Cities Service earnings cited in federal utility inquiry
Washington March 23 AP testimony shows Cities Service earned 22.1 percent annually on investments in its subsidiary utilities in six years ending 1930. Major item was 49.5 percent return from Cities Service Power and Light. Earnings by other investments included 8.7 percent in natural gas and oil, with 3.7 percent in other domestic oil, 2.9 percent in foreign oil and gas, and 7.5 percent in real estate. At 1930 year end, investments in senior securities and common stocks totaled about 117.4 million each.
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Washington
Mar
Cities Service Company
Fede Tzads ‘Commission
A. E. Tyndvall
Commission
Robert E Healy
Cities Service Power and Light Company
Robert Burns
Cities Service Counsel
Lundvall
Cities Service
Art Fund Near Goal For Lawrence Summer Studio
Miss Maud Ellsworth, art supervisor, reports $265 raised toward the $300 target for the summer art studio program. Seventy five words?
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Maud Ellsworth
Lawrence Public Schools
Miss Ellsworth
Bible School
Ellsworth
Quincy School
Social workers gather for Lawrence program on year round center
Reservations filled for 6:30 PM meeting at Wiedemann's to discuss a proposed social and recreational program for Lawrence. Prof Neva R. Boyd of Northwestern University will speak while attending a national conference in Kansas City, Missouri. Discussion will focus on year round activities and establishing a social center in a local building.
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Wiedemann’s
Lawrence
Neva R. Boyd
Northwestern University
Boyd
National Conference of Social Workers
Kansas City
Test Your Knowledge Tost Questions Answers and Club News
The reader is directed to the classified page for the answers to seven tost questions about Napoleonic battles authors and U S states plus other trivia. The Belleview 4 H club meets Thursday at the home of Mary and Frances Eichelmeyer with program numbers by Helen Hubbard Maryances Weeks and Clarence Hubbard.
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Wake Island
Edwin Forest
Great Lakes
Buffalo
N. Y
Belleview
Mary
Frances Eichelmeyer
Helen Hubbard
Maryances Weeks
Clarence Hubbard
Acadia Lodge to Observe Annual Past Masters by Night
Acadia Lodge No. 9 A F and A M will celebrate their Annual Past Masters by Night tomorrow, opening at 4 o clock P M. Work of the Third Degree will be exemplified by Past Masters. Dinner at 6 30. All Master Masons invited to be present. Olsen Langston, Master. Parker, Secretary.
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Acadia
A. F
A. M
Olsen
Langston
Manter
Ascimi Parker
Diplomas Awarded to 166 Lawrence Seniors
The newspaper notes 166 graduates at Lawrence High School receiving diplomas. The long list includes Berniece Holyfield Garland Hormuth Willam Hoare Marion Hughes Alice Hultz Lawrence Hutchens Martha Ikenberrs Ernest Ireland Elinore James Boris Lois Jethron Janet Johnstone Flora Jon Robert Marshall Kephare Maurice Kerles Jene Barbara Boulse Kenhart Jackson Koon Hazel Korb Edith Kuester Alice Laptad Edna Lee Howard Lee Virgil Leth Alfred Lewis Fern Liggett Anna Lindel Ruth Liston Audrey Malden Lata McCann Paul McGinnis Garnet Irene Menenhimer Mildred Messenheimer Edward Miller Florence Moll Margaret Montgomery Helen Moore Alma Moorman Moss Veola Mullin Bernice Murray Josephine Naramore Thomas Nort Nottingham Willard Parker Claude Penfold Laura Perkins Donald Pine Loren Pine Donna Pontius Paul Powell James Preyer Basil Price Herbert Price Catherine Quinn Wauneta Rake Tom Raybourn Doyle Reed Frances Regier Marjorie Roper Margaret Schaefer David Scott Fred Scott Rhea Scott Georgia Shaw Carroll Smith Gilbert Smith Lorin Snow Frederick Snyder Virginia Starr Maude Stephens Doria Stockwell Robert Stoland Georgetta Sullivan Keith Swinehart Maxine Taylor Sumner Terre Betty Thomas Fred Turner Willard Turner Jane Jim Dellic Van Fleet Ralph Varnum Elizabeth Waters Claudine Webster Mariam Webster Arnold Weldman Matthew Weldman Dorothea Weingartner Elizabeth Wiggins Odelle Wiler Lucile Willert Bernice Williams James Williams Francis Wilson Fred Wilson Rosella Witton Christine Worley Freda Wulfkuhie.
