Social Calendar for Chi Omega Alumnae and Local Groups
Wednesday events include a buffet supper at Mrs Wayne McCoy’s home and a bridge and thimble party for wives of School of Education students at Mrs Joe Williama’s. Thursday features Mrs Hovey H Hanna Progressive contract club and a tea for Miss Mildred Reuter with Mrs A C Reuter. Dinner at Pi Lambda Tibte at Colonial. Friday breakfast hosted by Mrs W W Hutton Jr and Mrs Elmer Brost at Mrs Hutton’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chi Omega
Wayne McCoy
School of Education
Joe Williama
Hovey H. Hanna
Progressive Contract Club
A. C. Reuter
Mildred Reuter
Pi Lambda Tibte
Colonial
Rida
W. W. Hutton, Jr
Elmer Brost
Hutton
Local Socials and Announcements Highlight June Events
Mrs A C Reuter hosts a tea honoring her daughter Mildred Reuter ahead of her Sunday marriage. Imer Broat invites Gamma Phi Beta rushees and Lawrence chapter members to breakfast Friday. Elma Hodges to wed Franklin Cooper July 3 with plans to live in Topeka. Mrs Howard Koelb marks Mary Elizabeth’s fourth birthday with a luncheon. Tesora club hosts a roll call poetry session tomorrow. Royal Neighbors of America hold 2 PM meeting at Holloway and Jones hall. Neal Haggard and Mary Phyllis Armstrong announce birth of son John Bryce June 25. Haggard is a KU mechanical engineering graduate and works for U S Gypsum in Sweetwater Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Reuter
Mildred Reuter
W. W. Hutton, Jr
Imer Broat
Gamma Phi Beta
Lawrence
James N. Hodges
Elma
Franklin Cooper
Topeka
Cooper
Neal Haggard
Sweetwater
Tex
John Bryce
Haggard
Mss
Phyllis Armstrong
Chanter
University of Kansas
U. S. Gypsum Company
Local couples plan trips in Missouri and Colorado
Mr and Mrs James Lansing travel to Sunrise Beach Missouri to vacation with other couples as guests of the Union Central Life Insurance Agency. Mr Ralph Pine and sons plan a month long Colorado motor trip near Colorado Springs and Denver. Bernice Graeber and Laura Alice Holliday vacation at Rockaway Beach Ozarks. Mary Gusmer from Rahway New Jersey arrives to visit Mrs A B Weaver. Mr and Mrs M J Getto and son Michael return from Jeanette Pennsylvania area. Betty Banker and Bob Banker are mentioned in connection with the trip report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lansing
Sunrise Beach
Missouri
Kansas City
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Ralph Pine
Ralph, Jr
Wayne
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Denver
Bernice Graeber
Laura Alice Holliday
Rockaway Beach
Ozarks
Mary Gusmer
Rahway
N J
A. B. Weaver
M. J. Getto
Michael
Jeannette
Betty Banker
Bob Banker
Families and travelers visit kin and friends during holiday period
Muskogee residents arrive to spend weeks with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Fitch. Harry A. Dodderidge of Washington DC visits Lawrence friends before joining brothers Phil Dodderidge and Russell Dodderidge in White City and Council Grove. Bob Dodderidge returns from a Caribbean cruise to West Point graduation. Various locals return from trips to Marshall MO Independence Day celebrations, Kansas City, Colorado, and New London Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
T. G. Fitch
Harry A. Dodderidge
Washington, D. C
Lawrence
D. Coen Burn
Phil Dodderidge
White City
Russell Dodderidge
Council Grove
Bob Dodderidge
West Point
Carrbbean Sea
L. B. Rayhill
Marthat Rayhill
Marshall
Warrensburg
Dale Carnegie
N. C. Lindstrom
Leonardsville
W. S. Brady
Kansas City
Captain Brady
A. Bulvaney
Brady
A. J. Bunschu
Independence
Colorado
Hawaii
Cynthia Dungan
New York City
Agnes Emery
Dungan
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Broadway
Columbia University
University of Kansas
Philip Readie
George
Philip
Janice
Ithaca
N. Y
George Hackman
C. A. Gleason
Burlington
Kan
Hutchinson
Howard E. Koelb
Mary Elizabeth
Helen
A. D. Weaver
New London
Conn
George J. Kirchhoff, Jr
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
Jim M. Mettner
Lindsborg
Alice B. Myers
George Rising
New York
North Carolina
Lawrence FE. Cole
Nancy
Rahway
N. J
Cole
E. R. Cole
Okmulgee
David M. Logan
Idaho Falls
Ida
Lucille M. Brandhouge
Betty Garret
Joplin
Helen Dodds
Topeka
Evelyn Cruzan
Cruzan
Farm Security Administration
Frances Morawetz
Fritzi
Mary Marshall
Tulsa
Barbara Marshall
Jensen Family Returns Home to Hutchinson After Trip
Prof and Mrs Jens P Jensen return from Chicago where Mr Jensen attended a tax administrators week. They visited Mrs Jensen's father in Waverly and sister's family in Harmony before moving to Hutchinson. Mr Hill, manager of the Kress store in Lawrence, transfers to Hutchinson store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jens P. Jensen
Chicago
Jensen
Tel Shoreland
Oil industry shows signs of improvement in second half
