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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1935
Page
3
The Lawrence Kansas Journal World presents a detailed front page with publisher and staff credits and subscriptions. It features a world affairs column criticizing Germany and praising the League of Nations, and cites remarks by Dr Hjalmar Schacht on anti Jewish policy impacting Germanys commerce.
A defense of cautious action in Ohio and national politics reads into a broader critique of Congress. The Ohio vacancy sits unsettled amid Rhode Island influences as governors and advisers weigh election timing. Congress rushes toward adjournment while passing bills and pondering dormitory funding tied to federal relief. The piece warns against overborrowing and overreach, urging restraint and scrutiny.
Mussolini refuses to back down on conquest plans in Ethiopia and challenges the League of Nations to uphold its pledge to prevent war. Britain and France unite in favor of possible force if needed, signaling a clash that could push Italy out of the League and reshape European security.
A digest of local notes from Lawrence includes A Lawrence family returning from California. The Chi Omega house at 1137 Indiana Street changes hands to Delta Sigma Lambda. Circus Day in town draws crowds at Santa Fe station. Dode Williams earns top Kansas City Life volume. Miss Velma Kennedy sustains light burns in an explosion. Dr H H Lewis opens an optometrist shop with 35 years’ experience. New Lawrence residents Mr and Mrs Henry Shearer move to 912 Connecticut Street. Ellen Hazard hosts a party for Edelweiss Northrup of Dover Oklahoma with a long social list. Mrs Claassen’s return from China features a talk on Tsing Hua College. Geneva Feltison marries Cecil Brown in Kansas City. Bonnie Bishop hosts ten couples for Edith Gordon of St Louis. Mrs Edith Marker plans move to St Joseph. J S Stover and family travel to Shrine Park Leavenworth for camping with Roland and others heading to Geneva camp.
Geo A Overton of Kansas City buys Buys Hardware Store Grayson and Reinisch 1029 Massachusetts street. The building has been remodeled and repainted and the new opening is set for Saturday. Overton and his family have moved to 815 Arkansas street to reside.
Twenty five years ago on Tuesday August 20 Woodland Park hosted three big picnics with children from Second Presbyterian Sunday school riding street cars to the park. Faculty and students from the Business College also planned an evening excursion, and Fraternal Aid Association members prepared for a large gathering next Thursday when a new dancing pavilion is expected to open. Burglars disturbed homes on Kentucky street, barefoot footprints noted, while new excavations begin for a two story building at Massachusetts and Warren streets. Social events include Miss Maude Cramer’s upcoming marriage to Dr. Boswell, and local residents Eva Butler, Miss Nelle Dolman, Jennie Sheets, Linnie Sheets, and Harry Sheets traveling or teaching locally.
Forty years ago the Salina school board elected J H Sawtell former Kansas university boy as superintendent. The issue of school matters included resignations and new hires like Miss Flora Kennedy and Miss Anna Radford at forty dollars monthly, Miss Martha Thompson as Latin instructor at fifty, and Ada Briggs granted leave until January. A Valley Chapel Sunday school picnic and Warsaw noise survey are also noted with other brief society items.
Laur ie Moore confronts friends and danger as Gladys vanishes amid romantic entanglements and a dangerous plot. Albery schemes to silence Rex Moore while Laurie's sister Jadys flirts with Jimmie Dallas. Laurie tracks clues from Sydney to Streatham, pressing Nelly Park for truth about Gladys's whereabouts.
Willy Nilly and friends plant seeds and tend a meadow while Sweet Face the lamb pretends helplessness to avoid work. Christopher notices the lamb’s cunning as Mrs Quacko Duck helps water the field and the group completes the task.
A lecture by Dr Arthur F Hurst of Guy's Hospital London delivered at Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard University explores colon function and dangers of purgatives. He argues that many so called auto intoxication symptoms stem from artificial diarrhea rather than real constipation and warns against cathartics and enemas. Tomorrow Harelip and Cleft Palate.
In Denver Colorado, Talbott 22 works in an ice plant. He slipped on a cake of ice and a circular saw severed his left toe. Police ambulance attendants found him laughing about the mishap. In Twin Falls Idaho, depositors received payment after their bank closed in March 1932. They were paid 113 percent of their deposits.
A San Francisco band leader Earl Sapiro marries one of the Hubbard twins, Pearl he proposed to and signed the license. In Chicago a police lieutenant reviews a rookie class of 208 for a 70 day training, revealing a team of former college stars across football basketball baseball and track. In another item Mrs Marion Coleman buys a police dog to guard her apartment, but burglars steal the dog.
Colorful travel sketch recounts a journey down the Mississippi in search of local color. The narrator notes landscapes, people, and regional scenes, portraying river life with observant detail and a painterly cadence.
On a calm Sunday morning near Vicksburg we camped across the Yazoo Canal on the Louisiana side and observed shanty boats along the Mississippi shore. A storm forced us to seek shelter with bootlegger Joe, sharing a gritty night aboard his houseboat before attempting trot line fishing with his gear.
A writer recalls a fishing outing on a canal for bait using live shrimp. Forty seven small channel catfish were caught in an hour, then discarded: the joy of river life, generosity of locals, and interest in shanty boats. The piece also notes social updates from Fairfax Belmont and community events.
Radio listings for Tuesday August 20 and Wednesday August 22 feature programs across WREN WDAF KMBC WCAE and more including musical ensembles orchestras host segments and a late weather notice. The piece also notes social items from September 19 at the home of Mr and Mrs C QO Avey and relief rolls data for 7 400 000 children with the children's bureau report.
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