Globe Lights: Quips and Quotes From Atchison's Noted Pages
A column of light verse and pithy sayings from the Atchison Weekly Globe features wry maxims on aging, housekeeping, newspapers, clubs, and social life. It offers a sample of local humor about travelers, cooks, salesmen, and balance in life, reflecting community wit from December 1, 1932.
Editorial Bits And Bites
A mixed editorial fragment contrasts Pacific naval presence with Manchuria, notes Republican nerves in Missouri, and argues Americans should accept limited global influence. It critiques prosperity roads, politics, and Roosevelt Hoover ties, remarks on sugar, sugar scarcity, and US price power. It warns against communism and war, cites the Tonganoxie Mirror, and laments decades of government dissatisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tonganoxie Mirror
Louie McKernan Navy Man Shares Wartime Tales
Louie McKernan 19, visiting his brother in Atchison, recalls life aboard an American warship during conflicts in Shanghai and along the Yangtze River. He witnessed executions, praised Japanese marksmanship, and plans to reenlist after his enlistment ends. He earned a boxing championship watch on his ship and notes vivid recollections from the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Louie McKernan
Patrick McKernan
Navy
Louie
St. Joseph
Far East
Philippines
China
Shanghai
McKernan
Yangtze River
Elgin
The
Globe
Herod
Palestine
Rome
Herod the Great
Holy Land
Christ
Herod Antipas
John the Baptist
Herod Agrippa
James
Peter
Weasley Wales
North Twelfth Street
Marlin Brandt
Elmer Graham
Ellen Larson
Elma Carson
Bessie Carson
William Carson
Robert Carson
St. Joe
Hartzell Vernon
Atchison
Leavenworth
Walter Boney
Parent-Teacher Association of
Martin School
Mra. BL. Brockett
Mra. C. O. Wright
Ted Moore
Hiawatha
Kansas City
Hartford Times
Arizona
Norway trip returns to Atchison with thanks and memories
Mrs Minnie Jorgensen and her son John visited Norway, seeing coastal towns Tonsberg Fredrikstad Lisleby and relatives there before a storm delaying their voyage aboard the Bergensfjord. They arrived in Atchison after a long journey, spoke fondly of Norway, and described family ties and wartime connections amid their travel notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Barber
Ruth Spizzini
J. W. Barber
Kansas City
Harold Francis
William Rohleder
Pete Vanderweide
Cummings
Atchison Hospital
Will Gilmore
Emporia
Atchison
Bert Gilmore
J. G. Dussault
Purcell
Joe Carroll
Joe
Barbara Chase
Clarence Chase
Massasoit Court
Floyd
Ralph Armold
Lovington
Emma Armold
Platte City
Judge Park
Missouri
C. W. Robinson
James W. Robinson
M. L. Klader
Denver
Colo
Johnny George
Henry Arensberg
Enoch Jones
Hunter
Lockwood-Hazel Co
Masonic Temple Bul
Frank Aimes
Frank Rineholt
A E. Dunham
New Mexico
San Juan Valley
John Barnard
Louisville
N. B. Repstine
Ruth
Winkler
St. Joe
St. Joseph's Hospital
Otto Buddenbohm
Santa Fe Street
Buddenbohm
The
Globe
Temple
Aaron
Jerusalem
Dave Smith
Dodson
Mr. Smith
Dalbey Tribune
Atchison Royal Arch Masons
Wyandotte
Kas
John W. Nielsen
Royal Arch Masons
United States of America
Scottish Rite
Kansas
Iowa
Concordia
Nielsen
General Grand Chapter
United States
Canada
Mexico
China
Cuba
Hawaii
Bellevue P. T. A
G. Ols
J. E. Barber
Washington, D. C
Olson
Barber
Jerry Walz
Alfred Dehn
R. D. Thompson
Carl A Benson
Littl Road
Helen Waie
Lloyd Estes
Roy Andrews
Alice N. Thistle
William M. Thistle
Elbert Baker Loyd
E. O. Loyd
Bendena
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
W. E. Wheeler
Eugene Thistle
Cushing
Okla
Atchison High School
Atchison Business College
Mt. & Scholastica
Greenleaf
S. J. Dunning
Dunning
W. G. Miller
Kansas Power & Light Co
Wichita
Cy Leland
Leland
Miller
Wichita Transportation Co
McKinney Syndicate
Pather Leonard Schwinn
St. Benedict’s College
Fellowship Club
Palace Cafe
William Blomberg
Weston
Pleasant Ridge
Simmons
Springfield Traction Co
Springfield
Henrietta Graner
Swift Memorial
Henry Ford
Ireland
M. Gier
Lukens
Halls Station
Will Schmeling
Fitz Overall
Highland
John Reinhard
Lancaster
L. F. Binkley
Missouri Pacific
Bank of
Camden Point
E. G. Crimmell
Denton
Bob Noll
St. Benedict's College
Jake Schillings
James Poultry Company
Commercial
Arthur Penny
White Cloud
Pillsbury Mill
Eula Stratton
Ansel Stratton
Norway
Minnie Anne Jorgensen
John
Jorgensens
Jorgensen
Snolenenen
Tonsberg
Fredrikstad
Lisleby
Tsordis Pleven
Chris
Gorgen
America
Bergensfjord
Bergesnfjord
New York
Devery
Postal Service
Congress
Europe
Sam
Nemaha River
Auburn
Neb
Omaha
Luther Burbank
Mark Hopkins
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
New York City
American Board of Foreign Missions
Garfield
M. M. Munson
Munson
G. I. Wilson
Sonny
Chicago
Adelia Munson
Tulsa
Okio
Edwin Munson
E. M. Wales
Bloomington
Ill
Sloan Munson
Lincoln
Sam Munson
Burbank
George J. Mauck
Oklahoma City
John W. Jenkins
Grace Martin Mauck
Paul Tanning
Harres Martin
Mauck
Jenkins Organisation
Government Strayed From Principles into a Maze of Ideas
The speaker condemns the government for adopting numerous individuals ideas and sprawling statutes, calling the move progressive and harmful. He argues Americans suffer as a result and predicts beer returns while pondering the fate of the gold fish.
