Details of farm payment program outlines second 1936 aid
Local officials announce the second soil conservation payment for 1936 based on farm soil building activities. Payments vary by practice from 5 per acre for tree planting to 1 per acre for strip cropping and similar methods with many legume and grass options. Meetings to sign worksheets will be held May 13 and 14 in various townships.
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New Soil Conservation Program
Kansas
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Palmyra
Willow Springs
Palmyra Township
Vinland Grange
Wakarusa
Number Six
Kanwaka
Eudora Township
Eudora
Grant Township
White
Lecompton
Clinton Township
Clinton
Black Jack
Marion
Neal
Venzke Defends 1500m Crown in Meet Record Time
Cambridge May 9 Gene Venzke of Pennsylvania easily won the I C 4A 1500 meters title at Harvard leading top harvard athlete Alex North with a 50 yard victory and clocking 3 minutes 52.6 seconds a new meet record and 1.4 seconds under Bill Bonthron's I C 4A mark from 1933.
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Cambridge
Mass
Gene Venzke
Pennsylvania
S. C
Alex North- Top
Harvard
Bill Bonthron
Test Your Knowledge Seven Quick Questions From Classifieds
Test Your Knowledge asks seven questions from the classified page about ships between wind and water hydrogen discovery Antioch College the novel Bad Girl the term betel a leading Victorian poet Hyde Park Roman numerals 1985 the Sacco Vanzetti judge the island of Trinidad Seth Thomas clock company church calendar Exodus second book of Moses Lemaitre Chugach National Forest excommunication time science Kate Smith real name illiteracy and The Comedy of...
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Antioch College
Hyde Park
Island
Trini
Seth Thomas
Francois Elie Jules Lemaitre
Chugach National Forest
Kate Smith
Lawrence High Woodwind Quartet Grabs Second Division
Lawrence Memorial high school woodwind quintet placed in the second division at the Mid Western Band festival yesterday afternoon. Judges delayed the final decision until last night after a very close competition in woodwind and brass ensembles. Members: Betty Bridges French horn Samsou Smart oboe Jeanne Moyer bassoon Bob Pine clarinet Margaret Hyde flute. First division went to Neodesha. in brass ensembles Scottsbluff Nebraska led, Emporia placed second.
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Lawrence Memorial High School
Lawrence
Betty Bridges
Samsou Smart
Jeanne Moyer
Bob Pine
Margaret Hyde
Neodesha
Scottsbluff, Neb
Emporia
Veteran KU Anglers Tell Hard Luck Yarn at Rock Creek
News from the University of Kansas era recounts 16 years of unlucky angling by Dean Henry Werner and Prof. G. W. Stratton. A rare catch occurred a two pound bass out of season, which they released back into Rock Creek. Also notes campus trivia on a Manila tag on a car, a one club golfer, a marching contest mishap, dance mud footprints, and a new editor for the Kansas Engineer magazine, Margaret Wheeler.
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Rock Creek
Henry Werner
University of Kansas
G. W. Stratton
Chemistry
Dean Werner
Professor Stratton
Lawrence
Stratton
Deaths and Funerals Wilton Dabney Grant
Wilton Dabney Grant fourteen year old India school student died Friday night at Memorial hospital after pneumonia. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 PM from Funk chapel with Rev Carter Harrison in charge. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs D Grant a sister Betty Lou a twin brother Arthur D Grant all at 945 East Nineteenth street grandparents Mr and Mrs A W Phillips and an aunt Mrs Fannie Conley Lawrence.
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Wilton Dabney - Grant
Wilton Dabney Grant
The
India School
Memorial Hospital
Funk Chapel
Carter Harrison
D. Grant
Betty Lou
Arthur D. Grant
East Nineteenth Street
A. W. Phillips
Fannie Conley
Lawrence
Glee Club of 1926 to Have Reunion at Commencement
More than 40 members of the Kansas University Men’s Glee Club of 1926, which placed third nationally, will return for its tenth anniversary to sing at baccalaureate services and the alumni dinner. Director T A Larremore, now in Jamaica New York, proposed the reunion with Ray Wright of Lawrence as arrangements chairman. Forty six members plan to attend, arriving June 5 and rehearsing June 6, with performances June 7 and the alumni dinner the following day.
