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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1934

Page

2

Poderjay Murder Probe Moves to Vienna Courts

Vienna dispatch says Bruno Barber fellow police chief declares enough evidence exists to charge Ivan Poderjay with murder connected to the disappearance of Miss Agnes Tulverson of New York and Detroit. Officials shift inquiry to court investigators while American prosecutors may be invited to pursue the case.

Vienna Bruno Barber International Police Organization of Ivan . Poderjay United States International Poderjay Agnes Tulverson New York Detroit Poderjag Hans Spring Austria Spring Danube Fiar Tufverson Telegraphen Compagnie Ljubljana Yugoslavia Mile Ferrand Tulverson

PROGRAM IS POPULAR Eddy Wood Leads Summer Playground

Eddy Wood director reports the summer playground program had its best attendance in three years. Enrollment is about one third higher than last year with Cordley and Woodlawn schools leading daily turnout near 65. Pinckney averages 35 and McAllaster 20. Woodlawn beat Pinckney 17 to ? Regular Fridays offer two ice cream cones for five cents. New features include coloring sessions and a reading hour. Six Moorman children on Learnard Avenue attend Cordley sessions.

Eddy Wood Cordley School Woodlawn School Cordley Pinckney McAllaster Woodlawn Moorman Learnard, Avenue Qefeans

Population rise reported in Franklin County enumeration

The Franklin county enumeration shows a population of 21 916, a gain of 106 from 1933, with 10 of 16 townships increasing. The report notes salary rules for city officials trigger at population below 9 500, and references a 280 loss in Ottawa’s population. An auto collision on highway 72 W near Lawrence involved L E Pratt Topeka and H Fisher Waverly. no injuries.

Franklin County Ottawa Deven L. E. Pratt Topeka H. Fisher Waverly Lawrence Iper

Test Your Knowledge Quiz Questions

A compilation of miscellaneous trivia prompts asking about orthography and geography. It lists questions on oscalation Chosen Japanese origins Story of the Gadsbys naming strait peaks near Gibraltar Whistler moths tunnel Alps Oshkosh location Johnson presidency order Gadsden Purchase Sax musical distru nt and related topics.

Straits of Gibraltar Whistler Alps Switzerland Italy Oshkosh Andrew Johnson Gadsden Purchase Oki

Skilton Numbers Featured in KU Summer Session Concert

Two pieces by Charles S. Skilton professor of composition at the University of Kansas will be performed by the summer session orchestra in its August 2 concert. Directed by Frederick A. P. Cooke the volunteer ensemble rehearses Sunrise Song and Gambling Song from Skilton's Primeval Suite based on American Indian melodies.

Charles S. Skilton University of Kansas Frederick A. P. Cooke Skilton

Rabies Seen Year Round Says Local Vet on Dog Bite Care

Dr. T. J. Leasure states rabies is year round and a dog bite should lead to confinement and expert observation. Watch the dog for 15 days, start Pasteur treatment if bite is on face, and avoid killing a possibly rabid dog. Symptoms may include roaming.

T. J. Leasure Leasure

Young People Hold Union Service at Congregational Church

The Lawrence and University young peoples societies plan a joint service at Congregational Church Sunday at 6 pm. Judge Hugh Means will speak on Youth and the Problem of Crime. Violinist Bins Banes Love will perform. A social half hour and refreshments follow. Church location is 925 Vermont Street.

Churches of Judge Means Vermont Street

Sermon Series at Trinity Lutheran Church Opens

The Rev C A Puls announces a summer series of character talks at Trinity Lutheran Church with one biblical figure discussed each Sunday at 11. Jacob the Patriarch opens the series, followed by Samuel Nehemiah Ruth Thomas and Simon Peter. The 11 o'clock service is shortened for summer. choir directed by A C Reuter offers an anthem and congregational singing, with organ by Mildred Reuter. Public invited to attend. The Liberty Memorial High School is accredited again by the North Central Association for the period ending April 12 1933, marking continuous accreditation at Lawrence High since 1914.

