Hauptmann's Plea to Supreme Court
Washington reports Hauptmann appeals to the Supreme Court to avoid the electric chair for the Lindbergh baby murder and kidnapping. A 82 page petition by Egbert Rosecrans claims trial bias, violation of constitutional rights, and seeks a new trial amid a contentious Flemington case.
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Washington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Egbert Rosecrans
Hauptmann
Flemington
New Jersey
Nash to Speak at Hays on Mental Hygiene Work
Prof. Bert A. Nash of the University of Kansas school of education will address the state council of Parent-Teachers Associations in Hays. He speaks on The Work of the Kansas Society of Mental Hygiene and attends a dinner that evening as president of the society.
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Bert A. Nash
University of Kansas School of Education
Hays
State Council of Parent- Teachers Associations
Oon
Nash
Kansas Society of Mental Hygiene
Prof
Farm Home Burns Down Near Eudora
The farm home of Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Sweet at the J. R. Allen farm five and one half miles south of Eudora burned to the ground around 10 30 this morning. The fire, believed caused by a faulty chimney, fed by a passer-by, left little of the contents saved. The Sutts were in Lawrence at the time. Insurance covered the house and contents. Twente to Speak in Ottawa Prof J W Twente of K U will address a public meeting in Ottawa tomorrow hosted by the Parent Teachers Association for National Education Week. He will discuss Education in the State. Schools Invite Visitors All Lawrence schools invite visitors this week for National Education Week. A large number visited yesterday as the American Legion post spoke at Armistice day observances.
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G. S. Sweet
J. R. Allen
Eudora
Sweet
Lawrence
Twente
Ottawa
J. Wmtwente
K. U
Parent-Teachers Association
National Education Week
American Legion Post
Kansas University
Hill
Watson Library
Stanford University
Boston University
Date Bureau
U. S
Summerfield
Test Your Knowledge Seven Questions From Classifieds
Fragmented quiz item asks seven questions from a classified page. It references obsidian authors and historic figures such as Thomas Healey Henry, Christiaan Huygens, and the Soviet government recognition, with garbled phrasing and partial clues.
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Obsidian
Thomas Hi Healey
Henry Igen
Ecuyer
New England
Lto
Christiaan Huy
Date Bureau Rumors Stir KU Campus Murmurs
KU students report a rumored date bureau starting from Watson library with a 10 cent application and 25 cent special services. Plans cite Stanford and Boston precedents, demand names, photos, and car details, with telephonic or mailed notification. Other campus items cover minor pranks, Theta house pin, dating among coeds, and ROTC Ball changes for November 22.
Fathers of 58 FFA members attend annual father and son banquet
The Jayhawk Chapter Future Farmers of America hosts its 58 members and their fathers at tonight’s banquet in the Lawrence Memorial high school cafeteria. Mrs. Lorimer’s cafeteria staff serves the meal. officers include Raymond Ice president and Gilbert Gilgas vice president. After dinner, Raymond Ice leads invocation and ceremonies with speakers such as Ernest Cowles and Dean Raymond A Schwegler. Guests include Neal M Wherry principal C E Birch and B J Coy bank presidents association head.
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Jayhawk
Future Farmers of America
Lawrence Memorial High School
Anne Lorimer
Raymond Ice
Gilbert Gilgas
Vernon Flory
Ralph Houk
Bill Penny
W. R. Essick
Ben Flory
Ernest Cowles
Man
Raymond A. Schwegler
University of Kansas School of Education
Myrle Shaw
Cyrus Jones
Jed
Joe Williams
Neal M. Wherry
C. E. Birch
L. H. Emmett
B. J. Coy
Douglas County Bankers Association
Walt Disney to Choose KU Freshman Beauty Queens
Walt Disney will select Kansas University freshmen beauty queens. John A. Chandler of Jay-Z magazine says the queens will be pictured in the magazine's second edition due in December. Fifteen women have submitted names and hometowns including Alice Meyn Lawrence Ruth Patterson Kansas City Elizabeth Short Concordia Dorothy Lemon Pratt Mary Markham Parsons Cornelia Miller Topeka Dorothy Fritz Wichita Merideth Dyer Dorothy Kennedy Kansas City Mo Jean Eichenberger Mackaville Margaret Alloway Mary Alice Woods Independence Mo Verda Ames Claflin Roberta Mitchell Goffeyville.
