Opening of the Varsity Theatre With Grand Redesign
The Varsity Theatre unveils a grand remake with a five story ceiling, terra cotta exterior, blue night lighting, and a 690 seat main floor plus 59 balcony seats. Glen W. Dickenson and Lawrence theatres plan a feature program with old Spanish motifs, Renaissance touches, and a full orchestra led by Jim Mitchell.
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Ens
Divisinson
Renuemet
Jiager
Bames
Bocce
N00
Reater Nipe
Wecsic
Orizinal
Jayhawk Archetra
Direcor
Simrne Mitchell
Fred Mehen
Dickenson
Sy Bowersack
Hickenshr
Innes Hackman Co Supplying Varsity Interior Materials
Innes Hackman Company provides velours plushes and metalline cloth for decorating the new Varsity interior. The bespoke carpet features a block pattern with black blue and toque squares. The mezzanine floor and foyer will be carpeted solid and runners run in the aisles.
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Innes
Hackman & Co
Varsity
Innes, Hackman and Company
Prefers Child Critics as Best Movie Observers
Hollywood reports Walter Woods the scenarist who adapted several films says children make the best critics for motion pictures. He argues a kid audience is uncensored by adult sensitivities and quickly spots story weaknesses grown ups miss.
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Hollywood
Walter Woods
Woods
Ae Woods
Japan Faces Telephone Shortage With Long Waiting List
United Press reports Japan has 400000 telephones in use and a 209000 wait list. Communications department says it can add 16000 this year for those who paid Yen 759 for current installations. Government shows cost to install at Yen 1385, about $659. U.S. has one phone per seven people. Japan one per roughly 150.
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Japan
Tokyo
United Press
Department of Communications
United States
Numir
American Glass Vies Narrow Lead in Aden Tumblers
United Press reports from the Department of Commerce that Aden shows a strong preference for American tumblers. Over 60 percent of tumblers used in Aden originate from the United States with at least 2600 American made glasses in the fifty public coffee shows.
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United Press
Princ’ Ina
Abyssinia
Department of Commerce
Aden
United States
Court Etiquette Persists for Exiled Chinese Emperor
In Tientsin a shadow of imperial pomp lingers around the exiled tenth Manchu emperor Hsuan Tung. Tutors and followers guard protocol as he adapts to a Westernized life, learning English, Western dance, and mechanics while observing cautious restraint. The young ruler, curious about ordinary life, visits foreign offices in disguise and mingles with observers, yet remains under tight supervision.
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Tientsin
China
Hsuan Tung
Chine An
Ching An
Heaven
Chien Lunz
Sioners
Rebuilt Royal Theatre to Become Cambridge Repertory
The Old Royal Theatre at Barnwell will be reconstructed and converted into a Cambridge repertory theatre. Once hosting Macready Kemble Kean and Sheridan Knowles, it has stood as a mission hall for decades. A professional company of fifteen will be joined by amateurs for the new season.
Gilbert Hero of The Big Parade at Bowersock Theatre
John Gilbert stars as Jim Apperson in Laur ence Stallings screen romance The Big Parade to be shown at the Bowersock theatre for two days October 27 and 28 with twice daily showings. The article traces Gilbert’s rise from Logan Utah to MGM and his emergence as a memorable doughboy character under King Vidor.
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John Gilbert
Jim Apperson
Laurence Stallings
Bowersock Theatre
Logan
Utah
Eddie Foy
Northwest
Gilbert
Tom Ince
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Pictures
Daines
Lauri Mee Stallings
Kine Vidor
Jin
Houch
King Victor
Karl
Dank
Tom O'Brien
Rene Adoree
Retcium
Varsity Annex Reopens with Green Decor and Staff
The Varsity Annex in the Varsity building’s south store room has been redecorated with tendril and stem greens and completely restocked. Manager Preston Prentice will continue services for varsity patrons, with assistance from Jack Mitchell, Bill Harriss, and Garnett Shook as in the past for students and townspeople.
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Varsity
Preston Prentice
Varzit
Jack Mitchell
Bill Harriss
Garnett Shook
Tribune Introduces Orient Tabloid in Manila
United Press reports the Tribune launches the first tabloid in the Orient, patterned after U S style and used for Sunday issues. It gains quick popularity and is expected to inspire imitators in Far East cities by year end.
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Fabloid
Orient
Manila
United Press
Tribune
United States
Lkely
Far East
The Bobbing Goes On Varsity Barber Shop News
The Varsity Barber shop in the Varsity theatre north wing remains busy with both men and women customers. Manager Lou Harshfield leads R A Waldron and EF McColm across three chairs while Charley Pennell provides shines. Most alumni and older students frequent the shop.
