Third generation sees wedding in Nahant amid Roosevelt family links
In Nahant Massachusetts on June 18 1938 Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt 83 watched her grandson John Roosevelt marry Anne Lindsay Clark of Boston The wedding echoed three generations from 1880 to 1938 with gowns receptions and heirlooms including a strand of pearls once worn by the elder Roosevelt brides and a 700 guest luncheon at the Lincoln club
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Nahant
Mass
Dames Roosevelt
Meg
Delano
Hyde Park
Union Church
Sara Delano Roosevelt
John
Anne Lindsay Clark
Boston
Endicott Peabody
Groton School
Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie Ferry
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Teddy
Avant Tennis Club
Anne Clark
James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Beer Aids State Funds Under 3.2 Beer Law
The 3.2 beer sale in Kansas, authorized by the 1937 legislature, raised $625,683.68 for the state treasury in the first year. Ed Kirchner, director of inspections and registrations, reported to Gov. Wal ter A. Huxman that revenue, though below some estimates, aligns with the legislative council’s forecast. Five cent a gallon tax produced $563,843.68, with $62,340 from licenses and fees. The law took effect May 1, 1937.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Treasury
Ed Kirchner
Department of Inspection and Registrations
Walter A. Huxman
Research Department
the Legislative Council
Kirchner
Rev Aszman to Direct Summer Conference at Emporia
Rev Theodore H Aszman leaves tomorrow to direct the Presbyterian Your People’s Summer conference at the College of Emporia next week. This marks his second year as director with delegates from First Presbyterian including Phyllis Wherry Martha Dooley Vivian McBeth Katherine Fries Mary Louise Baker and Jean Lee Aszman attending.
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Theodore H. Aszman
Emporia
Presbyterian Your People
College of Emporia
Rev
Aszman
First Presbyterian Church
Phyllis Wherry
Martha Dooley
Vivian McBeth
Katherine Fries
Mary Louise Baker
Jean Lee Aszman
Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions on Classified Page
A reader quiz lists ten facts questions from various topics including geography religion and history. Items ask about Falster island Virginia nickname largest botanical garden Africa biblical mention Jungfrau Nicaragua capital veto power Gregorian calendar Scioto River fruit family and more.
Ratner claims on West patronage false says Burke
Topeka June 18 P W H Burke vice chairman of the state board of administration branded Ratner s charge that Will G West was asked to bargain patronage for his appointment as livestock sanitary commissioner as untrue and unfounded Burke corrected Ratner s statements and said Dr C B McGinnis died in office and was replaced by Dr Naramore Burke asserted West kept all veterans and added Republicans and worked with the present administration Burke cited witnesses from Kansas Livestock association to corroborate the denial.
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Topeka
Ratner
C. B. McGinnis
State Hospital
Parsons
Fitzwilliam-Washington
West
Burke
Kansas Livestock Association
Cannon Leads Defeat Of Shelterbelt Funding Fight
Washington reports Representative Cannon and fellow foe Lambertson blocked a proposed $1,300,000 shelterbelt tree planting line in the closing session of the 75th Congress. Cannon derided the project as utopian, while Lambertson recalled historic failures of similar Western plantings in Kansas and Nebraska.
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Washington
Cannon
D.-Mo
House
Lambertson
R.kan
Kansas
Nebraska
Fourteen File for Primary at Court House
Fourteen more candidates filed for primaries at the court house. The filing deadline is noon Monday. Names include Edward Bum gardner Lawrence Republican clerk. D L Burton Democrat committeeman Willow Springs. Chester Spray Republican trustee Waka rusa. C C Rankin Republican justice of peace Lawrence. Ethel Rohde Shipley Republican committeewoman second precinct second ward Lawrence. Mable G Westcott Democrat committeewoman first precinct second ward Lawrence. Hattie M Fletcher Democrat committeewoman Grant township. E H Grob Republican clerk Eudora. George Shuler Republican trustee Willow Springs. Otto Hack Republican clerk Willow Springs. Elmer Churchbaugh Republican treasurer Willow Springs. Elnora Van Hoesen Republican committee woman Willow Springs. Carrie Hanna Democrat committeewoman Lecompton precinct Lecompton township. Ross Stone Democrat committeeman eee precinct Palmyra township.
