Kidnappers target anti Hitler book publisher Putnam
Bakersfield California May 13 George Palmer Putnam 52 Hollywood publisher and Amelia Earhart husband was found unhurt after being abducted from North Hollywood. He described two German speaking men who demanded the author of The Man Who Killed Hitler and warned him to stop printing it. A statewide search and police inquiry followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Calif
George Palmer Putnam
Hollywood
Amelia Earhart
North Hollywood
Putnam
Hitler
Department of Justice
Los Angeles
Wndow
Josephine Berger
Rex Cole
Cole
San Fernando Valley Division
District Attorney’s Office
New York
Bend. Ore
Jean- Marie Consigny James
Beverly Hills
William Robert James
U. S
William P. James
Greater
Germany
Putrum
Proclamation Declares Union Pacific Day in Lawrence
The city of Lawrence Kansas proclaims May 15 1939 as Union Pacific Day honoring seventy five years of railroad service. Mayor C B Russell attests with city seal and officials stating the display of railroad equipment in Lawrence to mark the anniversary.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Lawrence
I. C. B. Russell
Douglas County
Kansas
Union Pacific
Downtown Summer Bible School Opens June 5 for Lawrence Children
Five downtown churches unite to run the Downtown Summer Bible School directed by Rev. Theodore H. Aszmar. The program runs three weeks from June 5 to 11 each morning for ages 6 to 11. Primary sessions at Plymouth Congregational parish house and junior classes at Christian church basement focus on factual Bible knowledge.
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Baptist
Christian
Congregational
Methodist
Presbyterian
Theodore H. Aszmar
Downtown
Plymouth Congregational Church
Christian Church
Lawrence
Inspection Day at Trinity Lutheran School
Trinity Lutheran church officers plan a Sunday 9 45 to 10 45 tour titled Inspection Day to view the Sunday school in action. A G Sabol will lead the walk and explain growth of the school. Expected participants include Emil Heck Arthur Heck Gottlieb Nieder C G Schulz Byron Cox Obed Thompson Walter Sandelius E F Huddleston Charles Whedon Thedore Hack and Fred Stubeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
A. G. Sabol
Emil Heck
Arthur Heck
Gottlieb Nieder
C. G. Schulz
Byron Cox
Obed Thompson
Walter Sandelius
E. F. Huddleston
Charles Whedon
Thedore Hack
Fred Stubeck
Vacation Bible School at Trinity Lutheran Opens Soon
Trinity Lutheran Church will start vacation Bible school on the first Monday after public school dismissal. The program runs three weeks and is non denominational with director Mrs B EF Eells. A 75 student average attends with six classes and new features planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
A. G. Sabol
Jude Anderson
Grace Soderberg
Frances Sullivan
B. EF. Eells
George's trip packing adds and removes items
From memory, George packed two suits five shirts and three suits of underwear plus six ties and a razor. His mother cut one tie and added three handkerchiefs. The teaser asks to recall what he took on the trip.
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George
Trains Bring Union Pacific Cast To Lawrence Station
Two trains visiting Lawrence will host cast members from the Paramount film Union Pacific. The event runs 1:50 to 2:20 PM at Union Pacific station with actors Lynne Overman Brian Donlevy Robert Preston William Henry Patricia Morrison Anthony Quinn Evelyn Venable Sheila Dorsey Judith King Margaret Roach Luana Walters Evelyn Lucky aboard a turbine streamliner. Trains depart 2:20 PM for Topeka en route to Hollywood.
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Paramount Picture
Union Pacific
Lawrence
McPherson
Lynne Overman
Brian Donlevy
Robert Preston
William Henry
Patricia Morrison
Anthony Quinn
Evelyn Venable
West Coast
Donlevy
Preston
Overman
Quinn
Topeka
Hollywood
New Stamp Plan Aims to Move Surplus Foods
Rochester launches a pilot where orange stamps buy any food, blue stamps replace a dollar for surplus items. FSCC and USDA economists lead the study with grocers, WPA workers, and welfare recipients backing the plan.
