J H Mercer Dies After Illness in Topeka
Topeka May 5 Pr Joseph H Mercer secretary of the Kansas livestock commission and state sanitary livestock commissioner died in a local hospital after weeks illness. Mercer known among Kansas livestock men served since 1909 in dual roles and was once national livestock and meat board chairman. He ran for US senator in 1932, represented Chase county in the state house 1909 15, born 1864 near Williamsburg Ohio and later moved to Kansas pursuing farming and live stock. He married Ula Scribner and had four daughters. Mercer was active in Masonry and benevolent orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Joseph H. Mercer
Kansas Livestock Commission
Mercer
Kansas
State Livestock Commission
Stubbs
National Livestock and Meat Board
Ohio
Nowlin
Mary Alma Mercer
West Virginia
Charles
William Boreman
Middlebourne
Kansas Livestock Association
Ula Scribner
Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Thhe Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elka
Modern Woodmen of America
Memorial meeting to honor Edward Franklin professor
A memorial meeting for the late Professor Edward Curtis Franklin will be held at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium of the Chemistry building. Professors Stevens Temblin and Cady will speak on his life and service. Franklin, KU alumnus 1888, taught physical chemistry there and at Stanford. his ammonia chemistry research began at KU with Dr. Cady. he later served as American Chemical Society president in 1923. All interested invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Curtis Franklin
W.C. Stevens
Olin "Templin
H. FP. Cady
Franklin
University of Kansas
Dr. Cady
American Chemical Society
Elementary Boys Chorus to Broadcast on KFKU for Music Week
The Lawrence school district elementary boys chorus will air a radio program tomorrow at 2 45 pm on station KFKU to observe National Music Week. Fifth grade soloist Bobbie Sneegas from McAllaster School will perform. A marriage license was issued to John H. MeInturff and Iva J. Patterson, both of Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
KFKU
Bobbie Sneegas
McAllastar
Cesar Franck
Radie Sones
Brahms
Bobbie Sneeens
McAllaster School
Tar
Ponce
Na Gould
John H. MeInturff
Iva J. Patterson
Topeka
Test Your Knowledge Questions From Classified Page
A transcription of a noisy quiz listing seven questions asking for knowledge across history geography and literature. It includes names like Giovanni Prati and Enid from Tennyson and asks about U S presidents White House location, River Kingston Kentucky, and Iraq postal rates.
Band Festival Demands Behind Scene Labor
The National Band Festival runs Thursday to Saturday with Russell L. Wiley chairing a 15 member student staff. A large operations center in Ad Building handles papers, telegrams, calls, and entries while Ken Postlethwaite leads ten staffers to tabulate results for newspapers. Additional rooming, registration, and correspondence tasks bolster the effort as Music Week hype and Coke tax notes close the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell L. Wiley
Honr
Wiley
Whiley
Letterme
Ken Postlethwaite
Crash suit against city over Massachusetts street collision
Two damage suits filed in district court against the city of Lawrence allege negligence in a February 9 1936 collision between a city tractor pulling a snow grader and a private car in the 900 block of Massachusetts street. J G Wallace seeks 112.60 for car damage while Ollie Wallace seeks 2500 for personal injuries. Both say they presented claims to the city council May 6 1936 and were refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
J. G. Wallace
Ollie Wallace
Form Girls Glee Club Organized by NYA in Providence
A girls glee club for ages eight to twelve is organized by the NYA and will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 PM at the NYA Center 1021 Rhode Island. Miss Mildred Reuter supervises and instruction is free as the group prepares operettas and musical plays. The first meeting is tomorrow at 4 PM. Court Grants Divorce in District Court, B W Erwin from Lottie Erwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NYA
Rhode Island
Mildred Reuter
Miss Reuter
Glee Club
Relief Fund Cut Battle Reaches House Subcommittee
Washington May 5 A tug of war over President Roosevelt s 1 5 trillion relief fund began before a House subcommittee. Harry L Hopkins testified in favor of the administration s tally for the year starting July 1 as lawmakers split between cutting 500 million and opposing changes. A liberal bloc urged 2 5 billion, while economy advocates pressed for economy and a 1 billion minimum. Other notes: Senate budget probes, school aid gains, and a 230 million post office treasury bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Rep
Woodrum
D.-Va
Adams
D.-Cole
Senate Appropriations
Budget Bureau
Congress
Senate
Jones
D.-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Treasury
Post Office
Italo German offer expands collaboration for peace
