Lawrence of Arabia Col T E Shaw Hurt in Motorcycle Crash
Col T E Shaw famed as Lawrence of Arabia was badly injured when his motorcycle crashed into a bicycle on war office property near Cloud's Hill Dorset May 14. He remained unconscious yet held his own shortly after noon as relatives moved to his bedside at Bovington military hospital. Albert Hargreaves, the rider of the bicycle, also suffered concussion and was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsetshire
Eng
T. E. Shaw
Lawrence of Arabia
War Office
Lawrence
Bovington
Bournemouth
London
Cloud’s Hill
Moreton
Albert Hargreaves
Arabia
Tevali
Desert
Royal Air Force
Chain Letter Fraud Charges Across Oklahoma City
Shawnee May 14 five Oklahoma City men face felony counts for promoting two chain letter operations. Faye Ferguson Classen High star and Major Ferguson linked to the cases, with charges filed by County Attorney Tom Wyatt. Conviction could bring up to two years and a 2500 dollar fine. Faye Ferguson prelim set for May 17. Bond set at 75 dollars. In Oklahoma City two promoters began repaying investors who bought letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Okla
Oklahoma City
Faye Ferguson
Classen High School
Major Ferguson
Jack McQuail
George Thompson
John Doe Kirkpatrick
Tom Wyatt
In Closing Recital by Willis Quant at University Auditorium
Willis Quant pianist, pupil of Jan Chiapasso, latest winner in National Federation of Music Clubs contests, presented Bach Partita in C minor, Beethoven Appassionata, Chopin Ballade, and Debussy MacDowell studies with notable clarity and vigor. Funeral service announced for C. H. Daugherty, Lawrence Building & Loan Association director, at 1:30 pm Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Quant
Jan Chiapasso
National Federation of Music Clubs
A . Chopingrau
Debussy
MacDowell
Lawrence Building & Loan Association
C. H. Daugherty
Association
Test Your Knowledge Quiz from Classified Page
Seven questions listed for readers to answer with answers to be found on the classified page. Topics cover royalty geography biographies and history with clues about Kipling Kipling birthplace the Dionne quints and the Duke of Wit among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cour de Lion
Rudyard Kipling
Iran
American Red Cross
John Cartwright
Strait of Dover
William F
Buffalo Bill
Cody
Duke of Wit
Profs Can Take It Here’s One For Em
A Lawrence drug store clerk faced a delivery mix up for a plate lunch to the animal house, later identified as the Administration building where professors reside. At the Hill the send a dame gag spreads to campuses with coeds at California universities facing dating schemes, while U Kansas traditions and a campus band scene echo through Green Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kk. A
Lawrence Drug Store
Regional Democratic Conference Planned in Kansas City
Democratic women of Lawrence and Douglas county prepare to attend the sixth regional conference sponsored by the women's division of the Democratic National Committee in Kansas City Missouri. Delegates from Missouri Kansas Colorado Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico will be present. Friday night banquet features speakers including M. J. Wilson assistant secretary of agriculture and Dudley Doolittle general agent of FCA. No business sessions are scheduled and all meetings are open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Douglas County
Democratic National Committee
Kansas City
Baltimore
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
M. J. Wilson
Dudley Doolittle
FCA
Georgia Editor 18 Dead in Savannah
Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of the Savannah Evening Press and former U.S. minister to Switzerland, died at 77 in Savannah. A Georgia journalism figure, he began in 1875 after graduating from the University of Georgia. His boyhood friendship with Woodrow Wilson led to his envoy post, serving 1913 to 1920 during war and postwar years as neutrality adviser and refugee aid contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Pleasant A. Stovall
Savannah Evening Press
United States
Switzerland
Georgia
Stovall
University of Georgia
Pleasant Alexander Stovall
Woodrow Wilson
Augusta
Mr. Stovall
Wilson
Marion High School Commencement Address by E H Lindley
E H Lindley will deliver the annual commencement address at Marion High School on Thursday night. Dean Paul B Lawson will address the graduating class of Paola High School on Friday evening May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
E. H. Lindley
Marion High School
Lawson
Paola
Paul B. Lawson
Aeole High School
Local Market Prices for Agricultural Goods
Grain prices show Wheat 88 and corn 94 while Butterfat is 23. Poultry lists heavy hens at 14 and light hens cocks and stags at 695. Eggs are 26 and Hogs quoted at 65 pounds.