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Berniece FE. Holyfield
Garland J. Hormuth
Willam Hoare
Marion Frances Hughes
Alice Evelyn Hultz
Lawrence R. Hutchens
Martha Pauling Ikenberrs
Ernest M. Ireland
Elinore J. James
Boris Lois Jethron
Janet B. Johnstone
Flora Elva Jon
Robert E.ey Marshall
B. Kephare
Maurice L. Kerles
E. Jene
Thomas Barbara Boulse Kenhart
Jackson L. Koon
Hazel Dorothy Korb
Edith Kuester
Alice Louisa Laptad
Edna Mae Lee
Howard W. Lee
Virgil James Leth
Alfred Burton Lewis
Fern I. Liggett
Anna
Prangeline Lindel
Ruth Naom Liston
Audrey Elizabeth Malden
Lata Blanche McCann
Paul C. McGinnis
Garnet
Irene Menenhimer
Mildred Messenheimer
Edward J. Miller
Florence Irene Moll
Margaret Ann Montgomery
Helen Elizabeth
Wauneta Areen Rake
Tom Raybourn
Doyle Reed
Frances Teuth Regier
Marjorie F. Roper
Margaret Catherine Schaefer
David H. Scott
Fred J. Scott
Rhea Scott
Georgia Anna Shaw
Carroll L. Smith
Gilbert R. Smith
Lorin A. Snow
Frederick C. H. Snyder
Virginia Rose Starr
el Maude Stephens
Doria Stockwell
Robert C. Stoland
Georgetta M. Sullivan
Keith Swinehart
Maxine M. Taylor
Sumner Marvin Terre
Betty Jane Thomas
Fred A. Turner
Glenn EB. Turner
Jane LaVella Jim
Dellic van Fleet
Ralph Varnum
Elizabeth E. Wada
Ernestine F. Waters
Claudine Webster
Mariam _E. Webster
Arnold Weldman
Matthew Weldman
Dorothea May Weingartner
Elizabeth Wiggins
Impressed Music Critic Praises Westminster Choir in Kansas City
The Kansas City Star critic Mrs. M K Powell lauds Dr D Swarthout s Westminster Choir from Lawrence Kans after a sacred concert at Grand Avenue Temple. She highlights brilliant tone wide dynamics refined sonority and precise polyphonic Bach and Lotti and Dett s eight part O Holy Lord.
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Kansas City
Bach
Lotti
Nathaniel Dett
Holy Lord
Masters Returns to Alabama After Lawrence Visit
John Volney Masters, a long time member of the Alabama law faculty, completed teaching at K U and left Lawrence for Tuscaloosa to resume classes at the University of Alabama law school this Friday. He had been teaching in Kansas during the spring semester to cover for Prof. F W Jacob on leave.
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John Volney Masters
K. U
School of Law
Lawrence
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Law School
Professor Masters
K. AU
F. W. Jacob
Alabama Law Faculty
Kaw Tire Company Opens in Lawrence
Kaw Tire Company opens at 916 Massachusetts Street in the building former Rent-A-Ford. Melvin Cotton Goff named manager with Norman Mains as budget manager and Warren Warner in services. Raw Tire will handle Goodrich tires and auto accessories and employ a staff with automotive experience. June picnic planned by Trinity Lutheran School and Church on June 14 at Brown's Creek. Approximately 300 expected.
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Kaw Tire Company
Massachusetts Street
Rent-A-Ford Company
Melvin “Cotton” Goff
Lawrence
Goodrich
Trinity Lutheran
Brown's Cleve
A. G. Sabal
Barrow Slain As Couple Hit By Gunfire Near Arcadia
Two people were found shot to death in a Ford V-8 sedan near Ring Ko 5 Alabama Bend. Police believe bandits intended a rendezvous, the car bears Arkansas plates 15 368 and was likely stolen. A crowd of about 2000 gathered in Arcadia as Dr. J L Wade viewed the bodies and a coroner's jury was called to determine if the deaths resulted from officers acting in line of duty.
