Remembrance of Ben B H Wilson Pioneer Lawrence Leader
Obituary notes the death of Ben B H Wilson of Williamstown a longtime community figure in Lawrence Kansas He served as a state senator from 1912 to 1916 aided local development and university support He left a son Thomas Bayne Wilson and grandsons Bayne and Benjamin Wilson along with a niece Florence Coffin Shaver He held roles on the county board school board and local banks and belonged to Elks Masons and other orders.
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Ben BH. Wilson
Williamstown
Kansas
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Lawrence
Town
Thomas Bayne Wilson
Carmel by-the-Sea
Cal
San Francisco
Bayne
Benjamin Wilson
Florence Coffin Shaver
Pasadena
Leavenworth County
James Wilson
Eli Wilson
Bridgeport
Ind
Kaw River
California
Mary Wilson Ross
Onawa
Ida Wilson Hughes
Vestal E. Wilson
Anaheim
North Hege
Corbin All
Frances. Bayne
Thomas
Robert. Bayne
Douglas-Jefferson
University
Merchants Bank Ofawrence
First National Ank
Jocal Elks Lodge
Perry Blue Lodge
DeMolay Commandery No
Nights Templar
Scottish Rite of
Leavenworth
Alaska Steamship Company
Pacific Greyhounds Company
Longtime Kansas official Ben Wilson remembered in death notice
Lawrence resident and former senator Ben Wilson dies after illness at Memorial hospital. Funeral at Masonic temple with DeMolay commandery and Oak Hill burial, honoring his legislative service and ties to Topeka, Lawrence, and prominent figures like J. Davis and J. Shouse. Pallbearers and honorary mourners listed.
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Sions
Topeka
State House
University of Kansas
Ben Wilson
Lawrence
Senate
Ben S. Paulen
Jonathan Davis
W. L. Lambertson
Jouett Shouse
Washington
Mr. Wilson
San Francisco
Seattle
Carmel
Memorial Hospital
Masonic Temple
DeMolay Commandery No. 4
Knights Templar
Oak Hill Cemetery
Perry Blue Lodge No. 415
Industrial Tour Proves A Success
A speaker praises existing state industries and notes many major firms began as one-man businesses. He argues for broader state support, emphasizing hardware, management, and capital as keys to growth.
Barnett Held Over Furnishings in Estate Fight
Mrs Anna Laura Barnett was jailed on contempt charges in Los Angeles after a fracas over furnishings tied to a $76,000 judgment. Judge Emmet Wilson ordered her held until she yields the items as part of her late husband Jackson Barnett estate dispute.
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Los Angeles
Anna Laura Barnett
Jackson Barnett
Emmet Wilson
Musicians Have Picnic at Green's Cabin
Members of Liberty Memorial high school band and orchestra held a picnic east of Lawrence. The group played baseball before and after the supper. Oliver Hobbs, director, received two volumes from the Miniature Score Series, titled The Symphonies of Brahms and Tschaikowsky and The Nine Symphonies of Beethoven, presented by Ann Murray.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Green's Cabin
Lawrence
Oliver Hobbs
Brahms
Tschaikowsky
Beethoven
Lawyers Split For State Bar Meetings In Wichita
Much of Lawrence's legal talent will be away tomorrow and Saturday for Wichita meetings. Judge Hugh Means will join Kansas district judges in Wichita with Mrs Means and Mrs L N Lewis. Mrs Ethel High will attend the court reporters association. Charles Springer will depart tonight for county attorneys association meetings in Wichita.
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Lawrence
State Bar Association and Allied Oranizations
Wichita
Hugh Means
Kansas District Judges Association
Means
L. N. Lewis
Ethel High
Court Reporters’ Association
Charles Springer
County Attorneys’association
Labor Killing Shocks Minneapolis Union Leader Shot Dead
William Brown 48 president of General Drivers Union 544 was killed last night and police say a quarrel over union funds led to a confession. The incident marks a second labor killing in six months with A F of L organizer 32 admitting to the shooting.
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Minneapolis
William Brown
General Drivers Union
Ne Vorestal
Aeneid Rersson
A. F
Brown
Test Your Knowledge Classifies Trivia On Page
A jumble of quiz questions asks who invented the cotton gin the capital of Tennessee the time zone for Cleveland and other general knowledge items including Boer War end year and a mystic sword of King Arthur.
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Tennessee
Cleveland
Ohio
Arri
Union
University of Kansas instructor warns against over trimming trees
Donald Durell, an instructor at the University of Kansas and committee member, urges caution in trimming Tawres ce trees warning that many people trim now but only dead limbs should be removed. The green sections should be left intact.