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T. A. Larremore
Jamaica
New York
Glee Club
Ray Wright
Lawrence
Kansas
Jerusalem
Lawren
F. M. Ayers
Florence
Ala
W.H. Swisher
Lyons
Gilbert Caswell
Terre Haute
Ind
Melvin Geist
Mon~tices
Ark
Marvin Hall
Great Bend
Lloyd Ruppenthal
McPherson
Ted Owen
Emporia
J. Curtis Starr
Tonkawa
Ohls
John Barstow
Manhattan
R. FP. Smith
Cape Girardeau
O.H. Tull
Denver
Calo
A.D. Courtnex
Almena
FE. A. Fry
Independence
R. B. Fretz
Arkansas City
R. R
Wellsville
A. C. Ogden
Minne- Minn
I. L. Roberts
Cameron
H. C. Davis
Schenectady
N.Y
R. R. Durand
Bartlesville
Okla
Harry McKeever
Enid
Wiliam O Rice
Chicago, Il
Story
St Joseph
F. R. Wilcox
Atehi- Son
New Zeppelin Sets Westward Flight Record From Germany
Hindenburg crossed to the United States in 61 hours 53 minutes, landing at Lakehurst after a Jersey coast drift and inland approach. The voyage beat the old ZR-3 time, with Dr. Eckener predicting a 45 to 46 hour eastward return. Earlier Graf Zeppelin held a 54 hour lighter-than-air record.
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Hindenburg
Jersey
Lakehurst
Naval Base
Friedrichshafen
Atlantic
Germany
Los Angeles
Eckener
Mass Band Concert at University of Kansas Auditorium
The 450 piece mass band performs at the Midwest Band Festival with works by Sibelius Bach Wagner Handel and Bachman led by conductors Russell Wiley and Walter Bell along with choirs and a final performance of the Star Spangled Banner and America. Dr. Edwin Franko Goldman conducts the finale.
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University of Kansas
Handel
Schumann
America
A Message to Garcia stars Berry in Marine deserter role
In Dickinson Wallace Berry leads the film adaptation of Elbert Hubbard s essay and Andrew S Rowan s book with John Boles Barbara Stanwyck and Alan Hale. Berry portrays a Marine deserter who sells sawdust bullets to Cuban and Spanish forces before the Spanish American War as Lieut Rowan carries a message from President McKinley to General Garcia amid perilous mission obstacles. Stanwyck adds romantic intrigue while Hale grounds the villainy. Former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm sent Mussolini a telegram of congratulations on East Africa victory.
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Wallace Berry
Garcia
Elbert Hubbard
Andrew S. Rowan
John Boles
Lieut
Rowan
Barbara Stanwyck
Berry
U. S. Marine Corps
Lieut. Rowan
McKinley
Miss Stanwyck
Alan Hale
Kansas A P Meeting Highlights From Journal World Report
A Journal World reporter recapped the Kansas Associated Press meeting in Kansas City with Byron Price noting political reporting is hard work. Publishers voted to assess extra funds for primary and election coverage while Wilson Hicks outlined plans for more reader engaging miscellany. George Longan discussed rapid news and image delivery since Wirephoto, and attendees commented on rain in the dust bowl.
