Wheat Starts On Comeback Trail In Southwest Kansas
Dodge City Kansas February reports show wheat in western Kansas beginning a comeback after a dry fall. Farmers and agents cite snow moisture aiding early root growth but warn that more moisture and warmer temperatures are needed to secure the crop.
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Dodge City
Kan
Kansas
Southwest
H. Jerry Sullivan
Grant County
J. Bai Cockrun
Stanton County
A. Harris
Seward
C. E. Elling
Scott County
D. L Mullendore
Wichita Production Credit Corporation
Kansas State College
Topeka
J. C. Mohler
Agriculture Board
Mohler
Poor couple to build low cost housing from sweepstakes prize
Benjamin and Pearl Mason who rose from poverty in Philadelphia will use most of a 150000 prize to fund a modern apartment complex for about 100 families in a south Philadelphia slum. They will refund 2133.90 in relief and earmark 57000 for taxes. Forty thousand dollars buys a block of dilapidated tenements to be razed for the project.
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Philadelphia
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin
Pearl Mason
Masons
Pater Ae
Haskell Institute Staff To Attend Regional Meeting
Several Haskell Institute staff members will travel to Oklahoma City for the annual regional meeting of the Indian service to be held Wednesday and Thursday. They will return to Lawrence on Friday. Attending are Sunt. G Warren Swauldine Dr Fred T Renick William D Evans acting head of the vocational department Miss Thelma Weddel acting head of the home economics department and John Armady boys advisor. Dr Renick will drive and will transport a Haskell student who is ill to a Talihina hospital for special treatment before joining the group in Oklahoma City.
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Haskell Institute
Oklahoma City
The
Indian Service
Lawrence
Sunt
G. Warren Swauldine
Fred T. Renick
William D. Evans
Thelma Weddel
John Armady
Renick
British rulers and their houses cranium quiz
Readers identify the ruling houses for listed English kings. Henry VIII founder of the Church of England belongs to the Tudor house. George III ruled during the American Revolution and belonged to the Hanoverian line. Richard I led the Crusades and was a Capetian or Plantagenet era figure. George VI was Windsor. William I defeated Harold II at Hastings in 1066 and founded the Norman line.
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Henry VIII
Church of England
George III
Richard I
George VI
England
William I
Harold II
Hastings
Benton's Famous Nudes Draw the Art Lovers
Dallas viewers throng Pi Art to see Thomas Hart Benton's Persephone and Susanna and the Elders paintings. Visitors discuss lighting, color, and brushwork as museum staff wax scuffed floors and guard the displays while critics and curious patrons react to the provocative works and the debate over exhibition.
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Dallas
Southwest
Tall Timbers
Thomas Hart Benton
Persephone
Susanna
Joseph L. Shirley
Everett Spruce
Shirley
Deaths and Funerals for Lydia A Pieratt
Lydia A Pieratt of age 71 died this morning at her son's home. Funeral services will be held at Rumsey funeral home Wednesday at 2 PM. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by four daughters, three sons, eleven grandchildren, three great grandchildren and a sister.
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Lydia A. Pieratt
Rumsey
Oak Hill Cemetery
Pieratt
Carl Gluyas
Ralph Brass
Tulare
Calif
Mary Helwig
Lawrence
Charles Paul
Jersey City
N. J
Charles Pieratt
Louis Pieratt
St. Marva
Kan
Earl Pieratt
Gilbert, Ark
Ellen Vance
Death notice for Harriet Harmon Orloff Ward in Los Angeles
Harriet Harmon Orloff Ward is reported dead in Los Angeles after a long illness. She is survived by her husband A S Orloff, a sister Mrs Z M Hawk and a nephew Jack H Hawk of Lawrence.