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Court House
Edward Bumgardner
Lawrence
District Court
D. L. Burton
Willow Springs Township
Chester Spray
Wakarusa Township
C. C. Rankin
Ethel Rohde Shipley
Mable G. Westcott
Hattie M. Fletcher
Grant Township
E. H. Grob
Eudora Township
George Shuler
Otto Hack
Elmer Churchbaugh
Elnora van Hoesen
Carrie Hanna
Lecompton
Lecompton Township
Ross Stone
Eee
Palmyra Township
Comedian Langdon Plans Replication of Wedding
Hollywood crowds learn comedian Harry Langdon and his third wife Mabel Georgena Sheldon Langdon applied for a marriage license in Ventura California. Langdon says weddings are fun and they want another honeymoon. They wed in Tucson Arizona in February 1934 and have a three year old son Harry Jr.
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Hollywood
Harry Langdon
Mabel Georgena Sheldon Langdon
Ventura
Calif
Jess Cole Found Guilty in DWI Conviction
Jess Cole was found guilty of driving an auto while intoxicated and fined $100. He appealed to the district court from Milton Beach justice of the peace. His case on driving without a valid license was continued.
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Jess Cole
Cole
District Court
Court of
Milton Beach
Justice of the Peace
Grass Fire In Santa Fe Yards Extinguished
Firefighters were called around 11 30 this morning to put out a grass fire in the Santa Fe yards north of the old planing mill. The blaze burned a plot about 60 by 20 feet in length and width.
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Santa Fe
Planing Mill
Copeland Dies After Strain at 69 in New York
Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York and a physician died at 7:45 p.m. in his Manhattan apartment after a circulatory collapse amid heavy Congress workload. Roosevelt and Wagner expressed condolences. Copeland, 69, had served 15 years in the Senate and chaired the commerce committee, contributing to merchant marine aviation and public health laws.
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Washington
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Harry Kaufman
Congress
Copeland
Senate
House
Suffern
N. Y
Roosevelt
Royal S., Jr
Nahant
Mass
Wagner
New Yorker
Senate Commerce Committee
Tammany Hall
New York City
James A. Farley
Jeremiah Mahoney
LaGuardia
Altho Farley
Roosevelt Wedding at Nahant Heads to Champagne Toast
President and Mrs Roosevelt attended the ceremony for John Roosevelt and Anne Clark with a large crowd watching as the couple wed at the church. The wedding featured Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr as best man and a reception at the Nahant club with a champagne toast.
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F. Haven Clark
Phelps’s ninth inning homer sinks Cubs in Brooklyn
Dodgers rally to beat the Cubs 2 1 as Babe Phelps drives a solo shot in the bottom of the ninth. Cubs manage only five hits off Fred Fitzsimmons in Chicago after early scoring ends.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Babe Phelps
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Fred Fitzsimmons
Chicago
Carleton
Boston
Cincinnati Reds
Bees
Pittsburgh
Incinnnati
Derringer
Moore
Lohbardi
Hershberger
Shoffner
Fette
Mueller
Philadelphia
Phillies
Claude Passeau
Hugh Mulcahy
Lee Handley
Bauers
Brandt
Todd
Mulcahy
Passeau
Davis
St. Louis
Howard Mills
St. Louis Browns
New York Yankees
Mills
New York
Gomez
Dickey
H. Mills
Heath
Cleveland
Nelson
Hayes
Hudlin
Zuber
Hemsley
Pytlak
Esautels
Lyons and Schlueter
Washington
Detroit
Ferrell, Hisenst
Deshong
York
Parole Granted for 26 State Prison Convicts
Paroles approved by Gov. Walter A. Haxman and state parole board will free 26 penitentiary inmates in the next days. Among those paroled arebank robbers Clarence Campbell and William Williams from Sedgwick and Doniphan counties respectively. Ralph B Garvin of Neosho county for embezzlement, Merle Dalton for second degree manslaughter, and Abe Delgado for burglary also received parole.
