Getting Lowdown on Political Parties and Campus Pranks
A Kansas University page features a student recounting the political parties course final exam and a question about the G O P initials. The column also notes a Lawrence drinker colliding with a concrete hitching post near the police station, campus gardeners, and painters slapping green paint on rose bushes. A Topeka Capital item reports a KU coed’s boyfriend gifting a compact leading to a chain of purchases, leaving her "broke" before commencement.
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University
Queen of Heart
Topeka
Mount Oread
K. U
We Learns of Mother's Death
Mr and Mrs Jack Zwicky of 529 Walnut street received a telegram this morning announcing the death of Mrs Mary Zwicky at Kirkland Washington. Death was caused by heart trouble and dropsy. Mrs Zwicky was 86 years old.
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Jack Zwicky
Walnut Street
Car Collision Damages Dodge At Locust Street Intersection
A Dodge sedan driven by J P Vanryck of St Louis collided with a truck driven by Milton Slusser of C H Bruckmiller stock yards at 500 Locust and third Locust streets yesterday afternoon. The Dodge fenders were damaged. Deane Cork appeared in police court this morning and pleaded guilty to speeding on the Kaw river slope. E ra se duine 0. E. Learnard.
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J. P. Vanryck
St. Louis
Milton Slusser
C. H. Bruckmiller
Locust Street
Third
Locust Streets
Deane Cork
Baseball and Golf to Occupy K U Alumni During Commencement
Alumni of Kansas University plan a reunion during commencement week featuring a baseball game on Varsity field with alumni and faculty led by Ad Lindsey and Phil Beatty. A morning alumni golf tournament, led by Prof E L Treece, pairs teams by class with strong bids from 1926 and 1928 pairs. Committees for classes 1918 to 1921 and for 1899 to 1902 are named.
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Mr. Dread
K. U
Fred Ellsworth
Ad Lindsey
Phil Beatty
E. L. Treece
John Henry
Justin Hill
H. P. Jones
Clarence McGuire
Ernest E. Bayles
A. T. Walker
Oread High School holds 22nd graduation tonight in Fraser Theater
Twenty seniors will receive diplomas at Oread Training School's 22nd annual graduating exercises tonight at Fraser Theater. Acting Dean Paul B. Lawson will deliver the commencement address. Dean R. A. Schwegler will present certificates. Public invited. Program includes processional, invocation, addresses, diplomas, and benediction.
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Oread Training School
Fraser
Paul B. Lawson
K. U. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
R. A. Schwegler
School of Education
Mystic Shrine
John Philip Sousa
John Paul
Edwin F. Price
Dens
Kansas School of Religion
Ione Mark Andrews
Gene McKee
Dean P. B. Lawson
Am Dern
Schwerler
West Point List Includes Four From State of Kansas
West Point N Y June 5 AP two hundred fifty cadets from forty four states three territories and one foreign country will graduate from the United States Military Academy June 12 The ceremony will have Newton D Baker wartime secretary of war delivering the address and presenting diplomas as second lieutenants Those from Kansas include John B Cary Emporia Perry B Griffith Wichita William M Gross Salina and Daniel E Still Ogden Police Report Car Collision today a automobile driven by J L Newhouse 988 Vermont street collided at 9 30 last night with a car parked in front of 909 Vermont street The parked car belonged to Miss Agatha Lewis of 909 Vermont street Both cars were damaged
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West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
Newton D. Baker
Kansas
John B. Cary
Emporia
Perry B. Griffith
Wichita
William M. Gross
Salina
Daniel E. Still
Ogden
J. L. Newhouse
Vermont Street
Miss Agatha Lewis
Marriage Licenses Issued In Topeka Area
Marriage licenses have been issued to Charles W. Dietrich and Mary D. LaClair both of Topeka who were married by Probate Judge L H Menger and Ralph Brown of Wichita and Doris Dixon of Lawrence who expected to be married by the Rev Robert Edgar of Lawrence. DeMolay Lowers Minimum Member Age to 15 in Kansas City ruling announces the change from 16 to 15 with a maximum of 21 remaining.
