Bartle to Speak to High School Graduates
H Roe Bartle of Kansas City Missouri will address Liberty Memorial high school graduates on Friday May 26 Principal Neal M Wherry announced. Bartle a lawyer and active community leader has led Boy Scouts Rotary and charity campaigns and served as Alpha Phi Omega national president since 1930 He owns farms in Illinois and Missouri and is a director of several Midwest corporations.
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H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
Boy Scouts
Rotary
Liberty Memorial High School
Neal M. Wherry
Bartle
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Allied Charities
Girl Scouts
Boys’ Club of
Rotary International
Nice
France
International Boys’ Work and
Chana
Ill
Osceola
Alpha Phi Omega
Heart of America
Americanegion
American Legion
Mid-Western
America
Virginia
Fork Union Military Academy
Fork Union
Hamilton College
University of Chattanooga
8. D. Bartle
First Presbyterian Church of
Richmond
Maverick Returns as San Antonio Mayor
Maury Maverick, once a garrulous congressman, is installed as San Antonio’s mayor after a decisive win. In a swift concession, incumbent C. K. Quin quipped about being run over by stampeding mavericks, while Maverick promises a practical, no-nonsense approach.
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Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Tex
GPI
Rand
Texas
Maverick
C. K. Quin
Congress
Student’s car stolen from lot near Friend Lumber
A 1989 Chevrolet sedan owned by the father of Rex Darnall, a University of Kansas student from Kansas City, was stolen from behind Friend Lumber last night. The car was found stripped of its equipment on the H. W. White farm, two and a half miles east of Lawrence on highway 10, about three quarters of a mile south.
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Rex Darnall
University of Kansas
Kansas City
Friend Lumber Company
H. W. White
Lawrence
Highway 10
Arraignes over Felony for Beers in Grand Larceny Case
George Beers and Henry Beers were arraigned on a grand larceny charge before Justice C. C. Rankin with a preliminary hearing set for May 15. They allegedly stole equipment from the city dump valued at 860 dollars, per city engineer B. M. Babb's complaint. Washington May 10. President Roosevelt approved aides to King George VI for his May American visit, naming Major General H. A. Drum and Rear Admiral James O. Richardson.
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George
Henry Beers
George Beers
C. C. Rankin
B. M. Babb
Washington
Army
Navy
George VI
Great Britain
Roosevelt
H. A. Drum
James O. Richardson
Bureau of Navigation
Hidden number puzzle from Cranium Cracker page
A reader puzzle asks for a number such that adding 17 before it yields the year the French Revolution began 1789 adding 18 before it yields the year of the Johnstown flood 1889 and adding 19 before it yields a future year. The solution requires a single numeric base.
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Johnstown
Nine Steadies Invited to Pi Phi Dinner Dance
Nine steady campus boys received fingerprinted invitations to a Wednesday dinner at the Pi Phi house and dancing to follow at the midweek varsity event. The effort, dubbed the Cellar Gang, aims to pair partners for later dances while offering a cure for the one-man blues. A Phog Allen portrait in Collegiate Digest highlights the backboard design under review by basketball officials. Sigma Delta Chi members enjoyed a picnic with Richard B. Eide at state lake, later continuing merriment with poker and travel. Over 200 students were fingerprinted in Strong Hall as the five day campaign continued.
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Pi Phi
Collegiate Digest
Phog Allen
The
Sigma Delta Chi
Richard B. Eide
State Lake
Frank Strong
Students Walk Out For Annual Picnic At State Lake
Painting and design students staged a walk out to hold their annual picnic at State Lake. Classes were not dismissed nor held, and several faculty members joined the picnickers.
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State Lake
Lawrence public schools to introduce new superintendent
Clifford Dean and Mrs. Dean will be presented to the Lawrence school staff at a board of education dinner at 6 30 in the high school cafeteria. L S Purcell will introduce them. Rev Theodore Astman will praise Superintendent Birch, and Walter Russell will bring greetings. Principal Neal M Wherry will also introduce the Deans to teachers.
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Clifford Dean
Lawrence Public Schools
Neal M. Wherry
Will Dedicate Appanoose Span Near Ottawa Friday
A dance to dedicate the new Appanoose bridge nine miles northwest of Ottawa will be held Friday night at 8 30 at the bridge. Uncle Ezra and WIBW radio entertainers will perform and part of the event will be broadcast. The bridge opens to traffic Saturday as part of Franklin county WPA road improvements begun last November. The old bridge had many accidents due to a sharp road curve. the new bridge straightens the approach.
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Appanoose Bridge
Ottawa
Ezra
WIBW
Topeka
Franklin County
Birch Is Honored By City Schools Staff at Country Club
Superintendent C. E. Birch was honored at the annual spring party for city schools. A Seth Thomas clock was presented by E. J. Logsdon. The event drew 131 attendees and featured a reception, dinner, and a social program with rhythm demonstrations and dancing.
