Motorists dragged into chase by Kansas prison escapees
Parsons travelers Ed Clum, his wife and son and the Hall couple narrowly outpaced six armed convicts fleeing Lansing prison. The abductors forced the group to stop, rode away in the Clums’ car after robbing Clum, and warned the party to keep quiet as they fled toward the highway near Galesburg. Warden Prather was a hostage during the incident.
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Parsons
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Ed Clum
Parsons Dairyman
Parker Hall
Galesburg
Lansing
Clum
Wilbur Underhill
Conv
Kirk Prather
Memorial Day Fragments Color Lawrence News Reel
Local rabid baseball fan complains about delayed Lansing prison game score as American Legion teams from Topeka and Leavenworth played to a 2 2 tie in Lansing. Reports of convicts on Highway 10, KU Memorial Day history, a golf outing during Miss McElroy's release, and a canceled Manhattan circus amid Memorial Day law. Century of Progress visitors warned to wait two weeks for full completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Topeka
Leavenworth
Lansing
K. U
John Willander
Manhattan
Lawrence
Chicago
Committee Meets Friday on Nutrition in Childhood
The nursing activities committee of the Douglas County chapter of the American Red Cross will meet Friday at 3 PM at the home of Mrs Merle Colman. Miss Kathryn Tissue from University home economics will speak on Nutrition in Childhood. The next topic will be Summer Diseases in Childhood and the Importance of Diet. Further details on the meeting place and speaker to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nursing ‘Activities Committee
Douglas County
The
American Red Cross
Mra
Merle Colman
Misa Kathryn Tissue
University Home Economics Department
Wien
Een Scout ‘Court OF Honor
The Court of Honor Held Tomorrow Evening at Gry Hall
The ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow evening at 7:30 in Gry Hall. The court will include Ralph Graves, R. Key, John Randall, Ralph Graber, and W. A. Ram bey, with details announced at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gry Hall
Theatr Scout Court
Ralph: Graves
R. Key
John Randall Ralph Graber
W. A. Rambey
Contact with convict car halted by plane search
Convicts linked to a getaway were tracked with two planes assisted by Ottawa and Franklin county officers. Roofing nails found on a detour north of Ottawa suggested possible outside help. Lt. W Ebb and pilot Louis Cornhill flew eight planes hours while Coghill and Webb scouted Johnson Miami counties and Lawrence area without locating the car.
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Toneka
Ottawa
Franklin County
W. Ebb
Louis Cornhill
Coghill
Lawrence
Johnson
Miami
Webb
County deputies seek raise to 100 per month
Sheriff Dunkley asks county commissioners to raise three active deputy sheriffs from 90 to 100 dollars monthly, citing 14 to 16 hour days and frequent calls, including a recent prison break. Attorney general Boynton advised the board may raise salaries under the new fees and salaries act with proper showing, and county attorney Stevens prepared a statement backing the increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland A. Boynton
Jack Dunkley
Board of County Commissioners
Boynton
R. B. Stevens
Dunkley
Action
Jude Anderson
Fred Vogler
George Price
45 K. U. Bandsmen Will Stay for Commencement
Forty five members of the University of Rapane band are asked by director J. C McCanles to remain in Lawrence for commencement activities. The list includes Cornets Virg il Parker Ralph Stewater Willert Asling Lawrence Penner Fenno Newman Richard Baldridge Robert Richels John Hilford Trombones Forrest Chapman Robert Oyler Howard Randles Diaine Tubbs Clitus Hosford feedle and flute Leland Ran forms Donald Hope Clarinets Robert Slater Lor raine Lawson Roger Blades Robert Kaiser Jack Six Howard Miller Owen Smith Fred Kihm Wayne Bundy Lawrence Wood Donald Ellis Sam Tiden Baritones August Annebergz George Wilson Drums Logan Lane Sydney David George Allen Bassoon Lakin Hunter James Bennett Basses Don Conner Millara Taing Clarolld Shukers Paul Wilbert E Clarinet Arthur Rawlinson Saxophones Claude Newman Robert Corey Clifford Eisele Max Gibson Hugh Hiatt William Rob inson Arnold Edmonds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Rapane
C McCanles
Lawrence
Virgil ‘Parker
Ralph Stewater
