Wheat King Again Onboard of Trade
Chicago report recalls the return of wheat to the Chicago board of trade after the farm board kept hands off the 198 cent crop. Traders surged back into the big pit as wheat displaced corn from dominance, with daily and weekly bushel totals showing a strong rebound and independence from government price stabilization measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Grain Stabilization Corporation
York
Func
Week on the Hit Easter schedule at KU Fraser shows
The Week on the Hit lists events for Easter week at Kansas with a W S G A musical comedy first shown Monday at Fraser theater 8 15 pm followed by a second presentation Tuesday. The week features Y M C A officer elections a short story contest prize and a business convocation address by Harry G Clark. Thursday marks the Easter recess and KU scientists travel to Chicago for the American Association of Anatomists meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Y. M. CA
E. M. Hop
Fraser
Harry G. Clark
Chicago, Rock Taland
Par Pacific Railway ¢ Company
School of Business
K. U
American Association of Anatomists
Chicago
Traffic court fines in five cases revealed
In police court this morning four of five defendants pleaded guilty to traffic charges and one forfeited a bond by not appearing. Harold Wampler and John Jarvis admitted failing to stop, each fined 3 dollars. Solon Mitchell forfeited 2 dollars for not appearing. Francis Hamilton and Dick Schrader pleaded guilty to speeding, fined 15 and 5 dollars respectively. Hamilton and Schrader were arrested recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wampler
John Jarvis
Solon Mitchell
Francis Hamilton
Dick Schrader
Hamilton
Schrader
Ene
Contracts for Public Works Near One Billion Dollars
Washington March 80 AP Chairman Woods of the Presidents emergency employment committee said nearly one billion dollars in public works contracts have been let since December 1 1930. The total including forty million five hundred eighty thousand five hundred ninety seven dollars four cents this week brings the grand total to three hundred sixty seven million six hundred ninety two thousand seven hundred eighty dollars. Projects span public and semi public works post offices state and municipal buildings colleges hospitals churches and similar work across 39 states and the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Mar
Woods
President’s Emergency Employment Committee
Columbia
Blackmar Dies. KU Figure Led Juvenile Law and City Planning
The obituary outlines Professor Blackmar a KU figure and reform advocate. He helped craft the states juvenile court law and child labor law while active in juvenile legislation prison reform and city planning. A longtime educator he taught mathematics at the University of the Pacific and studied at Johns Hopkins before joining Kansas academia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubbs
Hoch
Hodges
Capper
Blackmar
San Jose
Calif
University of the Pacific
Johns Hopkins
Kansas
University of Kansas
Snow storms mute Kansas City primary voting
Voter turnout in several Kansas cities dropped as heavy snow and snow flurries discouraged participation in municipal primaries. In Wichita nearly 40,000 eligible voters faced frigid conditions with expectations of a light turnout. Salina Newton Fort Scott Atchison Ottawa Leavenworth Hutchinson Pittsburg all reported light balloting amid snow, with multiple mayoral and commission contests on the slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Salina
Mar
Newton
City Commission
Board of Education
Ft. Scott
Martin MilRr
Lance
Frank Davis
Elmer J Oe
Atchison
Ottawa
Fred P. Martin
Public Utilities
Leavenworth
Jim G. Johnson
James L. Clark
Signer
Lucien B. Rutherford
Francia J. McAuliffe
Hutchinson
Pittsburg
All-Musical Vespers End Season With Record Audience
University of Kansas organ vesper series concluded with six Anderson recitals and one by Skilton. Attendance ranged from 228 to 100, averaging about 150, with notable campus visitors. Assisting artists included Alice Moncrieff and Meribah Moore. Christman vespers drew over 3000 as music and living tableaux united.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Laurel Everett Anderson
K. A
Anderson
Charles S. Skilton
Alice Moncrieff
Meribah Moore
Fine Arts Voice
Avera
Christman
Fine Arts
Deaths and Funerals for Sheffer and O Connor
Funeral services are set for George C Shaffer 60 at Tonganoxie Friends church with burial in Hubble Hill. In Lawrence news Mrs Clara O Connor 42 former Lawrence resident died in Kansas City with funeral at Second Presbyterian Church and burial in Mt Moriah Cemetery.
