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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1934
Page
4
The piece questions a government plan to insure bank deposits, warning it could invite further demands on the federal treasury. It criticizes partisan bias in the Wirt hearing and notes Dillinger’s gang raid at Warsaw for bulletproof vests, signaling continued bank raid risk.
Dr. wary has sauea from the scene but his brief appearance puts the Playboys in government with power in national affairs. The Wirt hearing provokes a critical response and calls for explanations. Samuel Insull’s carefree mood on transport hints at future uncertainty as his ship heads to the United States.
A delegate report from the ongoing convention indicates strong momentum and a sense of progress observed by attendees. The discussion centers on self-reliance and practical outcomes, with emphasis on practical solutions and collective effort.
The piece argues increasing public reliance on government support risks weakening private initiative. It notes building and loan associations in Kansas weathered low moods and helped home construction, warning against overdependence from distant government management. It also cites Harry Woodring's army aviation reforms and possible underspent appropriations, stressing need for careful policy study.
Mary Giéseman heard Galli-Curci in Kansas City while Mrs. J. M. Neville attended a Topeka luncheon hosted by Mrs. Ernest Lester. The group discussed Warren Hastings at a Research Club meeting after luncheon. Plans to open the Orpheum Theater next week were announced by A. T. Hatfield and C. F. Hardtaker. Scouts attended a Round-Up in Kansas City with Dudley T. Horton in charge. group travel members and drivers listed. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Spalding host a bridge party for visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Butler of Syracuse, N. Y., at the Country Club with seven tables. Butler and Gelich hosted lunch at Prof. Gelich’s home. dinner hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Frank Strong. a Canyon City recital follows. Frank Hosford to Kiwanis in Topeka. Mrs Gee to Chicago and Clarinda after visiting relatives.
Twenty five years ago on a Saturday in April, C E Sutton of Sutton stock farm sold a two year old registered Percheron named Black Diamond for 1000 dollars to Dull Bros. of Washington Kansas. The fire department responded to Dr Moore’s on Rhode Island Street to a shed fire caused by sparks from a bonfire, quick work preventing any loss. Jack C Carson known as Nemo the jail breaker was working at the Nickel Picture show this week performing pin turning tricks and other escapes while Whitsed Laming remained in Kan locally.
Julius Zeitner of New York City, famed for the Crescennes, plans a new Lawrence store this summer. He will pull the current 921 923 Massachusetts street building and erect a single large 50 by 217 foot sales room. Contractors will be at work soon with bonds for the interurban system sent to subscribers in Belgium.
Mrs R W Sparr returns from California and Ela Smith visits from Chicago. The M C A at the University hosts a reception for Rev and Mrs Hector Cowan, the new athletic instructor. Lawrence doctors buy buggies. Mrs W J Coleman leaves for California to work. Mr S H Carmean buys cattle for shipment to Kansas City. Walter Berdan bicycles from Denver to New York via Lawrence. Arbor day and a cider swap at law school with a playful theft episode between seniors and juniors.
The Blue Mound eighth trade class led by Miss Lucille Hill toured Lawrence visiting the city library and the Journal-World building. Pupils Irene Dailey Lucille York Frances Weeks and Helen Harvey joined with Mrs Arthuy Weeks Frances York O T York and Ed Harvey accompanying them.
Judith Lane, praised as a perfect stenographer, recalls her patron Big Tony Nevins as she navigates a looming western Texas dam scheme. Norman Dale, a junior partner, courts her amid office talk, romance, and class barriers, while Clin Sanford probes Judith about the fate of her work with Bevins Construction and the Rio Diablo basin plans.
A fragmented recap mentions the Titanic sinking on April 15 1912 with 1518 lives lost from 2224 aboard, Carpathia rescuing survivors, plus assorted local anecdotes about ex-spouses, Cuban workers strikes, a Wisconsin cat hunting game, and a Green Bay man refusing to surrender his dog to a jail term.
J M Mickey editor of the Osage City Free Press is named clerk of the new Kansas court of visitation. Kansas military board plans reorganizing the Kansas national guard. Funeral for Captain David Lobbliott of the Twentieth Kansas is held in Coffeyville with about five thousand attendees.
Nicholas Bugay aged 40 a Cleveland chauffeur visited the court house with his former wife to obtain a license to marry Ida Darish 30 also of Cleveland.
A survey of recent books and authors notes Charles Grant alias William C. Lengel and other pen names. It highlights More Money about Cathleen McCarthy Homer A lspaugh and Jaspar Ingram, plus Bromfield Green and Roosevelt works, and profiles of Adams Clapper and Stribling.
Mystery readers are invited to a Central American setting where Henry Barradyne and his wife visit their uncle and become entwined in a murder mystery. A pilot is killed with no clear motive, prompting a jungle river journey with a bartender Freddie and his girlfriend Louise as they uncover multiple deadly encounters.
A catalog blurb for Light and Shadows by Claude T Eastman from The Christopher Publishing House notes the work as an attempt to portray the passionate emotions of the Negro under slavery, looking forward.
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