Midwestern Snowstorm Blocks Roads and Delays Travel
A severe blizzardblanket covered the middle west with deep snow halting school, blocking highways, and delaying rail and air travel. Wires were down, dozens of accidents reported as snowdrifts rose six to eight feet in Iowa and eastern Nebraska.
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Chicago
Middle West
Minnesota
Fairmont
Iowa
Omaha
Nebraska
Valentine
Wisconsin
Janesville
Milwaukee
Yankton
Huron
S. D
East
Maryland
West Virginia
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Co-ops Hear Safety Talk On Highway Deaths And Laws
Paul Lawrence of the Kansas highway safety division spoke to the Co-Operative club at Eldridge hotel about a bill for the coming legislature. He cited eleven states cutting highway deaths 21.2 percent from 1926 to 1935 while Kansas rose 50 percent to 598 deaths in 1936. He cited licenses with exams, driving knowledge, vehicle inspection, and adequate patrols as common factors. Next Thursday the club will install new officers at its annual banquet and ball. Texas led AAA rental and benefit payments with 11 percent of the national total.
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Co-Operative Club
Eldridge Hotel
Paul Lawrence
Kansas State Highway Department
Topeka
Lawrence
Kansas
Wrence
Belle of Barcelona cast rehearsing at Liberty Memorial High
Liberty Memorial high school students in voice and dramatics train for the operetta Belle of Barcelona to be staged Friday January 15 at 8 15 pm. Joe M Williams directs the singing, Elizabeth Shepherd the drama, Margaret Maynard the dancing, Clarence E Sawhill the orchestra, with L H Emmett supervising the stage sets.
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Barcelona
Voice
Dramatics
Liberty Memorial High School
Joe M. Williams
Elizabeth Shepherd
Dramatic
Margaret Maynard
Clarence E. Sawhill
L. H. Emmett
Huxman Plans Move to Topeka with Radio
Governor-elect Walter A. Huxman said he will take only one piece of furniture to the governor’s mansion in Topeka a radio. He and his wife and daughter Ruth will drive if roads allow to prepare for Mondays inaugural ceremonies. About 600 Hutchinson residents will ride a special train to Topeka. Huxman aims to attend Roosevelt’s January 17 inauguration unless prevented, and his daughter may accompany him if needed. Secretary Leslie Wallace accompanied him to Topeka and then home to Larned.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Walter A. Huxman
Executive Mansion
Topeka
Huxman
Ruth Huxman
Haxman
Washington
Roosevelt
Leslie Wallace
Howieson
Larned
Valley Grove Visitors Return and Health Updates
Valley Grove notes Mr and Mrs Fred Ousdahl visiting the Weir family in DeSoto as Mr Weir recovers from a broken arm. Frank Dietrich of Stillwater with his son and De Lores, plus Lizzie Petrie, visited the Dietrich home during the holidays. Friends learn Mrs Frank Champion of Woodstock is recovering from a severe flu episode.
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Fred Ousdah
M. R. Weir
DeSoto
Frank Champion
Woodstock
Local social notes from Oskaloosa area gatherings and events
A sprawling column recalls neighborhood happenings from New Year visits and family greetings to club meetings. People named include Mr and Mrs Ousdahl Petrie Kincaid Champion and Smith with gatherings at Tonanoxie DeSoto Midland and Perry. Chester Grange held an oyster supper and officers installation, Sunny Valley Farm Bureau hosts lessons and rolls call, and Phyllis Weibel visited from Oskaloosa High School amid family time and community events.
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Fred Ousdahl
Midland
Alberta Garner
Charles Petrie
Quidahl
Ward
J. R. Stewart
Herbert Champion
Ruth Petrie
Roll Call
Chester Grange
Valley Grove
Brey
E. C. Bussing
Russell Shaw
James Holladay
Grover Husted
Tom _Holladay
Jimmie Holladay
Earl Beard
Grantville
George Welliver
Rosetta May
Arnold Welliver
Chester
Sunny Valley Farm Bureau
C. M. Jones
Sunnyside
Askaloosa
C. T. Hall
Willoughby
Bier
Kansas State College
Happy Valley Club
Vernon Flory
Phyllis Weibel
Oskaloosa High School
Lloyd Weibel
Local Families Visit and Regional Ozarks Note
Cecil Franklin, son of Mr and Mrs at ford Kincaid, joined by Clarence Bunger and son Tommy of Topeka, Anthony Dietrich and daughter De Lores of Lawrence, and Frank Dietrich from Oklahoma, visited the Petrie family. George Brown of Oskaloosa spent Monday with the Skeet household as Mrs Bray aided Mrs Skeet in care. The Ozarks cover about 80 000 square miles across Missouri Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Cecil Franklin
Atford Kincaid
Clarence Bunger
Tommy
Topeka
Anthony Dietrich
de Lores
Lawrence
Frank Dietrich
Oklahoma
Richard Petrie
George Brown
Oskaloosa
Harold Skeet
Bray
Skeet
Ozarks
Missouri, Oklahoma
Kansas
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William Hansen
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Virgel Wise
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Martin Henry
Lloyd Howard
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Wilbur Rake
Delmar Slinkard
Leonard Talley
Howard Woodward
Richard Cayton
Villa Craft
Georgia Landrith
Alicea McCleary
Betty McClure
Doris Markley
Lucille Myers
Wilma Orr
Eucie Reuter
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Anne Ward
Dorothy Winey
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Gun Creek
Muriel Evans
David Howard
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Angels of the Airlines
Quincy
7Th St
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Clifford Kincaid
Tom Holladay
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Ruby
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Perry
George Duree
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J. B. Hymer
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Tonanoxic
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Ray Mill
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Paramount
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OWL
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Virginia Bruce
Frank Morgan—Fannie Brice
James Ellison
Charles Bickford
Helen Burgess
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Cecil B. DeMille
Betty Boop
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