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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1936

Page

8

Roosevelt Reelect Rally Broadcasts Economic Freedom Message

Democratic leaders dispersed across the nation to preach economic freedom as the keynote of the campaign to reelect President Roosevelt. At Philadelphia’s rain-soaked Franklin Field, about 100,000 heard him accept renomination and pledge to end economic tyranny, with warnings against the economic royalists and a call for equal opportunity in both the polling place and the market.

Philadelphia Roosevelt Franklin’ Field America

San Francisco at Granada stars Gable MacDonald

Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald headline the Granada engagement with San Francisco a vivid Barbary coast tale. Supporting players Spencer Tracy Jack Holt Jessie Ralph and Ted Healy round out a strong cast. MacDonald sings the title song Would You and operatic arias while her character moves from a saloon to an opera amid an earthquake and tragedy.

Clark Gable Jeanette MacDonald Granada San Francisco Spencer Tracy Jack Holt Jessie Ralph Ted Healy Miss MacDonald West Nob Hill Gable Holt F & Priest

Fally 1,900 Feet Comes Out Alive

The article notes that Fally survives a 1900 foot fall shown with masterful earthquake scenes in trick photography. Gable and Miss MacDonald survive the quake and are reunited by Tracy. Shorts to news and color cartoon.

Altho ‘Marly Gable Miss MacDonald Tracy

Pill toombat Famine Prescribed for China

Dr Ma Yen a Cantonese physician proposes a starvation pill made from sesame beans and other medicinal ingredients. He says the highly concentrated formula lets a person live for weeks without ordinary food and has submitted it to the Kansu famine commission for consideration.

China Ma Yen Mais Kansu Province Kansu

Wool Growers Urged to Quit Branding Sheep

Prof J F Wilson of the University urges wool growers to abandon branding wool to produce paint free wool in large quantities to command a premium. He says paint brands on wool are a serious problem and will scour out in processing.

Davis Kal. Upi J. F., Wilson University of Wilson

Stradivarius Tone Secret Claimed By Veteran Violin Maker

Ed ward Brush, a veteran violin maker in Santa Clara, claims the Stradivarius tone secret lies in varnish application found by accident after centuries of pursuit. The discovery is described as stunning yet nearly absurdly simple by Brush.

Santa Clara Cal UPI Edward C. Brush Brush

Valley Chapel threshing and community notices

Threshing began in the neighborhood Thursday with John Smith and N F Thome machines in use. Local residents and visitors from Lawrence Kansas City and Topeka share visits, club meetings, and hospital runs as Mrs Banks shows slight improvement. Elizabeth Dunn and Elizabeth Dunn visit Lawrence. 4 H club gathering led by Mrs Homer Flory. Mrs Clara Longanecker and grandson depart Pasadena after a month here.

John Smith N. F. Thome George Ecke Lawrence Robert Wilson Bobby John Dunn Luc Frantz Kansas City Charlie Sanders Hallie Peterson Creel Mr. Beckner Mr. Thome McNees Parnell Will Heinen Bertha Kinsley Agnes Wilson Tongenoxie Mis Freese Sibley Lynn McKinney John Canavan Ozarks Gus Hadl Pleasant Valley Neal Banks William Murray James Cummings Jim Halbert Lawrence Memorial Hospital John Banks Banks Mr. Banks Elizabeth Dunn Homer Flory Lucy Frantz Elizabeth Untill Victoria Club W. J. Curtis Roy Curtis

Excelsior Community Tours and Local Happenings

Several 4-H members joined a Tuesday daily tour visiting Elizabeth Martin and Dudley Ulrich homes and other stops near Lawrence. Elizabeth Nausbam from Centropolis will teach at Excelsior school next year. Local residents helped with Rev Keep papering at his home midweek and the Reep donation shower drew attendees at Worden Evangelical church Thursday evening.

Elizabeth Martin Dudley Ulrich Lawrence Elizabeth Nausbam Centropolis Excelsior Ernest Pohl Eva Haas Rev. Keep Clarence Martin Chester Gibson Reep Worden Evangelical Church Katie Wilson Anna Johanning Faye Etta Montgomery Ike Montgomery

Sunday Gatherings Mention Neighbors and Death in Community

Mr and Mrs Conrad Gastrock and family and Mrs Ida Gastrock with Aurelia Raymond and Dudley Gibson spent Sunday afternoon at John Gibsons home. Miss Gondeliseanne Richland visited Mary Peffly and Mr and Mrs Harry Flory Sunday. The neighborhood mourned the death of Elise Fleer mother of Mrs Ben Gibson Sunday morning. Mr and Mrs Ernest Pohl and children and Miss Jane Morgan spent Sunday evening at Conrad Gastrocks. Ice cream was enjoyed by all present.

Conrad Gastrock Ida Gastrock Aurelia Raymond Dudley Gibson John Gibson Gondeliseanne Richland Mary Peffly Harry Flory Elise Fleer Ben Gibson Ernest Pohl Jane Morgan

Obituary and social notes from CAPTAIN'S CREEK area

CAPTAIN'S CREEK August Lefmann of Eudora aged 77 died Saturday at his son's home. Survived by widow Mary and sister Mrs. George Knabe of Gard ner. Funeral at their house and St Paul Evangelical church in Euborg. Local families and visitors are listed in a chain of weekend calls, gatherings, and a miscellaneous shower for Eldon White and his bride.

August Lefmann Eudora Ray Mary Lefmann George Knabe Gardner St. Paul Evangelical Church Euborg Jimmie | Henderson Ith Herbert Henderson William Edelbrock Paul Papenhouse Alonzo Ambler Mildred Louise Roxie Reeves Wichita Africa Leroy Thornburg Harold Dickson Kansas City Romayne Linendoll Chicago Philia Lefman Dickson Linendoll Lefmann Howard Caviness Betty Doris Henry Caviness Reno Eugene Miller Overland Park Edgar White Edwin Rice Eldon White

Local families share weekend visits and birthday parties

Mr and Mrs Eldon White and other neighbors from Soler and Lawrence gathered at the Earl White home for Lucille White’s birthday. Guests included the Richardsons, Baeckers, Yotaw and Ambler families, and DeSoto connections. Social calls, Sunday dinners, and a Prairie Center Missionary Society quilting meeting filled the weekend with greetings, gifts, and a handkerchief shower. Roxie Reeves spoke on her twelve years in the African Mission field.

Oscar Yotaw Alonzo Ambler J. A. Reynolds DeSoto Mildred Louise Ambler Clarence Hausman Hausman Clearfield Philip Gabriel Verney Andrew Kansas City DeVoe Gordon John Snyder Leroy Thornburg Roxie Reeves Edwin Lefmann Philip le Paul Hausman Ray Lefmann Chester Baecker Ralph Wotan Arthur Seiwald Lawrence

Tuesday Morning Puzzle and Family Visit in Kansas City

Tuesday morning at the Howard Miller home. Mr and Mrs John Smith of Kansas City spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Glen Kniffin. They were accompanied home by their niece Miss Lorene Kniffin who will spend a week in the city.

Howard Miller John Smith Kansas City Glen Kniffin Lorene Kniffin

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