Dyche Museum Nears Completion at University of Kansas
The J T Constant construction crew advances the Dyche museum project at KU, with sand plaster walls and new glass cases on all floors. A mezzanine and office rooms rise as plans for mounting and retouching prehistoric animal dioramas proceed under museum staff guidance.
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J. T. Constant Construction Company
University of Kansas
Eastern Museum
Dyche
H. H. Lane, Oh
Museum
Lions Hear About New Power Plant North of Lawrence
W. Ruese of Kansas Electric Power Company spoke to the Lions at the Colonial Tea Room last night about a new power plant northwest of Lawrence. He noted modern design, metallurgical advances, higher pressure and temperature tolerance, and anticipated improved service with fewer storm interruptions and more local jobs. A district 17A Lions secretary attended to discuss the state convention at ratt.
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Ruese
Kansas Electric Power Company
Lawrence
Lions Club
Colonial Tea Room
Uese
Lions of
Kansas
Ratt
Rees and Guyer Enter Republican Re election Race
E H Rees of Emporia in the fourth district and U S Guyer of Kansas City in the second district have entered the race for re election. Both filed yesterday for the Republican nomination in their districts. Miss Pearl Wyrill of Wichita filed for the Republican nomination for state superintendent of public instruction.
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Topeka
E. H. Rees
Emporia
U. S. Guyer
Kansas City
Willow Springs Republican Caucus Set for June 17
A Republican caucus for Willow Springs township will be held at 8 o clock Friday evening June 17 at the township hall. Wayne Warner is the township committeeman.
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Willow Springs
Wayne Warner
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions From a Vintage Page
A list of quiz prompts asking for medical term for whooping cough state rankings time differences noon to London a Giants manager naturalized citizen eligibility Elizabeth I marriage Uruguay capital WPA administrator Sun as a star and current century.
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Rhode Island
New York City
London
England
New York Giants
United States Senate
Queen Elizabeth of
Uruguay
WPA
Carl Friend Files For Kansas Lieutenant Governor Seat
Carl E Friend a Lawrence lumberman farm owner and state senator filed today as a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. He previously ran for the statewide office in 1936 narrowly losing amid the landslide and seeks another test of Kansas voters in the current race.
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Carl E. Friend
Lawrence
Friend
Kansas
Carl Friend
Kansas State College
Board of Regents
State Senate
Osage City
Council Grove
Burlingame
Hiawatha
Holton
Atchison
Lyndon
Manhattan
Jackson County
Lawrence brief notes on clergy, politics and a Christmas card
A Kansas professor Dr Frank Herron Smith linked to a Fresno Japanese church service is noted alongside a Christmas card found in a library book. A surge of party changes shifts 62 from GOP or socialist groups to Democrats, with July 2 deadline. Harry Cave of Kansas State College is elected chairman of the American Dairy Science association producers division in Columbus Ohio.
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Guy Smith
Kansas City
West Coast
Frank Herron Smith
Fresno
M. W. Church
Smith
University of Kansas
E. Smith
Korea
Kate
Edith
Kansas State
Columbus
P— Harry Cave
Kansas State College
Producers
American Dairy Science Association
Ohio State University
Youth Drowns in Arkansas River Near Halstead
Halstead Kansas June 16 17 year old Pj Ray iersen drowned last night when a canoe overturned at a dam on the Little Arkansas River. His companion Vernon Wymer survived the accident.
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Halstead Halstead
Kan
Ray Iersen
Little Arkansas River
Vernon Wymer
Marriage License Issued to Masketer and Welker
A marriage license was issued yesterday to Wilbur Masketer of Santa Monica California and Mary Welker of Kansas City Missouri.
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Wilbur Masketer
Santa Monica
Calif
Mary Welker
Kansas City
Death in chair for F P McCall
Frank lin Pierce McCall, 21, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for kidnapping Jimmy Cash Jr. The judge condemned the offense as capital and ordered delivery to Raiford state prison for execution by electricity. McCall confessed to demanding a $10,000 ransom and led FBI to the child’s body.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin Pierce McCall
Jimmy Cash
H. F. Atkinson
James Bailey Cash, Jr
McCall
Florida
Raiford
Princeton
Jack Kehoe
FBI
James Bailey Cash
Cash
New Accounting System For State Institutions
Topeka reports a new centralized accounting system for state institutions set to begin July 1. State accountant C C Colvin told Gov. Walter A. Haxman the plan requires purchases to be charged to the proper appropriation and allows real time balance checks. Meetings with the boards of regents and administration were scheduled to discuss operation.