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C. E. Birch
Country Club
Seth Thomas
Birch
E. J. Logsdon
Elena Ernst
Educational Council of Lawrence
Forrest L. Noll
James Belshe
Neal M. Wherry
John EB. Jacobs
Mabel Richardson
Marcia Carter
John Jacobs
Lowell E. Bailey
Francis Butrum
Susan Friend
Susan Todd
Irma Spangler
Maud Ellsworth
Arthur Miller
Rudolf Voth
Florence Eaton
LR. Perry
Francis Young
Patricia Arnold
Dorothy Bleakley
Pearl Carpenter
Margaret Dart
Speakers Debate Peace Plans in Postwar Forum
Three speakers weigh collective security and isolation as paths to peace. Gibson argues for a neutral act penalizing aggressors, Smucker warns against choosing sides, and Newton cautions war threatens liberal democracy. Lintner presides as Westminster choir performs.
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Phage
Gibson
Smucker
Newton
Theyorld
John Lintner
Westminster A Cappella Choir
D. M. Swarthout
Mrs Esterly Leaves for Salem to Visit Mother
Mrs. George Esterly travels Monday to Salem C to spend several weeks with her mother. She is accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. George Esterly of Short Hills N J. Mrs. James P Kelley of White Cloud visits Lawrence for the Kappa Kappa Gamma picnic and to see her daughter Mrs J G Blocker. Asa Colman attends a state hindweed meeting in Hays today and tomorrow. Pauline Rudolph journeys to the middle Atlantic and eastern states heading as far north as Toronto for four to five weeks. Miss Lucy Caples, KU graduate in June, will depart late June for New York to enroll at Katherine Gibbs secretarial school.
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George Esterly
Salem
George R. Esterly
Short Hills
N. J
James P. Kelley
White Cloud
Lawrence
Irving Hill
J. G. Blocker
Asa Colman
Hays
Pauline Rudolph
Middle Atlantic
Toronto
Canada
Lucy Caples
University of Kansas
New York
Katherine Gibbs
Scouts Tour Blue Mound Fossil Coal Deposits
J M Jewett of the University of Kansas geology department met Troop 52 at Blue Mound Sunday afternoon. He guided the Scouts to coal deposits and fossils of ferns about 250000 years old. The group rode by bicycle, meeting at 2 oclock. Scouts on the trip included Gerald Smith Elon Hill Bob Mendenhall Joe McCoy Bob Elbel William Watson Bob Welsh Bob Stith Walden Schobe Martin Summers Bob Fink Robert Stuky Richard Stuky Howard Fox and Myron Metz.
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Blue Mound
J. M. Jewett
Geology Department
University of
Martin Summers
Bob Fink
Robert Stuky
Richard Stuky
Howard Fox
Myron Metz
Ladies of the G.A.R. circle to meet Thursday at 2 30
Lawrence circle No 75 of the Ladies of the G A R will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 in the veterans hall. Delegates to the state convention will report on proceedings and plans.
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Lawrence Circle No
Ladies of the
G.A.R
Veterans’ Hall
Acacia Lodge Announces May Meeting with Degrees
Acacia Lodge No. 9 A. F. and A. M. invites visitors to a May 10 session. Special Communication 2nd Degree at 7 o'clock followed by Stated meeting at 8 o'clock p m. Brethren B P Baker Worshipful Master and John H Parker Secretary listed.
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Acacia Lodge No
A. F
A. M. Thurs
B. P. Baker
John H. Parker
Adv
Wheel Stolen From Car Reported on Vermont Street
Harry Moorman 933 Vermont Street reports a spared tire and a wheel stolen from his car parked in front of his residence last night.
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Harry Moorman
Vermont Street
Wife Sues for Divorce in Meuffels Case
Nettie M. Meuffels files suit for divorce against Albert Meuffels. District court action seeks dissolution of marriage and related relief.
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Nettie M. Meuffels
Albert Meuffels
Revival Meetings Open At Salvation Army Hall
Tonight at 7 30 o clock revival meetings begin at Salvation Army hall led by Captain Crismier from Kansas City. The series runs to May 21 with varied topics and events including a youth meeting Friday and a Mother’s Day service featuring plants for the largest mother and the oldest mother. Lantern slides are planned for Saturday and special talks will cover Gods Claims on You and The Devil Is a Sissy.
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Salvation Army Hall
Charles Crismier
Kansas City
Captain Crismier
Olin Brigman
Salvation Army
Lawrence
Chicago
Crismier
Kansas
Missouri
Plan for Outdoor Shoot at Lawrence Rifle and Pistol Club
W H Hinton president announces a meeting at Fowler Shops tonight at 7 30 to plan an outdoor shoot. The session follows a postponed weekly shoot due to an air show at Haskell with full attendance urged. If enough members attend, outdoor shoots and possible qualification events may begin soon on the outdoor range.