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George C. Sheffer
George C. Shaffer
Tonganoxie
Friends Church
Nellis
Hubble Hill
Clara O'Connor
Lawrence
Kansas City
Taken After A Chase
Jesse Cole of Barker Avenue was jailed on a liquor possession charge after a Saturday night arrest by Officers Lilburn Dowera and Floyd Hunter. He fled a chase following a raid on his home where bottles containing liquor were broken. He faces arraignment in justice court Tuesday and a district court appearance bond set at 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Cole
Barker Avenue
Lilburn Dowera
Floyd Hunter
Justice Court
Cole
Liberty
Dogs Quieted by Police Near Memorial Hospital
Police warned residents near Memorial Hospital against dogs barking at patients as several animals on Fourth and Maine streets were threatened with death Saturday night. Owners kept the dogs confined after no further complaints were received.
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Fourth
Maine Streets
Memorial Hospital
Marriage Licenses Reported by Local Judge and Clergy
Marriage licenses listed by Justice RB Steven and Rev Charles Puls. Couples include Waldemarigue and Fearape of Kang sas and Miwi Menger with Fred H Mi4 wt? and Selare, all seeking lawful unions. The notice also mentions Jay D. Evene and ES Ornewrence scheduled to wed. Jewelry repair by Luther Gastation is noted.
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Frobete
Fer H. Menger
Waldemarigue
Fearape
Kangsas
Miwi Menger
Fred H
Former Follies Girl Drove Car Over Cliff in Maine
AP report identifies Mary Margaret Laird known as Peggy Davis, former Broadway Follies performer, who drove off a 200 foot precipice near Nice Maine after drinking. Police and husband, a Wall Street broker, say she left a note for him and her mother. The case links to a tumultuous personal history with multiple marriages and Ziegfeld era ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nice
Mar
David Townsend
Here
Wall Street
Frances
Wall
Mary Margaret Laird
Birmingham
Ala
Townsend
New York
Peggy Davis
Bomb explosion near Turin palace shocks Italy
Reports from Turin say two bombs exploded in Piazza near the palace housing the Prince of Piedmont Humbert and Princess Marie Tose. Officials deny knowledge of the incident. The blast, described as a box of explosives, caused no damage to the royal wing or government offices. A separate item notes William H. Holmes, 70, retired farmer, killed himself at his son's Atchison home amid divorce proceedings in Wyandotte County district court.
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Turin
Italy
Piazzelo
Piedmont
Humbert
Marie Tose
Atchison
Mar
William H. Holmes
Son
Wyandotte County
Sloan of Halton Named to Kansas Supreme Court
Topeka March 30 AP For the first time in about a generation a Democrat will sit on the Kansas supreme court as FE R Sloan of Halton and Topeka was appointed by Gov Harry H Woodring to fill the vacancy caused by Justice John Marshall's death Sloan would be the fourth Democrat elevated to the bench and the second by appointment He is a Washburn Law School graduate and former Sheridan and Jackson county attorney who earlier led the 1925 legislature minority bloc and opened a Topeka law office last summer He is expected to qualify to join the April docket hearings next week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
FE. R. Sloan
Halton
Harry H. Woodring
John Marshall
Sloan
Theodore A. Hurd
Leavenworth
Brewer
Hurd
William A. Johnston
Stephen H. Allen
Frank Doster
Jackson County
Holton
Sheridan County
Nebraska
Washburn
Wahburn
Kansas State College
Sons of New Supreme Court Justice Active at KU
Eldon Sloan and Gordon Sloan, sons of the new Kansas Supreme Court justice, attend the University of Kansas. Eldon, a first year law student, serves as business manager of the Sour Owl, while Gordon, a sophomore, is a candidate for Jayhawker business manager for 1932 and both belong to Alpha Epsilon Phi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon
Gordon Sloan
University of Kansas
Supreme Court
Appa Alpha Fraternity
Eldon Sloan
Sour Owl
Gordon
Two Held in Shooting in Pottawatomie County
Two brothers in law held on first degree murder charge in the November shooting of Pottawatomie County Commissioner J Fred O Daniel at his home in Westmoreland Retired. Leonard Wuthrich 24 is charged with murder while Walter Cobler 42 faces an accessory charge. Both former county residents now in Topeka. County Attorney Hill says Wuthrich fired the fatal shot and Cobler was with him the night of the crime. Both men deny involvement.
