Red Cross Aims to Help Rural Areas Under Relief Plan
Washington AP chairman John Barton Payne told the House agriculture committee that the Presidents plan to raise community chest funds excludes rural areas lacking organized aid. He said the Red Cross has field reps in 1,850 countries and states and would distribute grain if not required to cover costs. The Norbeck bill targets drought and grasshopper areas in Montana the Dakotas Nebraska and Washington with livestock feed in 95 counties. Payne noted Red Cross is not a usual activity but acts to prevent mass livestock losses and prefers the Agriculture Department handle feeding.
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Washington
Mar. 1
John’ Barton Payne
American Red Cross
House Agriculture Committee
Payne
Red Cross
Noreck
Northwest
Drouth
Montana
Dakotas
Nebraska
Agricultural Department
Well Attended Religious Council Meeting Highlights Teacher Needs
The In Influence Council of Religious Education held its annual gathering at First Christian Church with Rev. Irvin E. Deer of Kansas City delivering a timely message on training and methods for modern Sunday school teachers. Rev. Huffman presided and Rev. Slaughter introduced speakers, visitors, and county officers. Rev. Hunt proposed sectional Bible schools for areas with limited Sunday school access, and a committee from each church will meet March 7 at First Methodist to set the summer Bible schools. About 125 people attended. music was by the Baptist church male chorus.
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Irvin E. Deer
Kansas” City
Kan
Innouence Council of Religious Education
First Christian Church
Deer
Herbert Huffman
Seth W. Slaughter
Robert A. Hunt
Hunt
Baptist Church
Earl Steele Acquitted in Wife Slaying Case
Clinton Missouri March 1 AP acquittal marked the end of the state’s efforts to convict Earl Steele charged with the death of his wife Iris at their farm near Butler last August 28 The Henry county circuit court jury acquitted after two minutes of deliberation The defense contended robbers caused the death while prosecutors focused on circumstantial evidence suggesting smothering for $4000 in insurance Although two bullet wounds were questioned as fatal physicians said they were not deep enough to prove death by foul play Steele remained jailed without bond awaiting trial on the murder charge with defense witnesses noting two intruders matching his description were seen nearby The case hinged on whether the wife died from anger or fright or foul play by intruders
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Clinton
Hay
Earl Steele
Iris
Butler
Henry County
Ayeman
Steele
Roosevelt Smith rivalry moves to Vermont contest
The Roosevelt and Smith camps plan to win Vermont's eight votes by a May 18 state convention delegation pledged to Smith. Smith reiterated he would not personally battle for delegates but would not obstruct the process, as the 1928 Democratic standard bearer pursues influence in the Green Mountain State.
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New York
Mar
Smith
Roosevelt
Vermont
Green Hills
Alfred E. Smith
New York sheriff Farley ousted as Roosevelt names Sheehy
In Albany on March 1 1940 Governor Roosevelt named John E Sheehy Tammany leader in the fifteenth assembly district as sheriff to succeed the ousted Thomas M Farley Critics say the move underscores Tammany control in New York politics Farley later praised the choice calling John Streehy a very good man and 1000 per cent in court during his second day of trial on charges of lodging interest on litigants funds as sheriff
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York City
Farley
Assembly
Senate
Chiscago
New York
Mar
Thomas M. Farley
New York County
John Streehy
Parney
Widow Found Guilty in Poison Murder Case
Chicago reports Mrs. Margaret Summers, 47, convicted in three hours by a crim inal court jury of murdering her 17 year old nephew Thomas Meyer with poison from five paper. State witnesses testified of life insurance totaling $3,630 and forged signature on one policy. Trial barred testimony on two other alleged killings.