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Charles W. Dietrich
Mary D. LaClair
Topeka
L. H. Menger
Ralph Brown
Wichita
Doris Dixon
Lawrence
Robert Edgar
Kansas City
Jank S. Land
The
Order of DeMolay
Thieves Steal Eggs and Cement From Car on Massachusetts
H A Jetmore reports a theft in the 1000 block on Massachusetts Street. A dozen eggs and a sack of cement were taken from his car yesterday evening while it was parked.
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H. A. Jetmore
Missouri Street
Massachusetts Street
Kansas City Livestock Market Report
Kansas City livestock closes on June 5 with steady to easier trading. Best fed steers hold near 9.00, choice yearling cattle around R852, cows, hogs, and sheep largely unchanged. Strong activity centers on steer and yearling classes despite overall steadiness.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma Quintuplets comment on Canadian sisters
Four Oklahoma sisters the Keys of Hollis Iowa talk about the Dionne quintuplets. The four 19 year olds Mary Leota Mona and Roberta say the Canadian sisters will face publicity and questions yet also have fun together. They plan a greeting to the Canadian girls.
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Hollis
Okla
Dionne
Warners
Oklahoma
Mary
Leota
Mona
Roberta
Ovila
Ona
Mamma
Pappa
Texas
Ketchum Float Blocked By Parade Official Feud
Friends of Omar Ketchum sought a parade float to promote his gubernatorial bid during the Massachusetts street paving ceremony. Parade chairman H A Jetmore refused, saying only merchants and car dealers may parade. A court order was sought but not yet filed. Also reported, H A Nichols, missing Kansas boy scout leader, located safe in Pierce Colorado after a holed note described hijacking west of Great Bend.
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Omar Ketchem
Topeka
Massachusetts
H. A. Jetmore
C. F. Baldwin
Hugh Means
Jetmore
Kansan
Colorado
Hutchinson
Kan
H. A. Nichols
Southwest Kansas
Pierce, ‘Ale
Julia Nichols
Great Bend
Nichols
Cheyenne
Wyo
Pierce
Frank Nichols
Larned
Will Free A Slaver
J R Silver a Kansas City man who escaped a death sentence in 1928 after a commutation by Governor Moody will be released July 11 1986 under a clemency order by Governor Miriam A Ferguson. He was involved in a Fort Worth theater treasurer killing, fainted at his death, and later escaped Wynne prison before recapture. Officials say his conduct since merits clemency. Terry Gaskill announces.
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Austin
Tex
J. R. Silver
Kansas City
Dan Moody
Miriam A. Ferguson
Silver
Roscoe Wilson
Fort Worth
Moody
State Penitentiary
Wynne State Prison
W. W. Ward
Huntsville Penitentiary
Ferguson
Terry Gaskill
Gaskill Seeks Republican Nomination for County Clerk
Lawrence resident Terry Gaskill announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for county clerk in the August primaries. Born in Jefferson County, he has lived in Lawrence over twenty years and worked in insurance. His five daughters studied at the University of Kansas, and he has wide countywide acquaintances. M. W. Parr, 74, of 793 Massachusetts Street, was taken to Memorial Hospital with a broken hip after a fall fishing on the Wakarusa River. He was resting easily today.
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Lawrence
Louisiana Street
K. U
Altho
Terry Gaskill
Mr. Gaskill
Jefferson County
University of Kansas
Gaskill
M. W. Parr
Massachusetts Street
Memorial Hospital
Wakarusa
Deaths and Funerals Elsa Luckan of Eudora Dies
Mrs. Elsa Luckan of Eudora died this afternoon at her home. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Elsa Luckan
Eudora
Lower student fees approved at Missouri board meeting
At the University of Missouri board of curators annual session in Columbia on June 5, a general lowering of student fees was approved for the fall semester. The matriculation fee of 10 dollars will be abolished and the 10 dollar military uniform fee reduced to 5 dollars, with further reductions to be announced later. The meeting also approved next year’s budget and discussed campus fraternity and sorority finances under university regulation.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Board of Curators
Walter Williams
Williams
Radla School of Mines
Charles H. Fulton
Edward Kuhlbaum
Albert K. Heckel
Five Nurses On The Job For Dionne Sisters
Corbeil Ontario June 4 AP Five nurses tended the Dionne sisters on their eighth day of life. All infants remain underweight and jaundiced. A new incubator arrived at the Dionne farm home. Marie the smallest at one pound ten ounces receives care in a single unit while the others share another incubator. Dr A R Dafoe remains hopeful but warns of ongoing hazards. Exhibition plans for the children at the Chicago World’s Fair have been dropped.
