Nativity Play by Haskell students at Lawrence
Haskell students employees and families have prepared a third annual Christmas Nativity play in the auditorium. The religious service adapts a medieval French church with candlelit entry and carols. Performers include Charles Prunner Ophelia Tillman Clarissa Benjamin and Rev Russell Carter with scenes by students and faculty. admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell
Lawrence
Yeverenrice
An Tes -Archambeau
Russell Carter
Hell
Joseph
Charles Prunner
Blessed Virgin
Opehlia Tilliman
Clarissa Benjamin
Margaret Speelman
Anna Dosey
Bernice Tupper
Ertha Almand
Louise Ckwolf
Tade
Vier Creek
Joseph “A. ‘Dillstrom
Albert SH. Faris
William Wellfeldt
Allan ‘Shepard
Phil Cato
Winifred Hill
Trinity Episcopal
St. John Catholic
Roosevelt Christmas Visit Spoils Seattle Surprise
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt travels by plane to Seattle to spend Christmas with her daughter Mrs. John Roettiger and family. She laments that news of the trip leaked and spoiled the surprise for her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Franklin. D. Roosevelt
Seattle
John Roettiger
Washington
Boettigers
Cone, Place
Ada Hoffman Takes Salesgirl Job in Newark Store
Newark December issue reports Ada Hoffman, a governor’s daughter, airplane pilot and poet, works as a salesgirl in a Newark department store to earn money for Christmas gifts, sharing that she dislikes asking her father for funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Irl
Ada Hoffman
Mae West Sends Gift to Santa Claus for Mail Replies
Mae West telegraphed $250 to a Missouri man identified as Santa Claus to help his family. West urged he spend part on postage stamps to answer the many letters from children across the country.
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Marshall
Santa Claus
Mae West
Test Your Knowledge Qs Share Classified Page Answers
A jumble of trivia prompts asks where Diomede Islands lie what a pseudonym is oldest German university what a prelude in music means hemophilia who represents Hawaii in Congress theme song of Bird of Paradise author of Allan a novel asks location of Miami Fla and next parallel of the United States.
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Diomede Islands
Germany
William
King
United ‘States Senate
Para- Whe
Allan
Imain
Miami
Fla
United States
Eudora Churches Offer Christmas Programs Across Denominations
Churches in Eudora plan a day of special Christmas services and programs led by children. St Pauls Evangelical presents Christmas Pictures with a junior choir, Salem and Clearfield Evangelicals host 7:30 pm programs, Holy Family Catholic offers masses at 5 7 and 9, Captain's Creek and Eudora Methodist churches stage programs and a Nativity tableaux titled The Nativity with reader Eleanor Bartz and the high school choir, plus carol singing after.
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Eudora
St. Paul's Evangelical
Young People’s League
Salem Evangelical
Clearfield
Geoge Trabant
Holy Family Catholic Church
Lawrent Reith
Captain’s Creek Methodist Church
W. O. Watson
Captain’s Creek
Candle Light Service at Trinity Lutheran Church
A candle light Christmas Eve service at Trinity Lutheran Church runs from 9 30 to 10 15 p m A large chorus choir formed by A C Reuter will sing a program of special music The Rev A Puls will speak Tidings of Great Joy The service includes carol medley organ candle lighting hymns and a sermon The congregation will sing and a tower chime prelude of carols precedes the service
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Trinity Lutheran Church
A. C. Reuter
A. Puls
Messier
Jesus
Herald Angels
Deaths and Funerals Lloyd Mills
Lloyd Mills formerly of Lawrence died December 14 at his Los Angeles home. He is survived by his wife, his parents, two sisters Lucille and Mildred, and one brother Clark Mills.
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Lloyd Mills
Lawrence
Los Angeles
Calif
Lucille
Mildred
Clark Mills
Senator Vandenberg Arrives for Miami Fishing Trip
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg and Mrs. Vandenberg arrive in Miami Beach for a fishing trip aboard George F. Getz’s yacht. He offers no comment on Congress’s just-ended special session. Also, Tommy Farr lands in New York to begin training for his January 21 title bout with James J. Braddock in Madison Square Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mick
Archangel Timber Officials Facing Death Sentences
Moscow reports reveal the Archangel timber trial sentences nine to death for wrecking and mismanagement harming lumber camps. A Dvina timber trust leader confessed counterrevolutionary activities under a rightist spy organization. Ivanoff, former northern province party secretary, linked to the group. Georgia cases involve grain storage with old wormy grain.
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Moscow
V. I. Ivanoff
Archangel
Georgia
Dvina Timber Trust
Rightst
Ivanoff
Communist Party
NBC Bans Mae West Name in Its Scripts
The National Broadcasting Company banned use of Mae West's name in scripts aired by its stations and network broadcasts from New York studios WEAF and WJZ. The rule aims to avoid gags using her name after listener protests over an Adam and Eve sketch two Sundays earlier.