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Harriet Harmon Orloff
Los Angeles
A. S. Orloff
Z. M. Hawk
Jack H. Hawk
Lawrence
Mrs Joseph A Farrell of Laguna Beach Dies in Lawrence
Mrs Joseph A Farrell widow of the late Jos A Farrell long a violin and voice teacher at the University of Kansas died after a long illness in Lawrence Feb 8. She was sister of Mrs R M Fitzpatrick and aunt of Mrs Richard B Stevens. Survived by daughters Mrs Emerson Milner Laguna Beach and Mrs James L Scott Berkeley Cal.
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Joseph A. Farrell Ward
Lawrence
Joseph A. Farrell
Laguna Beach
Cal
Farrell
University of Kansas
R. M. Fitzpatrick
Richard B. Stevens
Emerson Milner
James L. Scott
Berkeley
Mrs Levi Woodard dies after heart attack near Eu dora
Mrs Levi Woodard aged 69 died at 9 45 pm at her home four miles southwest of Eu dora after a heart attack. Survived by husband Levi Woodard three sons George Howard Harvey and daughter Vera Rollins Tulsa four grandchildren two brothers Charles Walker Mountain Home Idaho and Robert Walker Lawrence one sister Baal Cora Hice Mountain Home born February 2 1871 in Tennessee formerly Jennie Walker moved with A C Walker family to Hesper as a child of two married May 5 1891 to Levi Woodard and lived at the present home. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at the Friends church in Hesper Rev O D Dunlap and Rev W W Garrison officiating. Body to lie in state at Schubert funeral home until 1 pm Wednesday.
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Levi Woodard
Eudora
George
Howard
Tulsa
Okla
Harvey
Laura
Vera Rollins
Charles Walker
Mountain Home
Ida
Robert Walker
Lawrence
Baal Cora Hice
Tennessee
Woodard
Jennie Walker
A. C. Walker
Hesper
Friends Church
O. D. Dunlap
W. W. Garrison
Schubert Funeral Home
Hoyt Charles Raymond of Auburn Dies After Illness
Charles Raymond Hoyt of Auburn Washington died last evening at 6 30 oclock in an Auburn hospital after several months illness He is brother of May Hoyt Seetin of Lawrence Survived by his wife Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at Waitsburg with burial there Hoyt son of the late Mr and Mrs C B Hoyt was born in Lawrence and lived there until after graduating from the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy in 1899 He owned a drug store in Auburn for many years.
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Charles Raymond Hoyt
Auburn
Wash
Hoyt
May Hoyt Seetin
Lawrence
Waitsburg
Mr. Hoyt
C. B. Hoyt
School of Pharmacy
University of Kansas
Lawrence student released after foot infection ordeal
Miss June Griesa of Lawrence, University student, was released yesterday from the student hospital after three days of treatment for an infection in her left foot. Frostbite assumed from the Griesa house fire the morning of the blaze may have contributed to the trouble.
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June Griesa
Lawrence
W. S. Griesa
Miss Griesa
Griesa
Nazis Conclude New Trade Pact with Soviet Russia
Berlin reports authoritative sources say Germany and the Soviet Union have sealed a broad new trade agreement to synchronize supplies. Details were not released but officials claim the pact extends beyond the existing 80 million barter deal and covers oil, machinery, and raw materials.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Karl Ritter
Moscow
Recreational Set Up for Schools Complete Soon
Superintendent Clif ford D Dean announced the elementary school recreational program will be ready in a few days. The plan standardizes physical training across Lawrence schools with grade appropriate activities. A meeting outlined steps, and a WPA after school program already operates at Woodlawn Lincoln and New York schools.
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Clifford D. Dean
Lawrence
L. R. Perry
Joie Stapleton
E. B. DeGroot
University Physical Education Department
Perry
WPA
Woodlawn
Richard Cayton
Liberty Memorial High School
Lincoln
New York
Landon warns on federal oil control if states balk
Former Kansas governor Alf M. Landon told a Springfield audience that the United States would likely move to federal control of the oil industry if Illinois and California refuse to join the interstate oil compact. He argued state control offers only limited reform while federal oversight would be directed from Washington. Landon spoke during a Lincoln Day address.