Trinity Lutheran Church C. A. Puls Jacob Patriarch Samuel Nehemiah Ruth Thomas Simon Peter A. C. Reuter Mildred Reuter Liberty Memorial North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Chicago B. L. Stradley Ohio State University A. W. Clevenger University of Illinois R. C. Hunt Kansas Department of Education Lawrence High School Association

Three Lawrence Delegates Attend Co-Op Club Session

Mr and Mrs Glenn A Moody and A E Woestemeyer depart by automobile for the Co Operative Club convention in Omaha lasting until Wednesday. Moody and Woestemeyer represent the Lawrence local club while Mrs Moody attends as a Co Operettes delegate. Lisle Eby and wife had planned to attend but Mr Eby is ill with a throat infection.

Lawrence Glenn A. Moody A. E. Woestemeyer Co-Operative Club Omaha Mr. Moody Mr. Woestemeyer Co-Operative Club Yard Moody Co-Operettes Lisle Eby Eby

Marriage license issued to Harvey and Mangelsdorf

A marriage license was issued to Robert C. Harvey and Maurine Mangelsdorf both of Kansas City Kansas and they expected to be married by Rev. Russell of Kansas City.

Robert C. Harvey Maurine Mangelsdorf Kansas City Kan Russell

Terrific fighting in latest clash in Chaco Boreal

Buenos Aires June 23 AP Thousands of Paraguayan soldiers were reported trapped and slaughtered by Bolivian artillery in a seven day drive against Fort Ballivian in the Chaco Boreal A Paraguayan division led by Colonel Brizuela broke through near Condado but Bolivian guns and mortars halted the assault and mopped up survivors The Bolivians defend Fort Ballivian likened to the Hindenburg Line defense has held since March with Paraguay suffering heavy losses and Ballivian remaining the last Bolivian stronghold in the region

Buenos Aires Chaco Boreal Pilcomayo Canada el Carman Condado Brizuela Condadon Chaco Fort Ballivian Ballivian Paraguay Havin

Lutheran Congregation Initiates Fall Debt Campaign

The local Lutheran church plans a Sunday start to reduce its building debt from $23,590 toward a hoped $1,750 fall total. A large visiting committee, including Mrs C O Aston and many others, will deliver barrels to members' homes as part of the campaign during the church’s sixth year in the new building.

C.O. Aston Auchard Sophia Agile Minnie Bearman Gene Brune M. J. Carpenter Agnes Conger Harry Dauberman Ed Elam Howard Erwin C. J. Eriksen Gene Evans Lestar Shirar Spencer Hull Alfred Heck A. M. Hughes H. T. Tost Minnie Kahle William Kahle E. W. Martin A. G. Sabol C. L. Shirar Fred Stotts J. E. Selig John Salig Sherman Brock Belle Schell C. G. Schulz Obed Thompson Mayme Tuttle W. T. Williams Rosa Wilks Anna Hutt

Will Speak at Forum on Social Progress Series

Prof E E Bayles of the KU school of education will discuss Social Progress and Educational Institutions at Plymouth Congregational Church Sunday at 10 oclock. At 11 oclock the Portsmouth choir conducted by Bayles sings Shelleys anthem and Helen Beard performs Hold Thou My Hand. The sermon subject is The Arrest of the Social Gospel.

Plymouth Congregational Church E. E. Bayies K. U. School of Education Psmouth Bayles Shelley Christian Helen Beard Briggs

Glad He Made the Trip to Kansas City Meeting

Clifford Hamill, a refrigerator service man for Weavers, attended a Kansas City area meeting of large dealers and service men at the Hotel President. A drawing attracted over 600 entries for a 299.50 Norge refrigerator, and Hamill won the prize.

Clifford Hamill Weaver's Kansas City Norge Hamill

Schumann Heink Concert Set for Tuesday Evening at KU

Madame Ernestine Schumann Heink famed contralto of five decades in America and Europe will headline the University of Kansas Summer session music program Tuesday night June 26 at 8 in the KU auditorium. She will be joined by Jasche Bronart and others for an evening of song and a narrative of her life and career.

