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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1933
Page
4
The piece notes small businessmen struggle to fund NRA campaign support while awaiting larger investors to inject cash. It warns recovery efforts should not hinder legitimate business and hints at Washington considering relief, urging patience until circulation improves.
Reports warn the truck tag war between Missouri Kansas and Nebraska risks revival as state lines still hamstring business. Governors press for easier solutions while officials note water rights disputes pale beside freer commerce across borders. Tammany lines up support as Seabury labeled the group quasi criminal.
Missouri approved repeal by a near four to one margin as many voters abstained. The article notes indifferent and confident voters, outlines looming regulatory disputes, and mentions plans for federal funds to improve Bell Memorial Hospital and Dyche Museum. It also reports late season rain in Kansas.
Weather notes report the 52 degree reading the lowest August temperature in state history. A Kansas City to Denver relay aims to cover 716 miles at 45 mph with law enforcement escort to enforce a 40 mph county limit. The county attorney and mayor depart for other duties amid personal travels and a picnic draws Lawrence residents.
A fragment from Claude Callan titled Poor Pa notes a family rift over church allegiance as the eldest daughter-in-law returns to her parents church after their granted ear. The piece hints at family and religious tensions within a 19th century social setting.
Forty years ago on Tuesday August 22 West Lawrence hosted a Miss Eve arvin's Grove picnic with Willa Cloyes of Kansas City. Miss Marie Garrett led by Miss Gertrui le SMossies presented a Baptist night at Vinland Episcopal church. A large crowd attended the concert at the Airdome and skating rink drew pleasure seekers. Bonnie Bell returned from a month in Colorado as Col John D Miles attended the World's Fair. I N Van Hoesen did personal work on his house. Baker University opens Sept 8 and the football team is already at work. Emery named delegate to the irrigation congress in Los Angeles Oct 10. The Salvation Army serenaded City Council.
Democratic nominee Hugh P. Farrelly withdraws from Congress race in Kansas Third District to unite anti Republican forces behind Populist E. Ridgely. State committees aim to consolidate support and oppose the Republican candidate.
The article recounts early overland travel to California beginning in 1826. Jedediah Smith led 16 men from the Great Salt Lake region, followed the Jordan to Utah Lake, crossed the Mojave Desert, and reached the San Gabriel Mission near present-day Los Angeles by November 27.
Dr A G Galston explains there is no simple specific cancer test like Wassermann or tuberculin. Some methods detect cancer early, such as X ray for the GI tract and transillumination for the breast, while biopsy involves microscopic tissue analysis. A test using urine from male gland cancer shows precocious development in mice, but no universal chemical or blood test exists yet.
About 30 persons from Negro churches in Leavenworth, Atchison and Kansas City braved rain to attend a joint meeting at the North Lawrence Baptist church. Rev. W. F. Bailey of Atchison spoke, with Rev. A. J. Royston of Leavenworth and John Glass, grand president of the Benevolent Land Lodge, Leavenworth, also in attendance. The creata was served to attendees.
President Roosevelt sat for his official portrait on a quiet day at home in Hyde Park. Artist Mrs Emmett Rand of Salisbury Connecticut began the painting and expects to finish around year’s start, working at the President’s convenience. Journal-World note hints at further details in classifieds.
In this World Forgot chapter Bernies hints at her unhappy marriage and longing for freedom as she contemplates divorce with Nicholas Boyd, while Clifford Asher presses Georgie toward marriage amid love for another. A hotel setting frames tense conversations about loyalties, careers, and the ache of unattainable happiness.
Georgie pleads for closeness while Nicholas explains a possible future if he were free, but insists their bond must end. She accepts but fears loss as he promises to stay in reach. Bernie and Bishop discuss rewards and power, Bernie's charm masking deeper ambition.
In a private chat, Nelly claims Miss Boyd’s married admirer is Bishop and hints at tension in Georgie’s family. Georgie defends Bishop yet suspects others, as Nelly reveals Nicholas Boyd plans to leave that night, sparking a brewing quarrel with her best friend.
Rip the dog grows very hungry after a ride and is offered a meat covered bone by a friendly seeming man. Rip hesitates, sensing danger in the stranger’s kindness, and finally accepts the bone with a wag of his tail, only to realize his mistake. The tale centers on trust and instinct.
Chicago officials debate rat tlesnakes in the forest preserve near Wheeling with fanciful theories on origin while money to exterminate them is declared unavailable. Liberty McClay county pivots on prohibition repeal, with clerk Crossett noting misfiles in precinct tallies. Whatcom budget board urges students walk two miles to school to cut transport costs. In Oklahoma the “tree army” is labeled tarzan as a shoes order arrives in San Antonio.
A shuffled column of local notes details Saturday morning trips around Heaper and DeSoto, visits by Mrs. Mollie Haldeman to her daughter and grandson, and gatherings at friends’ homes. Plus farewells, anniversaries, church meetings, and a string of Sunday social visits across the area.
Miss Abbie Davis of Hesper died of stomach cancer at Bethany hospital Kansas City after living in Hesper most of her life. She was sister of the late Mrs M E Pearson and leaves two half brothers. Short graveside services followed at Hesper cemetery with neighbors in attendance. Mrs Verna Terrell and other locals were noted in accompanying items along with several regional visits and family news from the Clinton Wade, Amos Westerhouse, and Gabriel families.
Buenos Aires connects a city subway with the Plaza Once terminal enabling trains from four roads to deliver meat fruit vegetables and dairy directly to markets without trans shipment or trucking. Trains including those from Paraguay run on the subway tracks from 1 a m to dawn to supply the largest market serving street peddlers with daily throughput of 800 tons of vegetables 700 of fruit 120 of meat and 60 of dairy products via two 15 ton elevators the largest in South America.
Argentina shows higher import values for beverages, tobacco, chemical and pharmaceutical products in the first quarter of 1933 compared with the same period in 1932. Trade data indicate increased purchases across these sectors as the quarter closed.
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