Kansas seeks loophole to store 16 million bushels of wheat
Kansas officials hope to find a legal way to waive truck mileage fees and use empty storage bins to hold up to 16,000,000 bushels of wheat as the state faces a large harvest. If fees cannot be waived, grain may be piled in fields or moved to Nebraska and the Dakotas for storage.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Payne Ratner
Erland Carlsson
Pat
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Iowa
Erle Francis
State Corporation Commission
Lawrence Norton
Kansas Aaa
Nebraska
Dakotas
Carlsson
Corporation Commission
Deaths and Funerals of Mrs Edna Gifford Searles
Mrs Edna Gifford Searles 59 of 940 Kentucky St Kansas City died Sunday after a short illness at St Luke's Hospital Kansas City She was born here daughter of the late Dr Alfred Gifford a Lawrence pioneer physician former president of the Service club active in Second Presbyterian church Survived by husband James C Searles son Gifford Searles and mother Grace Gifford Funeral 2 pm tomorrow at Stine McClure chapel Kansas City Graveside 4 30 pm tomorrow at Oak Hill Cemetery Lawrence
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Ednahd Gifford Seanes
Grace Gifford
Kentucky Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Alfred Gifford
Lawrence
Service Club
South Side
Second Presbyterian Church
James C. Searles
Gifford Searles
Stine & McClure Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Dan D Rice Tucker Dies in Lawrence at 122
Dan D Rice Tucker aged 122 died Sunday at his Lawrence home. Born February 9, 1820 in Louisville Kentucky he moved to Lawrence from Tonga over 25 years ago. He leaves daughters Rosetta Taylor Lawrence and Marie Harris Omaha a son Charles Tucker Elwood a stepson Bud Madison Rosetta Hultz Eliza Hultz grandchildren Charles Anderson Hazel Whiteside Henry Whiteside and two sons-in-law Ernest Taylor and William Hultz. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 10 80 o'clock at Bowser Gleed funeral home with Oak Hill cemetery burial.
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Dan D. Rice Tucker
Lawrence
Louisville
Tonganoxie
Rosetta Taylor
Marie Harris
Omaha
Neb
Charles Tucker
Elwood
Bud Madison
Lorosse
Charles Anderson
Hazel Whiteside
Fresno
Calif
Henry Whiteside
Ernest Taylor
William Hultz
Eliza Hultz
Methodist Church of
Dan D. Rice
Bowser-Gleed
Oak Hill Cemetery
Death of Fred R Benedict 81 in Lawrence family notice
Fred R Benedict aged 81 died yesterday at the home of his daughter Mrs Walter H Varnum 1115 West Campus road Funeral services will be tomorrow at 2 PM from Funk's chapel conducted by Rev O E Allison Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery He is survived by two daughters Mrs Varnum and Mrs John H Robinson both of Lawrence one sister Mrs Nellie B Bettis Waterloo NC two sons F L Benedict and Fred R Benedict Jr both of Cheyenne WY seven grand children and five great grand children
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Fred R. Benedict
Walter H. Varnum
West Campus Road
Funk’s
O. E. Allison
Oak Hill Cemetery
Varnum
John H. ‘Robinson
Lawrence
Nellie B. Bettis
Watterloo
N. C
F. L. Benedict
Fred R. Benedict, Jr
Wof
Cheyenne
Wyo
Miss Geraldine Hicks Dies in Topeka Hospital
Miss Geraldine Hicks aged 23 of Lawrence died yesterday in a Topeka hospital. She is survived by her mother Mrs. Mattie Lou Dimery and stepfather Walter Dimery of 733 New Jersey Avenue, grandparents Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Moore of Lawrence, several uncles and aunts. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. She was a member of St. Luke's A.M.E. church.
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Geraldine Hicks
Geraldine
Hicks
Cof Lawrence
Topeka Hospital
Mattie Lou Dimery
Walter Dimery
New Jersey
I. H. Moore
Lawrence
St. Luke’s A.M.E. Church
To Speak on Democracy at Lawrence Masonic Meeting
A joint Lawrence gathering of all Masonic bodies on June 3 will feature Al F. Williams of Topeka as speaker. Williams, a noted attorney and former U S district attorney, also holds Shrine and 38th degree Mason honors. He will address democracy after a banquet at 6:56 at the Masonic Temple.