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Topeka
State Parole Board
Walter A. Haxman
Clarence Campbell
Sedgwick County
William Williams
Doniphan
Ralph B.garvin
Neosho County
Erie State Bank
Merle Dalton
Abe Delgado
Murray and Utter Renew Vows After 45 Years apart
Syracuse couple Michael F. Murray and Maria Utter, both widowed, obtained a marriage license and planned to wed after the 72 hour waiting period. Separated in 1893 after their first marriage failed, they remarried others before reuniting once more and now aim to start anew.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Michael F. Murray
Maria Utter
Eight Leaf Clover Found by Frances Kinkaid in Salem
Frances Kinkaid 17 found an eight leaf clover in her Salem Virginia front yard on June 18. The yard also yielded seven six and five leaf clovers along with 41 four leaf clovers in the same locale.
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Salem
Frances Kinkaid
Palace Clothing gives 500 ties for boys on Father’s Day
C D Maier reports the Palace Clothing company distributed 500 ties to selected boys aged 8 to 15 designated by the Campfire council, gifts for Father’s Day. A H Neustifter of Eudora was fined five dollars for letting his 16 year old drive without a license.
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Palace Clothing Company
C. D. Maier
A. H. Neustifter
Eudora
Robert
Neustifter
Justice of Peace Smith
Euora
Special Musical Number at Trinity Lutheran Service
A special musical program will be presented at the 11 o'clock Sunday service at Trinity Lutheran Church. Barbara Huls will perform a violin solo Revery by Débussy, with Dorothy Huls on piano, and Mildred Reuter will play the organ. Mr. and Mrs. H C Rumsey left yesterday for Sioux City to visit Arch West and Dr. L F Eaton.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Barbara Huls
Revery
Débussy
Dorothy Huls
Mildred Reuter
H. C. Rumsey
Sioux City, Ia
Arch West
L. F. Eaton
Initials Carve on 4.7 Gun in South Park
Police report 12 sets of initials scratched on the 4.7 gun in South Park after a few weeks of installation. Chief Jude Anderson vows increased watch and arrests for defacing public property, with penalties up to $100 fine and 90 days in jail under city ordinance.
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South Park
Jude Anderson
Brothers Plane Ride Ends in Wreck Near Sedan Kansas
Two Osage brothers from Pawhuska Oklahoma Bill and Logan Cottingham rode Bill’s monoplane south of Chautauqua Kansas. The engine failed and the craft struck an electric line then crashed on Oklahoma highway 48. Bill suffered severe leg cuts while Logan escaped with minor injuries and later flew the damaged plane to a ranch emergency field.
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Sedan
Kan
Bill
Logan Cottingham
Pawhuska
Okla
Chautauqua
Oklahoma Highway 48
Logan
Dean Floyd Ranch
Belleview News and Local Social Notes
James Crane of Fairfax flying field Kansas City is home on a brief vacation. Mrs A C James visited her mother Mrs M E Harris in Lawrence. Mrs Bert Rood left for Alvin Oklahoma for a few days with relatives. Minnie Whaley of Lawrence and Paul Whaley of Amarillo Texas stayed with Fred Whaley. George Coleman is slowly recovering from a stroke suffered about three weeks ago.
