Mayer Tops the Pay List for 1939 Executives
Louis B. Mayer led America's highest paid executives with 697 048 dollars as managing director of production for Loew's Inc. This report, drawn from annual corporation reports to the securities commission, also lists Eugene G. Grace, George W. Hill and others with high remuneration. The piece notes many incomes from investments exceed salaries.
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Washington
Louis B. Mayer
America
Loew’s, Inc
Securities Commission
Mayer
Loew’s
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
George W. Hill
American Tobacco Company
Treasury
Hunt Stromberg
Loew's
Nicholas M. Schenck
W. C. Fields
Deanna Durbin
Universial Pictures Company, Inc
Paul M. Bahn
Vincent
International Nickel Company of Canada, Ltd
Harry W. Bracy
Kroger Grocery & Baking Company
Bing Crosby
Universal Pictures
First Baptist Church Elects Officers For New Year
The First Baptist church congregation elected officers and reported a prosperous year with all current accounts and benevolences paid. Rev. Charles Thomas noted 34 students from Indian white and Chinese groups baptized during the year.
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First Baptist Church
Charles Thomas
Felows
W. C. Simons
Elmer Dougan
Odell Wiley
R. Q. Brewster
C. B. Cunningham
Theodore Wiley
G. M. Tillotson
H. HH
Lesar
C. Maynard Fox
Lee McCain
Winnie Macon
Paul Winter
Wade Pierce
Will Gorrill
Arthur Dougan
Roy Houser
Phil Cato, Jr
Bruce Wilder
Joseph Newman
N. C. Johnson
John Barber
H. W. Keene
C. V. Leigh
Mabel Mallory
George Schell
Virginia Teter
Walter McCorkill
Lillian Phillips
Florence Allen
G. E. Cadwell
R. E. Whitla
John Barer
Christian Education Committee
L.E. Sisson
Virginia C. Wilder
Louise Towne
W. H. Andrews
D. A. Blymn
W. A. Churchill
W. T. Courtney
Alice Davis
Alice Horton
Eva.Horton
P. P. Lester
Virginia. Teter
S. E. Wampler
Elizabeth Davis
W. R. Stiner
Dolph Simons
H. H. Lesar
Mra
Frank Strong
Ruth Cadwell
Boy Scout Committee
Howard E. Koelb
Harry Westergren
Leroy Jones
School of Religion
H ¥. Jordan
Ninth Street Baptist Church Musical Program Tonight
A program at Ninth Street Baptist Church features violinist Leroy W Robbins baritone Lorenzo Fuller and Rev R G Woods on double bass. Robbins a KU and University of Michigan music graduate studied with Gelich Aschenbrenner and Besekirsky. Fuller is among KU’s top graduates this year and Woods is an accomplished musician with Daisy Tucker as accompanist.
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Leroy W. Robbins
Lorenzo Fuller
R. G. Woods
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Bbins
K. U. School of Music
University of Michigan
Waldemar Gelich
Walter Aschenbrenner
Chicago
Wassily Besekirsky
Michigan
Fuller
Judy Garland May Announce Engagement at Big Party
Hollywood gossip says Judy Garland may announce an engagement at a June 10 party. Songwriter Dave Rose, who gifted her ring, is seen as the presumptive fiancé.
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Judy
Garland
Hollywood
Judy Garland
Deanna Durbin
Dave Rose
Initiation Planned for 16 Pledges at Memorial Union
Community notices show 16 pledges named for initiation at 4:30 pm in the Old English room of the Memorial Union, with detailed list of participants including Jane Newcomer and Claudine Scott. Open house celebrates Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Marshall's fiftieth wedding anniversary on Sunday May 11 from 2 to 6 pm at their DeSoto-area farm home.
