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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1934
Page
2
Carlotta Lamer arrives in Lawrence to meet Bernard Gridley amid curious, distant origin stories. The piece notes Golden Age campus life, honorary colonels, and Phi Psi peanut race winner Fred Gille, with university ticket protests and freshman cap supervision as next fall’s issues.
Pick R. C. T. C. Queen Mary Lou Bagby of Vinita Oklahoma becomes honorary colonel of the ROTC units at the University of Kansas. Major W C Koenig announces induction tonight at the military hall Union Building. Bagby, a junior in liberal arts and sciences, succeeds Rowena Longshore and will host ROTC events for 1934 35. She belongs to Kappa Alpha Theta.
The AP reports summer heat spreading from the northwest across Kansas. Forecaster S. D. Flora says the next 36 hours will be warm and dry with 90s and up to near 100 in the northwest. Western Kansas already reached 98 at Dresden and Garden City while eastern areas enjoy mild 80s to 85s before overnight lows fall to 55 to 65.
Dean D. M. Swarth, of the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts, will serve as a judge in a Kansas City high school music contest tomorrow. Barber's Drug Store advertises floor and wall finishes.
President Roosevelt previews a dove tailed social legislation program to aid labor and stabilize the economy. The proposal, described as the broadest yet, targets unemployment insurance old age pensions and a permanent relief system. A joint congressional committee may study it during the summer with detailed disclosure later.
The first of two biannual advanced student recitals in KU's school of fine arts will take place Monday at 7:30 in the administration building auditorium. Piano, voice, violin, and cello solos will be performed, with artists from the studios of Tay lor, Gelich, Underwood, Husband, Swarthout, Moore, Preyer, Conger, Peabody, and Euersteiner. The second recital follows the next night.
The 1934 Lawrence High School yearbook Red and Black has been distributed with editor-in-chief Blossom Ewing and associate editors Elizabeth Wiggins and Arnold Weidman. Staff includes Anna Grace Doty art editor, James Scoggins assistant art editor, Lucille Willert and Virginia Starr feature editors, Gilbert Smith assistant sport editor, Virgil Leigh snapshot editor, Mildred Messenheimer assistant class editor and typist, Doris Stockwell business manager, Ralph Varnum advertising manager, Leo Freed Carolyn Alkire Jeannette Houk Helen Moore advertising solicitors, and Keith Swinehart sales manager.
A jumble of questions asks about rivers, cities, territories, plural forms, insect orders, stock market terms, universities, a vice presidential candidate, a Shakespeare play, and a Michigan suspect.
The film features Sylvia Sidney and Carey Grant in leading roles with a tale of Taronia a small country negotiating a loan with American bankers. A real princess falls ill during a tour and a double is used for the festivities. Also notes guests Mr and Mrs C W Lamer of Salina visiting W G Hutson.
Evangelist A. G. Lovell of the Church of God in Pratt will open a revival in South Park for two weeks starting Sunday night May 20. Services will be at the band stand in the park's east section. Rev. Clarence A. Thomas pastors the local Church of God.
The Sachem honorary society at the University of Kansas will hold its annual initiation on May 27 beside Rock Chalk Cairn atop the stadium slope. Ten current members will seize new initiates on the spot, and a new rock will be added to the cairn honoring Glenn Cunningham. Walter Simmons will lead the ritual. public attendance is invited. Members listed include Edwin Sharpe, Paul Borel, Alfred White, Howard Hoover, Kenneth Slocum, Gordon Sloan, Frank Theis, Maurice Rice, and Don Roney.
The Lawrence high school presents the three act domestic comedy Shirt Sleeves at 8 15 this evening in the school auditorium as a closing event of the year ending Friday May 25. Miss Lina M Shippy directs with L H Emmett handling stage effects. Business staff includes Bernice Benson Frederick Snyder Mildred Messenheimer Charles Bonebrake Harold Brown and Anna Grace Doty in various management roles.
Emil Stubeck a longtime Lawrence resident died yesterday in Colorado Springs after months of illness. He was about 80, father of Fred Stubeck city building inspector, and survived by two daughters Mrs. Frank Nemec and Miss Signe Stubeck. Body to be brought to Lawrence. funeral plans pending. His wife died over two years ago and he had lived in Colorado Springs since.
At the opening party, the Lawrence Country Club presented Al Bromersick, remodeling committee chairman, a wrist watch in appreciation. An honorary one year membership was given to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Green. Mrs Green chairs the decorating and furnishing committee and Mr Green recruited 28 new members in the campaign.
In Topeka on May 18 AP reports two Central Conference track marks fell during prelims. Haring of Emporia Teachers won the 120 yard high hurdles heat in 14.6 seconds to set a conference record, while teammate Crooms, also of Emporia, posted 9.6 seconds in the 100 yard dash to beat the old 9.9.