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Lawrence
al F. Williams
Topeka
U. S
Masonic Temple
Williams
Lawrence Civil Air Patrol Conducts City Flight Maneuver
The Lawrence airport hosted a Civil Air Patrol observation exercise with three planes in the vicinity. Kansas City and Topeka patrols joined, pilots trained in signaling and ground communication. Officers called the event a success and invited locals to learn more at CAP headquarters on Tuesday or Thursday nights after 7:01 am.
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Lawrence
Ashcraft Brothers
Kansas City
Civil Air Patrol
Topeka Air Patrol
Aross
Insurance
Gestapo Drive in Paris Nets 100 Arrests
Free French sources say a Paris Gestapo sweep arrested about 100 people including two men accused of placing time bombs to blow up an anti Bolshevik exhibition at Salle Wagram.
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Paris
London
Salle Wagram
Roosevelt urges ban on Red Cross commercial use
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass legislation forbidding the use of the Red Cross name for commercial purposes as part of a broader push for stricter control and ethical guidelines.
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Red Cross
Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional
Seaman Headley Recounts Arapaho Chief Lineage
Arnold Headley a seaman second class from Ebherte Wyoming demonstrates with machine gun bullets how his ancestors wore feather headdresses headlining his Arapaho heritage. He cites his great grandfather Black Coal as chief when the tribe joined Sitting Bull against General Custer.
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Arnold Headley
Ebherte
Wyo
Headley
Black Coal
Arapahoes
Sitting Bull
General Custer
Kansas Mineral Resources for Wartime Industries
Kansas releases bulletin 41 part 3 detailing mineral resources for war needs. It highlights oil gas coal salt building materials and volcanic ash with new mentions of magnesium aluminum iron bentonite and light firing clays and presents maps and data on current production reserves and potential uses for war industries.
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State Geological Survey of
Kansas
John M. Jewett
W. H. Schoene
United States
Midwest
Haworth Hall
Lawrence
Health unit ready faces community challenges
Dr L Chambers director says the new county health unit is active with a daily venereal disease clinic. A Missouri man seeking work at Sunflower Ordnance arrived with his wife and adopted son and needed welfare aid. Salvation Army is helping as welfare negotiates return. A Wednesday conference will include welfare staff county commissioners and the director. He noted 13 trailers in Eudora and none in De Soto on recent trips.
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L. Chambers
Tony
Salvation Army
Welfare Office
Missouri
Chambers
Eudora
de Soto
Lightning Fatal Topeka Base Worker Under Tree
At the Topeka air base a lightning bolt struck near the contractors' headquarters at noon. Laborer Herman N. Gager of Topeka died. Paul Fike of Junction City, employment foreman, was in critical condition in hospital. Both men stood under a tree when the bolt hit.
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Topeka
Herman N. Gager
Topeka Air Base
Paul Fike
Junction City
Gager
Yankees blank Red Sox as Chandler shines
New York defeated Boston 8 to 0 with Spud Chandler pitching a seven hit game and Buddy Hassett driving in two runs with a single and a triple. The item also notes a birth announcement for a daughter at Memorial hospital and mentions many jobs listed in the classifieds.
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Yankees
Red Sox
New York
Spud Chandler
Buddy Hassett
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Chandler
Hassett
Hedrick Takes Stand in Johnson County Bribery Case
Former Johnson County attorney Frank D. Hedrick Jr. testified in his defense that his actions aimed to uncover gambling protection in the county. He described meetings with Frank Dugan and Homer Demming, and a Topeka conference about possible payoffs, saying he was gathering evidence to stamp out vice.
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Olathe
Kan
Frank D. Hedrick, Jr
Johnson County
Ed Rooney
Hedrick
Frank Dugan
Dugan
Homer Demming
Kansas City
Demming
Frank D. Hedrick, Sr
Topeka
Charles Bradshaw
Supreme Court
Homer Hoch
Bradshaw
Attorney General’s Office
Rooney
Statehouse
Dormitories Planned for Kansas Ordnance Plant Workers
Senator Clyde M. Reed announced that construction of temporary dormitories to house workers at the Kansas ordnance plant near Parsons will begin soon. The plan, from federal housing authorities, aims to shelter single men and women and ease transportation strains while conserving building materials.