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Donald Durell
University of Kansas
Tawres Ce
Morgan Defends TVA Board Balance Over Dissent
H A Morgan testifies that A E Morgan overstepped limits and obstructed TVA policies under congressional directives. He and Lilienthal say Arthur Morgan’s resistance grew after Lilienthal’s reappointment, breaking prior unanimous board action and provoking a congressional inquiry.
Lawrence High Seniors Dinner Promises School Days Theme
Lawrence High School will host the annual senior class dinner at Liberty Memorial high school tonight at 6 30 PM in the cafeteria. Edwin F Price Jr will serve as toastmaster and the event includes a kid party and a gymnasium dance after dinner.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Edwin F. Price, Jr
David Whitney
Ann Murray
Betty Jean Abels
Rozanne Edwards
Threat to Roosevelt prompts federal inquiry in Chicago
Miss Jane Swanhuyser of the American League for Peace and Democracy says affidavits from a Silvershirt Legion of America meeting on May 8 prompted an investigation into a threat to President Roosevelt. The matter was handed to Captain Thomas Callaghan of the Chicago Secret Service, who would not discuss actions taken.
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Chicago
Jane Swanhuyser
American Legue For Peace and Democracy
Roosevelt
Silvershirt Legion of America
Thomas Callaghan
The
Secret Service
Callaghan
Toward Compromise in Wage Hour Debate
Washington discussions on a wage hour compromise move closer as southern opposition seeks regional pay scales. A joint committee may reconcile House and Senate plans. If regional differentials fail, opposition could block a compromise amid a tight session. Senator Harrison signals possible acceptance under secretary of labor guidance.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of Labor
Althe
Harrison
Perkins
South
Decrease in personal crisis reports Vienna May 26
Reports from Vienna indicate a 70 percent drop in personal crisis reports by Jews over the last two weeks, with officials noting Edmund Eissler the Austrian composer died last week by his own hand. Officials clarify economic distress rather than Nazi policy drove him. Jewish leaders report orders to stay within the law and urge police vigilance against attacks as mass emigration is considered ahead of a Geneva meeting on free distribution of news.
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Vienna
Edmund Eissler
Eissler
Geneva
Rail hearing set on Santa Fe truck shipments in Kansas
Topeka May 26 The state corporation commission will hear on June 21 the Santa Fe application to haul less than carload shipments by truck. Four major railroad brotherhoods said they wished to be heard and Gov. Walter A. Haxman said all interested parties would have opportunity to present arguments. Some railroad unions opposed the plan saying it could lead to employee dismissals.
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Topeka
State Corporation Commission
Santa Fe
Walter A. Haxman
Pihlblad Progress After Kansas Auto Crash
Dr. Ernst Pihlblad president of Betharly College remained unconscious after a highway crash near Lindsborg Kansas. Doctors said he was growing perceptibly stronger after more than 60 hours. Mrs Pihlblad and Jens Stenson college treasurer showed marked improvement during the night.
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Lindsborg
Kan
Ernst Pihlblad
Betharly College
Jens Stensans
Pihlblad
Stensons
Farm Payments Lag as AAA Delays Checks in 1940s
Washington reports the Agricultural Adjustment Administration is about 115 million dollars behind schedule in mailing farmer checks for last year’s crop programs. January to April payments total 168 million, short of the 282 million hoped for by AAA officials. Prince Louise Ferdinand of Prussia plans weekend visits to Hyde Park with his bride Kira, former duchess of old czarist Russia, confirmed on arrival in New York.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Prince
Roosevelt
New York
Prince Louise Ferdinand
Prussia
Kaiser
Kira
Valley Chapel Homecoming Set for May 29
Valley Chapel will hold a Homecoming on Sunday May 29 with special morning and afternoon programs and a basket dinner at noon. All former members and friends are invited. Rev. O L Robbins is the pastor.
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Valley Chapel
O. L. Robbins
Many Never Suspect Cause of Backaches
A fragment suggests backaches stem from kidney or blood acidity issues. It mentions Dean's Pills as a remedy, with claims of relief after long use and advice to seek the product. The text reads like an old medicine advertisement offering relief for various pains.
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Dean
Baseball Scores From American Association and Leagues
In American Association action Minneapolis faced Kansas City with Poindexter and Galvin among batters. In the American League New York and Detroit played to a scoreless tie while Ruffing, Dickey and Rowe starred in various at bats. National League games in St Louis at New York Chicago at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Philadelphia and Cincinnati at Boston were postponed due to rain.
