Four Die In Fire At A San Francisco Night Club
A torch dancer sparked a deadly blaze at the Shamrock club in downtown San Francisco, killing two women and two men and injuring nine. A hat check girl was trampled at the exit as 50 patrons fled, while three others suffocated on the second floor. Victims named include Jo Dickinson, Mrs. Elsie Marler, Robert Pattison, and John Mazon. Emergency crews battled smoke as flames spread through a vaulted, single exit venue.
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San Francisco
Shamrock Club
Jo Dickinson
Elsie Marler
Petaluma
Cal
Robert Pattison
Berkeley
John Mazon
Betty Blossom
Miss Dickinson
Charles Dullea
Piace
Marler
Bob Forrest Marler
Redwood
the Shamrock
Picked the Wrong Man Charges Against Bill Smith
A complaint filed in O J Lane’s justice court charges Bill Smith with taking a pocketbook containing $6 from W M Leonhart. Smith was arrested after police found him knocked out at the Leonhart home at Nine teenth and Ohio street following the alleged theft in front of Leonhart’s car. Leonhart reportedly knocked Smith unconscious. the pocketbook was recovered.
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Bill Smith
W. M. Leonhart
Justice Court
O. J. Lane
Smith
Leonhart
Nineteenth and
Ohio Street
To- Deka
Test Your Knowledge Test Your Knowledge teaser questions
A reader is directed to the classified page for answers to a seven question knowledge test. Questions cover capitals, notable figures, currencies, geography, and literature, with several garbled spellings and OCR errors in the prompt.
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Ensowers
PIANO RECITAL AT KANSAS UNIVERSITY THIS EVENING
Millard M. Laing will present his senior piano recital at the University of Kansas this evening at 8 in the Administration building auditorium. He studies with Prof. Carl A. Preyer and is joined by Miss Zenith Fowler and Alexander Fielder with a small orchestra conducted by Prof. Karl O. Kuersteiner. The program includes Pictures at an Exhibition and a Chopin Sonata, Beethoven and Grieg selections, plus a C minor concerto cadenced by Harold Bauer. ACADIA LODGE NO. 5, A F & A M, meets Thursday May 14 at 8 with an official visit from the Grand Master’s representative.
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Millard M. Laing
University of Kansas
Carl A. Preyer
Laing
Zenith Fowler
Alexander Fielder
Karl 0. Kuersteiner
Harold Bauer
Messaene Aiscipinens
Beethoven
Oo Acadia Lodge NO
A.F
A. M
Thomas C. Asther
John H. Parker
Finals Countdown At Kansas Affects Students Morale
University of Kansas students face a two week sprint to finals with professors hinting review topics. The piece notes crambers vs early peloton, university social events, and campus anecdotes including Borah Landon references and a rooftop rabbit caper.
Band on Way to Big Contest for Cleveland Visit
Rock Island officials and security staff accompany a band en route to a major contest. The Apache train will reach Chicago tonight at 9 40 p m and connections will send the cars to Cleveland, arriving 8 10 a m tomorrow. The band stays at the Olmsted Hotel two nights with two per room.
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Rock Island
T. F. Sullivan
R. E. Sterling
Trenton
Railroad
Service Department
Lawrence
John Robinson
Chicago
New York
Chicago and
Cleveland
Liberty Memorial High School
Trial Under Cigarette Stamp Law Reported
A state inspector signed a complaint charging violation of the cigarette stamp law. Clyde Burns and Carl Clifton of the Jayhawk Cafe pleaded guilty to selling two opened cartons without stamps on May 11 and were fined $10 plus $7.50 costs. Joe Dyer faced a nine-carton violation on May 12, was found not guilty after a demurral.
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R. E F. Gillett
Justice Court
Donald S. Hults
Clyde Burns
Carl Clifton
Jayhawk Cafe
Ohio
Justice Hults
Joe Dyer
Highway 59
Baldwin Junction
Dyer
George Melvin
Zioncheck Attracts Attention in Puerto Rico During Honeymoon
Representative Zioncheck of Washington drew island wide attention in San Juan as Puerto Rico nationalists clashed with police during a demonstration. After a series of motor mishaps on the way to the island he sought protection at the U S naval station, then fled to a naval lieutenant's home as stones shattered hotel windows. Police fired two shots to disperse the crowd.
