Treebelt project and weather aid Kansas farmers
A Kansas farm page notes start of the midwest treebelt planting and timely rains. It predicts the weather deal and farm relief will matter more to farmers than Washington policy. Dukhobors plan to move from Canada to Paraguay’s Chaco amid regional conflict, offering a potential cross border settlement idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas Agriculturists
AAA
Dukhobors
Canada
Paraguayan
Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
Maxim Gorky stunt plane and relief cuts in Illinois
A misdirected Max im Gorky stunt plane failed to advertise Soviet power and showcases how grand plans fail due to miscalculation. Separately, Illinois stopped regular relief to thousands pending Illinois legislature and federal relief talks, though aid networks remain to help neighbors until a new arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxim Gorky
Russia
Illinois
German Search for a Deity in Nazi Policy
The piece notes Nazi efforts to craft a new German religion free of Jewish sources, basing it on old German tribal beliefs. It highlights a tension between many old gods and the modern impulse for monotheism, suggesting the national ego as a pagan god. The Topeka Capital mocks this approach as making any action seem right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Topeka
Turn of the Weather Floods and Violence of Nature
A fragment notes that breaking the breath of weather would entail violence from nature. It references floods and heavy conditions as part of a perilous atmospheric shift. The wording suggests a meteorological piece on severe weather and its impact.
Spring Tea Parties Highlight Lawrence Social Season
Mrs. R A Schwegler hosted a Broad View Inn tea with many guests and attendants listed. other society events include a Friday visit by Kansas City guests, a Junior high school dance party, a PEO Sisterhood luncheon honoring departing members, and an oratorical contest at the high school assembly to award prize money for public speaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Schwegler
Broad View Inn
P. F Walker
W. H. Johnson
E. H. Lindley
George L. Kreeck
Josephine Alien
Evelyn Frankenberry
Harriet Wells
Alice Perkins
Margaret Brett
Pauline van Eman
the den
Forrest Allen
QO. W. Maloney
H. A. Rice
H. C. Taylor
Jack Bolin
A. C. Mitchell
J.H. Mitchell
F P. O Brien
Alfred Lawrence
R. G. Patterson
C. H. Constant
Mary Isabel Taylor
Maricella Chalkley
W.S. Johnson
Marguerite Emery
Wilma Miller
Esther Settle
Nellie Yates
Hilda Chalkley
A. J. Anderson
J. S. Barrow
O. C. Clingman
May Gardner
Charles
W. A. Young
Haskell Avenue
George Kreeck
W. S. Henderson
Lawrence
Young
C. D. Cowgill
E. A. Bleck
C. W. Sparr
Inez Pratt
Morris Pratt
Vermont Street
L. H. Perkins
Willardean Harner
Edward Cain
Louis Kent
Myron Peyton
Social event features pink frock guest and musical program
Emma Sherman Elliott and C. B. Little host a garden party with Lena Funk in a pink silk dress at the stairs to greet guests. Dozens of ladies assist in entertainment and service while Frances Robinson plays violin with sister Bernadette Robinson at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Mitchell
FE. H. Lindley
T. H. Chalkley
L. N. Lewis
Effie van Tyle
Stella Sherman
Vir Inia Wilbur
Gladys Campbell
Gertrude Elliott
Hilda Chalkley
Marion Cowles
Mary Sisson
Frances Robinson
Bernadette Robingson
Professors Attend Wichita Meeting On Municipal League
Twenty five years ago on May 20 a Wichita meeting hosted Professors Bates and Price at the organization session for a proposed League of Kansas Cities. Price spoke on A Bureau of Municipal Legislation and others noted civic planning developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates
Price
Wichita
League of Kansas Cities
Bureau of Municipal
New York
United States
Germany
France
Austria
South America
Halley
Robert Rankin
J. KK. Rankin
Las Vegas
N. M
W. J. Freeland
Excelsior Springs
Mary Murtaugh
Forty Years Ago May 20 Activities And Accidents
Forty years ago on Monday May 20 Lawrence residents faced a critical medical update as E J Pittsford remained unconscious after a buggy accident. The Lawrence school board granted E F Stanley a leave to become assistant state superintendent in Topeka before returning for fall term. Other items note Ely Moore’s return from business abroad for W S Tanner basket factory, Knights of Pythias Kansas grand lodge meeting in Hutchinson, Mrs Steinberg’s health trip to Sweet Springs St Louis and Minneapolis, Myra Hobbs visiting Mrs Theodore Griesa, and B A McCallaster Union Pacific land commissioner visiting Lawrence. A Farmers Meeting at Hickory Grove drew about fifty amid weather, with E A Coleman elected chairman, impromptu speeches by Parkhurst Cameron Cowles, and Prof Blake delivering a long address after a formal reception.
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E. J. Pittsford
Lawrence School Board
E. F. Stanley
Quincy
Topeka
Prof
E. Stanley
Stanley
Ely Moore
W. 5
Tanner’s
Paul Learnard
George Kumler
Hutchinson
Kansas Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Steinberg
Sweet Springs
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Myra Hobbs
Milton
Mass
Theodore E. Griesa
Hobbs
West
Boston
B. A. MccAllaster
Union Pacific Railroad and Family
Omaha
Neb
Lawrence
Hickory Grove
E. A. Coleman
Parkhurst
Noah Cameron
E. €. Cowles
Sibleyville
Blake
Narcolepsy Defined in Medical Survey Link to Sleep Disorder
A Health column discusses narcolepsy, linking the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty to real medical sleepiness. Dr Iago Galdston explains narcolepsy derives from Greek narcosis and lepsis, noting the condition is not rare and a recent medical survey highlights its prevalence and significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Academy of
Narcolepsy Seen as Symptom Across Diseases
A review of 270 cases and related literature shows narcolepsy is often a symptom rather than a disease, linked to brain inflammation, head injuries, tumors, vascular hardening, or other nervous system conditions. Attacks range from minutes to years, occur anytime, and may be tied to psychological escape. ephedrine is noted as having possible benefit in some cases.
