Bergdoll to Return to U S as Bergdoll Faces Exclusion Bid
Washington reports Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the WWI draft dodger appeared certain to return to the United States before a congressionally approved exclusion law could take effect. Senate Military Affairs Chair Sheppard said no rush on the bill. Bergdoll’s attorney Weinberger pledged surrender to military authorities at once.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
United States
Congress
Sheppard
D-Tex
Senate Military Affairs Committee
House
New York
Harry Weinberger
Philadelphia
Senate
Weinberger
Charles Evans Hughes
Governors Island
N. Y
Adjutant General
War Department
Emma. C. Bergdoll
Berta
Erwin
Emma
Elizabeth Hall
Representative Harness
Rind
Infantry
Minton
Bootlegging Fear Over Alcohol Gasoline Blend
Washington testimony before a Senate Finance Committee warned that blending alcohol with gasoline to dodge the federal motor fuel tax could enable bootlegging. Treasury official Thomas Terleau said alcohol could be separated from fuel with water, turning each station into a potential alcohol supplier. He noted no bootlegging incidents yet but projected heavy losses in tax revenue if the program succeeded.
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Washington
Congressional
Treasury
Thomas Terleau
Department
Senate Finance Committee
Terleau
Gurney
Rs.d
Gillette
D-Ia
Atchison, Kan
Hhe Treasury
Harrington
Dta
Puzzle of Reptile and Words Across the Page
A garbled OCR page presents a word puzzle with clues and numbers for across and down entries. It lists aquatic reptile, clothing items, body parts, and everyday terms, interspersed with stray letters and framing text, suggesting a mixed crossword-like snippet.
Lawrence Junior High to Hold 214 Student Promotion Assembly
Two hundred fourteen ninth graders from Lawrence Junior High will perform at a 8 o'clock promotion assembly at Liberty Memorial High School. The program features choruses, bands, solos, and dancing with no speech. Several students are reported injured, yet convalescing.
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Lawrence Junior High School
Liberty Memorial High School
Steed Union High School
Oliver
Emma K. Howe
Carl Sandburg
Vachel Lindsey
Rudolf Voth
Schubert
Epenes
Jeanette Erwin
Palestrina
Glen Club
Our Pals
Dykema
Rudolf
Voth
Czardis
Monti
Igetsbobds
Asceath
Max Falkenstien
Martin
Koschat
Brotherhood
Edwin * Markham
Kansas mineral industry council meets in Wichita
University faculty geologists R. C. Moore and K. K. Landes attended the annual meeting of the Kansas mineral industry council, the advisory board of the Kansas Geological Survey, in Wichita. Other attendees included John Allison as chairman and Brian O'Brian as vice chairman, with council plans for the coming year discussed and confirmed.
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R. C. Moore
K. K. Landes
Kansas
Wichita
Kansas Mineral Industry Council
Kansas Geological Survey
John Allison
McPherson
Brian O’brian
Buffalo
Howard S. Bryant
Frank Dunkley
Dodge City
Marvin Lee
J. E. Messimer
Russell
F. H. Rhodes
Humboldt
Tax representative Alf C Reid named to succeed Cameron
Alf C Reid of Topeka is named sales tax field representative succeeding J. G. Cameron in the area. Reid will be at the Chamber of Commerce office here each Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 5 o clock. He is unmarried and will continue to live in Topeka.
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Alf C. Reid
Topeka
J. G. Cameron
Reid
Chamber of Commerce
De Soto Community Notes Drawn From Local Events
De Soto residents attended the funeral of Dr. H J Terrell in Ottawa. The grade school closed with picnics and a dinner program showcasing student work. Staff remained the same led by Principal Paul Seaton. Althea Davison returned from a California trip. A high school day featured a basket dinner and band concert. Potato bugs threaten potato crops. The two young Jewett boys were attacked by a cow last Tuesday.
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J. M. Torrence
Ottawa
H.J. Terrell
Paul Seaton
Ardyce Freeman
Ruth Virginia Winters
Althea Davison
California
San Francisco
Arthur Gabriel
Earl Lehman
Harold Sheldon
Vernon Welch
James van Dyck
Herbert Linden
Elmer Jewett
High School Commencement Honors and Traditions
Co honors for first place went to Gertrude Kramsch and Amy Morrill while second place honors went to Louise Jewett and Marie Earnheart. Jewett is the first graduate with a parent who also graduated. Marie Earnheart sang a solo and formed a trio with Anita Nease and Alice Linden. Dr. F C Allen of Kansas University gave the address. The class gift was presented and Mrs Zola Lowe was sponsor. Visitors attended from Eudora Lawrence Bonner Springs Linwood and Olathe.
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Gertrude Kramsch
Amy Morrill
Louise Jewett
Marie Earnheart
Ralph Linden
F. C. Allen
Kansas University
Anita Nease
Alice Linden
J. M. Torrence
Zola Lowe
S. R. Vance
Ray
Vance
Eudora
Lawrence
Bonner Springs
Linwood
Olathe
Edna Cramer
Independence
Pleasant Hour Club and Cedar Junction School News
Mrs. Corliss Baker joined the May Pleasant Hour meeting at the Mickle home in De Soto where most members attended and enjoyed musical numbers. Cedar Junction school closed with a basket dinner and two graduates Eleanor Tripkoes and Florence Beaver. teachers Wyceoff and Dale Brown were rehired for 1939 40. Dale Brown plans to attend Warrensburg Missouri college this summer and Gertrude Kramsch, a De Soto high school graduate, prepares to depart for Los Angeles.
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Charles Baker
Pleasant Hour Club
Mickle
DeSoto
Fred Grob
Cedar Junction
Wyceoff
Dale Brown
Warrensburg
Cedar Junction School
Eleanor Tripkoes
Florence Beaver
Clyde Hines
DeSotn
Jasper LeSueur
Leland Penner
W. H. Dent
Gertrude Kramsch
DeSoto High School
Los An
One Piece Missing From Jig Saw Puzzle
A refrigerator is free to the person who brings the missing puzzle piece to our office at 616 Vt. St. The notice offers no other details and requests prompt contact for pickup.
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Vt. St
Local Notes From California to Kansas City and Corliss
Multiple brief items report travel plans for a young woman to gel es California for a college visit with her mother, repairs on the flue at Robert Turner’s house by Mr. Clark of DeSoto, and a Kansas City trip by Mrs. Owen and her son. The Bish Bell farm near Corliss undergoes improvements by the Culbertsons from Paola, with cisterning and updates. Mr. and Mrs. Clark return to Texas after a week with their daughter, and a rattling snake in the Sonntag family car sparks excitement.
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Donald
Eldon Manning
Kansas
Manning
University of Kansas
C. G. Mickel
J. N. Gordon
Earl Marshall
George Weymuller
Lawrence
John Scott
Buell Mudd
Cecil Scott
Shearer
Kansas City
DeSoto Rural High School
Geles
Calif
Los Angeles
William Tripkoes
Clark of
DeSots
Robert Turner
Owen
Small Son
Simpson
Maggie Lee
Bish Bell Farm
Corliss
Arthur Culbertson
Paola
John Clark
Cleburne
Tex
B. H. Sonntag
Snake in Car Resolved After Prolonged Struggle
A snake found inside a car proved hard to remove as it moved around and avoided hits. After several hours officials sealed the vehicle, finally locating the reptile on the back seat and removing it without further incident.
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