Two Girls to Compete in County Oratorical Contest
The Douglas county elimination oratorical contest on the Constitution will be held Thursday at 4 o'clock in the study hall of Lawrence Memorial High School. Miss Billy Ross of Haskell High and Miss Anne Kelley of Vinland High will compete. winner advances to Burlington for the district contest. Judges include C. O Bowman, county clerk, and John Barnes, Memorial High principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas ‘County
Lawrence Memorial High School
Billy Ross
Haskell High School
Anne Kelley
Vinland High School
Burlington
Kansas City ‘Star
C. QO. Bowman
John Barnes
Memorial
Meeting Report to Teachers on Boston
A meeting of Lawrence public school teachers gathered in the old high school study hall yesterday afternoon. Superintendent W. W. Curfman Josoh Barnes and J. F. Stonecipher spoke on the Boston Convention reports and educational comparisons between Russia and the United States. Cameron Beck, personnel director of the New York Stock Exchange, addressed leadership speeches and had previously spoken to senior high assemblies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Boston
W. W. Curfman
Josoh Barnes
J. F.stonecipher
Curfman
Stoneipher
Russia
United States
Barnes
Cameron Beck
New York Stock" Exchange
Beck
Why I Am a Doctor Dr Henry Addresses Pupil Group
Dr Henry president of the Lawrence Medical Association spoke to the 94 home room 1050 on Why I Am a Doctor. He described the doctor as the oldest profession and noted roles of country doctors specialists scientists in medicine and the training physicians need. He urged pupils to obey health laws and report contagious diseases in the family. students showed interest in an entertaining and educational talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B .Henry
Lawrence ‘Medical ‘Association
Intramural Cup on Display at Soli Marks Jewelry
The large silver loving cup for the university women’s intramural athletics is on display at Soli Marks jewelry store. Chi Omega has held the trophy for two years, but Kappa Kappa Gamma leads this year. The organization with the most points across the sports will win the cup. baseball and tennis remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soli Marks
Chi Omega Sorority
Kappa
Kappa Ganuna
Shaving Mug Loses Favor Houk Brothers Barber Shop
Houk brothers barber shop installs a new aluminum cream dispensing system replacing the shaving mug. The device uses a large cylinder to dispense creams. a plunger button transfers cream to the brush, signaling the mug's decline as modern barber shop equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houk . Brothers
Houk Brothers Barber Shop
Radio Club Meeting Schedule and Band Lineup
The notice lists a Radio Club meeting with times around 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Key performers include Virginia Arnold, James, a soprano, Marsne Band with Blue Network, Bonnie Laddies, and The Continentals. The schedule hints at a Blue Network connection and program flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biscuit
Virginia Arnold
Oth James
Marsne
Bonnie Laddies
Continentals
Orthopedic and Well Baby Clinics Friday City Hall
Orthopedic and Well Baby Clinics are announced with sessions Friday morning at city hall from 9 to 11 o clock. Dr G Leonard Harrington will lead Friday afternoon orthopedic work. Francisco will host an orthopedic clinic starting at 1 o clock in the afternoon. Harry M. Gilkey of Kangas Mo conducts a post vacation health review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
G. Leonard
Harrington
Francisco
Harry M. Gilkey
Kangas Mo
Kansas City Nurse Ward Building Under Construction
Rapid progress is being made on the homeland ward building at Bell Memorial hospital and the University of Kansas medical schools in Kansas City. Four of five floors of the nurses home have been poured. two remain. Contracts call for completion by October. The main floor will include a reception room and offices for the superintendent and assistant superintendent. Upper floors will be dormitory space for nurses, rooms arranged in pairs with a bath between, and most rooms for two nurses. A basement gym and nurse recreation rooms are planned. Existing housing for students and graduate nurses is in nearby dwellings. The plan is costly and inconvenient, with individual and four-bed wards on the ward building, and a top floor reserved for certain contagious types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Memorial Hospital
University of Kansas
of Medicine
Ats
Kansas City
Italy Quake Toll at Ten Dead and Forty Injured
Italy's Friulian region suffered a devastating quake with ten dead and forty injured reported by noon as relief trains and motor trucks carrying food blankets and medicine moved to the stricken area. Infantry Alpine troops and fascist militia preceded aid columns while a Tolmezzo landslide amplified panic among survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urding
Italy
Temlans
Bremen Monoplane Bremen Flight Delayed by Weather at Dublin
German crew around dawn postpone Atlantic hop until weather is favorable. Baron von Huenefeld says departure earliest tomorrow. Captain Kahl will decide based on London and US reports. Airdrome at Baldonnel sunshine with clouds. crew overhaul Bremen amid crowds behind barbed wire fence.
