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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1925
Page
2
The Kansas Relays on Stadium Field Saturday featured three young athletes breaking world records amid high praise for the event. The piece notes national attention drawn to the Relays and contrasts with the idea of the old order changing, referencing William Allen White and reflections on progress and time.
The Lawrence plan to replace streetcars with buses gains attention from similar moves in other towns. The Enlisted Times notes success with bus operation in En larnworth and mentions Ann Arbor Michigan where streetcar service was suspended in favor of motor coach service. Officials deserve credit for taking steps that improve city travel and curbside appearance.
The piece blends Balkan tension and speculation on Russian plots with urban transit details and a note on forthcoming radio broadcasts. It discusses fourteen streetcars with twenty nine passenger capacity, a city service update, and ironies of traffic safety amid broader world events.
The Chanute Tribune cites editorial chatter on women’s clothing and makeup, noting a shift to thinner garments and more visible skin. It cites Charley Tapp on chalk content in face powder and Fr. Scott on social danger from exposing women’s bodies in cold weather, while men resist open workwear.
Fred C. Hicks has taken office as Alien Property Custodian. A former New York congressman, he previously directed William McAdoo era campaigns and was born in Westbury, New York. Hicks is a Swarthmore and Harvard alumnus who started as a clerk, rose to a banking partnership, chaired the naval affairs committee, supported preparedness, backed the war, and joined the 100 percent American grounds.
Today marks the 75th birthday of Daniel Chester French, famed American sculptor. The piece notes historic anniversaries including the first American council of war at Cambridge Mass and reports on ongoing international planning conferences in New York City.
Vice President Charles G. Dawes spoke at the Old North church in Boston praising Paul Revere’s 1775 ride and linking the lantern signal to the Constitution as a guiding light. He urged Americans to preserve the Republic by upholding character, law, and civic duties amid national challenges.
Washington April 18 Farmers must organize to meet a situation that has not cleared up, said Frank Lowden former governor of Illinois after a conference with President Coolidge. He deplored reports painting an optimistic view of agriculture. He said no commission nor Congress could fully clear up conditions without unification of farming interests. Lowden is in Washington for a national forestry committee meeting. Henry Allen former governor of Kansas also called on President Coolidge. Allen is en route to New York on a business trip.
Miss Bonnifield a Kansas City dramatic soprano wins the Missouri young artists contest voice division in Moberly. Judges select her to represent Missouri at the Wichita district contest on May 12.
Forty nine hundred youths from Arkansas through the Dakotas will enroll in the Seventh Corps area for the 1925 Citizens Military Training Camps opening August 1. Sam G. Clarke says the program offers voluntary basic courses for ages seventeen to twenty four, with free government provision of food uniforms rail fare and medical care.
Theodore Gardner of the First Kansas Battery recalls the August 1863 Quantrill raid on Lawrence, Missouri. He describes camp life, the raid aftermath, and wartime loyalties, noting Missouri governor Claiborne Jackson’s militia and Captain Nathaniel Lyon’s response. April 13, 1925, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Gather curios you value and scatter them informally on living room tables. Curios make colorful ornaments and decorative accents that can brighten a room and showcase personal taste. Place varied pieces to create visual interest without crowding.
Mrs Harrell B Hedges returned Friday from Lawrence after visits with Coach Karl Schiademan. Major Perrine of Columbus and Phillip Reifel of Rockford were conferred the Masonic third degree. Ottawa majors planned to attend but muddy roads hindered travel. Baldwins Girl Reserves installed new officers. Miss Ella Heaths art studio showcased Metropolitan Museum pictures with talks by Alpha Owens Annabelle Newton and Ruth Richard aun. Local clubs including reading and PEO groups held meetings. Dr MM Liston attended a foster physiotherapy meeting in Kansas City. Edwin Johnson contracted mumps. Chi Omega convention planned in Lawrence with attendees from Baldwin. The Junior Class to present Junior Follies. One scarlet fever case quarantined at the McAdow home. The Rebekah lodge visited Baldwin. Washington Exploring trip noted as Navy selects officers to accompany Lieut Commander.
Richard E. Byrd of Winchester Virginia on the MacMillan Arctic expedition this summer. In New York and Massachusetts women are not eligible for jury service. The Establishing Japan. Motor Company is an assembling plant in
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