Local and national news digest with strikes and mentions
A Kansas paper notes bread shortages from a Kansas City bakers strike affecting Lawrence and nearby towns. It also comments on London bus and film industry strike pressures ahead of coronation festivities and a San Francisco hotel strike facing communication hurdles due to telephone switchboard tie ups. William Allen White is praised by a national restaurant release as the octogenarian Sage of Potato Hill.
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Lorenzen & Thompson, Inc
New York
West 44Th St
Chicago
North Michigan Ave
San Francisco
Sansome
Ton Angeles
New Orpheum
Kansas City
Baltimore Ava
St. Louis
Star
Detroit
General Motors
Atlanta
Walton
Associated Press
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
William Allen White
National Restaurant Association
Sage
Potato Hill
White
Ed Howe
Atchison
Kansas
Lawrence
Romance and coronation loom in royal love story coverage
The piece notes readers will seek extensive coverage of the Windsor and Simpson romance as it develops, while others may skip it. It highlights a global interest sparked by abdication and the impending coronation of Edward's successor, with editors balancing royal intrigue and future actions of the two central figures.
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Duke of Windsor
Tours
Edward
New Dealers and Berry Fight TVA Over Dam Claims
Federal coordinator of industries George L. Berry is named in a contentious claim exceeding a million and a half dollars against the Tennessee Valley Authority for flooding marble zinc and road deposits due to dam construction. The TVA regards the demand as excessive and has refused it. Representatives from New Deal agencies are involved, risking a public-money dispute as the fight unfolds.
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George L. Berry
Coordinnator of Industries
Tennessee Valley Authority
NVA
Pet New Deal
Unlucky Italians in Basque trap at Bilbao
Uncertain reports say Italian insurgents in Bilbao face a Basque trap with escape only by swimming a two mile sea arm. The Italians, linked to Mussolini's support for Franco, have yet to match earlier Ethiopian boasts.
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Bilbao
Ethiopia
Italy
Mussolini
Franco
Il Duce
Henis
Busmen Strike Thwarts London Transport Amid Coronation Visitation
Striking bus workers have disrupted London transport as coronation visitors flock in. The disruption risks widespread hardship and public confusion just as Britain seeks to showcase its efficiency in hosting visitors from around the world. The action mirrors observed U S methods of protest influencing local tactics.
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London
United States
Puerto Rican vanilla bean urged to aid island recovery
Puerto Rican farmers are urged to grow vanilla beans as a step in economic rehabilitation. The vanilla extract is cited as producing probably the world's most popular flavor, highlighting a strategy to boost local agriculture and economy.
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San Juan
P. R
The Broken Stairs by Mery Graham Bonner
A storm rages as Willy Nilly and Rip the dog shelter with a lamb, a Two-Ways automobile, bears in a cave, and roosters at Top Notch’s General Store. A thunder crash stands out as something other than ordinary thunder.
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Mery Graham Bonner
Willy Nilly
Rip
Top Notch
Rooster
Mystery of the Empty House Rumors Rip's Report
Willy Nilly and his dog Rip investigate a ruinous structure described as a house falling or damaged. Rip reports the stairs broken after exploring the Empty House, hinting at a collapse as thunder and rain pass. The tale centers on suspense and a canine warning.
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Rip
Willy Nilly
Christopher Columbus
Crow
Rin
How's Your Health Edited for the New York Academy of Medicine
A brief discussion by Dr. Tiago Geldston on health literacy in the modern era. It examines how science’s demand for efficient cause can create confusion, contrasting it with past superstitions and the challenges of digesting scientific ideas.
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New York Academy of Medicine
Tiago Galdston
Efficient causes in living beings and medical practice
The passage contrasts efficient causes in inanimate matter with living beings where outcomes from news, drugs, or gestures are not mechanically linked. It argues that small acts or reassurances can trigger large, varied responses in patients, explaining why seemingly trivial gestures yield remarkable results in medicine and psychotherapy.
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Dinkarting
Nashia Blue
Flashes of life amuse townsfolk in odd notices
A Boonville affair uses a mirror to fool love birds causing amusing results at the Boonville Building and Loan. In Celerity Tamar a farmer recovers from a tractor incident after a driverless machine overtakes him. Earl Brckenbrack tests a burglar alarm saving his drug store from a thief.