Ernestine Schumanna- Heink University of Kansas K. A Jasche, Bronart Schumann-Heink Ortrud Metropolitan Opera Company America Europe Mid-west Brahms Strauss von Bulow Bearkes Nordica Sembrich Caruso Plancon

Colorado penitentary menaces gas chamber execution

William Cody Kelley was executed in Colorado’s new lethal gas chamber at the state prison on Woodpecker Hill. Warden Roy Best said the process was successful as witnesses observed the masked inmate, strapped to the death throne, recite the 23rd Psalm while acid capsules released fumes. Kelley, who denied guilt in the rancher Russell Browning case, died after immersion in the gas chamber under close autopsy observation.

Canon City Colo Colorado Penitentiary William Cody Kelley Roy Best Kelley Russell Browning Delta Cole

Roosevelt Reaches Home After Motor Trip

President Roosevelt arrived at his Hyde Park home at 2 p m after a motor ride from New London Connecticut. He was greeted by son Elliott, daughter-in-law Ruth Googins and their six week old daughter. It was the first meeting with his daughter-in-law and the youngest granddaughter. The voyage included a lunch stop at a New York border hot dog stand where the couple ate hot dogs and beer was served.

Hyde Park N Y Roosevelt New London Conn Hudson River Elliott Ruth Googins Fort Worth Texas Connecticut New York Mrs. Roosevelt

Chorus to Sing Sunday at First Baptist Church

Public school children of Lawrence directed by Miss Mabel Barnhart will sing Hallelujah by Schubert at 10 50 tomorrow at the First Baptist Church. Mrs Paul C Rankin will accompany on organ with Bach Prelude Cradle Song Schubert and Postlude Faulkes. Rev C C Cunningham will preach. ii Second in golf tourney.

Public Schoola of Lawrence Mabel Barnhart First Baptist Church Miss +Barnhart Schubert Paul C. Rankin Bach Faulkes C. C. Cunningham First Baptist Eighth Kentucky C. Cunningham Charles W. Thames A.m John ‘Tne Questa Elijah Union High School Chris Church Plymouth Congregational Church Gusat Hugh Means Thin Church Vinland

Robert Cities Finishes Second at Indian Elft Golf Final

Robert Charles Starr, head boy's advisor at Haskell Institute, finished second in the all Indian golf tournament at Pawhuska Oklahoma. He was defeated in the 36 hole final by Gene Standingbear a Sioux. Both golfers shot near par for the day Standingbear won the silver loving cup presented by Chief Fred Lockout his father in law.

Robert Charles Starr Haskell Institute Pawhuska Okla Gene Standingbear Standingbear Fred Lockout

Forum Monday At Ninth Street Church Features Local Speakers

The Lawrence Sunday forum and the Lawrence welfare club present a summer session program at Ninth Street Baptist Church at 8 30 p m Monday. Arthur Shores of Bessemer Alabama and Gilbert Porter of Birmingham Alabama will speak. The program includes piano and vocal solos, a dramatic reading, and an open mic segment with participants from Muskogee Kansas and Kansas City.

Arthur Shores Bessemer Ala Gilbert Porter Birmingham Lawrence Sunday Forum Lawrence Welfare Club Ninth Street Baptist Church William Pennell Lawrence Thelma Jackrot Kansaa Vocational School Topeka Gilbert Porter Miss Martin Muskogee T. Crokey Kansan Cit Franklin Stivers

Heard in Lawrence Abuse and oddities in local notes

Community blips recount street crews clearing storm wreckage in about a week while a Lawrence man worries via Denver about his cocker spaniel, a farm girl deals with a rat on the job, the Marshall twins are hard to distinguish, and a Jefferson county thermometer hits 106 from a shade tree sunbeam.

Lawrence Denver Colorado Kansas William Hamilton Jefferson County

Three Dead In Heavy Rains In Central West

Severe storms sweep central west with at least three deaths from rain and lightning. Chicago records its heaviest rainfall since October with .88 inches at University of Chicago station. A 12 year old girl dies in Somerset when a wind buried her under a chicken house. Lightning kills one in Wheeling Indiana. wind toppled WKRC antenna in Cincinnati.

Chicago Central West University of Chicago Weather Bureau Ilinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Missouri Iowa Somerset Wheeling Ind Cincinnati WKRC John Ise Baptist Church

Plane Crash Kills 26-Year-Old Pilot in Burbank

Glendale report describes Aerovias Centrales craft crash in flames near dawn in Burbank Los Angeles suburb. Pilot C L Bucher, 26, was en route from Grand Central Airport to Saugus to pick up passengers when the plane went down. Two officers witnessed the fiery wreck.