Naval forces on edge for a test near Pearl Harbor
Aboard the Pennsylvania at Pearl Harbor Hawaii on May 14 the black fleet under Vice Admiral Hepburn readies for a dash southward as 153 ships along with coast guard and support craft prepare for maneuvers from the Bering Sea to Midway. The white fleet under Admiral Harris Lanin sits at Pearl Harbor with battleships carriers cruisers and destroyers in readiness. An expeditionary Marine force may launch from California to Midway within 10 days as the great fleet stretches toward the coral reef-landing zones.
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Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
South Bering Sea
North Pacific
Arthur J. Hepburn
United States Navy
Coast Guard
United States
mid-Pacific Naval Base
Harris Lanin
Midway
California
Pacific
Coral Reef
Lawrence Citizens Laud All For National Band Festival
Walter Keeler of the conventions committee thanks Lawrence residents and Chamber of Commerce groups for their role in the National Band Festival. He cites housing rooms and cooperative support from residents, notesariazation by housing, registration, transportation, and parade committees, and praises the executive and finance committee for smooth festival operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Keeler
Keeler
Housing and Registration Committee
Charles Louk
Transportation Committee
H. A. Jetmore
Fred Wickham
W. K. Bruner
C. E. Birch
D. M. Swarthout
Russell Wiley
Deaths and Funerals for Daugherty and Ross
Funeral services are set for Charles H. Daugherty, pioneer resident and former police judge, at 2:30 PM Wednesday at First Methodist, with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Honorary pallbearers include S. Learned and J. Benson. pallbearers listed. James M. Ross, 60, died today. services Thursday at 2 PM at Perry Christian Church, burial in Underwood cemetery. survivors include wife, two daughters, and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Daugherty
C. H. Daugherty
Pioneer
First Methodist Church
R. A. Hunt
Oak Hill Cemetery
I. Q. O. F. Lodge
S. 8. Learned
J. A. Benson
T. H. Kenned
R. E. Protsch
Will Johns
Will Gorrill
I. C. Stevenson
Frank Durland
George Q. Foster
Ellis T. Johnston
J. B. Wilson
Alfred Lawrence
Bert Hughes
Dolph Simons
Paul Ingles
J. R. Good
J. Runkle
Lisle Eby
J. D. Harris
Clarence Daugherty
James NM. Ross
James M. Ross
Christian Church
Perry
Underwood
Reland Secord
Lois Ross
Frances Trandler
Death of Major John S. Cohen Atlanta Editor Dies At 65
Major John S. Cohen 65 longtime editor and vice chairman of the Democratic national committee died at his home in Atlanta. His death ends a career from reporter to president and editor of the Atlanta Journal and a stint in the U.S. Senate. He joined the Journal in 1890 and served as editor since 1917. His daughter Mrs Jean Bienvenue of Lisbon, Portugal, traveling to the U.S. with family, awaits funeral plans. He won his military title in the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
John S. Cohen
Democratic National Committee
Europe
Jean M. Bienvenue
Lisbon
Portugal
New York
United States Senate
Major Cohen
Georgia
The
Atlanta Journal
Washington
William J. Harris
KU Alumni Leaders Set Nine Town Visit for Drive
Fred Ellsworth and Charles F. Scott will travel Thursday for three days visiting Eureka El Dorado Augusta Wichita Arkansas City Wellington Oklahoma City Tulsa and Bartlesville. They will meet local officers to set a quota and plan a uniform membership drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ellsworth
K. U
Charles F. Scott
Iola Register
University
Kansas
Oklahoma
K. U. Alumni Association
Eureka
el Dorado
Augusta
Wichita
Arkansas City
Wellington
Oklahoma City
Okla
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Ellsworth
Scott
State Seeks Receiver for Bank Savings Life Insurance
A suit in Shawnee county district court filed by the attorney general seeks appointment of a receiver for Bank Savings Life Insurance Company and an injunction to halt asset dispositions. Gov. Alf Landon approved the action based on findings by state insurance commissioner Charles F. Hobbs. A federal court injunction extended the hearing from April 16 to May 10, with a further extension and an appeal hearing set for May 17 in Denver. The state objects to a proposed reinsurer deal with an Omaha firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee County
Attorney General
Bank Savings Life Insurance Company
Clarence Beck
Alf Landon
Charles F. Hobbes
Hobbs
Denver
Bank Savings Life
Omaha
Opal Clark’s art exhibit at Bell’s Music window
Opal Clark nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Arley Clark displays works at Bell’s Music 925 Massachusetts through Tuesday May 21. Her Woodlawn teacher Miss Ida Good notes originality in design and fondness for blues and violets. Opal recently moved to Riverside school and shows strong color balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Massachusetts
Opal Clark
Arley Clark
Opal
Woodlawn School
Riverside School
Wood‘Jawn
Ida Good
K. U
Nebraska
Burlington honors high school band at festival victory
Russell L. Wiley, director of the University of Kansas band, addressed a Burlington audience last night. The gathering celebrated the high school band's top honors in the class B division at the national band festival held here last week.