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American Association
Minneapolis
Kansas City
ODF
Poindexter and Galvin, Vance and Breese
New York
Detroit
Dickey
Rowe and Tebbatts
Boston
Cleveland
Wilson and Berrey Gatehouse
Piiaphries
Hudlin and Hemsley
Philadelphia
Chicago
Caster and Brucker
Dietrich, Cain and Sewell
Washington
St. Louis
WO Deshong
R. Ferrell
Newsom and Sullivan
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Car Hits Man on Wheel Injures Robson at Seventeenth
Will Robson, 58, of 107 Geneva Street, was knocked from a bicycle at Seventeenth and Massachusetts Street about 10 this morning and is hospitalized at Memorial with injuries not believed to be life threatening. The car that struck him was driven south on Massachusetts by John Charles McLoughlin, 45, of Kansas City Missouri. McLoughlin gave his name and address to police and drove away. He works for Employers Mutuals, an insurance company.
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Will Robson
Geneva Street
Memorial Hospital
Seventeenth
Massachusetts Street
Robson
Massachusetts
John Charles McLoughlin
Kansas City
McLoughlin
Employers Mutuals
Will Marry His Nurse in Chicago Millionaire Case
Chicago millionaire Harold Fowler McCormick and his nurse Miss Adah Wilson filed a license to wed in Los Angeles. Attorney Oscar Lawler filed for McCormick who was not present. Pasadena physician Dr. Donald J. Frick said a definite marriage date would be announced soon.
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Los Angeles
Harold Fowler McCormick
Chicago
Adah Wilson
Civilians to Guard New $7 Million Air Base
Sacramento report says the army will hire civilian guards to protect its new seven million dollar air base during final construction. Lt Colonel Harry A. Strauss announced he will serve as commandant and the guards will be discharged when the base is officially handed over.
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Sacramento
Calif
Harry A. Strauss
Army
No Jobs In Hawaii Warns Girls From LA Chamber
A Honolulu organization warns Los Angeles girls not to seek work in Hawaii, stating that reports of abundant jobs there are false and advising caution when pursuing employment on the islands.
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Hawaii
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Honolulu
Armed Trusties Escape Tucker Prison Farm
Two trusted convicts Fred Berryman and Carol Webb escaped from the Tucker Prison Farm in Arkansas using a high powered rifle and pistol.
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Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
Fred Berryman
Carol Webb
State Penitentiary
Roosevelt Signs Bill Extending Unemployment Aid to States
The social security board may receive an additional 8.5 million dollars to help administer state unemployment compensation programs through June 30, funded by a bill signed by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
The
Social, Security Board
Roosevelt
New $78,000 City Pool Dedicated in Wellington
A municipal swimming pool costing 78000 dollars was dedicated in Wellington Kansas today. Gov. Walter A. Huxman presided at the ceremony titled Governor's Day and called it a celebration of citizen effort.
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Wellington
Kan
Walter A. Huxman
Mayo Clinic Announces James Roosevelt Gastric Ulcer
Rochester Mayo Clinic reports James Roosevelt son of the President is suffering from a small gastric ulcer. Rear Admiral Magruder dies at 70 from a heart attack at his Jamestown summer home after a short illness.
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Rochester
Minn
James Roosevelt
United States
Mayo Clinic
Magruder
Jamestown
R. I
Thomas Pickett Magruder
Air circus fliers killed in Salida Colorado crash
Two air circus pilots Paul Glinzak of Springfield Ohio and Charles Holbrook of Los Angeles were killed in a Salida Colorado airplane crash on May 26.
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Air Circus
Salida
Colo
Paul Glinzak
Springfield
Charles Holbrook
Los Angeles
Rainfall totals and river notes from Lawrence May report
Weather observer C. J. Posey records 12 inches of rain in Lawrence last night with 4.88 inches to date for the month. Worden observer Walter Schwarz reports 1.22 inches overnight and 9.63 inches for May so far, with rain on 16 days. Wakarusa River rising but not flooding. Four Lawrence policemen attended a Kansas City banquet, later giving up seats at the speakers’ table to notables.
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C. J. Posey
Wakarusa
Lawrence
Peace Officers Association
Hotel Phillips
Kansas City
John Ingalls
William Cox
Ralph Castile
Elmer Schiller
Walter Schwarz
Worden
Singer Sues Director Over Alleged Seduction
Eloise Spann a 21 year old singer files a 5 million dollar seduction suit against Milton Beecher alleging he plied her with liquor and assaulted her at his home after going there for a script. She says she was driven to a stupor and attacked. she had been with Buddy Rogers and Mary Pickford but they did not drink.
