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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1938
Page
4
A brief exhortation echoes 1 Peter 3 8 urging readers to be of one mind and to show compassion to all. The text emphasizes harmony, empathy, and communal restraint within the church fellowship.
A Kansas City Star advertisement argues for elevating politics through formal study in economics law and related fields. It criticizes attacks on politicians, urges trained professionals to oversee tax policy and national prosperity, and calls for high standards and examinations for those in power.
A reader recalls a Texas citrus trader who sold products to the federal government last fall and has not been paid. The editorial laments government delays, noting three fourths of the year passed and refunds for advances to employees also arrive late, criticizing national efficiency.
Months in confinement leave Adam Richetti unchanged as he retains a murderous knife fashioned from a shoe arch support, illustrating no improvement in his character.
A damaged excerpt recalls a gunman’s intent during a Kansas City union depot massacre and suggests a knife held the potential for more deaths unless luck intervened. The text references prison officials and a fatal act tied to a past incident.
A Kansas City law office was raided to secure testimony for a government grand jury in the Cleaning and Dyeing vandalism case. The report suggests union involvement and weighs reactions against employer instigation in a labor heated era and new deal tensions over labor rights and rackets.
The text notes a dispute between Nebraska and Wyoming about the source of rock for a dam. It contrasts with ongoing quarrels between Kansas and Colorado over water supply origins, highlighting regional tensions in resource planning.
The article notes that only eight men prominent in the New Deal at Washington have been named as being in league with subversive groups, implying a weak federal hunt for reds in government.
Alfalfa Bill Murray of Oklahoma and Jonathan Davis are highlighted as enduring personalities whose presence gives politics much of its character and appeal.
The article notes that Talk has enabled the American Telephone and Telegraph company to pay regular dividends despite a low mood.
After losing to Armstrong, Ambers ponders whether a name can carry meaning or influence outcomes, reflecting on identity and luck in sport.
The State Journal criticizes government excess and warns that free-spending policies mislead the public. President Cleary of Northwestern Life Insurance argues prosperity comes from individual effort and responsibility, not from government provision.
Arch Jarrell of the Arkansas City Traveler notes a dog from Quakertown Pennsylvania ran 18 miles to join a picnic, using the tale to joke that canine intelligence is overrated.
A Wichita Eagle editorial argues that national citizenship should take precedence over affiliation with any organization and urges the average man to value his status as an American citizen above group membership.
Mrs Quacker and Mrs Quacker share a comic moment as Willy Nilly pulls the group along clinging to cars in a drenched scene. A drifting log interrupts their ducking adventure showing the unpredictable twists of the Sunnydale river ride.
Willy Nilly and companions reach dry land amid fog and tension. Christopher the parrot sits on Willy Nilly's back as Rip and the others swim to shore and celebrate safety. Puddle Muddlers menace but the group remains unharmed and relieved to be on shore.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania Blair Hildebrand aged six fell ill as his pet rabbit escaped. The worried parents searched three days until Ted the 15 year old hound returned with the cottontail in its mouth. In Temperanceville Virginia W T Brittingham proved one cannot lead a horse down stairs as it climbed the barn steps and required a bridge to lower it.
In Newkirk Oklahoma on August 20 thieves spoiled a two day antic theft association event. Warren Hardy lost a watch and Bill Leighty reported a set of borrowed golf woods stolen during a picnic and golf tournament activities.
Helma Keller a young clerk in the state motor vehicle department in Sacramento Calif is all business when three youths flirted with her. She stood firm and dismissed the advances leaving the scene with calm composure and professional poise.
Police captured a trio member after tracing a license plate to an expensive car near a city office. He was wanted in Los Angeles on fictitious check, auto theft, and jailbreak charges.
Rome reports the Fascist party and Catholic Action leadership reached an accord to conform to 1931 terms ending friction. Achille Starace met Lamberto Vignoli to confirm a religious and spiritual scope while Mussolini defends race policy. Pope Pius and L Osservatore Romano criticisms cited.
Harry R. Gillett of St. Joseph Missour i won the best fourth year cadet award at the Citizens Military Training Camp during a review yesterday in Leavenworth Kansas Second place went to John E Younsell of Kansas City Other honors named include best third year cadet Dietz Lusk Jr and Thomas Curry Jr best second year cadet Gerald L Overstreet and Robert I Koser best first year cadet Ralph F Tuttle best basic in band Roy F Bellamy and essay winner Courtney L Coffing of Springfield Missouri
The French air ministry announced a large recruitment push under Premier Daladier to expand air fleets. Eight thousand specialized mechanics and eight hundred extra cadets for the air school will be recruited immediately.
Otoe Nebraska farmer J Hobbie reports grasshoppers reached plague levels clogging his harvesting machinery and stopping work. The infestation disrupted fields and hindered crop collection across the area. Local residents seek relief programs and possible control measures.
Lawrence marks fiftieth anniversary of Quantrill raid with visitors and a monument service at Oak Hill cemetery. Art Goebel and Harry Tucker complete first west to east nonstop flight in 18 hours 58 minutes. F A U band to play at Lecompton fair. Local civic events, visits, and business notes fill the page.
Hugo Stern and Archie Lumsden chase a clue in the Riviera linked to Eve Monet and Ottilie Wills. A mislaid coin and a twin cent seed a dangerous plot involving Georges Geiss and a warning from Eve Monet about danger and a future meeting in Juan-les-Pins.
Wayne Black and Billie Winkle returned Sunday from Denver and Colorado trips, visiting Floyd Black in Nebraska on the way home. Georgiana Bleakley Ruth Phenicie Frances Bullimore and Hume were in the Ozarks before returning Sunday. Leonard Stanwix and daughter Mary Lou traveled to Lafayette Indiana to visit relatives. Will Deay returned on Sunday.
A dense listing of radio broadcasts across WREN KMBC WDAF and others detailing 6:30 to 11:30 PM segments. Includes musical acts like the Royal Hawaiians McKinley and the Dixie Swing strings, talk and news features, sports updates, and hotel orchestras.
Thursday from a trip to Carrollton details Miss Audrey Winkelman attending the young Republican meeting in Leavenworth. Describes travel, family visits, a Rockefeller Center roof garden excursion, a lightning strike on a guernsey cow, and upcoming ice cream social at the church.
A record air shade temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit was observed at Greenland Ranch California on July 10 1913.
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