Hoover orders nationwide hunt for Lindbergh baby killers
President Hoover directs federal police and secret service to pursue the Lindbergh baby murderers with unrelenting effort. Attorney General Mitchell confirms relay of the President's message to enforcement agencies as Washington mourns the tragedy. Cabinet members reiterate grief and the sense of a terrible tragedy across the nation.
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Washington
Hoover
Hines
Conde E Fe
Lindbergh
Mr. Hoover
Hopewell
Mitchell
White House
Curtis
Adams
Tickets go on sale for Rear Car at Orpheum theater
Dickinson production of The Rear Car will be staged Sunday Monday and Tuesday evenings with sales by the American Legion bugle and drum corps led by Wavyse Allphin. Each ticket purchased by a corps member or any Legion member yields a benefit to the corps to fund uniforms. Lawerence merchants will sell tickets and placards will adorn shop windows as the corps seeks uniforms for the state convention parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theater
American Legion
Wavyse Allphin
Lawrence
Allphin
Daily Crossword Puzzle Teaser with Jumbled Clues
A fragmented crossword puzzle list presents across and down clues with numbered entries and partial word fragments. The readable items include definitions for animals professions and actions, plus references to geography and common nouns, all in a single puzzle page style.
Mystery and Comedy Drama Boosts Ticket Sales in Topeka
In Topeka next September Zion plans a ticket sale to benefit the corps with Allphin noting the Rear Car is an exciting mystery and comedy drama produced by two veteran cast members. The Dickinson corporation arranged a repeat staging after strong reception and the Legion musicians were offered the chance to profit from ticket sales.
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Zion
Topeka
Allphin
Dickinson Corporation
Legion
Atheist Discussion Set at First Methodist Church
Rev. Robert A. Hunt to discuss Is America Headed for Atheism at Sunday service May 15 at 7 50 pm. Choir and special ensembles perform including In Heavenly Love Abiding and Hear My Prayer. Morning topic Shall We Look for a New Religion. Local boys band and Indian tenor set program.
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America
Robert A. Hunt
First Methodist Church
Society of “Damned Souls
Leslie Welch
Brown
Leroy Neddeau
Solois
Haskell Institute
McAllister
Dick Cook
la Forge
Service for Children Confirmation at Immanuel Lutheran
The Confirmation Service will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church at Tenth and Kentucky on Sunday at 11 AM. Prospective members must complete a Bible doctrine course and be examined in principal doctrines to understand Lutheran teaching. Pastor W W Stoeppelworth says the service offers a chance to learn firsthand about Lutheran beliefs. The public is invited to attend the examination and confirmation of the class.
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Immannuel Lutheran, Church
Tenth
Kentucky
Lutheran’ Church
W. W. Stoeppelworth
Clearfield Missionary Society Hosts and Local News
Mrs. Mary Miller and daughter Anna hosted the Clearfield Missionary Society session with devotionals led by Mrs. Selzer and a Mother's Day readings program. Twenty-three sick visits and eight remembrances were reported. social hour served seventeen members one guest and five children.
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Mary Miller
Anna
Clearfield Missionary Society
Carrie Selzer
Lena Breithaupt
Trene Brecheisen
Alberta ’Deckwa
W. J. Selzer
Lawrence
George Brecheisen
Wellsville
Elfreda Kannenburg
David Sturm
Kannenburg
Brecheisen
Bartle Breithaupt
Phillip Seitz
Vern Hastings
Edgerton
Ben Brecheisen
Martin Breithaupt
Gideon Breithaupt
Fred Deay
Henry Brecheisen
Emery Bell
West Clearfield
Catherine Stephens
Baptist Church
Stephens
Clearfield
Carolyn Converse
School and community notes across Kansas and Shanghai
The item details Miss Converse teaching in Shanghai before returning home, local musical performances, university degree recipients from K U including Mary Amelia Brecheisen and Charles Merlin Brecheisen, and a June 6 commencement. It records multiple visits among Brecheisen and Deckwa families, social calls in Edgerton and Lawrence, attendees at plays, and local health and funeral notices alongside farm and cemetery activities.