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Topeka
C. C. Colvin
Walter A. Haxman
Haxman
Board of Regents
Board of Administration
Ten Seek Office as Filing Deadline Nears at County Clerk
Ten candidates filed at the county clerk’s office including Edwin C. Nelson Democrat seeking the Eleventh district seat. Others include Roy E. Merchant Walter Scott D. M Fisher Charles D. Brown Frank G. Fitzpatrick Fran Beals Charles Wood Catherine Siebers and L. H. McGee with filings for treasurer trustee constable justice of the peace committeeman and committeewoman positions in Palmyra Lawrence and Grant townships. The filing deadline is Monday at noon.
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Edwin C. Nelson
Kentucky Street
Roy E. Merchant
Palmyra
Walter Scott
D. M Fisher
Charles D. Brown
Frank G. Fitzpatrick
Lawrence
Fran Beals
Charles Wood
Grant Township
Catherine Siebers
L. H. McGee
Grant
Parson flood prompts police aid to evacuate homes
Heavy rain and wind strike Copeland area with over five inches of grain damage from hail. Sublette Satanta Ulysses and Montezuma report rainfall as grain fields near harvest face disruption and emergency assistance is deployed to evacuate residents.
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Copeland
Sublette
Satanta
Ulysses
Montezuma
More Declarations of Candidacies Are Made
Topeka June 16 several Republicans filed candidacies for state offices. Carl FE Friend Lawrence businessman and Ottis E Mann Leavenworth seek lieutenant governor. Bob Lemon Pittsburg runs for attorney general as a Democrat. Fred J Donovan Atchison seeks state auditor. W R Griffin Ellis is third for Supreme Court justice position 5 Hutchison retiring. Ben Hegler Wichita seeks same seat, Harry W Fisher Fort Scott also running. Lester Luther Cimarron is the sole Democrat candidate for the office.
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Topeka
Carl FE
Lawrence
Ottis E. Mann
Leavenworth
Bob Lemon
Pittsburg
Fred J. Donovan
Atchison
W. R. Griffin
Ellis
State Supreme Court
Justice Hutchison
Ben Hegler
Wichita
Harry W. Fisher
Fort Scott
Lester Luther
Cimarron
Girl Born to Mrs San Romani in Wichita
A seven pound daughter was born at a local hospital in Wichita to Mrs Archie San Romani wife of Kansas track star. Mrs San Romani formerly Lena Plumley of Emporia is the mother. San Romani is expected to arrive in the city tomorrow.
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San Romani
Wichita
Kan
Archie San Romani
Lena Plumley
Emporia
Death sentence affirmed for Seadlund in Chicago case
The United States Court of Appeals affirmed the death sentence of John Henry Seadlund the kidnapper of Charles S Ross a wealthy retired greeting card manufacturer.
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Chicago
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
John Henry Seadlund
Charles S. Ross
Baby Clinic Postponed to June 24
The regular monthly baby clinic at city hall is postponed from tomorrow to June 24.
Bonds Posted To Secure Liberty For Lawrence Man
Jess Cole of Lawrence remains free after three bonds totaling 1350. He was arrested for driving without a valid license and released on a 50 bond after pleading not guilty. License suspension cited for driving under the influence of liquor. Cole earlier faced district court over liquor law violations with 1000 bond and a separate 300 bond for driving while intoxicated. Hearing on the suspended license and DWI set for Saturday before Justice Milton Beach.
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Jess Cole
Lawrence
Cole
Milton Beach
Justice of Peace
Leonard Hickman
Justice Beach
Helgesen Freed in Destruction Charge Dismissed
Kansas City June 16. A charge of malicious destruction of property against Harry S. Helgesen, international representative of the American Federation of Labor, was dismissed in justice court for lack of evidence. The case related to broken windows during a clerks strike last winter. Helgesen was questioned in Lawrence after being brought to Kansas City by officers and state patrol members.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Helgesen
American Federation of Labor
Justice Court
Helgesen
Wichita
State Highway Patrol
Lawrence
Pirates hammer Giants in four runs burst and win
Pittsburgh Pirates rout New York Giants 10 to 2 behind rookie Bob Klinger's five hit game. Lloyd Waner and Lee Handley homer as Pirates surge in fourth and ninth innings. Also notes Phillies beat Cardinals 2 to 5 with Passeau holding St Louis to six hits.
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New York
Pittsburgh Pirates
Carl Hubbell
Walter Brown
Giants
Bob Klinger
Lloyd Waner
Lee Handley
Pittsburgh
Klinger
Todd
Hubbell
W. Brown
Danning
Philadelphia
Claude Passeau
St. Louis Cardinals
Phillies
Gas House Gang
Max Macon
Phils
St. Louis
McGee
Macon
Harrell
Bremer
Owen
Passeau
W. Davis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
Monte Pearson
Bump Hadley
New York Yankees
White Sox
Lou Gehrig
Yanks
Pearson, Hadley and Dickey
Stratton and Sewell
Detroit
Thomas, Williams, Smith and Hayes
Bridges
York
Washington
Cleveland
Krakauskas, Kelley
R. Ferrell
Feller
Hemsley
Boston _W
Wagner and Peacock
Tietje and Sullivan
Federal funds for toll bridge aid proposed in Congress
A bill by Representative Guyer seeks use of federal road funds to cover up to half the cost of toll bridges on U S road systems when state takeovers remove tolls. The plan targets regional Missouri river bridges near Kansas City to ease tolls for Missouri and Kansas. Also included are notices of a sheriff sale in Douglas County Kansas and thanks to friends and Doyle's for kindnesses and flowers.