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Springfield
Ill
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Illinois
California
Landon
Washington
Roosevelt approves WPA hangar project at Manhattan
President Roosevelt approved a WPA project to spend 13101 for building a hangar at Manhattan Kansas municipal airport. The plan includes pipe laying a well and tank car hangar and may go forward if the state WPA administrator approves.
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Manhattan, Kan
Roosevelt
WPS
Ice Gorge Breaks at Ohio River Dam 39
A 25 mile ice gorge at dam 39 in the Ohio river broke today, piling floes 15 feet onto the lock esplanade and Ohio shore. The river rose two feet in minutes before beginning to recede.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Lock-Esplanade
Hell Week rules clash with pledge pranks at campus sororities
Fraternities and sororities plan Hell Week activities at meetings amid bans by Pi Beta Phi Phi Gamma Delta and Delta Upsilon. Freshmen face memory brags questions and city property concerns while Kappa pledges begin activities and a student council weighs no smoking measures and potential funds for spring sports.
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Pi Beta Phi
Phi Gamma Delta
Delta Upsilon
Phi Delt
Warmest Lawrence day since December eighteen records set
Lawrence weather record shows yesterday’s high at 53 degrees the warmest since December 18 when it reached 61 degrees. A chamber of commerce builders meeting for lumber and concrete dealers is set for 7:30 p m with W G Ward of Kansas State College extension division to speak, sponsored by the Farm Bureau. Street spraying cleaned the business district as smooth ice and debris were removed. Census enumerator Raymond Conboy reports half the Douglas county business survey is complete and aims to finish by March 15 before moving to Baldwin Eudora Lecompton with county completion by April 1. Civil aviation training at Municipal airport continues with 20 of 50 students having soloed before the December storm. About 22 of the final group have reached landing stage but landings prohibited until fields dry, complicating operations for instructors and students.
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Chamber of Commerce
W. G. Ward
Kansas State College Extension Division
The
Farm Bureau
Raymond Conboy
Douglas County
Lawrence
Baldwin
Eudora
Lecompton
K.U
Municipal
Bill Ashcraft
Pelley Granted Bond in North Carolina Probation Case
William Dudley Pelley head of the Silver Shirt Legion posted a 2500 dollar bond in Washington today. A hearing is set for March 12 to decide if he will be sent back to North Carolina to face probation violation charges.
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Pelley
Washington
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirt Legion
North Carolina
Freshman Engineer James Eaton Undergoes Major Operation
James Eaton a freshman in the school of engineering from Doug lass underwent a major operation at Watkins Memorial Hospital this morning.
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James Eaton
Douglass
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Rogers works on view at Spooner-Thayer Art Museum
Charles B. Rogers, a young Kansas artist studying under Birger Sandzen in Lindsborg, showcased 14 watercolors and 15 etchings in Spooner-Thayer Museum. His plains country scenes, praised for smooth shading, traveled from recent studies in Long Island, with past shows at the National Academy, New York World's Fair, and a Mid Western Art show prize.
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Plains Country
Charles B. Rogers
Kansas
Spooner-Thayer Art Museum
Birger Sandzen
Lindsborg
Rogers
Society of American Etchers
Altho
Great Bend
Long Island
Tiffany Foundation
Kansas City
Plains
Youth NC Kansas student arraigned on burglary charges
Gentry North Jr a University of Kansas student was arraigned in Rob ert B. Oyler's justice court on three counts of first degree burglary and grand larceny for allegedly robbing Sigma Chi Delta Chi and Kappa Sigma fraternities Saturday morning. Bond set at 500 dollars. Parents plan to seek Topeka mental clinic observation. preliminary hearing set for March 7.