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Ponce
Puerto Rico
Zioncheck
Washington
San Juan
United States
Naval Station
Lieutenant Moore
Tennesse Girl With Object in Her Lung Dies Today
Pauline Lane, a 16 year old from Knoxville Tennessee, died in Philadelphia after a cigarette lighter top became lodged in her windpipe thirteen days earlier. She arrived in Philadelphia last Thursday seeking treatment. two Knoxville operations failed to remove the cap after it slid into her lung on April 24 while she laughed with it between her teeth.
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Philadelphia
Pauline Lane
Knoxville
Tenn
Coleman Is Appointed Editor Of Jayhawker Magazine
James H. Coleman of Atchison selected as next year's editor of the Jayhawker, KU yearbook, succeeding John Chandler of Lawrence. Jack Townsend of McPherson named business manager. Coleman has served as assistant editor for two years. Also notes an Inflation talk by Prof. L. D. Jennings at a WPA sponsored Worker's Education class at 8 p.m. in the old City hall. Oberlin attorney Victor F. Woodward dies suddenly at 38, a KU Law graduate, survived by widow and three daughters.
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James H. Coleman
Atchison
University of Kansas
John Chandler
Lawrence
Jack Townsend
McPherson
Coleman
L. D. Jennings
E. U. Department of Economics
Old City Hall
Eighth
Vermont
WPA. y —_s or
Oberlin
Kan
Victor F. Woodward
Dévatur County
University of Kansas Law School
Delphos
Wakarusa River Reaches 16 Foot Stage Yesterday
The Wakarusa River rose to about 16 feet around 4 p.m. yesterday, then began falling. It returned to normal levels by this afternoon, according to AL Holcom. Also, a meeting of colored Girl Scouts and their mothers is set for tonight at Mrs. Elmer Scott’s home, 812 Maine Street, with Mrs. G Clark as president.
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Wakarusa
AL Holcom
Elmer Scott
Maine Street
G. Clark
Jardine Discusses Farm Problem at K. U. Forum
Dr. William Jardine former secretary of agriculture under Coolidge spoke at a Kansas University forum on farm problems. He questioned New Deal policies but supported cooperative marketing and returning sub marginal land to grass. He warned of timber reserves ending without new forests east of the Mississippi and predicted continued government air relief before November.
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William Jardine
Coolidge
Fine K. U
Jardine
Wichita University
Altho
Mississippi
Peace Officers Meet At Iola Convention Opens
In Iola Kansas May 13 members of the Kansas Peace Officers Association gathered to start their three day convention with a round table on police problems. Douglas Hudson Fort Scott attorney to give the main address with Warden Lacey Simpson and Fred L Haas among speakers. Associate Justice Hugo T Wedell to close with a quet meeting Friday night. Thursday speakers include Capt H M Tomlinson Wichit a Wint Smith and A W Logan with a federal bureau representative. Lew Richter of Marion is president and N Wiggins of Hutchinson secretary treasurer.
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Iola
Kan
Kansas Peace Officers Association
Douglas Hudson
Fort Scott
Lacey Simpson
State Penitentiary
Fred L. Haas
Department of Justice
Hugo T. Wedell
Supreme Court
H. M. Tomlinson
Wichita
Wint Smith
State Highway Patrol
A. W. Logan
State Inspections and Registration Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lew Richter
Marion
N. Wiggins
Hutchinson
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence and Seattle Notes
Maude Harriman Leonard 67 widow of George F. Leonard died May 1 at her Seattle home after months of illness. Services May 4 in Seattle. cremation. Final burial planned in Oak Hill cemetery. Former Lawrence resident, survived by daughter Mrs James G. Fenton, son George H. Leonard of Los Angeles, and two sisters. David J. Cohn 61, formerly Western Sugar Refinery employee, died in San Francisco en route from Lawrence. burial planned there. Mrs Malinda Empie, 76, former Lawrence resident, died yesterday. services 2:30 p.m. Thursday Funk chapel, Rev Seth Slaughter officiating. burial Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by several distant relatives.
