West cools as showers bring relief from drought
The parched middle west cooled by June rains after a severe drought. Central regions saw two inch downpours with Illinois and Kansas reporting heavy rains while Canada’s prairie provinces enjoyed cooling winds. Governors in drought states moved to aid farmers and livestock with embargoes and emergency shipping rate cuts. Private agencies began collecting feed, with 20 carloads of hay and cottonseed meal already assembled.
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Associaion Press
Middle-West
May
Washington
Roosevelt
North Dakota
Scottsbluff
Nebr
Illinois
Ottawa
Kan
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain
Leadville
Colo
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Minnesota National Guard
William B. Langer
Wisconsin
Western
Arkansas
Son of a cobbler rises to exile Trotsky in Lenin era
A poor cobbler's son emerges six years after Lenin's death to push forward politically, outlasting rivals and ultimately orchestrating Trotsky's exile.
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Trotsky
Weather note and humorous snippet from service staff
Donation by Arkansas residents aids South Dakota farmers. Chicago weather chief C A Donnel says June should bring more rain than May. Excerpt ends with a hotel clerk and a patron exchange about stationery and guest status with a $20 daily rate.
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Arkansas
South Dakota
C. A. Donnel
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Boy Fatally Injured Near Chanute in Car Crash
Alfred Stratton nine son of Mr and Mrs George Stratton was fatally injured when a motorcar driven by his mother left the road and struck a telephone pole. The skull was fractured. Mrs Stratton and two other children were injured. The accident occurred ten miles west of Chanute on the Stratton home property. Mr Stratton works for the Santa Fe railroad at Caney.
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Chanute
Kan
Alfred Stratton
George Stratton
Stratton
Santa Fe Railroad
Caney
Vets of Foreign Wars Meet Again in Kansas Encampment
The fifteenth annual Kansas VFW encampment opened in Newton with hundreds of veterans and auxiliaries arriving. Governor Landon and Gen Smedley Butler were slated to speak. Activities include a drill, drum corps performances, memorial services, and a military ball. New commander to be elected. candidates include Robert Barnes and Frank Zurcher. Discussions to address welfare for orphans and proposed repeal of the Daniels Act.
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Bethel College
Oscar Halwer
Topeka
Robert Barnes
Kansas City
Frank Zurcher
Concluding Poetry and Athletics Program Schedule
Monday at 4:5 p m Miss Helen Rhodes Hoopes assistant professor of English. Tuesday at 9 30 p m Miss Satyr Swarthout pianist. 9 43 p m third and concluding athletic question box for this year.
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Helen Rhoda Hoopes
Engish
Satyr Swarthout
Hollywood Party at Patee delights with zany stars
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents a rambunctious Hollywood Party with a cascade of funny scenes and musical numbers. Jimmy Durante shines as Schnarazan while Laurel and Hardy clash with Lupe Velez, with Micky Mouse and a Disney sequence sprinkled through.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Jimmy Durante
Micky Mouse
Charles Butterworth
Polly Moran
Richard Carle
Ted Healy
His Stooges
Eddie Quillan
June Clyde
George Givot
Disney Symphony
Hilm
A Kansan Sees Hollywood By Richard Doan
Richard Doan writes from Hollywood California about the movie Little Miss Marker and Damond Runyon's story praised as superior to Lady For a Day. The piece highlights Shirley Temple Adolphe Menjou and Dorothy Dell with a note on Jackson Barnett’s death and a new club The Players, plus a library statistics report showing library income declines in California.
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Hollywood
Cal
Miss Marker
Damon Runyon
Meanin
Shirley Temple
Adolphe Menjou
Jones
Charles Bickford
England
Dorothy Dell
Wilshire Boulevard
Jackson -Barnett
Coffeyville
Kansas
The
Players
Polly Vielinsky
Baldwin News highlights wedding plans and campus activity
The Phi Mu sorority showered Miss Carolyn Clark for her pending marriage to Clifford Gaunce of Kansas City and she will wed at First Methodist in Council Grove. Clark has been Baker’s sorority president and joined Alpha Delta Sigma. Also listed are moves, teaching hires, and social visits across Baldwin with local families and alumni.
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Phi Mu Sorority
Carolyn Clark
Clifford Gaunce
Kansas City
Miss Clark
Council Grove
Gaunce
Baker
Alpha Delta Sigma
Charles Turner
Manhattan
Baldwin
Wedding Visitor from Tucson Amid Baldwin News
Miss Mary Balch of Tucson arrives in Baldwin to attend her sister Esther Balch’s wedding. Measles quarantine affects Ben Toten and J D Caldwell at Delta Tew house. A joint faculty recital in Centenary Hall on June 6 features Raymond Lawrenson and Dale Vliet. Other local social notes include visits by Emma and Mattie Plasket and Mrs Bert Wiggins. Journal-World subscription promo follows.
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Mary Balch
Tucson
Ariz
Baldwin
Esther Balch
Ben Toten
J. D. Caldwell
Delta Tew House
Centenary Hall
Raymond Lawrenson
Dale Vliet
Baker Conservatory
Lawrenson
Vliet
Emma and
Mattie Plasket
Bert Wiggins
de Watteville
Lawrence
W. J Adriance
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State Library Association of California
Baldwin News
Prarie City
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Barboursville
W. Va
Barboursville College
Owen
Sonorita
Elisa Perez
Merrill Rutter
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George Hovges
Claude Becks
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John
Zona Follin Martin
C. E. Becks
Maureen
O'Sullivan
Colum McConaster
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New York
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Lupe Velex
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Pearl
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Ann Dvork
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Patee
Mrs. Ralph Wolfson
Virginia Sanders
Joan Long
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