Austin July 6 The oil industry enters the year's second half with signs of improvement due to production curtailment rising gasoline consumption and potential business upturn. Crude oil and gasoline stocks are down year over year while fuel oil inventories rise. The Oil and Gas Journal reports a weekly U S production drop and Texas output edged higher alongside declines in Kansas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
The
Oil and Gas Journal
End of slump seen in patent filings signals recovery
Washington reports patent commissioner Coe calling the latest rise in patent applications a strong sign of industrial revival. Inventive activity in early 1938 hits a four year high with innovations in pre fabricated building materials plastics artificial silks permanent waving devices clothing automobile bodies lubricants and printing equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Conway P. Roe
Coe
Patent Office
Vornholt Named Administrator for Concordia Diocese
Right Rev Monsignor John B Vornholt pastor of St Josephs New Almelo Norton county Kan chosen by clergy consultors to serve as administrator until successor to Most Rev Francis J Tief resigns due to illness announced at chancery. Ordained 1892 Vornholt has served western Kansas missions since 1904 and assisted at Ellsworth Lincoln and Plainville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia
Kan
John B. Vornholt
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
New Almelo
Norton County
Francis J. Tieff
Toay
Vornholt
Western Kansas
Ellsworth
Lincoln
Plainville
Tief
Mansfield Youngs Announce Maude Marries Perry Orman
Mrs. Mansfield Young announces the marriage of her daughter Maude to Perry Orman son of Mrs. Pansetta Buffington of Coffeyville. The ceremony occurred July 4 and the couple will reside in Coffeyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield Young
Maude
Perry Orman
Pansetta Buffington
Coffeyville
Roosevelt hears FHA to build one billion this year
President Roosevelt received Stewart McDonald who announced the FHA will insure 1 billion dollars in new building this year, more than double last year. June home mortgages totaled 96 million, up 74 percent from June last year, with 17 million in modernization and 8 million in large-scale rental projects excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Stewart McDonald
FHA
McDonald
Donald
McDonald's
Ickes
Marietta
Ohio
Northwest
White House
Picket Line at Maytag Plant Delays Newton Factory Reopen
In Newton Iowa today picket lines around the Maytag Washing Machine plant kept it closed despite Governor Kraschel urging operations resume. Two office workers were turned back and briefly assaulted. no serious injuries. A second conference with CIO leaders followed, as Mayor Campbell prepared hose lines for possible violence. Governor Kraschel recommended a 10 percent wage cut to bring workers back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Maytag
C.I.0
Nelson G.,. Kraschel
Maytag Company
Wilbert Allison
William Sentner
George Campbell
Des Moines
James V Huffman Dies Grand Old Man of Oil
Coffeyville Kan July 6 James V Huffman 79 longtime oil operator and pioneer who helped sink the first well at Terre Haute Indiana. He financed a Bradner Ohio refinery and later became a Sun Oil director. Huffman moved from Bradner to Tulsa and No water before Coffeyville claim as grand oil man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville
Kan
James V. Huffman
Huffman
Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Bradner, C
Bradner
Sun Oil Company
Tulsa
Okla
Nowate
Grand Oil Man
Wheat loan to set base rate for grades at markets
Washington officials announced the forthcoming wheat loan will establish a base rate for different grain grades at central markets with reduced rates for grain stored away from markets. AAA Director George A. Farrell said the final method for calculating differentials may be decided at a conference with Secretary Wallace, likely this week, with rate details released next week. Parity price was $1.14 on June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pi—Agricultural Adjustment Administration
George A. Farrell
AAA
Farrell
Wallace
See Grief in Unbalanced Population Distribution
The national resources committee warns of chronic poverty and cultural stagnation from uneven population spread. It urges freer movement of workers from under Opportunity rural areas. In the Southeast rural overpopulation lowers value per worker, with $672 yearly output versus Northwest and national averages. The report forecasts a population peak near mid century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Resources Committee
Roosevelt
Northwest
Lawrin Bowed Tendon Ends Derby Runner's Year
Lawrin the Kentucky Derby winner developed a bowed tendon in California and trainer Ben Jones said the colt may be out for the rest of the year. Owned by Herbert M. Woolf Lawrin was a favorite for the $15,000 Derby and the $50,000 Hollywood Gold Cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inglewood
Calif
Pawrin
Ben Jones
Lawrin
Herbert M. Woolf
Kansas City
Vacation Journal World Subscription Ad