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Westmoreland
Topeka
Topek
O’daniel
Wuthrich
Frank
State Reformatory
Frank Wuthrich
Reformatory
George Wuthrich
Cobler
Netawaka
Kan
O'Daniel
Hill
Leonard Wuthrich
Tex Guinan Home Ransacked in New York
New York March 30 AP Tex Guinan reported her West Eighth Street home entered and ransacked overnight. Loot included a ruby eyed horse head and a diamond cuff links gift from Senator William A Clark. She alleged a racketeer recently visited her and demanded 500 dollars, suggesting a possible connection to earlier events.
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New York
Tex Guinan
West Eighth Street
Feeco
Gismond
William A. Clark
Montana
Aesiana
Crocodile kills boy near Pachuca in Mexico
A crocodile attacked and killed a 14 year old boy bathing in the San Diego river near Pachuca. Afterward villagers used a dynamite charge, placed with a pig lure, to destroy the reptile. The dramatic event prompted local authorities to remove the danger by destroying the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pachuca
Mexico
San Diego
Burke Fights Life Term in Murder Case at St Joseph
Fred Burke, labeled the nation’s most desperate killer, was arraigned in St Joseph for the murder of Charles Skelly and held for examination on April. He refused to waive the exam, said he would plead not guilty, and arranged for legal counsel as Chicago lawyer Barratt O’Hara visited. Burke gave his name as Fred Burke, 45, 220 pounds, 5 feet 11 3/4 inches, born in St Louis, resident of Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Mich
Mar
Fred Burke
Charles Skelly
Justice of the
Joseph Collier
Burke
Barratt O'Hara
Chicago
Virgil Kirkland
Gary
Fred Dane
St. Louis
Kansas
Sorority Tea as Community Hosts and Club Talks
Alpha Gamma Delta entertained with a Sunday faculty tea at four. About a hundred guests greeted Miss Ruth Stout and officers including Mrs. B. O. Running and Miss Dorothy Winslet. Music by sorority members accompanied by social remarks on politics, temperance, and reform. Minervian club featured Mrs. George Q. Foster on a California trip with students singing. Upcoming weddings noted for Miss Root and Dr. Titus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
C. C. Winsler
Alice, Moncrieff
Ruth Stout
B. 0. Running
A. J. Stout
Mothers’ Club
Dorothy Winslet
Frances Andrews
A. D. Weaver
Walter C. Hoot
Amaratte Root
Ruth Throckmorton
Sterrett Titus
Kansasity
Miss Root
Dr. Titus
Minervian Club
J. 8. Taylor
George Q. Foster
California
Bismarck
Lola Learnard
Learned
Douglas County
P. J.peterson
Etta Mitchell
Mitchell
C. H. McPeek
Paul Winter
Hoover grandchildren return to White House from Asheville
Peggy Ann Hoover and Herbert Hoover III, grandchildren of President Hoover, return to the White House after visiting their ill father Herbert Hoover Jr in Asheville North Carolina. Their grandmother Mrs Hoover drives from Asheville to Washington expected tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peggy Ann Hoover
Herbert Hoover
President Hoover
White House
Asheville
N.C
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Peggy Ann
Hoover
Sunday Worship and Cantata Highlight Local Churches
The First Baptist and First Christian Churches reported strong crowds and choir performances. Palm Sunday talks, cantatas titled Hail the Victor, and Easter plans dominated worship with baptisms and communion anticipated. Officers, teachers, and choir members were thanked for dedication as church groups prepared fundraisers and services.
