Vote Tomorrow in Three Primaries Headline
Washington may 11 observers watched Buckeye state voting trends as Borah and Taft contest delegates in Ohio while Breckinridge challenges Roosevelt in Democratic presidential preference ballots. The day features factional fights in West Virginia and Wyoming conventions with Romney style, Landon prospects, and Roosevelts unopposed slate guiding delegate choices.
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Washington
Ohio
Buckeye
Senator Borah
Idaho
Robert A. Taft
Republican State Organization
Cleveland
Henry Breckinridge
New York
Roosevelt
Illinois
Cook
Frank Knox
Knox
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
Rush D. Holt
Neely
Holt
Ralph Hiner
House of Delegates
Joseph A. Courtremarsh
New Hampshire
Borah
Leo J. Chassee
Milwaukee
Wis
Wyoming
Robert D. Carey
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
William E. Borah
Carey
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington State
Spokane
Moscow
Senator Borsh
Landon
Knowledge quiz curiosities and geography test
Lake Chad lies in Africa. John Henry Poyntine, a fictional name in the prompt, appears as a gang reference rather than a historical figure. The Black Tulip was written by Alexandre Dumas. Lake Geneva is also called Lac Leman. Emesis in medicine is vomiting. An iguana is a tropical lizard. Devon is in the Atlantic Ocean island region of Saint Pierre and Miquelon? The word suite is pronounced sweet. A theodolite is an instrument for measuring angles in surveying. The most important river in Great Britain is the River Thames.
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Lake of
Geneva
Devon
Great Britain
Balloon inflator injury sparks campus banter at KU
The page reports Paul Rogers of Arkansas City was injured inflating toy balloons with a gas cylinder when the tank rolled and struck his eye, leaving a stitched wound and a black eye. It notes campus jokes about xylophone skull professors, a Gamma Phi Beta neon sign, and an alumni reunion with Justice Walter Thiele among attendees, plus student council talks of a Big Six band booking agency.
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Paul Rogers
Kappa Sig
Arkansas City
Rogers
Chi Omega
Paul
Robert
Ripley
K. A
Acacia Fraternity
State Supreme Court
Walter Thiele
Fewer Overparking Cases Appear In Police Court
Only four of over parking were on the docket this morning. D. Hill paid a $1 fine for over parking. M I Giesemann, Kenneth Cook, and Springtime Cooper forfeited bonds of $1 each. Charles Overall and Burdette Smith forfeited $10 bonds on speeding. John Tyler was fined $2. Mrs. C E Pontius excused on a restricted zone parking charge.
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D. Hill
Giesemann
Kenneth Cook
Springtime Cooper
Charles Overall
Burdette Smith
John Tyler
Don Hults
C. E. Pontius
Lawrence Junior High Spring Exhibit Scheduled for May 14
The Lawrence Junior high school will hold its annual spring exhibit Thursday evening May 14 at 7 30 oclock. All departments will present work completed during the school year. Exhibits are in the Old High School and Manual buildings. Principal and teachers invite all parents and friends to visit. Pupils may view Friday morning before classes.
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Lawrence Junior High School
Kansas Reserve Officers Banquet Speakers Named
Adjutant General Milton R. McLean and Colonel Charles H. Browne of the Kansas National Guard are set to speak at tonight’s banquet marking the fourteenth annual Kansas Department convention of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States. Other speakers include Brig. Gen. H. G. Brees of Ft. Leavenworth and Col. Hugh Means of Lawrence.
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Milton R. McLean
Charles H. Browne
Kansas National Guard
Kansas Department
Reserve Officers Association of the
U.S
H. G. Brees
Ft. Leavenworth
Hugh Means
Lawrence
Phi Delts Win Annual Interfraternity Sing
The Phi Delta Theta fraternity won the University of Kansas interfraternity sing for the second year in a row, followed by Phi Kappa Psi in second and Delta Tau in third. Nine fraternities competed. judges included Professors Wilkins Preyer Bratton and Crafton, with the top three to be broadcast on WREN Thursday night May 14.
