Seventeen Years On Since World War Headlines
New York July 28 AP nineteen years ago today officials penned front page headlines announcing the outbreak of World War I. Today 70 percent of front pages carry war linked stories from Capone to NRA drives and economic parley ends. The ink remains a dominant force in news.
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New York
Hungary
Serbia
Russia
Chicago
al Capone
Gov. Lehman
NRA
Spain
O'Ryan
Fusion Rfroup
John F. O'Ryan
Radio conference at Kansas University draws interest
Letters of interest flow in for the education by radio conference to be held at the University of Kansas August 4 and 5. Eugene J. Coltrane of Washington, N C, principal speaker and director, tours the MidWest. Attendees will include representatives from five state owned stations KFICU and KSAC plus KFBU. Invitations have been sent to KU faculty, especially those contributing to KFKU schedules. Meetings will be in the Spooner Thayer art museum basement auditorium.
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University of Kansas
H. G. Ingham
Eugene J. Coltrane
Washington, N. C
Middle West
K. U
KFICU
KSAC
Kansas State College
Manhattan
KFKU
Spooner
Thayer Art Museum
Deaths and funerals and a blimp at Moffet Field
Obituary item notes the death of Mrs Sophia Vogt 87 in Kansas City Kansas with services at Friends church Prairie Center and burial at Prairie Center cemetery. Survivors include six children and twenty two grandchildren. Also funeral for Earl Cronemeyer 53 at Oak Hill cemetery with Masonic rites. A Cal Fullerton death of Mrs Beatty 60 years devoted to Bantlet church. Robert Hunt to preach at 8:30 am with Irene Peabody soloist. Dorothy Enlow organist. Also mention of the first lighter than air craft based at Moffet Field, a $5 million naval air base near Sunnyvale California.
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Sophia, Vogt
Sophia Vogt
Kansas City
Kan
Eudora
Friends Church
Prairie Center
A. J. Bayles
Earl Fi
Cronemeyer
Earl
Winfield
Oak Hill Cemetery
Orient Lodge No. 11
Topeka
Mra dC
J.C. Beatty
Fullerton
Cal
Kansas
Bantlet Church
Into
George Wy. Hunley
Garnett
Reaty
I. M. Neville
Lawrence
Robert A. Hunt
First Methodist Church
God
Irene Peabody
Fine Arts Department
University of Kansas
Seaver
Dorothy Enlow
Selee
Flagler
Rifotuto
Horatio Parker
Moffet Field
Naval Air Base
Sunnyvale
Call Session Emphasizes Federal Funds Benefit for State
A speech urges Kansans to back laws enabling access to federal funds for permanent improvements and unemployment relief. It calls for coordinated state and national relations, revisiting repeal of the eighteenth amendment, safeguarding the banking system, and strengthening financial institutions to protect savings for sickness and old age.
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Kansan
Kansas
Timely Topic and August Church Services
The First Christian church will hold a unified summer service through August led by elders including Albert Williams. Rev. Seth W. Slaughter speaks on conscience in changing opinions in a July August period, with solos by Ida Clawson Hunt and Dorothy Enlow. Slaughter plans to attend university programs and visit former churches before returning late August. Separately, civil service exams for postmaster positions at Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth and Wellington close August 18, with salaries of 3400, 2500 and 2800 dollars.
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Seth W. Slaughter
Ida Clawson Hunt
Campion
Dorothy Enlow
First Christian Church
Albert Williams
Slaughter
University of Shicsea
University of Chicago
Waukegan and Gurnee
Aso
Washington
Civil Service Department
Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Wellington
Lawson Is Speaker At KU Music Vesper Series
The third and final musical vesper of the University of Kansas session will be presented at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon in the KU auditorium. Paul B. Lawson, associate dean of the college, will give a brief address. The program includes organ preludes, violin and piano pieces, a vocal trio, a soprano and mezzo-soprano, a baritone, and a piano solo. Selections feature Grieg, Scherzo, and a Fantasia. Public is invited.