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Chicago
Mar
Margaret Summers
Thomas Meyer
Grant township Farm Bureau Legume Meeting Set
A Farm Bureau meeting at White school house in Grant township is planned for tomorrow night at 8. It marks the ninth legume school of the winter series. Clarence Pine will discuss legume production and J A Terrell will review potato disease and fertilizer work with a moving picture Anchored Acres. E H Seeker of Kansas State College will speak on potato disease control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Township
Kelvinator Cooking School at Hotel Eldridge Grill Room
Cutter's Hardware sponsors a Kelvinator cooking school at 2:30 tomorrow and Wednesday in the Hotel Eldridge grill room. The public is invited to attend. Demonstrations cover desserts salads and frozen delicacies. All dishes prepared will be given away at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutter’ 'S Hardware Store
Kelvinator
Eldridge
Assessors Begin Work on 1932 Douglas County Evaluation
Lawrence city assessors started the 1932 evaluation of Douglas county personal property and real estate improvements since March 1, 1931. They held a meeting yesterday in the county clerk office to receive final instructions and plan field work outside of Lawrence tomorrow with Mr Bowman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence City
Douglas County
Bowman
Lawrence
Spalding to Speak at North Lawrence Political Meeting
W. E. Spalding, candidate for city utilities commissioner, will address a mass meeting at Centenary M E Church in North Lawrence Wednesday night at 7 o clock. He plans a second meeting on the south side of the river at a future date to discuss city political issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Spalding
M. E
North Law
Rence
Spalding
Terracing Demonstration At Willis Dunn Farm South Of Lawrence
County agent J A Terrell held a terracing demonstration at Willis Dunn's home seven miles southwest of Lawrence at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Terrell has laid terracing lines on the farm recently and planned one terrace to be completed during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Dunn
Lawrence
J. A. Terrell
KU Faculty Recital Ends Series With Three Soloists
The University of Kansas presented the final recital in the auditorium featuring baritone W. B. Downing violinist Conrad McGrew and pianist Roy Underwood. Downing sang Schumann and Mozart with diction praised while McGrew and Underwood offered Brahms Sonata opus 100 with fine ensemble. Ruth Orcutt accompanied on piano, enhancing the performance. Tonight Agnes Smith soprano and Ruth Spindler pianist headline in the senior recital in the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
W. B. Downing
Conrad McGrew
Roy Underwood
Downitz
Vedro Mentr
Figaro
John McCrae
Martin
Downing
McGrew and Underwood
Ruth Orcutt
Mr. Downing
Agnes Smith
Ruth Spindler
Clock Failure Mystery Solved In Championship Game
Kansas Oklahoma basketball game clock blamed on six youths who breached the auditorium basement, severed the electric plug, causing an eleven minute stoppage and $30 in damages. University officials said the perpetrators could have afforded admission and may pay for damages instead of prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
i _ University
Deaths and Funerals From Local Area Obituaries
Obituaries and funeral notices list Mrs Henry Collins 76 dying yesterday near Lake View with services Wednesday at 2:30 at Rev Puls in charge and burial at Oak Hill. Survivors include five daughters all of Los Angeles and four sons in Lawrence and Los Angeles. Also noted are Mrs P G Cornish death February 24 in Albuquerque with husband Dr Cornish a son and three grandchildren, former Leavenworth resident Clara Coffin and Pi Beta Phi. Elizabeth Skidmore 82 of Eu David? Eu Dora services Wednesday at 2:30, burial in Anderson, Ind. Amanda Jones 91 of Eudora dies yesterday. services Wednesday 2 pm at Eudora Baptist with burial at De Soto. survivors include daughter Ella Johnson and a brother Thomas. Darrow in Hawaiian case: Clarence Darrow to defend Grace Fortescue Lieutenant Massie and two enlisted men in murder case in Honolulu. plans to depart March 15. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude from the Corcoran Family.
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Henry. Collins
Henry Collins
Lake View
A. Puls
Oak Hill Cemetery
Paul Brune
Lawrence
Elmer Shields
Lecompton
Ben Lewer
Bert Hale
George Lettee
Los Angeles
Calif
W. S. Collins
Beattie Collins
Oscar Collins
Jackece Collins
All
P. G. Cornish
Albuquerue
N. M
Cornish
PG. Cornish, Jr
Clara Coffin
Leavenworth
University of Kansas
Jane Coffin Penfield
Pi Beta Phi
Elizabeth Skidmore
Eudora
Loren Rapier
Anderson
Ind
Amanda Jones
Baptist Church
Rev
Hagatt
DeSoto
Ella Johnson
Thomas
Hurst
Oakley
Chicago
Mar
Clarence Darrow
Grace Fortescue
Thomas Massie
Honolulu
Fresh troops push Chinese line back in Shanghai talks
Reports from Tokyo indicate Japan accepted the Pant-Boncour proposals for a Shanghai conference with China and Japan to seek a long term solution. Admiral Osumi and General Araki endorsed the idea while Naotake Sato relayed details. Officials noted slow progress toward a ceasefire and a Chinese retreat was disclosed as the Japanese army advanced within the twelve and a half mile zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Boncour
Shanghai
China
Japan
Osumi
General Araki
War
Navy
Kenkichi Yoshizawa
Tokyo
Naotake Sato
League Council
M. Pant-Boncour
M. Sato
Paul- Boncour
Initiation Week Ends With Pledges Named Across Groups
Sororities and fraternities held initiations over the weekend listing pledges from Chi Omega Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Xi Delta Sigma Nu and other chapters. Named pledges include Ruth Maxine Dvorak Beverly Berns Peabody Mary Geeslin Louise Jarboe Virginia Lapham Jan et Lovett Pearl Bundren Nadine Marquis Mary Sanders Virginie Wheeler Dorothy Brinker Violet Drake Betty Boyer Pauline Funk Janet King Frances Tindal Janet Davidson Audine Malnix Margaret Fogelberg Maxine Lewis Florence Johnson Barbara Isbell Tris Olson Dorothy Martin Virginia Mac Showalter Margaret Mills Madeline Bridges Florence Dill Emma Shank Ann Smith Margaret Woodbury Novella Stewart Leroy Williams Fred Bachelor Paul Taylor and Farrell Strawn.