Unemployment insurance study urged in Youngstown
A Youngstown Telegram report cites a 1931 legislative study commission urging unemployment insurance. The plan, funded by two percent employer and one percent employee payroll taxes for three years from 1934, would pay up to 16 weeks benefits and encourage part time work. It warns conservatives against quick opposition and urges thorough study before action.
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Youngstown. O
Commission On
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ayres Urged as Possible Speaker by Kansas Readers
The column notes Wichita congressman William Ayres as a discreet, highly regarded option for Speaker of the House. Though not flashy, Ayres is repeatedly re-elected by his constituents and would acknowledge Kansas’ region if chosen. Public sentiment in this Kansas area favors his candidacy if Democrats consider him.
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Washington
House of Representatives
William Ayres
Kansas
Ayres
Wichita
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Manchuria
World
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Mr. Hoover
White House
Vic Murdock
South America
Russia
Boston
Faxon Kirfiergarten
Kansas City Times
Agnes Dunn
Dunn
Academy
Mt. St. Scholastica’s
Walter Dyson
Rex Allaman
Forsyth
Barber Scott
Jim Heaton
Walt Neibarger
Simp
Floyd Arnold
Dale
Bob
Lees Summit
Ben Scammel
Ernest Poehler
Court House
Marion C. Wooster
Ellen Griffith
Albin
J. R. Rasdall
Scottsville
Frank Koonta
Kansas Avenue
Bud Shappley
Ralph Crider
the Globe's
Newell Dwight Mills
Magnolia
Plymouth Congregational Church
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Army
Notre Dame
Russell Broshous
Russell
L. W. Fisher
Bt. Benedict's Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Stanton & Stanton
Louise Hekelnkaemper
Gus Hekelnkaemper
Virginia Punnell
Wamego
Frank Hatch
Wichita Legion
Frank Barnen
Martin Burke
Topeka
Walter Neal
Effingham
Mr. Neal
H. E Muchnic
William Quigley
Sterling, Kas
Lee Dick
Hutchinson
E. P. Pitts
Cleveland
Spencer Pitts
Lloyd Morris
Oskaloosa
Morris
Jefferson, Jackson
Oklo
Mr Thistle
Alice Thistle
North Branch
White Clay Creek
E. W Clausen
St. Louis
Clausen
H. H. Hackney
Blair Hackney
Bridge
Atchison Music Club
Marie Leacy
Louise Lyndon
Mindred Worrel
Lois Dunham
Elizabeth Huey
Warren McCessil
Leavenworth Times
Wil Beck
White Clay
Sixth Street
Frank Evans
Muscotah
Howard Wiliams
Evans
Frances Clausen
Wichita University
Tneir
Kathryn Devis
Howard van Weiden
Francis Wickersham
Janet Patt
Arhur Moses
Horace Chandler
Joe OC. Belbel
Arthur Capper
Atchison County
Belbel
Capper
Fred Kenner
Mrs.Kenner
Fort Scott
John O'Connor
Hayden
Suzanne E. Faler
Mid-West
George Shifflet
Pete Pappas
Lin Ham
Edna Colton
Leone Nelson
Charles O. Nelson
Roosevelt
Velma
Frank Shumaker
H. W. Ware
Park Street
Jim Walsh
Mary Stratton
Q Street
Katherine Hagerty
Bean Lake
C. E Cook
Doniphan Bend
Missouri River
Kerford Bros
Schuyler
Theodore Gilmore
E. H. Berry
Katherine i More
Dorothy Jane Smart
William Woods College
Fulton, Mo
Roy B. Smart
FP. R
Agnes Gray
Sorosis Contract Club
James Duncan
Agnes Byrne
F. L. Freeman
Riley Street
Freeman
Lucile Hekelnkaemper
K. A
Pritts Hekelnkaemper
Mary Ann Laughlin
Marguerite Koch
Lawrence
Helen Fleming
Learned
Josephine Keith
Ed Seward
Keith
J. D. Mason
Mason
Seward
Soward