KU glee club on tour plans weekend stops
Miss Agnes Husband dean of women leads about thirty members of the University of Kansas women's glee club as they depart by car for a spring concert tour. They perform at Yates Center tonight El Dorado tomorrow morning Sedgwick tomorrow night Wellington Wednesday Attica Caldwell Fredonia Garnett across Friday and Saturday evenings.
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Agnes Husband
University of Kansas Women’s Glee Club
Yates Center
Fxs
el Dorado
Sedgwick
Wellington
Attica
Bodies Lie in State After Colorado Blizzard Tragedy
In Holly Colorado five children and a bus driver who died in last week’s blizzard will lie in state. Funeral services will be held by four ministers as schools and businesses close. The bus driver Carl Miller and his daughter Mary are among the dead as the victims are laid to rest in Holly Cemetery.
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Holly
Colo
Mar
Colorado
Prairies
Carl Miller
Miller
Mary
Little Holly
Eta
Winter Storm Hits Texas Panhandle and Plains
The Associated Press reports a belated winter attack across Texas beginning Sunday night, with a near-blizzard and snowstorm in the Panhandle. Snow totals ranged from one inch at Amarillo to 14 inches at Guymon, Oklahoma, as temperatures fell and rain and overcast skies spread southward. Snow fell at Pampa amid last week’s six inches of accumulation, while the storm tracked between Bucklin, Kansas, and Dalhart, Texas, with Guymon again recording 14 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Guymon
Oklo
Pampa
Bucklin
Kansas
Dalhart
Okla
Man Struck by Car in Grass Park In Phoenix
Prescott Kansas man George Rowley aged 23 was seriously hurt in Phoenix yesterday after a car driven by Ruth Burris of Cashien veered over the curb while he sat in Grass Park reading a Bible. The driver said she lost control while trying to avert a collision with another vehicle.
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Phoenix
Ariz
George Rowley
Prescott
Kan
Grass Park
Ruth Burris
Cashien
Plans Trip to Illinois by Alice Moncrieff recital
Alice Moncrieff of the University of Kansas fine arts faculty will hear a recital in Jacksonville on April 3 following her April 7 appearance in the Administration auditorium. She previously taught at Illinois Women's College Jacksonville and directed the Christian church choir there before joining KU. She will sing at the morning service and return to Lawrence April 18 after staying in Jacksonville over Sunday.
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B.Y. P
Josephine Shaw
Marlon Penner
Temple
Charr
Brotherhood
Dorcas
Women's Society
First Christian
William Pilcher
Luther Leavengood
Milas Enterprise Knox
Helen Beard
Lloyd Ericsson
Enue
Dorothy Enlow
Pilcher
Rex
Rhode Island Street
Alice Moncrieff
University of Kansas
Jacksonville, Jr
Dr Smith to Chicago pastorate at Austin Baptist
Dr Erdmann Smith president of Ottawa University Kan., assigned to pastor Austin Baptist Church in Chicago. Also noted death of Mrs Isabella Reed Smith, Kansas City social figure, survived by husband two sons mother and siblings. Evangelist McKay preaches at Free Methodist Church with crowds, message titled Spiritual Emancipation tonight.
