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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1932
Page
4
National dispatches share credit with local items on Kansas wheat prospects amid cold spell, plus state mileage data and budget concerns. Al Smith gains momentum after Massachusetts primary, seen as a check on Roosevelt. Article notes veterans claims scrutiny and government efficiency ideas.
Massachusetts has shown there may be something to do besides merely climbing on the bandwagon. Smith now has 26 pledged votes while Roosevelt total sites 273 pledged, instructed and claimed votes. Lewis has 58 pledges, Reed matches 58, Alfalfa Bill Murray 51. The Smith showing may be a cloud on Roosevelt’s horizon but attracts attention. The Irish Oath agitation weakens De Valera’s government after Dail vote on oath abolition. Manufacturing firms threaten to move plants to England if oath ends, shifting public sentiment toward keeping the Free State in the British Empire. US recognition of the Soviet Union urged to boost trade. Britain dissatisfied with trade gains. Smedley Butler trailed badly in Pennsylvania senatorial primary to James J. Davis, signaling continuing use of lecture platform for his oratory.
In Lawrence at First Congregational Church last evening Miss May Webster and John E. Spencer wed in a large society event attended by about two hundred guests. The ceremony featured Lohengrin’s wedding march and a reception at the Webster home. The couple will reside in Kansas City.
The article notes heads decorated in gold and color by artist A Roche, with flour supplied by Pierson & Sons, J D Bowersock, and W N Bangs. Barrels are donated by the Masonic Society and the Royal Arch Masons chapter.
Twenty five years ago Lawrence locals traveled to Kansas City for The Music Master. Notables included Mr. and Mrs. Otto Guffler Mrs. A Monroe Mrs. Ross Brodhead Miss Annie Monroe Miss Grace Poff Mrs. W A Harris Mr and Mrs A Whitman Prof and Mrs H A Rice Miss Carrie Lyon Miss Winston Miss Maude Smelzer and Mrs M Wilhelms. Also Lucia Zerby of Lawrence to graduate from Columbian school of expression in Chicago and Mrs Lucia Jones traveling to Chicago for the exercises. Nearby, W E Spalding and son Arthur C B Hosford and J W Chadwick went to Kansas City for a new Ford. John W Pratt to run Martin Tower Co branch from Lawrence Steam Laundry HQ. A Surprise party for Miss Clara Rudolph and a Whist party hosted by Miss Lucille Leonard with prizes to Miss Edith Willis and Guy Griffith. Grant Batterson heads to San Francisco for a new post. Gillette leaves for Seattle for health reasons. Miss Charline Smith returns from Chicago then resumes studies there.
Ten years ago engineering students attacked Green Hall after floats were wrecked for the annual parade. About 200 engineers forced entry to the law building, were repelled after a stink bomb and rotten egg clash, and the building was later closed due to odor. The engineering parade was canceled while other program events proceeded.
Dr. C. BE. Esterly of Lawrence is elected president of the Kansas State Dental Association at its annual meeting in Topeka. The item appears in a Kansas history feature listing notable events on a given date.
Gladys Stevens files for divorce from Earl Stevens in district court alleging adultery cruelty and breakdown of marriage The petition lists fault grounds and notes the couple were married in a prior date and place in the jurisdiction of the court.
A dramatic tale of Captain Ralph Percy choosing a wife from Jamestown bound shipwomen, facing a siege by Opechanough and a pirate clash. Percy and companion Diccan flee through a freezing storm, kill three attackers in a forced march, and race toward James Town while pursued by hostile Youghtsnunds.
Civilian Narrator describes a violent retreat through pine woods and a thicket of sycamores as gunfire scatters a group. Dic is wounded slightly, another man grazed, and the party presses into dense vegetation seeking darkness and river water to hide from pursuers. The night and the woods offer their only cover.
After a picnic and rest, Surprises the Magic Maker shows a map of Europe’s wild animals. The group flies by plane to a meadow base and discusses where to visit first, noting reindeer in the north and bears, ibex, chamois, and wolves across Germany Russia and the Alps. The plan hinges on finding wild country suitable for sightings.
A mid article discusses water as the body’s life source, its role in metabolism, waste elimination, and heat control with figures on body water and insensible loss. A New York AP item follows about Dorothy Parker preferring babies, her wit, and remarks on women writers needing a man.
Everett Meyer of Oskaloosa will plead guilty to attempted theft of a tire from a car in Ottawa Sunday night. Curtis McGrew, also of Oskaloosa, had charges dismissed. Trial will likely be continued to finish Meyer's high school term.
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