A brief newspaper advertisement promotes a vacation subscription to the Journal-World, framing it as a daily letter from home and offering news by mail for 25 cents per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Journal-World
Wide variance in Kansas wheat yields reported
Topeka July 6 1938 report from federal and state agricultural agencies notes large yield differences across Kansas. Some northern western fields show high wheat production while central south central and southeastern counties report very low yields. Wet fields lodging and straw problems hinder harvest as grasshoppers damage crops and stock vaccinations rise against sleeping sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Kaw
Kansas
Marshall
Phillips
University of Nebraska to Install New Chancellor
Lincoln announces Chancellor E A Burnett retires after 39 years at age 72. Dr C S Boucher, formerly dean of arts at the University of Chicago, is named successor at Morgantown with a $12,000 annual salary. Boucher has taught at Ohio State and Texas and is a Michigan graduate. Department of Agriculture plans divert surplus hops into fertilizer and mulch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska Board of Regents
E. A. Burnett
C. S. Boucher
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Burnett
Boucher
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
Ohio State
University of Texas
Department of Agriculture
Mineral Council Meeting Calls First Industry Advisory Council
Chancellor Lindley issues a call for the Mineral Industries Advisory Council first meeting in the Chancellor's office Monday July 11 at 2 p m. Dr R C Moore state geologist requested the meeting to aid the geological survey in forming its research and survey program. Ten members have accepted appointments reflecting multiple regions of the mineral industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Moore
Lindley
Mineral Industries Advisory Council
Kansas Board of Regents
Geological Survey
Louis XIV Spends Big on Versailles Gardens
Louis XIV allocated over 40 million dollars to the royal gardens at Versailles, funding vast landscaping and decorative work that shaped the palace grounds for generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XIV
Royal
Versailles
Roosevelt studies candidates for wage hour chief post
President Roosevelt reviewed a list of contenders for the wage hour administrator job aiming to fill the $10,000 a year post before his western trip. Leading candidates include Don Nelson of Sears Roebuck and Lowell Meliott of the National Emergency Council, with other names like Josephine Roche Leon Henderson Prentiss Coonley Isador Lubin and Lloyd K Garrison also noted. The wage hour law takes effect October 24 applying 25 cents per hour and 44 hours per week to interstate workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Don Nelson
Sears, Roebuck and Company
NRA
Lowell Meliett
National Emergency Council
Josephine Roche
the Treasury
Leon Henderson
WPA
White House
Prentiss L. Coonley
Business Advisory Council
Isader Lubin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Lloyd K. Garrison
University of Wisconsin
National Labor Relations Board
Dean Crawford at Fort Riley in training
Dean Crawford lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve Corps and head of the 314th engineers is at Fort Riley for weeks of active service training and will return July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Crawford
Fort Riley
Ivan C. Crawford
School of Engineering and Architecture
Miners Reserve Corps
314Th Engineers
British Post Office Starts Handwritten Photo Messages
The British post office department began transmitting photographic messages and greetings in the sender’s handwriting, a new service announced recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Post Office Department
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Ina Mae Brewster
Dorothy Stringham
Lucille Walter
Duane Cooke
Rhode Island Street
Tesora Club
Royal Neighbors of
America
Holloway and Jones Hall
Phi Delta Kappa
Colonial Tea Room
R. V. Phinney
Larned
Phinney
Kansas State Teachers Association
Otis Mumaw
Joe M. Williams
Ruth Field
Hewes
Keenaa
Angeles
Cal
Americal School of Banking
Ladies’ Aid of the
Evangelical Church
Church
Tenth
Connecticut Streets
Boe Rebekahs
University of Kansas Alumni Association
Clarence L. Burt
Walter G. Thiele
Thiele
Bruce Hurd
John Riggs
Connecticut Street
National Association of Letter Carriers
C. T. Davis
Rex Kendall
T. H. Popplewell
Elm Street
McCormick Hearse
New Mexico
Medill McCormick
Sandis Mountains
Albuquerque
N. M
Garner
Uvalde
Petroleum
F. H. Roberts Optometrist
Whitcomb’s
Nebraska
Dr. C. S. Boucher
Grand Cleaners
Edward
Britain
London
Vasco
Mineral Council
Fischer’s
Arision 4
Otto Fischer
Mass
Peoples State Bank
State of Kansas
United States
County of
Douglas
Ss. I. S
J. Sweeney, JR
C. E. Friend
W.W. C. Simons
A. H. Bromellick
Hugh Means
Topeka, Kansas
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