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Washington
Guyer
R-Kan
U. S
Missouri
Kansas
Missouri River
Kansas City
Law and Land Notices In Douglas and Osage Counties
Public notices announce two sales and a quiet title action. The Lawrence Building and Loan Association sues in Douglas County for equitable relief and title quieting. Separate Osage County notices detail multiple party sales under court orders, including lands in Douglas County and Osage County estates and guardianships.
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Douglas County Building & Loan Association
Obligation Notice of Summons in Kansas Foreclosure Case
The Federal Land Bank of Wichita files a foreclosure petition in Douglas County Kansas Case No. 16623 against W H Davis et al for mortgage on land in Douglas County including North Half of Section 24 and Lot 1 in Section 19 Township 12 South Range 20 East. Plaintiffs seek judgment for interest totaling thousands plus costs, declaring the real estate a first lien and directing sale to satisfy the judgment if defendants fail to answer by July 28, 1938. The notice lists numerous defendants and heirs with unknown pledges and executors referenced.
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Jennie Kuhns
Lemuel E. Cook
Thomas B. Cook
Eva Gibson
Maggie M. Cole
Edward B. Cook
Libbie Maude Cook
Benjamin P. Dunnand
George Lehman
Benjamin P. Dunn
G. B. Weber
M. Cook
District Court
Douglas County
Kansas
Lawrence
Township
Fred A. Vogler
Melvin & Melvin
E. J. Taggart
Maud
A. Harrison
State of
J. Hall
Robert M. Hester
R. M. Hester
Ada C. Evans
A. C. Evans
William Mosley
Anna Trotter
Anna H. Trotter
Board of Conference
Kansas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Towit
Grove Street
Baldwin City
John M. Kinkel
Topeka
Seal
John Callahan
Lawrence Dally Journal-World
Lamoille County Savings Bank and Janet Company
Plainiff
Delta Tau Delta Society
Gamma Tau Chapter
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Zeta House and
District Court of the
4Th Judicial District
Lane
Dean McElhenny
Philip C. Gault
Lawrence Dalely Journal-World
Douglas
Vern Swallow
Board of County Commissioners
Said
Towoanlo
Board of Counsry Commissioners
Chris Schalke
Earl T. Black
James F Brass
Kanwaka Township
Riley Rogers
Clara Simpson
Fannie Scott
Bernice Peterson
Luther Blake
Claude Walker
Sylvia Walker
Jones
Gale
Geis
Ash and
Maine
City of
North
Lawrence Daily Spyer
Arey
Elizabeth Stewart
Mary E. McCoy
E. B. McCoy
Douglas Country
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
C. C. Stewart
Olin K. Petefish
Lawrence Daily Journal- Sana Ze
District Court of
Osage County
Lloyd Talley
Clyde Talley
J. P. Murphy
Herbert Murphy
Lizzie Cleveland
Carrie Simmons
Nettie Peterson
Maude Gress
Merle Talley
Everett Tall
Lyndon
Lawrence Dalys Davis
Wil Davis
Baker Guest
Caas Wubbar
Cynthia Wilder
Gassesi
E. Hoyt Varney
Varney
Nis
John Mansfield
Anb
Aeirephresaves
Seit
Russel N. Foord
Ieee Deseo Ae Ee
Ked
Eredar
Orpha A
A. J. Reid
Hattie B. Reid
James N. Harshbarger
Owes Harsley
Em T. Stephens
Ou. E
Mary Stephens Banks
Hus- Williams
Hus- Barger
Joseph L. Taylor
W. C. Beard
Nigella Banks
Wilert
Drake
D. H. Drake
Margaret J. Drake
Nelson T. Stephens
E. VY. Banks
Federal Land Bank of Wichita
Wichita
Platorite
W. H. Davis
Peril Ae
Sieh Base Ar
SPT Bs Ores
Winterest
U. S
Zaig
Batis
John Callaha
Athe
Doug
Gorrill
Aahsher
N.w. E
Federal Land Bank of Wiehe
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Lawrence Dairy Journal-World
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Willard Cushingberry
Lucille Jones
Riley Walker
Fred Walker
Amy Powell
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Doyle
Harry Shepard
James
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Hdwe. Co
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Massachusetts
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Lawrence and Emporia
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