Three Kansas Historical Society Directors Re-elected At Topeka Meeting
Three Douglas County men who have served as directors of the Kansas Historical Society were re elected at the state organization's annual Topeka meeting. They are Robert C. Rankin W C Simons of Lawrence and Charles E Beeks Baldwin. Thirty three of the 99 directors were up for election yesterday and all were re elected. Officers elected included Edwin A Austin president William Allen White vice president J M Chal dis secretary Kirke Mechem treasurer Mrs Mary Embree. The meeting heard presidential address by F E Kelley read by C M Correll noting Pioneer recollections in southwest Kansas and the impact of Gov Alf Landon on national attention to Kansas. Secretary Mechem reported 50 777 visitors to the state museum and archives holdings totaling 933 364 man hours and 27 234 bound volumes. The budget calls for 82 1 to restore the Shawnee Mission building and salary restorations to pre 1933 levels.
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Douglas County
Kansas Historical Society
Topeka
Robert C. Rankin
W. C. Simons
Lawrence
Charles E. Beeks
Baldwin
Society
T At
Fowley
Honton
Harger
Isabelle ¢. Harvey
Frank Vaucke
Council I
Wichitas
Amory Leewand
Topekat
Oof Junction
J. M. Chaldis
Kirke Mochem
Mary Embree
FE. E. Kelley
T. A. McNeal
T. M. Lillard
Kelley
Charles M. Correll
Kansas State College
Kansas
Mechem
Alf F Landon
Hitred M. Landon
WPA
NYA
State Historical Survey
F. H. ‘Hodder
University of Kansas
State Museum
Man- Tees
Shawnee Mission
Dio
K U Band Picnic at Al Green Camp East of Town
University of Kansas band members and director Bill J Wiley enjoyed a picnic at Al Green's camp on the Kaw river east of town wandered by Sgt William Kallender who recounted stories. Green praised Lawrence business men calling the group "Our Band" and noted alumni views while refreshments were served. Martin Maloney of Lawrence was elected secretary of the KU Dramatic Club at its first meeting yesterday afternoon.
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al Green
University of Tkhanses Bant
Bill J. Wiley
Zal Green
Kaw River
Fred Ellsworth
K. U. Alumni Association
William Kallender
Green
Lawrence
Test Your Knowledge Classified Qs From The Answers Page
A reader raises a set of old quiz questions asking for locations people and facts. Questions cover Canadian provinces city Guelph, Guido Reni, gyroscope, time zones Rome vs New York, footpounds, Furman University, planet nearest the sun, military formation opposite of close order, world population, secretary of the treasury under William Gibbs McAdoo, and an ad for glasses fitting by F Nanninga D D.
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Canada
Guelph
Guido Reni
New
York
Rome
Furman Univer
Twilliam Gibbs McAdoo
Planned Society Means Despotism in Kansan Speech
Senatorial candidate Landon denounced federal funds as coercive tools to sway lawmakers and suppress local criticism, arguing relief aid forces voters to back the administration. In Los Angeles crowds derided him with cheers and boos as WPA workers jeered at a tunnel project and a Coliseum rally drew strong applause.
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Landon
Los Angeles
Pasadena
Civic Center
Coliseum
Kansas
Frank Fielding in Lawrence as part of Vienna Institute tests
Frank Fielding a “human test tube” and others from the Vienna Institute of Medical Research visit Lawrence to talk health and safety in public schools en route to join Dr. L F Thorpe in Kansas City Wichita and others continue a 12 year study on disease resistance The regime requires uniform clothing and travel on foot or by roller skate Fielding claims inoculation with 159 diseases and recovery but notes fewer than half the original subjects remain alive.
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Frank Fielding
Vienna Institute of Medical Research
Lawrence
Fielding
Kansas City
George Richards
Wichita
L. F. Thorpe
Meade Returns From Bankers Meeting Trip
Meade president of the Laww renee National Bank reports a successful trip to the American Bankers Association meeting in San Francisco. He traveled by steamer through the Panama Canal to New York aboard the California with 800 passengers. He notes strong banker sentiment for Governor Landon. an unofficial poll showed 121 for Landon and 21 for Roosevelt.
