Death of Chester Comer sparks hunt for nine missing persons
Oklahoma City reports Chester Comer died after a pistol battle and pneumonia. Officers press a wide inquiry into disappearances linked to Comer, including Ray Evans, L A Simpson and son Warren, and questions about his two wives and other missing couples. Daley says the probe continues with guardsmen, volunteers, and peace officers scouring possible sites.
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Oklahoma City
Chester Comer
Comer
Ray Evans
Maysville
L. A. Simpson
Piedmont
Warren
Elizabeth Childers Comer
Lucille Stevens Comer
George M. Lorine
Albert A. Heberer
East St. Louis
New Mexico
Charles W. Daley
State Crime Bureau
Willard Shaw Wins Trip to National 4-H Congress
Willard Shaw 19 year old Kanwaka 4 H club junior leader earned a trip to Chicago to attend the National 4 H Club congress as Kansas poultry champion. The award was announced through Deal Six county farm agent. Shaw, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Shaw route 4, is a Lawrence High School 1983 graduate and a Lawrence Business College student. He presented a report on black jant and single comb white leg orn chickens and will spend a week in Chicago. He previously attended the Chicago congress in 1932 and won a 1935 trip to the American Foundation Youth camp at Shelby Michigan as a top Kansas leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Shaw
Chicago
Deal Six
Willard
Edward Shaw
Lawrence High School
Lawrence Business Colege
Shaw
National Congress
Chicago Congress
American Foundation
Shelby, Mich
Kansas
Vanboskirk, 70, Killed in Parsons Area Crash
D R Vanboskirk, 70, died yesterday after a car truck collision at a highway intersection near Parsons Kansas. His son Harry, 21, was critically injured and taken to a hospital unconscious with a brain concussion. Joe Ledbetter of Parsons, driver of the truck, escaped serious injury. The Vanhoskirks were en route to Ottawa to spend Thanksgiving with friends. It was the fourth automobile fatality in the area this week.
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Parsons
Kan
D. R. Vanboskirk
Harry
Joe Ledbetter
Young Vanhoskirk
Vanhoskirks
Ottawa
Landon for President Club Heads to Topeka Convention
Schiller Shore president of the Landon for President Club announces plans for KU students to attend the Young Republican convention in Topeka. The event set for December 7 with KU delegates expected to go in a body. definite plans to be announced soon.
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University of Knsas
Landon
Sas
Topeka
Schiller Shore
K.U
Shore
Test Your Knowledge Classified Page Quiz
A reader asks ten questions about science history and government. Topics include condenser definition and volcanic activity in Iceland, federal income tax status of the US president, Sir William Osler, Fulton’s Cler mont river trial, condor, mud puppy, Idaho nickname, and US senator term length.
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Iceland
United States
William Osler
Fulton
Clermont
Idaho
Winning Mallard May Survive Duck Classic
Mildred the Mallard from the University of Kansas band won the Hobo Day duck derby and will likely become a permanent mascot. The band donated most entrants to charity, but not all ducks were collected. Rumors swirl about an escape by Phi Delt drake Gary Wood and a visiting old grad who arrived with a blaze of activity.
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Derby
Mildred
K. U. Band
Mallard
University of Kansas
Frank Headley
Gary Wood
Mallard Drake
Phi Delts
Convention at KU by Kappa Eta Kappa fraternity
The Kappa Eta Kappa professional electrical engineering group at the University of Kansas will hold its national convention today and tomorrow at 153744 Tennessee Street. Delegates from Madison Wisconsin Atlanta Georgia Manhattan Kansas Baton Rouge Louisiana Milwaukee Wisconsin and possibly the association from Kansas are expected. Initiations for Claude Burns Charles A Crouch Walter Howard William B Macker Ralph Jenkins and Ray Smith are slated for Friday afternoon with a combined initiation and banquet Friday evening. The event ends with a Saturday night party for delegates and locals.
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Kappa Eta Kappa
University of Kansas
Tennessee Street
Madison
Wis
Atlanta
Claude Burns
Charles A. Crouch
Topeka
Walter Howard
William B. Macker
Hutchinson
Ralph Jenkins
North Bay
Canada
Ray Smith
Nevada
K. U
Tea for out of town guests after football panic in Lawrence
Lawrence residents report Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Weaver and A. D. Weaver hosting a tea this afternoon for visiting guests including Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Veatch and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pearson of Kansas City Mo Mr. and Mrs G J McCoy of Emporia and Topeka couples Brackett P T A and Brackett school pupils visited Pinckney school for a half day Tuesday P T A members and children toured grades in dust yesterday an item about men getting permanent waves was followed by one about Billy Hutson public is assured Hutson does not wear that style of coiffure.