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Parsons
Kan
Clyde M. Reed
Washington
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Submarine Sunk by Patrol Planes Off Brazilian Coast
A North American patrol plane sank a submarine off Brazil on May 23 after the sub fired with its gun and machine guns as it attempted to submerge. The plane dropped all bombs on the sub and called for help. three other patrol planes arrived.
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Fataleza
Brazil
Range Line Social Hour and Local Visits
Mrs Wayne Warner visited her mother Mrs Elmer Daugherty near LeLoup on Wednesday afternoon. The Range Line Social Hour club met with Mrs Albert Hornberger on Tuesday afternoon May 12. Community residents and families from Ottawa Overbrook Baldwin Marceline and Ottawa attended social and church events including a senior play in Ottawa.
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Wayne Warner
Elmer Daugherty
LeLoup
Range Line
Albert Hornberger
Will Pefy
Claud Buckner
Ottawa
Glen Flora
Lavern
Irving Haas
Dorothy
Lacey Krouse
Overbrook
George Finch
Marceline
Local residents report job moves and aviation cadet news
Heard in Lawrence Carl Assel at 917 Louisiana street now works at Sunflower Ordnance Works after munitions plant service. Wendell A. Nelson of Garfield Kansas enlisted as a flying student in the US naval reserve and was sworn in at the Kansas City board. A missing gas powered model airplane has owners asking for help finding it after a test flight near town ended with the craft vanishing northwest of Lawrence.
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Carl Assel
Louisiana Street
Lake City
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Wendell A. Nelson
Alfred L. Nelson
Garfield
Kan
United States Naval Reserve
Kansas City Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Garfield High School
Bethany College
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Vermont Street
Matthew Mitchell
Oskaloosa High School Commencement Held in Auditorium
Oskaloosa held its high school commencement Wednesday evening with 29 graduates receiving diplomas from A. A. Webber. The program featured the band, invocation by Rev. Joe Lane, and a campus address by Dr. D. L. McFarlane of Emporia.
Obituary and local notices from Kilgour area
Wilhelm Brey died at his home west of town after months of illness. Funeral services were held at Gabel funeral home with Rev. J. H. McDonald and others, burial at Pleasant View. Brey survived by Minnie Brey, two daughters, two sons, and siblings. Glenn Wright and August Anneberg attended school events. Mrs. Ella Patrick visited family in Topeka. Lawrence visit by Mr. and Mrs. Clite Hosford. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mahlin left for Pittsburg. Dawson's cottage moved out.
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Glenn Wright
August Anneberg
Ella Patrick
Topeka
Wes Roberts
Robert Murphy
H. L. Johnson
J. H. Johnson
Lawrence
Clite Hosford
Wilhelm Brey
Gabel Funeral Home
J. H. McDonald
Lenore Carlyle
Emily Bowen
Phil Stevens
McDonald
B. P. Davis
Pleasant View
Mr. Brey
America
Germany
Kilgour
Minnie Brey
Lottie Johnson
Christene Deppe
Jake
Carl
Robert
Claude
Kenneth Mahlin
Pittsburg
A. L., Dawson
Community groups gather for dinner in De Soto church
The Men’s Community club met for its monthly dinner Thursday at the Methodist church with a W.S.C.S. committee serving. Amoretta Gabriel of Eudora provided music. Joe E. Bower visited Perry on Saturday. Flora Roberts spent Saturday in Lawrence with her parents. The Y W club held its May meeting at Mrs. Penner’s home with Mrs. David Jewett hosting.
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Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
Amoretta Gabriel
Eudora
Joe E. Bower
Perry
Flora Roberts
Lawrence
Y.W. Club
L. R. Penner
David Jewett
Community notices and obituaries from Lawrence area
Lawrence society notes recount visits of Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham and other locals. The Athenaeum and Pleasant Hour clubs hosted May gatherings with several guests and musical numbers. Ernest S. Marshall, 75, longtime resident, died after years of poor health. funeral at Chambers and burial in DeSoto cemetery. Northwest Johnson county eighth grade graduates heard speaker Patricia Solander. first female commencement speaker noted. Longstreth family time with Phyllis and Mrs. Ashlock reported from Colony visit.
