Austria’s Dollfuss Drives Against Nazis Tightens Power
Vienna July 11 AP Engelbert Dollfuss Austria's fighting chancellor announced a large new drive against Nazis after centralizing military and police power. He declared the death penalty for possessing explosives to curb bombings and reshuffled the cabinet placing himself in key posts including foreign minister and defense. The move aims to wipe out the Nazi threat and sustain peace while weakening the heimwehr.
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Vienna
Engelbert Dollfuss
Austria
Dollfuss
Wilhelm Miklas
Miklas
Dellfuss
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Heimwehr
Home Guard
Jérheimwehr
Ernst von Starhemberg
Chanter
Emil Rey
Fey
Girl Escapes Again from Arkansas Prison
Helen Spence Eaton, 22, who has killed two men, fled the Arkansas state farm for women for the fourth time in a year. She feigned illness to escape, carried a pistol, and disappeared after taking the night watchman’s revolver. Her latest escape comes a year after being paroled by Governor Gutrell for the courtroom slaying of Jack Worls, a case tied to her father’s death. Officials fear further trouble as she heads toward her beloved cotton river country.
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Little Rock
Ark
Helen Spence Eaton
Pretty
Arkansas
Jack Worls
Worls
Helen
Jim Bobots
DeWitt
Mae West Picture Remains Nameless Amid Censor Hurdles
Hollywood July 11 AP Mae Wests latest film again has no title as censors and protests force changes. The project, once billed It Ain't No Sin and later Belle of New Orleans, has had its substitute dropped after New York objections. The studio itself is unsure what to call the movie now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Cal
Mae West
New Orleans
New York
Test Your Knowledge Teaser From Classified Page
Seven quiz items test readers on figures like Eusapia Palladino and Sheridan's ride. The page notes answers live on the classified section while a separate marriage license lists William E. Rynerson and Coralie A. Campbell of Bald win to wed in Oklahoma City per Rev. Bassett.
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William E. Rynerson
Coralie A. Campbell
Baldwin
Mr. Bassett
Oklahoma City
Okla, S
Wichita police seek couple in Dorothy Peak slaying
In Wichita Kansas police questioned a man and woman over the death of Dorothy Peak 26 of Louisville Kentucky found dead with a fractured skull in the back seat of a car The victim also known as Mrs Jameson resided in Vine Grove and the man and woman rode with two locals after meeting in Larned Kansas Police believe the crime occurred elsewhere and the body was moved to the car with drag marks noted The rooming house provider and the man Snawder were detained for questioning
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Wichita
Kan
Dorothy Peak
Louisville
Miss Peak
G. C. Davis
Sedgwick
John W. Snawder
Larned
Mander
Snawder
Dorothy
D. Hampton
Therkansas River
Jameson
Vine Grove
Valley Station
Picnic at Holcom’s Grove Lo Graduation Era Alumni
The Vocational Agriculture Alumni association of Lawrence high school held a picnic at Holcom's Grove last night. Cyrus Anderson led the program with games featured. Attendees included Harold Standing and family Billy Harold Eugene Corel and daughter Barbara Jean Leary Essick and daughter Beverly Hollingsworth Sanders Percival Griffin Gregory Brown Anderson Aiken Miller Richardson and Delbert Richardson who will chair the August meeting committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vocational Agriculture Alumni Association
Lawrence High School
Holcom
S Grove
Cyrus Anderson
Harold Standing
Billy Harold
Eugene Corel
Barbara Jean
Eugene Leary
W. R. Essick
Beverly
Ruby Hollingsworth
Esther
Obituary Notices A M Campbell Dies In Portland Ore
Mrs Harriet D Williams also known as Harriet Williams Campbell died in Portland Oregon on July 4 after a month of illness. She was a 1903 University of Kansas graduate from Newton Kansas, married to Angus M Campbell of Hoquiam Washington. Survived by husband two daughters Catherine and Virginia, mother Elizabeth Williams and sisters Marie Williams and Ada Ingalls, all of Portland. Also notes State Planning Board meeting in Wichita with KU Chancellor E H Lindley appointed by Governor Landon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Angus M. Campbell
University of Kansas
Campbell
Harriet D. Williams
University
Newton
Kan
Hoquiam
Wash
Catherine
Virginia Campbell
Jizabeth Williams
Marie Williams
Ada W. Ingalls
E. H. Lindley
State Planning Board
Wichita
Alf M. Landon
Walter Innis
Federal Planning Board
Short Talks for College Parents
A high school graduate faces a life expectancy of about 45 more years. If he completes college within five years, will he be better off for the remaining four decades than with no college training? The piece argues college can expand opportunities, increase usefulness, and happiness, urging parents to consider college for capable students. It emphasizes developing abilities, understanding the world, and not regretting college later.