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University of Kansas Zuromer
K. U
Paul B. Lawson
Adgelo Fram Shah Symphony
Wider G. Criss Simpson
Tallahassee
Sulteid
Cyril Scotte Waldemir Geiteh
V. M. Swarthout
Helen Stockwell
Dinah Hopkins
M_ Swarthout
Willam Arma Fishers
Chester Francis
G. Crizs Simpson
Porellen
Sebaberk
Waldner Gelteh
Dat Hopkins
D. M. Switthout
Genevieve Hargins
Roy Underwood
Lawson
Ealley
Poxthid Mat
Barnes G. Crize Stoyon
Grains fall in Lawrence market prices drop
In Lawrence the grain market sagged with wheat at 85 cents, down from 90 cents yesterday. Other grain quotes showed yellow corn at 50, white or mixed corn at 48, and oats at 28.
Hold Hearing on City School Budget Tomorrow
A public hearing on the proposed city school budget for the next 18 months will be held tomorrow evening at Liberty Memorial High School starting at 8 o'clock. The budget proposed by the board of education and school officials contemplates an actual reduction of about $40,000 under last year's general fund expenditures for 1931 82.
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Liberty Memorial High
Board of Education
Bus driver saves four in Kansas bridge fire
Horton AP dispatch reports Charles Tomelie a Kansas City bus driver who overturned a Missouri Pacific bus near Horton. He broke the windshield and guided three elderly passengers to safety, while another escaped through a window before the bus burned.
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Associated Press
Horton
Charles Tomelie
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Mound City
Shirley Ann Riley
Pleasanton
M. KF. Riley
Warrington
Yeaterday
Fort Scott
Arkansas
Springfield
Wichita
Here
Robert Ladd
Eureka
Kan
Retailer Groups Submit Draft Code to Washington
Representatives from six retailers associations presented a draft composite code to the recovery administration. Participants included the National Retail Furniture Association, the Mail Order Association of America, the National Retail Dry Goods Association, the National Shoe Retailers Association, and the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers.
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Washington
API
The
Recovery Administration
National Retail Furniture Association
Mail Order Association of America
National Retail Dry ,Goods Association
National Shoe Retailers’ Association
National Association of Retail Clothems and Furnishers
Caleb May Pioneer, Antislavery Leader in Kansas
Caleb May a key free state figure in Kansas history and uncle to Zach May of Williamstown, traced his life from birth in 1816 Kentucky to Villegence in the anti slavery cause. He fought for Topeka and Wyandotte constitutions, helped defend Lawrence in the Wakarusa War, and later held county offices while farming across Missouri Kansas and Arkansas border regions. He became a Republican and helped organize the party in Atchison county, earning recognition as a persistent, industrious farmer with deep roots in the anti slavery movement.
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Caleb May
Kansas
Zach May
Williamstown
E. H. May
Lawrence
S. C. May
Kansas City
Ernest May
Kansas State Historical Society
Madison County
Kentucky
Caleb
South
Decatur County
Indiana
Arkansas
Buchanan County
Missouri
Atchison County
Topeka
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Marshall County
Strancer Creek
Montgomery County
Order
Christian Church
Free State
May
Kanana
Fraternity Picnic Planned by Phi Delta Kappa Members
Phi Delta Kappa members plan a picnic Tuesday evening at Browns Grove southwest of Lawrence. Attendees should contact committee members by Monday morning for food arrangements. Committee members are Clifford Dean Eddie E Pellett and Raymond Markley. The next Phi Delta Kappa meeting will be Tuesday evening, not Wednesday.
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Phi Delta Kappa
National Education Fraternity
Brown's Grove
Lawrence
Clifford Dean
E. E. Pellett
Raymond Markley
Silk workers in Easton to strike over textile codes
About 70 000 silk workers in Easton Pennsylvania are ordered to strike as a protest against all textile codes. The American Federation of Silk Workers called a general strike to start one day before a public hearing on the silk industry code, set for August 2. Russell W. Wood, federation president, notes cotton code use with two 40 hour shifts and an $18 weekly minimum, while silk workers demand a single 40 hour shift and $18 weekly.