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K. U
Mary Amelia Brecheisen
Charles Merlin Brecheisen
Henry Brecheisen
Leta Richerson
Ben Brecheisen
Minnie Wertz
Evelyn
Felker
Vinland
Martin Breithaupt
T. Q O. Dwyer
Margie
Edgerton
Paul Selzer
Nonald
S. W. Muenzenmayer
Baldwin
George Brecheisen
Herbert Brecheisen
Wellsville
Albert Brecheisen
Paul
Kansas City
West Clearfield
Henry Deckwa
Charles A. Bigelow
Gardner
David
John Sturm
Johnny
John Selzer
Wesley
Edd Olmstead
Wilber
John Chaney
A. Rodewald
Henry Hausman
Clarence
Jola Phi Phi Club Plans May Events at Hostess Home
Mrs. Erna Gerstenberger hosted nine Jola Phi Phi members at her home on Wednesday afternoon. During the business meeting plans were made for the club party on Friday, May 3 and the club picnic on May 26. Mrs. Blanche...
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Erna Gerstenberger
Jola Phi Phi Club
Blanche
Midland socials and church group notes
Midland residents gathered for family visits and meals with relatives from Bonner Springs Kansas City Lawrence and Nottingham. Grange meeting at Riverside schoolhouse included a business session and June first Friday refreshment. Notables visiting included Ed Keefe and Frank Toms followed by casual calls in the afternoon.
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James Woolf
Elbert
Bonner Springs
Kate Toms
Elmer Weibel
R. C. Foster
Raymond
I. N. Feliz
Judith
Newton
Kansas City
Cora Boggs
Laurance
Anna Maddux
Lawrence
John Weibel
Midland Grange
Riverside School
Ed Keefe
Frank Toms
Nottingham
Eral Curl
A. A. Curl
Constance Rupp
Mary
Jonathan Nottingham
0. J. Lane
Elma Carter
Howard Longnecker
Reunion and visits decorate a Sunday church event
Law rence neighbors attend a Knights of Plymouth class reunion at the Congregational church. A program and refreshments followed. Dr. R. H. Beamer of Lawrence called on Mr. and Mrs. J. Notsingham. Various local families hosted guests and shared gifts during weekend visits. A separate note reports Los Angeles plans a 2 million dollar pool to aid homeowners facing foreclosure with small loans and certificates.
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J. W. Dunn
Lawrence
C. G. Hasted
Clyde Hasted
Knights of Plymouth
Congregational Church
Clyde
R. H. Beamer
J. Notsingham
J .H. Bibest
O. H. Corea
Gerald
George Robertson
Los Angeles
Prospect Visits and Mother's Day Dinner Fragments
Mr and Mrs Stevncke of Topeka visited their parents Mr and Mrs Henry Pooch Sunday. The Speicher children came to their home with a lovely prepared dinner Sunday for their mother in honor of Mother's day. Mrs Speicher re
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Stevncke
Topeka
Henry Pooch
Lorenz Speicher
Loyd Limberger Family Visits Kassinger Home in Baldwin
Mr and Mrs Loyd Limberger and children from Baldwin visited James Kassinger’s home the first day of the week. Mrs Jesse Deay drove to Baldwin Thursday with her family and visited Sunday with the Kassingers. Mr and Mrs Chas Kassinger also noted in the Baldwin area gathering.
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George Ridlon
Augusta Ridlon
Topeka
Carl Millington
Miss Ridlon
C. M. Williamson
Oscar E. Votaw
Fontana
L. C. Moore
Votaw
Chas. Brady
Wm. Seivald
Eudora
Howard Caviness
Betty Joan
Henry Cavin
S. J. Lauson
Erwin Schmidt
Kansas City
Alfred Seiwald
Rosalene
Douglas M. Harris
Lawrence
I. D. Harris
Rosamary
Nadine Harris
W. W. Gerstenberger
Oliver Deay
Clifford Haverty
Doris
Perry Johnson
Gardner
Loyd Limberger
Baldwin
James Kassinger
Jesse Deay
Chas. Kassinger
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President Hoover
Drum and Bugle Corps
Northwestern
Beast
Beale
Fei Wi
Amie
Ola
Ben Ali
Will
R. A. Hunt
Service For Children
Immanuel Lutheran Church
China
Shanghai
San Francisco
New York
Miss Converse
Minnie Hausman
Irene Brecheisen
Alberta Deckwa
Rev
Wesley Deckwa
Walter Rodewald
Mr. Rodewald
Hesper
Midland
Orange Country
Orange-Crush Company
Chicago
Illinois
U.S. A
U. S
M.J.B
Charries Speicher
Geo. Hadi
Helena
Julius Speicher
Osgood Armstrong
Cecil Jordan
Stephen
Frank Speichpers
Henry Rohe
Glenn Smith
Billy
F.C. Beaman
Arthur Smith
Rohe
Thelma MecPheeters
Belle
Rohe Sunay
Stony Point
Brentford
Rollin’s
Chase
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