Topeka Printing House Craftsman Meeting Tonight
Professors and journalists from the University of Kansas will attend a Topeka meeting at Foret Kansan in Topeka at 6 30 P M. Gilbert P Farrar of American Type Founders will be main speaker. Also notes a death of J B Kincaid and Fay Gosper transferred to Kansas City Kan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Kistler
E. G. Stith
T. C. Ryther
Guy Pennock
Schiller Shore
University of Kansas Journalism Press
Topeka
Kansan
Gilbert P. Farrar
American Type Founders Sales Corporation
Kansas City
Fay Gosper
Junction City
Kan
Federal
Kansas Jayhawkers Tennis Team to Compete at Lincoln
K U players to Lincoln captain Arther Voss and Kenneth Kell will leave Thursday for Lincoln to compete in the Big Six conference tennis matches. Voss will defend his singles championship which he won last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Horace Hedges
Robert Finley
Robert Quinlan
Donald Reed
Grover Johnson
Omaha
Creighton University
Jayhawkers
Lincoln
Nebraska
K. U
Arther Voss
Kenneth Kell
Jayhawker Tennis Layers
Lincol
Voss
Senate Rejects Longs Bid to Probe Farley
Washington May 14 The senate voted 62 to 20 to deny a resolution by Senator Long to investigate Postmaster General Farley. Long had charged Farley with seven acts of alleged wrongdoing including influencing government contracts and benefiting from public works. Senate committee members said the claims were based on hearsay and urged no inquiry, while a minority urged inquiry to quell public suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Farley
Long
D.-Le
McKellar
Post Office
Longs
Louisianan
Farleys
Democratic National Committee
Senate Post Office Committee
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Streams and lakes benefit from recent rains boost
The Raw river runs higher and the Wakarusa rises a foot or more from this week’s rain. Washington creek flows bank full at Lone Star, with no impoundment at the state lake due to dam height. County streams and ponds fill as Tonganoxie reports 1.38 inches of rain lifting the lake to near two year high. D F Smith, park superintendent, notes many privately owned boats underwater and to be cared for. fishing season opens tomorrow after a 30 day bass and crappie closed season. Rental boats are in service and women must have licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Creek
Lone Star
Lone Star Lake
Tonganoxie
D. F. Smith
Lske
Smith
Ross Wasbinder
Earl Markham
Grantville
Oliver Garner
Earl Garner
Oskaloosa
Leo Ousdahl
Midland
Garners
Russell Shaw
Jefferson County Farm Bureau Board
Shaw
Deila Weibel
Earl Beard
James Holliday
Russell D. Shaw
Charlton
Lawrence
Charltons
Albert Ford
Pittsburg
Wesley Ford
William Eberhards
Chester
Lloyd -Garner
Lloyd
McLouth Rural High School
M. H. Young
The
Baptist Church of
Carter Harrison
Letha Jane Chapman
Jane L. Davison
Nortonville
Jefferson County
Della Weibel
Russell Stewart
Richard Petrie
NAME 28 NEW MEMBERS DOUBLED MEMBERSHIP AT KU CHAPTER
The Jay Janes K U chapter of Phi Sigma Chi elected 28 women to membership at a meeting last night. New members include Catherine Holmes Hope Lane Irene Moll Marie Russell all of Lawrence Carolyn Bailey Margaret Boast Catherine Dunkel Georgia Sue Reuter all of Topeka Helen Cunningham Kansas City Kan Helen Allen Arkansas City Marjorie Boyle Boyle Kan Evelyn Brubaker Grants Pass Ore Margaret Courant Tola Maxine Earhart Steele City Neb Marie Forbes Eureka LaMoyne Pantle Marion Eleanor Slaten Belen N M Marie Stevens Oskaloosa dovee Wilson Holyrood Dorothy Wingerd Navarre Sarah Nell Pickett Joplin Mo Gladys Irvine St Joseph Mo Ferne Forman Ala Delle Meinke Marjorie Wahl Lucille Bottom Miriam Young all of Kansas City Mo Martha Jane Stockman Chanute Pledging set for tomorrow at 4 30 in central Administration building lounge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Janes
