Second Annual Music Week Ends With Concerts at Haskell Institute
Freece hosts a two part closing program featuring Haskell Institute bands and glee clubs. Conductor Alexander Melogidoff leads a 2:30 pm concert at the Eighth and Massachusetts bandstand with soloists Cruz McDaniels and Grant Jenkins. A 8:00 pm spring concert at Haskell gymnasium showcases the combined glee clubs and orchestra under Miss Lillian Ewing and Melogidos. A 3:30 pm children’s music demonstration occurs at the high school auditorium led by Miss Mabel Barnhart.
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McDan“Feldass
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Edward Cato
Chicago Tribune
WW LB
Chamders
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Pio Vivo
H.E. Cruse
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Valse Originel
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Merry June
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Blaine Johnson
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Gounod
Faust
Theo
Moses
Humoreske
Swanee River
Dvorak-Wilson
Objigato
The
Goldseekers
Mabel Barnhart
Rain Delays Baldwin Hill Road Construction Plans
Rainy weather delays road workers from beginning construction on the Baldwin hill route. If conditions improve, grading will start early next week. The project, approved by county commissioners, runs from the foot of the current road up the hill to join the Lawrence Baldwin road near the city, with only about a quarter mile of new road needed. Crews have cleared a right of way and will move the cemetery hill crew to Baldwin hill once the site dries.
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May Day Observances Quiet Across Europe
London May Day passed quietly with village celebrations and a 10 000 strong march to Hyde Park for the annual carnival and May Pole dancing. In Sofia a near complete underground passage and explosive fuse were found as an assassination plot against King Boris was thwarted. The peasants party denies involvement and links plots to Moscow financed operatives. A secret Communist printing press was found in a dentist’s office.
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Associated Press
Germany
Spain
England
Stock Exchange
Hyde Park
Sofia
Boris
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Peasants Party Jornal
Moscow
British Foresee Aircraft Supreme in Future Warfare
London reports a British air ministry booklet predicts major aircraft development ahead. Doubling engines and longer range planes will carry soldiers, equipment, or bombs far faster than 100 mph. Large flying boats for sea duty and navy cooperation, plus gun spotting and torpedo craft designed to land on ships are described.
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Associated Press
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British
Air Ministry
Mail Order Sales Hit High in April for Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward and Company posted April sales of 14,528,116, the largest April total in the firm's history, up 5.76 percent from April 1924. An official report confirms the gain amid continuing growth in mail order business.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Poetry prize takes new direction at Kansas University
Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Kansas University alumni association, reported that alumni groups nationwide are shifting from athletics to scholarly work. New York alums formed the William Herbert Carruth Prize Poetry fund, awarding an annual prize for the best poem. The New York meeting drew over a hundred members, with Carl Cannon named president, Edith Snow vice president, and Edna Henrick secretary.
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K. U
United States
Fred Ellsworth
K. U. Alumi Association
Chicago
Bethlehem
Penn
Elsworth
New York
New York Association
University
Carl Cannon
Association
Edith H. Snow
Edna .Henrick
Dean MaLott
Herbert i Husten
Ellsworth
Diabetes rising in the United States warns in Rochester lecture
Rochester evidence shows diabetes increasing rapidly as Dr C J Barbarks, Mayo Clinic physician, urges public to curb sugar intake and overeating. He notes high sugar consumption and luxury demand, saying keeping lean could prevent diabetes and help avert heart disease gallstones and cancer.
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Rochester, Minn
United States
C. J. Barbarks
Body identified in Gary murder case mystery shifts
Gary Indiana May 1 claim that the body found burned near here is Josephine Desidario 21 was challenged by Constable Smurdon attorney A J Haller and his stenographer who all said the body could not be positively identified. Desidario’s husband Luis Desidario is jailed on bail after firing at her and two men with his car sought in the case amid a chaotic life story ending in death by knife wound and cremation. A morgue identification was reported as conclusive and police widened their manhunt for the husband and accomplices.
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Ind
Josephine Desidario
William
Smurdon
Furnessville Road
Laurdon
A. J. Haller
Desidario
Chicago
Chesterton
Ind. S
All
Luis Desidario
School Head Defends Home Skills Over University Degrees
London April 29. Miss C J H Cowdrey head mistress of Crouch End High School and College argues that girls should be trained in cooking sewing ironing and laundry as core education. She says a woman who cannot do these tasks is not well educated even if she holds every university degree.