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James Crane
Fairfax
Kansas City
A. C. James
M. E. Harris
Lawrence
Walter Sanford
Bert Rood
Alvin
Okla
Minnie Whaley
Paul Whaley
Amarillo
Tex
Fred Whaley
George Coleman
Valley Grove Christian Endeavor News Highlights
Walter Love attended the State Golden Jubilee in Wichita where the pageant A Flame of the Lord's Kindling impressed many. District Northwest Central led the parade with red colors and white-lettered back boleros. The Jefferson County C E rally in Oskaloosa elected officers: Lawrence Gibson president and others in roles. A social night at the schoolhouse drew 31. Next week Warren Means leads with How Propagandists Put It Over on Us. Children day at Wellman chapel set for June 19. Chester plans all day Sunday service June 19 with 10:30 Sunday school, 12:30 picnic, 2:30 service. Mrs Vivian Laughlin and the Spray family will motor trip to California.
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Christian Endeavor
Puckett
Walter Love
Wichita
Walter
Northwest Central
Kansas
Jefferson County
C. E
Oskaloosa
Lawrence Gibson
Darlene Smith
Marcella McKay
Tenth Legion
Don Wray
Ruth Shaeffer
James Lucas
Marjorie Wray
Lois Hefty
Councelor
Osborn
Warren Means
Wellman Chapel
Chester
George Challacome
Topeka
Vivian Laughlin
L. M. Spray
Washington, D. C
Lester Spray
Wilkinsburg
California
Baldwin Socials and Movements Across the Region
Baldwin locals host relatives from Oklahoma City and Missouri while ministers from Kansas City attend a school of ministerial training. Faye Holliday starts a summer photo job in Asheville with stops in Washington and other cities. Evelyn Butler goes to Evanston to study vocal arts for a master’s degree. Dr. James S. Chubb teaches at an Epworth League institute in Indianapolis. Bert Jones mourns M H Blaine in Augusta. Eugene Coxen plans a Lake of the Ozarks trip after newspaper subscriptions acquisition.
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Thomas A. Evans
Tommy, Jr
Baldwin
Donald Keith
Marcelle
Columbia
John Glenn
Edward Potts
Mills Anderson
Kansas City
Kansas Conference School of
Faye Holliday
Asheville
N. C
Washington
D. C
Enroute
Evelyn Butler
Baker
Evanston
Northwestern University
James S. Chubb
Indianola
Simpson Colleers
Bert Jones
M. H. Blaine
Augusta
Eugene Coxen
Lake of the Ozarks
Summer notes include concerts and teaching moves
Prof Robert Milton of Kansas City announces he will present the operetta The Man Without a Country by Hosmer in July with first rehearsal next Tuesday in the church choir room. E R Button leaves Vinland rural high for a Farm Security Administration post based in Lawrence living in Baldwin. Elizabeth Ebright gains a library science degree and moves to Kewanee as reference librarian next year.
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Robert Milton
Kansas City
Baker
Hosmer
E. R. Button
Vinland Rural High School
Farm Security Administration
Lawrence
Baldwin
H. K. Ebright
Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois
Elizabeth Ebright
Kewanee
Ebright
Hopkins
Spring Creek School
Busy Week For Beulah Stew art Postmaster Leader
Postmistress Beulah Helen Stewart led a heavy week attending the none county postal employees meeting in Overbrook on Tuesday evening. She then joined the state meeting of the League of Districts Postmasters in Ottawa on Friday or Saturday and Sunday's a Pitts engagement for an executive committee meeting of the National Association of Postmasters, of which she is president. Her father Clyde Stewart accompanied her to Overbrook. Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Gessner planned a Boston summer visit. Dr. and Mrs. Nelson P. Horn and children visited Cameron Missouri. Dr. Horn spoke at a local homecoming service. Vera Nell Horn stayed with her grandmother. Nancy Ann Hedrick of Valley Falls visited the Methodist parsonage with her uncle and aunt while Rev and Mrs Hedrick attended Y M C A conferences in Estes Park.
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Beulah Helen Stewart
None County
Overbrook
League of Districts
Nancy Ann Hedrick
Valley Falls
Methodist
James S. Chubb
Sam Hedrick
Y. W
Y. M
Estes Park
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