Mohrbacker Named Relief Certifying Officer
Winton Mohrbacker of Marysville, KU 1928 graduate, is assigned to Douglas county as federal relief certifying officer. He will replace Delmar P. Milne, transferred to Kansas Emergency Relief headquarters in Topeka, and arrive in Lawrence to assume duties by Monday. Milne has served since January 1 and will report in Topeka Monday morning.
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Winton Mohrbacker
Maryeville
University of Kansas
Douglas County
Delmar P. Milne
Kansas Emergency Relief Headquarters
Topeka
Mohrbacker
Lawrence
Milne
Ee Age Pe
Topeka Man Arrested Over Freight Car Theft
Luther D. James of Topeka was arrested for breaking into a Union Pacific freight car in the yards and taking nearly a case of lemons. He appeared before Justice Frank Dodds, requested a preliminary hearing, which was scheduled for July 17 at 2 PM. Bond could not be posted and he was returned to county jail.
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Luther D. James
Topeka
Lawrence
Union Pacific
Frank Dodds
James
Dodds
Pension talk by Rev F J Paine at South Park Friday
The Rev F J Paine of Kansas City Kan will discuss the old age pension question at a South Park meeting at 7 30 o clock Friday evening All interested in the proposed pension plan are invited to attend the meeting Friday evening Virginia Skinner of Baldwin files for divorce from Harold J Skinner Jr of Harlingen Tex The petition cites gross neglect and extreme cruelty married in 1933 and seeks maiden name Virginia Fry restored.
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F. J. Paine
South Park
Kansas City
Kan
Virginia Skinner
Baldwin
Harold J. Skinner, Jr
Harlingen
Tex
Skinners
Virginia Fry
Case Dismissed in Baker Theft Charge at Preliminary Hearing
Eugene Baker, residing north of Lawrence, had his theft case dismissed for lack of evidence at a morning preliminary hearing before Justice Charles Springer. The charge stemmed from a shotgun taken from Allie Taylor's residence on route 5.
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Eugene Baker
Lawrence
Tte
Charles Springer
Baker
Allie Taylor
Route 5
OOS
Elks goodwill tourists to visit Lawrence on Friday
Two Elks goodwill tourists Axel Christensen and Ralph Jones are en route to the 1934 grand lodge convention in Kansas City. They will arrive in Lawrence Friday at 4 PM in purple and white Studebaker cars. A local Elk delegation will greet them at the city limits and escort them to 725 Vermont Street for a brief program with refreshments.
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Elks Goodwill
Lawrence
Grand Lodge
Kansas City
Axel Christensen
Ralph Jones
Denver
Elks Lodge
Vermont Street
Elks
Studebaker
Quaker State
Law Students Provoke Police Car Prank at KU
Three University of Kansas law students summering on campus allegedly taunted a police car near Ninth and Indiana. Paul Jorgensen posted 25 dollars bond for interfering with an officer, later bond forfeiture possible with city attorney approval. The other two students faced no charges as the incident ended with a court appearance delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas Law
E. G.ringle
Henry Smith
Ninth
Indiana
Paul Jorgensen
Crescent Road
O. E. Learnard
Learnard
George K. Melvin
Jorgensen
Ee Abilene
Abilene Counts 111 Degree Heat Record
Abilene Kansas reported yesterday the hottest day of the summer with a 111 degree reading. The heat last night topped records since 1918 with the thermometer at 83. Earlier records show 100 degree days in June 1918 and 21 days in August.
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Abilene
Kan
Fast Work on Batching Young Pheasants Emerged
Lawrence reports rapid pheasant hatching due to hot weather. Nineteen eggs from Pratt were split into incubations, with 5 to 6 birds hatched in 12 days instead of 23. Kennedy supplied 100 eggs two weeks earlier to farm youth, aiding early emergence and surprising setting hens.
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Lawrence
X. J. Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Pratt
Kennedy
Son joins Mrs. Roosevelt on cross country motor tour
Chicago July 11 AP Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt on a private vacation tour across the country was joined this morning by her eldest son James Roosevelt who arrived from the East They travel with two women companions and plan to rejoin President Roosevelt in Portland Oregon in early August
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Portland
Ore
Traffic Fine for Miss Wolters on Stop Sign Violation
A police court this morning fined Miss Caroline Wolters of 721 Missouri street one dollar for failing to observe a stop sign.