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Officera
Alabama Bend
Ring Ko 5
Arkansas
J. L. Wade
Arcadia
Barrow
Parker
Dr. Wade
Long Crime Career of Clyde Barrow Ends in Louisiana
Dallas, May 28 AP Clyde Barrow a furtive killer shot to death with Bonnie Parker in a clash with officers in Louisiana became one of the nations most dangerous outlaws through ruthless use of firearms during robberies. Barrow was wanted for more than a dozen slayings and numerous bank robberies. His crime record began in 1926 in Dallas with automobile theft and continued through his parole in 1932 leading to a career of armed robbery and terror.
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Dallas
Texas
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Louisiana
Barrow
Southwest
Ross Sterling
Excellent Program Is Given by 14 Students
Musical talent of a high order was shown last evening as 14 students from the school of fine arts presented in the second and last advanced student recital. The program was carried out with excellence. Participants included Helen Russell Maurine Jessee Wilma Stoner in organ. Millard Laing Clarice Sloan Margaret Utt George Trovillo Tom Ryan in piano. Chrystabelle Bryan Helen Alter and Keith Davis in voice. Margaret Love and Robert Sedore in violin. Ruth Stockwell Margaret McNown and Ruth Gregory in a two piano number with Richard Porter on clarinet in the vocal piece by Miss Alter. The final recital of the year will feature original student compositions with the University Symphony and University String Quartet.
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School of Fine Zits
Helen Russell
Maurine Jessee
Wilma Stoner
Millard Laing
Clarice Sloan
Margaret Utt
George Trovillo
Tom Ryan
Chrystabelle Bryan
Helen Alter
Keith Davis
Margaret Love
Robert Sedore
Ruth Stockwell
Margaret McNown
Richard Porter
Miss Alter
Ruth Gregory
School of Fine Arts
University Symphony
University
Unitarian Strawberry Festival Planned by Promethean Club
The Promethean Club of Unitarian church will host a Friday festival at Mr. and Mrs. Irving Hill’s West Eighth Street home featuring swimming folk dancing tennis and bridge. Proceeds fund a delegation to the Unitarian Young People’s Religious Union summer conference at Star Island New Hampshire. The event runs 3 to 8 p.m. with transportation provided and includes music and dance acts.
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Irving Hill
West Eighth
Women’s Alliance
Promethean Club
Unitarian Young People’s Religious Union
Star Island
Portsmouth
N. H
Socialist Speaker Roy Burt To Address Courthouse Meeting
Roy Burt former Centenary M E Church minister and University student will speak Thursday at 8 PM in the county courthouse under Lawrence Socialist Party auspices. He ran as Illinois Socialist gubernatorial candidate years ago and serves on Socialist Quarterly editorial board. Topic: Achieving Social Change. He will reference the Darrow committee report on the NRA.
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M. E
Lawrence the Socialist Party
Burt
Socialist Party
Ilinois
Socialist Quarterly
Darrow
NRA
Lawrence
Si le
At & O'Clock
Clayton Crosier
Mee
Detroit
Knight Schulz and the Bragging Bridegroom Tale
A humorous campus item details Gene Schulz of the University of Kansas tied up in a farcical engagement scare involving a Denver University student who found a Kappa Sigma pin and declared him her fiance. The piece spoofs chivalry, courtship, and looming social figures while noting nearby happenings on campus and Amrine’s surprising talk at KU.
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University of Kansas
Gene Schulz
Denver
Denver University
Kappa Sigma
Appene
Gene
Knight Schulz
Ayrshire Field Day Draws Crowd at Peairs Farm
About 125 people attended the Ayrshire field day at H. B. Peairs farm two miles south of Lawrence on U S highway 73 W. Morning events included a judging contest and a Haskell band concert, with C T Conklin and W H Riddell leading talks and plans for breed organizations. The Peairs herd showcased gains in milk and butterfat over three to four years, highlighting individual cow records and overall herd averages. In the same issue, Washington action: the House voted to empower President Roosevelt to bar arms sales to the Gran Chaco war participants, sending the McReynolds resolution to the Senate.
