Chinese Students Hear Hope For A New World
Paul Moritz, a Y M C A official, reports from Kweilin China on Kwangsi University. He describes crowded dorms, scarce books, no heat, and a cave shelter for air raids while students express courage and gratitude to American friends despite hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Paul Moritz
Kweilin
China
Moritz
national council of Y. M. C._A
Charles Schwiese
Topeka
Kwangsi_ University
Eee
Nanning
Kwangsi University
Wuchow
Tno
Ampus
America
Joint Senior Recital at Frank Stronghall Auditorium
A joint recital by two seniors in the school of fine arts will be held tonight at 8 in Frank Stronghall auditorium. Arlouine Goodjohn, soprano, and Eva Ruth Meinke, pianist, will perform a varied program with Robert Glotzbachs as pianist and Ruth Orcutt on second piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Fine Arts
Frank Stronghall
Arlouine Goodjohn
Joseph Wilkins
Eva Ruth Meinke
Ruth Orcutt
Robert Glotzbachs
Miss Orcutt
Doctor Allen to be interviewed on KCKN tonight
Dr. F C Allen chairman of physical education will be interviewed by Nelson Sullivan on KCKN Kansas City at 9 45 PM. Earlier he is to speak at a Washington Avenue Methodist Church dinner for high school junior college students and young businessmen on Sports and Sportsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Allen
Department of Physical Education
Nelson Sullivan
KCKN
Kansas City
Allen
Washington Avenue Methodist Church
Race Driver George Bailey Dies After Indy Practice Crash
Detroit racer George Bailey, 38, died at a hospital after being injured in a practice crash for the Indianapolis 500. He was taking part in preparations at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
May
George Bailey
Detroit
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Red Army Victory Report From War Games in Louisiana
Umpires ruled that lightning aerial thrusts at Mississippi river bridges and strategic points gained initial success for red invading forces in the Belrhetine war games held in Louisiana and Texas. The Vicksburg bridge saw considerable theoretical damage and the blue army was delayed in western Louisiana while attempting to repel the red advance from Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Mississippi River
KU Commencement Plan Highlights 1940 Events
The University of Kansas schedules 24 events for the June 7 to 10 commencement period. Key moments include the June 10 alumni meeting with William Allen White delivering the achievement address, and the June 9 baccalaureate and June 10 commencement at Memorial Stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
University of Kansas
School of Fine Arts
William Allen White
Emporia
Alumni Association
Harold G. Ingham
W. H. Schoene
Ruth E. Litchen
Maude Elliott
J. J. Kistler
Memorial Union Building
Alenand Association
Fraser Hall
William Ane White
University
Meteorite Union Building
Kansas
Fraser Theater
Spooner-Thayer Museum
Memorial Stadium
Next School Term Opens September 9 1940
The public school calendar approved by the board aligns with the University schedule. There will be 174 teaching days, with openings September 9 and a closing May 29 1941. Holidays include Thanksgiving recess November 27 to December 2 and Christmas recess December 20 to January 6 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Local boy wins YMCA plaster bust prize in Indianapolis
Heard in Lawrence reports Noble Devin, a Shortridge high school senior, won the plaster busts division prize at the YMCA hobby show in Indianapolis. He has won similar prizes in previous shows at the school. James Brass and J. W. Sanderson will attend a state weed meeting in Hays tomorrow. Intermittent heavy rains yield .13 inch by 3:30 PM with some hail across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Olmsted
Noble Devin
Shortridge High School
Indianapolis
Ind
Y.M.C.A
Noble
James Brass
J. W. Sanderson
Board of County Commissioners
Hays
Kansas Electric Power Company
School board approves 713000 for repairs on ten buildings
The board votes to spend 713000 this summer on ten school buildings. Liberty Memorial High School gets 3325 100 for roofing and heating fixes. Cordley and other schools follow with painting repairs plumbing and new room additions. Inspections by the buildings and grounds committee preceded the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High School
Auto Mechanics Shop
Cordley School
Central
Old High
New York
Woodlawn
Lincoln
McAllaster
Pinckney
W. H. Quakenbush
Theodore Astman
F. C. Whipple
Howard Sutherland
Clifford D. Dean
Fugitives From Larned State Hospital Go On Clean Get Away
May 7 reports say three escapees from Larned state hospital fled in a car and eluded posses across southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Sheriff A A Row, C H Beckitt, W A Thornburg, and J Knox led a multi county pursuit aided by state patrols. the auto is thought abandoned in Oklahoma badlands between Knowles and Sayre. Hospital supervisor Bill Barnes, held by fugitives until yesterday, said the men planned to swap cars to avoid pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodge City
Larned State Hospital
Kansas
Oklahoma
A. A. Row
Larned
Claude H. Beckitt
Greensburg
W. A. Thornburg
Liberal
Joe Knox
Buffalo
Okla