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Easton
American Federation of Silk Workers
Russell W. Wood
Federation
FIRED AT BARITONE Aimee's Husband Stabbing
Stenographer Jane Thomas fined 25 dollars in municipal court for throwing an erg at David Hutton, estranged husband of Aimee Semple McPherson, during a stage appearance. Thomas claimed impulse and that the erg was fresh. Judge Thurmond Clarke imposed the sentence amid the city of angels remark. Good month for farmer shows farm prices down little from June 15 to July 15 but up for grains cotton fruits vegetables dairy and eggs. meat declined.
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Hollywood
Jane Thomas
David Hutton
Aimee Semple McPherson
City of Angels
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
McNallys Visit Fort Scott As Highway Bids Open
Mr and Mrs L A McNally of Minneapolis Kansas spend the day with Mrs McNallys father W C Simons Open Highway Bids Fort Scott Kan July 28 AP Bids on construction of about 272 miles of highway in the fourth Kansas district were opened today Approximately 100 contractors and material men attended
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Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas
Woodstock School Program Draws Large Crowd in Evening Service
A Woodstock school musical service drew a large crowd last Sunday evening. The program featured numerous solos, choir numbers, and readings led by Miss Nettie Haworth, Miss Ruth Zook, Mrs. Champion, and others. It concluded with the prayer and no ice cream social planned.
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Woodstock School Hollas
Rollie
Jesus
Mise Haworth
Mlag
Ruth
Zonk
Mra. Champion
Earl
Chexter
Zook
Mrs and Mara
Ruth Zook
Frank Champion
Earl and Chester Zook
Self
Nettie Haworth
Standwood church invite and community notes Friday
Readers from Standwood and surrounding areas are invited to the Friends' church this Friday evening. The Brown reunion was held at the Brown schoolhouse last Sunday with a large turnout. Numerous neighbors and relatives visited, shared news, and attendees included Mrs F S Champion and Mr Everet Shockley families. Various local residents were noted traveling, visiting, or hosting gatherings through the week and church services remain open to all.
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Friends’ Church
Standwood
F. S. Champion
Brown
Gus Stuedle
Oklahoma
John Stuedle
Nolen Campbell
McLouth
F. M. Walters
Max Walters
Jack Hehn
Nettie Haworth
Mabel Moore
Mae Write
Mrs. Montgomery
California
Herman Eggert
Charles Fultz
Lawrence
Harry Wellman
M. L. Rogers
Bell
Miriam Kimmel
Pauline Harding
Woodstock
Camp Wood
Girl Reserve
C. €. Reed
Topeka
Lawrence Tyrrel
Williamstown
M. F. Stewart
Clarence Hitchman
Joe Boyd
Thomas
Jack Kelsey
John Black
Emma Black
Beatrice Self
Mabel
Helen Pettit
Leonard Alexander
Toneka
Will R. Harding
Maxine Alexander
Harding
Dan Petrie
Richard Petrie
Vallay Grove
Stuedie
Kansas City
Stuedle
Violet
Robert Davison
Orval Self
Ruth Zonk
Robert
Russell Williams
Gertrude Davison
Frank Thomas
Henri Thomas
Ruth Zook
Frank Champion
Albert Gladhart
L. Scott
Dickinsons from Garden City weed fast in Reno stay
Mrs F A Dickinson and son Robert Dickinson of Garden City weed fast for a week with Mr Dickinson and daughter Rite May Dickinson. Mr and Mrs Fred Kahn and daughter Viola attended a bail game at Lawrence between Rotary and Page Fellows. R A Phenicie went to Lawrence on business. Sunday school had 73 in attendance. Dr and Mrs Brann of Wichita visited Harry White’s family while en route to Milwaukee for a medical convention, accompanied by Mrs Marie Schrimlin visiting her sister.
