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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1939
Page
3
A Wheat surplus keeps prices low as the U S government deploys price pegging loan programs and export subsidies to support farmers. Loans above world levels encourage storage, reducing market supply and raising bids for grain. The government also reduced planting by 20 percent and paid exporters a subsidy to move wheat abroad.
Five hundred Jewish refugees, mostly from Czecho Slovakia, arrive on the crippled Parita in Istanbul seeking asylum denied at Mediterranean ports. Turkish authorities impose quarantine and may refuse land as the vessel is reported unseaworthy and short of provisions and fuel after a voyage from Constanza.
The 26 year old century plant at Garfield Park Conservatory bloomed since May and grew 3 to 6 inches daily. It reached 30 feet high, prompting workers to cut a roof hole yesterday to give the plant more room.
Camden investigators explore a possible link between Wanda Dworecki's murder and a counterfeit ring. Police note her father Rev Walter Dworecki, once jailed on a bogus five dollar bill charge, led a Polish Baptist congregation guard around his home. Detective Doran cites recent arrestees and reviewed letters at the dwelling for clues.
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. was forced to cancel his Danish dairying study due to a headache and mild stomach ailment while staying at an Elsinore summer hotel. He plans to return to the United States on September 6 with his wife and three children, before continuing to Finland, Sweden, and Norway.
The completed list of 111 teachers for 87 districts in Douglas County was released by County Superintendent Harold C. Fisher. Names cover Lake View to Prairie City with assignments at elementary and high schools including Baldwin High, Eudora Grade, Bloomington, Union, and many others, listing principals and selected staff.
Kansas counties request 471000 in emergency relief bonds this year, down from 616000 authorized last year as tax commission notes. Wyandotte leads with 107000, Crawford 95000, Cowley 54000, Cherokee 48000. Analysts expect volume to rise near year end. total 1938 bonds may not surpass 963000, far below 2 018 500 in 1937. Also notes 38237007 in emergency bonds since 1933 and 13 000 arrests for motor vehicle thefts in 1938.
Douglas County 4-H clubs select a top member to tour the National Club Congress in Chicago a week in November. Winners from 18 divisions at county level advance to state 4-H, with a Camp WaShunGa reunion August 25 26 and a total lodging meal cost of about 1.85 per person. Former winners listed. Edsel Ford hospitalized for stomach ailment in Detroit with Ford and Dr McClure in attendance.
Social worker who specialized in children's work and a long list of crossword clues across horizontal and vertical entries. Includes names and roles from the U S Children's Bureau and university faculties with references to mortality reduction and foreigner assistance.
New York August 9. Walter P Chrysler automotive magnate is described as slightly improved but no return date to work is given. He, 64, suffered a circulatory collapse 15 months ago and has varied from bed to limited outings at his Great Neck Long Island home.
The Big Springs Ladies Aid held an all-day meeting in the church basement with a noon covered dish lunch. Officers elected for the year are President Mayme Geelan, Vice President Ethel Hartman, Treasurer Nora Bertschinger, and Secretary Hope Webber. Next meeting September first in the church basement. Betty Richardson of Melvern visits grandparents S S Holloway. John Wilson travels to Los Angeles after visiting Virgil Wilson’s family. H C Swadley will have a birthday dinner at home. Wayne Webber returns from a visit with J O Webber. The Big Springs 4 H club met at the schoolhouse. members listed and final fair plans to be set August 11. Olive Lee Henry travels to Topeka for work. United Brethren Christian Endeavor hosts an ice cream social in the church basement. Arthur Johnson and John Holloway plan a Sunday trip through Colorado and Wyoming.
CLEARFIELD residents hosted overnight guests including Mr. and Mrs. C Breithaupt and Mrs. Emma Breithaupt with daughter Mrs. Jess Glazer near Westphalia. Cec Breithaupt planned Pittsburg visit before returning home. An ice cream social will be held Friday night August 11 at the Clearfield schoolhouse hosted by the Clearfield Grange and the W M S society with a short program and all invited.
Friday gatherings at the D A Wray home included Elmer and Mrs Flory Pleasant Grove Isaac Montgomery Worden Arthur Flory and Mrs Beckley Willow Springs Ira Flory High Prairie and George Reese Fairview Mo. Nearby visits included Elmer Smith and children Pittsburg at Howard Smith home. Holcom and Sturdy Vinland attended a family picnic at Holcom grove last Sunday. D A Wray and Ernest and Anna Cripe attended Mrs Mary Houser funeral July 30 Willow Springs church.
The notice reports Mrs. Houser dying at her Lone Star area home on Thursday night July 27, leaving a husband and four daughters. Burial occurred at Pleasant Hill cemetery in Franklin county. Also mentioned are Mrs. John Dailey’s serious illness in Lawrence and several family visits and funerals, including Mrs. Barbara Wray’s funeral at Appanoose church near Overbrook and survivors in Pomona and New Mexico, with relatives visiting in Lawrence and at local homes.
Grove attended a Franklin county meeting Saturday as preparations begin for the coming school days. Mr and Mrs Solon Tucker have been cleaning and improving the school house for the new term.
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