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Chi Omega
Ruth Maxine Dvorak
Lawrence
Beverly Berns
Peabody
Mary Geeslin
Arkansas City
Louise Jarboe
Eleanor Jones
Kansas City
Virginia Lapham
Minneapolis
Margaret Mills
Madeline Bridges
Kan
Alpha Xi Delta
Florence Dill
Emma Shank
Independence
Ethel Plowman
Douds
Ann Smith
Richmond
Margaret Woodbury
St. Joseph
Novella Stewart
Sigma Nu
Leroy Williams
Chetopa
Fred Bachelor
Belleville
Paul Taylor
Farrell Strawn
Chilton Creason
Osterhout Guests In Kansas City Visit
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Osterhout of Kansas City were guests over the weekend of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Russell. Miss Leah Kercher, Miss Barbara Benz, Miss Nadine Frazier and Miss Jessie Borg spent Monday in Kansas City.
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Cnd
R. M. Osterhout
Kansas City
C. B. Russell
Leah Kercher
Barbara Benz
Nadine Frazier
Jessie Borg
Lawrence Crime Report and Local Notices
Lawrence report lists theft of a motor car trailer from 1224 Rhode Island street and updates on boys choir tryouts at Trinity Episcopal church moved to Friday 7 39 in parish house. Observes Hoover anti hoarding impact and local business news including used car sales by W L Wharton of Davis & Child. Also notes prices on eggs and commentary about tariffs and March political references.
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J. D. Dresser
Rhode Island Street
Trinity Episcopal Church
W. L. Wharton
Swenson Chevrolet Company
Ottawa
Davis & Child Motor Company
Wharton
Lawrence
Fontaine Remanded in Extradition Hearing Set March 10
Harold Fontaine aged 36 was remanded in county court in Windsor Ont until March 10 on a warrant from United States Consul Harry Hawley seeking Fontaine's extradition to the United States. U S authorities allege he had inside knowledge of the Leavenworth prison break last December.
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Windsor
Ont
Harold Fontaine
Harry Hawley
United States
Fontaine
Leavenworth
February warmth tops KU records in sixty five years
University of Kansas meteorology notes February 1940 was the second warmest in 65 years with a mean 42.7 degrees. Rainfall totaled 0.05 inch, 1.10 inches below normal, and snowfall ran about half the normal. The warmest February was 1930 at 46.50, while February 4 saw a record low 5 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas Meteorological Station
C.J. Posey
K. U
KK. U
Battle of Eggs disrupts Lawrence high block
High school boys used eggs as ammunition in a street clash near the west Lawrence block. Two sedans with five youths each faced off in a gangster style battle, spraying eggs and breaking a windshield. Police—under Chief W. J. Cummings—issued a severe warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
W. J. Cummings
Waldo Crowder shoots another hole in one
Waldo Crowder, formerly of Lawrence and now a golf pro at Kirtland Country Club in Cleveland, Ohio, scored a hole in one at the Lawrence Country Club course yesterday afternoon. He played with Prof. G Shaad, Prof. W R Smith, and Chester Jones, noting he was not swinging his best yet still found the cup on a 130 yard fourth hole. This marked Crowder's fourth hole in one, after two at local courses and one at Shreveport, and he previously captained the University of Kansas golf team in 1924.
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Waldo Crowder
Lawrence
Kirtland Country Club
Cleveland
Ohio
Lawrence Country Club
Crowder
University of Kansas Colf
Shreveport
A. Crowder
University For Kansas
The Old Maids Have It Washington
The National Education Association report shows the share of cities hiring married women as new teachers fell from 39 percent in 1928 to 23 percent, with larger declines in smaller cities. The study draws on data from about 1,500 cities, noting persistent bias against married female teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Education Association
Violin Worth $17,000 Crushed in Car Accident
Andre Polah head of the violin department at the Syracuse School of Fine Arts suffered a loss when a $17,000 Guarnerius violin was crushed beneath a car in Syracuse. Polah slipped and fell as his wife backed the car from a garage to take him to a railroad station for a trip to Philadelphia as guest conductor of a symphony orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Andre Polah
School of Fine Arts
Syracuse Daversity
Oe Polah
Philadelphia
Sustains Federal Judges in Texas Oil Controversy
Justice Brandeis refused to stay the three judge federal court order barring Governor Sterling from using the militia in east Texas oil fields to curb production. Former Governor Moody and E F Smith argued the case. Brandeis declined the stay but Moody will push for a quick appeal hearing with hopes for final action by the Supreme Court this term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brandeis
Federal Court
Sterling
East Texas
Dan Moody
E. F. Smith
Moody
Supreme Court
Seven Hurt in Wreck on Highway West of Kansas City
Seven men injured in a two-car collision on U S Highway 40 west of Kansas City Kansas. George W Long 56 Ravenswood WV returning from Manhattan where he attended the funeral of his son A W Long a Kansas oil man H A ng 57 Wamego Kan and Norman Engel 52 Manhattan were in one car and were taken to Providence Hospital Allen Davis 24 and Harry Wright Jr of Kansas City were taken to Bethany Hospital Engel suffered probable pelvic fracture and Davis a possible skull fracture.