In Berlin last October Italy and Germany agreed on wider European collaboration for peace and reconstruction. The two governments stressed ongoing efforts with other powers to secure broader political and economic stability. Admiral Cavagnari in the chamber outlined 1987-38 budget plans, including two 35000 ton battleships to be rushed to completion at Genoa and Monfalcone, as deputies approved a 5.5 billion lire national defense outlay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bally
Berlin
Italy
Germany
Europe
Domenico Cavagnari
Chamber of Deputies
Genoa
Mediterranean
Monfalcone
Adriatic
Mussolini
Alberto Pariani
Cavagnari
Giuseppe Valle
Small Fines for Speeders in Police Court
Three men received small fines in police court this morning for speeding. Vincent Burton, KU student, was fined $2 for traveling 65 mph on Indiana street. Ray E. Watson, 305 East Nineteenth Street, a packing company salesman, fined $3 for 45 mph on Massachusetts Street. Clarence Stone, Has Kell Institute student, fined $5 for 55 mph on South Massachusetts Street. Stone paroled to Russell M. Kelley, Haskell superintendent. Lloyd Schleifer and Hurd Motor Company forfeited bonds of $1 each on overparking charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Burton
University of Kansas
Indiana Street
Ray E. Watson
East Nineteenth Street
Massachusetts Street
Clarence Stone
Haskell Institute
Stane
Russell M. Kelley
Haskell
Lloyd Schleifer
Hurd Motor Company
Market News Estimated Livestock Receipts and Bond Quotes
Estimated livestock receipts for tomorrow in Kansas City include 2000 cattle 500 hogs and 6000 sheep. U S government bond quotes after close show Treasury notes 114.28 Treasury 4s 110.16 and Treasury ag 61 65 at 103.15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
USDA
New York
May
U. S
Treasury
Boy Scout Awards Court at Ecke Hall Tomorrow
Regular monthly Court of Awards of the Boy Scouts will be at Ecke Hall tomorrow night at 8. Moving pictures of Camp Naish will be shown. Paul N Campbell and Jim Newrome will discuss summer camp plans. Week of June 20 set for Douglas district camp. Jamboree Scouts also attend. Local scouts listed. District committee dinner at Wiedemann's 6:30 prior to Court. Troop committeemen urged to attend and reserve by calling 460.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Ecke Hall
Camp Naish
Paul N. Campbell
Jim Newrome
Douglas
Lawrence
James Boyce
Jim Mott
Spencer Bayles
Ree Whetstone
Don McDonald
Haven Glassmire
Kenneth Keene
Wiedemann’s
Kansas University Graduate Mary Doris Park Dies at 23
Mary Doris Park, 23, University of Kansas graduate from 1936, died Sunday night in Kansas City Missouri from a heart attack. A special liberal arts student last semester, she belonged to Pi Lambda Theta and Phi Delta Phi. She entered KU in 1933 from Kansas City Junior College and attended St Teresa's Academy. Her parents are Mr and Mrs Frank E Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Doris Park
University of Kansas
Kansas City
Miss Park
College of Liberal Arts
Pi Lambda Theta
Phi Delta Phi
Kan
St. Teresa’s Academy
Frank E. Park
Peace Officers Convene in Dodge City Convention
Dodge City May 5 The Kansas Peace Officers association opens a two day convention with about 400 officers from state county and city agencies arriving. Executives arrive today with a pistol shoot invitation from Casner Wyoming couple Captain Ex McGivern and Mrs to Friday. Jack Jenkins new highway patrol director and Clarence Beck attorney general slated for Thursday events including a lie detector demonstration by Wichita detective Tommy Ja y cock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Kansas Peace Officers Association
Ex McGivern
Casner
Wyo
Jack Jenkins
New State Highway Patrol
Clarence V. Beck
Tommy Jaycock
Wichita
Similarity in Illness Appendicitis and Regional Enteritis
Topeka May 5 Regional enteritis and its distinction from appendicitis were explained to Kansas State Medical Association members by Dr Arnold Jackson of Madison Wisconsin. He noted regional enteritis mostly affects young adults and is often confused with appendicitis. He outlined its acute and chronic forms and compared symptoms. The association's 78th annual convention is held at Masonic Temple with sessions ending tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas State Medical Association
Arnold Jackson
Madison
Wis
Jackson
the Medical Association
Masonic Temple
Roosevelt Democrat Leads In California Congressional Race
In Santa Barbara on May 5 a Roosevelt Democrat led the race for California’s tenth district successor to the late Rep. Henry Stubbs. Alfred J. Elliott led with 16,164 votes, while Republican Harry Hopkins had 12,678 and Democrat Sessions 4,472 in a write‑in effort. About 63 percent of precincts reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Henry Stubbs
Alfred J. Elliott
Harry Hopkins
State Highway Commission
Sessions
Bakersfield
High Schools Vie for Music Honors in Festival
Readings list participating schools and judges for the festival as Minneapolis rivals compete for honors. Tomorrow’s schedule covers registration, brass, woodwind and percussion events across Hoch Marvin Fraser and Spooner venues with ensembles and solo contests. A joint concert closes with Westminster A Cappella choir and University of Kansas band led by conductors Swarthout and Wiley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoch
