McNutt Debuts as Democratic Presidential Prospect in 1940
Washington observes a Hollywood style debut for Paul V. McNutt of Indiana as a potential 1940 Democratic nominee. A lavish reception for 3141 guests at the Mayflower Hotel featured a long feast, high officials including Attorney General Cummings and Secretary Roper, and backing from Indiana supporters led by Senator Sherman Minton. McNutt, 46, said he is not a candidate though backers push to acquaint voters. a Roosevelt third term could influence his path. Harry Woodring hosted a luncheon with McNutt and key backers, and McNutt planned a possible stay in the state building.
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Washington
Hollywood
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Rvho
Philippines
Cummings
Roper
McNutt
Sherman Minton
Minton
Frank McHale
Paul
Roosevelt
Harry Woodring
War Department
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana National Democratic
Plan Christian Endeavour Rally at Friends Church
A Douglas county Christian Endeavour rally is set for this evening at 7:30 at the Friends church. Mae Key will oversee the model C. E. meeting and new county officers will be installed with Guy Howard presiding. The theme is Is There Room in My Heart for Jesus and several youths will speak. An nominating committee final meeting is at 7 p.m. All E. societies and friends are invited.
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Douglas County
Postal Meeting Attendees From Lawrence Report
Lawrence participants at the Wichita postal convention on February 22 included J B Colyer and E A Bigsby along with Mr and Mrs O T Davis. Kansas state association elected E A Cunningham as president F L Humphreys as vice president C T Davis as secretary Roy H Taylor as treasurer and W F Hahn as sergeant at arms. Next state convention scheduled for Topeka in May 1939.
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Lawrence
Wichita
J.B. Colyer
E. A. Bigsby
O. T. Davis
Kansas State Association
the National Association of Letter Carriers
E. A. Cunningham
Emporia
F. L. Humphreys
Fort Scott
C. T. Davis
Roy H. Taylor
Independence
Test Your Knowledge Showdown on Classified Page
A playful prompt invites readers to answer seven trivia questions found on the classified page and directs them to turn to that section for the solutions. The slim item hints at a light feature encouraging reader participation.
Quiz on world facts reveals scattered historical trivia
Question prompts cover Ursa Major common name, a British colony with capital, Pilgrim's Progress author, U S commerce secretary, early mental development term, earth area under British Empire, Oliver Goldsmith, capital of Iraq, birthplace of Ulysses Grant, and an online puzzle for May.
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aSre
United States
Krueger Given Giant Stogie After Kansas City Concert
Historian notes Krueger of the Kansas City Philharmonic received a footlong stogie from a University of Kansas art faculty member after a concert. Other items include Chanute band conductor Russell L. Wiley leading a concert, soloists Rex Conner and Bob Forman with Marian Reed, and travel-influenced cane with Swiss emblems. The article also mentions KU sweaters for football seniors, Coward’s Cavalcade in May, and Hello Kansas broadcast from Germany.
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Russell L. Wiley
University of Kansas
Chanute High School
Rex Conner
McPherson
K. U
Bob Forman
Kansas City
Marian Reed
Topeka
Wiley
Valley Falls Couple Wed at Court House
Claude Ferrell and Esther Miller both of Valley Falls Kansas were married at the court house yesterday by probate judge pro tem Mrs Lorene Taylor.
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Valley Falls
Claude Ferrell
Esther Miller
Kan
Court House
Lorene Taylor
Townsend Plans Supreme Court Appeal Over Jail Contempt
Dr Francis E Townsend announced he would appeal to the Supreme Court rather than serve a 30 day jail sentence for contempt of a congressional committee. He left a House hearing in 1936 and faces a fine of 100 dollars. congressional support for a pardon is growing.
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Washington
Francis. E. Townsend
Congressional Committee
Supreme Court
United States District Court
Elisha Hanson
Townsend
House Committee
House of Representatives
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Union Station
United States Marshal
Smith
D-Wash
Greene
D-Fla
Sweeny
D-O
Fleger
Elliot
D-Calif
Congress
O’connell
Dmont
Dr. Townsend
KU Recitals Announced For Coming Weeks
The University of Kansas fine arts office lists graduate and senior recitals leading up to commencement. Dates include Orene Vowell February 28 and Ruth Rice April 11, with several pianists, a tenor, violinist, and organist performing in Strong Hall auditorium. Dorothy Rumbeck’s organ recital is excluded from Strong Hall. All events are free to the public.