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Journal-World
Kansas Associated Press
A. P
George Longan
Kansas City Star
Dust Bowl
Lester Combs
Parsons Sun
K. U
Oscar Stauffer
Arkansas City
Lardon
Muehlebach
Tom Pendercast
Tom
Clad Thompson
Starbeams
Roy Roberts
Hig Star
Fred Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
Roy
M. A
Bill White
Washington
Bill
Frank Matz
Hays Daily News
Matz
K. A
Kansas City
American Medical Association
Debate at K U Caps KU Season in Weather Review
About 50 people attended a no verdict debate at the University of Kansas on Roosevelt’s re election in the California versus Kansas contest. California's team was Richard Rathbun Harley Spitler with Myer Kuhn and Morris Herwig as manager. Kansas was represented by Martin Maloney and Sam Molby with Donald Hults as judge. Debaters stayed at the Beta Theta Pi house and headed to St Louis tonight to face Washington University.
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California
Kansas
Roosevelt
K.U
Richard Rathbun
Harley Spitler
Myer Kuhn
Morris Herwig
Martin Maloney
Sam Molby
Donald Hults
Lawrence
Beta Theta Pi
St. Louis
Washington University
Travelers Rescued After Blizzard Strands Passengers
More than 150 travelers were stranded on the Raton pass overnight as a blizzard dumped snow and bitter cold. Rescuers with snowplows reached the group late yesterday, bringing motorists bus passengers and truckers to hotels homes and tourist camps. Some headed to Trinidad Colorado, while others were taken to safety on the New Mexico side. Several vehicles were abandoned in deep drifts and the highway remained closed to traffic.
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Raton
N. M
Raton Pass
Trinidad
Colo
Kansas State College Opens Dual Meet With K U
The Kansas State College track team started the annual dual meet at Memorial Stadium with a three way dead heat in the mile run among Redfield Wheelock and Swear. Time 4 minutes 40.9 seconds. Nixon Wane Sax State won the 440 yard dash with Greene second and Rooke of Kansas State third. Richardson KK won the 100 yard dash with For Rob Schnitz of Kansas State placing second and third respectively. The track was soft from rain.
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Kansas State College
K. U
Memorial Stadium
Aggie
Redfield
Wheelock
Swear
Kansas State
Nixon
Wanesax State
Greene
Rooke
Richardson
Rob
Schnitz
Roy Duver Held on Fraud Charge in Lincoln Neb
A complaint in Donald S. Hults justice court charges Roy Duver with obtaining money under false pretenses for selling Kelly Allen a cash register in June 1935 that the National Cash Register company held a $47.50 chattel mortgage on. Word from Lincoln says Duver is held there on the warrant. Sheriff Fred Vogler plans to go to Lincoln tomorrow to secure him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Duver
Justice Court
Donald S. Hults
Kelly Allen
Duver
Allen
National Cash Register Company
Lincoln
Neb
Dover
Fred Vogler
Bankers Offer Prizes On Answer to Six Questions
The Kansas Bankers Association through its customer and public relations committee announces a contest for Lawrence high school students. Open May 11 to May 20. prizes of 7.50, 5, and 2.50. Six banking questions limit answers to 50 words each and are tied to banking services bonds cash safety income and bank safety.
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Lawrence High School
Kansas Bankers Association
Marston McClugeage
Show Of German Art Exhibits At University
More than 100 etchings woodcuts and lithographs by prominent German artists will be shown in the design department room 320 West Administration building from May 9 to 19. The Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation organizes the exhibit to foster cultural ties between Germany and the United States. Featured artists include Liebermann Corinth Kollwitz Beckmann Nolde Kokoschka Heckel Kirchner and Lehmbruck among others. a Durer collection appears in room 314. Miss Yvonne Johnson, representative of the foundation, will discuss the works with groups and classes. Open to the public Sundays 2 to 5 and weekdays 9 to 5.