Beckett
Knowles
Sayre
Bill Barnes
All Church Supper Guest Speaker at Holton First Methodist
The Rev. Raymond Gilbreath, pastor of First Methodist Holton, will speak at the all church covered dish supper tomorrow evening. George Lowman will preside. Supper in social rooms at 6 30. Families to bring a covered dish and table service. Attendance urged as likely last spring meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Gilbreath
First Methodist
Holton
Gilbreath
George Lowman
Ninety-Five Die In Sandona City Hall Fire
Ninety five people perished in a blaze that engulfed the Sandona city hall near Pasto during a 100th anniversary event for General Santander, one of Colombia's founders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall of
Colombia
Pasto
Sandona
General Santander
Rice Meal Tonight At Union Aids Chinese Students
At least 300 people are expected for the Bowl of Rice supper at 6 30 in the Union building. Dr T Z Koo of the World Student Christian Federation will speak on China and present a Chinese flag from the Hong Kong Student Christian Union. The event will feature 138 student fundraisers, co chairs Charles Wright and Alice Ann Jones, and a free will offering. A post meal film The 400 000 000 on China will be shown in Fraser theater with Fredric March Narrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
T. Z. Koo
World Student Christian Federation
China
Charles Wright
Alice Ann Jones
J. R. Holmes
Lawrence
Ross Robertson
Bureau of Visual Education
Haskell Institute
Fraser Theater
Sun Yat Sen
Republic
Fredric March
Chamberlain Discusses Norway Campaign Failure
Prime Minister Chamberlain defended the Trondheim operation, blaming failed air bases and German reinforcements. He said the move was urged by Norway but acknowledged British losses were not large and Britain faced a greater threat than the public realizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Trondheim
Norway
Britain
Gallipoli
Typhoid Immunizations After Lab Incident At Watkins Hospital
Twenty eight students in the immunity class receive typhoid vaccines at Watkins hospital following illness of two classmates Galen Fields from Lawrence and Alexander Shifrin from Kansas City Missouri who contracted typhoid after handling an old bacillus culture in the bacteriology lab April 10 and 11 Dr N P Sherwood reports Shifrin nearly normal and Fields still ill but not seriously Mrs Eliot Blackwelder of Stanford University leaves with Mrs Paul Dinsmoor after a short visit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins Hospital
Galen Fields
Lawrence
Alexander Shifrin
Kansas City
N. P. Sherwood
Sherwood
New Bowling Champions Detroit
The Chicago Monarchs totaled 3047 pins on the tournament alleys April 18 and emerged today as team champions of the American Bowling Congress at Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chicago, Monarchs
American Bowling Congress
Saroyan Rejects Pulitzer Prize Money for Play
Intimates of William Saroyan in San Francisco say the writer will accept the Pulitzer Prize but decline the $1000 prize money. He refuses monetary awards in art and will fax his play The Time of Your Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
William Saroyan
Yankees Fall to Tigers as DiMaggio Returns to Outfield
In a 4 to 2 Detroit victory over the world champions, Joe DiMaggio returned to the Yankees' outfield but New York extended a four game losing streak. Lefty Harold Newhouser earned the win for Detroit while Benton and Tebbetts held the Yankees to two runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joe DiMaggio
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Harold Newhouser
Detroit
Newhouser
Benton
Tebbetts
Sandra
Hildebrand
Grissom
Dickey
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Lou Finney
Cleveland Indians
Grove
Altho
Hal Trosky
Rollie Hemsley
Cleveland
Oix
Naymick
Allen
Dobson
Harder
Eisenstat
Hemsley
Hash
Desautels
Chicago
Philadelphia
Knott
Apple
Tresh
Turner
Caster
Beckman
Husser
Wagner
Hayes
St. Louis
Washington
Auker
Swift
Hudson
Early
Brooklyn
Casey
Phelps
Padgett
Cincinnati
Lohrman
Joiner
Brown
Danning
Dolley Dies After Topeka Accident At 80
Joseph N. Dolley 80 longtime Kansas Republican leader and former bank commissioner died from injuries after being struck while crossing Topeka avenue near the statehouse. He authored the blue sky and bank guaranty laws and served as speaker of the house and state chairman. Funeral plans were not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Joseph N. Dolley
Topeka Avenue
Statehouse
Women’s Club
Dolley
Walter R. Stubbs
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Wabaunsee County
Fraternal Aids Union of
Lawrence
Kansas
Boston
Maplehill
G. D. Townsend
Kansas City
William Gerrish
San Francisco
Calif
State
United States
Dave Mulvane
Shawnee County
Republican Committee
Walter Roscoe Stubbs
Stubbs
Taxation talk cites a series of US court tax cases
Henry H. Asher, Lawrence attorney, told the Douglas County Bar Association last night that courts have split on tax exactions. He said larger companies fight invalid assessments while many individuals pay disputed taxes to avoid costly litigation, with the government bearing proof of tax validity. Guests included Kansas Supreme Court Justices Thiele and Smith and other Topeka officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Henry H. Asher
