Japanese gain as Shanghai peace talks stall in battle
Chinese forces clash with Japanese near Shanghai as peace negotiations resume aboard the British flagship Kent. Japanese bombardments push to Woosung and Hongkew areas while both sides report casualties and tensions threaten rail links to Soochow and Hashing. Conference adjourns without a result with plans to reconvene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuramatsu Murai
Wu Teh-Chen
Shanghai
Shanghai-Nanking
Soochow
Shanghai-Hangchow
Hashing
China
Calis
Howard Kelly
Kent
Kichisaburo Nomura
Yosuke Matsuoka
Japan
Welington Koo
Honglew Park
Hongkew Creek
Markham Road
Woosung
Paoshan
Miles W. Lampson
Topeka High Wins Northeast Kansas Debate Tourney
Topeka High School captured the Northeast Kansas League debate tournament at the University on Saturday by nine wins and two losses. Argentine High finished second with five wins and four losses. Lawrence Ottawa and Wyandotte tied for third with four and three. Atchison and Rosedale tied for next with two wins to five losses. Atchison placed last with one win and six defeats. Round robin debates began at 9:00 AM with seven rounds per school. Topeka and Argentine advanced to finals with two debates each. Lawrence sent affirmative Bob Corey and Arnold Gilbert and negative Vivian Lavery, Jean DeForest, and John Chandler. Marston McClagrave of Lawrence High School coached and was praised. The topic: Compulsory unemployment insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka High
University
Argentine High
Lawrence
Ottawa
Wyandotte
Rosedale
Atchison
Topeka
Leavenworth
Bob Corey
Arnold Gilbert
Vivian Lavery
Jean DeForest
John Chandler
Marston _McClagrave
Lawrence High School
Warm spring mood settles over Lawrence campus and town
Warm weather brings budding signs on campus and yards. Motorists flood roads while residents enjoy outdoor spots, fishing trips, ice cream, and soda. Airplane sightseeing skims over the town as municipal flights operate from the airport.
Four Treated After Highway 40 Collision
A car and a truck collided on highway 40 north of Six Corners late last night. Four men from Lawrence, C. A. Hampton Dutch Murphy Cheasbra and Jesse Blanchard received facial cuts and some stitches at Memorial Hospital. Hampton Murphy and Cheasbra were in the Hudson. Blanchard drove the truck. Blanchard continued to Chanute. the others were taken to Tonganoxie by Deputy Sheriff Leonard Turner who said charges of driving while intoxicated would be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 40
Six Corners
Memorial Hospital
Plyaiden
C. A. Hampton
Dutch Murphy
Cheasbra
Lawrence
Jesse Blanchard
Hampton
Murphy
Hudson
Jess Blanchard
Blanchard
Chanute
Cheasbro
Tonganoxie
Leonard ‘Turner
Leavenworth County
Drive at city hall pours concrete for parking area
Workmen at city hall beautification poured concrete today on the drive behind City Hall Park. A large parking space for city bars will be screened from street view by a wire fence and shrubbery. A white birch tree was planted in the park by the American War Mothers. Jess Harner, Notre Dame athletics director, visited Lawrence to see his son Mell at the University of Kansas. The average enlistment cost per Marine recruit in 1981 was $59.54.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
City Hall Park
Jess Harper
Lawrence
Jess Harner
Notre Dame University
Mell
University of Kansas
Kansas Grid Star W T Walker, KU Engineer, Dies
William T S L Walker, former University of Kansas football standout and KU engineering graduate of 1898, died in Grand Forks North Dakota from uremic poisoning six hours after illness. Survived by wife and daughter Jane, son William Jr dead in 1929 plane crash. Walker coached at Haskell Institute after KU career. Known as Sal from a nickname origin tied to his fiery red hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T.sal Walker
University of Kansas
Grand Forks
N. D
Walker
K. U. School of Engineering
K. U
Michigan
Northern, States Power Company
Northwest
Byllesby Company
Mr. Walker
Lawrence
Haskell Institute
William
Kansas City Journal
Sol
Sal
Jane
William Walker, Jr
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
Death notices for J J Kirby former Lawrence resident who died in Independence Kansas. Elizabeth Eck 72 died at 337 Funston street funeral Tuesday 1:30 at Rumsey parlors with two ministers. burial at Buster cemetery near Perry. Eleanor Woodward 87 died at son Marion Woodward's home in Lawrence funeral Tuesday 2:30 at Friends church in Tonganoxie burial Maple Grove cemetery. Elizabeth Skidmore 82 died in Eudora six years after move with five daughters and one son. burial at Anderson Indiana. Imo Lillian Sells five weeks old died February 25 in Wichita. funeral in Wichita Park cemetery. mother Wilma Sells formerly Vinland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Kirby
