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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1937
Page
4
A brief biblical passage from John 4 20 21 emphasizes loving God and loving one’s brother as inseparable duties. The text asserts that claiming to love God while hating a brother is hypocritical and declares the commandment to love God and love others as one.
Douglas County spends about 2000 dollars per month more on relief than the fund allows for over three years with rising expenditures and limited revenues. The levy rose but debt accumulates, with almost half of future relief disbursements to be borrowed. Relief costs rose from 26000 in 1933 to 90000 in 1936, leaving about 75000 in red and a 20000 bond issue imminent. The total will rise as interest accrues, prompting a citizen to warn that relief finances are pushing county and nation deeper into debt.
The substitute bill would expand the Supreme Court by two justices and remove age limits on tenure. It mirrors compromise proposals between Roosevelt supporters and opponents. Administration reception is doubtful as the President reportedly will not accept it, reinforcing perceptions of a dictator complex amid overturned arguments and court rulings.
The German press condemns U S race violence as a government led smear. It ties the Mississippi lynching of two Negro men to a broader anti American campaign, linking a New York effort to raise tensions with events abroad.
The German press portrays American lynchings and refugee relief as a symbol of hypocrisy by U S religious life. It questions German readers about cruelty claims while noting Nazi measures in Germany resemble similar barbarities. The piece suggests the campaign’s church origins abroad are used to critique U S moral leadership.
The Wagner act decisions fail to settle industry tranquility as strikes persist and organizers plan new actions nationwide. Production slows with an estimated 300,000 fewer cars produced due to Detroit sit down strikes, and other sectors face similar constraints. Emporia votes Grade D milk and rejects Grade A plans amid water shortages, reflecting broader hardship.
A whimsical tale follows Mary Graham Bonner and friends exploring a Bigs Box filled with hats and silk pieces. The group plans a parade with the elephant offering rides for ducks and a monkey on the donkey, as ducks enjoy the elephant's back before trouble arises as he prepares to stand.
In a whimsical parade Willy Nilly leads a line of animal performers including elephants with ducks on their backs and a donkey singer. Rip drums on his tail while Sweet Face, bears, and a monkey entertain with tin pans and clownlike hops as a small animal audience watches the odd march go by.
The article stresses frequent hand washing, especially before meals, and notes that using forks and knives and washing hands before touching food aligns with Mosaic and Mohammedan codes and helps prevent disease. It highlights the role of religious injunctions in promoting healthful practices.
A correspondent argues handshakes symbolize peaceful intent yet carry germ hazards. The piece discusses psychology of touch across cultures, hints at etiquette norms, and suggests washing hands with soap and water as a simple defense against transmission.
A robin taps for food at a cellar door in Watkins Glen as a Denver violin reappears after 16 years found under a theater floor. In Ottawa a skunk at a Farm Bureau meeting is shot by a deputy. Beatrice reports a thrift tale of 2252 pennies given for a $22.50 suit, with two pennies returned.
Nan Pierson Brooks Macy Brill, a New Yorker heiress, remained in Hollywood to consider a film after annulling her four-day marriage to William Slunsaker Bill. She discarded her dime store wedding ring since it made her finger green. Reservations for a Japan-bound voyage were cancelled as Brill contemplates career moves in Hollywood.
Dr Robert A Hunt will deliver Sunday morning sermon at First Methodist Church on World Peace. Service starts 10 50 with the Wesleyan Chorus under Dorothy Enlow Miller singing Sing Alleluia Forth. Offertory The Swan by Saint Saens performed by Carroll Nichols Georgia Sue Reuter and Dorothy Enlow Miller.
Kansas University will raise summer session registration fees by order of the state board of regents. Six week sessions will cost twenty dollars per session for resident students and twenty five dollars for non residents. Short term fees will be ten dollars and twelve fifty.
On Friday April 16 the Titanic disaster is recalled with 1329 or more aboard when the liner sank. The Carpathia rescued many, including women and children, while notable passengers Col John Jacob Astor Benjamin Guggenheim and G D Widener are named among those famous aboard.
An unnamed narrator recalls college days with Michael and the Farringtons at Farrington Bluff on Long Island Sound. February visit reveals tension around Barbara Farrington and Michael’s romance with Gay Palmer, amid storms and social expectations, as the Skipper’s health and mood unsettle the group.
Indecision undermines performance as options are repeatedly reconsidered after a choice. Decide with gathered information and close off alternatives to maintain confidence and momentum. Delays erode effort, risking only partial success. Great achievers burn bridges behind them, leaving no retreat.
Radio listings show multiple stations WDAF KMBC WREN KABC etc broadcasting a Friday evening slate from 4:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. featuring orchestras, interludes, talk and drama, plus a Kansas City school track meet summary and chamber music ensemble. The schedule lists performers such as Jack Armstrong Buddy Clark Hollace Shaw Doris Hare Verrill and Kennedy and shows date April 17 with times 5:45 6:30 7:30 etc, indicating a dense mix of music variety programs and a sports preview.
Miss Rosemary Ketcham of the Kansas University design department and Miss Maud Ellsworth Lawrence schools art director will attend the sixth annual Kansas State Federation of Art meeting in Wichita. The morning business session and afternoon programs at the Wichita art museum include a speech by Miss Ellsworth, president of the Kansas State Art Teachers Association.
Paris reports officials in France and Britain weighing a mediation plan for the Spanish civil war under major European powers. An unofficial British idea for a truce government was linked to Mussolini’s possible stance, with no talks yet started. Chicago? Not. Edmonton note adds a child in Alaska’s far north marveling at a streetcar and milky breakfast.
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