Hadley Dies in Houston Former KU athlete Herbert Hadley Jr
Herbert Hadley Jr., 28, a former Kansas University football player and 1928 graduate, died in Houston after an emergency appendectomy. Funeral at 2 pm in Jefferson City Episcopal Church. Bishop Scarlette to officiate. Burial beside his father, Gov. Herbert S. Hadley, at Riverview Cemetery. He studied law at Washington University, practiced in St. Louis, married Catherine De Hatre in 1933, and recently moved to Texas to practice law.
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Herbert Hadley Jr
University of Kansas
Houston
Tex
Episcopal Church
Jefferson City
William Scarlett
The
Episcopal Dio
Cese
Missouri
Trouble For Quartet On Road To Rechace Detours
A four member Salt Lake City group William Rackham Jr Leslie Smith Carrie Smith and Viola Burns were arrested in Denver after a robbery at Clayton Goodwins Denver office. Rackham and Smith were sent to Wyoming authorities for another robbery probe while the two girls were released on recognizance. Goodwin remained in custody.
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Denver
Colo
Salt Lake City
Arkansas City
Kan
William Rackham, Jr
Leslie Smith
Carrie Smith
Viola Burns
Utah City
Clayton Goodwin
Rockham and Smith
Sweetwater
County
Wyoming
James Starkweather
Goodwin
Christian Endeavor Union Rally Planned for Tuesday
The Douglas County Christian Endeavor Union will meet at the Friends church tomorrow evening at 8 for a rally echoing the state convention. Delegates who attended the convention will present the program with readings, solos, and a main address by Jesse Grimes, state officer, under the theme With Christ I Will.
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Douglas County Christian Endeavor Union
Friends Church
Christ I Will
Herbert Huffman, Jr
Halbert Whittaker
Clifford Reynolds
Christian
Test Your Knowledge Quiz from Classified Page
A seven question quick test covers art history astronomy law geography and culture. Questions ask Blue Boy painter Jungfrau Stanford White Kath Graustark osmium jurisprudence the Milky Way great circle celestial sphere near the sun and Whitechapel district plus the Japanese art of self defense.
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Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
Celestial Sphere
Milky Way
White‘chapel
Plan Rally Program Begins Her Residence
Plan for an Educational Rally at Luke's AME Church tomorrow at 8 pm features Western University President G A Gregg and Bishop John A Gregg of the AME church. Other speakers include pastors and ministers from area churches, with Dr J L Ransom in charge of the Book of Life program and a reception to follow. The event showcases a slate of religious and educational leaders with music by local performers.
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Western University
St. Luke’s
Asle
John A. Gregg
Fifth
African Methodist Episcopal District
G. A. Gregg
Kansas City
Kan
Bishop Gregg
C. C. Cunningham
First Baptist Church
T. H. Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Lawrence Ministerial Alliance
G. N. Jackson
The
Baptist State Missionary Society
B. L. Witeman
Ninth Street Baptist Church
W. Simms
Second Christian Church
W. W. Tyler
St. James A. M. E. Church
R. J. Reynolds
Topeka
J. L. Ransom
Gertrude Clark
R. E. Knight
Clarence N. Pierson
H. N. Stone
Young People’s Dramatic Society
Allen Christian Endeavor
Lele Walker
The Thin Man shines on stage and screen at Patee
The Patee audience witnessed the film debut of The Thin Man featuring William Powell as Nick Charles and Myrna Loy as Nora. Hammett’s mystery captures brisk dialogue, humorous pace, and a clever dinner-party murder reveal. Co-starring Nat Pendleton and a strong supporting cast, the feature is praised as superb entertainment. Also shown are Big City Fantasy, a news reel, and a Terry Toon. Memorial notes report several hospital operations with stable or good recovery prospects.
