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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1937
Page
5
Madrid reports a sweeping government offensive across multiple fronts including Córdoba and La Granjuela, with Valsequillo and Belmez actions, plus advances near Guadalajara Avila and the Basque front. Government forces press Aragon and Tereul sectors as spring brings potential renewed battles.
Police chase leads in sixth brickbat assault in Los Angeles after Edna Worden and her daughter Marguerite Estelle Worden are found slain in hillside apartment. Autopsy notes brutal blows four times with brick. evidence includes scarce clues and a note of support payments to the divorced husband Raymond Worden of Arlington, Virginia.
Madrid reports actor Errol Flynn and companion were cast in danger as a machine gun burst grazed the side of Flynn's face during a battlefield sighting trip. The Hollywood star, a war correspondent in Spain, was left stunned by the hit near his left eye. Flynn, born in Dublin and married to Lili Damita, had traveled from Paris with plans to view heavy fighting at the University City front.
Pope Pius the seventeenth aged 79 rests in Vatican City after two major audiences over the weekend. He cancelled engagements for today and remained in bed, but prelates said he had not suffered any release or deterioration in health.
Bell Telephone laboratories publicized two tools for crime detection. A light revealing previously invisible fingerprints and a method to mark ransom money with invisible dyes that glow under ultraviolet light. Dr. Francis F. Lucas led the metallurgical work mineralizing prints to permanent dark lines.
Crowder reports March term ended with several students neither absent nor tardy including Lyle Potter and Virginia Mayhew. Honor roll lists Hodson Potter Bradley and Mayhew among others. Spelling perfection achieved by Carr Athey Potter Grimes and Bradley. Visitors include F L Orr from Rupert Idaho and Helen Norwood of Lecomp ton.
A long list of social calls and visits throughout Lake View Perry Kanwaka Topeka and Lawrence. Families including Hodson Mercer Emmett Crowder Norwood and Crowder relatives hosted and visited kin and friends across Easter weekend and nearby towns with multiple church outings and dinners noted. Potato planting is in full swing in this neighborhood.
Mrs. A. A. Hicks and Miss Allena Hicks attended Easter dinner at the F. W. Lewis residence. A. B. Commons, a Route 3 mail carrier, sustained injuries in an incident during the day.
Valley Chapel reports Easter visits by Marie Beveridge and family near Salina, and several local residents including Neal Banks and a daughter. Maurice Knott, Walter Thome, and Bob McKinney spent Easter with home folks before resuming high school. Mrs. John Dann and Elizabeth visited relatives in Kansas City. Axel Helstrom and others called on Curtis homes. John William Banks returned from a two week stay with his grandmother. Five new pupils enrolled at the school, Clough and Hemphill children and Conrad Curtis. Elza Bond hosted wood sawers with local helpers.
John Dunn Mrs McKinney and the Bannings traveled to LaCygne Kansas for a Farm Bureau district convention while Roy Curtis and family visited Gottlieb Nieder in Lone Star. Mabel Shaw and Elizabeth Dunn attended the Jolly Stitchers meeting at Mrs Florys. Mrs Bond and Hugo Schellhorns household members connected with church and family visits. Seed oats were procured by John Hagan from Roy Curtis. Weather hindered potato planting and oat seeding, delaying harvests.
George Shuler, township assessor, called in the neighborhood this week. Easter dinner guests included the Deay and Karnes families and others. A Memorial Hospital birth named Robert Charles to Charles and Mrs Howe. Vera Ward visited in Lawrence. Shuck family business trip to Stull. Willow Springs school visit by Edith Deay and Evelyn Shuck. Four Leaf club meeting attendance listed.
A terse quarrel emerges over a claim by Jed Williker, Justice of the Peace, regarding detectors and marital status. Lafe Hawking proclaims himself an ignition expert amid the dispute, with tensions centering on trust and credibility in local testimony.
Richard Postma, Ben, Pearl and Harold Brohammer, Miss Vera Ward and Elmer Churchbaugh and Donald. Mrs. Will Postma and Richard and Mrs. Abe Flory spent Sunday afternoon at the Charles and Lloyd Shack home. Chester Wible, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Flory. Charles Shack and Darrell and Lloyd Shack and Eva and Warren attended Johnson's sale Friday. Thelma Woodward and Mary Katherine Markley are entering the spelling contest in Lawrence Saturday. Miss Ward is also attending and spending the weekend at the Abel home.
Shade William Tell Columbia, Mo is referenced as a famed marksman, while the University of Missouri varsity marksmen boast strong records. They won all but six of their first 78 contests and were undefeated in 21 matches, with Blanche Boyd achieving perfect scores in every match.
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