KU Commencement Week Closes with Record Alumni Attendance
The sixty fourth annual KU commencement week ended with real diplomas issued after a campus filled with activities. A record 846 alumni returned, the highest since 1931, and class reunions set new attendance records. Gov. Alf Landon spoke with Dr. Lindley, and Bruce Hurd was installed as alumni association president. Sam Elliott supervised campus visitors atop Frazer hall, where 807 people climbed to view the grounds, with one hat mishap noted. Eight police assisted campus traffic with no incidents.
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Tts
University of Kansas
K. U
Teparuatts
Glee Club
Kansas
Alf. M. Landon
Lindley
Landon
K. U. Alumni Association
Bruce Hurd
Chester Woodward
Topeka
Sam Elliott
University
Fraser Hall
Elliott
Wichita
George Snyder
Snyder
Fruit jars and cans needed for community canning project
Social Service league appeals for fruit jars and usable tin cans to support the community canning program at Woodlawn school North Lawrence. County provides relief cans but others must supply containers. peas started, beets and beans to come. appointment required. a kitchen table is also sought. Fire destroys store awning at Cooke's Help Yourself Grocery Massachusetts Street. fire dept. extinguishes blaze without further damage.
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Social Service League
J. Boyles
North Lawrence
Woodlawn School
F. J. Boyles
Cooke’s Help Yourself
Massachusetts Street
Butcher Offers Guide to Safe Auto Truck and Fire Insurance
Butcher explains how to buy safe auto, truck and fire insurance policies. Contact him now for assistance and quotes at the advertised phone number.
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions on Classified Page
Test Your Knowledge asks seven trivia items from a classified page. Questions cover Jacob's Ladder vision location Millard Fillmore birth state Proctor identity Napoleon nickname origin Erebus the lightest metal New Jersey state university Jewish ecclesiastical month and Cannes location.
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Millard Fillmore
Richard Anthony Proctor
Napoleon Bonaparte
Corporal
Lake Loch Lomond
Erebus
State University of New Jersey
Cannes
Fisher Seeks Reelection as County School Head
Harold C. Fisher, county superintendent of schools, announces candidacy for reelection subject to the August primary. A Republican, he is in his second term and has a long background in Douglas county education from the University of Kansas to teaching ten years before becoming superintendent. He previously taught seven years at Lone Star and has led the Twilight league for two years, active in boys’ baseball.
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Fisher
University of Kansas
Douglas County
Lone Star
Twilight League
Landon Visits University in Topeka Escort Stagecoach Arrival
Governor Landon arrived from Topeka at 6 30 pm with Lawrence motorcycle police escort. He visited the R U Administration building, the chancellor's office, and then proceeded to his place in the procession.
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Landon
Topeka
Lawrence
R. U. Administration
Chancellor's
Florida convention notes with sunflowers and flair
Florida supporters ship sunflowers to Governor Alf Landon at his headquarters while Landon forces use artificial blooms as campaign emblems. London manager John D. M. Hamilton hosts press at a summer bar setup. Delegates tour streets in white cars with loudspeakers and reporters note fashion and feathered hats. Two sons of former presidents, Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Charles All, attend the event.
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Florida
Alf M. Landon
Landon
John TD. M. Hamilton
London
Tedds Roosevelt, Jr
Charles All
John D. Hamilton
Kansas
Cleveland
Ovid Martin
Topeka
Associated Press
Fuse Box Accident Leaves Carter’s Employee With Minor Injury
Otto Hadi of Connecticut street injured an eye yesterday when a fuse shorted in an electric fuse box at Carter's Service station. He was taken to Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition today. not seriously hurt. He is an employee of Carter's Service station.
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Otto Hadi
Connecticut Street
Carter's
Memorial Hospital
Carter
Landon Convention Sees Strong Delegation and Rising Suspense
Delegates at the convention move to business as Frederick Steiner of Oregon prepares the keynote. Rumors float of anti Landon coalitions and possible vice presidential picks including Beck and Bridges, while Wadsworth drops from the second spot. The keynote's direction remains uncertain as Steiner nears the stage.
