Sweden Oasis in Desert of Europe
Swedish banker Elof Larsson, visiting Lawrence relatives, praises U S roads, farms, and vast country. He notes Sweden has no unemployment, strong construction, and remarkable rail electrification, plus a generous social security system and peaceward politics. He plans to visit Nebraska Minnesota and New York before returning July 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Elof Larsson
Lawrence
Elsie Larson
Mary Larson
Edith Larson
John Larson
Salina
Altha
Larsson
America
Kansas
Larsons
United States
Mr. Larsson
Sodra Ui
Smaland
Crown Prince
Gustaf Adolf
Prince Bertil
Princess Louise
Wilmington
Del
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Longwood
Pierre DuPont
Philadelphia
Governor Printz Park
Valley Forge
Nebraska
Minnesota
New York
Gustave
Test Your Knowledge Quiz from Classified Page
The page lists ten trivia prompts on topics from geography to science and history. Questions cover mandrills citizenship several golf open, Montana capital, miles per mile, gasoline elements, pensions for ex presidents, labor union slang, century start, Sullivan rival, and first solo Atlantic flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
United States
United Automobil Workers’ Union
John L. Sullivan
Jefferson Quoted By Two Speakers At Virginia Institute
At the University of Virginia institute of public affairs in Charlottesville two speakers, John D. Hamilton and Senator Claude Pepper, used Thomas Jefferson to frame Republican and Democrat positions on economic stability and social security. Hamilton warned against spending without balancing the budget and urged restoring confidence in government. Pepper argued Jefferson would support liberty even in emergencies and criticized opposition to the New Deal while outlining Democratic aims to aid those hit by disaster.
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Charlottesville
John D. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
New Deal
Thomas Jefferson
Hamilton
Pepper
University of Virginia
Institute of Public Affairs
Jefferson
Institute
Charles Michelson
Franklyn Waltman, Jr
Roosevelt
England
United States
George
Democratic Party
Always Goodbye gains from Stanwyck and Marshall performing well
Barbara Stanwyck plays Margot who loses her fiancé in a wedding day accident and finds love with doctor Jim Herbert Marshall. She later faces a choice between her son Rodney and the man she loves while avoiding a gold digger and dealing with a remarriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Stanwyck
Herbert Marshall
Miss Stanwyck
Margot
Jim
Marshall
Rodney
Phil Marshall
Ian Hunter
Paramount
Henry King
Having a Wonderful Time at the Granada
The Granada screens Having a Wonderful Time starring Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. A New York stenographer and a poor law student meet at Camp Karefree, clash, then fall in love and marry after two weeks. Supporting players include Peggy Conklin Red Skelton Lucille Ball and Lee Bowman. Short features Freddie Rich orchestra and a Laurel and Hardy item.
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Granada
Arthur Kober
Ginger Rogers
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
New York
Miss Rogers
Fairbanks
Karefree
Peggy Conklin
Richard “Red” Skelton
Lucille Ball
Lee Bowman
Freddie Rich
Laurel Hardy
July forecast for Kansas farm prices from state college analysts
Kansas State college marketing specialists predict July will bring a mostly steady to lightly bullish wheat market with some rallies possible. They foresee steady corn and butter prices, higher hogs, and lower cattle and lamb values, with eggs steady to higher and butterfat near June levels.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
Kansas
Argentina
Canada
United States
U. S
Spring Wheat Belt
Spring Wheat
Kansas City
Car Goes Into Ditch In Topeka Injury
Paul Clifton, 27, of Topeka, suffered bruises and a scalp laceration yesterday when his car left the road and mounted into a ditch near Big Springs. He was taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment and then to his brother Ernest Geen's home at 1208 East Thirteenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Clifton
Topeka
Big Springs
Memorial Hospital
Ernest Geen
East
Thirteenth Stree
Lincoln-Washington battalion celebrates July Fourth in Spain
Volunteers from the United States serving with the Spanish government civil war marked Independence Day with games speeches and fireworks at a camp in a Spanish valley. Insurgent bombings nearby forced the battalion to cancel a planned parade but celebration continued in concealed grounds with improvised firecrackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln - Washington
