Washington Observes Washingtons Birthday Nationwide
Washington marked the birth of George Washington with national observances. President Hoover and officials attended ceremonies in Alexandria and Washington DC, as government offices closed. Scouts honored Washington at Mount Vernon and events occurred at Arlington Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Washington
George Washington
Alexandria
Virginia
Potomac River
Igd
Halls of Congress
Hoover
White House
Pollard
Hurley
Kington
Senate
Vandenburg
Michigan
Curtis
House
George Washington Bicentennial Commission
Washington Monument
Capital
President Hoover
Allan Buchanan
Mount Vernon
Woman Pleads Guilty To Liquor Possession
Mrs. Nora Crawford of 1005 Nela street pleaded guilty before Justice R. B. Stevens to possession after arrest on a liquor warrant by Officer Henry Smith. She was sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined 150 plus costs totaling 32.50. Police said she had been selling liquor for six months.
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Nora Crawford
Nelastreet
Henry Smith
R. B. Stevens
Good Shows Billed At Theatres Next Week
The Varsity and Dickinson theaters showcase a busy week with all talking pictures. Devil May Care stars Ramon Novarro in his first talking film with four Marion Harris songs. Big Time features Lee Trapey Josephine Durin and Stepin Fetch it. Saturday brings The Lone Star Ranger with George OBrien and Sue Carrol. Dickinson adds Happy Days with Charles Farrell Janet Gaynor and others plus His First Command filmed at Ft. Riley starring William Boyd and Dorothy Sebastian.
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Lawrence
Varsity
Dickinson
Devil May Care
Metro- Goldwin-Mayer
Ramon Novarro
Novarro
Marion Harris
Lee Trapey
Josephine Durin
Stepin Fetchit
George O’brien
Sue Carrol
Dickinson Theater
Charles Farrell
Janet Gaynor
Whiting Edmbund
Lowe
Jack Smith
Ann Pennington
Marjorie White
Kansas
Ft. Riley
United States Cavalry
William Bdyd
Dorothy Sebastian
U.S. Cavalry
Clarence Hartig Visits Parents from Fort Worth
Clarence Hartig assistant cashier for Southern Transport Inc now with American Airways division, arrived in Kansas City yesterday from Fort Worth for a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Emil Hartig. He traveled by tri motor Fokker plane carrying eleven passengers plus crew, left Fort Worth at 7 55 am and landed at noon amid good weather. Hartig, KU graduate, has many Lawrence friends and joined Southern Transport six months ago as an accountant before being promoted to assistant cashier.
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Clarence Hartig
Southern Transport, Ine
The
American Airways
Ft. Worth
Tex
Emil Hartig
Kansas City
Fokker
Hartig
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Southern Transport, Inc
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down List From Page
A fragmented crossword puzzle from a newspaper page lists across clues such as sound of a dove and monkey and down clues including imaginary monster and single thing. The jumbled entries mix abbreviations and synonyms, with scattered readable terms like garden, cogwheel, and player who cuts the cards, suggesting a cryptic puzzle with multiple unchecked letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onstader
Digereet
Ube
Piayer
Tekeu
KU Fine Arts Faculty Attend State Music Meet
KU school of fine arts faculty members attended the Kansas State Music Teachers Association annual meeting in Emporia. Dean D. M. Swarthout led piano round tables and presented, while Prof. Taylor scored well in a Thursday piano solo group. Concerts by Emporia Vesper Chorus and Kansas State Teachers College Symphony accompanied a recital by David Barnett of New York City. Salina was chosen as the 1981 meeting site with KE. H. Wise, Hugh Altbater, and Milton F. Rehg named officers for the next year.
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University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
Kansas
Emporia
Lawrence
K. U
D. M. Swarthout
Alice Merle Conger
C. S. Skilton
Howard ©. Taylor
Meribah Moore
Waldemar Geltch
Luther
Kansas State
Teachers College Symphony Orchestra
David Barnett
New York City
Salina
KE. H. Wise
Salina Wesleyany
Hugh Altbater
Southwestern College
Milton F. Rehg
Sterling College
Choir Rehearsal Tonight at First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian church choir meets at 7 PM for its weekly rehearsal led by director Dean D M Swarthout. Preparations are underway for two upcoming concerts one at Westminster Presbyterian in Topeka on Sunday March 23 and another in Lawrence in the coming weeks. The choir has performed at Westminster for the past two years, drawing full houses.