J. Kirby
Lawrence
Independence
Kan
Kirby
Genevieve Kirby
University of Kansas
Opha
Maymie Kirby
Elizabeth Eck
Funston Street
Rumsey
F. T. Testerman
Li Heatherington
Buster
Perry
George McCrary
Maynand Zimmerman
August Rhode
Henry Rhode
Eleanor Woodward
Marion Woodward
Tennessee Street
Friends Church
Tonganozie
Nellis
Maple Grove
Charles Woodward
Tonganoxie
Clara Frazier
Gate
Okla
Rhoda Johnson
Meeker, Col
Elizabeth Skidmore
Eudora
Skidmore
Elsie Schmaltz
Philadelphia
Myrtle Mathews
Minnie Reddish Cleveland
Anna Nichols
Hazel Good
Raymond B. Skidmore
New York City
Anderson
Ind
Imo Lillian Sells
Imo
Lillian Sells
Taylor Sells
Wichita
Marjorie Ellene
Ridenbach
Wichita Park Cemetery
Sells
Wilma Walker
Vinland
Marriage license boom as 6 issued in weekend rush
Probate Judge Menger reported six licenses issued Saturday and one today as hopes rise to surpass February 1931 total. Licenses went to A F Way and Mary Richardson, Frank Phillips and Jessie Hall, Matthew Wyatt and Alma Ferguson, Ray Warren and Leta Smith, Henry Broeker and Myrtle Jones, and Harold James and Margaret Kingman. A Toledo man trimmed his lawn in the warm spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menger
A. F. Way
Marietta
Ohio
Mary Richardson
Topeka
R. A. Hunt
Lawrence
Frank Phillips
Jessie Hall
Matthew Vi Wyatt
Alma Ferguson
Silver Lake
Ray Warren
Leta Smith
Excelsior Springs
Henry A. Broeker
Myrtle L. Jones
Harold James
Margaret Kingman
Initiation Services for Kappa Kappa Gamma Members
The Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority held initiation services Saturday afternoon for Eleanor Lucas Marjorie Hudson Lucena Glover Isabel Waring Rosemary Jo Wentworth Eilenor Bicket Janet Scheble Valarie Lyndon. The Music Club meets Wednesday at Wiedemann's. Italian opera by Mrs. Haggart. Various clubs announce meetings and engagements including births and social events. notes include Mrs J. E. Nibarger hosting a birthday dinner and a leap year birth announcement for a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Gleason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Eleanor Lucas
New Rochelle
Marjorie Hudson
Tulsa
Lucena Glover
Newton
Isabel Waring
Kansas City
Kan
Rosemary Jo. Wentworth
Wichita
Eilenor Bicket
Janet Scheble
Hutchinson
Valarie Lyndon
Atchison, A
Wiedemann’s
Robert Haggart
Community Notables Attend Weekend Wellness, Visits
Mr and Mrs Maurice Flint of Kansas City spent the weekend at Prof and Mrs L N Flint's home. Doyle Shepherd underwent major surgery at Memorial hospital and is reported satisfactory. Miss Naomi MacLaren and Mrs Mary Hamlin are also connected to Memorial hospital updates. Others include Mrs P P Lester visiting locally on business and various Kansas City and Topeka residents visiting in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Flint
Kansas City
L.N. Flint
Doyle Shepherd
East Eleventh Street
Memorial Hospital
P. P. Lester
Columbus
Ohio
Nellie F. Cutter
Roland DeWatteville
Russell Brown
Topeka
George Docking
Dean
Henry Werners
Mas
JL. C. Fairbanks
Fort Leavenworth
Naomi MacLaren
Massachusetts Street
Mary E. Hamlin
New Hampshire Street
W. A. Beer
B. Cunningham l
Fred
Formosa
C. C. LeSuer
Coffeyville Trial Ends With Hanlon Acquittal
The Coffeyville case revolving around the death of Mrs Maude Martin ends as F B Bun Hanlon is acquitted in a second trial on conspiracy charges. Four others involved receive life terms. Hanlon, a former Kansas University baseball player, was among those linked to the plot aimed at silencing witnesses. Also noted are Waldo Crowder visiting KU and a stomach clinic held at the city hall led by Dr G W Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
APY
Maude Martin
F. B
Bun” Hanlon
Hanlon
A. Brainard
Paul R. Jones
Muriel Sullivan
Esther O'Dare Niciffer
New City Hall
G. W. Jones
Home for aged opens in frame building at Seventh and Connecticut
A home for aged colored people will open next Saturday in the frame building at Seventh and Connecticut streets in Topeka. Operated by the Church of the Living God, the informal opening runs 10 a.m. to midnight, with a formal opening planned for Mother's Day. About 50 residents are expected at full operation. Initially restricted to church members, the home will later admit aged members of all denominations and will be funded by donations, resident payments, and contributions from local colored churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh
Connecticut
A. D. Hawkins
Topeka
Church of the Living God
Hawking
Colored Churches of
Lawrence
Seek Aid for Levee North of River in City Commission Talk
Les McGee led a farmers group to request city aid for a large levee along the north riverbank near the Adams farm. About 36,000 has been spent by farmers with 700 more needed to finish the levee. A city donation of 25 would secure funding, protecting Maple Grove cemetery and other property in North Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les McGee
