Kansas University Looks Ahead to Homecoming Plans
The KU Homecoming committee led by Chairman Laurence Woodruff met to finalize the November 27 program. Fraternity and sorority letters urged stunt and float participation with prize money from athletics, Relays Club, and Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.
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Kansas University
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Relays Club
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
K. U
Jay Janes
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Chamber of Commerce
South Park
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Dixon
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Kansas Supreme Court
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Kingman
Three Die In Plane Crash Near Gothenburg Neb
In Gothenburg Nebraska three men Verne Morton 33 Kearney pilot Floyd Eisenhour Wichita Kansas and Arthur Barney 53 Kearney real estate man were killed when their plane crashed into a corn field four miles west of town last night The wreckage was found at dawn by Phil and Gus Farnstrom after residents observed a light dipping and suspected a crash The men left Kearney for North Platte around 8 30 p m Eisenhour owned the craft Barney survived by his widow and three children Eisenhour recently worked as an oil lease broker in Ambur at Neb and had previously run the Eisenhour investment company He was a World War veteran and his wife had died about a year earlier.
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Floyd Eisenhour
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C. R. Carlson
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Test Your Knowledge Quiz on Classified Page Questions
Seven trivia prompts ask about Comoro Islands the beaver state United States Supreme Court effective date common terms company union Pilgrim Fathers John Boyle O Reilly and the role of the Justice of the United States.
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Local youth builds own 745 pipe theatre organ in Kansas City area
Walter Varnum Jr. 20, a former WREN radio operator, assembled a 745 pipe theatre organ in a rear room of 737 Massachusetts street Lawrence. He sourced parts from a returned $10,000 Reuter organ, tested with vacuum pipes, and now rents it to Fine Arts students while insulating the space to muffle sound.
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Lawrence Record
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KU plans nix on duck race during Homecoming
Pot ter Lake event dropped by Homecoming committee due to crowding concerns as fraternities would enter ducks and possibly complicate plans. The piece notes harmonica band activity, Hobo Day tentative status, and pep rally for Kansas vs Iowa State game, with various campus updates and a school visit by Eudora Clase’s group.
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Potter Lake
Opposition to the 1936 Canada trade treaty debate
Washington reports mounting Republican opposition to the reciprocal trade pact with Canada. Iowa GOP head Harrison Spangler urged postponing the treaty’s effective date for a voter referendum, arguing it harms farmers and industry. Senator Vandenberg and others questioned how much agriculture is sacrificed for the agreement while officials push tariff cuts to begin January 1.
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Washington
Canada
Harrison Spangler
Iowa
Western Republican Headquarters
Vandenberg
Michigan
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
United States Tariff Commission
Passes Stolen Checks At Local Stores
A man using checks stolen from E. W. Penchard attempted to pass two forged checks Saturday night in Lawrence. Miller passed a $19.50 check at A and P on South Massachusetts Street. Hill passed a $21.50 check at Safeway. A Penchard check was rejected at J. C. Penney, revealing the forgery. police did not catch the suspects.
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Lawrence
Safeway
Miller
South
Massachusetts Street
Court House
Hill
Fathers' Night Planned by Eudora PTA at School
The Eudora grade school Parent-Teachers Association led by Mrs Oscar Westerhouse will host its annual Fathers Night on Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the school. Dean Paul Lawson of the University of Kansas will speak on The Father Is A Parent Too, followed by a social hour. Everyone is invited.
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Eudora Grade School
Oscar Westerhouse
Eudora
Paul Lawson
University of Kansas
Women’s self governing group to hold campus sing
Julia Jencks, KU president, expects about a dozen organizations to join in a women’s organized house sing Thursday at 7 in the University auditorium. Each group will perform three songs including their alma mater and be judged on delivery and stage presence for a plaque awarded to the winner for one year.