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Ten
Frederick Steiner
Oregon
Landon
Vandenberg
Michigan
Borah
Idaho
London
Frank Gannett
New York State
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Col
Frank Knox
Lawrence University notes and campus items mix
Heard in Lawrence reports a KU student filled a blank quiz by error, W L Nelson donated a petroleum textbook to the alumni library and is now a Tulsa university professor, elm limb work at Watson library, June 14 marks a double anniversary for R H Stewart, and Clark McMurry seeks his ill son Ben McMurry with city aid. Ban Johnson team drill.
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K. U
Trene Moll
Lawrence
W. L. Nelson
Nelson
Tulsa University
Clark C. McMurry
Olive Street
Kansas City
Ben McMurry
Alfred Lawrence
Ban Johnson
Trombold to Lead Practice Session for Lawrence Butler Team
Lawrence Ban Johnson team will work out Wednesday at 3 pm at Haskell field. Wade Pierce, the team’s business manager, announced that George Trombold, a former Kansas University baseball player, will participate in the workout and may oversee the team for the rest of the season as a new manager has not yet been chosen.
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Lawrence Ban Johnson
Haskell Field
Wade Pierce
George Trombold
K. U
Altho
Trombold
Atchison Ban Johnson team disbands in Kansas
The Atchison Ban Johnson baseball team in eastern Kansas was disbanded today due to lack of player and fan interest. The move ruins plans for a Sunday game when the team was scheduled to visit here.
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Ban Johnson Club
Atchison, Kan
Atchison Ban Johnsdém
Atchison
Ban Johnson
Republican National Committee Finances Ahead of Cleveland Convention
The Republican National Committee reported a cash balance of $220,856 ten days before the Cleveland convention. The quarterly filing shows $435,152 in contributions for the three months ending May 31 and expenditures of $571,549.
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Republican National Committee
Washington
Cleveland
House of Representatives
Baseball Scores From the American League Action
An OCR fragment summarizes several games with teams such as Detroit, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, Cleveland, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Cincinnati. It notes final scores and key pitchers or players where legible, reflecting a busy day of league play with multiple double digits and varied innings.
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Sewellel i
Detroit
Boston
Walberg
Myre
Phew
St. Louis
New York
Repsett
Yariites
Philidelphia
Cliff
Washington
Piet
Pate
Chivers
White Sox
A & To
Athletica
Chicago
Philadelphia
Wennedy
Tierrich
Aml
Crube
Fink
Blases
Cleveland
Allen
Pathik
Apieten
Balton
Lotus
Tad
Donlles
Vittsburgh
Fung
Aton
Besing
Uhankee
Ceorge Hane Fine
Heat breaks as Topeka tops nation at 104 degrees
Topeka and Garden City reported extreme heat with Garden City posting 104 degrees as the hottest reading in the country while Topeka reached 100. Federal forecaster S. TD Flora predicted cooler conditions tomorrow with highs 80 to 85 and low 60s to 65 tonight. No rain, but possible thunderstorms. rivers remained well below flood stage.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. TD. Flora
Garden City
Weather Bureau
United States
Phoenix
Ariz
Flora
Logan Reports Progress on Soil Conservation Project
Logan reports progress on a Soil Conservation Service project with 37 farms across Douglas and Franklin counties. District offices are in Ottawa. By now 360 acres terraced and 27,000 acres mapped. 100,000 trees planted. 8,000 tons of Time produced. 13,918 cubic yards of stone quarried.
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U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Ottawa
Douglas
Franklin County
C. A. Logan
John Hays Hammond
Noted mining engineer dies in Gloucester study
Gloucester Massachusetts June 9 leaders of the nation joined the fisherfolk mourning the death of John Hays Hammond Sr mining engineer noted for judging mine potentialities. He was found dead of a heart ailment yesterday in his study by his secretary William Griffin. Thomas heads Kansas Lions district governor election. E A Thomas of Topeka secretary of the State High School Athletic Association was elected district governor of Lions International succeeding George C Stevens. The Kiowa district covers the state of Kansas. Over 600 delegates had been in convention with Winfield chosen for the 1927 convention. The ad promotes Gamble Stores insurance policy guaranteeing a definite number of months of service for tires.
