President's Joint Session Opens With Theatrics And Protocol
Washington observers note the Capitol resembled an opera house after the President's joint session began. Police guards screened entrants as lawmakers, officials, and guests arrived in varied dress from lace gowns to business attire. The President entered with his son James, greeted by mixed applause and careful security checks.
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Washington
Capitol
James
Frank Knox
Morgenthau
O’connor
Mitchell
Virginia Jenckes
Edith Nourse- Rogers
Four Live Stock Sessions Set Across Douglas County
Four live stock marketing meetings announced for Friday evening January 10 across Douglas County at Hesper Vinland Big Springs and Twin Mound. General discussions on marketing problems to be led at each location with different chairmen and schoolhouse venues.
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Douglas County
Deal Six
Hesper
Vinland
Big Springs
Twin Mound
Ross Stone
Vinland Grange
Morris Starr
W. F. Wulfkuhle
Jess Sutton
Next Week at Dickinson Theatre: StarFilm Lineup
Next week shows at Dickinson Theatre feature Gladys Swarthout in Rose of the Rancho and Tobacco Road, Shirley Pee a e in The Littlest Rebel, plus return engagements for no less than Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy in Riffraff and James Cagney in Frisco Kid. Also scheduled are Joan Crawford and Montgomery in No More Ladies with Roger Pryor and Leila Hyams in 1000 a Minute, and Bette Davis in Front Page Woman return showing. Weekly variety includes Buck Jones, William Boyd, and a full Short Subject Program with The New Adventures of Tarzan and other comedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson Theatre
Gladys Swarthout
Tobacco Road
Shirley Pee Ae
Joan Crawford
Robert Mont Fomery
Roger Pryor
Leila Hyams
Edgar Kennedy
Bette Davis
George Brent
Front Page
Buck Jones
McKenna
The
Mounted
Buddy Rogers
William Boyd
Tarzan
Richard Cromwell
Arline Judge
George O'Brien
Whispering Smith
Kansas Music Teachers hold 28th convention in Topeka
The Kansas State Music Teachers Association will convene February 27 and 28 at the Women's Club building in Topeka. Prof. Howard C. Taylor announces a program featuring E. Robert Schmitz Karl Krueger Harold VanDuzee and John Thompson with lectures and recitals. An a cappella choir festival will highlight the Kansas University Westminster choir directed by Dean Don.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Music Teachers Association
Women’s Club
Topeka
Howard C. Taylor
University of Kansas
Menas E. Robert Schmitz
Karl Krueger
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Harold VanDuzee
John Thompson
Kansas University Westminster A Cappella
Dean Don
Cross word puzzle teaser from yesterday’s paper
Today’s puzzle lists entries across and down with definitions and clues. It includes references to rivers, herbs, fruits, animals, and common terms, plus a charity solution note and scattered scattered fragments from literary quotes.
Choir Directors Lead Three College Groups in Joint Feature
Ald M Swarthout leads Baker University choir with Dean Luther Leavengood directing Washburn College choir under Dean Ira Pratt and Dean Daniel E Hirschler directs College of Emporia choir in a collaborative performance featuring multiple college vocal ensembles.
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Ald M. Swarthout
Baker University
Luther
Leavengood
Washburn College
Ira Pratt
College of Emporia
Daniel E. Hirschler
Neosho County Tax Funds Stolen by Thieves
Thieves entered the Neosho county courthouse in Erie Kansas and stole 900 dollars from the treasurer office. They tampered with safes in the treasurer and sheriff offices. One extra sack with 100 dollars was left untouched. Records were not disturbed. The money was not insured.
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Erie
Kan
Neosho County
Clive H. Taylor
Club Will Meet Monday to Organize Lawrence Garden Men
A Lawrence Flower club aims to complete its organization and elect officers at a 7:30 pm Monday January 6 meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. About forty men have joined. new members are welcome. Alfred C. Hottes of Better Homes and Gardens books serves as national president of the Men's Garden Clubs and promotes the movement.
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Lawrence Flower Club
Chamber of Commerce
Alfred C. Hottes
Better Homes and Gardens
Snow Likely in Eastern Kansas by Sunday Night
Eastern Kansas may see another snowfall by Sunday night, according to S. D. Flora, federal meteorologist, with western Kansas unlikely to receive moisture. Clouds expected tonight, slight temperature rise, and a forecast for fair weather early next week, followed by snow Wednesday and a colder Saturday. Gagliardo peaks Monday.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Gagliardo
KU Professor to Speak on The Constitution and Labor
Dr. Domenico Gagliardo associate professor of economics at the University of Kansas will discuss The Constitution and Labor at the University of Kansas City Monday at 7:30 PM. He spent five years with coal miners in Pennsylvania and was a former member of the United Mine Workers Union. The lecture is the fourth in a series sponsored by the League for Women Voters of Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domenico Gagliardo
University of Kansas
University of Kansas City
Gagliardo
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers’ Union
League For Women Voters of
Kansas City
Motive Sought in Dr Peacock Slaying on North Side
Chicago investigators probe the brutal killing of Dr Silber C Peacock 40 a pediatrician found shot and bludgeoned in his car after answering a mercy call for a baby Edits indicate motives range from robbery to narcotics gang retaliation while witnesses report two men arguing in the vehicle near North Francisco Avenue.