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Rochester
N. Y
F. W. Waugh
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Norman Gold
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Latham White
FSCC
WPA
Albany
Raymond J. Tierney
New York State Food Merchants Association
Emmett R. Guahn
Washington
Agricultural Department
Phelps files motion for new trial in manslaughter case
Raymond Phelps, recently convicted by a jury of fourth degree manslaughter on two counts in the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Brown, seeks a new trial in district court. He claims illegal testimony, new defense evidence, misdirection of the jury, and verdict irregularities involving the foreman Loring Dalton.
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Raymond Phelps
Bernard Brown
Chanute
Highway 10
Lawrence
Phelps
Loring Dalton
Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Set At Union Monday
Forty five newly elected members will be initiated into the KU chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honorary scholastic society. The event begins at 5 30 in the men's lounge with a dinner at 6 30 in the ballroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Phi Beta Kappa
Honorary Scholastic Society
Union Building
Gulper Stung by Hornet in High School Dare
Ellensburg may 13 Ralph McEwen a high school senior tried a live hornet as part of the gulping craze and was stung in the mouth while calling other gulpers sissies. The incident highlights a dangerous trend among youths testing extreme dares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellensburg
Wash
Ralph McEwen
Ralph
Regional Witan planning committee formed for four month term
Regional Chairman Garland Landrith is named chair of the Witan planning committee with two Lawrence representatives. Arthur Nelson and Mrs. E. E. Bayles join other members from Kansas City, Emporia, Leavenworth and Fort Collins to draft expansion and reorganization plans. They will consider creating a Junior Witan and college chapters while re examining current programs for the new year starting September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Arthur Meeks
Ivan L. Shadwick
Frank D. Arnold
Emporia
Howard McGee
Leavenworth
Maurice Parker
Fort Collins
Colo
Witan
Troops Called to Kentucky Mines Over Union Strife
A statement from Lewis orders troops to Kentucky mines to keep them closed and protect workers from eviction and violence. He forbids coal operators from using lethal force, especially in Harlan County and five other districts, and rejects non union operation.
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Harlan County
Harrington Proposes WPA Employment Rotation Plan
Works Progress administrator F C Harrington disclosed in a letter to Sam Moss that he is weighing a rotation plan for relief work. The idea aims to address a shortage of WPA jobs by cycling long term workers with other eligible individuals to ensure broader relief coverage.
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Washington
F. C. Harrington
Works Progress Administrator
Sam Moss
Augusta
Herald
Gas Tax Collections Rise In April In Kansas
Kansas gas tax receipts totaled 906516 in April up from the previous year with exemptions at 240847. Cigarette tax collected 92150 up slightly and cereal malt beverage tax pending. Farm activity earlier this year boosted fuel tax exemptions while other notes mention urban traffic delays in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
E. J. Kirchner
Kirchner
Beef producers protest Navy purchase of Argentine canned beef
Kansas and western cattle groups led by Gov. Ratner oppose U S Navy orders for Argentine beef. They argue foreign purchases hurt domestic producers and urge cancellation or new policy. The American National Livestock Association telegram to President Roosevelt decries the move as subsidized and inferior to U S beef.
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L. Jungdahl
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Will J. Miller
Association
State Livestock Sanitary Commissioner
Payne Ratner
Livestock Association
Roosevelt
Kansas
Western
U. S
Denver
American National Livestock Association
United States Navy
Navy
United States
F. E. Mollin
Mrs. Sarah Brooks 88 Dies After Cheyenne Captivity
Concordia Kansas reports Mrs. Sarah Brooks 88 who was captured by Cheyenne Indians during a raid near Cloud county as a girl. She died at her home near Jamestown with funeral services planned at the Brooks residence. Surviving her seven children include five living.
