Medic Convention Closes With Medical Progress Highlights
Kansas City May 16 Six thousand physicians return home after the American Medical Association meeting reviewing yearly advances in medical science. Highlights include a reported thrombus cause linked to a bacterial filtrate, twilight sleep childbirth debate, Mayo findings on cold hypersensitivity in divers, plastic surgery feats, tuberculosis research plans, and brain studies using electrical instruments.
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Kansas City
American Medical Association
J. Tate Mason
Seattle
Gregory Schwartzman
M. D
New York City
Schwartzman
Rudolph Holmes
Chicago
United States
Mayo Foundation
Rochester
Minn
John Barleycorn
Plans for Baldwin Co Operative Creamery formation
More than 400 people met at Baldwin Methodist church to draft the final plan for the Baldwin Co Operative Creamery association. A constitution was adopted and a board of directors and officers were elected. Dayton Van Tries was named president Walter Orehle vice president Roy Merchant Baldwin treasurer Carl Butell Baldwin secretary. The board includes Otis Hutchinson M B Jackson and H H Smith. The creamery will serve 250 members and process milk from over 1400 cows to produce butter cheese and ice cream with delivery routes planned across the territory. Lunch was provided by Baldwin business men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baldwin
Baldwin Co-Operative Creamery Association
Dayton van Tries
Walter Orehle
Roy Merchant Baldwin
Carl Butell
Otis
Hutchinson
M. B. Jackson
H. H. Smith
Vinland
Test Your Knowledge Quiz From Classified Pare Answers
A series of 28 trivia prompts covering art, geography, history, and science. It asks terms for pottery department, Memel, emotion, Yangtze location, authorship by Owen Meredith, embalming, Everest, Langres Stone Medal recipient, meaning of Nevada, Frank E Elwell, top Italian goldsmith, Falkland Ocean, impressionism, cinchona bark source, Giovanni Prati, Cedar Rapids location, daily sea rise, Yale University, turkey neck skin, and first White House occupant.
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Department of Plastic Art
Memel
Yangtze River
Owen Meredith
Mount Everest
Nevada
Frank Edwin Elwell
Falkland Islands
Giovanni Prati
Cedar Rapids
New Haven
Conn
United States
Rumor About KU Beauty Queen Judges Debunked
A Kansas City newspaper rumor claimed Hallie Harris and George Snyder would judge KU’s 15 senior beauty queens for the Jayhawker yearbook. John Chandler and Bob Kenyon denied plans for these judges, calling the report rambling speculation. It notes no confirmation and hints next year’s possible assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Oread
Kansas City
Hallie
Pigeon Hunter Harris
K.U
George
One Iron) Snyder
Jayhawker Magazine
Chandler
Harris
Snyder
Commissioners To Sit As Equalization Board
The county commissioners begin meetings Monday as an equalization board to hear readjustments of property assessments. The board meets for 10 consecutive days, Sunday excepted, mainly handling personal property while real estate last valued in 1934 with no revaluation until 1938. Taxpayers may still seek relief by applying to the state tax commission after the 10 day period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
State Tax Commission
Second hole-in-one by Dick Howard in KS golf tourney
Independence reporter notes Dick Howard, 17, of Arkansas City, made his second ace of the season on No. 18 to tie the course record for the second nine at 31, 213 yards. He played with Earl Knauss, Cecil Jones, and Ted Hoppexis, with a prior ace on his home course linked to his grandfather.
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Independence
Kan
Dick Howard
Arkansas City
Kansas Editorial Golf Association
Howard
Earl Knauss
Garnett
Cecil Jones
Wichita
Ted HopfeXis
Kansas City
A Es SE
Berry to New Job with Standard Oil Company
L W Berry leaves Green Brothers store after four years to join Standard Oil Company and will begin Monday. He will work from Kansas City but maintain a Lawrence home for now. Mrs Berry has long been the First Baptist church choir soprano. Ray and Chet Stone taken to county jail after arrest on East Ninth Street near Eagles hall. Ray charged with drunkenness with $25 bond. Chet charged with drunken driving with $50 bond. Both due in police court Monday morning.