Marvin Hall
Fraser Hall
Central Adt
Spoonerphever Museum
Spooner-Thayer Museum
Union Building
Westminster A Cappella _choir
D. M. Swarthout
University of Kansas Bend
Russell L. Wiley
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
Mrs Georgia Anna Brecheisen 43 died at home near Lawrence after years of illness. She is survived by husband John, son Cecil, daughter Durene, and relatives in Baldwin Topeka and Eudora. Funeral Thursday at Bethel church with burial in Baldwin cemetery. William H Semple 68 of 901 Indiana died at Lawrence Memorial hospital after a long illness. Born in Elyria Ohio, he lived in Topeka and Lawrence and belonged to many Masonic and fraternal orders. He is survived by wife Rosa, daughter Emma Bernice son William and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending. James A Edmondson died last night at St Luke's Kansas City. Funeral Thursday in Kansas City with burial at Oak Hill in Lawrence. Madison F Johnson 81 died Monday in Independence Missouri. He was a farmer and state keeper at Sibley Missouri. Funeral services were held yesterday at Sibley. The Johnson family attended with other relatives.
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Georgia Anna Brecheisen
Georgia Anna Brécheisen
Lawrence
John Brecheisen
Cecil
Durene
George F. Kretsinger
Baldwin
Chloe Breithaupt
Eudora
Paul Kretsinger
Topeka
Orta Kretsinger
Brecheisen
Bethel Church
Mr. Groh
Overbrook
Baldwin Cemetery
William H. Semple
Indiana Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Ohio
Topeka Lodge
Zabud
R. A
Knights Templar
Loyal Order of Moose
Naomi Rebekah
Knights of Pythias
Knights and Law of Security of
Rosa
Emma Bernice
William
James A. Edmondson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Oak Hill
Madison F. Johnson
J. M. Johnson
Independence
Sibley
Jesse Jackson
Ste H.C. Johnson
Gasoline Tax Exemption Forms Require Specific Details
New applications for tax exempt motor fuel explain need for farm location and exact use. County clerk T B Gerhart notes applicants often lack farm section township and range details, causing delays. Specific uses like plowing discing or wood sawing must be stated rather than generic farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Gerhart
River Bulkhead Holds at Charleston floodfront
In Charleston Missouri on May 5, WPA workers and sharecroppers formed a wooden bulkhead around a river crevasse in the Birds Point New Madrid floodway to restrain Mississippi floodwaters. The effort, led by hundreds of laborers, aimed to keep the river within its banks as waters rose. Separately, in St Louis on the same day, UAW members at General Motors Chevrolet and Fisher Body initiated a sit-down strike protesting the discharge of 37 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Mississippi River
WPA
Birds Point
New Madrid
Chevrolet
St. Louis
United Automobile Workers of America
General Motors
Fisher Body
Jailed After Crash Involving Traveling Dance Band
A motor vehicle crash near Lawrence involving the Lloyd LaBrie orchestra of Minneapolis left no injuries. The trailer wheel came loose, a large transport truck passed, and a 1937 Ford driven by Frank Borst of Lawrence was damaged. Eight orchestra members spent the night in county jail. all parties planned to settle out of court once repairs were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd LaBrie
Minneapolis
Minn
Lawrence
Dutton
Highway 59
W. C. Jenkins
Frank Borst
Paul
Relic of War Found Near Mt. Oread at KU Campus
Cast iron griddle and two small cannon balls unearthed east of the new KU dormitory area near Frank Miller Hall. Workers uncovered signs of an old wall, mortar, and stones behind the hall. Believed to come from the Free State barracks that protected the promontory before the Civil War, relics may join Green of Lawrence’s collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miller
Mt. Oread
K. U
C. G. Bayles
Free State
Bayles
Green
Lawrence
Lawrence memory ties Kansas Relays pole vault medal to Carey Rogers
Lawrence readers recovered a 1923 Kansas Relays pole vault medal won by Carey Rogers. Fred Borland found it while raking leaves at 736 Mississippi Street and believes the item was lost by the Rogers family who recently moved to Omaha. Erna Seidel, wife of Carey, is visiting her father Ernest Seidel at 708 Illinois Street. the couple now reside in Atwood, Kansas, and Carey works for the state highway department. Helen Churchill, daughter of Mrs. W. A. Churchill, earned Sigma Xi honors at the University of Michigan on April 30 and will obtain her Master’s in zoology this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Placin
Kansas
Carey
State Highway Department
Rogers
Lawrence
Omaha
Mississippi Street
Helen Churchill
W. A. Churchill
University of Michigan
Churchill
Sigma Xi
Baseball scores and notable plays from May baseball day
The report covers multiple May baseball games with St Louis routing the Foe Sor Bee 13 to 1, Kamari two homers for Cincinnati, Blanton five-hitter for Pittsburgh, Cubs 17 runs over Phillies, and Detroit and Chicago varied results. It notes players Kamari, Goodman, Blanton, Demaree, Marty, Col ling, and others, with game details and pitching lines.
