History making Kansas 3.2 beer legalized in 1937 action
Kansas lawmakers end four year prohibition dispute by legalizing 3.2 beer with stringent regulation. The new law defines intoxicating beverages, licenses retail sales, sets city county fees from 25 to 100 dollars, wholesaler licenses at 300 dollars, and a five cent per gallon tax. Provisions ban Sunday sales, election day sales, and late night hours, with township veto rights and strong penalties. Revenue funds social welfare, school aid, and local units, plus a 5 percent state share for inspections.
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Topeka
Mar
Kansas
House
Senate
Clarence Beck
State Department of Inspection and Registrations
Speedy book job by KU student Rusco ends in Burr Oak
J Howard Rusco, KU student and Burr Oak Herald publisher, printed a 152 page book during Easter vacation. What Price White Rock Chronicle of Northwestern Jewell County by Harry B Ross, former Herald publisher, measures five by seven inches and is bound in paper. Rusco, a linotype operator at the KU Journalism Press, planned the feat, pressed local bets, and by Saturday night produced 400 copies with self typesetting and press supervision. The plant’s cylinder press handled page layout, enabling rapid production. A marriage license was issued to Henry Wilks of Lawrence and Juanita Ruth Jackson of Tonguinaxie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard Rusco
University of Kansas
Burr Oak Herald
White’ Rock
Jewell County
Harry B. Ross
The
Herald
Rusco
K. U. Journalism Press
Lawrence
Burr Oak
Test Your Knowledge Classified Clues Answer Page
A collage of trivia questions asks about orbital perihelion, geography with Susitna River, mollusks synonym, Coro nada s Children author, a presidential assassination year, vision condition hyperopia, and cryptic bios including Henrietta Rae Nol and others, plus birds nicknamed neat robbers and the sixth U.S. president, and Spain’s northern border water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susitna
Grefield
Hyperopia
Oni
Henrietta Rae Noland
United State
Spain
Legislature Ends A Record Session In Oklahoma
Lawmakers wrap a long session with the lieutenant governor’s party tie vote dispute settled. Key actions include abolishing the state school book commission and shifting its powers to the state board of education. A 60 cent annual driver’s license fee and a unified highway safety law were enacted with license revocation powers for violations. Kidnapping becomes a capital offense when harm occurs. A highway patrol reorganization failed to pass, while pay raises totaling 54,000 dollars yearly were approved for state employees. The land and water conservancy plan died in the house. The senate had earlier backed the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
W. M. Lindsay
Coleman
Legislative
State School Book Commission
State Board of Education
House
Haxman
Land and Water Conservancy
Boards For Water and Soil
Hearing postponed in case of youth charged with rifle assault
Justice Carman, 18, faces an assault with a deadly weapon charge over Roy Smoots, 12, shot at Pioneer cemetery southwest of Lawrence. Preliminary hearing reset for April 9 at 9 am by Justice Hults after County Attorney Springer sought more time to assess Smoots recovery. Carman released on $1,000 bond signed by W. J. Keeler. Smoots is reported to be recovering at home with no immediate danger of infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Carman
Roy Smoots
Justice of the Peace
Donalds
Hults
Charles Springer
Smoots
Smoote
Pioneer Cemetery
Lawrence
Carman
Richard Dixon
Vermont Street
W. J. Keeler
Recital by K U Fine Arts Students on Thursday
A K U fine arts recital will be held Thursday at 3 30 PM in the Administration building auditorium. The program includes voice piano harp violin and piano compositions by Se tu mami Pergoles Donna Hughs Bach Liszt Vieuxtemps Burleigh and Dohnanyi among others performed by students Luly Elizabeth Searle Jean Eichenber Agnes Romary and Mayme Stewart with Elenor Densmore George N Clutsom and Karl P. E. Bach listed among performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U. School of Fine Arts
Luly Elizabeth Searle
Jean Eichenber
Vieuxtemps
George N. Clutsom
Burleigh
Mayme Stewart
Plano
Dohnanyl Agnes Romary
M C A Holds Officer Elections Tomorrow
The University Y M C A will elect next year’s officers tomorrow. Voting will run 9 am to 4 30 pm at the Y office and Union building. Candidates: president Paul Moritz Marysville and C H Mullen Marion. vice president Don Henry Dodge City and Don Voorhees Leavenworth. secretary Kermit Franks Winfield and Kalman Cravet z Newark N J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Y. M. C. A