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Concordia
Kan
Sarah Brooks
Jamestown
Brooks
Benjamin White
Cloud County
James Morgan
Ottawa County
KU Engineering Elects Rippey President and Several Council Members
George Rippey of Sedalia Missouri is elected president of the University of Kansas School of Engineering. Lawrence students win council seats along with officers and representatives across chemical petroleum mining architectural civil electrical and mechanical departments. Notable names include Bill Sorenson Dwight Kurth Joe Greck Harold Sells Vernon May Richard Hansen A art Williamson Louis Shuey Harold Haight Kenneth Rosebush Darrel Liston and Ben Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rippey
Sedalia
School of Engineering
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Bill Sorenson
Kansas City
Dwight Kurth
Hutchinson
Joe Greck
Harold Sells
Effingham
Vernon May
Longton
Richard Hansen
Cheyenne
Wio
aArt Williamson
Troy
Louis Shuey
Harold Haight
Kenneth Rosebush
Iola
Darrel Liston
Ft. Madison
Ben Park
Salina
VFW Post 852 Plans Monday Meeting at Veterans Hall
Carl D. Smith announces that the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 852 will hold its regular 8 o'clock Monday evening meeting at Veterans' Hall located at 745 Vermont Street.
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V.F.W
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans’ Hall
Vermont Street
Carl D. Smith
German World War General Karl Hoefer Dies
Lieutenant General Karl Hoefer, 76, a prominent World War I German army leader, died at Würzburg yesterday. The wartime veteran served as a key commander and later held various senior roles in the postwar era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Karl Hoefer
Wuerzburg
Cubs Rally Past Pirates in Six Import Hits Triumph
In Chicago, Bill Lee held Pittsburgh to six hits as the Cubs defeated the Pirates 6 to 2. Klinger’s sixth inning wild throw fueled a four-run Chicago rally, with Bill Brewer’s homer accounting for a Pirate run. Hartnett, Klinger, Brown, Swift and Berres supported the win.
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Pittsburgh
Bob Klinger
Chicago
Bill Lee
Pirates
Cubs
Bill Brubaker
Lee
Hartnett
Klinger
Brown
Swift
Berres
Mueller
Boston
Boston Bees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Danny MacFayden
Fred Frankhouse
Bees
Brooklyn
Fitzsimmons
Hamlin
Phelps
MacFayden
Frankhouse
Lopez
Philadelphia
New York
Cincinnati
Johnny Vander Meer
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cincinnati
Weiland McGee
Owen
Vander Meer
Lombardi
Cleveland
Hudhin
Hemsley
Smith
Tresh
Detroit
St. Louis
Kennedy
Lazzeri Unconditionally Released by Brooklyn Dodgers
Tony Lazzeri, 34, veteran infielder, was released by the Brooklyn Dodgers in a surprise move. He appeared in 14 of 19 spring games as a pinch hitter and on infield, batting .268 with three homers and six RBIs, and did not travel to Boston due to tonsillitis. Lazzeri said the release came as a surprise and has no plans yet.
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Boston
Brooklyn Dodgers
Tony Lazzeri
Lazzeri
Dodgers
New York
Johnstown Leads Six In Preakness At Pimlico
Pimlico Race Course Baltimore May 13. A 25 000 crowd braved steady rain to watch the 39th Preakness Stakes for three year olds run a mile and three sixteenths Johnstown heads six contenders Ciencia naps in stall while Johnston Gilded Knight Challedon Valitant and Impound wait for the bugle. Challenge Johns town stablemate from William Woodward’s barn is withdrawn due to a cough.
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Pimlico Race Course
Baltimore
Johnstown
Ciencia
Johnston
Gilded Knight
Challedon
Valitant
Impound
Challenge
William Woodward
Salvation Army Mothers Day Services With Live Babies
Salvation Army conducts special Mother’s Day services tomorrow at 11:00 AM and 7:45 PM with two live babies given away during the evening. Mothers receive a potted flower at 7:45, the oldest mother and the mother with most children receive plants, and a section of the hall is reserved for mothers. Captain Crismier will speak on "Salvation and the Home" as part of a weeklong program.