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Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
University of Kansas Interfraternity
Phi Mu Alpha
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Delta Tau
Joseph Wilkins
Carl Preyer
K. U
Karl Bratton
Baker University
Allen Crafton
K. U. Department of Dramatics
WREN
Kansas voters may vote on homestead tax exemption amendment
In Topeka on May 11, Kansas lawmakers considered a proposal to amend the state constitution to exempt homesteads from property taxes. The taxation committee will draft the measure with the exemption amount debated, potentially $2,500. Approval by the legislature would be needed before submission to voters.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Legislative Council
Doan to Read Paper at Journalism Teachers Meeting
E N Doan assistant professor of journalism at the University of Kansas will depart Friday morning for St Charles Illinois where he will present a paper before the American Association of Teachers of Journalism in session on Saturday. The paper is titled The Changing Retries of Qualified Privilege. No other members of the university department plan to attend.
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E. N. Doan
University of Kansas
St. Charles
Ill
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
U. Department
Prudential trip for top salesmen announced
F B Denlinger a Prudential Life Insurance salesman will depart for Colorado Springs for a two day company convention, staying four days with all expenses paid by Prudential. Only the upper 15 percent of employees are invited to attend, as stated by Denlinger. Memorial Hospital notes report births for Mr and Mrs O A Baker and for Mr and Mrs L L Massey, with several patient condition updates and a major operation for Mrs Anna Torneden. Married by Probate Judge Emanuel Thompson of Lawrence to Artie Warner of Wichita at the courthouse on Saturday.
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F. B. Denlinger
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Colorado Springs
Denlinger
Prudential Company
Memorial Hospital
O. A. Baker
Williamstown
L. L. Massey
Route Two
Eudora
R. C. Morrow
Anna Torneden
Route One
Linwood
Gus Ziesenis
J. B. Wilson
Emanuel Thompson
Lawrence
Artie Warner
Wichita
Court House
Jury opens May term with Fishburn child desertion case
The May term opens with Cecil Fishburn charged with neglecting child support. Jurors pledged this morning as witnesses testified until a recess then resumed at 1 30. Fishburn, divorced from Allene in 1933, faced with wages evidence and court records of past support payments. After this case, civil juries begin with Ruth Gamill versus Porter Bond over unpaid housekeeper services.
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Cecil Fishburn
Edwin Schowengardt
Means
Fishburn
Allene
District Court
Ruth Gamill
Porter Bond
Lawrence Dairy Butter: Local Firms Grow High Quality Brand
Lawrence dairies churn butter under sanitary conditions and age it attractively. Local grocers largely refuse to stock the brands, preferring out of town products. A Lawrence businesswoman in a store found a paper weight branded Jayhawk with a "Made in China" inscription as she turned it over.
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Lawrence
China
X Ray Print to Head to A M A Exhibition
Miss Elsie Lorimer, a Kansas first graduate, created X ray images at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. A DuPont film representative admired her kidney X ray and arranged loan for the American Medical Association exhibit in Kansas City. Hospital staff congratulate her on this national recognition.
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DuPont Company
Thhe Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Elsie Lorimer
K.A
American Medical Association
Kansas City
Miss Lorimer
Film Manufacturing Company
Methodists reject social service commission plan
Columbus May 11 The Methodist Episcopal general conference rejected a resolution by Thomas Holgate of Northwestern University Evanston calling for a 25 member commission to speak officially for the church on social economic and political questions The plan faced fiery debate from liberal factions and opposed by critics who said the federation of social service statements were misread as official church pronouncements and caused embarrassment
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Columbus
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Thomas Holgate
Northwestern University
Evanston
Methodist Federation For Social Service
Holgate Resolution
Many Present At Meeting At Centenary M E Church
A large audience gathered at Rumsey funeral home for a Centenary Methodist church meeting. Rev. C J Knox preached an illustrated lecture on Daniel titled What Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar Saw. William Knox directed song service with several musical numbers.
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Rumsey
Brotherhood of the Centenary Methodist Church
C. J. Knox
Daniel
King Nebuchadnezzar
William Knox
These Three at Dickinson Promises Edge of Suspense
Review notes Miriam Hopkins and Merle Oberon star in a tense melodrama about three people in a New England village whose lives are upended by a child's malicious lie. Joel McCrea plays the local doctor amid school scandal and heartbreak. Director William Wilder. Community Welfare Club meeting at Lincoln School at 8 with Prof. Beal presenting architectural slides. open to all.