Union
Paul Moritz
Marysville
C. H. Mullen
Marion
Don Henry
Dodge City
Don Voorhees
Leavenworth
Kermit Franks
Winfield
Kalman Cravetz
Newark
N. J
Debate on capitalism recovery at KU auditorium
A debate scheduled for April features Herbert Agar and Lewis Corey discussing whether real recovery is possible under capitalism. The event begins at 8:20 PM in the University of Kansas auditorium with the question, Is Real Recovery Possible Under Capitalism? MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NOTES list local patients and addresses, including Smith, Richards, and Love, with street details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Agar
Lewis Corey
University of Kansas
Memorial Hospital
Funds Sought for Local Girl Scout Programs
Lawrence sponsors appeal for funds to support 24 member council and 12 troops plus one Brownie Pack serving more than 250 girls. Dues aid girls unable to pay. Jean Stauffer named as a national camp delegate from the covered wagon states. Camp Andre in New York hosts two week program with guests from 31 countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout
Lawrence
Girl Scouts of America
Will Griesa
L. FE. Rice
Girl Scouts
Jean Stauffer
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
Colorado
Camp Andre
N. Y
E R Learned Dies at 78 in Lawrence Home
E R Learned 78 died this morning at his home 1724 Massachusetts street after a long career in heating tin work and later greenhouse farming. He came from Industry Missouri in 1879 and lived in Lawrence 25 years at the home address. Funeral SaturdayApril3 at 2 p.m. Rev Joseph King officiating Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by wife Mrs FE R Learned brother S S Learned four nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Learned
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Industry
Kentucky Street
1.0.C.F. Lodge
Joseph F. King
Oak Hill Cemetery
FE. R. Learned
S. S. Learned
Alabama Street
Sutton Loses Appeal Over State Hospital Release
A physician and four jurors ruled Harry Sutton former Le compton farmer unfit for release from the Topeka state hospital. Sutton had been committed after a 1935 sanity hearing. prior arson and dynamiting charges tied to Lecompton were dismissed last winter, though new arson charges emerged in Milton Beach justice court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sutton
Lecompton
Topeka
Paul Heinz
Shawnee District Court
Shawnee County
Edward Riling
Lawrence
Hugh Larimer
Sutton
State Hospital
L. H. Menger
Douglas County District Court
E. Pay
Justice Court of
Milton Beach
J. T. Rankin
Nistshal
Deter Tie
Miss Ketcham Speaks On Peasant Art Of Czechoslovakia
Prof Rosemary Ketcham head of the design department at Kansas University gave the final Spooner Thayer museum lecture on The Peasant Art of Czechoslovakia. Lantern slides illustrated city and country life as background for peasant arts, divided into houses pottery and textiles. Attendance totaled 425 for eight lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Ketcham
K. U. Department of Design and Public School Art
Spooner-Thayeruseum
Czechoslovakia
Miss Ketcham
Margaret Stith
Department of Design
University
Lawrence Public Schools
Hill Platform Seeks Meals for Athletes at KU
Spring handbill season returns on campus with Pachacamac party workers promoting a platform. Includes aims like a cooperative boarding house for athletes, student alumni relations board, and meals at lowest cost. Also notes theater talks, comely coed contest, campus landscaping, and a mispronunciation issue in class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pachacamac Party
Union
Pachs
Association of Midwestern
Cooperative
Pachacamac
Lawrence Tales of Doors and Dapper Dispatches
In Lawrence a man found a jammed stairway door at a Massachusetts street business forcing him to call his dentist after failing to enter. A merchant in town staged a clever dress and barber shop visit, then returned to his store unseen by colleagues until later. Two fire escapes were ordered in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Jane
Doc
Kansas City
Ress
County project uses salvage for new county home
The county commissioners plan to build the stalled county home at the county garage using salvaged material from ongoing county bridge and culvert work. County Engineer E. E. Trueblood will design the fire escapes and start manufacturing soon. From Honolulu to Lawrence in under two days, airmail letters posted 2:30 p.m. Monday arrived for first delivery today in time to be distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