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New York
National Broadcasting Company
Mae West
Network Keys
WEAF
WJZ
Lawrence couple back from Arkansas hunting trip
Mr and Mrs Conrad McGrew returned from a ten day hunting trip through eastern and southern Arkansas. McGrew says the quail shooting was excellent. G H Ransom of 1520 New Hampshire street suffered a facial laceration while refilling a fire extinguisher when a cap flew off and struck near his right eye.
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Conrad McGrew
Arkansas
McGrew
G. H. Ransom
New Hampshire Street
Memorial Hospital Births Reported in City
Mr and Mrs Hugh Stockton of 808 Indiana street announce the birth of a son this morning. Mr and Mrs Reda Weston of Eudora are parents of a daughter born this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Stockton
Indiana Street
Reda Weston
Eudora
Blizzard in Turkey Sinks Turkish Freighter Hissar
A severe blizzard driven by north winds battered the Black Sea coast near Istanbul. The Turkish freighter Hissar sank after foundering on rocks at the Bosphorus entrance, with only one of 25 crew saved and many seamen missing. Elsewhere in Emporium Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvanian Railroad express crashed into a freight train after an open switch, injuring 18 of 131 passengers and several crew.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Black Sea
Bosphonus
Emporium
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ford Protestors Directed From Gates to Dearborn Jail
More than 100 union members distributing literature near Ford Motor Company gates were detained at Dearborn police headquarters this afternoon, registered, and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Markets to Close for Christmas Across U.S. and Europe
Financial and commodity markets in New York and Europe will be closed on Saturday for Christmas. The Chicago Board of Trade and other American grain markets will halt at 1 oclock tomorrow.
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New York
Chicago Board of Trade
Ostermoor
Funeral for Frank B. Kellogg in St. Paul Church
Simple funeral services were held at the church of St John the Evangelist in St Paul for Frank B Kellogg a world famed statesman today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg St. Paul
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Frank B. Kellogg
Speck Hei Gets a Lion With Christmas Brag
Speck Heinly, a broker, received a lion as a spoof gift from Independence mayor Jph Mitchell. The exchange included a mock card and a taunting boast about selling anything, as the lion roared in its cage during the stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jph Mitchell
Independence
Kan
Heinly
Mitchell
Thirteen-Month-Old Skater Delights Chicago Neighbors
Thirteen month old Philip Holzworth wowed neighbors by skating outside, a feat learned after his father first put skates on his feet before he was a year old. He started skating around the house, proving a notable aptitude for skating at a very young age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Philip Holzworth
Philip
Ouse
Lord Nufield Offers Oxford 840 000 to Aid Medical Students
In London on December 23 Lord Nuffield, British motor magnate, proposed a grant of 840000 dollars to the University of Oxford to assist graduate medical students from South Africa Australia and New Zealand. The gift would bring his total benefactions of the last decade to about 50000000 dollars and follows his recent 10000000 dollar endowment for the Oxford postgraduate school of medical research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Nuffield
University of Oxford
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Oxford Postgraduate School of Medical Research
State Commission Takes Up Kansas January Oil Allowable
Wichita Kansas December 23 The state corporation commission today took under advisement the establishment of a January oil allowable for Kansas after a plea by producers to fix production at 186000 barrels a day, 6700 barrels more than the US Bureau of Mines recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
State Corporation Commission
Kansas
United States Bureau of Mines
Swope resigns from National Public Housing conference board
Herbert Bayard Swope, New York director, resigns from the National Public Housing conference saying he will not be a rubber stamp for Mayor La Guardia's housing policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herbert Bayard
Swope
F. H. la Guardia
National Public Housing Conference
Plan Balanced Budget Caucus Calls for Definite Program
Representative from Texas told President Roosevelt in a letter that a house group would call a caucus after Congress reassembles to agree on a definite program to balance the budget. The note indicates early action toward fiscal balance in the new session.
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Washington
D-Tex
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Lawrence Free Public Library Christmas Eve Event
The Lawrence free public library will close at 6 o clock on Christmas Eve. It will reopen Monday morning, December 27.
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Library
Lawrence Free Public Library
Will
Repen Mornday
Strikes threaten Chautemps government over stay‑in demand
Paris reports a new wave of stay-in strikes across several industries spreading political tension for Premier Ca mille Chautemps. Rightists and radical socialist backers press for forceful eviction of strikers from factories to honor public pledges.
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Paris
UPI
Camille Chautemps
Alltemps
Jersey City Chamber Backs Mayor Hague Meeting Planned
The Jersey City Chamber of Commerce supports Mayor Frank Hague in his crackdown on communists and radical groups and calls a city wide meeting for next Wednesday with fraternal labor veteran service and civic groups to craft a cooperation program.