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Lawrence Rifle and Pistol Club
Fowler Shops
W. H. Hinton
Haskell
Hinton
Folk Dance Exhibition Explores American Roots at Colorado School
About 80 spectators at Hoch auditorium watched 20 Colorado students from Colorado Cheyenne Mountain school perform a dance program. Lloyd Shaw, director, traced how dances evolved from English and New England roots to the cowboy and Mexican varsouvianna styles, linking them to history and refugee influences.
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Colorado
Cheyenne Mountain
Hoch Auditorium
Lloyd Shaw
Shaw
New England
Kentucky
Maximillian
Two Texas Banks Robbed in Separate Thefts
Maypearl bank president W. D. Wilemon was shot in the back during a bank raid as he guided the robber into a vault. He was taken to a hospital for bullet extraction. The gunman fled in a sedan. Earlier, Santa Anna National Bank was held up, two men locked in a vault, with $1,800 taken.
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Maypearl
Tex
Texas
First State Bank
W. D. Wilemon
Wilemon
Wacahachies
Santa Anna
Coleman County
Highway Patrol Captain Speaks at Liberty Memorial High
Capt. Edward L. Wallace of the Kansas State Highway Patrol spoke at the Liberty Memorial high school assembly today. He presented two films on driving safety titled Knights on the Highway and The Other Fellow. The first stressed careful night driving and the second featured Edgar Kennedy in common motorist scenarios.
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Edward L. Wallace
Division of Safety
Kansas State Highway Patrol
Liberty Memorial High School
Edgar Kennedy
Back Pay Hopes Dimmed By Tax Vote Delay
Kansas City experts in municipal finance said plans to issue judgment bonds to cover 1,942 city employees back wages face a snag. An election favoring a special tax levy is needed to raise the $633,049 in unpaid wages.
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Kansas City
Classified page the Journal World serves buyers and sellers
The Journal-World classified page functions as the daily meeting place for thousands of prospective buyers and sellers.
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Journal-World
Fun Day at Haskell Institute With Parade and Crowning
Haskell students plan a day of fun starting at 1 PM with a comic campus parade led by W. T. Johnson. About 30 entrants from each department, multiple floats, drum and bugle corps, and bands will perform. Queen Miss Louella Grounds and Brave Grady Roberts will be crowned at 2 PM in an Indian ceremony.
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Haskell
W. T. Johnson
Brave
Louella Grounds
Sapulpa
Okla
Grady Roberts
Bennington
Keokuk
Osceola Halls
Haskel
G. Warren Spaulding
Institute
Kansas Wheat Crop Declines Amid Small Yields
Topeka reports the United States Department of Agriculture estimates a Kansas wheat crop of 116,083,000 bushels for this year, down from a month ago and well below the 1938 figure and the ten year average. The forecast stands near the smallest yields in recent years.
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Topeka
United States Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Cigaret Tax Shares For Douglas County Reported
State treasurer sent Douglas County a $454 refund from cigarette tax receipts for April. County tax receipts totaled $1,816 for the month, while the state total was $92,150.65.
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Douglas County
Marriages at Court House by Probate Judge Gray
Weddings performed at the court house by Probate Judge Frank Gray include Clifford O. Cannon and Mary E. Halsey of Bates City Missouri and Raymond J. Duncan and Louise A. Price of Topeka. The director of printing named for Topeka is P W Blair editor publisher of an Oswego newspaper.
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Court House
Frank Gray
Clifford O. Cannon
Mary E. Halsey
Bates City
Raymond J. Duncan
Louise A. Price
Topeka
A. Blair
Missing imperial throne exhibited with pagoda shrine
A missing Chinese imperial throne valued at $2,000,000 was reported today by a spokesman for Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Jr. The plan was to display the throne and a valuable pagoda shrine at a Park Avenue gallery in New York.
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Imperial Throne
New York
Imperial Throne of China
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Park Avenue
Proclaiming Mother's Day in Kansas
Governor Payne Ratner declared Mother's Day for the coming Sunday urging Kansans to honor motherhood in schools churches homes and every suitable place and manner across the state.
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Topeka
Payne Ratner
Miss Ruth LeMaster Dies After Long Illness
Miss Ruth M. LeMaster aged 22 of Baldwin died Tuesday after a long illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at 3 30 PM from First Methodist Church Baldwin with Dr James S Chubb officiating. Burial in Oakwood cemetery. Survived by parents A A LeMaster, two sisters Mary Nell and Edith LeMaster, and aunt and uncle N P Power of Lawrence.