K. U
Phi Sigma Chi
Catherine Holmes
Hope Lane
Irene Moll
Marie Russell
Lawrence
Carolyn Bailey
Margaret Boast
Catherine Dunkel
Georgia
Sue Reuter
Topeka
Helen Cunningham
Kansas City
Kan
Helen Allen
Arkansas City
Marjorie Boyle
Boyle
Evelyn Brubaker
Grants Pass
Ore
Margaret Courant
Tola
Maxine Earhart
Steele City
Neb
Marie Forbes
Eureka
LaMoyne Pantle
Marion
Eleanor Slaten
Belen
N. M
Marie Stevens
Oskaloosa
Dovee Wilson
Holyrood
Dorothy Wingerd
Navarre
Sarah Nell Pickett
Joplin
Gladys Irvine
St. Joseph
Ferne Forman
Ala Delle Meinke
Marjorie Wahl
Lucille Bottom
Miriam Young
Allo
Kansas
City
Martha Jane Stockman
Chanute
Central Administration
Class Night At Eudora High School 1935 Program
The Eudora Rural High School senior class presents a free class night program Tuesday at 8 PM in the auditorium. Participants include salutatory Dorothy Mayhugh, Violet Gerstenberger for class history, Delbert Gerstenberger and Roscoe Parker in a trombone duet, and an one act play Elo directed by Miss Mabel Campbell with a cast featuring Verda Sommer Jeanne Collier Violet Gerstenberger and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora Rural High School
Dorothy Mayhugh
Violet Gerstenberrer
Delbert Gerstenberrer
Verda Sommer
Lois Cramer
Stan
Gardner
Charles Andrew
Luclle Wotan
Helen
Roscoe Parker
Delbert Gerstenberger
Ralph Rood
Key
Emerson Ott
Mabel Campbell
Elmer Collier
Susan, Collier
Jeanne Collier
Janie Collier
Violet Gerstenberger
Luisa Penney
Annabell Holmes
Collier
Nabel Wallace
Fannie Betts
Dorothy Maybush
Hubert Brown
Russell Jameson
Charles Mitchell
Peace Session Tonight at KU Roundtable
The last of the K U Peace Action Committee roundtables will be held this evening in the central Administration building auditorium at 7 30 with discussion on Propaganda on War and Peace Paul Hoff of Wichita chair and guest speaker Prof Olin Templin will preside Noel Gist and Charles Brown also speak for the program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U. Peace Action Committee
Central Administration Building
Paul Hoff
Wichita
Kansas State Peace Action Committee
Olin Templin
Noel Gist
Charles Brown
Daily Kansan
Mussolini Primes Senate Says Italy Ready For Any Contingency
Premier Mussolini told the senate Italy is ready for any eventuality in the Ethiopian crisis with three arms classes mobilized and a fourth prepared. He indicated nearly 1.9 million under arms by Friday as class of 1912 volunteers received orders and a government spokesman noted 950,000 modal troops mobilized by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
CPI
Benito Mussolini
Senate
Great Britain
France
Italy
Africa
Mussolini
Alessandro Leasona
Lessona
Haile Selassie
Eritrea
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Friay
Lamson Jury Still Out Deliberating Second Trial
In San Jose on May 14 the Lamson murder trial jury again asked to be dismissed after 92 hours of deliberation over the slaying of Allene Thorpe Lamson. Defense counsel warned against a forced verdict, while Judge Syer said the court may discharge the panel if no verdict is reached tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
David A. Lamson
Allene Thorpe Lamson
Lemar
Edwin V. McKenzie
Syer
Annual River Swim At KU Tests Men Swimmers Endurance