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Meade
Lawwrenee National Bank
American Banker's Association
San Francisco
Panama Canal
New York City
California
Landon
Roosevelt
Speaks to Democrats Seventy Register at Institute Here
Lieut. Lawrence A. Oxley, colored, assistant secretary of labor, addressed an audience of more than 100 at Democratic headquarters last night on The Negro and the New Deal. He praised New Deal benefits for African Americans and attacked Landon’s social security stance and relief delegation to states, asking how Arkansas and Mississippi Negroes would fare under state relief control. Oxley’s Boston home is noted.
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Lawrence A. Oxley
Democratic
Oxley
Landon
Arkansas
Mississippi
Lieut. Oxley
Boston
Local VFW Post Elects Officers For Year
Alford-Clarke Post members elected officers Monday evening with Overton Hundley chosen as commander. A A Marshall was named senior vice commander, replacing Guy Pettit. Others include Guy Carpenter as junior vice commander, Tom Wagner as chaplain, Charles E Daniels as quartermaster, and Earl Gildenhouse as officer of the day.
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Alford-Clarke Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Overton Hundley
James Saunders
A. A. Marshall
Guy Pettit
Guy Carpenter
Tom Wagner
Charles. E. Daniels
Sam Adams
Earl Gildenhouse
John Clark
Kansas Schools Again Discussed in State Campaign
In Topeka Kansas W T Markham state school superintendent and Democratic candidate outlined his view that Kansas education policy has been driven by education allies across parties. He cited district closures unpaid teacher pay rural funding and the reliance on local taxes while defending overall state school performance.
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Fopeka
Kan
W. T. Markham
Kansas
Friends of Education
Markham
Lawrence
Cosmetics Show Color Capes At Weaver’s Store In Lawrence
A cosmetics firm displays color capes in Lawrence this week through a company representative at the Weaver store. The effort demonstrates how proper shade powder rouge and lipstick let any color be worn.
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Lawrence
Weaver
Kansas recital program at University of Kansas
Piano and violin pieces comprise the Thursday recital by KU School of Fine Arts. Held tomorrow at 2:30 PM in the Administration Auditorium. Selections include Liszt and Schubert works, plus vocal and violin items by noted KU students Carroll Nickels, Mary Jane, Helen Louise Ely, and Stauffer hinwann.
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University of Kansas School of Fine Arts
Hrahins Mzreinia Stauffer Hinwann
Abege
Helen Louise Ely
Schubert-Wilhelmj Carroll Nickels
Petrach
Lawrence group honors carriers with dinner and show
A sixteen member Lawrence Journal-World carrier group was treated to dinner at the Eldridge Hotel and a Granada Theatre show for outstanding work in late August and September. Attendees included Gene Whetstone, Owen Maroney, Edwin Price, and others. George Gildehaus could not attend.
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Journal- World
Eldridge
Granada Theatre
Gene Whetstone
Owen Maroney
Edwin Price
Charles Eberhart
Bill Kopp
Warren Frowe
Lloyd Miller
Waldo Ott
Elmo Maiden
Harold Krull
Dale Kephart
Fd Stout
Marion Haynes
Donald Roberts
Ralph
Weaver Displays Win in Norge Window Contest
Weaver department store entered two window displays in the Norge national contest. One window won first prize and the other third prize. Designers Clarence Pearson and Charles Hill created the displays. Electrical Merchandising magazine features the Weaver windows in its November issue.
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Weaver Department Store
Norge
Clarence Pearson
Charles Hill
Weaver's
Miller Hall Named for Frank Miller Dormitory at KU
The University of Kansas will name its new women’s dormitory Miller Hall in honor of Frank Miller, brother of Mrs. J. B. Watkins. Mrs. Watkins’ $50,000 fund will aid needy men students, and construction is underway with completion expected in fall 1988.
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University of Kansas
J. B. Watkins
Jitney Players Bring The Rivals To KU Auditorium
The Jitney Players will present Richard Sheridan's The Rivals in KU Auditorium Thursday. Ethel Barrymore Colt, daughter of Ethel Barrymore, leads the cast. Tickets are on sale in the basement ticket area of Greenval. Curtain time is 8 30.
