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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1938
Page
4
The Journal-World and other dailies reported Reed and Ratner leading in the first primary returns last Tuesday as counting began. The Abilene Reflector critiques early publication, arguing a long-standing Kansas rule on vote secrecy is outdated and that early results inform but do not determine outcomes.
News notes Kansas likely to receive less federal money for highway building and other programs in the next two years. The nation runs a deficit affecting state distributions, prompting a prudent review of what Kansas can afford to build and maintain now.
Ellis county farmers struggle with principal and interest payments on federal farm loans. The delay reflects a program that encourages liberal borrowing and leads to occasional financial difficulty.
The article notes that individuals who borrow as little as possible fare best long term. It reports Earl Young, sought nationwide for attacks on women, died following a confrontation with officers in Hot Springs Arkansas. Authorities link similar unsolved crimes to a likely perpetrator, while warning that other bad men remain at large.
The Wichita Eagle labels Douglas Corrigan's New York greeting as an ordeal by ticker tape. It notes Corrigan fared better than some others whose reputations rose or fell with ticker tape signals. The paper adds long range forecasts point to a wet cool period, and Kansas awaits concrete evidence soon.
The Hutchinson News reports that Kansas counties retain numeric license plate positions tied to population from seven or eight years ago. Most changes stalled as populations stayed, with Wyandotte and others holding top rankings while Allen and Brown dropped out of the top 25.
A brief Detroit Free Press quip notes Mr. Hopkins counting on 90 percent and mocks Adolph for aiming at the remaining 10 percent. The line suggests political or social critique with a wry understatement.
Dallas News describes the younger generation as a pressure group labeled potters and huggers, framing them as another organized bloc shaping social issues.
In Hartford North Carolina on August 8 Dav id Bert Newby Dixon Jr was born at six hours and 55 minutes old when his father obtained a social security account number for him Herbert Sr is listed as eighty eight unemployed.
David Miller sought an injunction after neighbors dumped tin cans bottles and refuse onto a vacant lot above his hillside home disrupting his family's sleep. He testified the debris rolled onto his roof.
Mrs Sherman Dill’s hen nests in a tree and hatches a brood aloft. She rescued one brood already and now Biddie is hatching a second group in a new aerial nest. From Buffalo and Omaha dated Aug 8 with brief dispatches.
At the Papillion American Legion post rally no long speeches occurred. Candidates paid one dollar per minute to speak. Chairman Joseph Strawn ruled speakers could not spend more than five dollars on orations to keep talks brief.
In Sundown Stories, Willy Nilly chats with a hermit crab who complains his shell pinches and needs a larger home. The crab recalls eating a periwinkle and plans to find an empty shell while pondering future crab habits.
Elmer Gulley, a Lawrence Country Club greens employee, escaped serious injury when a tractor rolled over on a downhill slope near the 18th fairway. He freed his foot from hanging pedals in time and the machine was righted and run again.
In Cannes Hugo Stern and Archibald Lumsden meet a striking young woman at the Carlton terrace. She claims familiarity but denies it, then quickly withdraws after a frightened, haunted glance at Lumsden. Hugo suspects the woman is American, well bred, and playing a dangerous game amid Riviera summers. Tomorrow promises a reveal about a great cartoonist.
Final week of KU summer session surpasses 900 attendees. Rain halted Kentucky street paving work from Sixteenth to Twenty-Second. Lawrence announces Fall Window Opening set for September 13 by the Merchants Bureau. Weather tops 103 degrees as heat buckles pavement. Various social and local notes include university activities and visits.
A Lawrence news snippet recalls nightly Tabernacle gatherings in Dr Bunns grove with a strong Methodist tone. Also noted are visits from Mrs E Robinson of Topeka and family, along with a sheep incident near Lawrences meat market. A pioneer, Mrs S M Thatcher, died in Topeka. Methodist Day at the Racket plans a charity fundraiser for August 10.
Ankrom faces an ambush as Ratchford's raid clashes with Claydell at the range. Guns flash and a line of touring cars hides the approach while Lee Trope angles a pistol from the doorway amid tense standoff and shifting loyalties.
Ankrom battles a gang led by Ratchford as Claydell strikes from the shadows. In the chaos, Ratchford falls and Claydell is killed. Lee Trone reveals she loves Abe Ankrom, ending with a tearful, romantic confession as the tale closes.
Radio listings for August 8 cover WREN KMBC WDAF with scattered programs from 5:30 PM to 11:30 PM. Notable entries include Ruth Bryan Rohde, Wayne King, Edward G. Robinson, and Johnnie Presents along with orchestras and dance bands.
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