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Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse
Kansas University
John A. Chandler
Jay- Z
Disney
Alice Marie Meyn
Laurence
Betty Barnes
Leavenworth
Ruth Patterson
Kansas City
Elizabeth Short
Concordia
Dorothy Lemon
Pratt
Mary Markham
Parsons
Cornelia Ann Miller
Union Gas System seeks authority to operate KS gas networks
Topeka November 12 The Union Gas System Inc filed with the State Corporation Commission for permission to take over and run natural gas distributing systems of its Kansas subsidiaries under new holding company rules. One unit Union Gas Co serves Altoona Buffalo Burlington Caney Centerville Coffeyville Elk City Elk Falls Fredonia Independence LaFontaine LeRoy Liberty Moline Olathe Lavonburg Spring Hill Sycamore Yates Center and nearby Neodesha areas. Pioneer Pipe Lines Inc operates lines in Johnson Woodson Coffey Neosho Wilson Elk Chautauqua and Montgomery counties serving Tyre Longton and Havana areas along with those served by Union Gas.
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Topeka
Union Gas System, Inc
State Corporation Commission
Kansas
Union Gas Company
Altoona
Buffalo
Burlington
Caney
Centerville
Coffeyville
Elk City
Elk Falls
Fredonia
Independence
LaFontaine
LeRoy
Liberty
Moline
Olathe
Lavonburg
Spring Hill
Sycamore
Yates Center
Neodesha
Pioneer Pipe Lines, Inc
Johnson
Woodson
Coffey
Neosho
Wilson
Elk
Chautauqua
Montgomery Counties
Tyre
Longton
Havana
Four Hundredth Anniversary Bible Dinner at First Christian
The First Christian church observes the 400th anniversary of the English Bible with a Wednesday 6:30 PM dinner. Rev. Seth W. Slaughter will display charts of eight original Bible editions, including the 1596 Breeches Bible. Attendees with famous or historic Bibles may bring them to speak briefly, and the event features a covered dish format.
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Seth W. Slaughter
Sentence Rolled For Delckers And Leech In Sheep Theft Case
John Deickers, convicted by a district court jury of grand larceny on November 5, was sentenced this morning to one to seven years in the Kansas state penitentiary by Judge Hugh Means after the motion for a new trial was overruled. Lester Leech, who pleaded guilty to the same charge after his arrest with Deickers for stealing 17 sheep from Philo Beck, a farmer near Baldwin, also received a like term in the penitentiary.
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John Deickers
Kansas State Penitentiary
Hugh Means
Newal
Lester Leech
Dekckers
Philo Beck
Baldwin
Olin Templin to preside Peace Action Committee meeting
A round table discussion sponsored by the K U Peace Action Committee will be held Thursday evening at 8 in the K U Union building. The topic is The League of Nations with Prof. Olint Templin as presiding chairman and speakers Prof. C B Resley Prof. Robert McNair Davis the Rev Carter Harrison and Dr Dietrich Zwicker.
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K. U. Peace Action Committee
K. U. Union
League of Nations
Olint Templin
C. B. Resley
Robert McNair Davis
Carter Harrison
Dietrich Zwicker
Legion Shoot Draws Prizes At Rural Club Event
Gun club on Highway 59 hosted a shooting day with prizes as 32 turkeys four geese and 14 pounds of bacon were reportedly taken. A follow up shoot is planned about two weeks before Christmas joining local sports and community recreation.
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American Legion
Highway 59
Kansans to feel warming trend this week
Topeka dispatch reports warmer weather moving into Kansas as federal observer 8 D Flora forecasts above freezing across the state today and tomorrow. Western Goodland logged 40 degrees while eastern cities stayed near or below freezing. Overnight lows may dip to freezing with a clear sky except in the far east.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mercury
Altho
Flora
Goodland
General
Concordia
Dodge City
Overcoat Sleeve Embarrassment Reported In Lawrence
A Lawrence man recalls an awkward season opener when his coat sleeve caught on itself as he dressed. A waitress offered extra help and his face flushed with embarrassment. In Grove, John W. Dailey, a four year pear grower, presented a Bartlett pear weighing a pound and six and a half ounces, thirteen inches around, shown in the Journal World window.
