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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1934
Page
2
The Junior Prom at the Union building ball room drew 325 tickets sold and featured music by Jimmie Joy. The event's energy showed in dancing mishaps and gum stuck to columns, with student effort funding the ballroom's fixed up state.
The Rev. Seth W. Slaughter will preach on The Universality of Jesus at the First Christian Church on Sunday, with a 11 o'clock worship and a 7:20 song and sermon. E Sawhill leads the choir for O Taste and See as B Sams sings the solo. attendance includes a roll call offering card. Public invited.
Donald N. Swarthout dean of the University of Kansas school of fine arts travels to Chicago to attend a Pi Kappa Lambda officers meeting. Swarthout serves as president general of the national scholastic music fraternity and will return to Lawrence tomorrow morning.
The University of Kansas Glee Club, consisting of 46 voices, heads on an annual spring concert tour with performances in 15 towns over five days. Directed by Professor Howard C. Taylor, the group travels by a special bus, promoting thrift among Journal-World classified readers.
The Eudora Community band directed by Frank Klingberg presents its third annual free concert in Eudora High School auditorium next Tuesday evening March 13 at 8 o clock. The program includes Under the Double Eagle March Panoroma Overture Dark Houss Sylviaesirambene Solo SpeaksYYC Mercier Indian Trail Vintermenzo etc.
General Douglas MacArthur outlined possible safety focused curtailments to air mail service including halting night flying and selecting only top planes and pilots for day routes. He suggested route changes to avoid severe weather or dangerous areas and noted the number of routes could depend on available pilots and ships.
The WS GA comedy presents eight sketches by James Patterson and Stanley Horstman with no single star as actors share roles. Virginia Sterling and Ruth Pyle direct large choruses while Tom Ryan and Charles Houghton supply music for an all student revue at Kansas University. Tickets 35 cents in Greenhall basement.
Mrs. John Elfridge hosts a Saturday dinner at the Manor. Phi Epallon hosts an event at Miss Dorothiow’s home. Rise Veta Lear bridge hosts a Sunday gathering with Mr L C Harrie and Mrs Ralph Baldwin at the Delta Chi house. A Monday Bronday team whist, contract clubs, and Lotus Club luncheon and bridge are noted with various members attending.
Social notes report a St Patrick's dance at the University club on March 17 with Dehn and Mrs Henry Werner in charge and couples Mr and Mrs Charles Louk Mr and Mrs Clifton Ramsey assisting. Also listed are attendees at plays and social events around Lawrence including Katherine Cornell performances and various hostesses.
Mrs J E Deweese aged 54 died at her home 645 Vermont street. Services Sunday at 2 30 p m in the Christian church at DeSoto with Rev Max Deweese and Rev Seth W Slaughter officiating. Burial in DeSoto cemetery. Survived by husband, two daughters Mrs Maxine Emerson and Mildred Deweese both of Lawrence, and one brother Bliss Deem of San Diego California.
Lawrence note: Glenn Cunningham of K U will run in the Columbian Mile at New York next Saturday night. The meet is March 17 and KMEC will broadcast at 9 30 PM. A radio release had no date earlier, prompting fans to expect a race tonight. oswego ties appear via Wesley Winans Stout and former K U figures Ben Hibbs and Earl Taylor with Service Gentle man staff in Philadelphia.
Two divorce actions were filed in district court. Myrtle Marie Temple seeks custody of four minor children from Don ald T. Temple, alleging extreme cruelty and gross neglect. the couple married in 1916. Florence Peterson petitions against Walter Peterson, seeking custody of two minor children with claims of extreme cruelty and neglect.
Mr and Mrs John G Stutz left yesterday for a week in Texas. Miss Helen Davis of Iowa City IA visits her brother Robert T Davis and wife. Mrs H E Spoonemore and daughter return from Maryville MO after the death of Spoonemore’s uncle H H Conrad. Miss Eleanor Goodson of Liberty MO arrives for initiation at Kappa Kappa Gamma. Several residents visit in Kansas City and Topeka. Tom Wagstaff and William Gray visit Lawrence with friends. Betty Days returns from St Marys Academy Leavenworth for the weekend.
A Kansan reviews Hollywood offerings in California, noting Stars Sally Filers Dick Arlen Robin Armstrong and Grace Bradley in Made Her Bed, with Richard Arlen Jr credited. Praise for George Arliss Loeine and House of Rothschild. Fox rumored to film Will Rogers as Judge Priest. Pittsburg rural song festival draws 1000 pupils. Smithsonian reports over 2000 tribal instruments on loan.
The Wesleyan Chorus under Miss Dorothy Enlow will sing Mendelssohn’s anthem Sing to the Lord and an offertory piece Peace I Leave With You by Roberts. Rev Robert A Hunt leads both the evening message Stop Look Listen and the morning sermon The House of Christian Experience at 7 30 p m. Parishioners and visitors are invited to attend.
The Vinland Cemetery Improvement Association will hold its annual meeting Tuesday March 18 at 2 30 o clock at the home of Mrs W H Hoskinson Card of Thanks We thank friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of our husband and father Mrs Will Heyl and Family
The Puff misreads a tiger’s feint and loses balance as the big feline lands a solid paw strike. The cartoonish scene ends with Puff toppled, resembling a straw bundle.
The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling quieting the title for 34 acres in Wyandotte County once owned by Frank Schneck’s second wife. The case hinged on whether Schneck’s pardon restored civil rights after a prior first-degree murder conviction and later military service. The court held the pardon restored his rights and satisfied conditions, allowing him to hold the property despite challengers claiming the marriage was void.
Lincoln Neb March 10 AP three Big Six swimming records fell in the preliminaries of the conference tourney. Iowa State led with 11 qualifiers, Nebraska eight, Oklahoma two, Kansas State one. Kansas: Nichols 220 yard free, Jennings 130 yard back. Masterson Nebraska set 24.8 for 50 yard free and 58.2 for 100 yard free. Davis Oklahoma 2:27.3 for 220 yard free.
The Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia local chapter presents a Sunday afternoon concert at KU featuring organ piano voice violin two pianos and male chorus. The program includes Vermeland Howard Hanson Laurel Everetta Anderson Emigrant Hymn and The White Peacock among others with performers Saltsid Skilton Shaver Lawrenson Gray Forter and others.
Sunday 11 a m service subject Man with reading room hours 11 30 to 5 00 daily except Sundays and holidays. Sunday school 9 45 testimonial meeting Wednesday evenings. Also notices for Lincoln street Baptist and Topeka events with pastors, anniversaries, and programs including youth defense address and choir performances.
Baker University Baldwin Kan led Kansas City junior college 15 to 6 at halftime in the opening game of the national A A U basketball tournament played in Kansas City this afternoon.
Caldwell, in the custody of Shawnee County Deputy Sheriff Oakes, arrived at the Kansas state prison in Lansing at 10 45 a m on March 10 following transfer from Caldwell at Lansing.
The piece argues against dismissing college professors as impractical and defends practical wisdom from the University of Hard Knocks. It questions reliance on experts in governance while urging reform aligned with Jesus's teachings and the Sermon on the Mount. It contrasts professional trust in sports medicine and law with skepticism about nonproven economic elites.
A sequence of church events and meetings announced for the week at St Luke A M E Church New York Street and the parsonage 907 New Jersey Street. Includes pastor reception, Men’s Day planning, joint sessions, prayer meetings, rehearsals, and a spiritual program by Rev W H Taylor Kansas City Mo with a silver offering.
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