Coup in Bolivia Establishes Provisional Socialist Junta
La Paz May 18 A provisional junta of soldiers and socialists toppled President Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano in a peaceful coup. War Hero David Toro is to become president after Col German Busch heads the interim regime. The junta aims to guide Bolivia toward a socialistic state by gradual, prudent means and suspend the general strike while preparing for later elections.
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la Paz
Bolivia
CPA
Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano
David Toro
Gran Chaco
German Busch
Toro
Busch
Labor Federation
National Socialist Party of War Veterans and Students
Westminster A Cappella Choir Final Concert At Leavenworth
The Westminster A Cappella Choir presented its season finale in Leavenworth on Sunday with a polished program. Transportation was arranged by Bruce Cameron using cars supplied by choir members and First Presbyterian Church parishioners. The troupe, in its strongest form, performed two home concerts and the Passion Cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ, with soloists and a small orchestra, and toured several venues including Haskell Institute, Kansas City, and the University auditorium. A final Bac ca laurate Sunday program is planned at the First Presbyterian Church with Meribah Moore assisting. Additionally, Dean and Mrs Swarthout will host the choir Friday evening at Valleyview.
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Westminster
Leavenworth
First Presbyterian Church
Robert NeNair Davis
Lloyd Boughton
Fritz Meyn
Caryl Dodds
J. M. Sanderson
Miss Donahue
Bruce Cameron
Haskell Institute
Topeka
Kansas State Music Teachers’ Association
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
First Baptist Church
Convention of Religious Workers
University Auditorium
Lawrence High School
Meribah Moore
School of Fine Arts
Dean
Swarthout
Valleyview
Crescent Road
Evelyn Swarthout to Broadcast on WDAF Tuesday
Evelyn Swarthout’s New York City recital will be aired for the Midwest via WDAF Kansas City from 9 45 to 10 00 a m central standard time. The NBC network will carry the program with selections including Hopak and Fledermaus arranged pieces, altered to comply with copyright rules. MARCO MORROW TO SPEAK
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New York City
Evelyn Swarthout
WDAF
Kansas City
Miss Swarthout
NBC
Albeniz
D. M. Swarthout
Hopak
Achmaninoft Primavera
Gruenberg
Fledermaus Walt
Marco Morrow
KU journalists to hear Marco Morrow Wednesday morning
Marco Morrow, assistant publisher of Capper Publications in Topeka, will address University of Kansas journalism classes Wednesday morning. He will inspect the local Sigma Delta Chi chapter, and will be entertained at noon by the fraternity at the Manor.
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Marco Morrow
Capper Publications
Topeka
University of Kansas
Morrow
Sigma Delta Chi
Test Your Knowledge Quiz on the Classified Page
A reader asks seven trivia questions from a classified page: Loch Leven’s country. Enid’s identity in Idlls of the King. the clavichord definition. Charles Robert Les te. U S time zones. originator of The New Freedom. Catskill mountains state. Monroe burial place. Bank of England street. Dickens character Tiny Tim.
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Lake Loch Leven
Tennyson
Enid
Charles Robert Leste
United States
Catskill Mountains
James Monroe
London
Bank of England
Charles Dickens
Tiny Ma Sae
Band Returns With Honors From Lawrence Trip
The band traveled by special train to Lawrence where one student, Samlou Smart, was sent to a Cleveland hospital for a leg infection and later remained under care. Principal Neal M. Wherry praised conduct, a plaque honored the group, and officers noted smooth travel with police aid.
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Fage 1
Lawrence
Samlou Smart
Cleveland
Electa Kindlesperger
Neal M. Wherry
Miss Smart
Payne Pleads Guilty In Wood Racket Case
Merton Payne of North Lawrence pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretense and was sentenced to 90 days in county jail after a wood selling racket left buyers Mrs. Charles H. Daugherty Mrs. James Taylor and Mrs. George Husted out of wood and money. He took $2 down on orders then failed to deliver. The case was heard by Justice Oscar Lane.