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H. B. Peairs
Lawrence
U. S. Highway 73
Haskell Band
C. T. Conklin
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
W. H. Riddell
Peakrs
Washington
House
President Roosevelt
United States
Gran Chaco
Bolivia
Paraguay
McReynolds
Senate
Shriners to Gather for Spring Ceremonial at Leavenworth
Abdallah Temple Shriners in Leavenworth plan a Friday spring ceremonial with 5 pm registration 6:30 pm dinner and ceremony. Abdallah shrine covers 10 counties: Wyandotte Leavenworth Douglas Atchison Johnson Franklin Miami Jefferson Brown Nemaha.
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Leavenworth
Abdallah Shrine
Wyandotte
Douglas
Atchison, Johnson
Franklin
Miami
Jefferson
Brown and
Nemaha
Rutledge to resign as KU Memorial Union manager
C Ozwin Rutledge will resign after two years as manager of the KU Memorial Union Building to take a new post with the Topeka Chamber of Commerce, starting June 1. He earned a BU degree from KU in 1931 and helped oversee major campus improvements including the ballroom. Rutledge will oversee NRA related administration for the chamber and plans to remain in Topeka, his home.
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K. U. Memorial Union
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
Rutledge
KK. U. School of Business
Newman Jeffries
Topeka
Chamber of Commerce
NRA
Pi Kappa Alpha
K. U
Pi Epsilon Pi
Alta Seaman
Deaths and Funerals for Dr R C McClure Kansas City
Funeral services for Dr. R. C. McClure of Kansas City were held yesterday at Filers chapel with burial in Mount Moriah mausoleum. He is survived by five cousins in Lawrence, and Mrs Hammis and Mrs Dias attended the funeral. Plate on Barrow Car Stolen. Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were killed in Louisiana. the Arkansas plate on the car was traced to a different model owned by Merle Cruse of Fayetteville.
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M. F. Amrine
Federal Penitentiary At
New Orleans
Henry W. Allen
Clyde Reed
Brothers of Kansas
Lensing
BR. C. McClure
R. C. McClure
Kansas City
Filer
Mount Moriah
Kansan City
McClure
Lawrence
Jacob Hammis
Indiana Atrect
Mina Ding
P. Perky
Grace Perky
North Third Street
Fred S. Williams
Missouri
Barrow
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Clyde Barrow
Desperado
Bonnie Parker
Louisiana
Merle Cruse
Fayetteville
Call Out Guardsmen to Deal With Truck Strike in St Paul
Three regiments of Minnesota national guardsmen were mobilized by Adjutant General Ellard A. Walsh under Governor Floyd B. Olson to prevent lawless outbreaks linked to a truck strike. About 3,700 guardsmen and officers will aid Minneapolis police and Hennepin county authorities in maintaining order amid drifting troublemakers posing as strikers.
Roosevelt seeks tighter oil control amid illegals, warns
President Roosevelt urged Congress to tighten the oil control program at the current session. He disclosed a summer furlough for Frank C. Walker, head of the national emergency council, while asking him to relinquish his government post in the air. Washington, May 24.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
President Warns Oil Production Threatens New Control System
In a letter to Chairman Logan of the Senate mines committee and Chairman Rayburn of the House Interstate Commerce Committee, the President asserts that illegal oil production threatens the structure of the newly organized oil production control system.
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Congress
Logan
Senate Mines Committee
Rayburn
House Interstate Committee
Ofl
Death notice for Mrs J A Hill in Texas
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. J A Hill on Tuesday May 15 at her Texas home. Funeral services were held May 18 at Landes funeral home in Ottawa at 2 pm. She leaves a husband two young children her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Humbert Ottawa several sisters and brothers and many relatives and friends.
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Landes
Ottawa
Hill
Joe Humbert
Glenn Community
Lecompton
Park Hetzel
Ed Arndt
Justin
Evelyn
Lawrence
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