Unemployment peaks before recession noted in 1929 comparison
Washington reports November unemployment at about 7.6 million with government estimates up to 10.8 million jobless. Virgil Jordan of the National Industrial Conference Board testifies to the Senate on the recession era and the need for faster state unemployment benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virgil Jordan
National Industrial Conference Board
Senate
A. J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Congress
Jordan
Altmeyer
Senate Finance Committee
National Board
Social, Security Board
Recitals Tonight From KU Studio Faculty at KFKU
Voice students from Prof Joseph Wilkins KU studio and Prof Waldemar Geltch violin faculty perform tonight on KFKU. Vocal program 6 to 6 15 pm. violin 6 15 to 6 30 pm. Performers include Arbouine Goodjohn Leavenworth, Dorothy Hawes Larned, Virginia Varga and Richard Tarn. Geltch's program features Sammartini Elman Song Without Words Mendelssohn Little White Donkey Ibert Hoeree Wierrot Randegger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wilkins
K. U
Waldemar Geltch
KFKU
Arbouine Goodjohn
Leavenworth Boprena
Durante
Watts
Dorothy Hawes
Larned
So‘prano
Virginia Varga
Kansas City
Fair
Fischer
Richard Tarn
Topeka
Gelich
Mendelssohn
Ikielster
Little
Randegger
Police Court Busy Place on Massachusetts Street
Police court opened this morning as enforcement of parking and traffic ordinances resumed. Six people forfeited $1 bonds for overparking and two were fined $1 on the same charge. Names include Basil Green, Arthur Banks, C. M. Robertson, J. W. Alexander, James Ebgon, and C. H. Seymore. C. Mixon and Earl Skinner paid $1 fines for overparking, and W. E. Wendel was fined $1 for passing a stop sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Street
Basil Green
Arthur Banks
C. M. Robertson
J. W. Alexander
James Ebgon
C. H. Seymore
C. Mixon
Earl Skinner
W. E. Wendel
Legionnaires to Convene in Ottawa This Sunday
Legion commanders and adjutants from the second district will meet in Ottawa on Sunday for the annual district conference. State Commander Frank Barr of Wichita will attend to discuss post officers and district affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
Frank Barr
Wichita
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions From Classified Page
A fragment lists trivia prompts on capitals nations senators from South Carolina alloy of copper used in bids number of World War participants and etiquette regarding hats in elevators plus questions about boxing rounds and inland saltier bodies, Vermont nickname, and a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabame
North Pole
South Carolina
Fentleman
Harry Thomas
Max Bchmeling
Vermont
Tournaments Set for High School Classes A and B Centers
Topeka Jan 5 Elimination basketball tournaments for class B high schools will be held March 25 with class A regional events the following week March 9-12 Centers named include Arkansas City Clay Center Colby Columbus Dodge City Fredonia Hays Holton Mankato Newton Osage City Pratt Wyandotte Kansas City and many more across Kansas for class B centers also listed in detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
E. A. Thomas
Kansas State High School Activities Association
Thomas
Arkansas City
Clay Center
Colby
Columbus
Dodge City
Fredonia
Hays
Holton
Mankato
Newton
Osage City
Pratt
Wyandotte
Kansas City
Alexander
Almena
Alta Vista
Altoona
Brewster
Burlingame
Burrton
Cedarvale
Centralia
Circleville
Graflin
Coldwater
Cotterswood Falls
Downs
Fulton
Garfield
Glasco
Greensburg
Hill City
Hillsboro
Jewell
Kiowa
Latham
Sconi
Louisburg
Morrill
Mulvane
McCune
Death notices for Ed Lee veteran in Kansas
Ed Lee aged 57 died yesterday morning at the Veteran's hospital in Leavenworth Kansas. He was a Spanish American War veteran. He is survived by two brothers William Lee and Monroe Lee two sisters Mrs Julia Green and Mrs Hattie Drake and one niece Mrs Sylvia McKissock. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Lee
Veteran’s
Susan Elizabeth Rexford Dies in California at 76
Early Lawrence resident Susan Elizabeth Rexford died December 28 at her Pasadena home at age 76. She was the daughter of Elisha B. Harris. the family lived in Lawrence until 1894. Survived by husband W. R. Rexroad two sisters Mrs C C Meairs Riverside and Mrs William Ulrich Newport Beach and a brother Lee Harris Ukiah. Lee Harris formerly worked at the Harris and Gibson mill here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Elizabeth Rexford
Lawrence
Pasadena
Calif
Elisha B. Harris
W. R. Rexroad
C. C. Meairs
Riverside
William Ulrich
Newport Beach
Lee
Students Tour Journal-World Plant In Printing Class