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Boonville
Ind
Boonville Building and Loan Association
Celerity Tamar, Mo
Lynn Fast
Adams
Minn
Earl Brckenbrack
Lawrence churches gain use of theaters for Sunday meetings
The Aurora and Grand theaters in Lawrence offer Sundays all year for church use with rotating hosts. Meetings will feature moving pictures on religious or educational topics chosen to benefit viewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Lawrence
Murder at Farrington Bluff in a Stormy Night
A storm heavy night at Farrington Bluff ends in a murder tied to Jude Blin's death. James, Mike, Gay Palmer, and Aunt Martha lead a tense house search as a handkerchief, a hidden alibi, and locked doors fuel suspicion. A chilling suspense unfolds with each confession and accusation.
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Jude Blinshop
Farrington Bluff
Michael
Mike
Kin Call
Tweedy
Gay Palmer
Stout
Martha
Conk
Annie
Jude
M. Farrington
Gay
William
Higgins
Cook
Jim
Ohio Industry Giving Jobs to Old Men of 45
Ohio’s employment service reports a surge of workers aged 45 to 65 entering private industry during a two month period. Officials say lack of mature apprentices and the postwar business upturn explain the comeback, with older workers proving valuable and dependable in factories.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Ohio State Employment Service
J. H. Roudebush
Chemists Aid Miners With Synthetic Black Damp
Washington chemists of the bureau of mines have devised a method to convert the suffocating air known as black damp into a tool against mine fires and explosions. They first established critical oxygen levels required to prevent fires and blasts, then calculated a synthetic mixture to choke both dangers.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Valley Grove notes and local visits and illnesses
Valley Grove items report Thurston Ousdahl planning a visit to Arkansas to see brothers. Paul McDonald notes Dave McDonald's brother is seriously ill in Santa Fe hospital Topeka. Ava Higley and Loren Lyons oversee a diploma examination at Valley Grove. Billy Shultz of Oskaloosa recently visited his grandparents Mr and Mrs G R Shultz. Mr and Mrs Karl Marcum, whose house burned, live on a farm in a small building 50. Marcum can tend to farming. Virgil Groves and Clyde Lederer become new telephone subscribers. Mr and Mrs Oliver Garner hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Arnold Welliver and Norma Grace of Chester Earl Garner Os kaloosa Mr and Mrs Harold Garner Midland Mr and Mrs Charles Coffman and Allan Coffman of Tonganoxie Lloyd Raymond Alberta and Ruby of the home. Mr and Mrs Arthur Ousdahl and Veda May and H F Green attended Lee Coffman home gathering Saturday evening. Leo Smith, Raymond Garner and Leo Hollingsworth participate in the track meet at Oskaloosa Friday. Mrs John Conrad and Mr and Mrs Charles Coffman in nearby Tonganoxie vicinity plus Mrs Oliver Garner of here took a business trip to Lawrence Tuesday. Mrs Mayme Brown of Oskaloosa visited sister Mrs Harold Skeet.
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Thurston Ousdahl
Arkansas
Paul McDonald
Dave McDonald
Santa Fe Hospital
Topeka
Ava Higley
O'Neil
Loren Lyons
Valley Grove
Billy Shultz
Oskaloosa
G. R. Shultz
Karl Marcum
Lawrence
Newell
Joe James
Newells
George Welliver
Alberta Garne
Veoa May Ousdahl
Answeed
Hazel Welliver
Helladay Jr
Ousdahl
Thiro
C. A. Jones
Earl Marcum
Marcums
Wesley Ward
Virgil Groves
William Lombard
Margaret Mary Jones
Happy Valley Club
Phyllis Weibel
Oskaloosa l
Russell Shaw
Russell Stewart
Alberta
Ruby Garner
Walter
Helen Coffman
Mound
Agricultural Conservation
William Rice
Knowledge Hill
Qumn Smith
Josephine Shaw
Eberhard
Sunnyside
Eberhard Sr
Will Puckett
Sunny Valley Farm Bureau Unit
W. C. Flory
M. I. Hurley
Valley Falls
Viets
Chester Grange
Neilie Viets
Anne McGee
Wichita
Case Workers Convention
R. D. Shaw
Walter Dunbar
Charles Hayes
Buena Petrie
Shave Needed After Groan He Mortals of 1931
A humorous line from a 1931 Publishers Syndicate piece recalls a man groaning like he was dying while his wife waited, then noting that a pretty nurse arrived and his main wish became simply a shave.