Willert Asling
Lawrence Penner
Fenno Newman
Richard Baldridge
Robert Richels
John Hilford
Forrest Chapman
Robert Oyler
Howard Randles
Diaine Tubbs
Clitus Hosford
Feedle
Leland Ranforms
Donald Hope
Robert Slater
Lorraine Lawson
Roger Blades
Robert Kaiser
Jack Six
Howard Miller
Owen Smith
Fred Kihm
Wayne Bundy
Lawrence Wood
Donald Ellis
Sam Tiden
August Annebergz
George Wilson
Logan Lane
Sydney David
George Allen
Lakin Hunter
James Bennett
Don _ Conner
Millara Taing
Clarolld Shukers
Paul Wilbert
Arthur Rawlinson
Claude Newman
Robert Corey
Clifford Eisele
Max Gibson
Hugh Hiatt
William Robinson
Arnold Edmonds
Local Scout Officials Plan Attendance at National Meet
George Lowman district chairman and V K Bruner national council member for Kaw ateswill attend the twenty third annual national council meeting in Kansas City Missouri Friday and Saturday The council handles administrative duties for the Boy Scouts of America and sessions will discuss various scout movement issues The meetings are open to all and Lawrence officials hope for strong local representation The program features speakers such as Dr S Parkes Cadman David Lawrence John H Finley Vincent Massey F C Kelley Walter W Head and Dr James E West
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lowman
V. K. Bruner
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Kawates
Kansas City
National Council
Scout Movement
Lawrence
S. Parkes Cadman
Brooklyn
N. Y
David Lawrence
Washington, D. C
John H. Finley
The
New York Times
Vincent Massey
Canadies
F. C. Kelley
Glahama City
Walter W. Head
National
Boy Scout Council
James E. West
Tribute to Soldier Dead Highlighted Memorial Day
Thomas Amory Lee of Topeka spoke at Southpark Memorial Day exercises paying tribute to soldiers from all wars and honoring Civil War veterans John Harrell and S. K. Funk. He urged tolerance for living and dead, warned against intolerance, and praised General Wilder S. Metcalf recovering from surgery. The program was led by Prof Calvert J. Winter with the United Spanish War Veterans, and wreaths were laid by patriotic groups as Boy Scouts helped decorate graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Amory Lee
Topeka
American Legion
Southpark
John Harrell
S. K. Funk
Wilder S. Metcalf
Calvert J. Winter
United Spanish War Veterans
Braden
American Legion Chorus
E. E. ‘Bayles
Boy Scouts
Court House
Deaths and Funerals Rev W T Pyles
Rev W T Pyles 76 retired Methodist minister of Baldwin died early today at St Margaret's hospital Kansas City Kansas Funeral services set for Baldwin Friday afternoon He is survived by his widow a son M R Pyles and two sisters Martha Pyles and Dora Pyles of Kansas City Missouri Known in this region for service in Missouri and Kansas Methodist conferences
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WT. Pyles
W. T. Pyles
Baldwin
St. Margaret's Hospital
Kansas City
Kan
M. R. Pyles
Martha Pyles
Dora Pyles
Pyles
Missouri
Kansas
Methodist Church
KU Athletes Warned Against Summer Play
University of Kansas athletes must obtain permission from Dean George Shaad before joining any summer baseball or other organized contests or risk ineligibility for Big Six competition. Dr. C. Allen warns that the rule applies to all sports and urges athletes to consult Dean Shaad and secure written permission if they intend to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
George C. Shaad
C. Allen
Shand
Allen
Dean Shand
Dean S
Bigat
Today We Live at Patee theatre continues through Friday
The Patee theatre presents Today We Live with Miss Crawford and Gary Cooper leading a cast that includes Robert Young Franchot Tone Roscoe Karns Louise Closser Hale Rollo Lloyd and Hilda Vaughn. Based on a William Faulkner story it follows love and tragedy behind the World War lines as a British ambulance worker and an American aviator navigate a triangle. The program features notable war scenes skeeter destroyer action aerial bombing sequences and Frances Karns and Louise Closser Hale comic interludes plus a Walt Disney cartoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patee
Miss Crawford
Gary Cooper
Robert Young
Franchot Tone
Roscoe Karns
Louise Closser Hale
Rollo Lloyd
Hilda Vaughn
William Faulkner
Cooper
Claude
Skeeter
Frances Karns
Louise Closser
Marriage License For Leonard Omans And Billie Marshall