Eighth grade students from Lawrence Junior High visited the Journal-World plant this afternoon. L. E. Thurman led the group, with 16 students listed by name. a first section of 17 toured yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Journal-World
L. E.thurman
Alonzo Howard
Charles Ise
Charles Riggs
LaVerne Sawyer
Donald Messer
Billy Cox
George Bullene
Alan Stutz
John Merriott
David Jones
Gene Wolfe
James Sherman
Klare Teegarden
Billy Rogers
Leo Davenport
Donald Sands
Students In Recital On Campus At Kansas University
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts music students present a recital tomorrow afternoon at 3 80 o clock in the Administration building auditorium. The program features piano Humoresque and Reflections on the Water, violin concertos in G minor and F sharp minor, Debussy vocal work Spanish Gold, and other pieces by Rachmaninoff and Vieuxtemps performed by Dorothy Hendrickson Lucile Hams Homer Dodge Caine Elth Fischer Charlene Barber and Richard Sta Violinist performances include Adagio movements and third movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of ‘Kansas School of Fine Arts
Rachmaninoff
Dorothy Hendrickson
Lucile Hams
Eruc
EL Th
Richard Sta
Vieuxtemps
Charlene Barber
Band Directors to Clinic in Urbana Illinois
Russell L. Wiley director of the University of Kansas band and Oliver Hobbs director of instrumental music at Liberty Memorial high school left by auto for Urbana Illinois to attend the national band clinic at the University of Illinois. Prominent soloists and conductors will be featured on the program. The clinic lasts through Friday and the two men return to Lawrence Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell L. Wiley
University of Kansas
Oliver Hobbs
Liberty
Memorial High School
Urbana
Lawrence
University of Illinois
Budget shows new debt peak and deficit cuts
President outlines a revised 1939 budget with a $539 million reduction in expenditures to $6.869 billion, highlighting cuts in relief, public works, veterans benefits, and CCC, offset by smaller increases in social security and debt payments. He calls for restrained flood control and rail investment while urging annual asset appraisals for the RFC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Conservation Corps
Maritime Commission
National Defense
Gov Huxman Out With Severe Cold
Topeka January 5 Governor Walter A Huxman remains confined by a severe cold but expects to be at his desk for part of the afternoon after notifying his office he hopes to improve enough to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huxman
Topeka
UPI
Walter A. Huxman
Executive Mansion
Douglass Returns to K U With Trophies
Clarence Douglass of Burlington, KU senior fullback, arrived back in Lawrence after playing for the West on New Year’s Day in San Francisco. He received a 21 jewel Elgin wrist watch and a blue white jacket for his part, with jersey No.77. He said he enjoyed the trip, played about 30 minutes, and may have a pro offer from Dutch Clark of the Lions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Douglass
Burlington
University of Kansas
San Francisco
Calif
Doug
K. U
George Karamatic
Gonzaga
Milton Popovich
Montana
Douglass
West
Lawrence
Senate Approves $50 Million Farm Crop Loan Fund
The Senate approved a $50,000,000 fund for seed and crop production loans to farmers in 1938. Loans, limited to $400, bear 4 percent interest, would be issued by Farm Credit Administration agencies and mirror last year’s program approved by President Roosevelt. An Nye amendment allowing farmers to retain seed crops was accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Reconstruction Corporation
Treasury
RFC
Washington
Senate
Smith
D.-S.c
Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Farm Credit Administration
Nye
R.-N.d
Condition Satisfactory of Albert Spence Shot Wound
Albert Spence freshman at the University of NEAS remained in satisfactory condition at Watkins Memorial Hospital after receiving an accidental gun shot wound to the abdomen earlier this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Spence
University, of
Neas
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Reverend Barr Called to Omaha by Brother-in-Law Death
The Rev Harold G Barr was summoned to Omaha Nebraska last night due to the death of his brother-in-law C D Hough from pneumonia He is expected to return Thursday evening or Friday morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Harold G. Barr
Neb
C. D. Hough
Mr. Barr
Fragmented ad copy on film rights and classifieds
The fragment discusses pre talkie sound rights for properties sold to studios and the extra cost for talking rights. It asks about fireplace wood and mentions a classified page to buy wood. The tone mirrors an old newspaper ad snippet with candid references.