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Dissy
St. Louis Cardinals
Sor Bee
Thang Be
St. Coula
Boston
J. Dean
Ogrodowski
Turner
Frasier
Hutchinson
Philadelphia
Root
Oden
Johnson
Jorgena
Sivens
Kellehar
Atwood
Grace
New York
Detroit
Pearson
Dickey
Sorrell
Auker
Cochrane
Chicago
Nelson
Turbeville
Smith
F. Hayes
Stratton
Sewallt
Fyashington
Cleveland
St Louis
American Association
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Page
Lewis
P. Page
Breese
Paul Dean Undergoes Arm Operation in St Louis
Dr Robert F Hyland operated today on Paul Deans right arm to restore stiffness and athletic performance for the St Louis Cardinal pitcher. He removed a torn piece of cartilage found deep and ossified from the shoulder socket and noted adhesions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Robert F. Hyland
Paul Dean
St. Louis Cardinal
Hyland
Barcelona Revolt Ends After 100 Lives Lost
May 5 reports from Barcelona note a brief anarchist uprising against Catalan and Valencia regimes ended with a peaceful settlement announced from Paris. The rebellion allegedly cost 100 lives and split forces opposing the Spanish insurgents. Memorial Hospital notes record a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Delbert Miller. Bennie Raines, five, is under medical care for unspecified illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Paris
Perpignan
Barcelone
Delbert Miller
Missouri Street
Bennie Raines
Dewey Raines
Basque Defenders Claim Fleet Massed Off Bilbao
Basque government says an Italian destroyer and seven insurgent fighting ships massed off Bilbao to prevent evacuation of 2300 refugees. They vow to defy the fleet and move refugees under Red Cross protection beyond the 8 mile limit with French and British ships nearby. They also say Germans are blamed for the Guernica air raid. In Emporia, Winfield wins state high school art contest in senior and junior divisions. Lawrence War Mothers plan Carnation sale for Mother's Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilbao
Spain
Biscayan
Red Cross
France
Here
Germany
Guernica
Winfield
Emporia
Kan
Emporia Teachers College
H. Francis
Newton
Lyons
Broadcast Concert by Massed Band Heard on KMBC
A two hour program featured a massed band of 700 players and a 700-voice chorus to be broadcast by KMBC from 9:15 to 9:45 PM. Lawrence high school band members join the lineup with Kansas University Haskell and Wentworth Military Academy bands contributing. The Journal-World Classified Page promotes reader results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KMBC
Thei
Lawrence High School
K. U
Haskell
Wentworth Military Academy
Journal-World
Adv
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. H. Mercer
Gov
Edward Franklin
Paige
Union
Giovanni Prati
New Haven
White House
Kington
Iraq
Tennyson
Hing
Enid
Alexander
Amber of Commerce Bureau
Schiller Shore
Em Leve
Rovision
United States National Guard
Shore
Kansasational Guard
Schiller
Andy Glaze
St. Joseph
Bob Crosby
B. W. Erwin
Lottie Erwin
Boy Scout Awards
View For Music
A. Austin Harding
University of Illinois
A. R. McAllister
Joliet
National High School Band Association
Geneva Young
Christian College
Columbia
Harry Weld
Augustana College
Ludwig W. Hebestreit
Dallas
Tex
Harold Bachman
University of Chicago
Karl L. King
Ft. Dodge
Baseball Today
Hurler
With
New England
Mass
Hasques
Alege
Canny McNab
McGrew-Peck Inv. CO
Masa. St
M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
Albright
Peoples State Bank
Massachusetta
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