U S TO OPPOSE BUDGETARY BASIS AT GENEVA MEETING
The Hoover administration signals opposition to restricting world armaments purely on cost. The Geneva delegation will hold informal talks today with a formal session planned tomorrow. President Hoover aims for a moral leadership role and may add members to the delegation as Stimson outlines guiding policy. Fire data summarize city blazes with 37 fires, 18 grass, 1,230 feet of ladders, and 11,300 feet of hose.
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Washington, Jan
America
State Department
United States
Geneva
Hoover
Stimson
Europe
Douglas County Farm Bureau Women Headed to Manhattan
Eleven women members of the Douglas County Farm Bureau traveled to Manhattan for the state Farm Bureau meeting. They were joined by home demonstration agent Miss Christie Hepler. The Douglas representatives will present a playset directed by Mrs. Stalph Colman, with Mrs. George Jensen as delegate and Mrs. Jacob Hamig as alternate.
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Douglas County Farm Bureau
Manhattan
State Farm Bureau
Christie Hepler
Doug Tas County
Stalph Colman
George Jensen
Farm Bureau
Jacob Hamig
Department responds to 178 fire alarms in year 1931
Fire Department handled 178 alarms in 1931 per Fire Chief W F Reinisch report. Four were emergency calls and four were false alarms. Total alarms were 44 less than the prior year. Buildings and cars at risk valued at 741740 with losses 17111.35. contents valued at 209435 with losses 4487.22. January saw 20 alarms the most, August 10 the least. Monthly breakdown follows with February 17, March 16, April 17, May 14, June 12, July 13, September 18, October 15, November 11, December 15.
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Fire Department
W. F . Reinisch
Around the World in Eighty Minutes at The Varsity
Douglas Fairbanks leads a world touring program at the Varsity theatre with a sound cameraman and companion-director. The eighty minute show includes trick photography and exotic scenes such as a leopard hunt and a Hindu magician, plus a news reel Oswald cartoon and Bill Tilden’s tennis lessons.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Varsity
Doug
Siam
Oswald
Bill Tilden
Peach D Reno Opens at the Patee in Reno Divorce Spoof
Wheeler and Woolsey and Dorothy Lee lead in a three day run at the Patee. The film promises their best work and centers on a humorous take on the Reno divorce situation with the familiar fast paced gags.
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D’ Reno
the Patee
Wheeler and Woolsey
Dorothy Lee
Wheeler and
Pleasant Valley P.T.A. Meets Dec 17 at School House
The Pleasant Valley P.T.A. gathered at the school house Thursday evening December 17 with Mrs Purcell and Mrs Connor of Lawrence as speakers. A Christmas exchange followed by refreshments in the basement. Local residents visited and shared activities across families and neighbors through the weekend and Monday afternoon.
School board visit notes attendance and tardiness records
A school board visit notes the fourth month closing on December 24 with an average daily attendance of 20.7. Names listed show students neither absent nor tardy for the month and year, including George Luckan Paul Howard Catherine Luckan Enid Mian Norma Lynch Vivian Rothrock Neil Illian Helen Church Lucille Blough Howard Lynch Dan Tian Maxine Howard Viola Hadl Rosa Belle Hadl Francis Crall Irma Hadl Glen Hadl. Miss Bessie Breen attended a dimmer at Mrs J L Hoover home in Lawrence on Christmas day.
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Bessie Breen
J. L. Hoover
Lawrence
Midland Christmas Gatherings Network Across Homes
Local families in Midland shared Christmas dinners and visits with relatives in Kansas City Bonner Springs DeSoto and Greenwood Valley. Guests included the Shultzs Langdons Ousdahl Weible Shaw Sprays and Sutor family members. A school program featured Santa Claus and gift passing as part of the holiday events.
