Fran Baker's Blog, page 17
May 11, 2012
Friday, May 11, 1934
Nadine, Ruth Ray and I walked to school and home together. I got Mother a baking pan.
The Epperson House
52nd and Cherry, Kansas City, Missouri
Built by eccentric French architect Horace La Pierre in the early 1920s, the
Gothic style Epperson House has 54 rooms and a tunnel that connects the
two wings of the building. Uriah Epperson died in 1927, only four years after
its completion. His widow donated the castle to the University of Missouri-
Kansas City in 1952.
Epperson House is rumored to be haunted and has been featured on “Unsolved
Mysteries” as one of the top five haunted houses in the United States.
The Epperson House52nd and Cherry, Kansas City, Missouri
Built by eccentric French architect Horace La Pierre in the early 1920s, the
Gothic style Epperson House has 54 rooms and a tunnel that connects the
two wings of the building. Uriah Epperson died in 1927, only four years after
its completion. His widow donated the castle to the University of Missouri-
Kansas City in 1952.
Epperson House is rumored to be haunted and has been featured on “Unsolved
Mysteries” as one of the top five haunted houses in the United States.
May 10, 2012
Thursday, May 10, 1934
After school Daddy came by and took Ruth Ray, Nadine and me to Swope. I caught 6 fish. Saw Memorial.
1934 West Coast Waterfront StrikePicket parade, Embarcadero, Friday May 10, 1934 (being led by Harry Bridges)
The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast Longshoremen's
Strike) lasted eighty-three days, triggered by sailorsand a four-day general strike in San Francisco,
and led to the unionization of all of the West Coast ports of the United States.
1934 West Coast Waterfront StrikePicket parade, Embarcadero, Friday May 10, 1934 (being led by Harry Bridges)
The 1934 West Coast Waterfront Strike (also known as the 1934 West Coast Longshoremen's
Strike) lasted eighty-three days, triggered by sailorsand a four-day general strike in San Francisco,
and led to the unionization of all of the West Coast ports of the United States.
May 9, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 1934
Ruth Ray made up with Nadine so us three walked to school and home together. Pauline was absent.
[image error]Dust Storm - May 9, 1934
Beginning on May 9, 1934, a strong, two-day dust storm removed massive amounts of Great Plains
topsoil in one of the worst such storms of the Dust Bowl. The dust clouds blew all the way to Chicago,
where they deposited 12 million pounds of dust. Two days later, the same storm reached cities in the
in the east, such as Buffalo, Boston, Cleveland, New York City and Washington, D.C. That winter
(1934-1935) red snow fell on New England.
[image error]Dust Storm - May 9, 1934
Beginning on May 9, 1934, a strong, two-day dust storm removed massive amounts of Great Plains
topsoil in one of the worst such storms of the Dust Bowl. The dust clouds blew all the way to Chicago,
where they deposited 12 million pounds of dust. Two days later, the same storm reached cities in the
in the east, such as Buffalo, Boston, Cleveland, New York City and Washington, D.C. That winter
(1934-1935) red snow fell on New England.
May 8, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 1934
After school today Daddy came by and we went to Sears Roebuck and got me a pair of shoes. Black oxfords.
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957)
After settling with her husband and family on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks,
Wilder began writing a colum "As a Farm Woman Thinks" for the Missouri
Realist. In 1930, Wilder asked her daughter Rose for an opinion about a book
she had written - a biographical manuscript about her pioneering childhood later
titled Little House in the Big Woods. In 1932, this became her first published
book. By the time she finished her last one, These Happy Golden Years, some
11 years later, she had become one of America's best-loved children's authors.
Her books went on to become t he inspiration for a popular telelvision series
based on the series, Little House on the Prairie.
Laura Ingalls Wilder is buried with her husband and daughter Rose in the
town cemetery in Mansfield, Missouri.
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957)After settling with her husband and family on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks,
Wilder began writing a colum "As a Farm Woman Thinks" for the Missouri
Realist. In 1930, Wilder asked her daughter Rose for an opinion about a book
she had written - a biographical manuscript about her pioneering childhood later
titled Little House in the Big Woods. In 1932, this became her first published
book. By the time she finished her last one, These Happy Golden Years, some
11 years later, she had become one of America's best-loved children's authors.
Her books went on to become t he inspiration for a popular telelvision series
based on the series, Little House on the Prairie.
Laura Ingalls Wilder is buried with her husband and daughter Rose in the
town cemetery in Mansfield, Missouri.
May 7, 2012
Monday, May 7, 1934
Ruth Ray and Nadine had a fight.
Juliana (Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004)
Queen of the Netherlands 4 September 1948 – 30 April 1980
Spouse Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
On May 7, 1934, Netherlands Princess Juliana opens the Juliana Canal, a
a 36 km long canal in the southern Netherlands, providing a bypass of an unnavigable
section of the river Meuse between Maastricht and Maasbracht. It is an important transport
connection between the ports of the Rhine delta and the industrial areas of southern Limburg
and southern Belgium.
Juliana (Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina; 30 April 1909 – 20 March 2004)Queen of the Netherlands 4 September 1948 – 30 April 1980
Spouse Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
On May 7, 1934, Netherlands Princess Juliana opens the Juliana Canal, a
a 36 km long canal in the southern Netherlands, providing a bypass of an unnavigable
section of the river Meuse between Maastricht and Maasbracht. It is an important transport
connection between the ports of the Rhine delta and the industrial areas of southern Limburg
and southern Belgium.
May 6, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 1934
Went to Sunday school with Ruth Ray and Mother.Went for a drive with Richards'. Went by Helen's.
Jean Harlow, Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer at the May 6, 1934
wedding of actress Carmelita Geraghty and screenwriter Carey Wilson.
Thalberg - Hollywood's "Boy Wonder" of the 1920s and 1930s - helped
create the studio system. He oversaw production of such mammoth hit
films as Ben Hur (1925), Grand Hotel (1932) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
Thalberg died in September 1936 at the age of 37. Shortly afterwards, the Academy
created the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, which is presented periodically to
producers "whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production."
Jean Harlow, Irving Thalberg and Norma Shearer at the May 6, 1934wedding of actress Carmelita Geraghty and screenwriter Carey Wilson.
Thalberg - Hollywood's "Boy Wonder" of the 1920s and 1930s - helped
create the studio system. He oversaw production of such mammoth hit
films as Ben Hur (1925), Grand Hotel (1932) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
Thalberg died in September 1936 at the age of 37. Shortly afterwards, the Academy
created the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, which is presented periodically to
producers "whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production."