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L. W. Berry
Green Brothers
Standard Oil Company
Kansas City
Lawrence
Ray
Chet Stone
City Prodlice
East Ninth Street
Eagles Hall
Ray Stone
Couple Married at Logan Court House by Probate Judge
Married this morning at the Logan Kansas courthouse under Probate Judge LH Menger. The groom hailed from Logan and the bride from Oklahoma City, with ceremony performed by Probate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Palmer
Logan
Kan
Nora Flanigan
Oklahoma City
Court House
LH. Menger
Savage three killed in Gordonsville gun battle
A night long gun battle in Gordonsville, Virginia left three dead including a Negro man William Wells aged 65 and his sister Cora Wells. Sheriff William B. Young of Orange County was fatally shot while officers tried to arrest Wells. Five officers were wounded and a posse member set the tenant home on fire as flames rose silhouetting armed figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordonsville
William B. Young
Orange County
William Wells
Cora Wells
Sheriff Young
Wells
L. McWilliams
George Zinn
Young
McWilliams
Wayne Carr
Cr. L. Young
Oscar Mundy
Barboursville
Edward Bushong
Original Compositions to Be Presented Monday at KU
The fourth annual KU school of fine arts composition program will occur Monday at 8 pm in the KU auditorium. Students from Profs Skilton and Andersons classes perform in two divisions including organ, piano, violin, oboe, string quartet, vocal solos and choruses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
K. U
C. 8. Skilton
Laurel E. Anderson
Skilton
Anderson
Mussolini Sends Best Wishes to Austrian Dictator
Rome May 16 Premier Mussolini extended best wishes to the new Austrian dictator while the deposed vice chancellor sought support in Rome. Mussolini reaffirmed ties with Vienna and noted Austro-Hungarian renewals as key to fascist policy. Starhemberg unlikely to gain Italian aid. Missouri Tops Kansas State 10–6 in second of three games in Columbia.
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Rome
Mussolini
Austria
Kurl Schuschnigg
Prince Ernst von Starhemberg
Ni Duce
Starhemberg
Schuschnigg
Missouri Columbia
Missouri University
Kansas State
Wildcats
Secret investigators press Lindbergh kidnapping probe
The New York Sun reports a secret division of investigators and private detectives, led by a chief known as K-4, continues the Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry with possible New Jersey governor involvement. A diver searched Center Pond near Becket Massachusetts for a black bag linked to Dr John F Condon.
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New York
The
New York Sun
Hoffman
New Jersey
Tashia
the Sun
Harold C. Keyes
Keyes
United States Secret Service
New York State
Sun
K-4
Center Pond
Becket Mass
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Frank Broadhurst
John F. Condon
Jassie
Doan Addresses Press Privilege At Midwest Meeting
E N Doan of the University of Kansas tells the Midwest section of the National Association of Teachers of Journalism that court rulings and legislative acts are expanding press freedom, especially on qualified privilege. He notes the term without malice waning, courts praising newspapers for public welfare and defines privilege as a defense rather than a right.
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St. Charles, H
UPI
E., N. Doan
Dean
Peairs Urged For County Commissioner Nomination
Friends of H. B. Peairs push to secure Republican nomination for the second commissioner district seat comprising Wakarusa Edgora and Palmyra townships. Peairs, a sixty year county resident, longtime Haskell Institute superintendent, now runs a dairy farm near the No 6 school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakarusa
Eudora
Palmyra
H. B. Peairs
Peairs
Peaks
Haskell Institute
Alcoholic Content of Beer Is Going Higher
Lawrence faces questions over beer strength as Kansas towns move from 3.2 beer to brews with up to five percent alcohol. Local tests found three samples above 3.2 percent and one above 5 percent, while one Lawrence brand uses the label old time alcoholic content.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Richland Cemetery Association Meeting May 20
Members of the Richland Cemetery association will meet Wednesday May 20 to do cleaning and repair work. A business meeting will be held in the evening. The cemetery lies one mile north of Pleasant Grove. Everyone interested is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Cemetery Meeting
Richland Cemetery Association
Pleasant Grove
Ten Years of Atomic Knowledge Expands Under Cady View
Dr H P Cady recalls a 1926 radio demonstration using a static machine and a loud speaker to show atoms’ electric disturbance. He notes shifts in atomic theory, discovery of neutrons and positrons, Curie experiments, and the rise of radiation applications in cancer treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.P. Cady
University of Kansas
KFKU
Cady
Mme. Joliet Curie
McNary Narrowly Trims Oregon Primary Lead
In Oregon's May primary, Senator Charles L. McNary's early large lead narrowed as Townsend plan supporters gained in outside precincts. McNary held 42,292 votes from 840 of 1,627 precincts, with Brown 12,254 and Nelson 11,345. Ralph Williams led the GOP field with 28,740. Roosevelt trailed Borah in presidential votes, with Steiner set to keynote at the Cleveland convention. In Democratic senatorial bids, William Mahoney and John A. Jeffrey contested McNary, Mahoney leading 19,825 to 17,406 in 838 precincts. The report ends with a note: Thieves rob restaurant.