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Baldomnel
Dublin
Bremen
Atlantic
Baron von Huenefeld
Associated
Baldonnel
London
United States
Sven
Hermann Kahl
Germany
Koel
Arthur
Spindler
Junkers
Lindbergh
Court Set to Take Fall Testimony In Regular fashion
Kansas City AP reports Albert B. Fall will have a deposition in El Paso regarding the Teapot Dome leasing. Senator Atlee Pomerene says regular court procedure will govern the deposition to be used in Harry Sinclair's trial in DC for government fraud. Fall’s testimony marks his first direct evidence in the Long Inquiry and related cases in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
el Paso
Albert B. Fall
Wyoming
Interior
Atlee Pomerene
Daniel Thew - Wright
Sinclair
Pomerene
Vafternoon
Will
Washington
Legion Post to Entertain at Virginia Inn Tonight
The American Legion post in Dorsey will hold a meal and speaking event at the Virginia Inn Thursday evening. Ex-service men are invited with no charge for the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey - ‘Legion Post
Virginia‘Inn
Eli Ferrell Dorsey
American Legion
Virginia
Professor Moore II Named Society Head At San Francisco Meet
Prof R Moore II of the University of Kansas was elected president of the Society of Biological Paleontologists and Minersalogs for the coming year at the annual convocation in San Francisco March 21 to 23. The meeting coincided with the American Association for Petroleum Geologists and attracted members from across the United States and Canada. Moore toured the University of California, Stanford, and Cal Tech during the trip before returning to Lawrence last night.
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the Society of
San Francisco
Raymond
Ge Moore
University of Kansas
American ‘Association For Petroleum’ Geologists
Moore
United States
Canada
University of California, Leland
Stanford
California ‘Tech
Lawreng
My Maryland musical to grace Bowersock stage tomorrow night
The musical romance My Maryland by Sigmund Romberg and Dorothy Donnelly has won universal praise from critics in New York and Philadelphia. It features youth, adventure and patriotism with a Southern girl’s love for a Northern captain. Produced by the Shubert alliance, the show promises lavish scenery and a cast of over 1000, likely the season’s theatrical event.
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Maryland
Bowersock
New York
Philadelphia
Mary-land
Shubert
Sigmund’ Romberg
Dorothy Donnelly
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Victoria Cartwright
The funeral of Mrs Victoria Cartwright who died last Thursday in Pasadena California will be held at 10 o clock Thursday morning from Clinton Presbyterian Church with Rev Backus conducting the services Burial will follow in Clinton cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Cartwright
Pasadena
Cal
Clinton Presbyterian
Backus
Clinton ‘Cemetery
Public utilities probe in Iola. Kansas official ends inquiry
L W Lundblade assistant attorney general of Kansas investigated Iola Public Utilities Department on March 28. He found nothing warranting state action. Several city employees were questioned before Lundblade returned to Topeka late yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Lundblade
Tola
Kan
L.W. Luvidblade
Lecompton School News Highlights Spring Events and Programs
Spring brings two miles of school left as Lecompton notes upcoming events. Margaret A Mcarter to give commencement, girls’ basketball games entertain, freshmen host St Patrick party, and the Hiskey Lyceum Marine Maids lecture scheduled for March 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret A i'Mecarter
Securin Harold
Community Notes from Perry Area Social Events
A roster of local gatherings, meetings, and visits described from Perry and Kanwaka communities. Guests include Rev Bascom Robbins and Mrs Correll reflecting old friendships, Sewing Club and Ladies Aid events, plans for Easter observances, and various home visits, dinners, and charity quilting sessions amid church and school activities.
Mrs Dornon Dies in Kansas Hospital After Illness
Mrs Frank Dornon of Monument Kansas died at a Scott City hospital on March 7 from blood poisoning. Pearl Ellen Michael born December 10 1892 at Lone Star Kansas moved with her family to a Lawrence area farm before marrying Frank J Dornon on December 15 1910. They had six children, one son died in infancy and another son Virgil aged 14 was killed Christmas Eve 1927. Survived by husband, six children, her father Michael of Russell Springs, five sisters and two brothers. Funeral attendance included all but Joseph Michael due to illness. She was a devoted wife and mother, and the family noted her faithful service. The Dornans later moved to western Kansas and Mr and Mrs George Dornan and family prepared to relocate to Charles City Iowa. Also mentioned is the death of Nehie Marie Stewart on March 22. Benjamin and Loren Benjamin survive, with her father W F Schrader and mother Delilah Schrader plus siblings. Funeral services held at Rumsey Bros Funeral Home.
