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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1921
Page
4
The Lawrence Journal-World notes Kansas City has nothing on Lawrence in making provision for child education. The item dated April 5, 1921, mentions subscription, AP use, and delivery reminders for readers who miss the paper by 7 PM. The newspaper emphasizes local progress in education.
The letter discusses Germany’s admission of responsibility and reparations, and Secretary Hughes's clear American stance aligned with the Allies. It notes U S aid to Germany and displaced victims, plus Britain’s coal strike facing Lloyd George, with labor and red forces shaping political fate and science guru Einstein’s relativity remarks.
The piece contrasts Soviet rule with American labor sensibility, arguing that Russians mainly gained starvation, while Filipino leaders waver on independence. It warns the United States would retain fleet protection, and notes Japan as a looming threat if the Philippines gained full self rule. It ends with Charles’s escape from Hungary and a tough exit path.
The item notes light public turnout on bridge bonds with 805 votes for and 25 against. It reports ongoing city improvements and an upcoming pew rent at the Methodist church. Harvey Parley, a longtime horseman, has leased the Eldridge House stables and offers livery services.
Kansas state agricultural college and the Methodist church announce harvest labor centers to aid seasonal workers. Centers will provide transient comforts in major towns and cities across the wheat belt, aiming to reduce crime and improve welfare. Facilities include a court house room and a church basement conversion.
London reports that the abolition of the British Food Ministry involved a turnover exceeding 4.1 trillion in wartime and a net profit of less than one tenth of one percent. Food Collector McCurdy, in a valedictory address, said the ministry cost taxpayers nothing and the ministers avoided profits at the consumer’s expense.
Officers aboard supply ships for the United States Pacific fleet delivered a blow to local producers when a million eggs were ordered for the 16 000 bluejackets on the return voyage to American waters. Egg laying is not at its peak in these latitudes this season making supplies scarce and prices rise.
The Methodist Episcopal Church Board of Foreign Missions announced acquisition of 8,000 acres in Portuguese West Africa for a demonstration farm and trades school for Africans. Missionaries note postwar high living costs. cloth and iron are scarce, plantation cloth usage has fallen, and a water powered brewing plant will become a sugar mill to aid economic development.
An appeal from St. Louis dated April 5 asks Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma women to donate clothes for the impoverished. The garments will go to Poland Austria Hungary Czechoslovakia and the Baltic states. Red Cross chapters will designate the recipients for their shipments.
The Hague reports the town of Lobejunment Halle as the first German town to go bankrupt. A 20,000 mark deficit led to a refusal by the communist aldermen to raise taxes and no salaries were paid to municipal workers.
The day features a Florida legislature convening its biennial session, municipal elections in Chicago and St. Louis, and a string of conferences from mining to agriculture. Notable figures include John Booth marking his 85th birthday and Rene Viviani slated for White House entertainment, with various civic efforts to push prohibition enforcement and fruit grower coordination.
Mr Moore warned that no country can attack the United States as the naval power of the nation grows. He argued Europe needs a League of Nations and urged America to maintain power and security while showing a spirit of charity for the less fortunate. Clean-ay Week in May was designated with dates in Topeka set for May 22.
A court details a case where robbers escaped during a heist and a partner identified as a notorious escaped convict was later sentenced. Within a week after the event a new ten to fifty year effortive term was handed down, with two accomplices seized and sentenced to thirty years.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions trains, populations, places, and poets with scattered proper nouns. It lacks coherent events or dates. No clear person, organization, or outcome is discernible for a proper news summary.
Kansas counties now enforce the mothers pension act, raising maximum monthly payments from 25 to 50 with possible increases for sickness or unusual conditions. A state health report notes past noncompliance by county boards left many dependent children without support. Dr J C Robbins spoke at First Baptist Church praising broad church leadership and foreign mission insights.
Pleasant Valley reports a Friday night picture show at the Sibley school with local families and the district’s youth. Barack Lawrence and nearby towns share updates from picnics, a Pleasant Grove Fund gathering, last day of school events, and a community dinner.
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