Rhodes Named State Treasurer of Kansas
J J Rhodes a Council Grove lumberman is named Kansas state treasurer to succeed Dr W M Jardine who resigned to lead Wichita University He will take office after posting a 500000 bond Rhodes a Republican candidate for the August primary is New to political office with a background in lumber and business Born near Colony he previously ran yards in Lexington Missouri and Paola Kansas Jardine was appointed after Tom B Boyd's resignation amid a bond scandal Rhodes will serve the remainder of the term and seek the short term as well as the regular term starting January
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Council Grove Lumberman
Landon
W. M. Jardine
Topeka
Kan
J. Rhodes
Kansas
Wichita University
Alf M. Landon
Rhodes
Jake
Kansan
Colony
Lexington
Paola
Kaw
Council Grove
Charles Evans Hughes
Anderson Count
Jardine
Tom B. Boyd
W.E. Falmer
Washington Daybook endorses Indiana's Jim Watson for GOP chair
Senator Nye of North Dakota favors Jim Watson of Indiana as Republican national committee chairman reasoning Watson's ties to agriculture and the west fit the party’s needs Nye criticizes eastern dominance and says the next leader must understand western and midwestern problems Watson, a conservative former senator, may run for Congress against Democrat Finley Gray and had earlier attacked Roosevelt administration policies to spur a GOP resurgence.
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Washington
Jim Wautson
Indiana
Senator Nyé
North Dakota
Watson
Nye
Moses
New Hampshire
Borah
West
Middle West
Senate
House
Finly Gray
Chicago
Roosevelt
National Committee
Foy Brown Provides Bird Houses for Lawrence Parks
Lawrence firefighter Foy Brown prepares about 30 bird houses including 24 wrens and six bluebird homes donated for city parks. Boy Scouts, led by A E Woestemeyer, will install them Saturday in Central Park, South Park, and Clinton Park, aiming to offer ready homes for local bird families.
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Lawrence
Foy Brown
Brown
A. E.woestemeyer
Central Park
South Park
Clinton Park
Mild sunny spell continues in Kansas forecast
Topeka reports mild weather with sun and brisk breezes forecast for today and tomorrow. The average March temperature remains above normal in parts of Kansas. A dip to near 10 degrees below today’s highs is forecast tomorrow but no severe drop is expected imminently.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Weather Notes and Soil Moisture Outlook in Western State
Flo ra reports indicate soil moisture remains adequate from late February snow to meet current needs for crows nearby. Forecasts predict temperatures will hold between 50 and 55 degrees tomorrow across the western part of the state.
General Scott Ill at Walter Reed Hospital
Washington March 15 AP Major General Hugh L Scott 30 chief of staff when the United States entered World War I is seriously ill at Walter Reed hospital Doctors seek to complete a diagnosis He was brought here from Princeton New Jersey He is a veteran of Indian campaigns and served in Cuba the Philippines and on the Mexican border He was once commandant at West Point His 1931 visit to Lawrence included a ROTC talk a Boy Scout gathering and visits to Haskell Pawnee Indians and Pawnee Bill activities with Gordon Lillie
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Washington
Hugh L. Scott
United States
Walter Reed Hospital
Princeton
N. J
Scott
Cuba
Philippines
West Point
General Scott
Lawrence
Eldridge
R.O.T.C
Haskell
Wilder S. Metcalf
Pawnee
Okla
Gordon W. Lillie
Pawnee Bill
Brubaker News Notes and Community Happenings
Bethel residents visit relatives as Ed and Frank Hoffman kinship ties are noted. Ernest Albricht shows slight improvement amid lingering pain. Val Baker recommended to County Superintendent to fill Brubaker board vacancy after George Finch moves away. Otto Garber and family visit Clinton and Lawrence, where Mrs Will Smith returns home with them. Rehearsals begin for the Brubaker community club play A Poor Married Man directed by Mabel Root.
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Ed Hoffman
Frank Hoffman
Ben Hoffman
Ernest Albricht
Altho Ke
Val Baker
Brubaker School Board
Harold ©. Fisher
George Finch
Otto Garber
Garber
Spelling contest attendance and upcoming participations noted
Bertha Milleret Jennie Lou and H A Crabb with Mrs Shirk attended a Reno spelling contest Friday. Milleret will compete in Leavenworth later this month. Miss Virginia Cline of Linwood is staying with Miss Lena Tornen who has been ill. Local attendance at a Six Corners corn-hog meeting Thursday. Orville Hughey visited Leavenworth Saturday.