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K. U. Fine Arts Office
D. M. Swarthout
Orene Vowell
Mary Jane Bruce
Keith Davis
John Moore
Dorothy Rumbeck
Corinne High
Helen Tibbets
Ruth Rice
Lila LeVan
Carroll Nickels
Frances Ravellette
Strong Hail
McAllaster Cub Pack Holds Final Organization Meeting
The McAllaster Cub Pack completed its third and final organizing meeting Tuesday evening. Twenty four boys are in three dens with Elmer Dougan as Den master and Mahlon Ball and Myron Metz as assistants. Den fathers are Will Saip Joe Newman Sr and John F Long. Den mothers and chiefs include Mrs Will Saip and Mrs Anna Werges, assistant Don McDonald for Den I. Mrs Joe Newman and Mrs W B Sneegas with assistant Charles Love for Den II. Mrs Clarence Bliesner and Mrs Fed Brown with assistant Jerry Correa for Den III. McAllaster P T A sponsors this Pack and the first award meeting will be held Tuesday March.
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McAllaster
Elmer Dougan
Mahlon Ball
Myron’ Metz
Will Saip
Joe Newman
John F. Long
den I
Anna Werges
Don McDonald
Troop 58
den IT
Lone coed at a college faces six thousand men
New York City College of New York enrolls 6000 male students with Gladys Lovinger, 18, the first full time female student in engineering. She says she is too busy studying to mind the male majority and asks who wants to marry.
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New York
City College of New York
Gladys Lovinger
Scarlet Fever Reported in Richland Kansas
Margery Cummings of Richland is suffering with scarlet fever. The illness was reported to Dr. Pen and Jones, county physician.
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Richland
Margery Cummings
Kan
Penand Jones
Toay
Varsity Dances for University of Kansas Event
Negro students will be held tomorrow night at the Memorial Union ballroom for a varsity dance at the University of Kansas. The event aims to showcase student talent and campus culture in a formal setting.
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Alpha’ Kappa_ Psi
Commerce Fraternity
Alpha Tau Omega
Pi Kappa Alpha
Union Building
Sigma Chi
University of Kansas
Memorial ‘Union Ballroom
Oklahoma vows reforms in old age pension irregularities
Oklahoma social security officials admitted irregu larities in pension payments but pledged rapid reform. Investigators reported checks sent to dead recipients and $685 000 paid irregularly, prompting calls for congressional inquiry.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Social Security Board
John Eddleman
State Welfare Commission
Henry J. Denton
State Welfare
Gomer Smith
Okla
Congress
Eddleman
Denton
Federal Board
State Board
Philharmonic Concert Impresses Kansas City Audience
The Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra under Karl Krueger performed a varied program at Hoch Auditorium. The evening featured Sibelius Second Symphony and Wagner excerpts with strong audience applause. An afternoon youth concert in the same venue drew about 1,090 attendees before the group travels to Emporia for engagements.
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Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Hoch Auditorium
Karl Krueger
Jan Sibelius
Krueger
Wagner
Siegfried
Tannhauser
Bach
Malipiero
Altho
Humperdinck
Beethoven
Sibelius
Moussorgsky
Dvorak
Strauss
Wolf-Ferrare
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Kansas City
Lawrence
Emporia
College of Emporia
French Parties Reject Plan For National Unity Government
On February 24 in Paris, major political groups rejected a proposal to replace Premier Camille Chautemps' regime with a national union government to confront France's grave internal and external challenges.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
National Union
Turmoil at Chicago German American meeting ends in arrests
Five persons including Northwestern University professor emeritus Dr Eric von Schreetter were arrested after a violent disturbance at the Germany club during Wilhelm Kunze speech. Students John Fisher and Ray Pauly alleged being assaulted for refusing the Nazi salute while guard Emil Horitz faced charges of malicious mischief for smashing a photographer's camera. The band members in grey attire surrounded the hall as Kunze claimed the group was not a military organization.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Wilhelm Kunze
New York
Eric von Schreetter
Northwestern
Kunze
John Fisher
Ray Pauly
William Wernicke
Emil Horitz
Horitz
Germany
Ware
Vampire Man Sought for Grand Theft and Bigamy
San Francisco police sought Jessé Mowrey 37 on grand theft and bigamy charges. Three wives, led by Mrs Laura Mowery 41 and Mrs Vivian Mowery 32, describe narcotic like kisses that hypnotized them and allowed theft of money and assets across multiple states.