Adams
W. C. Ellis
Maple Grove Cemetery
North
Lawrence
Grant Township
McGee
Adams Farm
Larme Levee
Senior Recital by Agnes Smith and Ruth Spindles at KU
Agnes Smith soprano and Ruth Spindler pianist present a senior recital in the University of Kansas fine arts program at the Administration Auditorium tomorrow evening. Smith, a former Sigma Alpha Iota member at Washburn, has performed in Lawrence and won the Topeka Atwater Rent voice contest last year. Spindler, a student of Prof. Carl A Preyer, won a 500 prize in a San Francisco organ contest last year and belongs to Mortar Board and Mu Phi Epsilon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Smith
Ruth Spindles
University of Kansas Fine Arts
Miss Smith
Alice Moncrieff
Sigma Alpha Ieta
Washburn College
Topeka
Kk. GU
Lawrence
Topeka Atwater
Spindler
Carl A. Preyer
San Francisco
National Federation of Music Clubs
Mortar Board
Mu Phi Epsilon, Massest
Funeral of depression marks Hutchinson city anniversary
Hutchinson Kansas February 29 AP A weeklong gala celebrating six decades since earliest settlers arrived opens with the funeral procession of Old Man Depression The antique hearse leads a parade through Hutchinson as cars are barred from the business district Horses return to their stalls and pioneer costumes emerge from old trunks Women assume city leadership with Mrs Jessie Wead as mayor The police and fire departments are staffed by business and professional women during the event and the police court convenes in convention hall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Kan
AER
Jessie Wead
Convention Hall
End of national political truce sparks Senate brawl
Washington Feb 29 AP Political disputes echoed through Congress as Senator Connally warned that statements by Speaker Garner and Senator Moses signaled the end of the national political truce. He attributed part of the low mood to President Hoover and suggested Garner and Moses would lay all blame on Hoover if they clashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Connally
Texas
Senate
Garner
Moses
XN. H
Hoover
Democratic Party
Representative McDuffie
Alabama
Gas Explosion Damages Roof at Pippert Service Station
A gas explosion shortly after 10 last night caused slight roof damage at Pippert Service Station 213 East Eighth Street. A small amount of gas escaping from gasoline tank vents was ignited, and firemen believe someone was lighting a match while searching for a lost article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Eighth Street
Lecompton Farm Bureau Women Meet at Mrs Krieder Home
The Lecompton unit of the Farm Bureau Women will hold a meeting Wednesday at 2 PM at the home of Mrs. Emma Krieder. Mrs. Minnie Clarke will teach landscaping and Mrs. Harry Sutton will discuss the Manhattan meeting she attended as a delegate. The session is open to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Krieder
Lecompton
Farm Bureau
Minnie Clarke
Harry Sutton
Manhattan
Violin Solo Highlights Rotary Program Feature
Sol A Hobrov a senior in the college performed violin as part of today’s program. Howard Taylor praised the school of fine arts for its support from other departments. Harold Constant presided and congratulated Frank McDonald and other Rotarians for aiding the state Democratic convention for Lawrence. The improv ement committee work was commended. Rotary head Raymond C Moore was named again to lead a beautification effort. The inter city Ottawa meeting is postponed to March 16, limited to Bozarians, no ladies, evening event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol A. Hobrov
Bobrov
Tref
Howard Taylor
School of Fine Arts
Harold Constant
Frank McDonald
Lawrence
Improvement’ Committee
Raymond C. Moore
Rotary
Ottawa
Coolidge Urges Public to Save and Invest Stimulus
Former President Calvin Coolidge advised Americans to place hoarded money in sound banks or treasury certificates to aid the government, boost credit, spur business, and create jobs. In a Citizens' Reconstruction release, he urged citizens to take charge of their own affairs, warning that without saving there is no salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Calin Coolidge
Citizens’ Reconstruction Organiza Finn
Chinese Decide to Resume Full Diplomatic Relations with Soviet Russia
The Chinese government today announced it will renew full diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia, severed in 1929 during fighting in northern Manchuria. The move, long under consideration, was hastened by the Shanghai situation. Nanking March 1 (A)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet
Russia
Manchuria
Shanghai
Nanking
Ines
Government opposes Japan boycott plan amid peace concerns
