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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1940
Page
2
Topeka dispatch reports milder Kansas weather with subnormal readings fading. Manhattan observed a 32 degree low while 15 to 20 mph winds from the west raise dust potential as a low pressure area approaches from the northwest.
Mr and Mrs Milton Moore held a Monday evening reception marking their twenty fifth anniversary in the Lincoln school gymnasium. Guests included Rev and Mrs G N Jackson and others from Topeka and Bavaria Kansas. About 115 attended and gifts were arranged. Trainloads of livestock and used farm equipment were sold via Journal World classified ads.
Will Osborne and his Slide Rhythm will headline the Senior Cakewalk on May 10 at the University. The 16 piece band arrives from Casa Manana Hollywood and may hold the event in Hoch Auditorium. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at Bell's Music Union lounge and the University business office.
Rome reports a sharper Italian stance toward the Allies, especially Britain, with Mussolini irritated by Allied blockade harm to trade and British indifference to Italy’s entry. Italian sources cite stalled talks with Britain, anger at contraband controls, and Bologna's Resto del Carlino foretelling German victory and Italy’s somber stake.
The British government submitted a 10 billion pound budget with new taxes and pledged to raise most purchasing power for war. Public calm holds as parliament considers measures and authorities keep military plans confidential while Allied forces clash with Germany on multiple fronts in Norway.
The German press and radio display a wary stance toward Sweden, with reports of troop movements along the Baltic coast. Allied observers read the war council communique as signaling caution in the Balkans and a possible warning to Italy to stay out of the conflict.
Nine young musicians from Kansas, including four KU students, were chosen as candidates for Leopold Stokowski's All American Youth Orchestra to tour South America this summer. Finalists from KU include Jean Klussman Bruce Thomas and Robert Forman, with Elizabeth Searle from Topeka climbing to the final state round. Regional auditions with Stokowski in Kansas City May 23 will determine who joins the Washington DC rehearsals before a summer tour.
The annual Career Clinic runs Thursday at 1 p m in the high school with 32 Lawrence Manhattan and Kansas City professionals guiding Liberty students including ninth graders. Two sessions 1 p m and 2 p m follow classes at 3. University of Kansas staff host conferences with Dean Paul B Lawson and others. topics cover medicine nursing and veterinary care among many fields.
The Social Service League exhibits clothing and canned foods at 841 Massachusetts Street. Items include shirts and dresses made by needy persons with help from Lawrence church volunteers, quilts, patched trousers, and infant wear. Canned goods benefit schools for undernourished children. fruits and vegetables from Woodlawn school are showcased for families lacking home canning facilities. Treasurer A. Ek Woestemeyer of Peoples State Bank oversees contributions.
Senator Pittman of Nevada urged a larger U S navy to defend the western hemisphere if needed saying the United States should not rely on a British fleet to maintain the Monroe doctrine He argued a strong fleet could protect America without permanent protectorates and would surpass the 11 percent sea strength increase under debate Other senators backed or weighed the plan ahead of committee action on the expansion bill
In Lawrence, reports highlight H A Weaver yard beauty on Illinois street and compare lawn weed levels on Missouri and Winona streets. KU and Aggies crowds exceed 194 Blues game attendance in Columbus. A Cham mey Dairy farm barn nears completion west of the University. Residents discuss dandelion eradication methods while veterans favor digging. Margaret Tenn yson’s ninth grade promotion list omitted. Weston meter found in school yard near sidewalk. theft suspected.
Lawrence School News reports Pinckney kindergarten finishes a fine garden while second graders plant seeds. Sixth grade invites go to dinner May 11 with school officials and teachers. Letters from pen pals recount Oslo departures and a Norwegian boy’s loneliness. Election for Student Council president looms with petitions and primaries.
A Grade 4 student Rosemarie Burman McAllaster recalls a recess fright as a giant looms and grabs her in a vivid dream. She wakes on the floor beside her bed realizing it was only a dream.
The McAllaster first and sixth grade art classes sketched a live pony lent by Donald Laird while a sixth grade social studies unit explored Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Cordley PTA held a hobby show with diverse displays from chickens to locust jars and collections including buttons spoons skulls and riding gear.
Miss McQuery's Room at Cordley presented an April 11 program featuring songs and dances by the Girls' Glee Club and Boys' Glee Club with piano solos and vocal numbers. On April 16 two Haskell Guides escorted students through campus buildings including the chapel gymnasium printing and home economics facilities.
William J Kinney aged 89 died this morning at his nephew E D Kinney home 1430 Louisiana Street Funeral services set for Thursday morning at 9 oclock at St John Catholic Church Father M T Hoffman to officiate Burial planned in Calvary Cemetery
Obituary items note the death of Mr. Kinney born 1851 in Utica New York with Hamilton College education and a law career, survived by three nephews and a niece. Also reported is the death of Mrs. Millie Hines widow of Frank Hines with survivors including a son a stepdaughter a stepson and multiple siblings. Funeral rites held in Kansas City Missouri and burial at Evergreen Cemetery Ft Scott Kansas.
Joseph Stumpf died Monday at his home after a long illness. Emil Hartig received word of the death of his brother-in-law. Burial took place in Chicago.
The community hosts and visitors populate a busy weekend with many names. Fred Tavis, Albert Hunsinger, Mrs Ann Dryden, Hazel Cobb and others visited F Er Kath. Several residents joined Grace Preston and Nora Van Tries for visits and dinners. A rainy picnic interrupted a school outing at the Hays grove.
An old home remedy article promotes Ru-Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice as a fast relief for rheumatic arthritis and neuritis. It promises improvement within 48 hours and offers a money back guarantee via druggists if pain persists.
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