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John W. Dailey
Pleasam
Grove
Kirksville Teachers Open To Postseason With St Benedicts
Kirksville Teachers coach Fritz Faurot, champions of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association, would meet St Benedicts of Atchison in a possible post-season game. St Benedicts coach Larry Mullins said he was favorably inclined to a Kirksville showdown, while Kirksville closes the season against the Rolla Miners.
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Kirksville
Fritz Faurot
Kirksville Teachers
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
St. Benedict’s
Atchison, Kan
Rolla Miners
Faurot
St. Bendeckt’s
Plans for Entertainment at Unitarian Church Supper
Tomorrow evening the Unitarian church hosts a 6:30 supper with Mrs. Martha Hood presiding over dining arrangements. After the meal, activities include dancing games discussions and a brief musical program with additional entertainment for children and an invitation to all, especially non churchgoers.
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Unitarian Church
Martha Hood
Women’s Alliance
Federal court opens with liquor pleas set for hearing
Fort Scott Kansas November term of federal district court convened with Judge Richard J Hopkins presiding. The Frontenac bankruptcy case where the city seeks to adjust indebtedness was set for hearing. It marks the first Kansas city bankruptcy filing. Also reports the Turkish steamer Inebolu sinking in Smyrna harbor with many drowned or missing and a search for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith flight crew described as virtually hopeless. A marriage license was issued to Carl T Anderson and Wave N Nobles of Wichita.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Federal District Court
Richard J. Hopkins
Frontenac
Kansas
Istanbul
Turkey
Inebolu
Smyrna
Plo
Oon
Burma
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Tom Pethybridge
Carl T. Anderson
Wave N
Wilfrid L. Husband to Lecture at K U Tonight
Wilfrid L. Husband, former Scribners advertising manager turned traveler, speaks at 8:20 pm in the K U auditorium on Today in Japan. He uses native costumes, motion pictures, and slides to illustrate a season second lecture in the University community series. Reserved seats 40 cents, general 26 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfrid L. Husband
Japan
K. U
Husband
Scribners Magazine
W. L. Burdick
K. U. Law School
Fiftieth Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Votaw Celebrated
Society notes mark the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Oo E Votan of Budora with a dinner for about one hundred relatives and friends at Hesper Community academy on Sunday November 10. Attendees included D K Votaw Rev J D Mills Irvin Votaw and many Votaw relatives from Kansas and Iowa. Guests exchanged greetings, gifts, and messages while light refreshments were served amid festive decor.
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Oo. E. Votan
Budora
Hesper Community Academy
D. K. Votaw
J. D. Mills
Wichita
D. I. Allsup
Leavenworth
Nell Dalby
Burington
And3ira
O. L. Snider
Linwood
L. D. Volaw
Leta Faye
Addie Volaw-Martin
Kansas City
D. I. Alsup
Don Allsup
von Allsup
Mazine
Soren
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Warren Votaw
Marilyn
Joan
Fremont
Mra
Todd
Clifford Todd
Martha Hedquest
Olathe
Kaw
Oscar EB. Votaw
Elizabeth Allsup-Votaw
Ervin Vo
Mary Catherine Mills
Josephine Votaw
Vera Rose Geratenberger
Veda Faye Votaw
Edna S. Votaw
Addie V. Martin
Georgia Votaw
Herbert L. Knabe
Lulz Mae Snider
Leonard Beecroft
Mildred Beecroft
Blanche Votaw Knuabe
Margie Rees
Lucille Votew
Katherine E. Grobe
E. H. Grobe
Carl Grobe
Charles. Gerstenberger
Tena Miskimen
VW. Gerstenberger
Homer Gerstenberger
Hilda Helen Gerstenberger
Bert Daugherty
J. ©. Scott
George Gerstenberger
I. H. Ambler
Olive Dalley
Anita Brotler
Ida Day
Oliver Day
Marguerite Schooley
Ralph Schooley
Kate Moorman-Jackson
Morria Starr
Carrol Gerstenberger
W. W. Gerstenberger
Wayne Gerstenberger
Neil Dalley
Janice Guenther
Carl Alterberand
Albert Hadel
Jennie Crane
Paul Grobe
C. E. Westerhouse
Beverly Westerhouse
Ralph Grobe
L. E. Klopfenstein
R. C. Ogden
B. Fiegenbaum
A. B. Hafel
T. A. Thorenton
Marian Votaw
Violet Votaw Gerstenberger
Viola Gerstenberger
Victor Votaw
Miss Evelyn Swarthout Delights With European Ties Recital
The Crystal room at the Eldridge hotel hosted Miss Evelyn Swarthout in a crowded recital, notes reflecting European study and American coaching. She played Brahms like moods in Chopin and Debussy, with a program ranging from Variations in Minor to Midsummer Night's Dream ideas, drawing warm applause and confident future prospects.