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Bertha Milleret
Jennie Lou
H. A. Crabb
Shirk
Reno
Leavenworth
Virginia Cline
Linwood
Lena Torneden
Six Cornershursday
Orville Hughey
Vinland Rural High Players Attend Williamsburg Tournament
Vinland and vicinity reports that Vinland rural high school students attended a basketball tournament at Williamsburg. Names readable include Maureen Reusch Hazel Hoskinson Fern Stone Francis Fork Edith Gimblet Bernice Ha.
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Vinland Rural High School
Williamsburg
Maureen Reusch
Hazel Hoskinson
Fern Stone
Francis Fork
Edith Gimblet
Bernice Ha
Vinland notes and community events bring spring to town
The Vinland column lists a March 5 basketball trophy presentation from Williamsburg, a junior class chapel program with Lois McGee and Kenneth Messenheimer, and an English play The Servants of Mrs Sentence. It notes a school chorus, church activities, visits, teens’ parties, and local ventures including highway landscaping plans at UD S 50 and 73W.
Baldwin News Briefs Highlight Local Movements and Health
E G Loxman of Lawrence spent Thursday in Baldwin and Marion Martin and Kendall Hockensmith spent days in Lawrence this week on business. Robert E McHenry returned Monday from trips to Lees Summit and Harrisonville Mo. Mrs Ella Allderdice ill for two years in critical condition at her South 8th Street home. Dr and Mrs William M Balch drove to Abilene Friday for a Methodist conference with Orns Brown and James Walters. Baldwin friends of Lucy Hawkins White learn she moved to San Dimas Cal to teach at Voorhis School for Boys. Mrs White has been house mother for Phi Beta Pi medical fraternity at KU for years. Mr and Mrs W P Gelahart of Tonganoxie spend days in Baldwin, their former home.
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E. G. Loxman
Lawrence
Baldwin
Marion Martin
Kendall Hockensmith
Robert E. McHenry
Lees Summit
Harrisonville
Ella Allderdice
South 8Th Street
Sdr
William M. Balch
Abilene
Orns Brown
James Walters
Lucy Hawkins White
San Dimas
Cal
Voorhis School For
White
Phi Beta Pi Medical Fraternity
University of Kansas
W. P. Gelahart
Tonganoxie
Community Activities Yet Another Busy Baldwin Week
Mrs E D Hobson hosted a gathering while Mrs Bert Wiggins of Lawrence, once Baldwin resident Miss Madge Plaskett, visited. Royal Neighbors celebrated St Patrick’s Day and the Community YWCA met at the high school with 15 members. Miss Hattie Hutchins played piano. Mrs Thomas Evans reviewed Angels and Amazons. Officers elected: President Mrs John Frazier, Vice President Mrs Edward Gragoe, Secretary Treasurer Mrs Leo Smith. Kansas District YWCA delegates chosen: Mrs Frazier, Mrs Cragoe, Miss Smith, Mrs Homer Maxwell. Philamath oan club hosted by Mrs Carl Jackey. Mrs Rollo Critchfield on desserts. Mrs J Cunnlokr ham of Kansas City attended. Baldwin Rotary to entertain sons and daughters March 18 at College Café. Leisure Hour Club to meet next Tuesday at Dream Haven, home of Mrs Warren Wilcox. Mrs Charles T Spahr hosted Mothers Club. Dean Homer K Bright ill. Miss Lorine Miller visited Abi lene for weekend and Methodist conference with Prof Frank E Wolf and Mrs Wolf at First Methodist church Baker banquet. Mr and Mrs Frank Beats and Barbara Jean moved to Shike farm near town. About 80 dads and daughters dined at First Methodist Fellowship hall. event titled The Mad March Hare, hosted by Community YWCA. Supt John Wellborn toastmaster. speakers Miss Ellen Counts, Prof Edward Cragoe, Miss Emma Caroline Kalb, Leo Smith. Group sang songs led by Miss Madge Reynolds.