White slave girl tale cited in Lawrence diary
A birthday note recalls a white slave girl carried from North Carolina to Indiana centuries ago. The child, born to a slave mother and white father, later lived as a white woman in a large city and married a white man. The account notes the sensitivity of sharing such history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
North Carolina
Indiana
South
West Indies
Christmas Visitors Span Many Lane County Families
A long list of Lake View Lawrence Eudora and nearby residents gathered for Christmas and holiday visits. Families including Schutz Mitchells Altenbernds Gerstenbergs Hadls Tornedens and Wichmans joined dinners, dinners and bridge games with relatives across Lawrence and Topeka to Tulsa and Franklin.
Lawrence area Christmas social notes and anniversary
The column records numerous Christmas gatherings in Lawrence and surrounding towns. Families such as the Martins, Gilmore, Hughes, Schaake, Walters and Stanwix share dinners and gift exchanges. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Martin celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with neighbors and greetings. a radio is presented to the Martins.
Local families share Christmas week across towns
Linwood hosts Betty Jo and Elva Rose McKenney with grandparents in Tonganoxie. Allie Lamberson travels to Chanute for four weeks. George Kirkman and Glenn Coleman visit Leeds relatives. Carl Silkey attends J O Dunlap funeral in Leavenworth. William Allison hosts Johnsons and Sullivans for Christmas dinner. Silkey family joins George Henik family for Sunday meal. Lydia Allison heads to Kansas City for winter. Mary Borun visits her parents over the holidays. George Holland’s daughter-in-law Frank Reed’s guest reports mild improvement. Charles Coleman and daughter Jo visit Bonner Springs relatives. Milton Anderson and son Milton join Edwardsville Christmas day with Mrs Anderson’s family. Allen Harbaugh spends Christmas with family. Hugh McKenzie hosts parents of Mr. McKenzie for Christmas. Omar Browning, Otto Tilker, and Carl Silkey travel to Kansas City Wednesday. Hardin family Christmas visit noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Schutz
Chester Mitchell
Lake View
Arnold Mitchell
Lawrence
William Chaney
Clearfield
Goldie Schutz
Iona
Kenneth
Raymond
Bert Mitchells
Nthelbert
Emerson Ott
John Ott
Walter Gerstenberger
Howard Bernitz
Lela
Weaver
Paul Hadl
Eudora
Alfred Torneden
Linwood
Adolph Torneden
Eugene €Orel
Bridge Club
Fred Love
George Kapfer
Leo Thayer
Edwin Parkee
Marilyn
DeSoto
Clifford Cox
Charles Cox
R. K. Nicholson
Harold Altenbernd
Conrad Altenbernd
F. G. Hughes
Marion
L. D. Hughes
Robert
Topeka
William Hughes
Bartlesville
Okla
Nydia Hughes
Mary G. Allen
Josephine Gilmore
Robert McFarland
California
Harry Strong
Wanda
John Pipperts
Worden
Ida Saunders
Lee Cox
