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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1929
Page
4
Entered at the Postoffice in Lawrence Kansas a 4 second date matter under the act of March 3 1879 Should you fail to receive your Journal World by 7 p m call this office 48 and a copy will be sent to you at once Call between 7 and 7 20
In a weekend page of notes, General Sandino may seek asylum in Mexico as talks on German reparations continue. The death of Lord Revelstoke during the negotiations is viewed as a war casualty, potentially calming tensions and nudging both sides toward compromise. Weekend rains in Kansas remind of flood relief concerns for farmers.
A Chicago education official blames prohibition for a fatal accident tied to a drinking party. Observers disagree, citing wealth growth and moral shifts postwar. The piece argues rising wealth brings social maladjustments and questions how to use leisure and wealth responsibly.
A reflection on enduring values amid rapid change asks how youth cope with alluring opportunities and lax old laws. It notes greater dangers for the inexperienced, calling for stronger responsibility from home church and government. News mentions Hoover opposed debenture plan and Senate debate. Westbound tourists face weather but press on, Kansas to gain all‑season highways benefiting travelers and residents. Byrd prepares for a long Antarctic winter and a possible south pole flight after winter.
April 20 report from Sasabe Sonora describes American women and federal troops repulsing a rebel assault. about 20 Mexican rebels killed or wounded while 195 federals held the town after dawn fighting. Rebels claim higher casualties and capture of prisoners and matériel. Sasabe, also known as Mesquite, near the border, drew attention for the visitors and mixed casualty tallies.
Allena Hicks and Herbert Worley of Lawrence High School competed in a state wide general scholarship contest at the University this morning under Prof F P O'Brien. The event is one of twenty seven held across the state with results to be sent to Emporia for state winners. Examinations covered five subject groups including history mathematics physical sciences English and current events. Sixteen subjects were tested.
In Butler county 1876 land troubles erupt as oat harvest concerns resurface. A separate 1879 incident reports a fire destroying half of the town facility in Kinsley, Edwards County, highlighting regional hardships in early Kansas history.
A four play junior high program presented by Lawrence dramatics classes in the senior high auditorium drew a good sized crowd last night under Miss Esther Holcomb. The lineup included Maker of Dreams Nevertheless Mani kin and Minikin and The Estabrook Nieces with musical interludes by Donald Alexander Penner Bushey and others.
Prince Henry, brother of the former Kaiser, died of pneumonia at Hemmelmark Germany aged 66 after years of ill health. He served as admiral and chief of the active high seas fleet before retiring to Hemmelsmark. His wife Princess Irene and son Wal mar were at his bedside. his other son Sigismund is in Costa Rica.
The Vested Presbyterian Choir of fifty voices from First Presbyterian Church will perform a special anthem by Dr W Berwald, a noted American composer now at Syracuse University, set to the familiar hymn O Love That Will Not Let Me Go during the Sunday morning service.
Cervantes Day on April 22 will be marked by the University Spanish department with a statewide meeting of teachers and students, a Spanish play in Fraser Theater, and a banquet in the Union building. La Roja will be performed by nine cast members headed by Rosario Mary Matthews and Lolita Roma Roberds with other students from the Spanish department. The day includes a Kansas Aenean Association meeting at 9:30 a.m. and a 3 p.m. performance of La Roja directed by Miss May Gardner and Miss Elizabeth Patterson. A 6 p.m. banquet closes the festivities.
Nearly a hundred delegates from 14 cities gathered in Wichita for the first Kansas airport and aviation conference. William F. Centner of the U S department of commerce spoke on airport construction and regulations. Wichita attorney Robert Hasty explained aeronautical law and state legislation while sessions covered landing field regulation and port financing. Afternoon tours included Wichita airplane factories and fields with a banquet featuring W D Wallace of the Topeka National Aeronautical association chapter.
In Tsinan Shantung Japanese army headquarters report lieutenant Hoh killed by two Chinese in civilian clothes near the foreign district. They fled after drawing revolvers during a military mission. Tokyo says immediate precautionary measures were enforced. earlier, seventeen inmates seized arms at Siao jail, killing a guard and escaping. One recaptured.
A British trawler about 250 miles west of the outer Hebrides reported an eastbound airplane passed near its position early today. The Shackleford radio report gave coordinates 58.10 N, 14.20 W and time 5:00 a.m. No official flight or trans Atlantic mission was acknowledged, prompting public speculation and an inquiry.
A naval air collision from the USS Lexington near San Diego today killed four officers and one enlisted man. The planes collided at about 600 feet while landing after gunnery practice. Pilot Lieutenant William K. Patterson, radio man H. H. Brown of Billings Montana, Ensign Herbert Bassett Jr. of McComb Illinois, and Harold R. B. Sheehan of Massachusetts were among the deceased. A naval board opened an inquiry into the accident.
A garbled report notes activity indicators tied to county finances and bank debits. It mentions weeks and reserves districts with unclear dates around the 19th and general reference to local economic activity. Names, places, and concrete figures are illegible in the text.
Lawrence will host two theatres showing talking pictures starting Monday. The Varsity will open with The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson, a landmark sound film produced by Western Electric equipment. The Bowersock already has sound gear installed, making Lawrence one of the few mid sized cities with dual talkie houses. The Jazz Singer follows a Broadway jazz singer whose father dies on opening night, blending humor and Jolson’s famed singing voice with newsreels and other acts.
Jimmie Burns, dirt track racer, completed a two hour blindfold drive from the Journal World office, guided by Art Weaver and Pedro the police dog. The feat drew astonished comments as Burns navigated traffic and halted at a corner before a traffic officer, then appeared in a parade. Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, was noted as needing five years.
Lou Clark Mannen, born near Beniton Illinois and raised on a farm, lived with relatives before moving to Lawrence in 1915. A practical nurse, she served fourteen years in a dry goods store, later caring for others in her nursing work. She died April 13 after illness, with mother Nancy Stall having died in 1920.
The obituary notes her body laid to rest beside her brother at Oak Hill cemetery. She leaves one sister Mrs. W. H. Boyer of Ewing Illinois, ten nephews, five nieces, many relatives and many friends. Also mentions Sweden's liquor policy reducing arrests since 1913. Germany's high school enrollment declines from 50 percent in 1903 to 44 percent.
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