Convicts Attempt Escape At Alcatraz Result In Fatalities
Three inmates on Alcatraz Island launched a bold escape bid yesterday near 2 pm. Thomas R. Limerick died from a head wound and Rufus Franklin was wounded in a shoulder. guard Cline was gravely injured. James C. Lucas escaped to solitary confinement after the melee. Warden Johnston credited guard alertness with preventing a larger disaster.
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Rufus Franklin
Alabama
R C C. Cline
Marine Hospital
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Kansas colleges urged 10 year building plan for growth
C M Harger head of the state board of regents urged a ten year, 200000 dollar annual building program to accommodate Kansas' largest ever college enrollment. He criticized current scramble among five schools and called for a systematic plan with prompt funds to pair federal grants.
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Kansas State College
Emporia College
University of Kansas Hospital
Memorial Service at Washington Creek Church May 29
At Washington Creek Church a memorial service is planned for Sunday May 29. The service will be followed by a basket dinner and the public is invited.
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Washington Creek
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down From Today’s Page
Readable clues list across and down items for a daily crossword puzzle with themes including geography Greek terms and common nouns. Entries reference places acts and objects like Ireland con stellation bobbin and metal fastener.
University of Kansas students recital at Frank Stronghall
Students perform original compositions from KU studio under Laurel E. Anderson tonight at 8 in Frank Stronghall auditorium. The program features vocal solos, chamber pieces, and piano works by names including Ramona Harnar Edith Mirck Elizabeth Searle and Gerald Cole with ensembles, and piano parts by the composer.
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University of Kansas
Laurel E. Anderson
Frank Stronghall
Edith Mirlck
Elizabeth Searle
Edna St. V. Millay
Gerald Cole
Alice Marie Meyn
Donna Hughes
Elizabeth Whiteford
Keith Davin
Warren Wilson
Helen Peters
Admonda Mercer
Don Fannell
J. Grant Lee
Alice Moncrieff
Composer Ensemble
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Ramona Harnar
Olga Eitner
Carroll Nickels
Rita Gunsauling
Shelley
Irene Peabody
Orene Yowell
Waseogea Scheaanee
Mary Virginia Stauffer
Walter de Te Mare
Herbert French
Orene Vowell
Mary Elizabeth Bear
Alex Fielder
Arthur Fielder
Cpscceccelle
Mary Jane Bruce Martin Maloney
Marie Wilkins
President to Speak at Arthurdale Commencement
Mrs Roosevelt was to give the address at Arthurdale high school near Reedsville West Virginia but announced the President would substitute for her. The exercises are Friday with 13 graduates to receive diplomas and Mrs Roosevelt may present them.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arthurdale High School
Reedsville
W. Va
Arthurdale
Roosevelt
Justice Cardozo Turns 68 Amid Illness Recovery
Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, absent from the Supreme Court since December 10 due to heart disease, marked his 68th birthday quietly at Port Chester, New York. Friends hope he can return to the bench next October when the fall term begins, noting his prior record of supporting New Deal litigation.
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Benjamin Nathan Cardozo
Supreme Court
Port Chester
N.Y
Cardozo
Vandalism Probe Focuses On Dealers Association Payment
Kansas City May 24 Police Director Pi Otto P Higgins said a probe into widespread vandalism centers on a report that a motor car dealers association paid 1070 to a union organizer to halt labor agitation. An official admitted the payment and McElroy urged full disclosure. W H Mahan is sought for alleged malicious destruction of property.
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Poice
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J. Earl Thomas
Harry S. Helgesen
American Federation of Labor
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George H. West
Kan
Stanley Beatty
St. Louis
C. W. Duncan
Mahan
Lawrence exhibitor wins at Effingham Ayrshire show
Bernice Wiggins of Lawrence displayed three head of cattle at the Eastern Kansas Ayrshire show in Effingham. She took first prize with a heifer calf, junior champion female, second prize with a bull calf, and second prize with a four year old cow. Get of fire honors went to Laurie's Voca Armour of Walzays with two head from the Wiggins herd and one from Wayne Anderson of Ottawa.
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Lawrence
Kansas Ayrshire
Effingham
Laurie
Voca Armour
Walzays
Wiggins
Wayne Anderson
Ottawa
Red Cross talk on weekend accidents at Lions Club dinner
J. M. Johnson a Red Cross representative will speak on weekend accidents and care at the Lions club dinner tomorrow evening at 6 30. The talk coincides with a two and a half day Decoration Day holiday on Monday. An evening meal will be served at Colonia tea room.
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Red Cross
Lions Club
Colonia
New Gun Base and Park Walks Underway in Southpark
City workers begin constructing a cement platform for a 4.7 inch gun gifted by the government and funded by wartime contributions from the Thirty-Fifth Division convention. A new west side seating garden, rebuilt sidewalks, and a repaired fountain complete the plans with landscaping around the gun.
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Massachusetts Street
Parks Committee
R. O. Burgert
Legion Plans Boulder Donation for Plot
The Legion organizes a donation of several boulders to the plot area. Officials say the stones will support landscaping and erosion control for the public greenspace.
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Legion
Bethany President Hurt In Kansas Crash
Dr. Ernst Pihlblad president of Bethany College and Kansas state senator Mrs Pihlblad and Jens Stensaas college treasurer were hospitalized after a two car collision five miles north of Lindsborg Kansas. Dr Pihlblad suffered concussion head lacerations and a fractured hip. Mrs Pihlblad bruised with a fractured right thigh. Stensaas severely bruised. Other car occupants reported uninjured. The college president's graduation reception was postponed.
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Ernst Pihlblad
Bethany College
Kansas
Pihlblad
Jens Stensans
Saas
Searchers Rescue Woman Near Spokane May 24
CPI A CCC search party rescued 87 year old Mrs. Tena Buckman from a rugged rattlesnake infested ravine near Spokane yesterday. She was near collapse after wandering for two days.
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Wash
CPI
CCC
Tena Buckman
Here
Mrs Bernard Frazier to Teach at Summer Studio
Mrs Bernard Frazier wife of Lawrence sculptor will teach the clay modeling class in the children's summer studio this summer Maud Ellsworth announces She is a skilled sculptress who studied at the Chicago Art Institute the National Academy and worked four years in Lorado Taft studios in Chicago She will assist with children and pottery and the class is expected to focus on sculptural modeling
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Bernard Frazier
Lawrence
Maud Ellsworth
Frazier
Chicago Art Institute
National Academy
Lorado Taft
Chicago
Counselor for Barstow Adviser Joins School Board
Dr Raymond A Schwezler dean of the University of Kansas school of education accepts an unofficial counselor post for Barstow School for Girls in Kansas City. He will start next year and visit several times monthly. The appointment was announced at a parents association meeting by Sam Sebree. He will advise on curriculum especially language and science.
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K. U. School of Education
Barstow School For Girls
Kansas City
Schwegler
Parent’s Association of
Sam Sebree
Barstow
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