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Department of Design
West Administration Building
Carl Schurz
Max Liebermann
Lovis Corinth
Max Slevoet
Emil Orlik
Kaethe Kollwitz
Karl Hofer
Max Pechtein
Max Beckmann
Emil Nolde
Oskar Kokoschka
Erich Heckel
E. L. Kirchner
Renee Sintenis
Ernst Barlach
George Kolbe
Willi
Lehmbruck
Carnegie
Pittsburgh
Albrecht, Duerer
Repairs on West Ninth street cable break progress
Utilities crew from Southwestern Bell fixed an underground cable on West Ninth street with only six or seven phones out. Repairs began at noon and were to finish late today or by tomorrow morning. A NYA radio broadcast May 11 from 10 to 10:30 p m features Emery Scott script and Clyde Bysom orchestra under Mrs. Ralph Wolfson. Pinckney school assembly presented a year’s activity summary led by Miss Ann Alexander. Mr and Mrs Walter H King, injured in a wreck last Sunday, remain in Memorial hospital. Mr King suffers a fractured vertebra. Mrs Leona McCord of Leeds, Mo, hospitalized with minor injuries after a ditching on Highway 40 near Reno. The couple riding with her were picked up by Kansas City residents. others unharmed.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
West Ninth Street
Douglas County
The
National Youth Administration
Emery Scott
Clyde Bysom
Ralph Wolfson
NYA
Walter H. King
Memorial Hospital
Leona McCord
Leeds
Highway 4
Reno
Presentation of Flags at G A R Meeting Today
Ladies of the G A R awarded flags at Veterans Hall at 3 15 this afternoon. Three fifth grade students John Kapfer Cordley Ruth Anderson New York and Betty Jane Day Woodlawn received flags for an essay on How a Fifth Grade Boy or Girl Can Show Respect to the Flag. Jimmie Murray Pinckney earned honorable mention. The children presented the flags to their schools. Reverend Charles A Puls spoke for the city library flag, unusually large in size, as Girl Scout troop No 1 led by Mrs Karl Kreider sang.
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G.A.R
Veterans Hall
Vermont Street
John Kapfer
Cordley
Ruth Anderson
New York
Betty Jane Day
Woodlawn
Jimmie Murray
Pinckney
Charles A. Puls
City Library
Karl Kreider
Injury Soreness After Tractor Accident Near Belvoir
Art Gaines, 46, farmer near Belvoir, sustained a severe lower right thigh injury when a tractor wheel ran over his leg. He was taken to Memorial Hospital around 9 p.m. with flesh torn from the back of his thigh. Doctors fear infection despite precautions. farm hand Francis Kennedy assisted, and Gaines remains in guarded condition.
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Art Gaines
Belvoir
Memorial Hospital
M. T. Sudler
Sadler
Gaines
Francis Kennedy
Kennedy
Russell Woodward
Interfraternity sing slated Sunday at University auditorium
Nine entrants vie for Phi Mu Alpha music plaque as Russ Worman announces the lineup list includes Phi Delta Theta Ross Robertson Kappa Sigma Clyde Smith Phi Kappa Psi Dana Durand Beta Theta Pi Bob Burtis Sigma Chi Les Reed Delta Upsilon Gene Lloyd Sigma Alpha Epsilon John Paul Sigma Nu Louis Maser Delta Tau Jack Moore Alpha Delta Pi directed by Margaret Alice Pope will perform three songs plus I am a Jayhawk. Judges include Prof. Wilkins Bratton Preyer and Crafton with Crafton as master of ceremonies. Alpha Delta Pi also makes three songs and won last November while Phi Delta Theta won last year’s fraternity sing with Sigma Chi second and Beta Theta Pi third. The plaque stays with the winner for one year.
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Phi Mu Alpha
University
Russ Worman
Phi Delta Theta
Ross Robertson
Kappa Sigma
Clyde Smith
Phi Kappa Psi
Dana Durand
Beta Theta Pi
Bob Burtis
Sigma Chi
Les Reed
Delta Upsilon
Gene Lloyd
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
John Paul
Sigma Nu
Louis Maser
Delta Tau
Jack Moore
Joseph F. Wilkins
K. U
Karl Bratton
Baker University
Carl Preyer
Allen Crafton
Alpha Delta Pisorority
Margaret Alice Pope
Senior Recital Monday by Zonella Emerson Soprano
Miss Zonella Emerson of Topeka a KU senior soprano from the studio of Miss Meribah Moore presents a recital Monday at 8 pm in the Administration building auditorium. She will perform German French Italian and English songs and is joined by pianist George Trovilla who accompanies two pieces from Gluck Friedman and Von Weber. Open to the public free of charge.