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Kansas City
Isabella’ Reed Smith
Kersey Coates
Edward E. Yaggey
Hutchinsor
Evangelist
Free Methodist Church
Twelfth and
Connecticut Street
Evangelist McKay
America
Convocation Address At KU By John G. Clark
Harry G. Clark vice-president of Chicago Rock Island and Pacific will speak on Present Day Transportation Problems at 12 30 AM in the KU administration auditorium. Clark KU 1898 graduate. A luncheon in Memorial Union follows. Rock Island officials G W Rourke F J Shubert and R F Atwood will attend. Public invited to hear the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Clark
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
University of Kansas School of Business
Clark
K. U
K. U. School of Business
School of Business
Memorial Union
Rock Island
Kansas City
G. W. Rourke
Frank J. Shubert
R. F. Atwood
Indiana Enters Kansas Relays with Seventeen Hoosiers
A University of Indiana entry was received by the Kansas Relays at the athletic office. Indiana will send seventeen men to compete in all university class relays and events including the 100 yard dash 3000 meter run high jump broad jump pole vault and high hurdles. The Hoosiers hold last year’s 4 mile relay meet record of 18 34 at the Kansas Relays and Coach E C Hayes forecasts a strong squad this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Relays
University of Indiana
K. U
E. C. Hayes
Hoosier School
Memorial Stadium
Indiana
Hoosier
Hayes
Arkansas City Shell refinery ends restricted schedule
Arkansas City officials said the Shell refinery would return to full time operation on Wednesday after three months of restricted output. Three more Dobbs units would raise from 160 to 216 hours per month, ending the restricted program begun January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
City
Arkansas City
Mar
Shell
Robbery at First State Bank of Mounds Oklahoma
Robber enters the vault at the First State Bank of Mounds Oklahoma and robs about 1500 pounds sterling from cashiers Frank Crum and an assistant along with two customers before escaping. Mrs S E Miller visits Mrs T W Martin in Linwood. Mr and Mrs John R Pontius of Chicago stay with C B Pontius in Oklahoma City at 1205 Kentucky Street. advertisement for clock and jewelry repair by Luther Gustafson.
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Rob Mounds
Okla
Bank Mounds
Frank Crum
First State Bank of Mounds
S. E. Miller
T. W. Martin
Linwood
John R. Pontius
Chicago
C. BE. Pontius
Kentucky Street
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H. J. Anderson
John Anderson
Patio
France
American Geographical Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Economic Society
Secimen
Internaess
Ele
Scienc- Betappe
Alpha Kappa Celts
Iame
Institute de Sociologie International
Phi Kappa Psi
Storm
Memarit Hospital
Luther Gastation
Florenz Ziegfeld
Peggy Davises
Pittsburgh
Davis
Misa Davis
Ann
Prince Humbert
Luther Pecan
IE. R. Sloan
Marshall
Eldon and
New Court
Pottawatomie County
Rob
Wight Club
Gorman
Michigan
J. H. Mitchell
Ker Risten Reed
H. H. Asher
R.B. Stevens
Memphis
Ark
Edith Platt
J. L. Platt
Liberty First
Liberty Fourth
Wis
Treasury
First Presbyterian Church
J. P. Cattyn
Methodist
Norman
Oka
Doctor Astman
Doctor Catlyn
Ladies’ Presbyterial Society
Topeka Presbytery
Clay Center
Rose Maler
Ematelat
Africa
Lawrence Church
Westminster Student Foundation
Louise Russel
Leland Randels
DeVon Jones
Ida Parrott
Betty Sloan
Robert di
Lynn Butcher
Phi Chi Delta
Erma Blodgett
Westminster Hall
Mildred Grauerhalz
Glee Club
Eldorado
Illinois
Jacksonville
Detroit
LeRoy Robinson
George Meyers
Iowa
Michigan State
Jackson
Roosevelt
Jesse Isador Straus
Ahan Mabondrei
East Lynne
Dickinson Theater
Ann Harding
Renniecel
E. H. Lindley
K. U. School of Medicine
Rosedale
DR. Smith
U. President
S.S.S
Ae Ss.s
Ake
Lawrence le
George A. Works
University of Chicago
Luther Gustafson
Adv
Rumsey
Reuter
TRE Postal Building and Loan Assn
Schubert Funeral
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