Journal World world company staff and notice
The Journal World of Lawrence Kansas lists staff including W G Simons president and Solph Simons business manager with office at 722 Massachusetts Street. Subscription and mailing rates are shown and advertising offices in Chicago New York. Entered as second class matter April 1950.
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Chicago
Keator
Bartford
New York
Franklin P. Alcorn
Madison Ave
Associated Press
Igpatches
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Ee Anes
Postoffice
Lawrence
Kansas
Journal-World
Highway finances loom as court ruling may shift costs
The supreme court may force the highway commission to fund the benefit district share for road construction, affecting seven or eight projects taken over last year. If upheld, the decision could prompt road program revisions and alter plans for bonds and state funding. Walter Williams named permanent president of the University of Missouri, replacing Dr Stratton D. Brooks, signaling a shift to a Missourian leader to steady the institution during difficulties.
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Supreme Court
Highway Commission
Hue
School of Journalism
Walter Williams
University of Missouri
Stratton D. Brooks
Missonri
City voters defeat new Emporia auditorium plan
The Emporia electorate rejected a proposal to build a city auditorium at the recent city election. The Emporia Gazette questions why towns distrust Chambers of Commerce and notes that many chamber members are hard working, community minded, and not seeking public office. The piece discusses distrust in local business groups and references shifting attitudes in larger cities. It also notes a Russian communist campaign influencing cooperative formations among professionals like doctors and dentists.
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Emporia
Emporia Gazette
Chamber of Commerce
the Gazette
New York
Chicago
Ber of Commerce
Sat
Kansas Primary Campaign Prompts Broad Candidate Announcements
With a little over two months left for announcements, political circles focus on the Kansas primary. Many candidates have announced and more are expected, showing this field will not be reduced by the threat of drought.
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Kansas
The Temperance People Win City Election
In The Old Home Town sweep of the city election results shows The Temperance People gaining majorities across wards. First Ward votes for Sam Kimball over Alex Shaw for council, while Campbell and Phillips win constable posts. Bowes defeats Russell for School Board. Second Ward sees Hadley top Kilworth for council and McAllister beat Beatty for school board. Third Ward Carl son defeats Bedale for council and O P Smith wins school board with 135 votes each alongside 135 for M Sanders. Fourth Ward Deichmann defeats Ford for council and Hutchings over Nicholson for school board. Fifth Ward Hoyt defeats Snyder for council and Mason with S Smith win school board. Sixth Ward Wilson defeats Walker for council and E D F Phillips and C Mendenhall win long-term school board seats.
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Sam Kimball
Alex Shaw
Campbell
Phillips
Copeland
G. W. Bowes
Russell
Washington Hadley
Isaac Kilworth
C. W. McAllister
Rev. Beatty
Q. Carlson
Bedale
O. P. Smith
M. Sanders
F. Dei
Potter
Frank Willard
Cafe de Paris
TomDeal
April 1881 Affects Kansas Officials and Events
Orrin T Welchix is appointed superintendent of insurance and Issa W C Jones of Tola named warden of the state prison. Jacob Schaefer of Leavenworth wins the Chicago international billiard match. Fire destroys the A Rolling Mills. J B Ful MS the Topeka Democrat reports. 1882 Fort Riley tornado described as very destructive.
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Orrin T. Welchix
Issa—W. C. Jones
Tola
Jacob Schaefer
Leavenworth
Chicago
A Rolling Mills
J. B. Ful
Topeka Democrat
Fort Riley
Wide spread renewal of building activity lowers unemployment
Across Washington and other locales reports show renewed building activity reducing joblessness as the country heads into late 1929. Justice Department probes into prohibition prosecutions show a decrease in six months. Headlines recountванished crimes and other domestic events from several cities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Klein
Department of Justice
Bishop Cannon
House
Nogales
Ariz—Bank
J. B. Bristow
Hoover
Tilden
Neb
Hays
Kan
Folsom
Cal
New York
Cooper Union
London
Gibson
Japan
America
Great Britain
Patic
Tardieu
Briand
Mexico City
Belgrade
Dimitri Toma
Servian Orthodox Church
Ies
FLASHES OF LIFE AP News Roundup of World Notes
A sweeping AP dispatch reports curious facts from multiple cities. Will Thorne, 72, set to wed a 42 year old bride. George Fastman plans camera gifts for 12th birthday as Sirat patent anniversary marks half a century. In Istanbul officials open the Seraglio palace to visitors at 25 cents, a womanless site. French defeat of Germany at Rugby noted. Yale’s Georgieland finds 40 million year old fossil forest in San Juan basin. Siberian tiger specimens shot near Amur by AMNH expedition. Corsairs: Colidge at New Haven resumes work and eyed reelection to insurance post. Captain C B Wilson, one-armed, holes a 218-yard drive at Prince’s club.