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Zonella Emerson
Topeka
Meribah Moore
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
Emerson
Phillips University
Enid
Okla
K. U
Mu Phi Epsilon
Music Sorority
Westminster A Cappella Choir
Womon's Glee Club
George Trovilla
Trovilla
Gluck- Friedman
von Weber
Western Creaks Up Stream Near Scott City
Beaver creek north of Scott City Kansas rose from heavy rain since Thursday causing road closures. White Woman creek spread from the Kansas Colorado border to a basin south of town. Garden City road blocked. The Republican river near Superior Nebraska rose briefly flooding land and a bridge at Red Cloud before receding.
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Scott City
Kan
Beaver Creek
Here
Kansas-Colorado
Garden City
Superior
Neb
Republican
Nebraska
Kansas
Red Cloud
Crowder and Orr Guests Visit Kansas Friends
Crowder family hosts and visits with relatives from Lawrence Rupert Idaho and Winter. Mr Orr stays at Crowder home for the week as J M Crowder and F L Orr attend a golden wedding anniversary in Brackett and call on the Merces in Lawv.
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Henry Collins
Lawrence
W. S. Collins
O. W. Orr
F. 4. Orr
Rupert
Idaho
J. M. Crowder
Orr
Crowder
C. C. Potter
Jane
Kenneth
Beryl
Lyle and
Stacey
Walter Grammar
F. L. Orr
J. S. Emmett
Kanwaka
Mr. Orr
Wheat prices rise and fall in Kansas City grain market
Market notes from Kansas City in May report 62 wheat cars with mixed upticks and declines. No. 2 dark hard nominal 81.91 to 103, No. 3 nominal.
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Kansas City
May
Closa
Bbsay
Ares Jane
Wheat and livestock market report with mixed futures
A market recap covering Chicago Wheat futures with May and July bids and varying percentages, plus notes on rye oats and barley. It reports Kansas City hogs and cattle through Thursday, with receipts and price drops on held offers, and weekly cattle and sheep trends including weights, stockers, feeders, and lambs with modest changes.
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Chicago
Wall Street Advances Amid Caution Over French Crisis
Stocks rose fractionally led by J I Case Du Pont Philip Morris and General Motors while bonds weakened except French obligations which fell sharply. Wheat steadied and Western Union reported strong first quarter profits. Federal Reserve remarks and unemployment talks drew attention as market watchers weighed France’s financial crisis and potential gold export embargos.
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Wall Street
New York
Har & (Ap
J. I. Case
du Pont
Philip _Morris
Continental Can
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Allied Chemical
Chrysler
Serrs Roebuck
Western Union
American Smelting
Anaconda
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Southern Pacific
Republic
Errles
Federal Reserve System
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Venzke
Easterner
Lawrence High Quartet
Manila, P. I
George Snyder
Snyder
City Water Department
Haskell Stadium
Russell L. Wiley
Wiley
Rudy D. Garrett
Kansas Engineer
School of Engineering
Margaret Wheeler
School of Architecture
Miss Wheeler
NEW Zeppelin
Finlandia
Tone Feem
Sibelius
Mr. Bachman
J. H. Bell
Harold “Bachman
Dunedin
Araren
Alford
Ansell
Walter
Ewe
Finlaman
New World Symphony
Dickinson
Rome
Friedrich Wilhelm
Fedex
Mussolini
East Africa
A. P. Meeting
Lincoln, Neb
Foundation
Yvonne Johnson
Pinckney School
Ann Alexander
G. A
Bel Voir
Arizonas
Masa
First National Bank
Lawrence, Kansas
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peoples State Bank
Massachusetts
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