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B. H. Sonntag
G. F. Pennington
J. D. Buckinham
Lawrence
G. V. Longstreth
Vincent Straub
Pleasant Hour Club
Longstreth
C. E. Ashlock
Forest Coop
Flora Roberts
Athenaeum Club
F. M. Gordon
C. GB. Scothorne
B. S. Dow
Kansas City
J. D. Buckingham
C.L. Harder
Frances Tripkoes
Allan Gordon
Ernest S. Marshall
Nannie Collins Marshall
Mae Miller
DeSoto
Marshall
Chambers Funeral Home
Johnson County
Patricia Solander
Road Patrol Department
Topeka
F. E. Stuchberry
Phyllis
O. E. Ashlock
Colony
Corliss Community Notices and Local Changes
Oma Dent and Mrs W H Dent spent Sunday at the L A Penner home in Corliss. Virgil Killingsworth moved from Corliss to Kansas City. The Stewart place, vacated by them, was bought by Ted Mannes and family who will move in after repairs. De Soto graduation attended by Curtiss residents. Funeral for cousin of LeSueur held in Gardner. Cross bars added to poles as new lines for Euora ordnance plant area. John Giebner hosted LeSueur family. Ross fractured hip returns to hospital after visit home.
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Oma Dent
Kansas City
W. H. Dent
L. A
Maude LeSueur
Olathe
Gardner
Corliss
Becanae
Euora
John Giebner
LeSueur
August Ross
Kansas University Hospital
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A. F. Williams
Lawrence Squadron
P. J. Spooner
Garfield Street
Memorial Hospital
Chum
NEA
E. D. Liddy
Red Cross Nursing Service
Electa Kindlesperger
O.G. Laing
Oskaloosa
Joe Lane
D. L. McFarlane
Emporia
R. R. Sinagel
A. A. Webber
Board of Education
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Helen Brown
Norma Jean Cavanagh
Betty Frazier
Ada Jane Graham
Rosemary Hannah
Eleanor Klein
Luella Lindsay
Gladys Lobb
Kathryn May
Carol McCoy
Wilma Metzger
Wilma Jean Norton
Mary Shultz
Betty Spielman
Eunice Stewart
Sadie Stockwell
Patricia Wendell
Leslie Farr
Eldon May
Frank McPike, Jr
Arthur Newell
Harold Potter
Perry Puderbaugh
John Stewart
Alvan Thompson
Kenneth Watson
Lavere Garren
Menefee Redd
Leavenworth
Luther Coleman
Frances McClellan
Robert Hutchinson
Lois Burns
Wesley Foundation Organization
Kansas University
Methodist Project
Max Engle
Lattimer
Beverly Stember
Billy Cook
Fred Clark
Valley Falls
Willard Lee
R. R. Slagel
Frank Wendel
Patty
Arlan Wilkinson and Sons
Wilkinson
J. M. Pennington
George Peppard
Oklahoma
Miami Brown
Helen
Te School
Monay
Will Payne
Presbyterian Aid
H. L. McDonald
Margaret Brown
Morrow
Ralph
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Ralph Snyder
H. T. Phinney
Hot Springs
Ark
Wichita
Frieda Fraelich
State Federation of Clubs
Fraelich
Naomi Johnson
Erie
American Legion Auxiliary
D. M. Stevens
Dorothy Patters
Edith Cox
Bess Clark
Kate King
Corda Reber
Tena
Clark
Central Chapel Aid
May Clark
Rosalyn Thompson
Verrell Weinberg
Muriel Stember
Auto and Furniture Bankers Finance Inc
Mans
U.S
Santa FE Trailways
Southwest
California
Santa Fe
Chicago
Quincy
UNI
Joplin
Los Angeles
ION Bus Depot
United States St. Wings
National Relational Trailways
Barrymore II
John Barrymore
Theater
Hollywood
Bokus
Hanokis
Panamas
Alpine
Fedore
Knox
Palbrook
the Palace Clothing Company
Massachusetts Street
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