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G. R. Shultz
Herbert
Donald
I. C
Akron
Mae Woolsey
Guy Shultz
Waldo Shultz
Oskaloosa
Norman Weible
Kansas City
Elmer Ousdahls
L .Blaylock
DeSoto
Walter Love
Harry Langdons
E. D. Shaw
Phil Bowen
R. D. Shaw
Katherine Fotlerton
Bartlet Shaw
W. C. Collins
E. Ousdahis
G. Shultzs
Gladys Weible
Ra Woodruff
Elmer Weible
Sam Moore
Della Weible
E. Ousdahl
W. Loves
E. T. Howard
Charles Spray
Mary Low
George Dews
Kanwaka
Adams
Bonner Springs
John Hogg
Donnna
Greenwood Valley
Joe Wolfe
Mildred
Steward
Maurice Suitor
A. R. Gilbert
Lawrence
Lloyd Moore
Josephine Livingstone
Topeka
Emma Sherwood
Phyilis Weibel
C. G. Vernon
Woolsey
Judith Fehr
Marion Weible
Howard Longanecker
W. Dunn
J. William Campbell
Independence
Kane
Chester Toms
Jack
Frank ‘Toms
Howard Lonenvecker
Eddwin, Wilber
Charles
Sam Wilb
Rome
Christmas Programes and Community Notes from Buck Creek
Buck Creek reports Mrs. Elsie Humphries and pupils staging an inter esting Christmas program at the Buck Creek school on December 23. Chester school hosted a mothers Christmas party with a decorated tree and gift exchange. Dean school pupils enjoyed a tree and gifts, eighth graders arranged the program. A girl’s quartet performed a clever farce with recitations. Several residents cited illnesses, travel, and visits.
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Elsie Humphries
Buck Creek
Finis Ross
Chester School
Ruth Stevenson
Dean School
Dorothy Steinmetz
Will Allen
St. Francis Hospital
Toneka
Allen
Caleb Holladay
Linwood
Clarence Dale Frandle
Topeka
Frank
Norman Hamm
A. P. Marcum
John Shultz
A. M. Roderick
Arthur Elswick
Perry
Williamstown
Topeks Hospital
Tibbet School
Emerson Droke
Frank Hoelsel
MM. Smith
Jozina Able
Lawrence
Christmas Day in Glenn And Vicinity
Christmas day brought visitors and family gatherings across Glenn and nearby areas. Neighbors reported guests including Nerene and Lucille Hildenbrand and the Mellenbruch families visiting Topeka relatives. Mrs. Chiles suffered rheumatism but is improving at home. The Union M E church pageant on December 23 drew good attendance and featured verse, song, and music led by Mrs. W B Stauffer, followed by candy and popcorn treats for attendees.
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Bert Reynolds
Nerene
Lucille Hildenbrand
É. Lecompton
Fred Sulzen
Ermal Mellenbruch
Topeka
Wellenbruch
Victor Mellenbruch
George Chiles
Starr Glenn
Glenn M. E. Church
W. B. Stauffer
F. P. Shirley and
Russel
George L. Glenn
H. F. Fulton
Arlette
Mr. Fulton
Christmas visits and school resume in local notes
Beverly, Ray and Charles Scott traveled to Ottawa to spend Christmas with Mrs. Bahnmaier’s parents the Slavens. Arnold Hill returned from Ottawa visit with the Humber family, and Walter Bruce hosted Christmas Day dinner guests H. Z. Brown and sons. Glenn school resumed after a one week vacation as pupils prepare for the third bi monthly exams. Bertha Teel and Nettie May returned to Toneka after holidays with the Glenn family. H F Fulton visited Hildengrand in Lecompton.
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Nease
Leavenworth
Horace Gray
John Lewis
Vivian Lewis
Prkonees
Earl Beard
Topeka
James Holaday
Harry Stover
Harold
Rose Williams
Richland
Margaret Perkins
Bert Perkins
Lawrence
Tom Horn
Merle
Vernon
Ben l Kyle
Beverly
Ray
Charles Scott
Ottawa
Glenn
Bertha Teel
Nettie May
Toneka
W.jb
Wilma
H. F. Fulton
Gus Hildengrand
Lecompton
Unclear Sleep Aid Ad Appeals To Sleepless Readers
An advertisement-style notice warns against habit forming sleep aids and promotes SENDOW as a non habit forming relaxant for nerve tension to aid sleep. The fragment suggests drugstore distribution while cautioning about strength and habit potential.
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Peach O'Rend
Dorothy Lei
Zelma Oneil
Radio Pture
Adolphe Menjou
Lily Damita
Warner Oland
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Pleasant Valley
P.T. A
Purcell
Connor
John Blough
Lucille
Phil
Ian
William Wells
W. W. Garratt
S. K. Halderman
Mike
T. Calery
Dan
Neil
Enid Mian
Howard
Norma Lynch
Fairview School
A. L. Holcom
Midland
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Wuntteltue
Harlow
Columbia
Jean Herlow
Rtes
Walter Winchell
N. B.C
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Sylvia Sidney
Paramount Picture
Miss Sidney
Wynne Gibson
Gene Raymond
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