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London
Associated Press
C. J. H. Cowdrey
Crouch End High School
Miss Cowdrey
Attempts to move Turkish embassies to Angora fail
London reports principal powers refuse to relocate embassies from Constantinople to Angora despite Turkish notes. Angora is seen by diplomats as an unsuitable seat for ambassadors due to climate and sanitation, with Germany and others likely staying in or near the old capital.
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London
Associated Press
Berlin
Angora
Constantinople
Lost relatives sought by Kansas state board of agriculture
May 1 Topeka A new function for locating kin is alleged to help Kansas families. Assistant Secretary 1B Davis says a Brooklyn man seeks his uncle's heirs after a farmer near Greenleaf, Kansas died in New York. A list of Mansfield family names may unlock an estate.
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State Board of Agriculture
Davis
Kansas
Jeremiah Mansfield
Greenleaf
Kan
New York
Daniel J. Mansfield
Brooklyn
Daniel Mansfield
Mansfield
Kilkenny
Ireland
Washington County
Poor First Choice Policy Hits West Bromwich housing
Birmingham April 30 The West Bromwich town council restricts municipal housing to residents earning under 1500 annually. Critics say many tenants own cars and could afford private homes. Council has built 4200 houses of five to eight rooms renting about 225 a year. The piece notes public concern over eligibility and affordability.
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Birmingham. Eng
West Bromwich
Birmingham
Bromwich
Paris Salon Modern Pictures Show Prompts Controversy
Taris April 29 Associated Press The Independent Art Salon features 3500 canvasses with Lenine in Blacksmiths farm as its focal piece. Critics call the exhibit a nightmare of rebellious and insurrectional art with nude depictions and a lack of progress. Russians dominate the foreign section, while American works vary. In Joplin Harris acquitted of second degree murder after a September 1923 shooting, jury out forty minutes, defense claimed self defense and unwritten law.
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Associated Press
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Blacksmith’s Farm
Leni
Krassine
Paris
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Marcel Foncin
Lergth
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Treat
L Jess
Government Bonds Report from New York May 1
Bond market closes with Liberty bonds and U S Treasury issues mixed. prices range near par with 4 1 4s and 4s quoted. Advertisement notes a 92 piece dish set prize and seeks buyers via display ad. credited to Green Bros.
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New York
Liberty
U. S
Green Bros
Spectacles claim unbreakable glass for eye wear
London scientists demonstrated an new splinter proof glass for spectacles able to resist a shotgun at 30 yards. The material is said to be grindable to any curve and aimed at reducing eye injuries for sportsmen and football players.
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London
Associated Press
Guards Against Leak In Radio Sponsored Telephones
Chicago May 1 Associated Press engineers warn that radio broadcasting has intensified secrecy problems in telephone use. Crosstalk between broadcaster lines and telephone circuits has allowed snippets of programs to leak to listeners. Researchers report progress but say further work is needed to prevent such leaks. In Los Angeles, a light earthquake at 1:27 am caused no damage.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Murder trial set for Mollie Jefferies case in district court
The trial of Mollie Jefferies, charged with arsenic poisoning of her husband John H Jefferies, is scheduled for May 18 in district court. The case has been repeatedly postponed due to legal rulings on defense letters and a sustained appeal by the county attorney.
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John H Jefferies
Melvin
Supreme Court
Hugh
London Plans New Tilbury Docks To Lure Ocean Liners
London aims to simplify arrivals at Tilbury with $20 million in new docks and rapid embarkation devices. The project promises 40 minute access from Tilbury and could attract liners away from Liverpool Plymouth or Southampton as work starts at once.
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London
Associated Press
Tilbury Docks
Liverpool
Plymouth
Southampton
Tilbury
Orice
German Aviator Acquitted in Mercy Killing Case
Heintz Muehlnickel, a German aviator, was acquitted in a criminal court after killing a wounded Russian comrade during the Polish Russian conflict of 1920. He refused initially but shot the dying man to end his suffering amid fears of being discovered by the enemy. The incident followed his service in the Polish army after World War I. The report also notes a seed company offer and a statistic claiming a house burns every 40 minutes in the United States.
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Associated Press
Heintz Muehlnickle
Muehlnickel
Jana
Red Army
Muehtnicke
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