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Alexander Wollcott
William ‘Powell
Nick Charles
Powell
Myrna’ Loy
Nora
Mr. Powell
Asta
Scottie
Nick
Nat Pendleton
Guild
Zaod
Maureen O'Sullivan
Minna Gombell
Porter Hall
Henry Wadsworth
Thin Man
Pateé
Phil Spitalway
Terry Toon
Recital Tonight by Wilma Mae Stoner at KU Auditorium
The University of Kansas summer session School of Fine Arts presents senior pianist Wilma Mae Stoner in a recital at 8 o'clock in Administration Auditorium. Under Roy Underwood she performs three groups of classical and modern works including Capriccio, Op 4 in D flat, Cassado Concerto in A minor and Schumann orchestral parts on second piano. Audience invited.
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University of Kansas
School of Fine Arts
Wilma Mae Stoner
Schumann
Pryfes
Underwood
Anniversary Observance at North Lawrence Baptist Church
The sixty sixth founding anniversary of North Lawrence Baptist Church will be celebrated all week with Civic Night Junior Night Church Night Lodge Night and Young People Night as guests from local Negro organizations. Mrs Verna Anderson coordinates Civic Night with church choir refreshments. Each evening features a prize for the organization with the most members present and the week ends with an all day program on Sunday June 24.
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North Lawrence Baptist Church
Lawrence
Douglas County
Verna Anderson
Endorsement of C. B. Hosford at Wakarusa caucus
G B Hosford was unanimously endorsed for precinct committee man at a Republican caucus in Wakarusa. J W Greenleaf, chairman of the state public service commission, spoke on real Republicanism. The meeting nominated Donald Hults and Ed Riling for justices of the peace and Alva T. Hodges and A H Girard for constables. John Brand spoke on the Young Republican club program.
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G. B. Hosford
Wakarusa Towney
J. W. Greenleaf
State Public Service Commission
Donald Hults
Ed Riling
Alva T. Hodges
A. H. Girard
Young Republican Club
John Brand
McCreath Files for Republican County Clerk Nomination
Dave McCreath of route 2 filed today to seek place on the Republican primary ticket for county clerk. He campaigns on business experience. In other brief items, Bryan Helm was fined 310 in police court after a Saturday arrest for intoxication in the 1000 block on Massachusetts street.
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Dave McCreath
Route 2
McCreath
Bryan Helm
Massachusetts Street
Air Chief Foulois Fights Removal Amid Misconduct Probe
Major General Benjamin Foulois challenged removal as chief of the Army Air Corps after a House committee accused him of dishonesty and gross misconduct. The eight member panel urged dismissal and faulted plane purchases and the air mail task, citing illegal negotiations and favoritism, while Foulois demanded open hearings and pledged to defend his record.
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Washington
Benjamin D. Foullois
House
Army Air Corps
Dern
Foulois
Fouloisi
Roosevelt
Air Corps
Army
Schumann-Heink to headline Kan sas summer concert
Madame Schumann-Heink the famed contralto will headline a summer concert at the University of Kansas on June 26. Accompanied by violinist Jascha Bronars, the program aims to satisfy all tastes and has drawn praise from radio listeners for her recent performances. Tickets start at 31 from the School of Fine Arts, plus 50 cents for the top gallery.
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University of Kansas
Madame Schumann- Heink
Jascha Bronart
Joachim
Hubay
Ysaye
Budapest
Max Bruch
Bruch
Schumann-Heink
School of Fine Arts
Lawrence
Summer School Orchestra Will Rehearse Wednesday
University of Kansas enrollment rose 8.6 percent this summer with 1,140 students registered, up from 1,046 in 1933. Registrar George O Foster reports the figure may rise with late enrollment. Last summer’s turnout was the smallest in years, down 25 percent from the year prior, with students from 80 Kansas counties and 20 other states.
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University of Kansas
George O. Foster
Kansas
Five Traffic Fines In City Police Court
Traffic ordinance violators paid fines this morning. Judge O E Learnard fined Harry Kampschroeder of Stull five dollars for speeding on west Seventh street. George Beers of route 2 was fined ten dollars for reckless driving at Thirteenth and New Jersey streets. Frank Evans and George K Melvin were each fined one dollar for overparking. Marriage Licenses issued to John C Carter and Dorothy Newlin of Lawrence, Dwain Raglin and Catherine Reed of Topeka, and Noeman Robison and Alice Johnson of Lone Star.