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Jay Janes
Memorial Union
Jane Newcomer
Kansas City
Claudine Scott
Topeka
Martha Fairhurst
Virginia Gsell—Clathe
Mary McVey
Marilyn Wheatley
Seneca
Lily Rose Lyons
Lawrence
Mary Jo Cox
Atwood
Joy Miller
Wichita
Betty Lou Perkins
Gardner
Caroline Baker
Regina Allen
Meda Ga
Ernest L. Marshall
DeSoto
Local society notes and club events from the community
Arthur Lawrence and Mrs. Bill Cochran tied for third prize at a local event. Women’s Relief Corps No. 9 hosts an all day quilting at the American Legion hall with a noon luncheon. Hesper Farm Bureau met with Mrs. O D Dunlap. eight members and two guests attended. termite works discussed. cupboard making shown. Planned sewing machine clinic June 8. members to bring sewing machine heads. Phi Chi Delta held Rose banquet at Wiedemann’s honoring spring graduates. lists of seniors and attendees. Mrs Charles Young to host Monday Sewing club luncheon. Bridge winners at Mr and Mrs Ivan Rowe home: Hurwitz and Cohen first. Casey and Prouts second. Birth announcements at Memorial hospital for several families. Sunflower 4-H meets Friday at Barker school. Dinner bridge set for Josts Saturday. C A O club to meet at 1023 Kentucky. tributes to mothers via roll call. Monshowers on Rhode Island Street mentioned.
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Hesper Farm Bureau
O. D. Dunlap
Vera Morgan
Ruth Weer
Gus Gabriel
Visiting relatives and local ties in Lawrence area
Mr and Mrs Frank Strong longtime Lawrence merchant now cafe operator in Valley City N D visit for a few days Also Clyde Constant of Dallas Tex visits his Lawrence parents J T Constant and others Hovey Hanna family return from Tyler Tex after the death of Mrs E P McKenna Funeral services held there Evelyn Strong Claassen Ithaca N Y daughter of the late Frank Strong was noted for context line of local families and movements
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Frank Strong
Lawrence
Valley City
N. D
Strong
Lawrence Board of Education
Clyde S. Constant
Dallas
Tex
Constant
J. T. Consant
Hovey Hanna
Mary Tudor
H. H. Hanna
Tyler
E. P. McKenna
Evelyn Strong Claassen
Ithaca
N. Y
Frank
KU Chancellor Strong to Attend Class of 1917 Reunion
Former KU chancellor from 1902 to 1917 writes of attending the seventy fifth anniversary reunion for the class of 1917 during June five to nine. She serves as secretary of her class. Mrs C E Friend will attend an all day meeting of the Woman's Republican club in Eureka tomorrow. Mrs R C Rutter returns from a three month California trip visiting Los Angeles Berkeley and San Francisco. Her sister and husband Mr and Mrs J W Blair of Russell Kan accompany them as far as Wichita for visits. Mr and Mrs Marion Bruce and daughter Mrs C Kent of Des Moines Iowa stop in Lawrence en route to Stillwater Oklahoma to visit Mrs Bruce's brother Judge W H Wilcox. Bruce formerly published the Rolfe Daily of Rolfe Iowa. Mrs Clara Messenheimer returns after a three week Denver visit with Dr and Mrs Myron Messenheimer and accompanied Lieut and Mrs Clifford Messenheimer to Mare Island California. Mrs Chamney returns to Lawrence.
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Berkeley
San Francisco
J. W. Blair
Russell
Kan
Wichita
Marion Bruce
C. Kent
Des Moines
Lawrence
Dick Bradley
Stillwater
Okla
Bruce
W. H. Wilcox
Rolfe Daily
Rolfe
Clara Messenheimer
Myron Messenheimer
Denver
Colo
Harold Chamney
Clifford Messenheimer
Mare Island
Calif
Chamney
Flashes of Life tip to quiet a noisy puppy
Dr. Lyndon Potter advises placing a loud alarm clock in the puppy's box to soothe yowling dogs at night by simulating company. In Waterbury a 64 year old retired trolley motor man found work as a factory gateman, the only requirement being stamina for long hours.