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San Francisco
Jessé Mowrey
Charles Iredale
Washington State Penitentiary
Vivian Korth Mowery
Laura Alvina. Smith Mowery
Inspector Iredale
Laura Mowery
Vivian Mowery
Judge Dunn
Mowery
Webster
N. Y
Yuma
Ariz
Cleveland
Martinez
Calif
Ogden
Lawrence News Roundup of Oddities and Local Happenings
In Lawrence, John and Mrs. Riling failed to coax a cat down from a tree after a party, while Ben Babb the city engineer displayed a 225 pound mule deer head shot in Gunnison county and hosted a venison dinner. Mrs. Jessie Martin reports an uncanny robin influx signaling spring. Gloria Goff, 14, recovering from a head injury after a school fall, hopes to return to class next week.
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Ben Babb
Gunnison County
Colo
Babb
Lawrence
Denver
Gloria Goff
Melvin Goff
Farmers Jubilant as 1937 ACP Checks Arrive in Scott City
Checks reach Scott City area farmers on February 24 as first annual 1937 ACP funds are distributed and wheat fields begin to show green growth, signaling a healthy start to the season.
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Scott City
Kan
Scott County
Classified Nage Readers Ad: Journal-World Ad Page Delivers Results
The Journal-World promotes its classified nage section as a readers and results driven page. The ad emphasizes strong reach and effective outcomes for advertisers seeking local visibility.
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Nage
Debaters Attack Navy Plan Over British Policy
Washington lawmakers clash over a 1.05 billion naval expansion as Koppleman accuses Britain of double crossing the United States by pursuing with Italy. O Malley blasts Allied propaganda and calls for civil defense, gas masks, and shelters instead. Southoff criticizes Roosevelt for not enforcing the neutrality act against Japan.
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Washington
Kopplemar
Great Britain
United States
House‘naval Committee
Koppleman
Neville Chamberlain
Italy
Britain
O'Malley
D-Wis
Albion
Southoff
Roosevelt
Japan
Mineral Circular Issued on Water Resources in Kansas Counties
Kansas Geological Survey releases Mineral Resources Circular No. 7 detailing the geology of Rawlins and Decatur counties with emphasis on water resources. Prepared by Maxim K. Elias, the bulletin notes irrigation use from deeper water at about 225 feet despite 1934 drought and reports successful use of both deep and shallow well water for irrigation projects.
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Rawlins
Decatur
Kansas
Kansas Geological Survey
University of Kansas
Maxim K. Elias
South America
Fighting on Way to Sea Hendaye Amid Frontline Push
Spanish insurgents advance toward the Sagunto highway southeast of Teruel as government forces fortify the Escandons pass to block the route to the Mediterranean coast. The clashes occur near the French frontier at Hendaye.
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Hendaye
France
Sagunto
Teruel
Siere
Escandons
Mediterranean
Bradney Bill Eliminates Pauper Oath in Welfare Law
A bill by Senator Claude C. Bradney to remove the pauper's oath requirement for relief applicants passed the Senate 25 to 6 and was sent to the House for action.
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Topeka
Claude C. Bradney
Rcolumbus
Red River Falls as Fulton Guards With Sandbag Levee
Veteran rivermen claimed a victory today over Red River while the stream began falling at Fulton Arkansas. A temporary levee of 3000 sandbags remained in place to protect the town as flood danger eased.
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Red River
Fulton
Ark
Mohler Funeral Held Friday at Willow Springs
Funeral services for B. F. Mohler 66 who died yesterday at his Bald win home will be held Friday at 2 PM at Willow Springs church Rev Dan Flory officiating burial in Colyer's cemetery The family requests no flowers The survivor list includes wife Margaretha and three sons W H Mohler B H Mohler Otto Mohler and daughter Mrs Emma McQueen all of Lawrence Overbrook and Lawrence respectively
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B. F. ‘Mohler
B. F. Mohler
Baldwin
Willow Springs
Dan Flory
Colyer’s Cemetery
Mohler
Margaretha Mohler
W. H. Mohler
B. H. Mohler
Lawrence
Otto Mohler
Overbrook
Emma McQueen
Birthday gathering and visits noted in local ск oss
A nine and a half by eight and a half inch egg found at the Bahnmaier home marks Fred Bahnmaier’s birthday party in Big Springs. Local families including the Bahnmaiers and Shaffers visit Topeka relatives. Mrs. Cole and Nettie Glenn visit and attend church and family events. perfect attendance noted for local elementary grades.
