Legion Meeting At Paola And Drum Corps Contest
A local delegation will attend the second district American Legion convention in Paola. The Lawrence drum and bugle corps, 36 members, will compete against Ottawa the state champion and others. The convention features a 25009 stadium, events at 930 am and 243 pm, parades, carnival and dance. Also listed are film and stage items from Our Gang and College Coach, with Pat O'Brien and Dick Powell in the cast.
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American Legion
Paola
Lawrence
Dorsex-Liberty Post
W. S. Metcalf
William Kollende
Raymond Lees
C. B. Holmes
da McCreath
Legion Drum Corps
Ottawa
Miami
Fla
Wallace Park
Dickinson Theater
Spanky
Patsy Creel
Ate
Virginia Saunders
Joan Long
Ralph Wolfson
Martha Percival
Dick Powell
Ann Dvorak
Pat O’brien
Lyle Talbot
Pat O'Brien
Willie Whopper
Napoleon
Frank McHugh
Such Women Are Dangerous at the Varsity
Warner Baxter stars in Such Women Are Dangerous a comedy romance drama. Baxter a bachelor novelist faces personal troubles culminating in a murder trial with his secretary Mona Barrie and others entangled in a love triangle. Supporting roles include Rochelle Hudson and Rose Mary Ames with Herbert Mundin and Irving Pichel.
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Warner Baxter
Baxter
Rosemary Ames
Mona Barrie
Rochelle Hudson
Indiana
New York
E East
Herbert Mundin
Irving Pichel
Local youths stage a lively Patee theater revue
Last night at the Patee theater a group of Lawrence youngsters presented a revue and a set of movie star impersonations that pleased the audience. Performers included Joyce Jackson as Mae West Mildred Saunders as ZaSu Pitts Ileen Saunders as Greta Garbo Jerald Correa as Jimmy Durante and Malin Balla in the cast.
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Patee Theater
Lawrence
Joyce Jackson
Mae West
Mildred Saunders
ZaSu Pitts
Ileen Saunders
Greta Garbo
Jerald Correa
Jimmy Durante
Malin Balla
Early Lawrence debt history shows jail financing in 1838
A Kansas City Star clipping recounts Douglas County money borrowed in 1838 for a county jail. Josiah Miller and Henry Barricklow authorized building and a note for 109 dollars at five percent per month was issued to George Ford for lumber. The jail, costing about 700 dollars, was log-built with redone windows and an escape through the roof.
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Barrow
Lawrence
New York
James C. Horton
Kansas City Star
Eva Guffin
Josiah Miller
Kansas
Douglas
Paul R. Brooks
Board of County Commissioners
George Ford
Josiah Miller Henry Barricklow
Henry Barricklow
RIS WORK DRAWS PRAISE Hal Benson Artist
Hal Benson of Portland Oregon, a watercolor and crayon artist, has drawn praise in San Francisco press for a one man show. He is the son of former Lawrence resident Mrs Jeanette Benson, and cousin of George Hollingberry, once a Lawrence boy and KA student, now advertising manager of the Chicago Herald Examiner. Benson studied at the Chicago Art Institute, worked in Portland and Chicago, and traveled in the West Indies, Panama, Central America, and the South Seas. his studio is in San Francisco.
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Hal Johns Benson
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Lawrence
Enson Danenhower
Jeanette Benson
George Hollingberry
Lawrence Boy
K. A
Chicago Herald-Examiner
Benson
Chicago Art Institute
Chicago
West Indies
Panama
Central America
South Seas
Tonganoxie Principal W C Morrow to Get KU Master’s Degree
W C Morrow will receive his master's degree at the University of Kansas commencement next week and has been named principal of the Tonganoxie rural high school for next year. He is a KU graduate.
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University of Kansas
W. C. Morrow
Tonganoxie
Mr. Morrow
Notable Kansas Man with 1916 A B degree tied to several towns
A man with an A B degree earned in 1916 is linked to Leonardville Elk City Wamege and has schooling at McLouth and Parker. He is identified as a brother of a local family figure.
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Leonardville
Elk City
Wamege
McLouth
Parker
Taxation topic highlighted by Chamber of Commerce
Dr. H. L. Chambers, chair of the Chamber of Commerce taxation committee, spoke to the Co-Operative Club at Eldridge hotel about how taxes are levied and which government units collect them. He argued real estate values in Douglas county are high and urged a horizontal reduction, noting income tax has not reduced general taxes and will not lessen tax responsibilities.
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H. L. Chambers
Chamber of Commerce Committee On Taxation
Co-Operative Club
Eldridge Hotel
Chambers
Douglas County
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Board of County Commissioners
Wild man disrupts dentist visit asking for gas
A strange man rushed into a dental office and sat in the chair asking if gas anesthesia is available. The dentist confirmed that gas is offered.
Porous plaster pulled from chest in curious query
A sufferer asks if a man can feel anything during a plaster removal. The tooth artist replies no, revealing the item is not a tooth but a porous plaster. The Pathfinder notes Journal-World classified ads rent hundreds of rooms yearly.
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Pathfinder
Journal-World
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