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Julia Jencks
K. U. Women’s Self-Governing Association
Read 3 Act Play At New York PTA Meeting
A three act play The Great Brox Onp by A A Milne will be read by Prof Neal Carman at the New York School Parent Teacher Association meeting Thursday at 7 30 o clock Other program items include musical numbers and a review of the National Parent Teacher magazine by Mrs Herbert L Jones Parents and friends of New York pupils are invited Also Epworth League social hour at Centenary M E church annex Sunday evening with Rev Price speech and toastmaster William Knox Twin Mound program Cordelia Penn teacher of Twin Mound school west of Lawrence will present pupils Friday night November 22 at 8 15 o clock A plate supper will follow the program Roscoe school yeram and plate supper Thursday evening Nov
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Neal Carman
New York
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M. E
Price
William Knox
Twin Mound
Cordelia Penn
Twin Mound School
Lawrence
chinch bug resistant corn sold for seed
Frank E. Harvey of Princeton Kansas sold eight acres of Champion White Pearl corn for seed to the Barteldes company. He paid 3 per bushel to plant, with a May 9 sowing and a 110 day maturity. Despite wet weather and weed pressure he used check rows and cross cultivation to limit weed growth and produced about 20 bushels per acre in a region otherwise heavy corn losses.
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MAY START ON WEDNESDAY Transantarctic flight planned by Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth announced to the New York Times and the North American Newspaper Alliance that he would begin his trans Antarctic flight early Wednesday if conditions allow. He described a failed attempt yesterday when a sticky surface prevented liftoff. Supplies are loaded and favorable weather is awaited at Dundee Island in the Antarctic archipelago.
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Lincoln Ellsworth
New York Times
Alliance Today
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Antarctic Archipelago
South Pole
Japan’s Hands Off Asia Policy Moves North China
The article analyzes Japan’s plan to reshape China’s map, signaling North China as a potential independent region similar to Manchuria. It argues Japanese trade control in Manchukuo and its broader aims, detailing the 1934 hands off Asia policy and fears of European and Soviet influence. It notes Japan’s vast population relative to its small land area and the shift to Far East trade expansion, with China as a key market.
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Indicted Again Seymour Wells Named in New Indictment
Seymour Wells political treasurer for Huey Long faces six counts charging conspiracy to defraud and obstruct the treasury department in a fresh federal indictment returned by a New Orleans grand jury. He was recently acquitted on an income tax charge.
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Huey Long
Treasury Department
New Orleans
Associated Press
National Grange Opposes Sales Taxes on Necessities
The National Grange adopted a report reaffirming opposition to sales taxes on necessities and services. It also criticized the newly signed U S Canada trade treaty, arguing big corporations push tax shifts onto the masses. Mississippi began commercial cheese production in 1927 with 197,534 pounds across two plants.
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Plans Research Where Storms Uncover Fossils
Denver reports plans by Dr. A J Figgins of the Colorado Museum of Natural History to resume work at sites where dust storms have revealed fossils. The storms unearthed extinct bison skeletons and artifacts, with potential for future discoveries. Dr. H H Nininger noted dust storms last spring yielded four large meteorites in eastern Colorado and western Kansas, including a 750 pound stony meteorite near Hugoton, Kansas.
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A. J. Figgins
Colorado Museum of Natural History
Figgins
H. H. Nininger
Museum
Une
Colorado
Kansas
Hugoton
Kan
Nininger
Graham County
Morland
Lindquist Returns From Indian Reservations Trip
G. E. Lindquist returns to Lawrence after a month in New York state visiting Buffalo and Niagara Falls. He spoke at the Six Nations tenth annual meeting at Buffalo on November 16 and attended the M C A national council meeting at Niagara Falls as an Indian committee representative. About 6 000 Six Nations members remain in New York.
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G. E. E. Lindquist
Lawrence
New York State
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Acacia Lodge to Meet for Second Degree Work
Acacia Lodge No 9 A F A M will hold a special communication on Wednesday November 20 at 7 30 for second degree work. Visitors and sojourners are invited. Carl Holbeck W A M John H Parker Secretary Advocate
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