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Miriam Hopkins
Merle Oberon
New England
Joel McCrea
Lillian Hellman
William Waler
Lincoln School
George M. Beal
Architectural School
Ed Martindale Dies Newspaper Leader at 69
Ed Martindale aged 69, a longtime Missouri newspaper man, died suddenly at his Warsaw home. He worked in Lawrence, edited the Jeffersonian and Gazette lineage, helped found the Seed and Market Exchange in Kansas City, led Missouri press groups, and recently became part owner and editor of the Versailles Statesman. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Kuchs and Mrs. Stugard. Burial is in Emporia after services in Warsaw Tuesday.
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Ed Martindale
Lawrence
Warsaw
Missouri
Emporia
Albert Kuchs
Maryville
Erwin Stugard
New York City
Lawrence Record
Joplin
J. M. Dennis
The
Record
Frank Webster
Jeffersonian
Daily Gazette
World
Webster
Jeffersonian Gazette
Kansas City
Seed and Market Exchange
Lake of the Ozarks Association
Republican Editorial Association of
Versailles
Statesman
Deaths and Funerals Ernest Cooper 59 Kansas City man dies
Ernest Cooper, 59, of Kansas City Missouri, died Sunday morning in a Kansas City hospital. Funeral services will be held in Kansas City with burial in Leavenworth. Survived by brothers Carl of Kansas City and Everett of Denver and sisters Mrs. Sadie Kidd of Kansas City and Mamie Cooper of Lawrence.
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Ernest Cooper
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Carl
Eerett
Denver
Sadie Kidd
Mamie Cooper
Lawrence
Ill and travel notes from local personals
C B Russell has recovered from a ten day illness and hopes to resume activities soon. Dr and Mrs Non A Kendall and Mrs Addison Kendall of Great Bend are visiting Dr and Mrs H T Jones while Kendall attends the American Medical Society meetings in Kansas City. They return from a two week motor trip to Miami Florida, flew to and from Cuba, and visited Greensboro North Carolina. Mrs C A Munger and daughter Nancy Jo left for Belleville after spending Mother's Day with Mr and Mrs F W Hosford. Mrs Munger attended the state convention of P E O at Independence.
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C. B. Russell
Non A. Kendall
Addison Kendall
Great Bend
H. T. Jones
Kendall
American Medical Society
Kansas City
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Greensboro
XN. C
C. A. Munger
Nancy Jo
Belleville
F. W. Hosford
Munger
P.E.O
Independence
Three Injuries Reported in Local Accidents and Surgery
James Erwin lost three fingers on his left hand after contact with a circular saw. He was treated at Lawrence Memorial hospital and released with only the thumb and little finger intact. A car leaving a ditch near Washington creek bridge on Lone Star road, driven by T J Allen and carrying his 14 year old son Arthur, was involved. Allen was hospitalized for emergency treatment with injuries not yet fully known. Ed Stout, Lawrence Journal-World carrier and high school band member, underwent emergency appendicitis surgery at Memorial hospital after an operation this afternoon.
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James Erwin
Route Three
Lawrence
Erwin
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Washington Creek
Lone Star Road
T. J. Allen
Clinton
Allen
Arthur
Ed Stout
Cleveland
Memorial Hospital
Stout
Journal-World
West Lawrence
Zeppelins Visit to White House Aboard Hindenburg
Dr Hugo Eckener and Capt Ernst Lehmann after meeting President Roosevelt in Washington report strong American enthusiasm for zeppelin travel. They depart Lakehurst for Germany with plans to reach Frankfurt in roughly 45 to 46 hours, aiming to beat the Graf Zeppelin's 55 hour 22 minute west‑to‑east record from 1929. Ambassador Hans Luther accompanied Eckener.
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Washington
Hugo Eckener
Hindenburg
Roosevelt
Germany
America
White House
Hans Luther
Lakehurst
N. J
Ernst Lehmann
Scadding Likely To Lose Toes After Moose River Mine Ordeal
In Halifax date May 11 Charles Alfred Scadding the mine timekeeper entombed for 10 days in the Moose river gold mine learned he probably would lose all his toes from trench feet caused by prolonged damp underground exposure He was rescued with Dr D R Robertson of Toronto Mann Magill also of Toronto died in the mine authorities reported recovery uncertain and the condition described as grave but hopeful for the survivor.