E. E. Trueblood
Honolulu
Lawrence
Study Shows Vice Trend in 1936 Arrests
Washington report by J Edgar Hoover shows drunkenness at the top offense for men in 1936, with 16 percent of 427,919 male arrests for drunkenness. Larceny led for women at about 9 percent, thefts without violence including shoplifting near 14 percent, drunkenness second at 11.8 percent, and prostitution third at 10.2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Hoover
Sunday Socials and Church Events in High Prairie Area
High Prairie community notes list Sunday dinners and church gatherings across families including Summers Heaston Gleason Ulrich and Williams. Activities mention a Hopewell social, Easter vacation visits, and an April 4 one act play Release at High Prairie church with Vinland performers. Students showing perfect attendance and spelling are named along with illness and fruit box gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Johnson
George Summers
Edd Heaston
Frances
Robert
First Methodist
Lawrence
Frank Gleason
Donald
Mr. Lenker
Lenexa
Kan
Keith Ulrich
Leland Ulrich
Iola
Phillip Fleshman
Baldwin
Anne Newman
Herschel Ulrich
Carolyn
Paul
Loren Williams
Lorene
Virginia
Walter Dyer
Becca Swimley
Eugene
Mac Swimley
Hopewell
Arley Lederer
Eugene Swimley
Robert Heaston
Cecil Puckett
June
Robert Williams
Frederick
Herman
Johanning
Claude Johnson
Pleasant Valley Birthday Party and Social Guests
Mrs Richardson accompanied Mr Richardson to Pleasant Valley visiting Gerard and Pittsburg. Mrs Harry Broers and Miss Emma Koehler hosted a birthday party for Dorothy Broers and Pearl Koehler with games and refreshments for Elfreda, Pearl and Bill Koehler and many neighbors. Mrs G P Hershfield and daughter Justine were in Topeka due to the illness and death of Mrs Hershfield's father. the community extends sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
Mr. Richardson
Gerard
Pittsburg
Harry Broers
Emma Koehler
Dorothy Broers
Pearl Koehler
Elfreda
Pearl
Bill Koehler
Dorothy Nuttal
Esther Ott
J. Ott
Vernon Anderson
Herbert Neis
Jack
Lewis Beaffle
Delbert
Topeka
Hershfield
Local Residents Share Easter Visits and Gatherings
Area families from Vinland to Walnut Grove and Knowledge Hills spent Easter Sunday with relatives and friends. Notable visits include the Andrews of Olathe with the Leones, Maloney and Thiry families, and a 4-H club play practice at the school house ahead of county competition.
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Clifford Thiry
Mlinois
Otto Lackan Jr
Lawrence
A. L. Andrew
Olathe
Leone Andrew
Melvin Petefish
Thiry
Albert Lynch
Clarence Albert
H. J. Peterson
Mary Hegeman
Alfred
Walnut Grove
Jack Maloney
Glenn Colburn
Eudora
Ward Landis
Doris
Donald
J. L. Oehlert
Esther
Richard
Charles Oehlert
No. 6
Lloyd Hegeman
Pleasant Grove
Neva Mae
Bobby
Murphy
John Thiry
Knowledge Hills
L. M. Bulla
Redfield
W. W. Garrett
William Wills
Garrett's
John Maloney
C. E. Dunigan
Embroidery and Sunshine Club Gatherings At Home In Lecompton
Mr and Mrs George McCarty hosted Embroidery Club members and husbands for a social evening with refreshments. Guests included Ethan Sims Julia Martin Harvey Glenn Paul Maust and others. Sunday family dinner hosted for L J Shirck Topeka visitors and Topeka guests attended Easter program by Sunshine Club with Lucille Hildenbrand Martha Smith and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McCarty
Embroidery Club
Ethan Sims
Julia Martin
Harvey Glenn
Paul Maust
Jack Hill
Howard Moriss
Billy Glenn
George F. Bahnmaier
Billy Richards
Herbert Hunter
Julia Bahnmaier
Joe Svoboda
Sarah Shirck
L. J. Shirck
Eudora
Dick Fleming
Cora Paul
Topeka
Ralph Traxler
Shirck
Helmes
Chet Burns
Sunshine Club
Fred Smith
Lucille Hildenbrand
Martha Smith
Miss Worley
Hildenbrand
Leslie
Elmer Wingfield
Scott Wingfield
Holloway
Traxler
Shaffer
Worley
Jack
Local Social Notes From Lecompton and Nearby Towns
Betty Jean Mrs Allen and daughter are noted. Visitors include Mr and Mrs L B Girvin of Topeka to Mrs Julia Bahnmaier and children. Emil Robinson of Lawrence with Paul Maust family. Ethel Butler Frank Moore and Will Moore visit Mrs. Mr and Mrs Fred Rothberger and Margie Ann of Eudora with Rose Hill family. C W Sehon residence hosts dinners with Lawrence guests. Pauline Amberger and Ralph Marshall travel from Manhattan to Lecompton. Mrs Marshall joins weekend. Rumsey Brothers of Lawrence gift twelve chairs to United Brethren church. Bert McRae Topeka visits. Fred Hindenbrand Detroit visits. Harry Presgrove injured trimming trees. Ruth Weldon of Lawrence visits Berthsingers.