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Caroline Wolters
Missouri Street
Lupe Velez Seeks Divorce From Johnny Weissmuller
Los Angeles July 11 AP Lupe Velez Mexican film star sues for divorce from Johnny Weissmuller claiming cruelty in their home She describes him cursing swearing and destroying furniture and objects and notes his estranged behavior affected her ability to work The couple wed in Las Vegas Nevada on October 8.
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Los Angeles
Lupe Velez
Cou
Jane
Maurine O'Sullivan
Lupe
Shadyel
McCarthy
Johnny
Las Vegas
Nev
Second Concert at KU Summer Series Delights Faculty
The second KU summer concert features voice violin and piano numbers July 12 in the central administration building auditorium. Howard C. Taylor and Roy Underwood present two piano pieces and a collaboration with Carl A. Preyer. Helen Stockwell and Irena Peabody join, with Miss Stockwell performing De Falla pieces and Miss Peabody singing with Underwood accompanying. The program concludes with Preyer's Five Miniatures From a Fairy Legend for two pianos, a highlight of the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Fine Arts
Helen Stockwell
Howard C. Taylor
St. Saens
Nerini
Copeland
Taylor
Syracuse University
New York
Josefty
Schmitz
Ernest Hutcheson
John Thompson
Horner Conservatory
Kansas City
Alabama State Women’s College
Montgomery
Irena Peabody
Roy Underwood
Peabody
K. D
Chicago
Charles W. Clark
Kurt Schindler
Yanae van Grove
Taylor and Underwood
Carl A. Preyer
Deaths and Funerals Howard E. Miller
Howard E. Miller died in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with word reaching Mrs. M. E. Phenicie of Lawrence. The body will arrive in Lawrence Thursday at 10 a.m. Brief funeral services are set for Friday at 9:80 a.m. from Rumsey parlors led by Rev. Theodore Astman of First Presbyterian. Burial, under Masonic auspices, will be at Reno cemetery.
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Howard E. Miller
Colorado Springs
Colo
M. E. Phenicie
Lawrence
Miller
Rumsey
Theodore Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Reno
Marriage Rate Increases Indicate Improved Economic Conditions
New York July 11 AP More people are marrying, signaling better economic conditions. Metropolitan Life Insurance statistical bureau reports 21 states show marriage rate up 4.3 percent in 1933 versus 1932, suggesting delayed marriages are being resumed as job prospects improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Statistical Bureau
Ureau
Truckers Code Discussion Friday Meeting in Lawrence
Federal code authorities will explain the trucking code to members of the Contract Motor Carriers association at a Friday night meeting at 9 in the Hamilton Motor Company building Lawrence. The session aims to outline the government’s trucking regulations and code enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contract Motor Carriers Association
Hamilton Motor” Somanany
Lawrence
Conrad
Federal
Hello Son Well I Just Ran Up to Say Hello
Chelsea Record quotes a brief quip in which a father greets his son and recalls his wife rushing up to say hello. The line playfully notes the mother interrupted by grabbing the speaker’s change amid a casual family moment.
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Chelsea Record
Tesla claims death ray to guard borders at 100 miles
New York July 11 AP The inventor Dr Nikola Tesla announced a force ray that could destroy an army at 100 miles and render a nation impregnable He spoke on his 78th birthday saying the device would use electrically driven particles forming vast curtains miles high and long and could deter invasion by destroying planes and units along a border Tesla noted for high frequency transmission and 100 patents plans to place the ray at the Geneva disarmament conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nikola Tesla
Tesla
R. Tesla
Ambulance Run Declared Emergency Doctor Order
Lawrence residents heard a loud siren as ambulance driver C B Rumsey explained the late night trip was a doctor ordered emergency to reach a patient with convulsions. An officer accompanied the vehicle and no route difficulties or wide travel occurred. A hoot owl in the fire station amused staff.
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C. B. Rumsey
South Lawrence
Two Bank Robbers Die in Texas Officers’ Pursuit
Two bandits died after a bank robbery in Allison Texas as Texas officers pursued them near Sweetwater. Identified as W. H. Ortag 38 and Buster Orr they were mortally wounded and died en route to a hospital. Sheriff Walter Jones of Hemp Hill County said the fugitives fired six times before being hit. The loot was $200.