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Varsity
Leu Harshfield
Varsity Theatre
Lou Harshfield
R. A. ‘Waldron
EF. D. McColm
Charley Pennell
Jawhawks
Carr built pro leagues from a single Canton bold idea
In Canton Ohio six years ago Joe Carr led a group to form a national football league and became its president. He then oversaw a growing basketball league and later the Columbus baseball club, steering teams through ups and downs. Carr previously ran the Ohio State League, helping players reach the majors like Billy Southworth.
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Joe F. Carr
National Professional Football Association
American Basketball League
Columbus American Association
Canton
Carr
Columbus
Ohio State League
Billy Southworth
Cards
Large High School Captain John Moore Stands Out
Friends of John Tiny Moore consider him among the nation’s biggest high school football players. The Elkhart Kansas captain, 20, stands six feet two and a half inches and weighs 309 pounds, shedding sixteen pounds in summer harvest work. He wears size 48 pants but still finds them tight, barely lasting a season.
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John
Moore
Elkhart
Kansas
Oil field towns embrace golf in West Texas plains
In northwest Texas and the panhandle, cities boast golf links and cottonseed greens. Post, a small West Texas town, produced a new golf champion of the 44th Eighth Corps area, Lieutenant A. Quail of the Texas National Guard.
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Texas
Panhandler
Post
West Texas Plains
Eighth Corps
A. Quail
Texas National Guard
Anecdote From Old Midwestern Football Referee Incident
After a late season game a decade ago a referee penalized a team for a player touching the ball before play. Years later a coach asks the touched player, now a businessman, if he really touched it. He replies that he cannot recall the feel of the ball after so long.
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Mridiron
Sidney S. Lenz Bridges From Bowling to Master of Cards
Sidney S. Lenz, famed for bridge, was a multi sport champion including bowling, checker, ping pong, and tennis. Born in India while chasing the origin of a trick, he popularized bridge after devising a dummy hand, and since 1909 has held international bridge and whist titles twelve times each. Simon and Schuster published a book on his work.
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Bridge
Sidney S. Lenz
Lenz
India
Simon and Schuster
Reginald Denny Leads Hollywood Archery Interest
Reginald Denny is credited with introducing archery to the Hollywood film colony. His prowess with the bow is a talking point as studies and formation of an archery club are proposed.
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Reginald Denny
Hollywood
Denn
Origins of the Passport System Traced to King Canute
The passport system is said to have begun in England during King Canute’s era when he secured free passes for his subjects through continental countries for their pilgrimages to Rome.
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England
Canute
Rome
Jonathan Davis Starts Hornets In October Campaign
Special letter from Topeka outlines the Davis campaign with Democrats pressing parole topic against Republicans. The piece notes Republicans avoided personal parole talk until a sharp challenge from Democrats and a press letter spurred direct debate.
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Journal-World
A. L. Shultz
Topeka
Kans
Jonathan, Davis
Davis
Paulen
Neosho
Seth C. Wells
Atate
Parole Talks Shift Public Focus In Topeka Clash
The piece recounts a debate over paroles with about 900 cases in two years, including a period when Jonathan fell ill and agents signed none. A Topeka conference at a private West Topeka home spurred a public notice that Democrats wished to discuss paroles, rebuffing claims of Republican clinching.
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Jonathan
Topeka
West Topeka
Republican Party
Donathan
Wells Seeks Democratic View on Nixon Pardon
Mr Wells writes Mr Swanre asking the Democrat state committee if the party endorses the absolute pardon granted to Dr W A Nixon, convicted of murder in Barton County. The letter notes timidity and a request for the committee’s stance without repeating those charges.
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Wells
Swanreer
Democrat State Committee
W. A. Nixon
Barton County
Nixon
Democrat
Democrats debate pardon and party cohesion across state lines
The article notes pardons for Ditto Bushnell and Mrs Eggle ston, with Swanger of the Democrat state committee seen as a campaign booster. It mentions Jonathan Davis possibly seeking defense in abuse claims before Topeka stopover, and reports Democrats broadly signaling openness to a major topic for discussion.
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Bushnell
Mrs. Eggleston
Swanger
Democrat State Committee
Santa Claus
Jonathan Davis
Topeka
Parole policy hearing linked to family tax receipt
The policy resembled Carl Petersen's bank receiverships as the Davis tax commission did not show a direct charge to property owners. Costs appeared in receivership expenses borne by depositors in failed banks and in charges to stockholders trying to salvage assets from the wrecks.
