Diplomats Flee Burning Chungking as Bombing Wrecks City
May 6 Chungking residents evacuate amid Japanese raids that left 4 000 to 5 000 casualties. Foreign missions relocate to safer banks of the Yangtze while flames rise over embassies and consulates. German officials report deaths in fires and most Americans take refuge on U S and British gunboats. Chiang Kai-shek directs civil evacuation.
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Chungking
Yangtze River
Robert Leslie Craigie
Tokyo
Renzo Sawada
Yangtze
Huber
U. S
Chiang Kai-Shek
Prize Boners in Exam for Eighth Grade Pupils
Choice answers from Douglas county rural school eighth grade exams include incorrect items such as Ad astra per aspera as the oldest city in China and Pasteur as a place for livestock. Other wrongs note diabetes as an argument form and tropical as a small island in a sea with fruit.
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Douglas County Rural School
China
Ceylon
Boulder Dam
Unemployment Hearings Set for Kansas Coal Miners
Topeka May 6 UPI D H Roney supervisor of the state unemployment compensation division will open hearings next week on the first of nearly 2000 applications from Kansas coal miners for benefits under the state act. The filings followed mass separations by mine operators amid the bituminous coal strike ordered by President John L Lewis.
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Topeka
UPI
D. H. Roney
State
Kansas
John L. Lewis
College G.O.P Meeting Sets October State Convention
State Collegiate Young Republican officers and 18 representatives from 12 schools met in the Union building. The convention date was set for the first week in October in Wichita. A regional convention was planned for Topeka on May 19.
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Young Republican Club
Union
Wichita
Young Republican
Topeka
Second plan to Congress Roosevelt to send reorganization plan
Washington May 6 President Roosevelt will send his reorganization plan No 2 to Congress Monday It covers transfers of departmental units between departments He arranged a conference with legislative leaders and advisers to review the plan today
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Topeka Couple Weds at Court House Ceremony
Married by Probate Judge Clarence Shumate and Deloris Deeter of Topeka at the courthouse today by Probate Judge Frank Gray. Ad for Lawrence Laundry & Dry Cleaners promotes economical family washing with flat work ironed at 6c per pound, phone 383.
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Clarence Shumate
Deloris Deeter
Topeka
Court House
Frank Gray
Lawrence Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Adyv
Cranium Crackers Test On Classified Page
Puzzle instruction explains a mental arithmetic challenge themed as a Cranium Crackers brain teaser. Readers are guided to form a sequence using 21 and 2 with symbols to yield the result 21, starting with a paper and jotting three 21s and a 2 in the given order.
KU Musicians Picnic at State Lake
Members of the KU symphony orchestra and their guests attended a picnic at State Lake at two this afternoon. The plan featured humorous menu puns and musical-themed dishes as a campus crowd enjoyed the afternoon. Tulip bed vandalism and prank damage to campus facilities followed later.
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K. U. Symphony Orchestra
State Lake
Liszt
Chi Omega Sorority
Office of Advisor of Women
Senior Cakewalk Tickets Sold Out for Kay Kyser Event
The 750 tickets for the Senior Cakewalk featuring Kay Kyser and his band sold out by yesterday afternoon. Spectators still have seats available, says Charley McCreight. Dean Henry Werner will not raise the limit until he can measure the auditorium floor and ensure plenty of space for dancing. He notes 714 couples attended a 1929 Ted Weems party and doubts more than 750 tickets are wise.
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Kay Kyser
Charley McCreight
Henry Werner
Ted Weems
Union Ballroom
Werner
Kappa Kappa Gamma Hosts Spring Party in Union Hall
Kappa Kappa Gamma hosts a spring party in the Union building with Clyde Smith and his band performing. Meanwhile P K A members dance at their chapter house to Louie Kuhn's music.
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Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Union Building
Clyde Smith
Louie Kuhn
Col. Topham to Leave After Mother’s Death in Lawrence
Col Joseph L. Topham U S A retired will depart Lawrence tomorrow following the death of his mother Mrs Emma B Topham local resident at 945 Rhode Island street He will stop briefly at Fort Leavenworth before returning to his duties at the University of Kentucky Lexington Once known in Lawrence as Joe he left a noted Army record as a sharpshooter and since retirement worked as assistant manager of the New Fielding hotel in San Francisco He was a former carrier for the Journal World and won a prize in a carrier boy contest.