Sun Valley
Ida
Ralph Standing
Mary Evelyn
Harold Saunders
Gladys Turner
Marion Hughes
Helen Jean Ott
Glen Kiefer
Kansas City
Eugene Corel
Robert White
Leo Applegate
Nicholsons
Floyd Fink
Hutchinson
Kan
Kennedy
V. Z. Chase
Theodore Flory
Beulah
Arthur Flory
Michael Serine
Franklin
Christmas
Herman Wichman
John Paige
F. G.hughes
Samet Breithaupt
Tulsa
Carol Martin
Mt. Pleasant
J. D. Martin
Gustave Schaake
Bobby
G. A. Stanwix
John Strong
Henry Eisele
Patricia
Emporia
F. J. Strong
Oakridge
Bertha Knop
Frank Walters
Frances
Virginia
Oak Ridge
Gertrude Gilmore
Solon T. Gilmore
William Powell
Oscar Powell
North Lawrence
Russell Hird
Miles Saunders
Carol Mae
Mildred Saunders
Jim Lyons
Frank McFarland
Albert Wichman
Ed Schaake
Bismarck
Marvin Gene Wichman
Floyd Paige
Creighton
Harry Warmker
L. M. Walters
Ray
Myrtle Walters
C. G. Perkins
Jack Hughes
Wayne
Plin White
Michael Schutz
Anna
Ted Flory
Euelah
Martin
Hiawatha
Sabetha
Betty Jo
Elva Rose McKenney
Shelly Winkleman
Tonganoxie
Allie Lamberson
Chanute
George Kirkman
Glenn
Charles Coleman
Johanna Mae
Ernest Allison
Leeds
Carl Silkey
J. O. Dunlap
Leavenworth
William Allison
Jess Johnson
Calvin Sullivan
George Henik
Lydia Allison
Mary Borun
George Holland
Frank Reed
Bonner
William Anderson
Gon
Milton
Christ
Mr. Anderson
Edwardsville
Allen Harbaugh
Hugh McKenzie
Mrs. McKenzie
Omar Browning
Otto Tilker
Hardin
Visit to Louisville Ties Couple to Family Home
Mrs Hardin returns to their home in Louisville Kentucky after two months visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Riley. Marvin Elard visited Jack Gersh during the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Christmas Gatherings Reported Across Stony Point and Nearby Towns
Families from Stony Point to Lawrence and Vinland shared Christmas Day dinners at multiple homes. The Holcom family and Clara Kassinger's group joined relatives in Wakarusa and Lawrence, with many others including Griffis, Rockhold, Holmes, Gottstein, and Wrightsman families noted in Christmas meals and visits across Pleasant Grove and Union areas. Hunters also joined a New Year wolf hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Holcom
Zamily
Abe Holcom
Wakarusa
Clara Kassinger
Charles Kassinger
Lawrence
D. A. Wramoe
Pleasant Grove
D. Cripe
Ruth
Anna Cripe
Elmer Smith
Pittsburg
Smith
Howard Smith
Rockhold
A. T. Rockhold
Johanna Griffis
Number Six
Conner
Charles Wrightsman
Emily
Union
Grandpa Wrightsman
Sam Wrightsman
Worden
Elmer Flory
Pleasantrove
Christmas gatherings fill Columbia with family visits
Local residents share scenes of Christmas dinners and suppers at multiple homes and halls. Families including the Shucks Florys Beeghleys Postmas and Woodwards gather for festive meals and a school house tree event while neighbors tend caring duties for Mrs. Wes ley Flory after a heart attack and other illnesses.