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Gloucester
Mass
Siaple
John Hays Hammond
William Griffin
Thomas Heada
Kansas Lions
McPherson
Kan
E. A. Thomas
Topeka
State High School Athletic Association
Lions International
George C. Stevens
Kiowa
County Farmers Union to Meet Next Saturday
The Douglas County Farmers Union holds its quarterly meeting at the Micasant Valley schoolhouse this Saturday June 13. A basket dinner will be served at noon. State Senator John Frost, also state vice president of the union, will be the after noon sneaker. Fred Flory is president and Loren M. Williams secretary of the county organization. MEASLES IN DIONNE FAMILY.
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Douglas County Farmers Union
Micasant Valley
John Frost
Alsa
Farmers’ Union
Fred €. Flory
Loren M. Williams
County
Dionne
Quarantine Placed Over Dionne Quintuplets Family
North Bay Ontario June 9 Ernest and Therese Dionne siblings of the quintuplets contracted measles and the Dionne home was quarantined. Parents Oliva and Dionne halted daily visits to Dafoe nursery where the children reside. Dr A R Dafoe and township health officer ordered 15 homes in East Ferris township quarantined.
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North Bay
Ont
Ernest
Therese Dionne
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Dafoe
A. R. Dafoe
Quintuniets
East Ferris Township
Landon Visits Dentist During Cleveland Nomination
Governor Alf M. Landon sought dental relief as the Republican National Convention commenced in Cleveland. After a morning dentist visit he returned briefly to sign routine state papers. The executive offices were largely empty while London’s role remained in the background.
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Topeka
Alf M. Landon
Cleveland
Landon
London
Two Naval Reservists Die In Oakland Air Crash
In Oakland today an amphibian plane crash at the airport killed Lieut. F. B. Waterman of Sausalito and James E. Pinkerton of Berkeley while a radio man and a crew member from Fresno and San Mateo escaped death as the craft fell from a low altitude.
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Oakland
Calif
Naval Reserve
F. B. Waterman
Sausalito
James E. Pinkerton
Berkeley
Clifford S. Miller
Fresno
Cameron G. Pierce
San Mateo
Market News Wheat and Livestock Prices Report
Market notes show thin rainfall in North Dakota and firm wheat demand for immediate delivery. Wheat futures rose several points as export sales to Europe appear strong with 502000 bushels traded yesterday. Kansas City livestock numbers show hogs mostly lower and steady cattle openings with mixed demand. local and cash markets list grain, butterfat, eggs, and poultry prices alongside hay and produce figures.
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North Dakota
Winnipeg
Europe
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Aragonas
Automobile listings showcase varied used cars for sale
A dense catalog lists Ford Tudor models with mileage, Plymouth Del carros, Chevrolets in multiple body styles, and assorted makes like Hupmobile and Dodge. Prices range from modest to mid thousands with notes on condition, mileage, tires, and special features.
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Plymouth P. C
Graham
Dodge
Potato Market Report Sees Slow Chicago Trading
June 1 Chicago potato market shows very slow early trading with little stock movement. Prices mixed as buyers hold back and sellers offer limited supplies amid generally fair quality and weak demand.
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Chicago
Lewishoyan Bliss
Waphs
Vendigan
Ney
Tiera
American Telephone stock leads gains in uneven market
American Telephone stock advanced as shares in ground paints rose and the market saw gains in utilities and rail stocks. Strong buying in late session lifted demand for several issue names including American Telephone Consolidated Edison Electric Power & Light and others while some steels and margins fell. Bond activity remained light and foreign exchange moved with French labor tensions, British recovery, and unsettled overseas policy.
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Ist & Lfisk
Westtectric Co
Speedatthidine
Imu
Heard Telephone
Consolidated Editson
Electric Poower & Light
American Power and Light
Sobliere
Wil Street
France
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Ot Winfield
Kas
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H. Styles Bridges
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James W. Wadsworth
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Watson Library
R. H. Stewart
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the World Co
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Edward Graham
Kansas Women’s Republican Club
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Clifford Pugh
Sedgwick County
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L. D. Benton
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Republican Women's Club
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Winter Chevrolet CO
Clyde Tombaugh
Burdette
Pluto
Lowell Observatory
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Government Bongs
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