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Gentry North, Jr
University of Kansas
Justice Court
Robert B. Oyler
Sigma Chi
Delta Chi
Kappa Sigma
North
Gentry North
Overland Park
Lawrence
Milton P. Beach
Topeka
Beach
Thyssen Loses German Citizenship After Backing Hitler
Berlin reports Fritz Thyssen once a financier of Adolf Hitler has been deprived of German citizenship along with his wife by a decree issued and approved by Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick and Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. Thyssen, a major industrialist and former head of the group behind the steel trust, had recently fallen out with the regime and moved to Switzerland.
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Berlin
Fritz Thyssen
Adolf Hitler
Thyssen
Switzerland
Wilhelm Frick
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Europe
Gront Steel Trust
Hitler
Fuehrer
Steamship Blown to Bits Off Fukien Coast
Seven survivors reached Foochow with accounts of a 100 ton coastal steamer struck by a mine near the Min river mouth. The blast killed about 300 passengers and crew including 100 Chinese students bound for New Year celebrations. The ship had vanished since late January.
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Foochow
Min
China
Fukien
Shrine Council Elects Officers After Leavenworth Meeting
The Kansas State Shrine Council representing Abdallah Leavenworth Arab Topeka Isis Salina Mirza Tittsburg and Midian Wichita met in Leavenworth. Hi Holzer of Mirza was elected president, Harry Overman of Midian vice president, Howard Millington of Midian secretary, with Walter Varnum of Lawrence named Wereteainge president.
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Kansas State Shrine Council
Kansas
Leavenworth
Abdallah
Arab
Topeka
Isis
Salina
Mirza
Tittsburg
Midian
Wichita
Hi Holzer
Mirza Temple
Harry Overman
Midian Temple
Howard Millington
Walter Varnum
Lawrence
Caldwell pleads guilty to WPA fraud and tax evasion
George Caldwell former LSU construction superintendent pleaded guilty in federal court to seven indictments for diverting WPA labor and materials worth over 90000 dollars and evading 14513.72 dollars in income taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
New Orleans
George Caldwell
Louisiana State University
Britain to limit meat for restaurants starting March 11
The food ministry announced today that restaurants and hotels in Britain will be limited to 60 percent of their normal meat supplies when meat rationing begins on March 11.
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London
Food Ministry Today
Britain
Russians Launch Concerted Drive at Summa Front
In the Lake Ladoga area Finnish lines hold near Summa amid heavy Russian bombardment. Finnish commanders report fatigue among Russian troops, with tanks and steel shields used, but Soviet forces remain unable to pierce the strong defensive line.
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Lake Ladoga
Autojoki
Summa
Security Board Probes Raid on Baltimore Stag Show
Federal social security board officials opened an inquiry into mass arrests after a raid on a Baltimore area stag show. Officers booked 250 to 300 men and five women for indecent dances. bail was set at 2.70 for each detainee.
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Baltimore
Federal
Social Security Board
Joseph L. Fay
The
Security Board
Ralph Amrein
Feed loss is heavy as stockmen report high feed costs
Wichita reports across the nine state farm credit district stockmen faced severe cold with no herd losses but heavy feed costs. D L Mullendore president of a poration described improvements in western Kansas wheat after tours through New Mexico Colorado Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Wichita
Ninth Farm Credit District
D. L. Mullendore
Wichita Production Credit Corporation
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas
Competition heats up over fats used in cooking
Livestock farmers plan a nationwide campaign to raise lard consumption amid a billion dollar market with lard substitutes. President Roosevelt proclaims April 14 Pan American Day to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pan American Union and U.S. ties with other American republics.
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Livestock Farmers Plan
Chicago
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Mayberrys announce birth of son in Memorial hospital
Mr and Mrs Don Mayberry of Tonganoxie announce the birth of a son on February 10 at Memorial hospital.
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Don Mayberry
Tonganoxie
Memorial Hospital
Dodgers Trade for Joe Vosmik in Florida Waiver Deal
The Brooklyn Dodgers acquired veteran outfielder Joe Vosmik from the Boston Red Sox for 25 dollars in a Florida waiver deal. Larry MacPhail and Eddie Collins announced the transaction at Belleair Florida with Dodgers outbidding Chicago and Cincinnati.