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Penn Yan
N. Y
Lyndon Potter
Waterbury, Conn
State Employment Service
Happy Ending for Fan as Doubleheader Ends Early
A Kansas City observer, Frank E. Smith, endured a dark day watching his favored baseball team lose the first game of a doubleheader and then depart after a similar second defeat, finding little joy in the afternoon.
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Kansas City
Frank E. Smith
Lightning Strikes Man Then False Fire Alarm Ignites Mystery
Lightning struck a man on the sidewalk as he rushed to his car and a tree fell onto the vehicle, knocking him unconscious. Police were told the man described the events before a radio report indicated his house burned, later found to be a false alarm.
Derby Dilemma Hits Charles City Soap Box Derby
National defense orders have disrupted Charles City Iowa's annual soap box derby by canceling eight wheel and axle sets for the competing vehicles. A manufacturing company cited material reallocation to defense work as the reason for the cancellations.
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Charles City
National Defense
Remember Mother with Lasting Gifts from Shimmons Shop
Advertisement urges readers to honor mothers with keepsakes from Shimmons Shop, promoting a selection of lasting gifts for a thoughtful tribute.
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Shimmons Shop
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Church of Christ
Lafe James
Clinton Park
W.L. James
Keith Grant
Clyde James
Fred Stumbo
Bill James
Velma Stumbo
Vernon James
Helen Stumbo
John Frost
L. D. Fraser Delmar Frost
Henry Bruce
Clayton Frost
Olita Bruce
Edith Mitchell
Patricia Bruce
Earl Mitchell - Philip Overbaugh
Ruth Mitchell
Lena Overbaugh
Doris Mitchell
Lynn McGee
John Richardson
Paul McGee
Marjorie Fox Lee
Roy McGee
John Phillips
B. T. Bawcom
Don Grant
James
P. P. Dillon
Connecticut Street
Niotas Club
Charles B. Lowe
Frank E. Jones
Delta Upsilon Auxiliary
University of Kansas
J. J. Jakosky
West Eleventh Street
Ss. L. Terwilliger
Eben Glasgow
Kenneth Landes
Harry Treworgy
Emmett Smith
Harry Shepard
Edwin Stansbury
Taylor-Neview
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Arthur Lawrence
Bill Cochran
Women’s Relief Corps No. 9
American Legion Hall
Phi Chi Delta
Presbyterian Church Sorority
Wiedemann's
Dorothy Ansdell
Ruth Yeomana
Jean Dooley
Evelyn Gore
Ruth Gibson
Lillian Tuttle
Eula Rae Kerr
Ethel Wristen
Grace Oishi
Marjorie Whitle Selda Paulk Donne Hunt
Esther Tippin Delma Oyler
Juanita Austin
Vorine Woleslager
Florence Brown
Anna Olinger
Ruth Moritz
Colia Morrison
Rosemary Reazin
J. F. Kell
Joyce Wiesselman
Evelyn Emil Jane Yount
Eustace
Jane Ansdell
W. P. Reazin
Georgia Lundrigan
Uttley
Jean Taylor
G. H. Ansdell
Charles Young
Colonial
Ivan Rowe
S. W. Hurwitz
Herman Cohen
Warren Casey
Ralph Prouts
Ben Barteides
Kentucky Street
Memorial Hospital
Olen B. Roark
Learnard, Avenue
Sunflower 4-H Club
Barker School
Mrs. Martin Jost
C.A.0. Club
Louise Baker
Richard Monshower
Rhode Island Street
Helena
Swope
Virginia LY
Eldridge Hotel
Mass
Rollins
Haynes’ & Keene
Drake Ko
Drake
Nunn Bush
Nunn-Bush
Ankle Taski
Osher
Edgerton Shoes
Amo
Viother’s
Kansas Electric Power
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