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A. B. Weaver
A. D. Weaver
D. B. Robinson
N. T. Veatch
Sam Pearson
Kansas City
G. J. McCoy
Emporia
Chester Woodward
Thomas Woodward
Webb Woodward
Topeka
Brackett P.T.A
Brackett School
Pinckney School
P.T.A
Billy” Hutson
Hutson
Professor Tosses Coin For Discussion or Quiz
Stillwater Oklahoma A and M professor of sociology tosses a coin for class activity. Tails means discussion, heads means a quiz. Kiwanis sponsored clinics Friday include orthopedic clinic by Dr. C. F. Francisco at city building eighth and Vermont and the nervous and mental clinic by Dr. E. T. Gibson at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
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Kiwanis Club
C. F. Francisco
Eighth
Vermont
E. T. Gibson
Chamber of Commerce
John Deere Day at Green Bros Store Hosts Noted Event
Al and Will Green announce John Deere Day next Monday at 624 Massachusetts Street in the former Bullene Skinner building. Lunch served 11:30 12:30, program starts 1 with two sound films Sheppard and Son Murphy Delivers the Goods. Visitors include visiting ladies who receive theater admission tickets.
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Will Green
John Deere
Green Bros
Massachusetts Street
Bullene-Skinner Motor Company
John Deere Dey
Sheppard and Son
Birth of a second son to Empress Nagako in Japan
Tokyo reports the birth at 7 57 am of a second son to Empress Nagako. Emperor Hirohito presented a ceremonial sword. The baby weighs 614 pounds and will be named December 4. The birth elevates the heir in the imperial line with Crown Prince Akihito previously born in 1933. United States envoy Edwin Neville conveyed congratulations.
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Tokyo
Nagako
Japan
Imperial Household
Hirohito
United States
Edwin L. Neville
America
Akihito
Tomorrow Forecast Promises Fair Kansas Weather
Topeka reports cool damp conditions with a forecast for fair skies tomorrow into Friday. Temperatures no higher than 60 in the west and 40 in the east, with light rainfall across several towns and sleet in Topeka. Some snow seen in St Joseph while southeastern Kansas tides rise. no serious floods expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Sustein
Wichita
Concordia
St. Joseph
Weather Bureau
Wichite
Goodland
Tremor Disturbs Thanksgiving Across Montana
A 10 second tremor shook Thanksgiving morning in Montana, the third strong quake since Oct 12. No injuries, only slight new damage reported as Great Falls Butte Missoula and Billings also felt the shake. Five hikers are safe.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Great Falls
Butte
Missoula
Billings
They Had Been Lost On Slopes Of Mauna Loa Volcano
Five hikers were lost on the foggy Mauna Loa slopes while exploring lava beds near Hilo Hawaii. Mrs Harold Lucas was found by CCC workers after her husband Y M C A secretary for Hawaii returned to camp. The party included Dr Harold T Stearns and Dr Constance Hartt with Hass Prudence Woollett. The eruption continued for the seventh day.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Harold Lucas
CCC S
Y. M
Maui
Constance Hartt
Honolulu
Hass Prudence Woollett
Honolu
Deaths and Funerals in Baldwin City and Lecompton
John H. Hill 83 a longtime resident of Franklin and Douglas counties died at home after a brief illness. Survived by widow and nine children including John W Hill and Will Hill. Also notes Charles W Taft 78 buried Elmwood Cemetery. Martin Gulley of Lecompton dies at his son Orley Gulley’s home. services to be announced. Thousands read the Journal-World classified page daily.
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John H. Hill
Baldwin City
Franklin
Douglas
Hill
Leadville
Canyon City
Colo
Pasla
Baldwin
J. H. Bill
John W. Hill
Bucyrus
Will Hill
Flint
Mich
Randall Hill
Charles Hill
Jersey City
N. J
Kerressa Barricklow
Paola
F. M. Elliott
Drexel
J. H. Lay
Casper
Wyo
J. A. Young
Hutchinson
L. P. Dunn
Charles W. Taft
Nice
R. W. Moll
West Ninth Street
Rumsey
C. J. Knox
Elmwood Cemetery
Kansas City
R., W. Moll
Lawrence
Paul Hole
South Bend
Ind
George Snyder
Kansas City Co
L. W. Taft
San Francisco
Calif
Martin Gulley
Lecompton
Orley Gulley
Hollywood Stylists Name Best Dressed Women
Hollywood designers nominated five actresses for all-world and all-American best dressed lists. Constance Bennett Kay Francis Ina Claire appear on Paris list. Gladys Swarthout Joan Crawford receive honorable mention in New York. Norma Shearer and Merle Oberon tied with five votes each in overall selections.
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Hollywood
Calif
UPI
Paris
New York
Constance Bennett
Kay Francia
Ina Claire
Paria
Gladys Swarthout
Gwen Wakeling
Messages From Ship Near Antarctic Circle
Wireless operators searched for Lin coln Ellsworth and pilot Herbert Hol lick-Kenyon after a five day gap. From Dundee Island to Little America base, hopes rose as the Wy at Earp, Ellsworth’s ship, moved toward an Antarctic ice field to establish rescue bases. Ellsworth’s last message was at 10:48 a.m. last Saturday.