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Associated Press
New York
Frank Vizetelly
John Palsgrave
Henry VIII
London
Will
Thorne
Rochester
N. Y
George Fastman
Istanbul
Turkey
Seraglio Palace
Charlottenburg
Germany
Rugby
New Haven
Georgieland
Yale
Sani Juan Basin
New Mexico
Khabarovsk
American Museum of Natural History
Amur River
Siberia
Colidge
Sandwich
England
C. B. Wilson
Prince's Club
What Price Sickness In The American System
The piece surveys the rising annual sickness bill in the United States, detailing costs per family and national totals. It cites figures on physicians nurses beds and hospital costs, and argues prevention is cheaper than cure. It notes a Rhine incident identifying a Chicago-born lawyer and mentions Rastlake mayor planning to cut village taxes via community dances.
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New
United States
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Rhine Strasburg
France
Herbert S. Brannon
Chicago
On Her Own at London Night Club Trouble
Jacqueline meets Teddy Montrose, son of a shipping magnate, amid a drought adventure in a London night club. A $10,000 diamond necklace theft and a police search for a fugitive woman place Jacqueline in danger. She seeks Teddy for guidance while unsure of Scotland Yard’s methods and her own predicament.
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Jacqueline
London
Trouble
Teddy Montrose
Montrose Shipping Lines
Cinco
Scotland Yard
Teddy
Jacqueline in London Night Club Mystery Chapter 19
Jacqueline pleads her innocence about the diamond theft while confiding in Teddy Montrose. She recalls fleeing the Majestic hotel during a raid after a night of danger and curiosity. Mrs. Porter Mason’s disappearance and a diamond necklace are glimpsed as clues, amid hotel rumors and shifting danger.
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Jacqueline
Teddy
Scotland Yard
Mr. Montrose
Majestic
Ves
Circo’s
Porter Mason
Fis Jacqueline
London
Mrs. Mason
Reid
Jacque_line
Richard Storr
May Flowers Return With Little Black Clock
Mary Graham Bonner tells of April Showers visiting a garden shared by Joah and Peery. The Little Black Clock can reverse or advance time and, with April Showers, makes flowers bloom into the Great Flower Parade of the season. The tale centers on friendship, magic, and the garden’s evolving beauty as May approaches.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Joah
Peery
Vinland High School Notes Include Plays and Tournament Wins
Vinland activities cover baseball practice, a grain and livestock judging team, and a Baker University play day with Miss Shumaker. The Pioneer Papoose operetta features Pringe Whiteface and Indian war humor, while the Junior play The Rebellion of Mrs Barclay drew a large audience. Grade Tournament winners include Vinland taking Grand Prize silk flag and several event prizes for girls and boys.
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Mr. Simmons
Topeka
Helen Holcom
Moreta Laughin
Almina Laughlin
Edith Kelly
Miss Shumaker
Baker University
Manhattan
Margaret Haas
Miss Windett
Quenemo
Vinland
Prospectaey
Coal Creek
Blue Mound
Frederick Hamphill
Welcome
Ruth Parsons
Raymond York
Frances
Lucile York
Maurine
Reusch
Haze] Hoskinson
Ella Belvoir
Eudora
Ernnest Gertstenberger
Archie Baugher
Local Social Notes Include Visits and Meetings
Miss Helen Parker of DeSoto, Baker University student, stayed with the Laughlins. Elizabeth McPheeters traveled to Lawrence for work at Dr Anderson's home. Vinland Cemetery Improvement Club plans its April 11 meeting at Mrs Hoskinson's. Rural high school district and grade school meetings set for April 20 and April 11 respectively. Mr and Mrs Jake Reusch and daughters visited relatives in Lawrence.
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Sam. Moore
Indiana Street
J. H. Cohn
Mississippi Street
Alvan Anderson
Innes
Tom Cosgrove
Leavenworth
Clarence Hall
Kansas City
Viola Allen
Everett Hall
E. L. Charlton
Ohio
Chi Omega
Lawrence
Lois Ardery
Hutchinson
Glenn Heaverm
Richmond
Jake Reusch
Sugar secret to aid chemists at chemists meeting
Atlanta April 7 AP straw stacks and cottonseed reveal a new sugar formula costing about five cents a pound. Dr W T Schrieber of the bureau of standards presented the process opening nature’s storehousesxylose widely distributed in plants and possibly the third most common organic compound. Preliminary tests suggest it may pass through digestion with no fattening effect. A news service notes the sugar is non fattening. David Wesson described a cottonseed meat substitute that is a tasteless flour like protein rich product usable as human food.