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Dodgers
Joe Vosmik
New York
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Red Sox
Florida
Larry McPhail
Eddie Collins
Red Sox
Belleair
Fla
MacPhail
Vosmik
Chicago
Cincinnati
Rites at Lincoln Memorial Honor Civil War President Birth
Brief solemn rites at the Lincoln Memorial mark the 131st anniversary of the birth of the Civil War era president with participation by Mrs. Roosevelt and identified attendees.
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Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Roosevelt
Wakama Freighter Sends SOS Near Rio
The 38 771 ton German freighter Wakama left Rio de Janeiro port last night aiming to run the British blockade. This afternoon the Wakama sent an SOS signaling distress.
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Rio de Janeiro
Wakama
P.T.A Study Group Meeting At Old High School
The Junior high school P.T.A. study group meets Tuesday evening at 7:30 at the old high school. Miss Cecelia Ensman continues the lesson on The Adolescent Child.
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P.T.A
Cecelia Ensman
Sunshine club notes and local happenings
Mrs. Orvile McCall visits Gary relatives while Sunshine club plans yearbooks. Birth of Richard Harry Smith on February 1. Rev. Bennett leads two week U B revival ending last Saturday. Perfect attendance listed for first grade and perfect spellers named. Sunshine club to meet February 21 at Mrs. Hildenbrand. Oliver Wingfield recovers from appendectomy. Local property purchases and tax sale activity noted. Epilogue includes school visits and glee club performance at U B church.
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Orvile McCall
Gary
Ind
Sarah Shirek
Jo Traxler
Anna Baughman
Gladys Holloway
Mable Rothwell
Dora Worley
Margaret Crady
Sunshine Club
Jo Smith
Richard Harry
United Brethren
H. F. Bennett
Bennett
Kellogg
Alice Lee Force
Ruth Rothwell
Berniece Schriener
Shirley Summers
Junior Athey
Billie Jean Richards
Carol Lee Maust
Bernice Schriener
Jack Welcher
Carol Lee Morris
John Edwards
Dale Crady
Ted
Vinland
Wesley Crady
August Hildenbrand
Oliver Wingfield
U. B
Glee Club
Bair
Helen Norwood
Lawrence
Community Notices and Social Gatherings Lead Weekend Activity
A banquet of local events fills the page with social news. Activities include a Cinderella play by the American Association of University Women with Miss Norwood guiding pupils to Lawrence. Local families host gatherings, birthdays feature angel food cake, and neighbors reminisce about Mr. J A Brown’s 91 years of service in the United Brethren church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association ‘of University Women
Daisy Bair
Harold Summers
LeRoy Barland
Anthony Ice
Delmar
Barland
Maxine
Glenn
Helen Leslie
Joseph’ Stauffer
Dorothy Sanford
Lester Stauffer
Madalyn
McClanahan
Eileen Eichman
Lucille Hildenbrand
Helen Norwood
Frank McClanahan
Rachel Norwood
Kansas City
J. A. Brown
Lecompton
Topeka
Gone With the Wind shows in Lawrence per ads
Dickinson Theatre rejects rumors of cuts. The open letter from Stan Schwab states Gone With the Wind will be shown in Lawrence exactly as in Atlanta Kansas City and other cities. Running time is 3 hours 45 minutes plus a 15 minute intermission.
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Dickinson Theatre
Lawrence
Kansas
Atlanta
Classified page offers quick rental options
The fastest way to discover a new room to rent is by following the choice listings on the classified page. It highlights available rooms, locations, and potential rates, guiding readers to multiple options in one place.
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Athletic Board
W.S.G.A
Spooner-Thayer Museum
Shrine Council
Social ‘Security Board
First Mortgage
C. Hinshaw
Eldridge Hotel
Schulz
Scout Movement
Pittsburg
Harry Turner Coal Co
University. Coal Co
John’s Coal Co
Logan-Moore Co
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Krum Koal Kompany
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