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Crystal Room
Eldridge Hotel
Evelyn Swarthout
Europe
America
England
Kansas University School of Fine Arts
Donald M. Swarthout
School of Fine Arts
Miss Swarthout
Barepraiser
Debussy
Albeniz
Hutchinson
Mendelssohn
Gas fumes cause death of former city marshal
Fred Gunn aged 42 of Gardner Kansas was found dead in his garage. Coroner H S Albaugh ruled carbon monoxide poisoning though the car engine had been turned off. The coroner believed Gunn started the car last night and left the engine running to warm it. Gas fumes may have affected him before he could exit the vehicle.
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Gardner
Kan
Fred Gunn
Santa Fe Railroad
H. S. Albaugh
Gunn
C L Brown Dead Abilene Utility Leader Dies in Delaware
Abilene Kansas November 12 C L Brown 65 president of United Telephone and other utilities died today in Wilmington Delaware after months of illness His widow three daughters and one son, all residents of Abilene, survive the death was reported.
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Abilene
Kan
Cc. L. Brown
United Telephone Company
Wilmington
Del
Bandits Beat Tulsa Attendant After Robbery
Two bandits who robbed Frank Sparger a Tulsa filling station attendant 15 dollars earlier returned hours later and severely beat him after he reported the crime to police. He received emergency treatment and was released from the hospital. Escaped prisoner Joe Seitz, 75, surrendered in Fort Scott after claiming he escaped from Indiana prison. He was hungry and would be returned to Indiana following verification.
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Tulsa
Okla
Frank Sparger
Sparger
Fort Scott
Kan
Pi Joe Seitz
Indiana
Michigan City
Ind
Clarence E. Bulla
Seitz
Trinity Lutheran T eam To Meet For Basketball Tryouts
A special church meeting is set for Thursday at 7 pm for those wishing to join the Trinity Lutheran basketball team this year. Attendance checks were made for Sunday services and Nickley Schelbar, adult department leader, will decide eligibility. Schelbar did not forecast the final team. another scrappy Lutherans squad is expected in the league. Washington reports a potential tariff cut on cattle in the U S Canada reciprocal trade pact, with Rep. Coffee confirming Roosevelt's notice of a quota system to shield American farmers.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Armin Woestemeyer
John Griffith
Hiawatha
John Vogel
K.U
Stuttgart
Arthur E. Run
Trinity Lutheran
Nickley Schelbar
Teader
Ted
Schelbar
Altho
Washington
United States
Canada
Harry B. Coffee
D-Neb
Roosevelt
Kanwaka school shows 29 pupils enrolled and honor roll list
At Kanwaka the second month ends with 29 pupils enrolled and 12 on the honor roll with average above 90. Twenty two pupils were perfect in attendance. The teacher Miss Marguerite Nunemaker and families held a Halloween school party. The district notes a teachers meeting in Lawrence and an upcoming program and state supper. The Kanwaka Discussion club met November 1 with singing, a small program, and a talk on The Soul of America by Rev. Robert Hunt. Birthdays and visits from local residents noted plus next officer election in December.
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Irene Button
Mary Lou Elliott
Horer Hamlet
Glenn Johanning
Mildred Johanning
Wayne Hird
Helen Hird
Jean Button
Lawrence Hamlet
Doris Haverstock
Jimmie Topping
Evelyn Houk
Reuben Farrier
Donald Farrier
Dorothy Farrier
Geraldine
Nadine Farrier
Lawrence
Kanwaka Discussion Club
Winifred Haverstock
Leonora Elkin
Jesus
Winifred
George Haverstock
Marguerite
Dorothy Nunemaker
Robert A. Hunt
M. 5
America
Elmer Warrington
Warrington
Clifton
Riley
Alvin Dye
J. S. Emmett
Opal Shaw
Wagstaff
Big Springs
Margaret Parkins
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Delta Upsilon
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K. U. School of Education
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Union Gas System
Rev. S. W. Slaughter
Olin Templin
Legion Shoot
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American Association Today
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Indiana Street
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