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Maude Harriman Leonard
George F. Leonard
Seattle
Wash
Oak Hill
Leonard
Rainier
D.A.R
Betty Washington D.A.R
Lawrence
James G. Fenton
George H. Leonard
Los Angeles
H. A. Merriam
New York City
Arthur D. Raup
Detroit
Mich
David J. Cohn
David Pasaon
San Francisco
Calif
San Frantisco
Western Sugar
Malinda Empie
A. Mitchell
Funk
Seth Slaughter
Oak Hill Cemetery
Charles Hutchings Dead in London at Age 84
Charles Hutchings died April 26 in Servington London at about 84. He was the oldest family member. Survived by brothers Harry Hutchings of Lawrence and James Hutchings of Roseburg Ore and sister Maria Brooks of London. Other fragments describe an amended complaint against Henry Beers for DUI and a motor collision, a Roosevelts Ickes confidential correspondence ruling, and J Edgar Hoover calling criminals "public rats" in a May report.
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Harry Hutchings
Charles Hutchings
Servington
London
England
Lawrence
James Hutchings
Roseberg
Ore
Maria Brooks
Washington
Alfred A. Wheat
Roosevelt
Ickes
District of Columbia Supreme Court
College Park
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Most Trees Survive in Shelterbelt Plan
Lincoln Nebraska May 13 Paul H Roberts acting director of the federal shelterbelt project estimates 75 to 80 percent of the trees planted have survived. The survival rate far surpasses a 30 cent average for trees planted by individual farmers in the same area. Crews of relief labor have reached almost 4 000 men as 1360 miles of shelterbelt strips for 1936 have been planted.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lpi
Paul H. Roberts
Canada
Texas
Roberts
Lawrence band heads to Cleveland forgets pajamas tale
Heard in Lawrence recalls a past local anecdote about a rotund resident who habitually left his nightgown in hotel rooms. Returning home with a suitcase, he boasted of not forgetting it, only to pull out a Pullman sheet from his grip, proving the joke.
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Lawrence High School
Cleveland
Pullmanor
Two Jews Killed in Jerusalem Amid Rising Tensions
In Jerusalem's old city two Jews were killed within hours, raising the death toll to 22 Arabs since April 19. A bomb exploded on Hebron street, and crop and property burnings were reported. Police dispersed two Arab demonstrations at Jaffa near where an Arab watchman was killed last night.
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Jerusalem
Old City
Hebron
Jaffa
West Fairview Community Activities and Honors
E G Woodward returns home improved from St Margaret hospital in Kansas City. Richland Farm Bureau met at Mrs Faye Gerisch with canning meat for exhibitions and Washington DC trip discussion. Meeting set for June 1 to 6 and to include women worldwide. Mrs Ready and Mrs Gerisch led recreation. Next meeting with Mrs McLeavin in Topeka. Edith Hilbert and sons attended Frank Beard golden wedding celebration. about 200 attendees. Miss Gains of California visiting her mother Mrs Gaines in Kansas City. Royal Neighbor lodge met at Richland hall to prepare for Topeka convention May 21. next regular meeting May 19. Mother's Day program planned by May birthdays group.
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E. G. Woodward
St. Margaret Hospital
Kansas City
Farm Bureau
Richland
Faye Gerisch
Ivy Kennedy
Charles Ready
Topeka
Taylor
Washington, D. C
Ready
Gerisch
McLeavin
Edith Hilbert
Frank Beard
Hilbert
Beard
Miss Gains
California
Gaines
Bartz Family Birthday Dinner Honors George Bartz
Mr and Mrs Fred Bartz hosted a dinner in Belleview for their son George with guests including Mr and Mrs George Bartz Janice La Vera Guenther from Eudora and Mrs Mary Haas of Kansas City. plates set for all attendees.