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First Presbyterian Church
Restilar
D.M. Swarthout
Westminister Presbytian Church
Topeka
Lawrence
Westminister
Youngest Student Entered KU Recalled in Letter
A letter to Fred Flls worth, secretary of the University of Kansas alumni association, from Miss Georgia Caldwell of Spellman College Atlanta Ga recalls she was the youngest student ever to enter the University. She registered in fall 1924 just before turning 15, attended four years, earned an A B and later a Master’s degree and was a Phi Beta Kappa member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fllsworth
University of Kansas Alumni Association
Georgia Caldwell
Spellman College
Atlanta
J U Professor Honored At University Dinner
The University of Kansas Snow hall hosted a party last night planned by science faculty and wives in honor of Prof. W C Stevens birthday and the new science building. Stevens completes forty years of service as a faculty member. Invited guests included Chancellor and Mrs. Lindley, Dean and Mrs. Brandt, Prof. and Mrs. Stevens, and Lyle Stevens of Kansas City.
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University of Kansas
W.C. Stevens
Stevens
E. H. Lindley
J. G. Brandt
Lyle Stevens
Kansas City
KU Debaters Defeated In One Vote Margin
The University of Kansas debate team Kenneth Jordan and Joe McDowell lost to St. Louis University by one vote in a last night contest at St. Louis. They argued against the resolution that current U S advertising is more harmful than beneficial to society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Kenneth Jordan
Joe McDowell
St. Louis University
St. Louis
Jordan
McDowell
United States
Love-in-a-Mist cast announced by KU dramatic club
The University of Kansas dramatic club reveals the Love-in-a-Mist cast for March 3 4 and 5 with Rebecca Thatcher Virginia Benoit Esther Mullin Charles Converse Jack Feist Betty Timmons and Rice Lardner. George Callahan supervises sets. Faege Vespr program tomorrow in KU auditorium at 4 pm features school of fine arts faculty and student musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas Dramatic Club
Frances Wilson
Department of Speech and ‘Dramatic Art
Rebecca Thatcher
Virginia Benoit
Esther Mullin
Charles’ Converse
Jack Feist
Betty Timmons
Rice Lardner
George Callahan
Faege
Finish Improvements On Union Building At KU
Memorial Union Operating committee at the University of Kansas plans to finish improvements soon with 5020.69 in treasury. Funds include 2400 for sound proof folding doors in the north cafeteria core and partitions in the sub basement. A floor will be laid in the sub basement and student offices and game rooms will be created. A bridge tournament at Union building is being planned with other features anticipated. Fred Ellsworth acts as chairman in Prof. E F Kindswater’s absence.
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Memorial Union
University of Kansas
Union Building
Fred Ellsworth
University Alumni Association
E. F. Kindswater
Fleagle Identified in Kansas Bank Robbery Case
Garden City Kansas sheriff announced Fred Fleagle brother of Ralph Fleagle has been identified as a suspect in the December 1927 bank robbery of the First National Bank in Larned. Fleagle is jailed with brother W H Fleagle and father Jake Fleagle on separate tax evasion charges involving large family deposits under assumed names in western Kansas over several years.
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Garden City
Kan
Ben L. Strawnney County
Fred Fleagle
Ralph Fleagle
Lamar, Colo
First National Bank of
Larned
H. Fleagle
Jake “Fleagle
West
Kansas
Mexico City probes death plot against Hoover
The Mexican government is investigating a plot to kill President Hoover tied to San Luis Potosi. An American consul in San Luis Potosi said a letter from St Louis mentioned preparations to assassinate Hoover, though authorities view the plan as largely imaginary.