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Merton Payne
North Lawrence
Oscar Lane
Payne
Sheriff’s Office
Charles H. Daugherty
James Taylor
George Husted
Court voids 1935 Relief Act in landmark ruling
Supreme Court judges void the 1935 Relief Act saying it breaches constitutional limits on federal spending and executive discretion. The decision affects the Resettlement Administration projects in Maryland Ohio Wisconsin and New Jersey plus 33 interior department housing efforts. Officials anticipate impact on current relief and appropriation measures and consider shifts within 15 percent.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Tugwell
Wallace
Resettlement Administration
Berwyn Heights
Washington
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Wis
Bound Brook
Interior Department
Supreme Court
Congress
Bass season opens with four pound largemouth catch at State Lake
Lawrence report from Schiller Shore of the Journalism Press at K U describes a four pound largemouth bass landed at State Lake Ton ganoxie using a six ounce fly rod and wet fly after a long battle. Shore believes it may be the lake's largest fly rod catch with others of good size noted and the head of the fish being mounted. Aiding staffer Ever tt Stith witnessed the event as rain affected Douglas county while Shawnee county remained mostly dry.
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Schiller Shore
Journalism Press
K. U
Tonganoxie
Shore
Everett Stith
Engineers urged to stop singing The Rogues March at KU commencements
Dean George C. Shaad of the University of Kansas College of Engineering tells over 100 seniors that whistling The Rogues March at law students during commencement is beyond rivalry. He urges restraint while noting the tradition, and cites prior law dean remarks on similar campus frolics. The piece also touches on fashion trends in college dress and a D A R congress report from Washington.
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University of Kansas
George C. Shaad
School of Engineering
Shaad
Greenhall
Shand
Willam Burdick
School of Law
Traffic court records show multiple over parking fines
Police court opened with traffic violations dominating the docket. Bonds of one dollar were forfeited by Ss. J. Hunter Clarence Kelley Ruby Fairbairn Virginia Roach and Charles Louk on over parking charges. James Badger and R. A. Ferris paid one dollar fines. H. W. Stowits excused on over-parking. Harold Davis John Thomas forfeited one dollar bonds. Clyde and Raymond Channell paid one dollar fines for parking in a restricted zone. W. H. Taylor excused on a similar charge. Henry Stover fined one dollar for double parking. Victor Solvig Kevin Curyea Elmer Husted and Robert Ardrey excused on wrong parking charges.
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Ss. J. Hunter
Clarence Kelley
Ruby Fairbairn
Virginia Roach
Charles Louk
James Badger
R. A. Ferris
H. W. Stowits
Harold Davis
John Thomas
Clyde Channell
Raymond Channell
W. H. Taylor
Henry Stover
Victor Solvig
Kevin Curyea
Elmer Husted
Robert Ardrey
Seeks Other Methods of Raising 642 Million in Revenue
Washington May 1843 The treasury estimates the senate finance committee plan would yield 642 million with 173 million from individual income tax payers. The committee seeks further estimates on other ways to raise the 623 million permanent revenue sought by the President. Dr and Mrs C W Finwall of San Fernando and daughter Ruth E Finwall of Berkeley are visiting Rev C M Thomas before heading to St Louis for a Northern Baptist convention.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
House
C. W. Finnall
San Fernando
Cal
Ruth E. Finwall
Berkely
C. M. Thomas
St. Louis
Northern Baptist Convention
Finwall
Berkeley
Death of a Pioneer Ellen Titterington at 88
Ellen Titterington longtime Kansas pioneer woman dies at 88 after a long life born in 1847 at Shawnee Mission. Funeral services were held at Rumsey with Rev How ard E Koelb officiating. She is survived by husband Milton Titterington two sons Everett and Charles and daughter May Rose, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was honored five years ago by the Kansas Pioneer Woman Memorial association as the oldest living native pioneer woman. Burial at Oak Hill cemetery.