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Brick
Dita
W. H. Ortag
Sweetwater
Okla
Buster Orr
Texas
First National Bank
Allison
Tex
Walter Jones
Hemphill County
President Roosevelt visits canal on inspection trip
President Roosevelt's cruiser U S 8 anchored at Cristobal at 8 30 this morning and received Secretary of War George H Dern aboard for a planned inspection voyage through the Panama Canal in the presence of naval officials and local officials.
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Panama Canal
Pastor Plans Party for Couple He Wed
Santa Barbara Calif AP invitations have gone to between 600 and 700 couples by Reverend Pierre of First Christian Church for a June party honoring couples who have been married seven years in Santa Barbara. The event aims to celebrate enduring marriages and strengthen community ties.
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Santa Barbars
Cal
Reveure Piste
First Christian
Aclas
Santa Barme
Removal of Phillip Kessler as German economics chief
On July 1 AP reports Phillip Kessler, leader of Germanys economic and trade life, was dismissed from office by Nazi economics minister Art Schmitt. He is replaced by Count Ruechzer von der Golz, previously a second in command of new trade groups under the regime. Business circles attribute the move to Kesslers lack of industrial experience for the post. Lightning kills a child.
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Berlin
Phillip Kessler
Germany
Art Schmitt
Count von der
Count Ruechzer von der Golz
Nesi
Eres Ry
Kesaler
Lightning Fatal to Lorine Lather Near Munjor Kansas
In Munjor near Hays Kansas a bolt of lightning struck Lorine Lather 11 and her sister Laverna last night. Lorine died at the scene while Laverna was knocked unconscious and later began recovering in hospital. The two girls were in a yard with their father Frank C. Lesker a farmer. The storm was the only notable disturbance in the area.
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Lorine Lather
Munjor
Hays
Anji
Jul
Munsor
Kan
Lorine
Lesker
Frank C. Lesker
Laverna
Waterfront Clash as Police Battle Maritime Workers in Portland
Portland July 11 AP report says police clashed with longshore and other maritime workers near municipal terminal No 4. One striking picket wounded and three others hurt by bullets amid efforts by employers to cooperate with Roosevelt labor board to settle the maritime dispute and avert a wider walkout.
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Escap P
Roosevelt
Labor Disputes Board
Centee
Portland, Ore
Municipal Terminal No. 4
Eudora Couple Receives News On July Fourth
On July 4 Mr and Mrs M H x learned that Rose Lothhole had returned home from Beil Memorrs after a cataract removal from one eye. Mr and Mrs Jesse Vines plan to depart this week for Chicago starting late in the week.
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Rose Lothhole
Lothhole
Jesse Vines
Chicago
Local Visitations and Relatives Reported in Kansan Notices
The fragmentary column notes attendees and travel to Topeka and visits to Gage Park. It lists Mrs C L Fuller leaving for Colorado, burial of DeSoto relative at Eudora cemetery, and multiple family visits in Kaw Valley and Lawrence. Funeral rites for Amelia Brazil at Little Blue church are mentioned along with two weeks in Kansas for Pearl Smoots and gatherings with Lavina Misa.
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Topeka
Gage Park
C. L. Fuller
Colo
DeSoto
Misa
Lucy Kavala
Jeffries
Kaw Valley
Verica
C. B. Greene
Kansas City
Lavina Misa Pearl Smoots
Kansas
Eut
Harold von
Charlesia
Lawrence
Gus Ziesenis
Reed McBee
Walker Phillips
Richmond
Pleasant Valley Social Roundup and Independence Day
Mr and Mrs Eggleston of Leavenworth visited with Mr and Mrs Jack Maloney. Hayden family friends enjoyed fireworks ice cream and cake at A K Hayden's home. Threshing at Holcom farm. Farm Bureau unit met to discuss nutrition. Alumni picnic at Holcom's Grove and other Lawrence visits noted. July 4th picnics and family gatherings around local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Lewis Howell
Delbert Richardson
Holcom’s Grove
Alumni Agricultural Boys
Jack Maloney
J. 8
Tobler
Lawrence
Kenneth Halder Man
Norma
Howard Lynch
Dan, Neil
Enid Slian
Mike Hadi
Robert Hendricks
Chasie Richardson
Lone Star
McKay
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C. F. Lewis
Jack Dunkley
Houk
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L. D. James
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Tarzan
Weissmuller
Take UP Truckers
T. J. Pendergast Democratic Organization
Associated Press
Geneva
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Monard Veatch
Grant Dirigible
Swangon
Lakehurst
N. J
Eudora
Pleasant Valley
Erine
Iestes, Payne & CO
Mass
Mellon
American Express
Peoples State Bank
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