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Chicago
Silber C. Peacock
Edgewater Beach
Peacock
Martin McCormick
Summerdale
Federal
Ruth Peacock
North Whipple Street
Smale
North Francisco Avenue
John L. Sullivan
Whipple Street
Edith Cecil
C. S. Dietrich
John
Seaback to Demonstrate Billiards at K U Union
Charles Seaback of Astoria New York renowned pocket billiard star will appear in the Kansas University Union recreation room next Tuesday at 3 30 pm. He will give free billiard lessons to men and women plus an exhibition of fancy shots. For ten years he has ranked among the world’s top ten but has never won a major championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Seaback
Astoria
N.Y
Kansas University Union
Seaback
Altho
Tobacco Road on Broadway Star Jeeter Lester Leads Run
Jeeter Lester stars in Tobacco Road, Erskine Caldwell’s grim tale of southern sharecroppers. The drama, now on Broadway with 890 performances, has seen four actors in the role and travels the road circuit including Topeka and Kansas City after a Dick inson theater showing on January 10 amidst praise and sharp condemnations for swearing blasphemy and immorality.
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Jeeter Lester
Erskine Caldwell
South
Henry Hull
James Bell
James Barton
Timblin
Dickinson Theater
Topeka
Orpheum Theater
Kansas City
Christmas Program At School House Delights Local Patrons
Mrs Ruth Douglas and pupils presented a Christmas program at the school house on Friday afternoon Santa Claus arrived after the program and handed out candy and presents from the lit tree. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Walter Parker and baby Mr and Mrs Robert Reusch and many others. A North Carolina couple Mr C Heather arrived to spend the holidays with relatives and a Christmas basket dinner was held at the Neil home.
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Ruth Douglas
Santa Claus
Walter Parker
Robert Reusch
Otto Abel
Chris Menffle
Ann
William Boxberger
Elmer Kurtz
George Rockhold
Minnie Kurtz
C. Heather
North Carolina
Gideon Neil
Fred Laughlin
Christmas Visit and Family Gatherings Across Kaw Valley
A long list of holiday visits and meals across Kaw Valley communities details the Laughlin, Koehler, Wilson, Westerhouse, Catlin, Bowen, Neis, Ott, Combest and Edelbrock families. Residents in Vinland, Ottawa, Topeka, Lawrence and nearby towns shared Christmas Day with relatives, plus New Year’s dinners and club events. Santa Claus greetings in Eudora drew many locals, with Iva Brown visiting Edelbrocks and returning to Great Bend after holidays.
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Kaw Valley
John Laughlin
Vinland
Clark Laughlin
Robert Laughlin
Ottawa
Kermit Laughlin
St. Joseph
Ed Thorne
Howard
Wilber Olmstead
Clearfield
Emma Koehler
Lawrence
William Koehler
Walter Wilson
Nevieve
Salina
Marjorie Westerhouse
Carl
Neil Catlin
Topeka
Carl Neil
Gus Koehler
Joe Strabel
Pleasant Grove
Eugene McCabrin
Harry Broers
Vernon Anderson
Otto Abeiz
Homewood
George
Alberta Thowe
Arleta Wilson
Eleanor Bartz
Miss Wilson
Jimmie Dyer
Kansas City
John Bowen
Freddie Neis
Clarence Neis
Fred Knake
William Knake
George Ott, Jr
George Ott
Belleview
Eudora
Dan Strobel
Pete Edelbrock
Charline
P. C. A. Club
Clifford Watkins
Iva Brown
Pearl Koehler
Elsie and
Mildred Lawler
Johnnie Wichman
Santa Claus
Main Street
Miss Brown
Great Bend
Christmas visitors and travels noted in local households
Several households report Christmas visits and travels. Carl Bernitz and family traveled from Kansas City. Jimmie West and a baby visited De Soto while West considers moving to Missouri after an army discharge. Reusch and Massey families hosted or joined Christmas dinners in lawrence and nearby towns. Will Pine reunion participants gathered in Lawrence for a Christmas basket dinner with fifty relatives.
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Carl Bernitz
Kansas City
Henry Eisele
Marion
Reno
Ed Olmstead
Clearfield
Jake Strobel
Arthur
Jimmie West
DeSoto
Fred Smalley
West
Cheyenne
Wyo
Missouri
Meri Reusch
Jean Anderson
Prairie Center
Ruth Neil
Weaver
Virginia Starr
Howard Bernitz
Lelia Mae
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Granada Theatre
Jean Harlow
Spencer Tracy
James Cagney
Patee Theatre
Rose of
the Rancho
Dickinson
Bill Boyd
Varsity
Russian River
Connecticut
Windtower Oriental
Agia Giaiv Elim
Fio
Fey
K. U
Star of Tobacco Road
By Charles Trimblin
Evening Star
Harry Carey
Thelma Todd
Ang
Paramount News
LES Miserables
Tomgnee O Itorntal
New Eriksen Hall
Mass
Lawrence's
Bargain Theatre
Patee
Ken Maynard
Lawless
Laurel and Hardy
Bonnie Scotland
Mighty Hits
Finsters
Sterling Holloway
Herman Bing
Edward Brophy
Robert Montgomery
Color Cartoon News
Ann Nussance
Lewie Hadi
Vernon Strobel
Will Pine
Glen Wilson
Date
Jack
H.grisman
Jack Kirkland
Erskine
Caldwell
Drake
Sea Mail
Aes
Granada Coffee Shop
Granada
Herbert Marshall
Jean Arthur
Fery
Xtra
RED Nichols
Disney Technicolor Cartoon
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