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Ing
E. D. Hobson
Bert Wiggins
Lawrence
Clyde Stewart
Wiggins
Baldwin
Madge Plaskett
Royal Neighbors
Y.W.C.A
Hattie Hutchins
A.iano Solo
Thomas A. Evans
John_ Frazier
Edward Gragoe
Leo Smith
Kansas
Augusta
Frazier
Cragoe
Uy Smith
Homer Maxwell
Philamatheon Club
Carl Qackey
Rollo Critchfield
J. Cunnlokrham
Kansas City
Baldwin Rotary Club
College Cafe
Dream Haven
Warren W. Wilcox
Charles T. Spahr
Dean Homer K. “Bright
Lorine Miller
Abilene
Sarah Kimmell
Frank E. Wolf
First Methodist Church
Frank Beats
Barbara Jean
Shike
John Wellborn
Ellen Counts
Edward Cragoe
Emma Caroline Kalb
Madge Reynolds
Ees
Mackey Club Hosts From Oakridge With Varied Program
Oak Ridge Mackey Community club held a Friday meeting to a full house. President Francis Metcalf opened, Miss Marguerite Nunemaker presented the secretary’s report, and Thomas and Miss Audrey North led a program of songs, orchestra, plays, and numbers. In attendance were several out of town guests, and Miss North’s impersonation of a character and her policeman brother drew praise. Also present were nutrition leaders and a bread making lesson at the First Presbyterian church basement led by Miss Conie Foote with rolls baked under her direction. Georgina Smithwaite arranged year books for the Farm Bureau in Douglas county. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Glen Weeks showed partial recovery but remains in Memorial hospital. Charlie Ward sold land to Mr and Mrs M H Raber of near Fairview, who reside here with children in school. Ward visits Buffalo to see his niece Mrs Magie. Brotherhood of the First M E church invited members to a Tuesday supper for pre Easter planning. Mr and Mrs Edgar Dolan of Willimstown welcomed a new daughter and community offers congratulations. Mrs Frank Leonhard visited Mrs John Shields of North Law.
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Mackey Community Club
Francis Metcalf
Marguerite Nunemaker
Thomas
Audrey North
Miss North
Katie Toms
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Manhattan
Conie Foote
First Presbyterian Church
Foote
Farm Bureau
Georgina Smithwaite
Douglas County
Glen Weeks
Memorial Hospital
Charlie Ward
M. H. Raber
Fairview
Willimstown
Lawrence Community Notes Tell of Meetings and Visits
The Lawrence area reports a busy social season with Farm Bureau and Birthday Club plans for 1934, yearbook preparations, and meetings. Residents attend dinners, bridge clubs, and family gatherings at multiple homes, while farmers labor on peas oats and potato planting amid scarce water for stock.
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King and Queen of
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NiLes
Kansas State College
Bethel
Villa Eden
Vinland and Vicinity
German
Helen Hubbard
Roscoe McPheeters
Raymond York
Mangels
Williamsburgr
Vinland
Lois “McGee
Kenneth Messenheimer
Sentence
Archie Baugher
Shelton
James Ilif
van Meter
Tulsa
Oklo
Annie End
Clara‘Hoskinson
Lem. Sturdy
B. A. Stevens
John Laughlin
Stevenson
Roy Jamison
Alvin Jones
Coal Creek
Eudora
Gorsage
Wellsville
Fenton
George Rockhold
John Rockhold
H. R. Husted
Grace Louise
Methodist Church
The
Presbyterian Church
George Hoskinson
Milton Jamison
Lem Sturdy
Mr. Reynolds
Morton Farm
Henry Chapman
Law
Herman Janzen
Eleanor Jones
Fern Galle
Sale Net Pda
Harry Barnett
N. W. O'Byrne
O’byrne
John Charles Kirker
Bethany Hospital
Earle Kirker
Roth
University of Kansas Auditorium
Irving D. Tartley
Merle Fischer
Elisa Johnson
Fern Nye
Russell Barkley
Elton Young
Thomas Law
Pioneer Life Insurance Company
Alvin F. Baker
California
State Highway Commission
UD. S. 50
Margaret Hill McCarter
M. D. Ballard
Noble Grand Club
Rebekah Lodge
Virginia Burton
Herman Brown
G. W. Ackerman
Baldwin News
Oak Ridge
Hamar
A.C
T-Ford
Ford
Harold Chamney
Oakridge
Oakridge Birthday Club
Wise
Donald Kuhle
Friend
R.R. Weakley
Assumption
Raymond. Gardner
Everett Hazlett
A. C. Nichols
James Holyfield
Robert Krum
Everett Hazzlett
T. J. Leasure
Raymond Gard
Milford Nillered
Will McLee
Tonya- Toxic
W. H. Mohler
Leo Kennett
Lawrence Leonhard
Lucy Purcell
56Th Street
Ruthetting
Weather
Laurel
Hardy
Dickinson
Border Legion
Paramount Picture
Randolph Scott
Monte Blue
Barbara Fritckie
Fred Kohler
Fuzzy Knight
8Order Legion
Nora Moran
Dorothy Mackaill
Devil
Arsity
Valle Ce
Nana
Paul Gregory Hershel von Leibnitz
See the Boy
K. U
Will Rogers
David Harum
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