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Mexico City
San Luis Potosi
Hoover
George Price Shaw
Associated Press
St. Louis
Gee
Hoover Re-nominates Sardius Mason Brewster for Post
Washington AP says President Hoover resubmitted the nomination of Sardius Mason Brewster as United States district attorney for Kansas after correcting the spelling of his first name, previously printed as Sardies. The correction followed confirmation by the Senate last week.
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Washington
Senate
Sardius Mason Brewster
Hoover
United States
Kansas
Massive Famine Death Toll Reported in Wei River Valley
AP dispatch from New York cites Grover Clark of the China International Famine Relief association reporting 2,000,000 Chinese died of starvation in the Wei River valley of Shensi in 12 months and predicting 2,000,000 more will starve before the next harvest as crops fail in recent years.
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New York
Grover Clark
China International Famine Relief Association
Wei River
Shensi
Wilkins in Plane Hop to Montevideo
Montevideo Uruguay February 22 AP Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins explorer returning from the Antarctic arrived this afternoon in a hydro airplane with Pilot Chessmann after leaving the Norwegian steamer Heinrich Ibsen about 125 miles from the port He flew here in a little over an hour Ordered Home from London London February 22 AP Rear Admiral Hilary P Jones naval expert with the American delegation to the London conference was ordered home today for health reasons.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Antarctic
Hydro
Chessmann
Sir Hubert
Heinrich Ibsen
London
Hilary P.jones
Colonel Randolph Leads Chicago War on Crime
Col Robert Isham Randolph, descendant of George Washington neighbors, heads a massive Chicago crackdown on organized crime. A 100 member committee will oversee a multimillion dollar drive, with a secret six member inner unit. Trained investigators and special prosecutors will pursue major criminals to deter gangster activity citywide.
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Chicago
Robert Isham Randolph
George Washington
Randolph
Col. Randolph
Chicago Association of Commerce
Randolphs
Virginia
St. Michiel
535Th
U.S. Engineers
St. Mikiel
France
Jury Finds For Defendant In $20,000 Damage Action
The jury ruled for Leonard Ice of a civil suit brought by C Dail of Piper over a January 22, 1927, highway crash near Lawrence. Dail sought about $20,325 for alleged injuries and losses, but the defense argued slippery pavement and unavoidable death. The judge adjourned without finishing the probate case of Alice Atts Prevost, awaiting Monday session.
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C. DP. Dail
Piper
Leonard Ice
Lawrence
Highway 40
Dail
Lce
Lee
Denth
Yester
Alice Atts Prevost
Annual County P T A Meeting Set for March 1
The Doug Hins County Parent-Teachers Association will hold its annual meeting March 1 in the Liberty Memorial High School music room Lawrence. The session starts at 1:30 PM with an officers election for the coming year and an arranged program by the executive committee. Current officers include Mrs. Howard Henry president and Mrs. E. Wyrick vice president.
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Doug Hins County
Parent-Teachers Association
Liberty Memorial High School
Lawrence
County Association
Howard Henry
Big Springs
Murray, Baldwin
Mexican battle leaves many wounded near Tecanjachatco
Puebla dispatches report four teen people wounded and some dead after a clash near Tecanjachatco Puebla between highway robbers and soldiers who surprised them as they robbed occupants of several automobiles in Mexico City February 22 AP.
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Mexico City
Puebla
Tecanjachatco
Fall Leaf community notes on Thursday events and travel
Mr Pryor visited the Kgerner home Thursday evening while Waldo Dutt from Lawrence was in Fall Leaf on business. Many locals, including Fred Phieger, Dolph French, and Mrs Mary McBride, helped with chores. Several residents traveled to Lawrence and Versailles for work or visits, with news of horse incidents, farm moves, and upcoming relocations.