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Jersey City
N. J
James Roosevelt Reaches 30 Amid Birthday Dinner
James Roosevelt turns 30 today in Washington. He narrowly missed a Christmas present by two days. A birthday dinner is planned with a cake bearing 21 candles, reflecting a family tradition.
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James Roosevelt
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Police Fight Arab Band West of Tiberias Ends in Casualties
British officials reported eleven Arabs were killed and one captured in a battle west of Tiberias between a large terrorist band and Transjordan frontier police assisted by Royal Air Force planes.
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Jerusalem
Tiberias
Royal Air Force
Appointment of Protestant chaplain named for federal penitentiary
The Rev. Clittordiliigt of Abilene Kansas received notice of appointment as Protestant chaplain at the federal penitentiary on McNeil's Island Washington. The appointment takes effect January 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Kan
Clittordiliigt
Federal Penitentiary
McNeil’s Island
Washington
Navy awards large contract for 21 patrol bombing planes
The Navy Department awarded a 5.3 million dollar contract to Glenn L. Martin Company of Baltimore for 21 patrol bombing planes.
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Navy
Washington
Navy Department
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Darlin Kindred Leaves for Manhattan Visit
Fall leaf Darlin Kindred traveled to Manhattan last Saturday to spend a few weeks with his uncle Oscar Canay. Local families gathered for a reunion dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Stienbring including Clifford Langendeser Virginia Berman Hazel Dodds and others.
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Darlin Kindred
Manhattan
Oscar Canay
Albert Stienbring
Stienbring
A C. Langendeser
Clifford
Virginia Berman
Hazel Dodds
Kansas City
Louie Berman
Lewis
Lake View
Robert Schellack
Charles Witt
Katherine
Lila May Reetz
Wesley Stienbring
Bobbie Pritchard
Eudora High School
Hanna Pfleger
Gusta Ziesenis
Hale
Lawrence
Carrie Eder
Joe
Eudora
Robert
Schellack
Local Socials Mention Family Visits and Parties
Mrs Rosaline Schellack of Eudora visits and attends Happy Hour at Mrs Charles Davidson home. Beulah Moore helps with a Christmas party including gift exchange and luncheon. Several families including Reetz Vitt and Pfleger visit Tawren and Eudora neighbors. Some residents suffer minor mishaps while others attend plays and help with a new house project.
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Rosalene Schellack
Eudora
Nlae
William Reetz
Lorene
Fred Reetz
Gretta
Otto Vitt
Albert
Stienbring
Happy Hour Club
Charles Davidson
Beulah Moore
Seele
Godfrey Reetz
Serene
Elmer
Alvin
Tawren
de Harve Schellack
Otto Mignot
Robert Schellack
Howard Caviness
Hesper
Earl Mathia
Arnold Torneden
Lewis French
Dolph French
Jake French
New House
Katherine
Lila May Reetz
Ives Chapel Prairie City School Spelling Winners
School notes list Friday perfect spelling recipients Cecil McConnell Francis McConnell Norma Athey Charles Morgan Donald Lee.
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Prairie City
Cecil McConnell
Francis McConnell
Norma Athey
Charles Morgan
Donald Lee
Community Notices and Church Ladies Aid Christmas Party
The piece records several social items including a birthday celebration for Mrs. John Dean with neighbors present, and a Christmas party hosted by Ives Chapel Ladies Aid. Officers were elected: Mrs. Oliver Price president, Mrs. John Dean vice president, Mrs. E. D. Hobson secretary, Mrs. Clara Griffith treasurer, with Mrs. George Frye as chaplain. A sick list committee was named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B Reed
Gayle
Ernest Reed
Gare Celle
Buddy ‘O'Day
Wincel' Dean Butell
Pe Pegay Jardon
Frederick Reeds
Junior Morgan
Steve Speicher
Centropolis
Herman Butell
John Dean
C. W. Wineinger
Sym. Taylor
Frank Lobingier
Harve Athey
Marlin
Dangers
Carol Joanne
Anita
Ives Chapel
Ladies Aid
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Floral Offerings
Mrs. Lucille Roper and family express gratitude to neighbors and friends for sympathy and floral offerings following the death of their husband and father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Roper
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New Jersey
Missouri
Santa Fe Promotion
Paul P. Hastings
S. T. Bledsoe
Hastings
Fred B. Houghton
Trinity Lutheran Program
Senator Vandenberg
NBC
Shizue Ishimoto
Tokyo
Philco
Ee 2sAlywoods
France
Chautemps
Williams-Roberts Motor Co
Mass
Merry Christmas
Lawrence Hue Loan
Massachusetts
Eso
Teaps Ao
Crae
Cate
Rae
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