Glendale Calif Burbank Los Angeles C. L. Bucher Aerovias Centrales Mexico D. C Bucher Grand Central Saugus

Oil Agreement 15 Signed by Ickes to Stabilize Oil

Secretary Ickes signed the Pacific Coast Petroleum Agency agreement to stabilize the petroleum industry. He had earlier approved an agreement to curb illegally produced oil from the east Texas field. The Pacific Coast pact aims to remedy over production and regulate crude oil flow and pricing.

Washington Ickes Pacific Coast Petroleum Agency East Texas Pacific Coast Lawrence

First Christian Church plans 50th anniversary events

The Journal World notes a fortieth charter anniversary and outlines plans for the upcoming fiftieth celebration on July 1 with Rev. John D. Zimmerman as speaker. An October 14 event will feature Rev. Jessa Bader. Summer worship runs 9 30 to 11 with 10 10 service led by Mr Slaughter and Miss Dick singing There Is a Green Hill Far Away. The church will repaint and remodel for better Sunday school facilities as funds allow.

Journal-World First Christian Church John D. Zimmerman Kansas Christian Missionary Society Jessa Bader Federal Council of Churches New York City Slaughter Corinne Dick Gounod Wilma Stoner North Lawrance First Baptist Church Lincoln Fourth Street North William A. Scott Verna Anderson Vernon Walker Bible School A. Hill Tinchbod 8S. Montgomery Kunpas Welemne. Com B. Y Mra Kinet Moore Evenicent Fen Charlea Gena Moore Teeora Walker Fellowship of the Holy Spirit New York M. C. Knight Mia Union Woman's Missionary Society Cora Yeaver Belle Henson Young People's Dramati Fe Louise Garrett New York Street Fordins Stone Mattie Johnson Kentucky Street Saila Harvey Prenient Peart Jeltz Four Jesus Ana Richard Allen Presidiomnt Gertrude Clark Thera

Insect Pests in Kansas Grasshopper plague spurs county action

Lincoln county officials report grasshoppers are taking several townships and causing crop damage. The delegation seeks suspension of the cash basis law to fund poison purchases. the commission notes the law is automatically suspended in such invasions, allowing warrants for funding.

Topeka Lincoln County State Tax Commission Fred Horn

Woman Draws Death Penalty in Los Angeles Case

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury sentenced Neile Madison, 39, to death for the March murder of her 45-year-old husband Eric, a film studio auditor, shot five times in their bed. The case drew national attention as prosecutors argued for capital punishment.

Los Angeles Neile Madison Thak Eric

Portrait Is Removed From Venice Biennial Pavilion

Venice Italy June 23 AP the portrait of Marion Davies motion picture actress objected to by Mrs Juliana Force today was ordered removed from the American pavilion of the biennial art exhibition and placed in the Italian pavilion. Dies in Refinery Bras Kilgore Tex June 23 AP one man was burned to death and two others severely burned today when fire following an explosion swept the Southport Petroleum company here. Marie Dressler Is Better Santa Barbara Cal June 23 AP condition of Marie Dressler veteran stage and screen actress who has been ill here for several weeks was slightly improved say it was reported from her bedside. Hurt by Runaway Street Car St Paul June 23 AP more than a dozen persons were injured today when a St Paul street car out of control plunged four blocks down hill into the loop district.

Venice Italy Marion Davies Juliana Force Kilgore Tex Southport Petroleum Company Marie Dressler Santa Barbara Cal St. Paul Loop District

Lawrence Country Club GOLFERS to Triangular Meet at Emporia

About 25 Lawrence Country Club golfers will travel to Emporia tomorrow for a triangular meet with Emporia and Manhattan. It is the second meet of the year with Manhattan winning the first. Next month the three teams are scheduled for a meet at the Lawrence course.

Lawrence Emporia Manhat Manhattan

First Baptist and United Brethren church notices

Church notices from First Baptist and United Brethren report morning worship, Sunday school, and special services at multiple locations. Details include sermon topics Elijah's God and What Religion Does For Man, youth group meetings, union services, anniversaries, musical programs, and a July church picnic.

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