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F. A. Dickinson
Robert, Dickinson
Garden City
Weed
Dickinson
Harry White
Milwaukee
Wis
Marcié Schrimlin
Chicago
A. ‘Wartzack
Oskaloom
Helen
Bienall
Kansas City
Jim Toyne
Villa
Eden
and Kahn
Robert Blaker
Junior Miller
Lawrence
State Lake
F. A. Dickinson and
Tonéka
Grace Macangan
Tomanoxie
J. A. McKone
Junior White
Fred Kahn
Wilma Dehoff
Hazel Coxen
Tonganoxie
Filederss
Olive Verhoff
Wartzack
W. J. Bleakley
Georgina Bleakley
Leavenworth
G. §. Bleakley
Tom Barker
Garfield
Watson
Alva
Sarahsville
Ohio
Ajh
Milwaukee Visitors and Local Social Roundup At Kansas Towns
A crowded social page notes Milwaukee visitors planning trips to Chicago fair with return rides, several families hosting relatives in Tonganoxie and Osceola, and numerous gatherings across Leavenworth and Lawrence. Notables include Mr and Mrs Wartzack, Miss Grace Phenicie, Junior Miller, and Mrs Olive Verhoff as well as weddings, birthdays, and a Girl Reserves camp attendance.
Births and local notices cite Prairie Center events
Capitan Creek reports births Jimmie Lee Holloday Hazel Marline and Shirley Ann Bowling while Merlyn Andrew and Ralph Bowling announce newborns. Prairie Center Missionary Society met at Friends church with twelve members and seven guests and a shower for Lynn Bales. Wesley Reynolds wed in DeSoto. Alonzo Ambler is the groom’s sister. Residents visit relatives from Newberg Oregon and Indiana Missouri. many local dinners and gatherings noted with extended family visits and church services.
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James Holloday
Lawrence
Jimmie Lee
Ralph Bowling
Shirley Ann
Anna Andrew
Bessie Bales
Wesley Reynolds
DeSoto
Wesley
Jess Reynolds
Weston Farm
Alonzo Ambler
Roger Stanley
Lindley
Johnson
Prairie Center Friends Church
Ernest Schone
Newberg
Ore
Missouri
Mildred Louise
Mera
Bill Edslbrook
Eudora
Elaina White
Arenta
Thompson
Karl Ott
Merla Eugene Seiwald
Belleview
Mra
Albert Miller
Herbert Sheldon
Venetta
DeSota
Harry Amabier
George
Kamffer
Bonner Sptings
Aaron Klama
Lewis Middleton
Nola Lou
Kansas City
Local families host visits and gatherings across area
Several days last week featured visits among neighbors and relatives. Mrs. Fred Koch Jr of Hesper called on Mrs. Ralph, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Caviness stayed with Caviness kin near Tonganoxie. Betty Caviness returned home with her parents after a short stay with grandparents. Various greetings occurred among Ambler, Richardson, Lefmann, Gabriel, Reed, and other families as they shared Sunday dinners, nursing training notes, and a dairy barn project at the Arista Dairy Farm.
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Ernest White
Fred Koch, Jr
Hesper
Ralph
Howard Caviness
Henry Caviness
Tonganoxie
Betty
Clarence Humane
Philip Lefmann
Harry Ambler
Alpha Richardson
St. John's Hospital
Tulsa
Okla
Fred Richardson
Jesse Frazier
Arista
Thompson White
Philip Gabriel
Hausman
Clearfield
Lucille
Dorothy Gabriel
Fern Knabe
Esther Cox
Lawrence
Matthews
Aristos
Wesley Deckwa
Delores
Ray Lefmann
Fred Pappenhouse
Ernie Papenhouse
Idaho
Charles Moore
Colleen
Alvin Haverty
Ervin Kanzig
Jimmie
Paul
Ed Knabe
Market News Kansas City Grain and Potato Notes
Kansas City market notes show mixed grain results with varied car counts and prices for corn and white beans, plus rye and barley figures. Chicago potato market reports sluggish demand on July 22, with on track prices around 65 and moderate supply. Missouri and Kansas cobbler combos listed under combined grades 226070.
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Kansas City
Cash
Sra
Arios
Ae Bea
Chicago
Missouri
Kansas
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Lizzie Rueh
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Murray Humphries
Drew
Charles T. Coiner
Philadelphia
Jaly
Millers National Federation
Arthur Seeligsen
T. B. Slick
F. Urechel
All Man
Aimee
John Steedle
Oskaloosa
Mollie
Scott
Arthur Sparkes
Sparks
Walcome
Robert Williams
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Reno
Captains Creek
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Rhea
Minter
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All America
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Ozarks
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T. G. Fitch Agency
Hastard & Arnold
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