Farm Trek letter attacks AAA and Farm Bureau control
A farmer and reader criticizes the Washington trek by about 3 000 farmers as a push to sustain the AAA with new amendments. The writer alleges government funding for speakers and claims the Farm Bureau is now government controlled. He warns continued AAA would let Secretary Wallace dictate agriculture and food supply, comparing the act’s impact to NRA in harming small farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Washington
Farm Bureau
AAA
Congress
Wallace
NRA
Big Chief Eagle Bestows Honors in Puddle Muddle Tale
In a fanciful tale by Mary Graham Bonner, Willy Nilly watches as Big Chief Eagle arrives with other Indians to honor Christopher Columbus Crow as chief. Eagle recalls his journey, feather gifts, and lessons from his father about earning status through courage and prowess. The crowd cheers, and the Puddle Muddlers anticipate further honors.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Christopher Columbus
Willy Nilly
Christopher
Big Chief Eagle
Eagle
Tribe of Eagles
Big Puddle Muddlers
Bright Feathers Frank Banks Home Entry
A burglary report states the residence of Frank Banks at 801 Alabama street was entered Saturday evening using a key to unlock the back door. Nothing was stolen. In police court this morning Don Shultz of route 3 was fined $10 for speeding after being arrested Friday night on Massachusetts street.
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Frank Banks
Alabama Street
Don Shultz
Route 3
Massachusetts Street
Alison questions Guy Westburn tomorrow
Alison asks Guy Westburn to London after a tense breakfast at Croft House. They plan to depart with her bulldog Gaffe, while Alison recalls the eerie cellar and suspects two Warleys. The pair discuss her missing father and possible misaddressed telegrams as they drive toward London.
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Alison
Guy
Croft House
Warley Sussex
England
Foreign Telegraph Office
Guy Western
Gaffe
Evelyn M. Winch
Guy Westburn
Flashes of Life and oddities in brief from across the nation
A string of short items reports a Huntington man burned when a gas lamp in a dog house exploded after he lit a stove. A Kansas woman wonders at a livestock description that matches a man, not an animal, on a mortgage form. Chicago stories include a man robbed by a friend of a friend and a traveler outfitted by police, plus a zoo receives a noisy Africa to Chicago shipment of birds reptiles and small mammals.
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Associaed
Huntington
W. Va
Ross Chapman
Chapman
Dodge City
Kan
Harrie Connaway
Register of Deeds
Chicago
Africa
Chicaco Zoological Gardens
Carso
Zoo
On Art for Children by Ruth Shaw Lecture
Miss Ruth Shaw of New York, renowned finger painting expert, will lecture Wednesday May 22 at 4 30 in Central Auditorium on Finger Painting and Mental Hygiene. She has studied in Rome Paris London and teaches in Kansas City while traveling to demonstrate to teachers and parents. Her art method is used as therapy for unadjusted children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Shaw
New York
Radio Programs Monday Evening May Schedule Highlights
Radio listings reveal a dense tapestry of programs across KMBC WREN WDAF KNBC WRES and WPHAF for Monday and Tuesday evenings May 20 21. Notable acts include Little Orphan Annie Buddy and Ginger Richard Himberg Orchestra and Kate Smith with various talk shows and music segments featuring The Big Show Ink Spots Sunbeam acts and the Ames Sisters, with orchestras led by Gillette and Shandor among others.
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KMBC
Wren
Red Davis
WDAF
Buddy
Ginger
Boake Carter
K. C
Richard Himberg Orch
Voice of Firestone
Hugh Johnson
Kate Smith
Sinclair Minstrels
A. & P. Gypsies
Wayne King
Wren—Cuckoo
WDAE
KNBC
KAIBC
Wren—Ames
Andy
Kmbc—Tattler
Tony
Gus
O’neills
Jesse Crawford
MBC
The
49Ers
Sonny Woods
Garen Rainbow
Henry_Kyte
Bismarck
Keith Beecher
Wren—Terrace Gardens Orch
Oriental Gardens Orch
Louis Panico
Wdaf—Congress
Jiah McCrew
ae—KannGile
Wres Grace Hayes
Tack Armstrong
Mario Cozzi
Eno
Lady Esther
Lyman
Edgar_ A. Gues
Erosbys Sioll
Reil
Ed Wynn
KMBG
Phil Spitaing
Beauty Box Theatre
KMEC
Ler Gray
Fibber McGee and Molly
Bmdcay
Braggiatti
R. F. Waaner
Ren—Amas
Rmecormbe Owscast
Tattler
Pratts
Rormance
Chester C. Davis
WPHAF
Ttersey Bros
Brine Dailey
Wren—Shandor
Hollywood
Enric Madriguera
Orch
Bob Chester
Orville Knapp
Bill Hogan
Wred Reyal York Hotel
Mayfair Dance Orchestra
Ww -Ren
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University of Kansas
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A. B. Fritzell
R. S. Pound
C. E. McClungin
H. P. Cady
Joe Ramsey
Santa Fe
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C. E Dryer
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Kim To
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Sussex
Guy Westurn
London
Lawrence National Bank
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