Hill and Buchanan Triumph in Gelf Opener
Kansas City June 5 AP Mrs O S Hill three time champion and Miss Phyllis Buchanan defending champion from Denver easily passed first round tests in the eighth annual womens 3 Trans-Mis steel salt tournament today Hill ousted Mrs Ray Fellows of Tulsa and Buchanan defeated Mrs J W Richardson of Des Moines in a pair of straight wins Kansas Topeka June 1 AM Gov Landon asked President Roosevelt to push Congress to enact all reputatory oil market legislation to prevent another debacle and collapse.
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O. S. Hill
Chammon
MissPhyllis Buchanan
Denver
Hill
Ray S. Fellows
Tulsa
Miss Buchanan
J. W. Richardson
Des Moines
Landon
Topeka
Kans
Ait M. Landon Tolay
Roosevelt
Congress
Two Women Sentenced in Gettle Kidnap Case
In Los Angeles on June 5, two women from the Gettle kidnapping gang Loretta Woody 23 and Mons Gallighen 21 were sentenced by the federal court to two years in prison for conspiracy to use the mails to extort. Their male accomplices were earlier sentenced to 37 years in federal prison after prior life terms in state court.
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Los Angeles
William F. Gettle
Beverly Hills
Loretta Woody
Twin Falls
Idaho
Mons Gallighen
Joan Barks
Jersey City
Alderson
W. Va
Federal Women's Penitentiary
James Kirk
Loren Feitus
Roy Williams
Society Has a Choice in Wichita Graduation Address
Judge George T. McDermott told University of Wichita graduates that absolute government is more efficient than democracy, citing Mussolini as an example, but warned democracy preserves personal freedom. He argued change in government may come if democracy fails to adapt to economic shifts, insisting there is no halfway house between freedom and total control.
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Wichita
George T. McDermott
Tenth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
University of Wichita
Mussolini
Washington
Snake eating ban shocks Lawrence readers in Drug Topics
Mayor Omar R. Ketchum of Topeka cites a Lawrence law that forbids eating snakes in public places. The article notes the quirky statute aimed at stopping medicine show fakirs who ate live snakes. In lighter news, mallard ducks at Fritz Meyn's Lake appeared with five ducklings this morning and began paddling in the water.
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Kansas
Omar R. Ketchum
Topeka
Ketchum
Fritz Meyn
Republican Party Sets Conditional Draft for Chair
Chicago June 5 AP Without yet selecting a new party chairman the Republican national committee adjourned and planned a closed session to resume today. The rift between Hoover followers and reformists grows as Everett Sanders of Indiana departs. Main candidates named include Walter S Hallahan West Virginia Henry P Fletcher Pennsylvan ia George F Getz Chicago and Ralph E Williams Oregon plus Charles J Hilles New York.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Everett Sanders
Indiana
Walter S. Hallahan
West Virginia
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Rome
Hoover
George F. Getz
Charles JD. Hilles
New York
Ralph E. Williams
Oregon
Hasten Tariff Bill Moves to Senate Amendments Approval
Democratic leaders indicated they would propose that the House accept the Senate amendments to the reciprocal tariff bill. The move would complete congressional action and send the measure to the White House for President's signature. Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee said he would confer with his group before seeking action. He added there appears nothing objectionable to the Senate amendments.
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Washington
House
Senate
Bia
White House
Doughton
N.C
Ways and Means
Doughton Proposes Quick Path to Bill With Senate Amendments
Doughton said the quickest route to disposing of the bill would be for the house to accept the senate amendments. The measure sets a three year limit on presidential trade agreement terms with no cap on their effect duration and requires notification to affected industries.
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Doughton
House
Senate
Fear spreads of strike as Oklahoma City walkout stalls
Union officials fear the Oklahoma City packing plant strike may spread to Kansas City and Fort Worth. In Oklahoma City the walkout remains stalemated with workers determined to continue partial operation. Kansas City locals voted to allow Kansas City plant workers to decide on a sympathy strike. International VP John Malone said Fort Worth was also considering similar action.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Amalgamated Butcher Workmen of North America
John Malone
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