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Joseph L. Topham
Lawrence
Emma B. Topham
Rhode Island Street
Laura Topham
University of Kentucky
Lexington
Colonel Topham
Joe
Fielding
San Francisco
Fort Leavenworth
Col. Topham
Journal-World
Business College Notes and Local Happenings
Friday assembly featured guest speaker Dr. W. O. Nelson. Mr. Weatherby and family vacationing in Neodesha. Joe M. Williams and his a cappella choir performed at the high school. Miss Dorian Gress and sister Zelma report good jobs in Topeka. Civil service exam set for next Saturday by local examiner Don Carlos. Summer session starts June 6.
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Business College
W. O. Nelson
Weatherby
Neodesha
Joe M. Williams
Dorian Gress
Zelma
Topeka
Don Carlos
Pope Pius XII Seen Open to Peace Overtures
Vatican sources say Pope Pius XII has followed Easter peace appeals with definite overtures to governments. They caution no official confirmation. The pope may address a message to the eucharistic congress in Algiers and broadcast plans from Vatican at 5 am CST.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XII
Europe
Algiers
Italy
Concert Course closes with star violinist Musikowsky
The University Fine Arts Office announces the 1939 40 University Concert Course lineup led by 17 year old violinist Paul Musikowsky set for April 30 during Music Week Festival. Other acts include Marcel Dupre Zino Francescatti Eva Jessye Choir Walter Gieseking Lawrence Tibbett and the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra with Karl Krueger.
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Fine Arts
D. M. Swarthout
Canada
Carnegie
Town Halls
Europe
London
Budapest
Warsaw
Palestine
Marcel Dupre
Eva Jessye Negro Choir
Zino Francescatti
America
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Krueger
Walter Gieseking
Lawrence Tibbett
Jane Chesky Recital At University Hall
The senior recital by Jane Chesky of the school of fine arts will be presented Monday at 8 in Frank Strong hall auditorium. A pupil of Jan Chiapusso she hails from Halstead Kansas and studied at Christian College before joining the University in 1937. Chesky belongs to Alpha Omicron Pi Mu Phi Epsilon and Pi Kappa Lambda. Her program features works by Schumann Resphigi Scarlatti Ireland Chopin and Mac Dowell.
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H. M
Fraser Theater
Mu Phi Epsilon
Haskell Institute
Board of Regents
Lincoln
Neb
N.Y
Kansas State
Kirksville
Teachers College
Missouri University
School of Fine Arts
Jane Chesky
Jan Chiapusso
Chesky
Halstead
Kan
Christian College
Columbia
University
Alpha Omnicon Pi
Pi Kappa Lambda
Schumann
Resphigi
Scarlatti
Ireland
Chopin
MacDowell
Frank Stronghall
Massed Chorus Director Leads Tri County Festival
Joe M Williams Lawrence high school voice teacher directed massed choirs at Basehor festival. He led 120 girls 100 boys and 200 voice mixed choirs, performing The Vagabond and The Rangers with accompanist Mrs Williams.
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Joe M. Williams
Lawrence High School
Basehor
Prather Joins Federal Housing Administration Post
Kirk Prather, former Kansas state penitentiary warden, is appointed to a sales division position in the Federal Housing Administration. He will report to deputy regional director Jonas Graber. Prather served as warden during the administrations of Governors Woodring and Huxman.
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Prather
F.H.A. Post
Kansas City
Kirk Prather
Kansas State Penitentiary
Federal Housing Administration
Jonas Graber
Woodring
Rites for Dr C H Ewing Larned Kansas
Funeral services for Dr C H Ewing a former secretary of the State Medical association will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM He practiced in Larned since 1903 and served as secretary 1929 to 1937 He also served as a state representative in 1911 The Journal World classified page and Lawrence Laundry advertisement appear in the text.