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New York
Antarctic Circle
Lincoln Ellsworth
Herbert Hollick-Kenyon
Dundee Island
Richard E. Byrd
Little America
New Zealand
Dunedin
New York Times
Alliance
Ellsworth
Wyatt Earp
The
Times
Hilsworth
Two Stolen Cars Recovered Near Lawrence
A 1935 Pontiac coach stolen from Donald J. Loeb of Kansas City Missouri was recovered by Lawrence police about six o clock yesterday afternoon, three miles west of town on highway 40. A 1935 Ford coupe owned by Wheeler of 1024 Alabama Street was stolen from Seventh Street near the Lawrence Buick company around 4 45 yesterday afternoon and later recovered by Shawnee County sheriff in Topeka. A man named Harry Kieth, itinerant, was arrested in possession of the Ford and it was returned to Wheeler today.
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Donald J. Loeb
Kansas City
Lawrence
Highway 40
Wheeler
Alabama Street
Seventh Street
Lawrence Buick Company
Shawnee County
Topeka
Harry Kieth
Governors to Attend Missouri Kansas Football Game
Governor Guy B. Park of Missouri will depart at noon for Lawrence to attend the annual Missouri Kansas football game. He will be greeted there by Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas. The two executives will sit in adjoining boxes at the event.
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Kansas City
Guy B. Park
Missouri
Lawrence
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
First Thanksgiving 314 Years Ago Remembered In Nationwide Observance
The first Thanksgiving dated 314 years back in Plymouth Massachusetts as 55 pilgrims and 90 Indians gave thanks. Now over 120 million Americans in 48 states observe it with prayers, meals, and charity. President Roosevelt hosts guests including infantile paralysis patients at Warm Springs Georgia. Many cities sponsor banquets, free meals for the needy, and special services.
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Little
Plymouth
Mass
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Pine Mountain
Warm Springs Foundation
Tate
T Needy
San Francisco
Col
E. R. Bradley
Kentucky
Marland
Oklahoma
State Penitentiary
Thanksgiving Party At Elks Club Dances To Student Orchestra
The Elks club hosted a Thanksgiving party with about one hundred couples dancing to music by a high school students orchestra. Guests included out of town friends in town for Homecoming. season symbols decorated walls with corn stalks and silhouettes of Thanksgiving scenes. Max Schmeling plans U S visit to attend boxing match in New York on December 13 and seeks a bout with Jimmy Braddock. Governor Johnson faces jeers as he explains federal relief ending December 1 and transfer to Works Progress Administration programs for Colorado unemployed.
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Elks Club
Ceraeran
Max Schmeling
Sai
Berlin
United States
New York
Ile
America
Schmeling
Jimmy Braddock
Denver
Colo
Ed C. Johnson
Colorado
Works Progress
Airport Taken Report Shifts in Tientsin Moored
Washington reports no official advice on claims Japanese forces seized an airport at Tientsin tied to Pan American Airways. Shanghai reports say an American pilot arriving at Tientsin faced molestation by Japanese troops. officials expect local authorities to handle any incident.
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Washington
State Department
Tientsin
Pan-American Airways
Shanghai
President Roosevelt to carve Warm Springs Thanksgiving turkey
Excited boys and girls at the Warm Springs Foundation await dinner as President Roosevelt is slated to carve the Thanksgiving turkey at Warm Springs Georgia on November 28 07) The event marks a festive visit as the President meets and shares in the holiday meal with the foundation children.
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Warm Springs
Warm Springs Foundation
Roosevelt
Valley Grove School Notes Tragic Death Of A Baby
Eleanora Riley, eldest child of Mr and Mrs Walter Riley, died suddenly just before her second birthday. The funeral was held in Oskaloosa Thursday. Survived by parents and infant brother Donald Earl, and grandparents Mr and Mrs Ben Werst of Lone Tree. High school students from Valley Grove who drive to McLouth noted.
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Frank Brune
Midland
W. G. Flory
Eleanora Riley
Walter Riley
Oskaloosa
Donald Earl
Ben Werst
Lone Tree
McLouth
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Kanwaka Club
Raven
F. C. Allen
Will Johns
Mike Getto
Coach Get
Mike
Kappa Eta Kappa Fraternity
Dartmouth
Princeton
Michael Megee
Rahway
Associated Press
Samos
Florine Callahan
Detroit
Murray Korman
Mauna Loa Volcano
Journal-World
U. S
Deasignere
Byron Foy
Walter P. Chryalar
Rank
Governor Park
Kansan City
Champ Gobbler
Turkey
Elele Edwarde
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wellman
Dan Smith
Jerald Flory
Jefferson County
Valley Falls
Oklaloose
Dutch” Chapman
Valley Grove
Jack Benny
National Geographic Society
United States Army Corps
Black Hills
South Dakota
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Cedric Gibbons
Benny
Ted Healy
Granada
Funk
Mother Nature
Langston Memorial Company
Lawrence, Kansas
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