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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1936
Page
3
Topeka April 11 The federal and State departments of agriculture report brighter winter wheat prospects for Kansas with an estimated yield of 129 748 000 bushels based on April 1 conditions. Crop condition 66 percent normal, vs 47 percent last year and 37 percent in 1933.
Trinity Lutheran church attracted over 400 attendees for a 7 45 p m Good Friday service led by A C Renter with sixty choir members bearing tapers forming a cross. Rev C A Puls offered a brief address tracing Jesus last hours as two church choirs performed The Wayside Cross and Negro spirituals while the congregation joined in the hymns. The event, now in its second year, drew strong Lawrence interest ensuring future observances.
Persian will be added to the American University of Beirut language curriculum at the request of Iran's government. The university serves students of 33 nationalities and teaches all courses in English. Arabic first failed due to textbook translation time. Deborah Verry from Pinehurst, NC, won the women’s north and south golf championship in Worcester by beating Jean Bauer of Providence in 19 holes.
A dense list of film programs for the coming week across Dickinson and Varsity Theatres. Many titles feature Shirley Temple, Al Jolson, Fred Store Farmer, and stars such as Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Ted Fio Rito. Return and first runs include Broadway Gondolier, Love Me Forever, and She Married Her Boss with multiple showings and variety acts.
Kansas representatives Frank Carlson and Clifford Hope joined in appealing for a modification to a Rural Rehabilitation rule that blocks farmers who have received rural relief grants from seed and feed loans. They pressed for an early decision after meetings with Joseph L. Dailey. Carlson cited about 10,000 needy Kansas farmers at risk, noting grants as small as 11 dollars disqualified applicants. A Graham county commission telegram urged action to provide emergency seed loans for about 400 deserving farmers awaiting resettlement and planting time.
At the Granada the drama Road Gang portrays convicts in a southern prison camp with harsh mistreatment. Donald Woods plays a young writer who uncovers a state political boss. Kay Linaker co stars as his ally against the graft ring, culminating in exposure and reform. Shorts include Major Bowers amateurs and an Our Gang comedy.
India School District No. 53 will stage two operettas on Wednesday evening April 15 at the schoolhouse. Miss Emma Semple and Miss Margaret Fritzel direct. After the performances, pie sandwiches and coffee will be served. Admission is 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. Proceeds benefit next year’s school.
Washington April 11 campaigners haul out big guns for week ahead with Illinois Nebraska primaries and Roosevelt Baltimore address in focus. Borah faces Knox in Illinois test while Landon wins Missouri and Kansas delegations. Georgia and Virginia conventions shape delegate selection for the May 9 Atlanta state session and national convention.
Fred Laptad of the Laptad stock farm near Lawrence plans his forty seventh annual hog sale on April 23. He sold three Durocs to a buyer in Uruguay named G M Hernandez, who ordered air shipment. The hogs weighed about 100 pounds each and were eight months old.
Associated Press reports James A. Farley assumes the top party role without protest. His task is to run the Philadelphia convention smoothly for Franklin D. Roosevelt’s renomination, while quelling dissidents and keeping harmony among leaders like Alfred E. Smith.
Rome reports Italian military leaders seek absolute Ethiopian disarmament to transform the east African campaign into police work. An informed source says capitulations by Ethiopian chieftains aim to reduce the war to fascist patrols over conquered territories while awaiting a formal peace settlement. Rebels in the Galla tribes caused over 2,000 Ethiopian casualties in a southern battle.
Marshal Pietro Badoglio announced an engagement ten miles southwest of the lake against Ras Ghaletaccion forces. He noted Haile Selassie’s troops were routed on the northern front last week. Southern Italian HQ in Somaliland said four scouting planes and 18 bombers bombed Ethiopian positions at Sasa Baneh, Daggah ur, and other concentrations.
The Aid society postponed its weekly meeting due to snow and cold. A warm Saturday picnic occurred in J. D. Flory pasture with Olive Ploy Ethel Johnson Theda and John Flory. Mrs Gottlieb Nieder and others hosted lunch with Mrs Flory Valley Grove. Various neighbors and families attend social events while farmers face pasture and hay shortages amid dry conditions.
John David and Barbara Ann Knott attended the Second District Rural Carriers convention in Ottawa last Saturday afternoon with a banquet at 6 o clock. Numerous local couples and families visited or hosted events, with several social gatherings and church plans announced for Easter and a concert at Memorial High School. Arthur Frank McDonald and Edith Elizabeth Line were married at the Topeka court house by Probate Judge L Ho Menger.
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