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C. H. Ewing Larned
Kan
C. H. Ewing
State Medical Association
Ewing
Chorus to Broadcast From WREN Features Lawrence High Students
The Cameron White chorus of Lawrence high school students will air a 1929 organized group program on station WREN Monday night from 9 to 9 30 under Joe M Williams. Ethele Love accompanies. Program includes Lift Every Voice and Sing, Negro National Hymn, Go Down Moses, Trees, and other spirituals with solos.
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Cameron White
Lawrence
WREN
Joe M. Williams
Lawrence High School
Ethele Love
Clarence Cameron White
Williams Henry Smith
Chicago
Helen Pierson
Noted basketball luminaries attend Hellza poppin show in New York
Dr F C Allen among basketball notables at the Winter Garden theater show with Countess Barbara Hutton as an onstage guest. A train photo revealed the scene showing the lady, the clown, and the guest. Wind at Lawrence Municipal Airport estimated 30 to 35 mph. Dr Frank Herron Smith will broadcast Monday at 4 30 to 4 45 over Station WDAF from Kansas City. A large crowd attended a Liberty Memorial high school physical education demonstration featuring games tumbling marching and pyramid work by Junior high students.
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National Basketball Rules Committee
New York
Dr. F. C. Allen
Winter Garden Theater
Dippy” Diers
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz Reventlow
Frank Herron Smith
Berkeley
Cal
Kansas City
WDAF
Liberty Memorial High School
Grasshopper Plague Threat Foretold in Kansas
Garden City Kansas May 6 A bumper crop of grasshoppers could plague western Kansas follows warning from E G Kefiy extension service entomologist who urged farmers to start spreading poison next week He notes many hoppers and small types that nip wheat heads are predominant in the region Farther east hoppers not expected to be as numerous as in recent years
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Garden City
Kan
Kansas
E. G. Kefiy
Extension Service
Central America assumes key US defense role in hemispheric safety
The piece argues Central America's strategic position protects the Panama Canal and Caribbean security. It notes Somoza's Washington visit signals closer ties, discusses potential canal expansion and Pan American highway, and contrasts democratic Costa Rica with neighboring leaderships. It highlights US policy, regional loyalties, and mutual defense interests.
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Caribbean
Panama Canal
Central America
Neck
North America
Mexico
Canal
United States
Costa Rica
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Washington
Managua
U. S
Somoza
Panama
Guatemala
Honduras
Salvador
Atlantic
Pacific
American Cameraman Rosson Arrested by German Police
Richard Rosson an American motion picture cameraman and his wife were seized by German secret police in Graz Austria for taking photographs. Rosson a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer freelancer and brother of Hal Rosson is linked to Jean Harlows widow.
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Vienna
Richard Rosson
Graz
Rosson
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hollywood
Austria
Hal Rosson
Jean Harlow
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Europe
Four-Legged Chicken Baffles Los Angeles Crowd
Bert Hayman unveils a four legged chick in Los Angeles. The bird has navigation issues with one foot crowding another. He labels it a stumble bum though the animal remains otherwise normal.
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Los Angeles
Bert Hayman
Hayman
Van Sweringen Empire Control Recovered in Cleveland
George A. Ball regained ostensible control of the Van Sweringen railroad empire from Robert R. Young and associates in Cleveland on May 6. The development marks a notable shift in management and ownership dynamics within the historic railway group.
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van Sweringen
Cleveland
George A. Ball
Robert R. Young and Associates
Deaths and Funerals Mary Louise Carr
Mary Louise Carr 22 of 918 Tennessee street died early this morning at Lawrence Memorial hospital. Funeral services will be held at St. John Catholic church Monday at 9 am. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. She is survived by her mother Mrs. Marie Carr a sister Frances Carr and a brother Frank J. Carr all of Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Mary Louise Carr
Tennessee Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
St. John Catholic Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Miss Carr
Marie Carr
Frances Carr
Frank J. Carr
Tulsa
Okla
Quick way to thicken cream with lemon juice
A few drops of lemon juice added to whipping cream speeds thickening. Use no more than three or four drops to avoid altering flavor.
