San Diego Opens $15 Million Pacific Exposition Today
San Diego California May 29 opening of the California Pacific Exposition in Balboa Park with 50 000 at ceremonies and President Roosevelt expected to address the crowd tonight The fair aims to showcase progress over four centuries and future prospects across 300 acres with 15 miles of exhibits spanning 167 days through Spanish styled pavilions and gardens reflecting a tourism driven spectacle led by a world fair scale.
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San Diego
Calif
CPI
Odda
Balboa Park
el Camino Real
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Suan Rodriguez Cabrillo
San Diego Bay
United States
Spain
Pueblo
Old Rates Charged On New Electric Bills
Kansas Electric Power customers face confusion as May readings fall under old rates while new lower rates apply to readings from June 1. Officials say splitting a month’s consumption into two rates would be too complex. The first notice of the reduction came March 25, approved by the rate corporation commission.
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Kansas Electric Power Company
Rate Corporation Commission
Making Summer Plans at KU Law School Faculty
KU law school faculty map summer plans for five week here. Dean Burdick will teach five weeks then travel to Oak Bluffs Massachusetts. Latty to study at Columbia University New York. Davis to teach five weeks then visit son in Waltham. Atkinson to teach at Michigan summer session. Moreau to teach then trip to Mexico in August. Kallis to teach in second half of summer session.
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K. U. Law School
W. L. Burdick
Oak Bluffs
Mass
Law
Elvin R. Latty
Columbia University
New York
Robert McNair Davis
Waltham, Mass
T. ©. Atkinson
University of Michigan
F. J. Moreau
Mexico
M. A. Kallis
Former KU student author publishes Biographical History of American Literature
Kazuo Seki, a former University of Kansas student 1929-30 and now journalism professor at Sophia University Toki, has authored A Biographical History of American Literature. The Japanese edition covers American authors from earliest times to today and includes an introduction by KU English professor J. H. Nelson.
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University of Kansas
Kazuo Seki
Sophia University
Toki
K. U
Seki
Japan
Lawrence
J. H. Nelson
Obituary: John D. Barton of Douglas County Kansas
John D. Barton was born September 20 1851 in Franklin county Virginia to Matthew and Minerva Barton. He left Virginia in 1866 with his family, lived five years in Indian Territory, then moved to Douglas County Kansas in 1871 where he resided until his death, marrying Miss Maryann Metsker in the same community.
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John D. Barton
Franklin County
Matthew
Minerva Barton
Blue Ridge Mountains
Waters
Blue Stem” Plains
Kansas
Douglas County
Maryann Metsker
Lata & & Metsker
Barton Pioneer Family Obituary and Local News
Obituary notes the death of an elderly Barton family member after a long life in Kansas. The piece records marriages, births, moves to farms near Clinton and Lone Star, and family survivors including son Harve Barton and daughters Luella and Esther. Other items cover Kansas State Teachers College commencement news, a monument plan for Jedidiah Smith, a marriage in Leroy, a fire at a Hall of Field house, and a bank misappropriation case in Chanute. It ends with Dean Werner of K U and his daughter departing for England to study student conditions.
Kans State summer school enrollment swells this year
Manhattan Kansas State College reports a large summer program with 786 students on opening day versus 617 last year. Neodesha board asks Oren Stoner Kansas State star to coach high school team. Kansas City PTA groups urge Gov Landon to reject wholesale textbook replacements for high schools.
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Associated Press
Manhattan
Kansas State College
Neodesha
Neodesha Board of Education
Oren Stoner
Kansas City
Parent-Teachers Association
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
State
School Book Commission
Missing Aviator Paul Redfern Found Alive in Dutch Guiana
Tom Roche reports an American, Paul Redfern, alive in the Dutch Guiana jungle eight years after his disappearance during a Brunswick to Rio nonstop flight. Redfern, claimed by Roche to be a "medicine man," is said to have survived a crash, lived with natives, and asked for a rescue mission with U.S. government approval.
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Panama
Tlp
Paul Redfern
Dutch Guiana
Tom Roche
Redfern
Brunswick
Rio de Janeiro
Roche
James L. Lark
U. S
Park
State Department
Washington
Carl Redfern
Washington, D. C
Gertrude
Cleveland
United States
Trash Cleanup Campaign Moves East of Massachusetts Street
Mayor Alfred Lawrence praised the drive as crews shift cleanup from the west to the east side of Massachusetts Street. Under Leo Froeliger, new trash collector, extra men and trucks clear spring mess this week and begin biweekly residential pickups from June 1.
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Alfred Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Leo Froeliger
Community Social Notes From McLouth Area
Weekend visits span Kansas City trips for McHenry and Cox families while others attend graduations and services. Irene Thompson and Frank Thomas wed at the bride’s home. bankers meetings and church events prominent. A May play day plan, Royal Neighbor meeting, and Mother’s Day program wrap community activities.
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Lois McHenry
Kansas City
Mary McHenry
McLouth
J. G. Cutler
Dave Dick
Albert Cox and Sons
Wichita
George Gross
Cox
Paul Brackman
Irvin Davison
Irene Thompson
Frank Thomas
E. C. Steeper
Nie Steeper
Paul McDonald
Topeka
Steeper
Bankers
Richland Farm Bureau Hosts All Day Meeting
West Fairview, Richland Farm Bureau held an all day meeting Thursday with Mrs. Edith Hilbert leading. A noon covered dish luncheon followed for attendees including Mrs. Hazel McElivan of Topeka, Mrs. Ivy Kennedy, Mrs. John Myers, Mrs. Charles Disney, Mrs. John Losh, Miss Mona Young, Mrs. Mona Carlson and Delmar, Deloris, Mrs. Henry Fitz, Mrs. Mary Zieeler, Mrs. Charles Ready, Mrs. George Gerish, Mrs. Darrow White, Mrs. Lena Hilbert and Mrs. Edith Hilbert.
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Richland Farm Bureau
Edith Hilbert
Hazel McElivan
Topeka
Ivy Kennedy
John Myers
Charles Disney
John Losh
Mona Young
Mona Carlson
Delmar
Deloris
Henry Fitz
Mary Zieeler
Charles Ready
George Gerish
Darrow White
Lena Hilbert
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Clinton
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Modesto
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Cimarron
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Missouri
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Erie, Kan
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New York City
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England
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Jenny Wren
Medicine Man
OLD Gold
Mass. St
U. S. Govt
Massachusetts
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Big Springs
Frank Eaton
James Craig
Eaton
Emmett McEnroe
Cecil Luce
Velma Cox
Fred Cox
Melvin
Oklahoma City
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W. A. Saunders
Albert Lobb
Delbert Lobb
Tonganoxie High School
George Albert Yonley
John Harding
June Brann
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Charles Palmer
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West Fairview
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