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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1925
Page
4
A Journal World report discusses the rise of machines in England and the claim that they already master people. An editorial notes machines dictate schedules, clothing, transport, and even thoughts, arguing automation has replaced crafts and self expression, shaping a standardized, picture filled world.
Laurence Laughlin, a renowned political economist and longtime University of Chicago professor, reaches his seventy fifth birthday. Born in Ohio with education at Harvard and a PhD in 1876, he shaped monetary reform and taught at Cornell before leading Chicago’s political economy department. Baby clinic postponed to tomorrow due to Dr Eugene P Sisson’s absence visits from 2 to 4 at the city hospital.
Forty nine hundred youths from Arkansas Iowa Kansas Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota will enroll this summer in Citizens Military Training Camps in the Seventh Corps Area Lt Geo Clark says this is the largest civilian training figure for any corps area Camps open August 1 and run through August Volunteers must pass mental and physical tests and basic courses cater to ages seventeen to twenty four Government covers food uniforms railroad fare athletic equipment and medical care Camps emphasize physical training and outdoor life to foster citizenship and patriotism Data from previous camps guide planned improvements while adhering to same admittance standards.
A long postponed financial showdown looms as France struggles with a weak currency, a strained budget, and high wartime expenses. The government’s persistent overspending leaves insufficient funds to sustain regular business, signaling broader economic hardship for the French economy and its industries.
Manhattan Kansas March 30 That farmers will make money on hogs during the coming year is the prediction of the department of agricultural economics at Kansas State Agricultural College. High priced corn with low hog prices created large hog runs in December and January reducing hog supply below normal demand. A shortened spring crop will also cut hog numbers by five to eight million in the corn belt, leaving about twenty five to twenty seven million instead of thirty three million. High corn prices due to a poor 1924 crop and many hogs to feed will keep costs up while farmers may plant more corn in 1925, boosting feeder hog demand and prices. Green notes hog supply and price cycle every two to three years, with the lowest price at peak production. current market receipts show the low point occurred in December and January, signaling an upswing ahead as supplies shrink.
Today marks the twenty year milestone since the Simplon tunnel through the Alps, the longest of its kind. Also in the news St Augustine hosts a three day pageant and carnival for Florida discovery by Ponce de Leon.
Four patients were present yesterday afternoon for the regular bi monthly ear nose and throat clinic held by Dr W C Nelson at the city hall.
Oslo reports a new liquor smuggling method off Norwegian coasts. A corkscrew device, a torpedo shaped iron cylinder, can hold about one hundred cans and is towed behind a vessel by a thin cable. Heavily weighted, it remains submerged to avoid searches, with an emergency release option.
Dudley, a Dudleyan baronet, plots to burn an old mill on his estate for a film. Norman Slater, Alf, Kathleen Glenister and Emma Blair face danger as two intruders enter the electric beam. John Grimes rescues Kathleen as a dam wheel threatens disaster.
Norman and his loyal servant Alf mount a daring rescue of Kathleen Glenister and confront Dudley Glenister in a burning mill. A tense combat ends with Dudley knocked out, a key found, and the captors freeing the group amidst an electric glare and fracture.
A fragment mentions a plan to evacuate a loathsome mill and join celebrants outside within seconds as a dramatic cliffhanger unfolds. The quotation references a policeman from Hinkley and a character named Norman, indicating an unfolding, sensational scene.
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