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Salvation Army
Capt. Brigman
Charles Crismier
Deputy Warden Named For State Penitentiary
M. F. Amerine of the state penitentiary announced the appointment of J. C. Hamilton of Elk Falls Kansas as deputy warden. The appointment takes effect May 15, replacing Bert Kesselring who has held the post for the past two years.
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Lansing
Kan
M. F. Amerine
State Penitentiary
J. C. Hamilton
Elk Falls
Hamilton
Bert Kesselring
Italy Seeks To Cut Coffee Drinking For War Support
Rome reports a Fascist campaign shift urging bars and cafes to replace coffee with domestic beverages. An official order from the federation president calls for promoting wine from Italian soil and citrus drinks to conserve foreign exchange for armaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Brazil
Fascist
Federation of Bars
Central Plumbing Co. to Move and Expand at 814 Massachusetts
Heard in Lawrence reports Central Plumbing Co. will relocate from 1109 Massachusetts to the store at 814 Massachusetts with a larger stock. Police report 600 feet of copper wire cut from a De Soto high tension line last night. Francis Stevens will cover Royal Canadian train for Winnipeg Free Press. A minor collision occurred at Ninth and Massachusetts between Ed McCoy and a KU bus. only damage was a broken iron on McCoy’s car.
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Central Plumbing Co
Massachusetts Street
Sheriff’s Office
DeSoto
Francis Stevens
W. C. Stevens
Winnipeg Free Press
Canada
Ninth
Massachusetts
Ed McCoy
Ohio Street
K.U
McCoy
Stutz Farm Featured in Tractor Advertisement Folder
W. V. Stutz, a Capper master farmer from Ness County and brother of John G. Stutz of Lawrence, is highlighted in a tractor company folder praising performance on his 800 acres of wheat land, with pictures accompanying the ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Stutz
Ness County
John G. Stutz
Lawrence
Stutz
Wyandotte Tops Regional Tennis Meet In Finals
Wyandotte High School netters defeated Worndotts in singles as E Muehe beat Dell 6 4 6 3. Wyandotte layden and Schwartz won the doubles 6 0 6 1 over Egan and Males of Argentine. Ward and other schools entered with Wampler and Nelson from Lawrence competing in singles. State championship at Emporia next weekend.
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Wyandotte
Toa
Oe E.muehe
Worndotts
Dell
Wyanotte
Ward
Argentine
DeSoto
Lesworth
Pases High
Wampler
Nelson
Lawrence
Obituaries List Two Lawrence Native Women
Mrs Ernest Russell of Los Angeles California died after a several week illness. She was formerly Jessie Zuttermeister of Lawrence and lived there until marriage. Miss Ethel Howie a former Lawrence resident and KU student and Omaha high school teacher died during an operation. Mrs J L Howie sister in law went to Omaha for the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Russell
Los Angeles
Calif
Russell
Alice Russell
Lawrence
Jessie Zuttermeister
Ethel Howie
Omaha
University of Kansas
J. L. Howie
Miss. Howie
Mother's Day at Assembly of God Church Services
The Assembly of God on Fourteenth and Rhode Island hosts a Mother's Day program with Sunday school at 9 45 directed by Miss Walker and a morning worship at 11 featuring Mrs. Herbert Buffum. Evening evangelistic service at 7 45 with Sister Buffum includes poetry and songs. A 6 30 young peoples service features Brother Jackson and Ambassadors on Walking in the Spirit. A question box session Wednesday asks about speaking in tongues and membership rosters.
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Assembly of God
Rhode Island
P. D. Pittman
Miss Walker
Herbert Buffum
Buffum
Brother Jackson
Johnson
Christ
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Hoch
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