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Mr Pryor
Kgerner
Waldo Dutt
Lawrence
Fall Leaf
Fred Phieger
Mary McBride
Jaynes Prichard
Ray Canary
Mr. Adair
Dolph
French
Alice Wallace
Homer French
Eruay
Milton Shastan
Koerner Brothers
Mr. White
Tom Davenport
Otto Vitt
Arleta
Busin
George McKensie
Kansas City
Flike
Bob Wallace
Too ‘Ka
Lennie
Wallaces
Versailles
Swin Heas
Oscar Mayhugh
Harry Davies Lawrence
Mrs. McKinsie
Kansas
Charles Zeigler
Oklahoma
Otto Watt
Lennie Wallace
Albert Wallace
Charles Witts
Carrie Eder
Eudo
Sophia Roberts
Frank Bryant
B. Walton
New Springs
Ternoon
Charles Eberwein
Vernon King
Fred Eberwein
Linn Eberwein
Raymond Brubak
Eberwein
Harry
Piper
Rence
Thirdson
Arle
Chester
Fred Reetz
Charles , Witt
Alvin Reetz
Fair Leaf School
Louis
Frank Kirkr
Charles Zele
Fred Reet
N. H. Canary
Homer Springs
William Reetz
Arthur Koerner
Alvin
Elmer
Ault
Worden
Noah Canary
G. Reetz
Harold Simon
C. E. Hill
Darlin' Kindred
Treva Canary
Alberta
H.D. Rothrock
Vivian
Baldwin
Taylor
Walter Howard
Ed Howard
Airvview
John Grauberger
Ned Barns
H. D. Rothrock
John Bough
Ralph Robertson
Ralph Robertson Called On Mr. Carey
Wallace Howard
Anna Peters
A. P. Lynch
C. E. Howard
Bert Elkington
Valley Falls
Ed Lilian
Rothwell
Sylvester
Leela
Lucille
Gertie
Louise Robertson
Carey
Howard
Norma
E. G. Griffith
Jes
Lynch
Norma Lynch
Phil Bough
Lucille Bough
Orville Carey
Lebla
Robertson
Illian
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau
Lewis Howel
Ed. Illian
Mian
Otto Luckan
Ty Rothwell
John Blough
Pleasant Valley P. T. A
Bert Carey
Orville
Louie Robertson
Raymond Rothwell
Evan Griffith
Lara Howard
R. W. Cortner
Betty Lou Cortner
Pleasant Valley Community Activity and Markets Report
Pleasant Valley notes list neighbors visiting, calls on farms, and school PTA plans. It covers Associations meetings, rug making, and farm work along with cattle and sheep market figures, Kansas City holiday market status, and local grain and poultry prices.
Market News Chicago Livestock Receipts and Prices
Chicago Livestock market reports mixed prices with steers mostly lower and fat cattle down. lighter grades and heavy steer supplies affect tone. Sheep and hogs show varied movements with top lambs and fat ewes listed. Kansas City bids reflect steady to higher tendencies amid weight considerations. Also features a dental ad for Pyorrhea Remedy with Round Corner Drug Co. as agents.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
API
USDAI
Vweek A
Leto
Round Corner Drug Co
Saturday and Sunday Radio Program Schedule Highlights
A dense list of Saturday and Sunday radio programs runs from 4:00 p m through 11:00 p m featuring Mildred DeWrese pianist Shumber Music Longines Time signals and a variety of acts including Irene Peabody Merifist ensemble Shumbers Kids and the National Youths service in Kansas City Missouri. Weather and market segments appear between shows with frequent mentions of Biscuit and Pancake Infirmary and Aunt Jemima forecasts.
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Mildred DeWrese
R. CG
Theremin Red
The
Fuller” Man
Jack Riley
Cub Reporters
Shunber Music
Shumber
Salicon
Smax
Kansas City Journal
Christian Science Servie Hird Shyreh
Kansas City
National Youths
Metropolitan Echors
Uthode
Attick Melodies
Dinsemble
Longines
Irene Peabody
Merifist
Aligon Weather Man
Max
Jemima Masus
Wren Coolnal Farm
Werther Parecast
Hp. m
United States
Marina
Mildryd DeWeese
Milady Musketeers
MecGrew
Ila Mar
TaAherna
Oreun
Kallen
Armour
Ingram Shavers
Kerite
Hig Orchestra
el Pal
Empire Sinners
Lougines
Ass Mos
Andy
Lloyd Gibbons
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Kansas City Livestock Fed
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