Minneapolis May 18 AP Postmaster general James A Farley was notified that strikers halted a gasoline delivery to the Minneapolis post office under a government contract. An oil company official telegrammed Farley stating the truck carrying gasoline was detained on a public street by pickets and delivery could not be made.
In Topeka on May 18 AP reports Shawnee county attorney Lester Goodell said two eight year old girls identified Jack McFarland of Topeka as the youth who attacked them in an attic room of the Kansas state capitol last December. McFarland had already been arrested on another charge.
Springfield May 18 AP Walter Hartley 35 a noted Ozarks bank robber who escaped from Ozark county jail at Gainesville last Saturday died this afternoon while being taken to Gainesville after capture near a hideout just over the Arkansas line in Marion county He was shot in the neck and shoulder early today at the home of Carlis Ingram south of Dugginsville by Highway Patrolmen Nathan Massey and Ben Graham and Sheriff S W Daniel of Ozark county He revived and seized two shot guns firing ten shots as he fled into brush but all missed Massey and Daniel returned fire wounding him in the arm He slipped from sight and later died en route to Gainesville Notes of Hartley long criminal record and involvement in several escapes accompany the report He was regarded as one of the Ozarks bad men.
Washington May 18 AP A group of bills requested by the Department of Justice to aid the federal government in combatting crime were signed into law today by President Roosevelt The bills widen federal jurisdiction to include kidnap across state lines after seven days and offenses such as prison breaks extortion interstate fraud robbery of national banks assault or murder of federal officers and interstate transportation of stolen securities
J S Daniels departed this morning for New York City to join three other Kansans A L Horton Topeka William Cochrane Salina and Vincent Probislo Wichita as guests of the Mutual Life Insurance company at its May 22 to 28 Waldorf Astoria convention.
Mrs Jim Uttinger and son Rich ard of Lawrence and Mr Miller visit a few days with Mr and Mrs Schiffer. Mrs W P Loesch of Lawrence spends Wednesday with daughter Mrs Stewart and is guest at her club. Mr and Mrs Loesch also dine with Stewart. Mrs Jesse Grahams mother Mrs Bertha March of Mulhill Okla visits daughter Mrs Coffer in Kansas City with granddaughter Theodora. S T Moore ill and in Memorial hospital at Lawrence improving. Mr and Mrs Jesse Graham attend Grange meeting at Vatley Grove schoolhouse with a good program Friday night.
Leonard Walker and others in Fairview attended Vinland high school baccalaureate services Sunday evening. A Fred Howard farm sale Tuesday afternoon drew a good crowd and prices. Mrs KK Brown returned home from Lawrence hospital after motor accident injuries while visiting her daughter in Okmulgee. Mr and Mrs William Meairs attended the funeral of little Ann Ratliff at Rumsey Funeral Home on Monday.
Mrs George Ackerman will return next Monday from Wetmore where she has visited her son Superintendent Ralph Ackerman. Marlene Shepard, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Shepard, broke her collar bone after a fall at home Tuesday. Tuesday Reading club held its annual spring picnic on the J W S Dean lawn with Mrs Dean assisted by her daughter Lois. Officers elected for the coming year: Mrs E C Alderdice president, Mrs C W Gatez vice president, Miss Noyla Hunt secretary, Mrs Clara Krefting treasurer. Dinner guests at the Beta Tau Alpha house included Dr and Mrs W M Balch, Prof and Mrs Karl Bratton, and Coach and Mrs E F Listen. Mr and Mrs R E McHenry returned from Topeka, visiting daughter Mrs Jack Hoefer. Hoefer drove to Baldwin. Mehorney Furniture Co Kansas City headliner at Rotary Club lunch on The NRA. Other guests included Rotarian Martin of Ottawa, Dr H W Guest, and Jack Mehorney. Nell Leech of Bartlesville, Dr and Mrs Harry Webster and Dorothy Jean of Ottawa, and D E Quackenbush of Oskaloosa were Sunday guests of the Websters. EF B Lucas is critically ill with pneumonia. Mrs Hugh Hartley drove to Lawrence Tuesday with her mother Mrs John Bovard who took a bus to Kansas City after Mother's Day in Baldwin. Mr and Mrs Floyd Talley of Potter left Sunday after visiting Mr and Mrs A B Burgtorf, accompanied home by Mrs Laura Talley who had been in.
May events, dinners, and visits across Baldwin and nearby towns feature Mrs. Rollie Critchfield’s home gathering on May 29, plus guests at Centenary Hall for The Rose Maiden. Notables include Dr. Fleming with Baker quartette, Delta Tau Delta hosts, and a Mother's Day dinner at Mrs. James Gander’s home with multiple relatives from Liberty Topeka and Zanesville.
Mr and Mrs Gilbert M Gander of Baldwin and Dr and Mrs Wilbur N Mason of Kansas City announce the engagement of their daughter Miriam Nesbitt Mason to Edwin Cantwell Barker of Pittsburg Kansas. The marriage will be at the bride’s parents home on May 28 with Miss Sarah Mason as attendant.
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