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Atlanta
American Chemical Society
United States
W. T. Schrieber
Bureau of Standards
David Wesson
Montclair
N. J
Hawks Sets Coast to Coast Glider Record
New York April 7 AP Captain Frank Hawks first aviator to pilot a glider coast to coast finishing in Van Cortlandt Park at 4 p m after a San Diego start. The 3009 mile trek took six and a half days with 36 hours of flying time. Crowds of 15000 braved rain as army planes circled overhead. Hawks claimed the tugging plane released early and he flew with slack cable to ease wing strain.
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New York
Frank M. Hawks
Eaglet
van Cortlandt Park
San Diego
Cal
Hawks
Newark
N. J
Hudson River
Bronx
Henry Bruckner
Grover A. Whalen
Kidnapped missioners freed while brigands raid Kiangsu
Shanghai dispatches report brigands looted and burned villages near Sun kiang Kiangsu 25 miles southwest of Shanghai. Fifty children were held for ransom and two magistrates were wounded as bandits raided cargo junks at the Yangtse mouth. Miss Gemmell an American missionary was freed after ransom talks while other missionaries remained unaccounted.
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Shanghai
Althe
Yuanchow
Kiangsi
Nina E. Gemmel
Tacoma
Wash
Girard
Kan
Sunkiang
Kiangsu Province
Yangtse River
Miss Gemmell
R. H. Glazier
Changsha
Hunan
R. W. Porteus
Shela Beira Blal
Two Small Fires Responded By Fire Dept Yesterday
The fire department answered two runs yesterday. A rubbish fire near a barn threatened property, and a grass fire caused no losses. At 10 55 yesterday morning crews were called to Frank Anderson's residence at 701 Lake Street where a rubbish pile burned to within a couple of feet of the house.
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Frank Anderson
Lake Street
Grass fire in Kentucky Street area extinguished
Firemen responded to a grass fire in the 1500 block on Kentucky Street at 6 03 yesterday evening. Firefighters contained the blaze before it reached the barn and caused no damage.
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Kentucky Street
Fight Around Heflin Tops Alabama Primary Race
Alabama voters watch Senator J. Thomas Heflin who has held office as a regular Democrat for 34 years. He is denied renomination in the August 12 primary for backing Hoover in 1928. He may run as an independent, seeking to rally 130,000 Hoover supporters. Other primaries include Bankhead and Thompson for the Senate, multiple candidates for governor, and opposition to six of ten Congressmen. Military, party, and legal figures line up behind various factions as the dispute tests Alabama politics.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Heflin
Cotton Tom
Democratic State Executive Committee
Hoover
State Supreme Court
Vest
Tom
Alfred E. Smith
John H. Bankhead
Jasper
Frederick I. Thompson
Mobile Register
Bankhead
Thompson
Hughe Locke
Birmingham
W. L. Lee
Columbia
Holters
Charlie C. McCall
B. M. Miller
Supreme Court
Woolsey Finnell
State Highway Commission
W. C. Davis
J. A. Carnley
Watt T. Brown
College grads jobless in Bulgaria rising
Bulgaria faces overproduction of university graduates with many educated youths unable to find work. The push from farming families to send children to university grows despite crowded professions and plans to trim public offices. This year’s registrations reach 3605 with many studying law, including women.
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Bulgaria
Students in Bulgaria face dire living conditions abroad
The report notes many students lack formal training and struggle financially, with hundreds subsisting on monthly allowances of eight to ten dollars for room and board. Rooms are dingy and meals meager, reflecting hardship while studying overseas.
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Hulgaria
Gly Cas Deserving of Attention of All Sufferers
A Lawrence resident, G M Campbell of 837 Maine Street, praises Gly Cas a vegetable remedy for indigestion nervousness and rheumatism. He says after using twenty Gly Cas boxes his pains ended he can sleep eat well and rest easily. The Gly Cas Man at Round Corner Drug Store Lawrence explains the merits of the new discovery.
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G. M. Campbell
Maine Street
Lawrence
Ner Drug Store
Mr. Campbell
Round Corner
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Publishers Syndicate
Rastlake
Mich
Richard Starr
Marquétine
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Lawrence Electrician
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Mred, MR. G. M. Campbell
Gee
Music Defense League
New World
League One
Exe
Friends of Music
Spain
Italy
The
American Federation of Musiciana
N.Y
Legale Defense League
Theatre
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Faraerinten
American Federation OF Musicians
Conades
Joseph N. Weber
Broadway
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