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Ellen&. Titterington
Kansas
Deaths and Funerals In Lawrence Area
Lee R. McCain 41 died at 405 Mississippi St at 10 50 Sunday from heart weakness after influenza. Funeral 1 30 Wednesday at First Baptist with Rev Howard E Koelh. burial DeSoto. Survived by wife two daughters Mrs C D Williams Ruth McCoin three sons Walter Edward and Charles McCoin twin Web McCoin and Charles McCoin, three sisters and two grandchildren. Mrs Charles Sivey 80 died at daughter Mrs Finn Abbot Ft Scott. Funeral Wednesday Ft Scott. burial Blue Mound. Mother of Mrs A B Ewing. Charles Sivey husband by second marriage. Willis Martin 64 died today at Memorial hospital after operation. survived by widow Viola Martin son Earl Martin and niece Minerva Baker, all of Lawrence. Born Atlanta Kan lived in Winfield 30 years. Funeral Wednesday morning at Winfield. Mrs Clayton Walker left for Memphis Tenn with trip to Mississippi. George White and C L Dehoff resumed jury duty at Leavenworth. Miss Whittaker eighth graders hiked Dwyer Dehoff woods and lunched on hill with view. Mrs Nelson Hayward and daughter Cleta of Onaga visiting N H Hayward. George White hosted dance Saturday. Busy Bee club met with Mrs Glenn Davidson. prize glass meat platter awarded to Mrs Hayward. Refreshments served. Guests included Mrs George White and several others. Next meeting with Mrs Hayward and Mrs Ulrich. Mrs Will Frost Topeka and Mrs F H Barnes Lawrence visiting Mrs Dwyer. gifts of fruit candy flowers and strawberry short cake. Lester Hilner arrived for visit after a long absence.
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Lee R. McCain
Mississippi Street
First Baptist Church
Howard E. Koelh
DeSoto
C. D. Williams
Ruth MecCoin
Walter McCoin
Willis Martin Willis Martin
Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Viola Martin
Earl Martin
Minerva Baker
Lawrence
Willis Martin
Atlanta
Kan
Winfield
Wilson
Jean
Bleakley
O. Wiley
Clayton Walker
Memphis
Tenn
Mr. Walker
Mississippi
George White
C. L. Dehoff
Leavenworth
Nelson Hayward
Cleta
Onaga
N. H. Hayward
Busy Bee Club
Glenn Davidson
Harry Moore
Atkinson
Clyde Davidson
Hayward
L. T. Bradley
Ella Glitzke
Zella Hayward
Louise
Dorotha Davidson
Collision near Ottawa involves truck and King car
A crash on a rural route near Ottawa involved a motor truck filled with steel casing driven toward Ottawa by Harold Hite of De Soto and a King vehicle turning east from 59 onto 50N. Mrs. King, born on a Baldwin farm, survives with two sisters Mrs. Walter Kennedy and Mrs. Edward Randell and a brother Charles A. McKinney, all of Baldwin. Funeral arrangements pending. Separately, George Bivins, 66, died at his home on West Nineteenth Street. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2:30 PM at Second Christian Church with Rev. Herbert Davis of Leavenworth. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Surviving: wife Mollie Bivins, son James Bivins, brother Richard Bivins of Lawrence, sisters Mrs. Gertrude Wright of Los Angeles and Mrs. Addie Bivins of Lawrence, and a nephew in California. Bivins, a longtime Lawrence resident, was born and raised there.
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Ottawa
Harold Hite
de Soto
59 Highway
50N
King
Baldwin
Walter Kennedy
Edward Randell
Charles A. McKinney
George Bivins
West
Nineteenth Street
Second Christian Church
Nineteenth
Tennessee Streets
Herbert Davis
Leavenworth
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mollie- Bivins
James Bivins
Richard Bivins
Lawrence
Gertrude Wright
Los Aneles
Calif
Addie Bivins
California
Bivins
Metal Box in Well Near Morland Stirs Town
Morland residents await a solution to a mystery as a five by three by eighteen inch metal casket lies in the bottom of Francis E. Smith’s well on Main street. Workers reach 23 feet and, despite attempts, cannot raise it. A centrifugal pump was brought in to lower the water and attach lines to the object.