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Frank Dornon
Kans
Scott City
Kansas
Pearl
Ellen Michael
Lone ‘Star
Lawrence
Frank J. Dornan
Virgil
Marguerité
Howard
Doris
William McClelland
Michael
Russell Springs
Faye
Schutz
Richland
Mildred
Young
Montévista
Colo
Edna. Pink
Rossville
Hettie
Elsie McBride
Russell ,Springs
Joseph Michael
Monument
Guy Michael
Russell, Springs
Joseph
Dornon
George Dornan
Charles 7
Iowa
NeHie
Marie” Stewart
Benjamin
Loren’ Benjamin
W.f.schrader
Delilah Schrader
Rumsey
Bros
Twen
Kan
Thompson Principal Elected Superintendent at Oskaloosa School
In TonganoXie district news Thompson, former Rural high school principal, has been elected superintendent at the Oskaloosa school. The Christian Ladies Aid Society reports selling seventy dozen doughnuts. Mrs Walter Zoellner shopped in Kansas City on Wednesday. Mrs R Bullimore visited Kansas City Sunday and Monday. Mr and Mrs Jack Foster returned from Brownsville Texas after three months away. BE Hosking entertained the Reading Circle Friday afternoon at her home with a program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Oskaloosa
Christian’ Ladies Aid Society
Texas
Unclear fragment hints at social visit and home life
Fragmentary text mentions Mrs George Lawrence of Iola over the weekend and Mrs Fischer of Lawton for a social visit. Lacks complete names, dates, or places to form a full report.
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Earth
DR. Henry
Chi Omegas
KFKU
sFlorence Sherbon
Beethoven
Ada
Benner
Laurel
Lester Alunneke
Eill Bear
Sytanist
Lester “Munneké
m~Animyl News
Bell Memorial
U.S
Albert Fall
Insurance Company
Topeka
O ‘Illiam
A. Baker
Surance. Co
Kateas Minority
Charles
Nt Surance
R. Moore II
Theatres
Iola
Lecompton
Hiskey Lyceum
P. Day
Eldred
Elizabeth
Frank Clark
Louise
Jamie
Ik’s
Fred Manshart
Manshart
Mattess
TL. T. Li
J. W. Kreider
G.L. Glenn
Lem.Gilbreath
Sand. Falen
Krider
Ruth
Ing A. Mission “School
Cruz
Honor Kreider
Hazel
Wingfield
Rosem
Glenn
Ae Ford
Eorgia Ippen
Glenn Calvin Sunt
Dale Ings
Oneta Glenn
Mary
Frances
Kuester
Lucile
Lorene
Hilden Rand
Edith’ Slavens
Vester ‘Robison
Irs
Rosemary
Glen
Robi
Gs L. Glenn
Kreide
Ial
Lizzie
Matis
Marvin
Bond
Idren
Esther
Rank Yall
Fanny
iMrs
Sadie Boertschinger
May Moore
Edna Lasswell
Nellie Slavens
Nona Michael
St. Patrick
Héramo
St. ‘Patrick’s
Ruth Bahnmaier
Faye “Glenn
Clara- Nace
Marguerite Carlson
Ruth Nace
Julia Bahnmaier
Bethany “Hospital
Kansas .City
Leonard Correll
Coryell
United Brethrens’ Church
T. M
Manion
E Atkinson
The
United Brethren
Church of
Albert McRae
United Brethren Church
Willi
Leconinton
John Louis
Simons
W. C. Simons
Giatiarereits
K. Gon Mabieith
Flora Néliak
Leonora
Elkin
Raymond, Williams
Raymond’ Seetin
Ladies Aid Society
Ars. C. BE. Stanwix
Marvin Hird
Clifford* Shaw
Alfred Houk
Pearlie Houk
Doris ‘Swallow
Harold’ Jo- Hanning
Howard Hird
Elmer Jo- Hanning
Marvin Houk
Rith Leasé
Harry Geonhart
Donald
Traynor
Leonora Elkin
Dotis Swallow
Ruby, Houk
Paul Hird
Loretta “Shaw
Ed Shaw
Ambrosé Bigsby
Robert
Guy. Bigsby
Levening
Ernest Bigsby
Elizabeth ‘Ann
W. H. Pasework
Edna May
Dorisot
J. R. Topping
Charles Topping
Mattie. Ulrich
A. E. Ulrich
Ulrich
L. H. Petefish
Russell ‘Petefish
L.H. Petefish
George Praker
Nellie Shaw
Edward Shaw
Charles Tra
Rudiger Farm
Earl Foster
Carol
Neilie Shaw
Shaw
Lloyd Duffée
Austa. Northrup
Guy Bigsby
A. E.ulvich
W. A. Colman
Eévening
Willis
Colman
Clair J
Waneta
J.A. Pruitt
Rebékvas Club
Safternoon
Fourth Street
Warren
Brockett
Clark Brockett
Ter
Venworth
City
Parkville
Brink
Baker
Kansas’ City
W. McKone
J. H- Drigsbach
Foster
Hilda
McPherson
Alma
Leavenworth
Lucille Evans
Eleanor ‘Hines
Atchison
J. “aAt
Evans
John
Winslow
Clarence
Spe Unday
Berryton
Kanwaka
Tonganoxie
Carter
George Lawrence
George
Fischer
Lawt
Mises
Vigor
Rumsey Bros. Funeral Home
Kady
Indiana St
General Electric
ISESV
Eral Electric
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