Leonard Omans of Los Angeles California wed Billie Marshall of Kansas City Missouri in a ceremony conducted by Probate Judge L H Menner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Omans
Los Angeles
Cal
Billie Marshall
Kansas City
L. H. Menner
Earhart to Headline K U Lecture Course Next Year
Amelia Earhart Putnam, famed solo Atlantic flyer, will headline the Kansas University community lecture course next year. The plan includes four to six lectures with a new compulsory activity fee lowering costs, plus other notable speakers like Bur ton Holmes and Lowell Thomas on a rich lineup. The committee seeks patron input on popular lecturers and invites messages to Mr. Nichols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Atlantic Ocean
K. U
Raymond Nichols
Pctore
Mr. Nichols
E. H. Lindley
Burton Holmes
Louis Untermeyer
Lewis Brown
Ernest Demnet
Lowell Thomas
Frederick Moore
China
Japan
Upton Close
Asia
Richard von Kuhlemann
U. S
Norman Angell
Albert Edward Wirgam
Karl Sandburg
Exams Begin Final Week at University of Kansas
Regular classes ended today as KU starts final exams tomorrow morning and continues through Thursday June 8. The sixty first commencement week opens June 9 with a baccalaureate service on Sunday and graduation on June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Lawrence couple wed as Rost Odell unite in home ceremony
Miss Eleanor Miles Odell daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis B Odell of Topeka wed Francis John Rost son of Mr and Mrs J H Rost of Belleville in a Sunday evening ceremony at the Odell home in Lawrence Rev Edwin F Price officiated in the presence of family and close friends The couple will reside in Topeka where the groom practices law The bride holds an A B from the University of Kansas The wedding party included Miss Louise Lonker of Ashland and BalFour Jeffrey of Topeka Also noted were the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Thurman Rothwell Route Six at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Eleanor Miles Odell
Francis B. Odell
Topeka
Francis John Rost
J. H. Rost
Belleville
Odell
Edwin F. Price
Methodist
lLawrence
Mary Allen
Josephina’ Gilmore
Nydia Hughes
Gertrude Gilmore
Jack Hughes
Garnett
Marian
Price
Louise Lonker
Ashland
Balfour Jeffrey
Chicago
Rost
University of Kansas
Washburn
Personal news on Edwin Fenstemaker and Winston family
Edwin Fenstemaker underwent an appendectomy at Memorial hospital last night. His condition is satisfactory. Mrs Frank Winston and her infant son were discharged from Memorial hospital today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Fenstemaker
Memorial Hospital
Frank Winston
Pledge New Jay Janes At KU Initiation For 19 Members
Thirteen members are pledged plus nine additional pledges as Jay Janes at the University of Kansas hold pledging services in the Administration building. Initiation into Chi Sigma Phi is planned soon, announced KU chapter president Jessamine Jackson. Members pledged include Sara Jane Givens, Marjorie Gosper, Emma Jo Swaney, Mary Lou Harrizon, Loreen Miller, Corbin Wall, Helen Talbert, Eldred Wall, Patricia O’Donnell, and independents Jean DeForrest Ruth Stockwell Beth Adams Winifred Royal. The list covers Kansas City Kansas City Missouri Lees Summit Ellsworth Spearville and Olathe. The British Isles now have 89 talkie theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Janes
University of Kansas
K. J
Chi Sigma Phi
Jessamine Jackson
Lawrence
K. U
Alpha Chi Omerga
Sara Jane Givens
Kansas City
Kaw
Alpha Gamma Delta
Marjorie Gosper
Kappa
IreCalls Town History Relatives Reminiscences in Lawrence
The Chronicle publishers Mr and Mrs B J Bless Jr visited Lawrence to tend to kin in the cemetery. The Walruff brewery in Lawrence was once closed by prohibition. The Mansion on Windmill Hill, built by John Walroff, became city property via gifts and care, later hosting Governor Stubbs and entertaining William Jennings Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J. Bless Jr
the Chronicle
Weston
Lawrence
Bless
John Walruff
Maine Street
Kansas City
Walruff
Byrde
John Walroff
City of
Windmill Hill
W. R. Stubbs
William Jennings Bryan
Barker
Social Service League
Watkins
Fine Crop of Berries
Local strawberry crop shows large size and good quality with prices fluctuating. Home grown berries reach $2.50 per crate at peak. wholesale prices fall to $1.75, with large berries common and smaller fruit selling around $1.20 to $1.25.
