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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1932
Page
4
Notes discuss post office mail handling in Lawrence Kansas urging readers to phone 22 if the Journal World is not received by 7 PM. Mentions state revenue from stamps on cigarettes and potential license tax changes, with lawmakers urged to fix penalties. Kansas State University students report gold findings in Idaho streams and await details.
The Topeka weather bureau reports July as the hottest month in fourteen years and the fourth hottest July in a 45 year record. Weather returns were slow, mirroring slow election returns, but supported the common impression of a sweltering month.
Leading candidates for state office face patience as official canvass and absentee totals await confirmation. AP’s heavy vote reporting was costly and short lived, leaving key races, including the Republican secretary of state contest between Frank J. Ryan and E. A. Cornell, undecided by a narrow margin. Meanwhile German politics see monarchists and Hitlerists clashing with von Schleicher among the sharper figures.
The Kansas legislature faces tax issues including the cigarette tax. State treasurer's office notes partial collections despite five inspectors. Proposed fixes include lowering the $50 dealer license fee to a nominal registration cost to improve compliance, similar to motor vehicle tag practices.
Rev Sumner Walters is named student pastor of the Episcopal church in Lawrence, working with Rev E A Edwards of Trinity church. Local residents Fred and Byron Williams visit Colorado. Ernest Young and family return from Green Mountain Falls after a three week stay. Prof C J Posey at Chicago University for summer research. Miss Arah Weidman recovering after operation at Lawrence Memorial hospital. Wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs John Harrell at Clinton marked fifty one years with six children twelve grandchildren and five great grandchildren present.
A pony belonging to Donald Hutt of 620 Louisiana street yesterday broke its leg and had to be chloroformed. Mrs Sparr and her daughter Helen left for Wisconsin to spend the rest of the summer. Mr and Mrs Olin Bell and daughters Grace and Dorothy departed for an extended visit in the east and will also visit the Jamestown exposition before returning.
Forty years ago Mrs J A Spaulding and daughter Gertie left for Denver. Mrs J C Claypool departed for Red Oak. Camp Bayne members enjoyed a musical evening near Williamstown with prizes in observation. Senator Joel Mondy moves to Lawrence to educate children. Dr Bunn renovating Sterrett place into a private hospital in North Lawrence. Various residents and visitors depart for Denver or Colorado. Yateians organize J M Taylor camp with officers listed. several named attendees noted.
A historical discussion notes that speech delay can signal subnormal intelligence in a child, though not always. It cites Binet on how mental defectives are classified by speech, warns against parental delays in examination, and mentions conditions like echolalia and mouth breathing as indicators.
Barry Cabot and Janet Perry navigate a murder case sparked by a night at the Cock Crow. Detective Hennessy questions the party while rumors spread about Tony the Cat, Jim Bosco, and Brian Strong. Barry confronts danger as Brian Strong remains a troubling, unnamed presence while Hennessy pursues truth amid hostile underworld whispers.
Samuel Seabury biography profiles a reformist judge born 1873, descendant of John Alden, who fought privilege, later counsel to New York City investigation committees. The review notes the author’s journalism, extensive quotations, and a reputation for engaging storytelling.
Harcourt Brace and Company report that Royal Flush by Margaret Irwin is drawing widespread praise from English reviewers. Critics compare it to Lytton Strachey and hail it as a standout, as the publisher prepares its American release on September 1.
In 1894 Judge Foster in the federal court at Topeka hears an application for a temporary injunction against railroad employees and continues the hearing for a week. Seventh District Democrats at Hutchinson refuse to endorse Jerry Simpson, Populist, and adjourn without action.
Mary Graham Bonner presents The Moles Mystery by John and Freddy with help from others in Riverbank News fourth page. Dick Bill Jimmie and Jerry drew funny pictures as children read the tale about Mr Mele who burrows underground to a fine mole home and a missing portrait.
Associated Press dispatches from multiple cities report a string of oddities and small crimes. Harold Duncan faces an $83 bad check claim after visiting the hall of records in Los Angeles. Lennard Guminer, three, crushed in a gutter accident in New York. A giant cobra at the national zoological park is going blind in Washington. Secretary of the Navy Landrock and Charles Francis Adams are noted for sea travel. In Uniontown, Anna Chess, 36, jailed 20 days for killing a protected woodpecker. In Springfield, Indiana, a local sale offers an unruly manuscript beginning Four score and seven years ago. Margaret O Herron of Streator sells Gettysburg address manuscript once given by Robert V. Lincoln.
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