University of Kansas plans a two mile river swim for male swimmers under coach Herb Allphin. Teams from KU swimming classes join the trek downstream with boats for safety. Last year 12 of 16 starters finished. eight have signed up this year. Shown at Spooner Thayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Herb Allphin
K. U
Spooner-Thayer
Bloch Display of Oil Paintings and Sketches at Spooner Thayer
A collection by Prof. Albert Bloch head of KU drawing and painting is on view in the Spooner Thayer museum south gallery through June 1. Most works were created in the past year and have not been shown before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bloch
Department of Drawing and Painting
University of Kansas
Spooner- Thayer Museum
Valley Grove club meeting hosted by Mrs Viola Thiry
Mrs Viola Thiry welcomed So and So club members to a Wednesday afternoon gathering at her home. Two members were absent, and a question box, roll call, and a wedding anniversary shower for Mrs Lottie Ward provided amusement. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Oliver Garner Alberta and Raymond Garner and Veda May Ousdahl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Thiry
Lottie Ward
Charles A. Jones
Nelson
Lawrence
Frances Francile
Perry
Lois Ross
Kansas City
Roland Secord
Ross
Vernon King
Winford Thiry
Arlo
Chester area notes and events collection from May
Miss Reta O Roke completed another term at Chester. A Chester Grange meeting May 2 initiated two new members. Numerous local families hosted gatherings and trips including a Grange exemplification in Ozawkie. James Ross hospitalized. neighbors helped with his crop. Local farm visitors and church events noted along with upcoming school activities and commencement plans at McLouth and Nortonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowledge Hill
Reta O'Roke
Chester
W. C. Flory
Jerald
Vernon
Lone Star
John Dunn
Chester Grange
Valley Grove
Arthur Ousdahl
Veola May
DeHoff
Tonganoxie
Ozawkie
Grange Order
William Puckett
Dan Smith
Jeff Barnes
Collene Barnes
William Eberhard
Emma Eberhard
Georgianna Eberhard
Frank Brune
Mollie Freer
Roy Freer
Darlene Smith
Bonnie Jean Barnes
Ruby May Puckett
Alvin Smith
Grange
James Ross
Valley Chapel Community News Notes and Obituary
Heavy rain caused no Grange meeting last Wednesday. Next meeting slated at a home, with local updates and social details. Numerous neighborhood notices follow including gatherings at Schellhorn and Nieder homes, a birthday surprise for Mrs Dunn, and a sudden death in Mary Hoghland Crane. Funeral plans referenced for Olathe. Jolly Stitchers hosted Mothers Day event at Gottlieb Nieder home. Local residents send sympathy to the Crane family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Feeeee
Do McNeps
Bay Thome
Gottlieb Nieder
John David
Lecompton
Schelihorn
Ellen Tyler
Harry Bowen
Lawrence
Tommy
Shirley Jean
Alda Elizabeth
Barbara Ann Knott
John Dunn
Mary Hoghland Crane
R. P. Houghland
Olathe
Oscar Crane
Pleasant Grove
Jolly Stitchers Club
Mra Gottlieb Nieder
N. F. Thome
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Col
T. E Shaw
G. H. Day
AAA
Associated Press
Animal House
Alf M. Landon
Willard Mayberry
Mount Oread
University of California
U. of C
Green Hall
Black Fleet
Bering Sea
Creighton
Journalism Press
J. B. Kincaid
Downey
Enate
Tonganoxie Lake
Eudora
Bloch
Manlry Insurance Agency
Valley Chapel
Union Station
Dillinger
Clyde Barrow
Pretty Boy Floyd
Waterloo
James Cagney
Granada
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