Spain
United States
Lawrence area busy with fishing licenses and holiday closures
Law rence reports strong sales of new fishing licenses through Saturday with most outlets selling over 50 licenses each. WPA inventories county property only, not private belongings, amid public misgivings. Merrill M Day of Kansas City earned a marine corps commission and will report to Philadelphia navy yard. Stores prepare for summer hours and holiday closures with post office limited to specials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Merrill M. Day
Kansas City
Marine Corps
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Lawrence
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Ida F Hundley
Mrs Ida F Hundley aged 65 died yesterday afternoon at Memorial hospital. Funeral services will be held at Rumsey funeral home Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. She is survived by three daughters Mrs Lester Griffin of Dallas Texas Mrs Ralph Kieffer of Kansas City Missouri and Mrs Robert M Frost of Lawrence two sons Overton Hundley and Burton Hundley of Lawrence and eleven grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida F. Hundley
Lawrence
Memorial Hospital
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hundley
Lester Griffin
Dallas
Tex
Ralph Kieffer
Kansas City
Robert M. Frost
Overton Hundley
Burton Hundley
Wichita attorney seeks uncle's office in state race
Robert E. Blase, a Wichita Republican candidate for state representative in the 66th district, sought the office his Democratic uncle Oscar E. Blase held. Oscar chose to run for Sedgwick County commissioner instead, turning a family contest into a broader primary field with five candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Robert E. Blase
Oscar E. Blase
Sedgwick County Board of Commissioners
Blase
No Special Session Expected Then Says Capper Note
A sign on Senator Capper’s office door in Washington indicates confidence there will be no special session of Congress in the fall. The notice says the office is closed to January 1, 1939 and gives a Topeka Kansas home address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Capper
Kan
Congress
Topeka
Marriage Licenses Issued At Court House Saturday
The court issued licenses to Charles G. Mat Ee and Lucile L. Hansford of Topeka, and Vine Clarence Wood and Lois Rogle of Lawrence.
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Court House
Charles G. Mat Ee
Lucile L. Hansford
Tope- Vine
Clarence Wood
Lois
Rogle
Lawrence
Oil Property Valuation Drops in Sedgwick County
Sedgwick county's oil property valuation fell in 1938 to 2,137,280 from 2,230,900 in 1937 per deputy county clerk Marvin Whitlow. The report highlights a decline in oil property values amid the year's financial readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Sedgwick County
Marvin Whitlow
Oskaloosa News Sees A Busy Social Week
Mrs. Ben Weinberg hosted relatives from Troy and Ben dene while Gensler Edmonds visited McLouth relatives. Several locals received KU scholarships and others attended family reunions, weddings, and a Red Cross event in Topeka, with extended visits across Salina Wakefield Topeka Kansas City and Guthrie.
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Gensler Edmonds
McLouth
Nona Crosby
Belle Davis
Lew Wiley
Centralia
James and
Edward Smith
St. Elmo
Ill
Alice Boles
Naomi Gragg
Dehlia Larner
Emporia
Carol Munson
Wilson
Kan
A. C. Wilson
Mary Alto
Waggoner
Miller Hall
K.U
Gladys Huber
Valley Falls
W. B. Ford
Wakefield
Edna Swingle
A. G. Smith
Red Cross
Mae Ottinger
Dean Ottenger
Max Engle
Velma Brown
Agnes Kueny
Mary Marie Wray
C. H. Nowlin
Kansas City
Eva Smith
New York
Forrest Root
Wilsey
Elizabeth Farrish
Robert Brittain
Stockton
Floretta Farris
Topeka
B. P. Davis
Jacquemin
Nowlin
Fatriah
Mac Forbes
Oscar Raines
Celia Phinney
Ailee Henry
Margaret Johnson
Tina Payne
Jennie Davis
Ruth Long
Anna Grayson
Elizabeth Slade
Ida McCreight
Jo Hamilton
Ida Smith
Kate Morrow
Zimmerman
Otto Zimmerman
Guthrie
Okla
Clinton Zimmermadl
Hugo
Colo
Mary Zimmerman Davis
Martha McKee
Ella Miller
Elnora Bowen
Davis
Pleasant Grove Social Notes and Harvest Update
Pleasant Grove residents report a weekend visit by Alva Flory and family from California to See Mrs Curtis home. Wheat harvest underway as Elroy McNish Dennis Cruse and Ted Daily assist Chester Wible. Neighbors Leslie Clough and family from Seigle visited Thursday. Daniels family and Corrine from Lone Star joined John Daniels for Thursday evening. Sherman McNish returned Friday from Pratt County harvest work.