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John McCoy
Lost Springs
Virginia Hichman
Lawrence Eichman
Starr Glenn
Rosemary Scheier
Topeka
R. M. Gray
Elton Dark
Horace Gray
Williamstown
Marshall Gray
Bobbie Gray
Hazel Gray
Bobbie
Lawrence
L. R. Cree
Frank McClanahan
Madalyn
Separated After 50 Years as Los Angeles Couple Faces Suit
On his golden wedding anniversary Hyman D. Stack was sued for separate maintenance by Mrs El Stack. Married in Texas Pa on February 28 1888 the couple faced claims of desertion since 1932 with demands for alimony lawyers fees and court costs totaling thousands.
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Los Angeles
Hyman D. Stack
el Stack
Terns Pa
Oread Notes Report School Assembly and Updates
Last Friday at 9 30 in Fraser Oread held an assembly led by Col K F Pa of the University R O C who gave an illustrated talk on Jigen. New second semester students include Delvyn Case Edna Morris Elsie Thurber Lois Thurber Robert Weir Charlotte Buffington Ida Wagner. Alice and Opal Wells returned after two weeks illness. Student teachers in music are Rex Connor Worth A Blair and Louis Maser. Nell Nincehelser is back after a fractured ankle. The sophomores sponsored party in Robinson gym Friday night drew about 40 students and several faculty members with Miss Florence Moll Victor Wiegal and Arthur Grant helping ensure the event.
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Oread
Fraser Theater
Col. K. F Pa
The
University
Jigen
Delvyn Case
Edna Morris
Elsie
Lois Thurber
Robert Weir
Charlotte Buffington
Ida Wagner
Robinson Gym
Reid Hemphill
Florence Moll
Victor Wiegal
Arthur Grant
February Oracle staff names amid edits reveal edits
A fragment references the Oracle newspaper staff for February including Jane Cravens Maribe Beth Schreiber Edwin and a faculty sponsor Miss Mary, indicating editorial changes during the Tuesday editing period.
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Oread
Oracle
Jane Cravens
Maribe' Beth Schreiber
Edwin. Bene
Miss. Mary
Community Notes from Woodstock and Area
Mrs John Black and daughter Bonnie visited their uncle Ht Taylor and daughter. Nowlen Campbell and family of Mouth. The Valley Grove Christian Endeavor held a sod February 14 with Valentine contests and heart shaped cookies. Noel Reed led Sunday evening service on Making my Country More Christian. Anna Rogers returned home after visiting Winchester. George A Dews of Lawrence died February 17 at Mayo Hospital Rochester at 63.
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John Black
Bonnie
Ht Taylor
Nowlen Campbell
Mouth
Valley Grove
Christian Endeavor
State Christian Endeavor
Noel. Reed
Anna Rogers
Winchester
George A. Dews
Lawrence
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Dews
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Fred McCalister
Ps Board
Carlisle
K. U. Fine Arts
Joseph Wilkins
K. U. Voice Department
Waldemar Gelich
Wilkins
Dean D. M
Swarthout
W. W. Davis
Department of History
Switzerland
George Stapleton
Maurice Canady
Clarence Douglass
Noel Coward
K. U. Dramatic Club
Alf
A. M
Forrest
Noll
Me John
H. Parker
LONE
N. Y. School
Charles W. Thompson
Charles W. Thomson
A Building and Loan Association
Old-Age Pension Administration
Man
John Riling
Jessie Martin
West Twenty-First Street
Congressional
Rawlins and
Decatur Counties
Lecompton
F. W. Jaedicke Howe
Virginia Royston
Newnton
Kansas State College
Reyal Purple
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Oread News
Alice
Opal Wells
Rex Connor
Worth A. Blair
Louis Maser
Nell Nincehelser
Woodstock
al Chem & Dys
Ise Chrysler
Aoa
Nat Dairy Pr
Phillips Pet
Shell Union .W
Socony Vacuum
Std Oil Inn. Ltd
Wessceeseces
Ryda
C. Schaake & Son
Derby Grain Co
West 4Th St
PWC
Massachusetts ST
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