Birthday Messages shower upon Rev E T Rice in Kansas
The 74 year old Rev E T Rice received over 250 birthday cards letters and telegrams from family friends and colleagues across the country. Dignitaries and relatives including daughter Mrs Frank Sterns grandson from Portland and brother Rev Cyrus T McCormick sent greetings. Rice retired after 39 years of preaching and has roots in Fort Scott Kansas with a long clerical career across Missouri and Kansas.
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E. T. Rice
Kansas
Frank Sterns
Hiawatha
Rice
Portland
Ore
Warren Onn Rice
Baker University
M. J. Frazier
San Diego
Calif
Mort Rice
Detroit
Mich
William Steele McCormick
Missouri
McCormick
Cyrus McCormick
Mr. Rice
Cyrus T. McCormick
Fredericktown
Warren Smith
Fort Scott
Emporia
Golden City
Barton County
Pleasant Hill
Cass County
Hartford
Lyon County
Furesta
Trinity Methodist Church
Topeka
Plans for More Terraces on Wagner Farm Near Richmond Kan
Soil Conservation Service outlines terrace and contour farming plans for Chester Wagner near Richmond Kansas. CCC enrollees will improve old terraces, survey new lines, plant trees for erosion control, and form woodlot post supply under a cooperative agreement.
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Chester Wagner
Soil Conservation Service
Richmond
Kan
Mr. Wagner
Service
CCG
CCC
Wagner
Warner
Pilate Demoted In Modern Language Bible Revision
Kansas City reports Pontius Pilate to be listed as procurator of Judea rather than governor in a streamlined revision of the Catholic Bible due May 18. Bishop Edwin O’Hara notes Pilate was a fiscal agent with judicial powers. The work, begun five years ago, aims to update language and format including prose paragraphs and modern editorial practices.
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Kansas City
Pontius Pilate
Judea
Jesus
United States
Edwin O'Hara
Hearing on the Tax Code in Topeka Next Tuesday
Senator Rolla W. Coleman announces a single public hearing next Tuesday night on the proposed Kansas tax code revision. Citizens may express opinions during the session as the assessment and taxation committee seeks input from interested parties.
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Topeka
Kansas
Rolla W. Coleman
R-Mission
Senate
Successor Named for Hungate in Shawnee County Court
Dean McElhetying appointed by Governor Ratner to fill the third division judgeship of Shawnee county district court. He succeeds the late Otis F. Hungate with a term expiring January 1943.
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Hungate
Topeka
Dean McElheting
Payne Ratner
Shawnee County
Well Known Showman Puzzle Fill In
A historical crossword style fill in clues list about a famous showman and related terms. Includes across and down entries with definitions and letter counts, referencing figures such as a famed dwarf actor and other showbiz terms.
Organization of native Ethiopian army to fight British
Rome reports Feb 18 that Stefani says Italy will organize an Ethiopian native army in Asmara to battle British colonial forces. Ras Gugsa, Haile Selassie’s son in law, named as leading pro Fascist figure. chieftains rally followers, drums beat, mass meetings held to support Italian aims.
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Rome
Asmara
Eritrea
Stefani
Haile Selassie
Cairo
Gojjam
Ras Gugsa
Italy
Stefani Front
Seyum Mangasha
Ras Haile Selassie Gugsa
Ethiopian royal lineage ties emerge in Italian advance
Fragment describes Gugsa’s title Ras of the Tigre Province as conferred by Italians and notes his kinship to Haile Selassie through marriage, including the emperor’s daughter as his second wife.
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Haile Selassie
Gugsa
Ras
Tigre
Sion
Judah
Wild geese signal coming spring in Williamstown
Two flocks of wild geese were seen heading north this week as pleasant weather dries roads and spurs farm work like cutting and sawing wood. Len Parnell suffered a severe leg cut while sawing. Illness lingers in the area with several students absent for colds and flu.
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Len Parnell
Infitenza
Bille Allen
David Allen
Siler
W. H. Allen
George Brown
Oskaloosa
Mr. Brown
Community News Roundup From Virgil Green Farm Area
Local reports show ongoing drill work at the Virgil Green farm test well paused due to water drainage. Nearby residents face health updates from Mayo Clinic tests in Rochester and hospital visits in Bell Memorial and Topeka. Community members travel, visit relatives, and prepare for upcoming exams and a Topeka mayoral race.
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Virgil Green
Nellie Worthington
Oskaloose
Worthington
Albert Glathart
Charles Johnson
W. H. Allen
James Lyle Green
Topeka
Carl Evans
Lawrence Dick
Zmimett Rice
Oskaloosa
Speck Dunn
Oliver Julian
W. A. Allen
Edith Duncan
Ben Duncan
Fanene O'Trimble
Frank Bracken
C. J. Bliss
Mayo Clinic
H. G. Manderson
Rochester
Minn
Ralph Baker
Bell Memorial Hospital
Kansas City
America Sprouts Wings in Time to Defend Shores
A terse wartime dispatch states America sprouts wings to meet threats and defend the coast, signaling readiness and resolve amid looming dangers.
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America
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New York Corporation
Pitsburgh
American
Williamstown
Irvin Graham
Ethel Graham
Union, Pacific Railroad
Clarence Dick
Everett Wood
Otto Bush
Lawrence
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Clarence Painter
G.L. Quigtes
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