Post Office Record Notation from Lawrence Kansas
Entry indicates second class matter status under the act of March Grd 187% at the Lawrence Kansas post office.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1935
Page
4
Entry indicates second class matter status under the act of March Grd 187% at the Lawrence Kansas post office.
The report covers Huey Long claiming a senate plot to shoot him on the floor, doubts from senators about the danger, and a separate Missouri complaint that despite paying millions in taxes residents cannot gain government benefits. Also notes a New Yorker barred from an elevator for lacking a coat in cold weather.
Organizers urged tens of thousands to quit WPA jobs in New York City over pay, a move newspapers labeled a strike though Roosevelt and Hopkins denied it. Work halted while disputes over terminology persisted, with calls for higher relief wages and concern over spending overruns and long term recovery.
A flawed view of a four billion dollar relief appropriation as a campaign fund is debated. Rhode Island voters saw relief money as not binding them to a political ideal. The security bill, the largest tax measure yet, nears the President without a budget balance. A lifeguard laments saving 38 people this summer all unhandsome. one might have been claimed for another. Propaganda links Ethiopian action to slave liberation. Italians may find such work closer to home.
Lawrence will be represented at the Eighteenth National Irrigation Congress in Pueblo September 26 to 30 by five appointees: R. B. Melvin, Sam S. McKenzie, James Rahskopf, Fred G. Alford, and C. H. Hess. They promise to attend meetings and advance reclamation work. A Lawrence man, C. E. Sutton, is Kansas delegation chair. Local incidents include a mill worker injured lifting a weight, a ball game collision leaving Charlie Hope unconscious, and a 3:15 am fire destroying P. Johnson’s Elm Street home. Additional items note wedding plans for Miss Morgan and Monday afternoon sewing party, golden wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, and social visits and trips by local residents. A DeSoto Herald report states Rev. Holyfield resigns from the Christian church.
A 1935 Publishers Syndicate comic strip feature by Claude Callan titled Poor Pa presents a humorous slice of family life. The piece centers on a weary father navigating everyday mischief with wit and gentle irony.
The new minister and his family arrived in Lawrence today and will occupy the pulpit in the church here next Sabbath.
FortY years ago the community notes several marriages and moves including Miss Lula Planz who wed F W Sellers in Indiana and will open a jewelry store. Mrs Sellers travels to Indiana. Others visit Louisville Indianapolis and Lake Geneva while Dr A Goudy plans to open an office. Com pany H KNG trains soldiers for target practice near town as a hint of local life and changes.
A Yale study found tobacco smoking raises blood sugar and speeds metabolism while reducing peripheral blood flow. The skin temperature drops in extremities due to vasoconstriction, with higher blood pressure and faster heart rate, more pronounced when inhaled. Pipe use shows milder effects. cigars cause stronger reactions. Those with existing circulation issues are warned against smoking.
A series of short 1920s era items recounts life events. James Sherrill, 82, arrives in Stateville to claim a 1907 five cent shine. B F Lawrence and family, long in interior China, see a trunk arrive in Seattle. A Chicago man uses a car extinguisher to stop a pair of robbers, who flee after a shot hits a tire. Vencil couple plans a belated postnuptial auto trip after secret marriage in 1924.
Laurie resigns after dispute with Merk Albery and confesses truth about Rex Moore. Albery demands she marry him to protect Moore’s career, threatening to ruin Moore and force a public scandal. Laurie agrees to wed but sets conditions to keep Moore's name intact while plotting their future.
A Reno column compiles a string of social notes from Monday and recent days. It lists visits and trips among families and friends including Mrs Mollie Rice and daughter at Niagara Falls, Edward Bleakley and cousin Jack Heiser in Minnesota, and many Kansas residents visiting relatives and attending weddings and funerals in Lawrence and Schenectady.
A whimsical dialogue unfolds with Willy Nilly and talking animals, including Mrs Quacko Duck and Christopher, debating call backs and meals as a mysterious voice mimics a pig and a horse, while options about eating and time frame are explored.
High Prairie residents visited Gilbert Morton home Saturday evening for Vinland as Mr. and Mrs. Dan Shotwell Del bert and Maurice attended. The Hopewell Country Club gathered Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Loren Williams home with Mrs. L. C. Baker reading a moon paper and Carrie Williams leading a cure ment event discussion. Seventeen members one guest and several children attended. Members listed include Mrs. Henry Bailey and many others. Next meeting set with Mrs. W. J. Adriance.
A dense schedule of radio programs across KMBC WREN WDAF and other stations for Saturday night and into Sunday morning August 10 to 12, listing orchestras hosts and show names from G-Men to National Barn Dance and multiple concerts and dramas. Many named artists, bands, and stations appear, with hours and program titles across the lineup.
Martha Kannenburg spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. C Puckett and family. Several locals visited Pleasant Grove for the passing of Mrs. Robert Ul rich. Funeral attendances included Dan Shotwell and family with the Siler service in Lawrence. Numerous visits occurred among Dyer Williams Dyer and Shotwell families through the week, with residents attending ball games in Baldwin and hosting relatives from Kansas City and Lawrence.
Elizabeth Johnson visited Topeka with her mother Mrs Cyrena Gaines. Vanata Belle Carter of Lawrence stayed with Miss Verda Sommers over the weekend. Mr and Mrs John Hiser and son Jimmy of Benton were guests of Mrs Kate Edelbrock. Miss Henriette Schubert joined her sister Mrs Hughes on a trip to Chicago to visit Garnett Hades in training at Wesley hospital. George Mertz of Lawrence spent Monday in Endora with William Deck and friends.
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