Local groups plan a Christmas program, feasts, and religious events. families celebrate anniversaries, birthdays, and moving plans near Eudora and Linwood.
Daugherty Home Hosts 48th Anniversary Guests
Daughters were among guests at the Bert Daugherty home in Eudora as they celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary. The Belleview Ladies Aid quilted with Maud Duncan, a Christmas buffet was served, and new officers were elected. Officiating president Lena Shafetel announced the gift exchange and cookies for Mercy Hospital. Charles and Durr of Brunswick visited en route to a funeral in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Daugherty
Eudorach
Albert Loemier
C. B. Wotan
Hesper
C. C. Geratenberger
Ed Paasch
Fairview
C. E. Crane
Belleview
Ladies Aid
Maud Duncan
Lena Shafetel
Mercy Hospital
Anna Shafstal
Mra
F Bartz
O'Neil District Community Notes and Flu Reports
O'Neil district residents report visitors from Bleakley Kansas City and Tibbet district with flu cases noted. Local students Miss Ava Higley and Marjorie Stewart miss school due to illness. Families travel to Lawrence for a Santa Claus parade while several adults visit Topeka and North Lawrence. The O'Neil community club meets Friday December 18 with tea refreshments.
Local Happenings and Social Notes In January Meeting Plans
Miss Ava Higley attended the teachar e curriewhath meeting and will help supervise monthly gatherings. The next Wall be held January 7 at Valley Grove. Miss Clovis Haley attended the P T A meeting at the Tonga noxie high school auditorium and sang with Glees clubs and the girls ensemble. Mrs Henry Wipprecht remains ill with flu but improving. O Neil social attendees included C Reed Jr and Rope ks and Mrs C A Reed Sr. several from Gamble neighborhood. Miss Higley formerly taught, Joe A Little, Dale Stewart ill with flu but improving. Mr and Mrs Ralph Stewart of Toia spent Sunday night and Monday with C M Stewart and family. Charlie Stewart business trip to Tonganoxie Thursday visiting John Winslow.
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James Metcalf
Bleakley
W. E. Haley
Elva Richardson
Kansas City
C. H. Viets
Splentie
Kansasity
Ava Higley
O'Neil
Frank Higley and Sons
Tibbet District
Arthur Jones
Tonganoxie
Clifford Sturgis
Marjorie Stewart
Richard Petrie
Jerry
C. Petrie
Eliza Stewart
Claribel Stewart
Lawrence
Neal Viets
Raymond Craine
Topeka
Bill Haley
Rosslay
Wilma
Jessie Hulee
North Lawrence
Colleen Barnes
Valley Grove
Nellie Viets
Roy Viets
Viets
W. FE
Hotey and Son
Bill Hatey
Glitzke
Mound District
Bert Harman
Honey Valley
Reno
Charlie Stewart
Marjorie
Dale Stewart
Mith
Walter Coffman
Clovis Haley
P.T. A
Tonganoxie High School
Gles
Henry Wipprecht
C. Reed, Jr
Opeks
C. A
Reed
Gamble
Miss Higley
Joe A
Ralph Stewart
Toia
C. M. Stewart
Tonganoxie Thorsday
John Winslow
Stull Community Notes and Local Events
Rey E J Boehringer of Abilene visits relatives at Stull last Saturday. Mrs George Houk had a bad cold. families from Twin Mound and Russell Spencer hosted visitors. A Christmas program is planned for Stull Evangelical church. Kraft building work continues. Local basketball game scenes as Lecompton and Baldwin clash. W M S meeting held in church basement with officers elected. Several residents visited Tecumseh and Topeka for family matters. Mrs Hoffsommer ill. A Hoffsommer hospitalized and later died. Stull Needle Craft to meet at Mrs O A Bidinger’s. many neighbors noted in weekend social.
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Stull
Chris Kraft
Duane
Meriam
A. Bidinger
R. Platz
Bobby
Baldwin
Lecompton
Locompton
Theodore Hall
Tecumseh
George Kreins, Jr
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Cooperative Club
Tomor
Meeker
Soph Hop
Frank Tiffany
University
Topeka State Journal
Associated Press
Watson Library
Beta Theta Pi
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Chi
Phi Kappa Psi
Joe Hart
Denver
Colo
Unit Music Service
Hill Band Union
K. U. Union Ion
Meribah Moore
Howard C. Taylor
Union Ballroom
Bobby Meeker
Lowry
St. Paul
Dallas
Bonnie Parker
Bill Cochrane
K. U. Union
Bill
Minn
Kappa
Glenda Speakman
College of Liberal Arts
Old Snow Hall
the World Co
Adv
Rothschild Estate
Home Garden Club
Mattie Bruce
Flossie Newman
Lincoln School
Nellie Figgins
Double Seven
Interstate Literary Club
Lucille Perry
Northwestern University
Evanston, Il
Wilda Miessner
Otto Miessner
Paul R. Shields
Mississippi Street
Ged
Pp. Pittman
H. W. Robcorte
Tsa0
Times
Children’s Church
Christ's Ambassadors
Brother Transey
C. L. DeWatteville
Ohio Street
Church of God To Give
Business College Notes
Dog
Skunk
Hollywood
GPI
Edgar Allan Woolf
Woolf
Carlyle Dawes
Harold Tuttle
Richard Shijbutt
Wayne Wood
Joe Rapp
Doe Rapp
Justice of the Peace
O. J
District Court
Jane Winifred Gard
Robert Edward Gard
North Lawrence Christian Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary
Linwood
Allie Allen
Claud Landon
Abilene
Claud Landon, Jr
Valley Falls
George Grosdidier
Clara Grosdidier
George Bartz
Fred Bartz
James Duncan
Henry Welsh
Clifford
C. E. Crone
Ivan
Roslan Skinner
W. C. Watosa
Arthur Ott
Delta Durr
Ethel Chronister
Lucy Abel
Rachel Chapter
J. F. Shirck
H. O. Woodard
A. B. Conner
L. J. Shirck
Ed Forsythe
Margaret
Lucille Rapier
Eureka
B. F. Nanninga
C. D
J. G. Simmons
Eldridge Hotel
O'Neil District
Yarnold-Stull
Lawrence National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peoples State Bank
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