Christmas Gatherings and Family Visits Across the Community
Sunday events at the Charles home and numerous relatives from Lawrence New Mexico and nearby towns joined holiday gatherings. Guests included Dallis Jellison Felix Tucker and others while farm work and meals such as an oyster supper filled the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Ben Brohammer
George Markley
Solon Markley
Charles Shuck
Ernest
Russell Tuckel
Lawrence
Felix Tucker
Oscar
Eets Markley
Asa Postma
Robert
John Brohammer
Bob
Harold
Charles Brohammer
Charles and Lloyd
Shuckome
Community snatches up New Year wolf hunt tale
Barker notes a large turnout for the C. P. A. wolf hunt on New Year’s day. Several local families, including Olson, Harrison, Gentry Saunders, and Wiggins, host gatherings and visits over the holiday. The Minervian club, led by Mrs. McCreath, meets Thursday as plans unfold. Charles Baxter and family visit from Kansas City, and Noah Hetrick learns of his granddaughter Blanche Shelly’s wedding to Carl Olibly in Palisade Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. ‘Olson
Lawrence
J. M. Harrison
Robert Gentry
Shawnee County
Elizabeth
Bernice Wiggins
Norris Farringer
Teddy
Karnes
Minervian Club
Palisade
Family Dinner Guests at Reuben Weeks Home
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Rohe and Beula joined Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rohe and Henry Jr. for a Sunday family dinner at Reuben Weeks's home with their daughter Eva. Other guests included Arthur Weeks and Mary Frances, Marion and Wanda, Lulu Smith, and several Tadlock, Roche, Jacobson, Vaughn family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Rohe
Beula
Henry Rohe
Henry Jr
Mary
Edith Joe
Reuben Weeks
Eva
Arthur Weeks
Mary Frances
Marion
Wanda
Lulu Smith
Arthur
Billy
Sevier Tadlock
Cyril Roche
Albert Jacobson
Charles Vaughn
Local Social Notes from Barker and Vicinity
Miss Marie Coffman of Kansas City visits her parents and relatives over holidays. The Dornan family from Iowa visit old friends in Barker this week. Mary Coffman visits Basehor. Houk family hosts Takings in Kansas City and Vinland. Jolly Quilters meet with twelve members. next gathering planned with Mrs. Wiggins. Nadine and Norma Jean Stanwix travel from Iowa. Evelyn Houk visits Eleanor Stanwix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Coffman
Kansas City
George Coffman
S. M. Carter
A. Richards
Barker
George Dornan
Nadine
Norma Jean
Avis
Iowa
Mary Coffman
Basehor
Charles Houk
Teunaday
Kansasity
C. E. Stanwix
Vinland
George Sturdy
W. M. Wulfkuhle
Jolly Quilters
Anna Houk
Williams
Baldwin
Wiggins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Professor Geltch and Wilkins
Walter Varnum
Abdallah Shrine
Sjogren
Homer Dodge E Caine
Debussy
Wiley and Hobbs
Dixon
Dutch” Clark
Detroit Lions
Phi Kappa Psi
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Union Ballroom
Kansas
F. C. Allen
Jayhawker
George Lupier
Ray Wright
Ballyhooed
Lyman Field
Philip Barry
New York
K. U. Dramatic Club
Kaw Valley
Stony Point
Columbia
Oscar Shuck
Evelyn
Byron
Ernest Wray
Lloyd Shuck
Dr. Ballard
Abe Flory
Elmer Churchbaugh
Donald
Thursay
Charlie Woodward
Lewis Kent
Carl Woodward
Wesley. Flory
Lloyd Beeghley
Daniel Beeghley
Virgil Shoemaker
Laurie Postma
Will Postma
Wesley Flory
Johnny
Grandma
Marion Childs
Frank Deay
Chester Wible
Doris
Russell
Ben
Pearl
Harold Brohammer
C.P.A. Hall
Jesse Markley
Leo
George
Edward
Merritt Woodward
Betty
Thelma
Neal Banks
William
Reta
Oscar Markley
Marlin
Maurine
Raymond Ralston
Ivan
Mary Katherine
Mr. Robbins
Howard Gray
Maurice Knott
Lee Dwayne Robbins
Everett Pence
Bryona
Frank Déay
Roy Shuler
Eula
Marjorie
Dorothy
Darrell
Marsden Pence
Larry
Carl Hegeman
Orville Flory
Phyllcs
Irve Flory
Paul
Dudley
Lois
Benny Jean
Elbert Wax
Warren
Walter Dover
Elwood Deay
David Kesler
Richard
Welbie Postma
Lliepee
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