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Irve Flory
W. J. Curtis
Lone Star
Alva Flory
California
Elroy McNish
Dennis Cruse
Ted
Chester Wible
Leslie Clough and Sons
Seigle
Pleasant Grove
Carl
Roscoe
Daniels
Local Wheat Harvest and Family Visits Reported
Ralph Messer remains home recovering from old injuries. Dick Dillon harvests wheat for Jack Dillon near Lone Star. Sherman McNish family visited Ed Paasch near Eudora. Russell Kenneson moved cattle to Kansas City with Mrs. Kenneson. Mrs. Winchell of Vinland visited Charlie Winchell and family. Willis Garrett returned to Jackson Michigan after visiting relatives. Nedson Gish assists Dave Wray with harvest. Ed Pausch of near Eudora called on Sherman McNish. Edna and Albert McNish returned home with them. Irene Nutter leaves for Missouri after working at Jack Dillon home. Four Leaf club met July 1 with small crowd and a brief program. Evelyn and Carrol Horton of Riley visit grandparents Ed Deay and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Messer
Dick Dillon
Lone Star
Jack Dillon
Sherman McNish
Ed Paasch
Eudora
Russell Kenneson
Kansas City
Fred Howard
Jackson
Mich
Nedson Gish
Dave Wray
Ed Pauch
Sherman
Four Leaf Club
Evelyn and
Carrol Horton
Wright Horton
Riley, Kan
Ed Deay
Local Social Roundup Includes Visits and Births
Richmond figures Miss Irene Akin spends weekend with cousin Mrs. George Walter. Virginia Hazlett visits with Guy Bigsby. George Walter attends a Kansas City bankers club dinner where Dr. Marcus Nadler spoke on inflation. Mrs. Daniels travels to Lawrence for VFW Auxiliary business. Mrs. Spaulding and granddaughter Marjorie Spaulding visit the McClung home. Mrs. Spaulding is from Neodesha. A son is born to Mrs. George Jeffries at Memorial hospital in Lawrence. Wayne Edwards, Monterey Calif teacher, visits en route to New York City to meet Mrs. Edwards who spent a year globe trotting.
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Irene Akin
Richmond
George Walter
Virginia Hazlett
Guy Bigsby
Bankers Club of
Kansas City
Marcus Nadler
N. Y. City
Jean Kiefer
C. D. Asling
Topeka
Wayne Edwards
Monterey
Calif
Edwards
New York City
C. E. Daniels
Lawrence
V. of
F. W. My
George Jeffries
Memorial Hospital
Guy Spaulding
Neodesha
Marjorie Spaulding
Chanute
C. L
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Norway
Vicinity
Atlantic Ocean
Philippine Islands
Fiji Islands
North Pole
Gene Mako
Hamilton and
THE
Dickinson
State College Economists
Carter
Massachusetts Street
Italy
Mussolini
Aprilia
Benito Mussolini
N Duce
Ottawa
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Federal Bureau of Fisheries
T.W. Flory
C. of C
Gene Parkes
Osawatomie
U.S
Edsall
Tulsa
Swatow
China
Oskaloosa
Ben Weinberg
Hautzenrader
Troy
Robert Ruhnke
Bendene
Fairview
Brown County
James Wheeler
Joe Vendel
Frances Carson
Hatti. Mountain
P. C. Machiels
Ellen Hoskinson
Wm. Williamson
Ed Fairchild
Douglas County Building & Loan Association
Massachusetts
John C. Emick
Holford Investment CO
Agency
Mass
Funke
Man L
F. H. A. Loans
National Housing Act
Weaver
Green Bros. Hardware
Winter Chevrolet Co
M. F. Hudson Co
Independent Laundry Co
Lawrence Iron Works
H. D. Hill Motor Co
Cooke's
Auto Wrecking & Glass Co
Allen Press
Ward
Picken’s Machine Works
the Barteldes Seed. Co
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