Washington reports that the government is firmly against any economic boycott of Japan. Major European powers tend to share this stance. Experts warn of great risks to peace and harmful effects on domestic industries reliant on imported raw materials, outweighing potential gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Beauty Queen judging panel named for KU contest
Editor Sy Ballyhoo announces the judging panel for the University of Kansas beauty queen selection. Norman Anthony known as Ballyhoo will judge alongside Walter Winchell and Ben Bernie. Seven of the thirty candidates will have pictures printed in the Jayhawker yearbook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sy “‘Ballyhoo
Norman Anthon
Ballyhoo
University of Kansas
Jayhawker
Ky U
Pottier
Walter Winchell
New York
Ben Bernie
German Nobel Laureate Hauptmann To Speak On Goethe Centenary
Gerhart Hauptmann, renowned German writer and Nobel laureate, will deliver an address commemorating Goethe's centenary. The speech comes from Columbia University in New York, broadcast tomorrow at 12 15 p m CST via WIBW Topeka and KMBC Kansas City stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goethe
Columbia Broadcasting Company System
Gerhart Hauptmann
H. C. Thuman
K. U
Columbia University
New York City
Hauptmann
WIBW
Topeka
KMBC
Kansas City
KU Chancellor Lindley to Attend Anti Hoarding Meeting
Chancellor E H Lindley of the University of Kansas will travel to Topeka tonight for a Kansas committee meeting on President Hoover s anti hoarding program. He received a telegram from Warren E Finney of Emporia inviting him to serve as Kansas state schools representative on the advisory committee of the citizen s reconstruction organization for the anti hoarding conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Lindley
University of Kansas
Topeka
Kansas
Hoover
Lindley
Warren E. Finney
Emporia
Citizen's Reconstruction Organization
Lawrence High junior class to elect prom manager today
Sponsors and officers of the junior class met at 3 40 this afternoon to choose the prom manager and assistant manager. General plans for the party were outlined and actions will be presented at tomorrow's class meeting after noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High School
Murray to campaign in North Dakota this week
Governor William H. Murray announces a whirlwind campaign tour of North Dakota with seven speeches starting in Fargo on Thursday He also notes he may skip Georgia due to late filing and reports indicate progress toward a Sinclair Prairie merger with Prairie Pipeline and Prairie Oil & Gas, to be voted on at tomorrow’s stockholders meeting in Independence Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
William H. Murray
North Dakota
Fargo
Murray
Gerogia
Sinclair-Prairie
Independence
Kan
Prairie Pipeline
Prairie
Oil& Gas
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Bandits Rob Bank in Davenport With $31717 Stolen
Four bandits seized control of the Home Savings Bank in Davenport Iowa, waited for the time lock to release the vault door and escaped with about $31717 in currency. Gandhi Wife Describes Jail Time as Very Happy after Release in Ahmedabad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ahmedabad
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Joiles
Spec Erne
Town Bank
Davenport
Iowa
Home Savings’ Bank
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Chapel Falls
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Chapel
Kiangwan
Jile
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Ositions
Southern Baptist Mission Hospital
Waorung
Woosung Creek
The
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John J. Kirby
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W. T. Walker
Hr. McCollum
Toledo
Sochety
Uadies' Literary League
Lawrence Reading Club
G. R. Friedrich
Jolly Dozen Club
M. A. Gleason
Dodge City
J. 5. Nibarger
Frank May
Tom McCall, Jr
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Darlington
Max Smith
Tommy Bitchelt
J. S. Nibarger
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Ward
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Pi Kappa Alpha
R. D. Perkins
Missouri Istreet
L. H. Menger
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University of Kansas Athletic
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J. B. Lower
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Valley Falls
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Sabetha
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Midway
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Prison City
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Delaware
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Rumsey Home
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Indiana
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