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Kansas City
Kan
Highway 40
Here
George W. Long
Ravenswood
W. Va
Manhattan
A. W. Long
Kansas
H. A.ng
Wamego
Norman Engel
Providence Hospital
Allen Davis
Harry Wright, Jr
Bethany Hospital
Engel
Davis
Idaho governor orders 10 percent salary cut across state
Governor C Ben Ross announced an immediate ten percent salary reduction for all state officials and department heads earning 200 dollars a month or more. Estimated yearly savings range from thirty thousand to fifty thousand dollars. The move also lowers the governor’s own salary by forty one thousand six hundred two dollars per month. Other elective officials and staff unaffected. Washington House Ways and Means panel approves two percent manufactures sales tax to raise about six hundred twenty million for the revenue bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Boise
C. Ben Ross
Washington, Mar
De Soto Community News Highlights Visits and Local Events
Mrs Hert Hoffman and son Leonard returned from Holden Missouri after a several day visit. Mrs C B Soule and family visited Soule's mother. W H Baker hosted guests including G B Hughes and Homer Hughes. Ruth Hambleton conducted a Washington's birthday program at Morning Star school with pie and coffee. Epworth League members toured Kansas City Training School. Mrs Hazel Wright ill with tonsillitis. Mrs Sarah Agnew attended Stanley for her sister Jane Howell’s illness and funeral. Mrs Elmer Deay attended Howell funeral in Stanley.
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DE Soto
Hert Hoffman
Leonard
Holden
C. B. Soule
Soule
F. F. Soule
W. H. Baker
G. B. Hughes
Homer
Washington’s
Hambleton
Vernon
Howard
Mound City
R. W. Boone
Boone
Hazel Wright
Sarah Agnew
Stanley
Jane Howell
Elmer Deay
Morning Star
Howell
Ruth Hambleton
Kansas City
Epworth League
C. A. Watson
G. Longstreth
Jean Martin
Martin
Carrie Fanning
Albert Fanning
K. U
T. P. Fanning
Frank W. Bell
Margaret Strickland
John Teegarden
Argentne
Joseph Hamblin
Belle Bryant
Hamblin
Bell Memorial Hospital
DeSoto area notes and Social items in local column
Mrs. Grace Hace Spohrer in poor health with three weekly Bell hospital trips. gatherings and visits across DeSoto and nearby towns include Lind foff of Kansas City visiting the Martins. multiple family events, church activities, and construction updates on local roads and transport plans. Lawrence funeral attendance and farm sales noted. market and livestock reports from surrounding markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant
Grace Hace Spohrer
Ity
Bell Hospital
Taylor Martin
Milton
Lind“foff
Kansas City
Taylor
I. T. Martin
Clarence van. Sickle
Wkfe
Mtre
Olin Jewett
Louise
Elmer
Topeka
C.C.F. Grand Lodge
Robert Grimes
Mount Rose
Colo
F. F.soule
Orme
DeSoto
Martin
Dorothy
Wheings
Tyal- Lane
Peat
Prins
Paul
Phillips
G. H. Frisbie
Mauritza
Kansas
Washington
Church
G. V. Longstreth
Velma Seaton
Mildred Coons
Orval Hemphill
Grace Boone
Leland Penner
Visitors travel and family notes in Kansas City area
Miss Eiganor Whitelaw visits Madison Wisconsin. Neill and John visit over the week. A party discusses a county meeting in Gardner. G B Jewett plans trips to Louisiana and Oklahoma to visit relatives. Mrs Russell Bowling and Mrs Mollie Ashlock spend time in Kansas City visiting relatives.
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Eiganor -Whitelaw
Madison
Wisconsin
Neill
John
Broveak
Bradford S’owell
Norma
Mra
I. C.C.F. Renan
Gardner
Washington
G. B. Jewett
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Zeramitis
Russell Bowling
Kansas City
Mollie Ashlock
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