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Halifax
N. S
Charles Alfred Scadding
Moose River
Scadding
Swadding
D. R. Robertson
Toronto
Hermann Magill
Passes deficiency bill in House carrying work relief funds
Washington reports the $2,364,229,712 deficiency bill with $1,425,000,000 for 1937 work relief was approved by the House and sent to the Senate in a routine final vote after a Friday action. Soil Conservation meetings set for May 13 and 14 will sign work sheets for the new program with locations across Willow Springs Palmyra Vinland Wa karusa Kanwaka and Eudora townships.
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Washington
House
Senate
Willow Springs
Palmyra
Vinland
Wakarusa
Number Six
Kanwaka
Kanwaka School
Eudora Township
Weaver Truck Collision Near Fourteenth and Tennessee Streets
Oscar Olson drove a Weaver truck south on Tennessee while Norman Thompson, a Valley Falls student, drove west on Fourteenth. The minor crash at the corner caused slight damage. neither driver was injured per police report.
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Oscar Olson
Norman Thompson
Valley Falls
Kan
Fourteenth
Tennessee
Miss Thompson
Olson
Pickens Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Weddings
Mr and Mrs George Henik host a flurry of calls from Lola Mae Freddie and Edna at their home. Earl Allison and Velma Thurber wed quietly in Ottawa and plan to live with Lydia Allison. Many neighbors attend events from chair variety gatherings to villa Eden club meetings.
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George Henik
Lola Mae
Freddie
Edna
John Grafe
Earl Allison
Velma Thurber
Lawrence
Ottawa
Hallenback
Joe Trapp
Kansas City
C. I. Smith
Homer Bowen
Linwood
J. A. Anderson
Arlein Anderson
Frank Henik
Anna Terneden
Herbert
Selma
E. A. Palmer
Glenn
Loraine McCurley
Dale
Beulah Anderson
Marie Skinner
Kan
Mary Ballies
Ray Anderson
Ezra Wilbur
Bonner Springs
Leonard Anderson
Leavenworth
Chris Schubert
Tony Luffert
Robert Blaker
Frank
Carl Silkey
Villa Eden Club
Elmer Martin
John Martin
Raymond
Frank Hall
Mitchell Palmer Dies in Washington at 64
Former attorney general Mitchell Palmer died in Washington after an appended procedure. He was 64, born May 4, 1872 in Moosehead Pennsylvania. Palmer served as attorney general in the last two years of the Wilson administration and was a war time property custodian. He died at the emergency hospital following surgery. The obituary is supplemented by local notes of various residents and social visits across Bonner Springs, Kansas City and surrounding towns.
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Washington
Pla
Mitchell Palmer
United States
Palmer
Pennsylvania
Moosehead
Stroudsburg
Crowder Students Earn Honor Roll Honors in County Exams
Seventh and eighth grade pupils at Crowder school posted excellent marks on the Douglas county examination. Named on the honor roll are Betty Hodson Billie Hodson and Jack Collins. Vern Hollingshead scored at least 90 in county tests after entering Crowder in March. Sunday visits tied families including Mrs W T Collins and son Eugene with Mr and Mrs Jack Myers of Bracket Lloyd Lester Helen and Warren Hodson of Lake View and others at Jack Collins home with F L Orr of Rupert Idaho.
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Douglas County
Betty Hodson
Billie Hodson
Jack Collins
Vern Hollinghead
Crowder School
W. T. Collins
Eugene
Jack Myers
Bracket
Lloyd
Lester
Helen
Warren Hodson
Lake View
Bonnie Belle
Walter
Ann
Mildred Hollingshead
Kenneth
Burl
Lyle
Stacey Potter
Rupert
Idaho
Dinner honors Mr. Orr at Topeka home
Neice and nephew Mr and Mrs 7 Emmett were guests at dinner Sunday a week ago at the home of Mr and Mrs Dave McCall and Miss Marguerite McCall in Topeka. Mrs Hatlie Armstrong attended the Kanwaka Literary Club meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs Asa Colman in Kanwaka with Mrs Milton Sanderson and Miss Margaret Colman assisting.
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Neice
Emmett
Orr
Dave McCall
Marguerite McCall
Topeka
Hatlie Armstrong
Kanwaka
Asa Colman
Milton Sanderson
Margaret Colman
Market News Kansas City Livestock and Wall Street Report
Kansas City livestock prices show mixed moves with cattle uneven and light yearlings steady to lower while heavy heifers are down. Wall Street ends irregularly lower with major industrials weak and notable banks easing lending conditions amid rate shifts and dollar strength.
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Kansas City
Sheen
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