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Betty Jean
Allen
L. B. Girvin
Topeka
Julia Bahnmaier
Emil Robinson
Lawrence
Paul Maust
Ethel Butler
Frank Moore
Will Moore
Fred Rothberger
Margie Ann
Eudora
Rose Hill
C. W
Bert Baughman
Albert
Phil Sehon
Ray Steinmetz
C. E. Baughman
Pauline
Gibbens
Pauline Amberger
Ralph Marshall
Manhattan
Lecompton
Bert McRae
Albert McRae
Fred Hindenbrand
Detroit
August Hildenbrand
Fred
Harry Presgrove
Tenpenny
Ruth Weldon
Berthsinger
Market News: Chicago Close Mar 31 AP wheat and bonds
Wheat and corn prices drift with May and July contracts listed for Chicago. Lard and bellies futures shown for March through October. US potato market notes weak supplies and slow demand. Government bond closes listed with Treasury yields as trading ends in New York.
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Chicago
USDA
Idaho
U.S
North Dakota
Government
New York
Treasury
Wall Street
Market rally pauses as blue chips retreat amid cautious tone
Stocks drifted lower after a rally, with blue chips like Homestake slipping from recent highs. Foreign demand and European buying buoyed crude and refining shares while United States steel and automakers fell. Inflation of profits appeared in Indiana Standard’s 1936 report, with earnings near $1.58 per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Asae
Ene
Ing
Anaconda
Kennecott
American Smelting
Phelps Dodge
Cerro de Pasco
Standard Olla
California
Indiana
Seaboard Oil
Texas Corp
Plymouth OW
Ohio Oi
J. L Case
Deere
American Telephones
Western Union
Wheeler
Otis Elevator
Republic
General Motors
Chrysler
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Great Northern
Southern
Westinghouse
Texas Gulf
Chicago
Seat
America
Constructi'n
Olla
Indiana Standard
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Kansas Beer Bill
Henry Wilks
Juanita Ruth Jackson
Tonguinaxie
Alexander, Dantist
Ady
K. U. Fine Arts
M.C. A
Vulveralie
K. U
Smith
Email Son
Michigan Street
Sohnaton
Maiden Lane
Richard Wiley
Locust Street
Cackett
Louiaina
Denny
Mississippi Street
Charles Love
Area Street
Timner
Library St.es
Cigaret Company
Chevalier Jackson
Temple University School of Medicine
Watson Library
Marvin Grove
Henry Werner
Dallas
Tex
Moses
High Prairie
Pleasant Valley
Clyde
Vinland
Robert Taylor
Loretta Young
Patsy Kelly
Basil Rathbone
FBI
Rochelle Hudson
Michael Whalen
Peter B. Kyne
Charles Starrett
WDAF
Gladys Swarthout
McGrew-Peck
INV. CO
Masa. St
Orns Arts Bank
Peoples State Bank
Massachusetts
Ofus
Funk
Funk’s
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