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Los Angeles
Eloise Spann
Miss Spann
Indianapolis
Ind
Milton Beecher
A. A. Blalock
Beecher
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
Mary Pickford
Kansas City Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep And Grains
Market data from Kansas City on May 26 covers hogs with top at 8.50 to 8.55 for certain weights, cattle and calves with limited fed stock, vealers, and action on cows and bulls. Sheep show spring lambs rising. grain futures list Chicago-style bids for wheat corn oats barley with nearby and deferred positions.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Texas
Kansas City Cash Grain
Grain futures price quotes with wheat and corn options
Readable market note shows bid ranges for red wheat No 2 white corn and yellow corn with percentages and cent adjustments. July price for No 3 mixed corn listed as percent under. No futures numbers beyond partial quotes.
Chicago Wheat and Market Quotes May Include Price Shifts
AP reports Chicago May wheat and May grain quotes with July and Sept options. Soybeans and rye futures show mixed gains and declines. Kansas City produce markets list butter and poultry prices with creamery and packing categories.
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Kansas City
Nee City
Hay Market Prices Reported in Kansas City
Kansas City May 26. Hay No receipts unchanged. Alfalfa No 1 extra leafy 20.00 21.00 No 2 extra leafy 18.00 20.00 No 1 17.00 18.00 No 2 leafy 14.50 14.50 alrigé No 1 9.00 50 No 2 8.50
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Kansas City
Hay Market
Hay
Alfalfa
Alrigé
Wall Street Slide After Morning Rally Fades
Stocks failed to sustain an early rise as afternoon selling pressured leaders and several Dow components. Cotton futures swung but recovered somewhat while traders awaited the President's tax revision decision broadcast tomorrow. Transactions neared 700000 shares. several companies faced dividend cuts and missed payments.
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Wall Street
New York
England
Crucible
Republic
American Telephone
A. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Boeing
American Can
Westinghouse
General Electric
du Pont
Market Roundup Downgrades and Surprises Across Sectors
Stocks fluctuated as industrials like General Motors faced overseas sales declines while steel demand signals pointed upward. Wheat rose briefly on planned Government purchases of surplus flour, then cooled, and corn slipped as markets absorbed mixed signals from utilities and leading firms.
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Ben S. Wilson
Bens. Wilson
Ernest Seidel
J. A. Parnell
St. Clair
W.M. Newmark
J.C. Walton John H. Robinson
J. W. Miler
William Underwood
A.D. Weaver
J. R. Holmes
Charles Elwell , Co. C. Stewart
Otto Fischer
John Mulvihill
Harry Dick Jacob Gantz
W.G. Hutson, Sr
Pred
Toute
I. J. Meade
Fritz Meyn
Frank Durland
B.C. Whipple
Chris Epley
F. W. Jaedicke
George Ecke
F. H. Smithmeyer
F.R. Benedict
Harry Green
John Lawson
James Lawson
Frank Schaeffer
Walter B. Ford
G. R. Henry John Quinlan
V. C. Raines
Mrs. Barnett
Green’s Cabin
Alexander
Ady
Morgan
TVA
H. A. Morgan
A. E. Morgan
Lilienthal
Arthur Morgan
Dr. Morgan
Congress
Representative Maverick
D-Tex
Lawrence High
F.D. R
Silvershirt Legion
Union Pacific Railroad
W. M. Jeffers
William Averill Harriman
W.R.C
Samuel Walker
Women’s Relief Corps No. 113
North Lawrence Baptist Church
Boy Scouts
E. R. Keith
Veterans’ Hospital
W. Motley
Lawrence Business College
Our
Manyinever
Miller Furniture Co
Journal-World
Singer Sues
Harnar Auto Supply
Ford T
Ford
Chey
Mayflower Vans
N. A. St
Sai
Cago
Government Bonds
U. S
Treasury
al Chem & Dye
Close
Beth Steel
Lied Chemical
Kennecot Baatmay Kodak
U. S. Gypsum
Co -Cola
Union Carbide
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
iCorn
Altho
Jimerican Tron and Steel Institute
General Motors
Hunsinger Motor Co
Hudson
Indow
F. W. Jaedicke Howe
Coo
Delbert C. Richardson
Lawrence Sao
Wes
Massachusetts ST
Langston Memorial Co
Douglas County Building & Loan Association
John C. Emick
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