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Publishers Syndicate
Radio Programs Tuesday Evening Listings Summary
Radio schedules feature WREN KMBC WDAF stations with varied programs from 4:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. including orchestras, light songs, comedy, question box segments, and sports. Notable acts include George Griffen Johnny Presents Beatrice Lilite Beulah singers Vox Pop and the university symphony later in the evening.
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Wren
George Griffen
K3bc
Alexander Woollcott
WDAF
Hendrik van Loon
Little Orphan
Annie
KMBC
Boake Carter
Music Hall
Johnny Fresents
Edgar
aAi Jolzo
Dar— Wayne
Ling
Orch
Ben Bernie
Amos
N’ Andy
Eae
Washington
KAMBC
Iirene
Beasley
Gus Arnheim
Hed Nichols
Emery Pelitach
Daf
Leopard "Keller
Frank Dalley
WO Wren
Eddie House
Louis Panico
Mark Fischer
King’s Jester
AF —Gritt Wiliams
Beatrice Lilite
Kmbc—Cavalcade of America
One Man's Family
Famous Actor’s Guild
Aue Bo
Ken Murray
Wayna Kings
Wwe
George Washington
Mateority Pons
Town Hall
Cincinnati
Sade
Carol Wegmann
Babe Rath
Carlotta Dale
Sporta
KABC
Aros
Andy
Bob Crosby
Lou Breeze
KMBEC
Jack Starr
Red Nichols
Maurie Sherman
Orido
Ren
Eddine Varros
Nocturne
Leonard Keller
Jane Rey Eldredges
Jimmy Joy
Don Chiesta
Paul Pendarvis
University of Kan‘gan Symphony Orchestra
Karl 0. Evergsteiner
Robert Calderwood
Carroll Nickels
Bob Glotzbach
Valley Grove and Lawrence Visit and Grange Meeting
Local notes describe Wednesday activities in Lawrence shopping and school exercises at Valley Grove. Community members attend gatherings, elections, and a Chester Grange meeting planned at Valley Grove with Mrs. George Welliver and guests Alberta Garner and Veoa May Ousdahl.
Mothers Day Honoring Mothers by C W Schubert
A legacy column urges readers to honor mothers beyond gifts on Mothers Day. The piece advocates personal acts like taking moms out, hosting dinners, or gifting something meaningful, noting lonely widowed or distant mothers and suggesting borrowing a mother if needed. It ends with a preview that Schubert Funeral Home will comment on the Fire Department next Tuesday.
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C. W. Schubert
Mother
Hse
New Hampshire
Schubert
Schubert Funeral Home
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Lawrence Skinner
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Miss Brown
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Methodist Conference
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Mount Oread
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Beta Theta Pj Fraternity
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George Wilmarth
Toneke
Lulu Fitch
Council Grove
Iowa
Forrest Savage
Mildred Tuttle
T. F. Sisson
F. M. Briggs
Belle Wilmot
P. F. Walker
F. E. Ward
Lucille Arnold
Jessie Reed
Bertha Burgess
Sisson
Briegs
Ethel Shaler
Agnes Uhrslaub
Shaler
J. A. Henley
Ruth Peakrs
Helen Homadar
Helen Hodgson
J. E. Dodds
East Lawrence
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Rita Will
Leavenworth
Roy Hill
Smith
Olney
Board of Education
Weaver
Fincher
Blackmar
Lawrence Lodge No. 83
Fraternal Union of America
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Harold McCrory
U.S. G. Plank
H. C. Oatman
South Tennessee
University Hall
John T. Moore
B. D. Woodward
Alice Cady- Gildermeister
Copsright
Esther Tyler
John Conrad
Charles Coffman
Tonganoxie
Oliver Gardner
Here
Mayme Brown
Harold Skeet
Poor PA
Claude Callan
KFEU
Petrie Sr
Walter Riley
Ralph Pentlin
Ruby
Alberta Garner
Merle. Ford
Rumsey Funeral Home
Indiana
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