Plan Aims to Free Captive American in China
Shanghai reports that China will join a ransom plan to free Charles Baker, a Pasadena boat captain held by bandits in Kiangsi province. Yangtze river hostage swaps trigger hope as authorities seek to outmaneuver brigands. Baker was captured after a failed ransom exchange and suspect ties to a government proclamations.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Mar
Charles Baker
Pasadena
Calif
Lansing Hoyt
Yangtze Rapids Steamship Company
Baker
Kienli
Nanking
Yangtze
China
Sundown Tories and Vikings Discoveries in Normandy
Mary Graham Bonner presents a fictional time travel tale where Surprises the Magic Maker uses magic to view Viking discoveries, Normandy’s Norse origins, and imagined explorations toward North America with John and Peggy. The passage also references government spending and farm employment in Washington.
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Mary Graham Bonner
John
Peggy
Normandy
North America
Easter Studio Lark Inspires Quiet Spot Sketches
The message hints at playful Easter themed art as a brash pig and awkward horse figures are mentioned. A quiet spot is chosen for the work while references to Puffy and Whiz add comic tone, and a horse laugh is noted as not disturbing the scene.
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed in Puzzle Page
A jumble of crossword clues and partial answers from a historic puzzle page. Items reference various across and down entries with numbers, hints, and stray letters, including names like Automobilia and Sealey, plus scattered definitions and word fragments.
Burst of Crep Enps Applications Across Offices
A flood of Crep Enps applications floods offices as a 360 member force works locally. Offices report staff levels from 75 to 300, with thousands more jobs being created daily and funds lent reaching substantial totals.
English Speaker Lectures at K. U.
English journalist S. K. Ratcliffe spoke at the University of Kansas about Britain's troubles and political shifts. He critiqued Ramsay MacDonald's rise, Lloyd George's family party, and England's unemployment insurance idea versus American dole. He noted Ireland's renewed troubles after years of peace.
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England
S. K. Ratcliffe
University of Kansas
Ratcliffe
Britain
India
Ramsey MacDonald
Labor Party
Lloyd George
America
Ireland
Thursday Evening Events and Foreign Talks Overview
A compact schedule lists a Thursday 6:00 p.m. interview with FE C Quisley, veteran sports officist, followed by a Friday 11:00 a.m. program and a 4:40 p.m. Gus and Gil show, then 6:15 p.m. a musical program directed by Mrs. Alice Moncrielt with a focus on Irish progress. The address centers on Gandhi and India’s great problem as the Second Round Table conference in London failed due to Hindu Moslem disagreement and Gandhi’s Monday day of silence creating further difficulties.
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FE. C. Quisley
Gus and
Gil
Alice “Moncrielt
Sok
Gandhi
India
London
Alias the Doctor at Dickinson Theater This Week
Richard Barthelmess returns to the screen in Alias the Doctor showing at the Dickinson theater today through Saturday. The engagement marks his return after an absence and highlights a new feature for local cinema audiences.
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Richard Barthelmess
the Doctor
Dickinson Theater
The Varsity Screens New Roles and Siamese Twins Act
It announces Barthelmess in a new dramatic tale about two brothers who become surgeons with Marian Marsh as the female lead. Claudette Colbert appears in The Wiser Sex. Gogino Siamese Twins vaudeville act headlines with the feature Careless Lady starring John Boles and Joan Bennett.
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Barthelmess
Marian Marsh
Varsity
Claudette Colbert
John Boles
Joan Bennett
Un or community club holds March meeting
No. 10 and vicinity reports the March meeting led by President Mrs Ruth Flory. A piano solo by Miss Olive Brown opened the session. The next meeting is set for April 14 with invitation to the Oakland club. The program committee Ike Thomas Virgil Schwartz Roy Schwalm presented two schoolchild songs a negro dialog Top Speed by Roy and Lester Schwalm and songs Let Me Sleep in Your Barn Tonight to about 125 attendees.
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Unor Community Club
Ruth Flory
Olive Brown
Oakland Club
Ike Thomas
Virgil Schwartz
Roy Schwalm
Roy
Lester Schwalm
Wedding and musical program features at local ceremony
A three year old Miss Polly Wolly Doodle and family attended a ceremony with music by Leonard Flory and William Niebrugge. Mrs Vicarl Schwartz and Miss Agnes White contributed violins and piano, Mrs Henry Boehle played piano, and Rev Roy Schwalm officiated. Nearby, a supper at the township hall drew residents, while a separate report notes chicken thieves taking thirty chickens from Ed Stoneking’s roast. Visitors include Mrs Richard Hazlewood of Topeka and Mr and Mrs Joe Reinert of Overbrook with local guests.
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Mister
Carolina Boehle
Henry Hoehle
Leonard Flory
William Niebrugge
Vicarl Schwartz
Agnes White
Miss Hoffman
Hoffman
School
Henry Boehle
Ike Thomas
D Chord
Roy Schwalm
Fred Lutz
Ed Stoneking
Richard Hazlewood
Topeka
Mary White
Joe Reinert
Overbrook
J. G. Lau
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Dickinson Theaters
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Barbara Stanwyck
Roscoe Ates
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Goodyear Speedway
Goodyear
Web
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