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O. E. Learnard
Harry Kampschroeder
Stull
West Seventh Street
George Beers
Thirteenth
New Jersey
Frank Evans
George K. Melvin
John C. Carter
Dorothy Newlin
Lawrence
E. F. Price
Dwain Raglin
Catherine Reed
Topeka
Noeman Robison
Alice Johnson
Lone Star
L. H. Menger
Paines Speak on Old Age Pensions in Southpark
Rev. J. F. Paine of Kansas City Kansas president of the National Old Age Pension League and others will speak at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening in Southpark on behalf of old age pensions. The organization is circulating petitions urging Congress to adequately care for those barred from industry due to age.
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J. F. Paine
Kansas City
Kan
National Old Age Pension League
Southpark
Congress
Drought in England Stages Humid, Water Fear Grows
London reports a dry spell on June 18 with 81 degree heat and no rain. Lord Merrivale abandons a court win as officials pray for rain and warn water shortages hit farms, golf greens, and village wells.
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London
Lord Merrivale
Rochester
England
William Prescott
Prescott
Pirates Capture 26 Off Yellow River
Pirates seized the British steamer Shuntien off the Yellow River mouth, kidnapping six British citizens including two naval officers and twenty Chinese passengers. They forced the captives into five junks, removed valuable merchandise, and sailed the ship to Chefoo.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Tientsin
Tiestin
Chefoo
Cece Geet Ea
Royal Shoe Store to Meet Rexall in Soft Ball Opener
The Business Man's soft ball league begins Tuesday at 6 PM on the intramural field south of the University of Kansas. Royal Shoe Store faces Rexall in the season's first contest as six clubs enter play two or three times weekly. University athletic workers prepared a diamond for the season. other teams are Ober's Clothiers Kress and high school coach Edd Wood.
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Business Man’s
University of Kansas
Royal Shoe Store
Rexall Club
Legue
University Athletic Association
Ober's Clothiers
Kress
Edd Wood
Picnic at Emporia for Big Four Santa Fe outing set
Two special trains from Kansas City will take 2500 rail workers and families to Emporia on June 21 for the eighth annual Big Four Brotherhood Santa Fe picnic at Peter Pan park. Activities include a morning flag ceremony, athletics, speeches, baseball, pools, golf, meals, and a dance to close the day.
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Emporia
Kan
Arkansas City
Kansas City
Peter Pan Park
William Allen White
Emporians
Santa Fe and Brotherhood
Plank Seeks County Clerk Post in GOP Primary
U S G Plank deputy county clerk for eight years declares candidacy for county clerk, subject to Republican primaries on August 7. He notes extensive office experience and prior work in real estate, including founding the Lawrence Building and Loan company in 1909.
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U. S. G. Plank
Deaths and Funerals for Turner and Oatman
James T. Turner aged 66 dies at home on New Jersey Street and funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2:30 PM at Ninth Street Baptist Church with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Surviving siblings are Mrs. Ella B. Strange of Chicago and Mrs. Clara Elliott of Harrisonville plus brother F. A. Turner of Oakland. Dr Homer Clifton Oatman Jr of San Diego, son of Dr. and Mrs. Homer C. Oatman, died after a six month blood infection. burial in San Diego follows today. he was a McGill Medical College graduate who practiced with his father in San Diego and was a nephew of Mrs. A. G. Alrich.