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Carl Petersen
Davis Tax Commission
Jonathan Davis Parole System Cost to Taxpayers
The Davis era clemency process reportedly freed 689 convicts with parole actions. Estimating $600 per case for apprehension, trials, witnesses, jurors, officials, and transport to prison, the taxpayer cost totals about $412,400 across counties. The burden echoed statewide under Davis rule.
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Jonathan Davis
Jonathan
Bie cases Highlight Escalating Court Costs in Crimes
The article notes that murder, bank robbery, and embezzlement prosecutions involving Bie led to court costs rising into the thousands. It discusses the financial burden on the legal system and defendants as these high profile crimes proceed through courts.
Reuter Organ Supplied for Varsity Theatre Grand Opening
The new Varsity Theatre in Lawrence, owned by Glen Dickinson, opens next Monday with a large Reuter organ. The three manual eighty nine stop instrument, built in Lawrence, controls a wide palette of orchestral effects from violin to tympani, to be featured at the grand opening as Lawrence’s first theatre organ.
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Varsity Theatre
Glen ¥. Dickinson
Lawrence
Reuter Organ Company
Varsity
Kansas
Prison bar release hints at taxpayer court costs
The article suggests Jonathan opened prison bars aiding the release of inmates for whom county taxpayers paid over a half million dollars in convict costs. It notes large court expenses in the Nixon Eggleston Bushnell and related cases.
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Jonathan
Nixon
Eggleston
Bushnell
Allen case moves from Greeley to Pawnee County for trial
Albert P. Allen was convicted of second degree murder in Greeley county. A change of venue shifted the case to Pawnee county. Court costs were high. Pawnee county issued one judgment. Allen served under two years and eight months and was paroled by Governor Davis.
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Albert P. Allen
Greeley -County
Pawnee County
Greeley County
Ny campaign moves after bar removal push
The statement notes Jonathan and his committee pushing to remove bars and believes the campaign now looks stronger in New York.
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Jonathan
English Women Convene to Discuss Welfare and Reform
Proceedings call for examining poor relief mothers after second illegitimate birth and mental fitness. Proposals urge enfranchisement for women, housing reform, open spaces, equal pay, penalizing sexual offences against minors, and local liquor control. Calls for handling pets humane checks and family-based wages.
Indian Music Highlight at Varsity Opening
Harold Loring will present Indian music on the piano and Eli Wameco will perform native Indian songs at the Varsity theatre grand opening Monday night. Loring, noted for studying Indian music and his work as pianist and composer, spent years on western reservations recording native melodies and legends.
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Harold Loring
Eli Wameco
Varsity
Varsity Theatre
Loring
Courtly Bess
Morganatic Marriage Meaning in Royal Context
The term morganatic once signified a marriage dowry but now denotes a union between a royal person and a person of lower rank, with children who do not inherit the royal rank.
Tincher Explains McFadden Banking Bill In Larned
Congressman J N Tincher outlined provisions of the McFadden banking bill and its legislative path in Congress while noting banker divisions over branch banking He argued confidence in bankers guides depositors regardless of laws and described the bill as hung between House and Senate with Hull amendments contested.
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Larned
Kans
A.P
J. N. Tincher
McFadden
Kansas Bankers Association
Tincher
House
Senate
Cretors Builds Harmonious Varsity With Eastern Theatre Style
J Carlton Cretors oversees interior decorating of the new Varsity theatre. He says it rivals Eastern picture houses in harmony with Renaissance Spanish Italian design. Decor features blue and crimson with walnut beams, Pompeian bronze ceiling, indirect lighting, and a modern stage from Kansas City Scenic Company.
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J. Carlton Cretors
Varsity
Middle West
R. U
Kansas City Scenic Company
Divorce rules debated by United Lutheran Church delegates
In Richmond 500 laymen and clergy discuss a ten day convention. A committee proposes twelve rules on divorce and remarriage, restricting remarriage after adultery and emphasizing solemn church guidelines. The United Lutheran Church, largest branch with about 1.38 million communicants, weighs adoption.
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United Lutheran Church
Richmond
United Press
United Lutheran Church In America
Common Service Book Committee
Moral and Social Welfare Committee
Church
Lutheran Church
Peter Timmerman Serves as Workman in Dutch Shipyards
Peter Timmerman, known as Peter the Great of Russia, is described as having served as an ordinary workman in Dutch shipyards, illustrating a rare episode of international labor, historical intrigue, and cross cultural ties.
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Peter Timmerman
Peter the Great
Russia
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