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Portland
Ore
Charles L. McNary
Oregon
Townsend Pension Plan
Sam Brown
Theodore Nelson
Nelson
Oregon Townsend Board
McNary
Senate
Republican National
Ralph E. Williams
Charles L. Paine
Ben Curtis
Williams
Roosevelt
William E. Borah
Borah
Frederick Steiner
Steiner
Cleveland
William Mahoney
Klamath Falls
John A. Jeffrey
Mc Nary
Mahoney
Jeffrey
Thieves Rob Restaurant
Robbery at Polly Ann Restaurant Seizes Cigarettes
Police report a theft at the Polly Ann cafe in the 900 block of Massachusetts Street last night. About a dozen cartons of cigarettes a small amount of other tobacco and $2.50 in cash were stolen after intruders cut a rear screen and forced a transom. Manager W. M. Criss noted the back door was bolted and burglars exited by dragging a stool to the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Ann
Massachusetts Street
W. M. Criss
Record Clovers Found In Yard And Auditorium Stats
Mrs H R Lindenberger of 2124 Kentucky street found 108 four leaf clovers in under an hour and 41 in a prior day, while the Cleveland Auditorium hosting Lawrence high school band events lists capacities totaling over 20 thousand across venues. The St Francis Herald reprints a village anecdote about Mrs Chris Gunn visiting Hastings to see her niece and a Dodge runnin gboard mishap near McCook.
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H. R. Lindenberger
Kentucky Street
Cleveland Auditorium
Lawrence High School
Music Hall
Exhibiion Hall
Little Theatre
St. Francis Herald
Chris Gunn
Gunns
Hastings
McCook
Deaths and Funerals In Lawrence Local notices
Mrs. Catherine E Beard 2233 New Hampshire died after months of illness at 9 this morning. Survived by daughter Helen, son Dr Archie H Beard, brother E D Morris and two grandchildren Mary and Archie II. Private funeral at Rumsey Parlors. body to La Junta Colorado for burial beside father John H Beard. Ellen L Krum obituary service set for Sunday at Rumsey with burial in Memorial Park. J C Meadows death noted in Los Angeles from heart attack. Meadows was once a Lawrence resident.
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Catherine E. Beard
New Hampshire
Archie H. Beard
Minneapolis
Minn
E. D. Morris
Coulterville
Calif
Mary
Archie II
Rumsey
Joseph F. King
Plymouth Congregational Church
la Junta
Colo
John H. Beard
J. C. Meadows
Charles A. Teter
Los Angeles
Cal
Mr. Meadows
Lawrence
Funeral rites for Samuel Baty Monday in Lawrence
Samuel Baty national secretary of the Standard Life Association died early Friday in Kansas City. Funeral services will be held at 2 30 o clock Monday from the Masonic Temple in Lawrence. Knights Templar and Rev. Carter Harrison will lead the service. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel 5. Baty
Standard Life Association
Kansas City
Masonic Temple
Lawrence
Knights Templar
Carter Harrison
Trinity Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Weigand pleads guilty in bank robbery case at Wichita
In Wichita Judge Robert L Nesmith sentenced 23 year old Joe Earl Weigand Jr of Newton to 10 to 50 years for the Valley Center State Bank robbery and five to fifteen years for the auto theft with sentences to run concurrently. Also reported Paris tennis upset with Boussus defeating Perry 6 4 6 8 6 2 and Brugnon and Bernard wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kan
Joe Earl Weigand, Jr
Newton Kan
Valley Center State Bank
Robert L. Nesmith
Weigand
Boussus
Perry
Paris
Christian Boussus
France
Fred Perry
England
Jacques Brugnon
Marcel Bernard
Brugnon
FC H. Wilde
Bernard
Weekend Visits Across Town Highlight Local Social Scene
Miss Theokla Laming of Topeka spent the weekend with her parents. Leavenworth visitors Shir ley McPherson joined Bertha Halstead for a weekend gathering. Sunday dinners featured multiple Paola and Kansas City guests, including Earl W. Farrell and the Deaton, Needham, and Farrell families, with other locals from Lawrence and Lawrence area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theokla Laming
Topeka
J. C. Laming
Anna Kline
Shirley McPherson
Leavenworth
Bertha Halstead
M. G. Farrell
Earl W. Farrell
Kansas City
Leonard Deaton
Jerry
F. L. Needham
James Deaton
James Farrell
Izolan Farrell
