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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1939

Page

5

Plead Guilty in Insurance Deaths in Philly Mass Case

In Philadelphia three men pleaded guilty and seven pleaded innocent in the largest mass arraignment in city history over a plot to murder five men for insurance. Bolber Sortino Polselli pleaded guilty. others including Mrs Mandiuk Cerrone Romualdo Brandt Valenti Petrillo Muscelli and Mrs Rose Carina faced charges or remained silent as trials were set for next week.

Philadelphia Morris Bolber Brooklyn Delicatessen Roman Bandiuk Samuel Sortino Schuylkill River Rafaele Polselli Albert S. C. Millar Roman Mandiuk Mandiuk Bother Rafaelo Caruso David Brandt Agnes Christina Cerrone Caruso Cesare Valenti United States Charles Favato Paul Petrollo South Philadelphia Tilo Commonwealth Rafael Polselli Amedeo Muscelli Giuseppe di Martino Polselli Muscelli Posselli Favato Josephine Romualdo Antonio Rose James Kelley Kelly Rose Carina New York Carina Pietro Stea Vincent P. McDevitt McDevitt

Heiress Elizabeth York Grows Into Royal Teenage Life

Princess Elizabeth Alexandra of York approaches her thirteenth birthday with plans for confirmation in 1942 and a future as Your Royal Highness. She enjoys hosting lunch and tea parties, selects menus with the Buckingham Palace chef, and attends to charitable duties while guided by Queen Elizabeth on reading and dress.

London Nea Elizabeth Alexandra of York Great Britain Lilybet George V Elizabeth Church of England Margaret Rose Princess Elizabeth Royal Gardens Buckingham Palace President Lebrun France Royal Lodge Windsor Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital For Queen Elizabeth

Lucile Wagner to Play Preyer's New Composition

Lucile Wagner from Iola will premiere Prof. Carl A. Preyer's national contest winning Sonata in E Flat Major at her spring concert in Frank Strong auditorium at 8 o'clock on Monday May 29. The University of Kansas graduate student will perform as part of her master of music requirements and has also won the University Dramatic Club award for best acting this year for Hay Fever.

Carl A. Preyer Lucile Wagner Iola Frank Strong Miss Wagner Wagner University Dramatic Club

Rachmaninoff Concert Slated Monday Evening

Monday evening features Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra with Professor Preyer as second piano accompanist for Miss Wagner. The public is invited to the concert and admission is free.

Rachmaninoff Preyer Miss Wagner

Oread Staff Placed In Positions For 1939 40

Oread practice teachers assigned for the 1939 40 school year include Helen Meyer music Colony Barbara Allen art Bonner Springs Lewis Copeland music Maple Hill Bob Boyle music Quintet Dorothy Jane Willcutts physical education and English Wamega Carl Knox social science Tonganoxie and Roberta Cook music Ellis The Orcada junior senior banquet will be held this evening at 6 30 in the Union Building ballroom Toastmaster Arthur Grant welcomes Virginia Grant Seba Eldridge Jr remarks by Miss Ruth Litchen Oracle Yearbook photos of graduates distributed last Friday Mild heat drove several classes to meet in shade on campus Oread art class held an assembly at 11 30 in Green Hall Little Theater Sociology class visited county jail Field trips taken by Oread mathematics for indirect measurements of buildings trees and Potters Lake

Oread Helen Meyer Colony Barbara Allen Bonner Springs Lewis Copeland Maple Hill Bob Boyle Dorothy Jane Willcutts Carl Knox Tonganoxie Roberta Cook Ellis Union Building Arthur Grant Virginia Grant Seba Eldridge, Jr Ruth Litchen

Tanlac Promises Relief From Stomach and Nerve Ailments

An advertisement touts Tanlac as a cure for headaches backaches gas nervousness and stomach issues. It claims the medicine restores strength energy endurance steadies nerves improves sleep and ends laxative habits with large bottle sales as proof.

Tanlace Tanlac

Thornton & Minor Clinic Free Book On Rectal Ailments

Public notice offers a free illustrated booklet from the Thornton & Minor Clinic in Kansas City Missouri detailing hemorrhoids fistula and colon troubles. The clinic reports over 50000 benefited without anaesthetics or hospital stays and will mail the book in plain wrap at no obligation to requestors.

Thornton & Minor Clinic McGee Street Kansas City

Thespian Club Visits Frazer Theater Backstage

The Thespian club of Oread toured Fra ser Theater yesterday to study theater arts technique and observe the backstage set up and stage operations.

The Thespian Club of Oread Fraser Theater Stage

Miss Winnie Lawrance Talks On Language Values

Miss Winnie D. Lawrance, supervisor of Latin at Oread, speaks on the values of foreign languages over KFKU this evening at 9 80. Her lecture highlights why study of other tongues matters in education and culture.

Winnie D. Lawrance Oread KFKU

Visual aids feature three reel film Yoke of the Past

An American history class at 1 30 and a civics class at 2 30 used a three reel film titled Yoke of the Past as a visual aid today. The source notes no further details about the film or events other than its use in class.

Curtiss XP Pursuit Plane to Receive Army Acceptance

The first pursuit aircraft with a liquid cooled engine is the Curtiss XP pursuit plane. Its engine is the Allison.

Army Allison

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