Mrs Alice Albritton of Kansas City Dies at Home
Mrs. Alice Elliott Albritton of Kansas City Kansas died Thursday evening at her sister's home 1520 Kentucky Street Funeral services will be held from Funk chapel Monday at 2 pm Rev J N Goddard will officiate Burial will be in Reno Kansas She is survived by a daughter Miss Frieda Albritton of Kansas City Kansas and six sisters Hattie Mason of Kansas City Missouri Lucy Mason of Kansas City Kansas Fannie Diaz of Marsfield Oregon Nora James Hennessey of Oklahoma Pollie Hill and Rachel Elliott both of Lawrence
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Alice Elliott Albritton
Kansas City
Kan
Kentucky Street
Funk Chapel
J. N. Goddard
Reno
Albritton
Frieda Albritton
Hattie Mason
Lucy Mason
Fannie Diaz
Marsfield
Ore
Nora James Hennessey
Okla
Pollie Hill
Rachel Elliott
Lawrence
New Dean at Washburn
Tucson, Ariz. May 6. Dr. Lester W. Feezer, professor of law at the University of Arizona, resigns to become dean of Washburn college Topeka Kan law school next fall. He came to Arizona last September from South Dakota University. Feezer is the third Arizona law school professor to leave the University for a deanship.
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Tucson
Ariz
Lester W. Feezer
University of Arizona
Washburn College
Topeka
Kan
Arizona
South Dakota University
Feezer
Arizona Law School
Lindbergh Lands Speedy Plane at March Field California
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed his speedy pursuit plane at March Field California at 8:47 a m after a two hour flight from Winslow Arizona He will inspect aviation defenses and research facilities on the west coast for the war department
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March Field
Calif
Charles A. Lindbergh
Winslow
Ariz
Lindbergh
War Department
Cooperative refinery planned at Phillipsburg Kansas
President Howard A. Cowden of the Consumers Cooperative announces immediate construction of a cooperative refinery at Phillipsburg Kansas through the Cooperative Refinery Association, a subsidiary.
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Kansas City
Howard A. Cowden
Consumers Cooperative Association
Phillipsburg
Kan
The
Cooperative Refinery Association
Three Die In Collision With Train In Fayetteville
Three persons were killed in Fayetteville North Carolina when an Atlantic Coast Line freight train collided with a gasoline transport truck. The crash caused a fire burning nine boxcars four automobiles and two houses.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Cubs Defeat Dodgers 4 2 as Hartnett homers in finale
In Brooklyn on May 6 Vance Page held the Dodgers to six hits as the Chicago Cubs beat Brooklyn 4 to 2 in the series finale. Gabby Hartnett homered for Chicago in the fourth inning.
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Brooklyn
Vance Page
Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Gabby Hartnet
Cubs
Chicago
Brook
CCO
Page
Hartnett
Hamlin
Hutchinson
Phelps
Philadelphia
Legrant Scott
Merril May
Phillies
Pittsburgh
Mace Brown
Joe Bowman
Washington
Sera
Alexandra
Deshong
Warty
Knott
Dietrich
Herring
Silveathi
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Bees
Cincinnati
Bomtony Sn
Parmelee
Hayes
Marcum
Glenn
Boston
Detroit
Grove
Gil. Trout
Ork
Mattern Exhibition At Thayer Museum Highlights New Work
Professor Karl Mattern presents twenty two works at Thayer museum this month, with half watercolors. One piece already entered a Brooklyn Museum permanent collection. The show closes the department of painting's current year displays alongside Higgins watercolors and other notable American paintings from the period.
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Karl Mattern
Department of Painting
Thayer Museum
Mattern
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Facult
Eugene Higgins
Ratner Addresses B P W C On Women Civic Duty
Governor Payne Ratner told Kansas Business and Professional Women at their annual convention in Manhattan on May 6 that women as citizens bear a grave responsibility to help secure good government. He noted that voting rights give women experience and the right to demand participation in many business and commerce fields.
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Manhattan
Kan
Payne Rather
Kansas
House critics demand Wagner Act changes in Congress session
In Washington on May 6 critics of the Wagner labor relations act pledged to press for drastic changes and to fight to hold Congress in session. They made the stand after House leaders indicated they were avoiding a headlong confrontation during this session.
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Washington
UP House
Congress
House
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Root
Walter Bauer
American Medical Association
Pontiff
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Joe Williams
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Rasbach
Elgin Woody, Jr
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C. Henry
Guatemala City
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