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Jitney Players
Richard Sheridan
Thursda
K. U. Department of Speec and
Dramatics
Ethel Barrymore Colt
Ethel Barrymore
Greenval
Curan
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Clara Speck
Word has been received in Lawrence of the death of Mrs. Clara Speck formerly of Lawrence at the home of her daughter Mrs Marie Lowe in Wichita Funeral services will be held in Topeka Thursday afternoon October 22 at 2 oclock from the Wall Diffender ter chapel Burial will be in Mount Hope cemetery in Topeka Mrs Speck had made her home in Topeka for a number of years.
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Clara Speck
Lawrence
Marie Lowe
Wichita
Topeka
Local Social Notes From Dodge City and Vicinity
Miss Beula Rohe leaves for Dodge City for three days of beauty culture exams. Lawrence visitors include Henry Rohe Jr and Loren Speicher Jr. Roy and Mrs. Vandeventer of Lawrence spend Sunday with the Harry Werts family. Mrs. Sevier Tadlock of Baldwin visits her mother Mrs. Martin Roche Jr. Jim Erdman guests at Walter Parsons home. Joe Madi Jr. takes Vinland high school students to the American Royal in Kansas City. From the neighborhood: Vivian Madl, Mary Roche, Arthur and Robert Madl attend. Mrs. Cecil Jardon and Marvin return from four weeks in California to visit Lorenz Reicher Sr. Alberta Thompson of Denver visits the Bach family. Mr and Mrs Osgood Armstrong stay with father Lorenz Speicher as wheat sowing begins on a Belleview farm. Albert Edler hauls hogs for John Chanay on the John Selzer farm.
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Beula Rohe
Dodge City
Henry Rohe, Jr
Loren Speicher
Vivian Madl
Mary Roche
Arthur
Robert Madl
Cecil Jardon
Marvin
California
Lorenz Reicher Sr
Alberta Thompson
Denver
Colo
Henry Bach
Osgood Armstrong
Lorenz Speicher
Armstrong
Belleview
Albert Edler
John Chanay
John Selzer
Granada preview highlights college football big business
Granada management previews an expose on subsidized college football with all American stars and a coal town school payroll for players. The piece notes the athletic board whitewashes the setup while naming stars such as Bobby Wilson and Monk Monscrip. A second item reports a model T fire on Eighth and Massachusetts.
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Granada
Bobby Wilson
Monk Monscrip
Bones Hamilton
Gomer Jones
King Kong Klein
Bill Shakespeare
Athletics Board
Phil Huston
Jimmy Gleason
June Travis
Bruce Cabot
Andy Devine
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State Society
I. J. Meade
Lieut. L. A. Oxley
Holna Gi. Elmore
Chility Schoola
Laewrence
Mabel Barnhart
Bhujence Parisi
Warret
Ull Law
Sacajawea Wall Maskell Institute
Shane Tricts
Haskell Institute
Nurses’ Association
Hundley
V. F. W. Post
Weaver’s
K. U. Fine Arts
Liszt
Mary Janestride
Trace
Uuch
K. U
H. P. Cady
Hamilton P. Cady
University of Kansas Department of Chemistry
KK. U
Greenville College
Greenville
Ind
Evenue
Henry J. Long
K. C
Indiana School
Virginia Brand
Memorial Hospital
UG. Mitchell
U. G. Mitchell
University of Kansas Department of Mathematics
Fraser Theater
Butcher
Jess
J. D. Seiler
Vermont Street
Veterans Hospital
Ft. Lyon
Park
Sidney Urbansky
Aaron Urbansky
St. Marys
Massachusetts Street
Civis and Urbansky
Katherine Lowry
Hiinis Street
Oklahoma
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
City Poperty
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Peoples State Bank
Massachusetts
Miller
Jitney Group
K. U. Auditorium
Lawrence National Bank
Member F. 1
I. C
Lawrence Business College
W. H. Quakenbush
E. S. Weatherby
Eighth
Orville McVay
Maine
Couzens
Detroit
United States
James Couzens
Hay
Weyfalla
Prairie
Alexander
Liocert & Myens Tosacee
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