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Ruth M. LeMaster
Baldwin
First Methodist Church
James S. Chubb
Oakwood Cemetery
Miss LeMaster
A. A. LeMaster
Mary Nell LeMaster
Edith LeMaster
N. P. Power
Lawrence
Death of Robert A Kirkman Passes at 63 in Linwood
Robert Arthur Kirkman aged 63 of Linwood died last night at his home. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 PM at the Baptist church in Linwood with burial in Linwood cemetery. Rev. J. C. Hoggatt of Kansas City to conduct. Survived by wife Rose, two sons George M. Kirkman of Sugar Land Texas and Roy R. Kirkman at home, two sisters Sarah V. James and Ed Jenkins of Kansas City, and two brothers Clinton Kirkman of Tulsa and Frank Kirkman of Kansas City.
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Robert Arthur Kirkman
Linwood
Baptist Church
J. C. Hoggatt
Kansas City
Mr. Kirkman
Rose Kirkman
George M. Kirkman
Sugarland
Tex
Roy R. Kirkman
Obituary of Joseph E Axline in Lawrence
Joseph E Axline aged 59 of 942 New Hampshire street died at a local hospital last evening. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 o clock at Funk chapel with Rev E E Kardatske officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park cemetery. He is survived by his wife Elsie two sons Carl and Burton a daughter Mary all of Lawrence and a sister Iva Axline of Jefferson City Missouri.
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Joseph E. Axline
New Hampshire Street
Funk Chapel
E. E. Kardatske
Memorial Park Cemetery
Axline
Elsie Axline
Carl Axline
Burton Axline
Mary Axline
Lawrence
Iva Axline
Jefferson City
Lane Dies in Topeka Funeral Plans Pending
Jacob M. Lane formerly of 901 Pennsylvania Street died this morning in Topeka. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Jacob M. Lane
Pennsylvania Street
Topeka
Journal de Moscou Closes as Soviet Policy Tone Shifts
Moscow reports the French language paper Journal de Moscou ceased publication. Observers link the move to a shift in Soviet policy toward plain Russian messaging and note it follows the replacement of Maxim Litvinov with Vyacheslav Molotov as foreign affairs commissar.
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Moscow
Journal de Moscou
Maxim Litvinoff
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Fordham Seismograph Logs Two Earthquakes May 10
Fordham University seismograph recorded two sharp shocks at 1 55 10 a m and 2 04 03 a m CST. Reverend J J Lynch estimated the tremor occurred about 4500 miles from New York, indicating a distant quake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordham New York
Fordham University
J. J. Lynch
New York
New Soviet Ambassador to U S Named by Tass
Tass reports the presidium of the supreme Soviet appointed Constantine Umansky, counselor and chargé d affaires in Washington, as ambassador to the United States. In Kentucky Governor Chandler warns mines must operate or he will deploy National Guard to protect workers.
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U. S
Moscow
Tass
Presidium
Supreme Soviet
Constantine Umansky
Washington
United States
Kentucky
Frankfort
A. B. Chandler
National Guard
Methodists Endorse Peace Plan at World Conference
The Methodist uniting conference adopted a broad resolution for world peace and pledged to support conscientious objectors to war. The decision was announced in Kansas City on May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Methodist Uniting Conference
Novi Sad teen eats 138 page poem on 20 cent bet
Peter Nyegosh a 17 year old of Novi Sad Yugoslavia choked down a 138 page poem after wagering 20 cents. Each page was wrapped around bread and dunked in water. A recent survey shows city streets carry about 50 percent of national motor traffic while 33 percent use state highways and 17 percent use county and township roads.
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Peter Nyegosh
Novi Sad
Yugoslavia
Market News Kansas City Cash Grain Report
Kansas City May 10 AP Wheat prices listed by grade with futures close ranges and shifts. corn and oats show small changes with multiple No. grade price points. Milo maize and rye bars noted. Livestock section begins with hogs unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Milo
Cattle and Lamb Market Report with Mixed Price Moves
Cattle prices show uneven demand with steers mostly 15 to 25 lower on good grades and top lines at 10.50 for 1045 lb. Sheep and fed lambs mostly steady to 15 lower with top native lambs at 11.25 and woolled lambs around 9.75 to 10.10. American markets note eggs and dairy items with small price shifts and a government bond closing roundup.
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Lawrence High School
Allen
Dr. Allen
New York City
Mrs
ED Wallace
Highway Patrol
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Bank
Federal Reserve Board of
Washington, D. C
Lawrence National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
City
Ap Hulien
Springs
Government
Treasury
el Tgake Pons
Lawrence Building & Loan Assn
A. C. Maxwell
Ky. St
Lawrence, Kansas
MT. Hi
Sila
FBI
WVPU
Rockue
Kelvinator
Green Bros
Maza
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