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Belleview
Fred Bartz
George
George Bartz
Janice
la Vera Guenther
Eudora
Mary Haas
Kansas City
Local social notes from La Loup and nearby towns
Mrs and Mrs Bartz and Ray mond and Dorothea plus Ed Seyler family of La Loup received afternoon visitors Wesley Haas family from Lawrence. A birthday surprise for Mr Cramer was hosted by Mrs Roy Cramer with games and a 2 plate luncheon. Numerous relatives and guests from Gardner DeSoto Lawrence and Burdet t attended dinners calls and a Mothers Daughters banquet at Eudora Methodist church.
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Bartz
Raymond
Dorothea
Ed Seyler
la Loup
Wesley Haas
Ava Ruth
Lawrence
Roy Cramer
Albert Hadl
Charles Brown
Gardner
Lucius Blaylock
DeSoto
Martin Abel
Martha
June Louise
Alonzo Ambler
Mildred Louise
Sam Beadleston
George Woodward
Lois Cramer
Hazel Glenn
Mary Haas
Kansas City
Fred Bartz
J. F. Shirck
Virginia
Gladys
Curtis Diedrich
Maxine
Ed Forsythe
Margaret
Clyde Tombaugh
Charles Tombaugh
Burdett
Kan
K. A
Fred Whaley
Nevieve
Virginia Brown
Eudora
Dorothea Bartz
Fred Reetz
Greta
Fall Leaf
Milton Shafstal
Glen
Carl Deay
Baldwin
Albert Hadi
Clarence
Gene Rood
Halstead
Ray Stone
A. C. James
Flora Mae
Clarence James
Henry Welsh
Bert Rood
Edith Kessler
James Duncan
Mildred Skinner
Flora Mae James
Francis Skinner
Arthur Ott
Myrnice
Arleta Holmes
Ethel Chronister
Martha Abel
Jean
Ralph Baker
Doris
Pearl Houser
Weekend Gatherings From Newton To DeSoto
A long list of Sunday and weekend visits spans Newton, La Loup, Vinland, Fall Leaf, Osawatomie, Lecompton, Garnett, Chanute, Lawrence, Brunswick, Herman, DeSoto and Pleasant Grove. People named include Oliver Holmes, Annabelle Holmes, the Cochran family, Eckman, McTaggert, Korsythe, Skinner, Shirck, Bartz, Marsh, Pfleger, Crane, Durr, Rexroad, Platt, Forsythe, Abels, and Road. Guests came from Kansas City, Lawrence and Oklahoma City for dinners, weddings, and quilting gatherings.
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Homer Marsh
Eileen
Kansas City
Carl Pfleger
Alice Walters
Helen Pfleger
Ivan Crane
Oscar Crane
Pleasant Grove
C. E. Crane
Fred Bartz
Dorthea
Ed Sevylor
la Loup
R. J. Allsop
Chanute
Charles Durr
Brunswick
Elvin Durr
Hermann
Berthold Durr
E. E. Rexroad
Lawrence
Bert Rood
C. E. Crane and Son
Orville
Garnett
Fred Platt
Albert Hadl
Ed Porsythe
Sam Beadleston
Everett Chronister
Market News Kansas City Livestock Close Report
Kansas City market news shows hogs unchanged. Cattle trends: medium weights and heavy steers steady. light steers and yearlings firm to 23 higher. Colorado steers quoted 8.00 with many loads of good quality medium and heavy weight steers at 7.25 to 65.
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Kansas City
Colorado
Market summaries and memorial note from Kansas City and Chicago
Kansas City livestock receipts estimate shows 1200 cattle 1500 hogs 2000 other. lambs and sheep prices uneven with lambs higher in spots and wool lambs weak. Grain and hay markets report mixed quotes. Chicago and Kansas City boards list wheat, oats, maize, rye, barley prices with May and July futures. In memoriam for Robert Le Roy Joy five years after his passing, with family remembrance.
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Kansas City
Kansan City
Stari
Sliz
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