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Cal-Neva
Nevada
Anna Roosevelt Dall
Lake Tahoe
Curtis B. Dall
New York
Elliott
Elizabeth Donner F
Philadelphia
James T. Turner
New Jersey Street
Ninth Street Baptist Church
B. L. Wightman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ella B. Strange
Chicago
Clara Elliott
Harrisonville
F. A.turner
Oakland
Calif
Homer Clifton Oatman
Homer Clifton Oatman, Jr
Homer C. Oatman
San Diego
Cal
McGill Medical College
Montreal
Canada
Oatman
A. G. Alrich
This
City
Veteran flier killed in Fort Benjamin Harrison crash
Lieutenant Edward M. Johnson of Indianapolis was killed and Lieutenant James L. Bruce of Terre Haute was critically injured when their airplane crashed after takeoff at Fort Benjamin Harrison this morning. Johnson was a veteran flier and assistant superintendent of the municipal airport.
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Indianapolis
Edward M. Johnson
James L. Bruce
Terre Haute
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Johnson
Miss Gaskie Gaskill Heads for Chinese Study Abroad
Miss Gussie Gaskill arrived in Lawrence Saturday night en route from Cornell to the University of California. In Berkeley she will study Chinese this summer and teach Chinese at Cornell next fall. She spent a year at Penning, China. Mrs. Leila Steven of Jenlin, Missouri, formerly of Lawrence, is visiting Mrs. Louise Nelson.
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Gussie Gaskill
Lawrence
Cornell University
University of California
Berkeley
Cornell
Miss Gaskill
Penning
China
Leila Steven
Jenlin, Mo
Louise Nelson
Merrill Sarver Wins Kentucky 4-H Tobacco Championship
Merrill Sarver, aged 14, from Allen county Kentucky, raised 1325 pounds of tobacco on half an acre and won the state 4-H club tobacco growing championship.
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Merrill Sarver
Allen County
Kentucky
Belleview Visitors Attend Lamer Home Near De Soto
Mr and Mrs Fred Bartz and Raymond and Dorothea visited the Myrtle Lamer home near De Soto Sunday. Mr and Mrs L M Holmes attended commencement exercises at LU Monday evening. Their son.
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Fred Bartz
Raymond
Dorothea
Myrtle Lamer
de Soto
L. M. Holmes
L. U
Missing Poet-Pianist Found in New York
Louise Krist an 18 year old poet pianist vanished for two weeks before a citizen’s tip led to her identification by a policeman. The case drew attention from police and justice officials amid the mystery and public concern.
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New York
Louise Krist
Department of Justice
Honor student Oliver wins Delta Sigma Pi scholarship key
Oliver, among the honor students, graduated and earned the Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship key as ranking man in the School of Business. Sophia Greenwoood Valley and Damn entertained the Otterbein Guild. Margaret Brooks visits Topeka. Young People’s Rally at Big Springs U B Church draws attendees from Glenn Stull Lecompton and Big Springs churches. Mrs Rose Wymer spends Monday night with her parents Mr and Mrs George Dews.
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Oliver
Delta Sigma Pi
School of Business
Sophia. Damm
Otterbein Guild
Margaret Brooks
Topeka
Big Springs U. B
Glenn, Stull
Lecomptton
Big Springs
Rose Wymer
George Dews
Sunnyside 4-H Club Shows Busy June Meeting
Sunnyside 4-H Club met June 3 with Norman Weibel. Twenty six members and six guests attended. After a business session, Betty Mae Shultz performed, Berlyene Skeets demoed, and Esther Louise Jones recited. Julia Skeets was chosen girls' leader. A picnic at Skeets' Sunday is planned.
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Elmer Ousdahl
W. L. Blaylock
Prairie Center
Sunnyside
Norman Weibel
Betty Mae Shultz
Berlyene Skeets
Esther Louise Jones
Julia Skeets
Skeets
Charles Spray
Mary Lou
W. R. Adams
Adams
Q. A. Adams
Smithville
Guy Shultz
Roscoe Whitman
Gilbert Whitman
Mrs. Whitman, Sr
Lone Star
Sunnyside Baking Club
Margaret. Mary. Jones
Walter
Dell Love
Elmer Ousdanl
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Wakarusa Township
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New Hampshire Street
Josiah Warfield
Frank Dodds
Lee
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Schubert Funeral Home
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Arthur S, Peck
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