Lawrence
Douglas County Bar Association
Eldridge Hotel
Asher
Commission of Internal Revenue
Commission
Walter G. Thiele
William A. Smith
Supreme Court of Kansas
Mervin T. Sucher
I. J. Meade
W. C. Simons
Eldon Wallingford
Topeka
Rainy Kansas Atmosphere Brings Storms and Losses
Central and eastern Kansas face scattered thundershowers with cooler air tomorrow. Plainville reports 3.60 inches, Stockton 0.98 and Alt on 1.05. hail bursts ruin crops and washouts close Highway 18. Rainfall eases by tomorrow as temperatures rise toward late week normals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Ucps
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Northcentral
Plainville
Rooks County
Stockton
Alton
Osborne County
Union Pacific Railroad
Natoma
Phillipsburg
Concordia
Hanover
Flora
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Missouri
T K E s Take Option on Tennessee Street House
Tau Kappa Epsilon, newly organized at K U, will occupy the Acacia house at 1541 Tennessee street under an oral agreement with owner Mrs. J E Hutt. The pact is described as a contract to purchase with occupancy beginning September 1 and a later option to buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tau Kappa Epsilon
K.U
Acacia Fraternity
Tennessee Street
J. E. Hutt
Penalty Tariffs Removed on Italian Silk Goods
The treasury removed penalties on most Italian silk products including woven materials velvets ribbons tulles crepes knit goods and hosiery. The move follows state department requests to improve Italo American relations and reverts to normal tariff duties after last Augusts special duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
State Department
Italy
Parole Granted for Former KU Student in Stolen Property Case
A parole was granted yesterday afternoon by Judge Hugh Means after Reuben Brown pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property and was sentenced to Hutchinson state industrial school. Raymond Phelps faced a manslaughter trial stemming from the March 7, 1959 auto crash near town that killed Bernard and Mrs. Brown of Chanute. the state had not finished its evidence at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben’ Brown
University of Kansas
Kansas City
Brown
Hutchinson
Hugh Means
Raymond Phelps
Phelps
Bernard Brown
Chanute
U S to Sign Convention for Inter American Bank
Sumner Welles acting secretary of state announced the United States would sign Friday the convention creating an inter American bank. The move aligns U S policy with the new regional financial institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Sumner Welles
Inter- American Bank
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
Edward William Soxman 66 died at home on 1204 Connecticut. Funeral at Rumsey Funeral Home Wednesday at 1 pm. burial in Lyndon cemetery. Survived by wife Ida, sons Glenn Joe Floyd, daughter Lucille Nelson, four grandchildren, five brothers, and a sister. Also listed are Joseph F. Cort age 47 who died in Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Washington Creek Church service Thursday at 2 pm, burial Washington Creek cemetery. Spruce S. Woodruff 78 died after illness. services Wednesday at 3 pm at Barnett Funeral Home Baldwin. burial Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by wife, two daughters Theo Harrison and Jean Young, two sons W. P. Woodruff and Otto Woodruff, nine grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Mrs Lorinda Jane Gay died Monday at daughter Ella Thorne’s home 1036 New Hampshire street from Church of Christ Gardiner Kan. Burial Wednesday at 3 pm. Also noted are Mary E. Kelly Ward death notice from Billings Mont and surviving relatives including Charles A. Whedon and Emma Howell of Lawrence. burial was in Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward William Soxman
Connecticut Street
Rumsey
Frederick Litchman
Chanute
Lyndon Cemetery
Soxman
Ida E. Soxman
Glenn Soxman
Joe Soxman
Lawrence
Floyd Soxman
Lucille Nelson
Howard
Kan
Joseph Soxman
Salt Lake City
Utah
E. G. Soxman
Emma Burnette
Lyndon
Joseph F. Cort
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Washington Creek
Washington Creek Cemetery
Spruce S. Woodruff
Baldwin
Barnett
C. W. Bailey
Oakwood Cemetery
Theo Harrison
Jean Young
Kansas City
W. P. Woodruff
Lorinda Jane Gay
Ella Thorne
New Hampshire Street
Church of Christ In
Gardner
Mary E. Kelly Ward
Mary E. Kelley
Billings
Mont
T. S. Whedon
Charles A. Whedon
Emma Howell
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Issa
Inner
Ariel
Purcell
Alfred Moffat
Bach
Frank LaForge
Paisiello
Miss Goodjohn
Bach- Siloti
Paderewski
Miss Meinke
Schubert
Schumann
DR. Allen
RED Army
Hoch Auditorium
Lawrence Country Club
Iaoe Union
Eta of '40
Alvan Fraculty
Marvin Hall
Orch Chapter
Mortar Board
Fowler Grove
Agincting Union Building
John Charles Schroeder
Yale University
Eliot Blackwelder
Stanford University
Cal
Paul Dinsmoor
Dinsmoor
Areosia Tee Phillips
J.N. Dolley
Wichita
Deoa City
Tennessee Street House
Schulz Blackenatth
Reuben Brown
M. C. Manley
Gene Glahn
N. A. Endacott
Duco
DU Pont
Eavern
Burgner-Bowman- Matthews
LBR. CO
Mass
Hemphill Bldg
Rumsey Funeral Home
Indiana
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