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Morland
Kan
Francis E. Smith
Smith
Main Street
Buy of early wheat in Texas boosts local market
A Wichita Falls mill bought the first shipment of new wheat on record here. The load, grown near Olney by Mrs. Martha Flynn, tested 60 pounds per bushel with about 20 bushels per acre. A premium of 10 cents was paid.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Wichita Mill and Elevator Company
Martha Flynn
Olney
Topeka to nominates Spanish War veterans chief
Leavenworth official J E McBrian named next commander of Kansas Spanish War Veterans as only nominee. election tomorrow to formalize the choice. Also notes National Railway strike readiness and local school blind graduates and a bill repeal of Philippine bill profits.
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Topeka
J. E. McBrian
Leavenworth
Spanish War Veterans of
Kansas
McBrian
Obituary notices from Denison and nearby towns
Obituaries list Mrs Delbert A Marshall 61 died at home in Denison Texas burial and survivors include husband and two sisters Mrs Lilie Forde and Mrs Nettie Marsh Nelson Joy 67 died at his daughter's home burial set for May 19 in Rumsey Funeral Home survivors include four sons and two daughters Abbie King 55 died at Memorial Hospital from crash injuries at Baldwin junction husband Walter King injured in same wreck residence 1036 Rhode Island Street Mr and Mrs King en route to visit in law’s home when accident occurred.
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Delbert A. Marshall
Connecticut Street
Lilie Forde
Denison
Tex
Nettie Marsh
Red Springs
Baldwin
Mrs. King
D. R.mckinnex
Len Small, Former Illinois Governor, Dies at 73
Leaders of both parties voiced regret at the death of Len Small, 73, ex governor famed as the hard roads governor for overseeing 7,000 miles of highways. He died unexpectedly at St. Mary’s hospital from an embolism after a minor operation, while talking with his sons Leslie and Budd.
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Len Small
Kankakee, H
Hinois
Small
St. Mary’s Hospital
Leslie and
Budd
Market News: Wall Street Mixed After Court Ruling
Storks edged up but could not hold gains as the Supreme Court ruling on the relief act unsettled traders. Volume totaled about 840 009 shares with profits tempered by tax bill debates and profit taking. Major issues like American Bridge and Steel, Johns Manville, and Bethlehem Steel showed mixed moves amid currency shifts and overseas gains.
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Wall Street
New York
Dist Tec Contique
Vner Qhuirk
American Tron and Steel Dnstitut
Dome
Mesa- Columbia
Light
Sears
Roods
New York Central
Fe. Johns-Manville
Columbia Carbon
American
U.S
du Pont
Carp-Seagram’s
Mt Ow
Distr Huntvourt
Senate
Police Court Docket Includes Six Liquor Cases This Morning
Police court met this morning with six cases involving intoxication on the docket. D B Suttles was fined 25 for drunken driving. James McAlexander and Chester Stone pleaded not guilty with trials set for May 27 and May 22 respectively. Harvey House and Otto Moll forfeited $10 bonds for being drunk. Ray Stone pleaded guilty and was fined 7 50. Lewis Wilks and Joe Gross were fined 5 each for peace disturbance by Judge Don Hults.
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D. B. Suttles
James McAlexander
Tonganoxie
Chester Stone
Don Hults
Harvey House
Otto Moll
Ray Stone
Lewis Wilks
Joe Gross
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Chicago
Saralou Smart
Lawrence, Kas
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Clarence E. Sawhill
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Rock Island Railroad
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Elsie Scrimsher
Silver Lake
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Finn Abbot
Ft. Scott
Blue Mound
A. B. Ewing
North Third Street
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Mexico City
War Department
Kansas State School For the Blind
Sepee
Nelson Joy
Kentucky Street
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Rumsey
P. J. Postlewait
Deay Cemetery
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Ray Joy
Pasadena
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Glidden
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