Walter Gould
Paola
Pete Stames
R. Mills
Albert Rumsey
Harman Rumsey
Art Summerman
Lysle
Lawrence
Junior Senior reception at high school features roof garden setup
The annual Junior-Senior reception was held May 7 in the high school auditorium. Juniors and seniors sat at quarter tables with faculty at a long table. Domestic science girls served in white dresses with blue aprons and head bands. Entertainment included Astronomy by Ted Duncanson, constellations by Ed Holton, and a program on atmosphere and orbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caralee Laming
Mary Rose Davidson
Mary Frances Haas
Elaine Quisenberry
Evelyn Yates
Vivian Cox
Mary Yonallly
Ellen Vallentine
Bernice Hoerner
Ted Duncanson
Ed Holton
Darlene Laughlin
Ruth Dillon
W. C. Morrow
John Slavin
Topeka
Henry McCaslin
Kansas City
Henry Geib
Charles Endriss
Othel Marie
M. G. Farrell
Sunny Valley Farm Bureau Meets for Mother's Day Reading
Midland notes show the Sunny Valley Farm Bureau gathering Tuesday afternoon May 5 with Mrs. Elgar Smith. Mrs. Walter Love read a Mother's Day article. Next meeting is June 2 with Mrs. Dan Smith as hostess. The lesson will cover quilted cushions. Mrs. Fred Heck and daughters assisted.
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Sunny Valley Farm Bureau
Elgar Smith
Walter Love
Dan Smith
Fred Heck
Topeka Social Notes Include Visits And Dinner Guests
Helen and Esther shopped in Topeka Saturday. Mr and Mrs Russell Shaw visited Sunday with their mother Mrs E D Shaw and family. Mr and Mrs A B Carter and children were supper guests with Mr and Mrs Charles Spra and Mary Louisa Sunday evening. The annual school meeting is set for Friday afternoon May 29. Mr and Mrs Leo Ousdahl were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Elmer Ousdahl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Esther
Topeka
Russell Shaw
E. D. Shaw
A. B. Carter
Charles Spra
Mary Louisa
Leo Ousdahl
Elmer Ousdahl
Market News Recap Kansas City May 16 18 May 18 items
Market items from Kansas City and Chicago summarize prices and trends in butter poultry potatoes and grains with notes on government bond closes and a Wall Street roundup. Highlights include butterfat quotings creamery butter and poultry prices alongside wheat corn and oats levels and a tense stock and bond market outlook. Institutions named include AP USDA listings, Illinois and Louisiana potato grades, and U S government bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
USDA
Bliss
Alabama
Louisiana
U. 8
California
White Rose
Idaho
Government
New York
U. S
Treasury
Ay. M
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Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
Union Building
Kappas
Red Blackburn
John Ise
University of Kansas Jayhawker
Alf M. Landon
J. C. McCanles
Roy Roberts
Kansas City Star
Kansan
Brock Pemberton
Jerome Beatty
Scoop Club
J. W. Murray
Journal-World
Fred Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg Sun
Headlight
Logan Clendening
Medic Club
Kansan Board
Union
the New Republic
Equalization Board
Virginia
Benito
Duce
Townsend
C. S. Nusbaum
Southpark
Rian
Lindbergh
E. N. Doan
St. Charles, NL
H. P. Cady
Ellen L. Krum
Rhode Island Street
A. J. Miller
Evangelical Church In Charge
Memorial Park Cemetery
Newton
Tonganoxie
Ralph Cain
Irene Verhage
la Trefle Club
Ollie Myers
McCaslin
Hoyt
Tonganoxie Library Association
Ralph R. Cain
Alfred Knox
Hugh Waters
Leonard Carpenter
William Newsome
Billy Hunt
Providence Hospital
Billy
Ed Hunt
Byington Chapter
Rinda
O. E. S. Tonganoxie
W. E. Simison
Fred Bernhardt
E. Hunt
Walter Zoellner
Amos Wilson
Lawrence Messmore
Tom Gallagher
Marie Weir
Franklin Ice Cream Company
Swope Park
Midland
Wall Street
Columbian Carbon
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Consolidated Edison
Montgom- Ward
Standard Oil
New
New Jer Sears, Roebuck
U. S. Rubbe
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Columbia Gas
North American
Anaconda
American Smelting
American Telephone
General Motors
Ligrett and Myers
International Harvester
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Walnut Kansas City
Owen
George Nordlin
Flying Squadron
Aerie No. 47
Peoples State Bank
Massachusetts
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