Army plane crashes near Abilene injures none
Five army aviators en route from Dayton Ohio to March Field California escaped injury when their bomber crashed near Abilene Texas May 31. The craft aimed for Abilene airport as one engine cut out. a wing clipped a guy wire, the plane struck a power line and fence, electrifying the line and a nearby area while a workman approached.
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Abilene
Texas
March Field
Cal
Dayton
Ohio
Loss of bomber prompts dismantling and shipment to California
The crew of the 11th bombardment squadron includes pilot Charles H. Howard and co-pilot John F. Mills with fliers Cecil M. Kitceffer Harold Cooper and S Patterson. The damaged bomber will be dismantled and shipped to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
11Th
Charles H. Howard
John F. Mills
Cecil M. Kitceffer
Harold Cooper
S. Patterson
California
Two From Lawrence Are Graduating at Pittsburg
Two Douglas county students will receive degrees at Kansas State Teachers College Pittsburg June 1. Paul G. Hausman of Eudora and J Kenneth Kennedy of Lawrence graduate. Edna Mae Musick of Eudora and Edith Mae Hayden of Lawrence receive life certificates. The college reports spring totals: 38 master’s degrees, 259 bachelor’s degrees, 178 life certificates.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Douglas County
Kansas State Teachers College
Paul G. Hausman
Eudora
J. Kennard Kennedy
Lawrence
Edna Mae Musick
Edith Mae Hayden
Kansas ‘State Teachers College
Elta Chant Bahay
York student orchestra contest opens with 4000 expected
Elmhurst Illinois May 31 AP Russell Moberly York Community High School music director says more than 4000 students are expected to participate in the opening ceremonies of this year’s national high school orchestra contest. He notes 1200 registrations already in and cites a 182 piece Ottawa Kansas orchestra with 200 supporters as the largest delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmhurst
Ill
Russell Moberly
York Community High School
Moberly
Ottawa
Kan
Chance for Profits in Stock Sales Revealed in Senate Testimony
Washington May 31 AP Testimony before the senate investigating committee shows Morgan & Company sold stock to three lists of customers in 1929 at prices yielding paper profits over 20 million dollars based on market values within days. Details include Alleghany stock at 20 sold to a list of 573,900 shares later listed around 35, Standards Brands at 32 for 722,600 shares with price over 40, and United Corporation at 75 for 315,070 shares open on the Philadelphia exchange at 99. Drexel & Company and Bonbright & Co. sold nearly as much at similar prices. Whitney, Morgan partner, denied the lists were preferred and said buyers shared Morgan’s risk. Pecora cited a letter offering stock to Woodin at 20 with a market price of 35 cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Morgan & Company
Alleghany Corporation
Standards Brands, Inc
United Corporation
Philadel
Phia Exchange
Drexel & Company
Bonbright & Commoe
Lorge Whitney
Morgan
Bnefits
Ferdinand Pecors
Woodin
Fraternity Delta Delta Delta Chartered at Baker University
The Lambda chapter of the Delta Delta Delta fraternity at Baker University in Baldwin received a charter as a no capital corporation from the state charter board in Topeka today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambda
Delta Delta Delta Fraternity
Baker University
Baldwin
State Charter Board
Topeka
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Mare
DR. E. Blacksome
Milburn Country Club
Mary McElroy
County Red_ Cross Nursing Group
Lin
Shenandoah, Towa
Albert Lerzberg
Yorktown
Women
Ronters
British Isles
London
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Irecalls
Abilene, Texas
Ward
Journal-World
QO. Hawk
Eth
Chance For Profits
Peoples State Bank
Massachusetts
Lawrence Building & Loan Association
Massachusetts Street
Funk’s
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit
Michigan
Davis-Child Motor
N. H
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