Hall Johnson Choir Faces Steady Climb to KU Concert
The Hall Johnson Negro Choir, formed from Harlem singers, gained national notice after engagements with Maurice Ravel and major New York figures. Led by a careful process, the ensemble selects and refines spirituals to suit expression, rehearing months before public performance. They will present a program of spirituals and other Negro songs at KU, different from last year’s offering.
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Hall Johnson
K. U. Sud Storium
Narion
South
Harlem
New York
Rezulay Puushes
Metropols
Maurice Ravel
Walter Damrasch
Feodor Chalizain
Deems, Taylor
Eugene Gossens
John McCormack
Johnson
Green Pastures
Kansan Sees Hollywood Biographies Trend
A Kansan comments on the growing trend of biographical films in Hollywood. He cites announced roles such as Wally Beery as Pancho Villa, Greta Garbo as Catherine de’ Medici, and Dietrich as Marie Antoinette, noting the era’s fascination with life stories and real figures.
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Hollywood
Cal
Wally “Beery
Pancho Villa
Dietrich
Cath the Great
Garbo
Te“ Antoinette
Li. Rothschild
Geo
All Teutons Go Hiking and Sing in New Film Buzz
Readers get a collage of film gossip as Bancroft returns to screen life alongside Janet Snowden taking dramatic lessons amid talk of a 15 million oil heiress entering pictures. Ramon Navarro shoots Laughing Boy in Flagstaff as Dick Bartholmess joins a Sioux tribe for Massa cre. Marie Dressler receives 22 governor and 46 mayor cheers on her 62nd birthday, with 5000 tributes worldwide and Marie Dressler Colvin named for a newborn.
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Janet Snowden
Ramon Navarro
Flagstaff
Ariz
Dick Barthelmess
Marie Dressler
Union of Providence
Chas. Chaplin
Madame Schumann-Heink
Halbert
Colvin
Baltimore
Marie Dressler Colvin
Relays Club Opens Talk on Play of Line at Kansas Relays
Kansas Relays club met last night in the Hotel Eldridge grill room with President Walter Varnum presiding. Coach Mike Getto explained linemen duties using a blackboard, detailing ends, tackles, guards, and centers in defense and offense. Coach Ad Lindsey praised Kansas forwards and noted games against Nebraska and Iowa State.
Plans Shared For Homecoming Event And Club Party
Dr F G C Allen discussed Homecoming plans and announced the annual Christmas party for the K men to be held next month inviting Relays club members to mingle with athletes. Willard Mayberry carried Gov Alf London’s regards as he could not attend. The next meeting is January with officer elections.
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F. GC. Allen
Willard Mayberry
Alf London
Four Members of Richardson Family Improve at Hospital
Four members of the Marvin Richardson family injured in a Sunday night crash south of Lawrence were reported improving today at Memorial hospital. Lois 15 months showed progress. Evelyn Richardson, 3, died in the accident. Mrs Richardson and Addie Morvine 2 remain hospitalized for cuts and bruises. Betty Jean 4 was discharged. A second car driven by Miss Mary Keetch caused the collision. Keetch suffered a jaw fracture and was moved to Research hospital in Kansas City. Funeral services for Evelyn Richardson are set for Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Evangelical church in Stull. Burial will follow in Stull cemetery.
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Lawrence
Memorial‘hospital
Lois
Richardson
Dutton Bridge
Highway 75-W
Kansas City
Evelyn Richardson
Evangelical Church
Stull
Arthur Ward
Big Springs
Stull Cemetery
Einstein to perform violin concert for German exile aid
Dr. Albert Einstein, guest professor at Princeton, will play at a December 15 benefit concert in the Waldorf Astoria grand ballroom New York. Tickets likely $25. The program lists Toscha Seidel first violin, Einstein second violin, Leon Barzin viola, Ossip Gisin cello. Proceeds aid exiled Germans under Hitler.
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Albert
Einstein
America
Princeton, University
Gand
Waldorf- Astoria
Hitler
Germany
Toscha Seidel
Dr. Einstein
Leon Barzin
Ossip Giskin
Seidel
Einstein Anette
Ach
KU News Notes and Musical Program Announcement
Tuesday 6:00 p.m. Fifty-seventh athletic event in hex. Prof. TR Elber hosts. Wednesday 2:30 p.m. KU news notes pre KU News Bureau in Cornell. Instructor Nwaldemar Gelich presents Democracy Freedom and Responsibility. Dr. Ernest E. Sayles involved.
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Hex
Elber
U. News7Bureau
Cornell
Nwaldemar Gelich
Ernest E. Sayles
Commandments for Movie Chorus Girls Revealed by Busby Berkeley
Hollywood AP reports Busby Berkeley issued ten rules for chorus girls in films like Footlight Parade and Forty Second Street. Rules cover meals, milk and juice intake, daily showers and sunbath, outdoor exercise, makeup limits, hair color, footwear, sleep, and one late date weekly to curb strenuous dancing and preserve health and beauty.
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Hollywood
Busby Berkeley
Berkeley
Eell
Welles Eyes Cuba Return For Possible New Conference
Ambassador Sumner Welles said he planned to fly back to Cuba Friday or Saturday for an indefinite stay. He may also travel via Warm Springs for a second conference with President Roosevelt. Welles met today with Under Secretary William Phillips and Assistant Secretary Jefferson Caffery and will keep consulting state department officials before departure.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Cuba
Welles
Warm Springs
Gaz
Roosevelt
William Phillips
Jefferson Caffery
State Department
Ngee
READY TO MARRY AGAIN New York Opera Star plans marriage
New York Nov 21 AP Mary McCormic a noted opera singer who divorced Serge Mdivani on November 14 in Los Angeles says she plans another marriage. She is living on a Connecticut farm with cows and potato patches. She spoke last night of her intent and a potential partner Harry Bannister film actor and former husband of Ann.
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New_York
Mary McCormic
Los Angeles
Serge Mdivani
Ife
Connecticut
Miss McCormic
Harry Bannister
Ann
Death From Football Injuries In Junction City
Edison Lee Lear, of the second cavalry at Fort Riley, died yesterday from a skull injury sustained in a football game Saturday. He was the son of Mrs Theresa C Bear of Mattelle Iowa. In Kansas City 1,400 relief families were ordered to report for work under the emergency employment program.
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Kansas
City
Kansas City
Kan
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Liver Support
Sluggish liver blamed for morning fatigue and bad breath. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets, a plant based remedy, stimulate bile flow to relieve constipation and skin issues. Sold in 15c 30c and 60c sizes.
Ice Denied New Trial in Harness Theft Case
Calvin Ice, found guilty in a past criminal term of harness theft, has been denied a new trial by Judge Hugh Meane. The judge affirmed Ice’s sentence to the state penitentiary, applying a double sentence due to a prior conviction. Statutes set the penalty from two to ten years under these circumstances.
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Tentiary
Meane
Ice
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