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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1925
Page
2
A fragment notes a board decision to offer park land in exchange for use of city property. The discussion mentions expenses, valuation, and a proposed exchange tied to city needs, with unclear figures and terms. The source remains incomplete but indicates a negotiated trade involving public land and municipal commitments.
Waversworth Kansas August conference of house appropriations members with W I Biddle and W F Gold, new penitentiary shoe factory officials, discusses the federal funding for a factory projected to cost about a million dollars. The plant would produce six hundred thousand parts annually for army and federal penal institutions. The delegation then toured Fort Leavenworth and the Soldier Camp, with Gen Charles H Barth hosting before traveling to McNeil Island. The committee includes Milton Ave, Br ie Pa chairman, and members Ackerman Plainfield New Jersey Oliver Butawa Alabama, Griffin New York and others.
A Washington dispatch reports Asa Hutson of St. Louis has been proposed for a federal prohibition administrator post covering Missouri Kansas Kern Illinois territory. Acting administrator Moss of Ohio may be reassigned, with speculation he will be tied to another territory.
News brief on the film industry noting that the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association plans to remove contracts in Connecticut after existing deals end, with Hays denying reports of state film stoppages and no new contracts to be signed until the dispute is resolved. Also mentions a protest against a shipworkers’ strike outside a building and shifting market notes from Kansas City hay and New York stock actions, with uncertainty in price movements and oil market activity.
Members of the Ace of Diamonds girls baseball team and the Rotary Cubs boy baseball were entertained with a breakfast hike Tuesday morning at Smith's timber. Chaperones were Mrs. Laura Nylund and Miss Jeanette McElhiney. Team rosters list Teeny McElhiney Audra Gourier Lorna Jean McElhiney Marjie Warren Trixie Nylund Jane Burkholder Helen Wilson Butter Hatfield and Scum Lawrence for Ace of Diamonds and Carl Snonts Mettner captain Tootie Schoenein Fritz Harris Bill Zwiefel John Logue Toad Johns Crooks Ronald Logan and Bilair Wiedeman for Rotary Cubs. Jeanette McElhiney is manager and C. G. Carlis coach.
Mrs and Mrs fl Tilden Elwood and two daughters Oral and Donnie of Morlan Oklahoma are spending a week with Mr and Mrs de De Smith. Captain and Mrs J B Smith spent the day in Kansas City.
Secretary Davis begins talks with Hugh Kerwin after returning from six weeks abroad to review the anthracite wage dispute. Wilkes-Barre reports the operators reiterate no strike stance and maintain their rejection of workers' demands as negotiations continue.
Reports say Bolivian capital La Paz faced extraordinary precautions that blocked the inauguration of President-elect Jose Gabriel Villaneuva, with the incumbent Bautista Sdayetio clinging to power. A Cree hereditary chief from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ben Jetta Crossland, was arrested for attempting to rob a taxi driver and held on bail totaling $210,500 as an army deserter.
A Letter to the Editor criticizes tax exemptions for non taxpayers citing bonds for Woodlawn school and tax law inequities. The writer urges equal rights for all and no special privilege for any class, urging state action and fair taxation. Also notes the Scottish Rite Junior League game versus Tonganoxie Bearcats tomorrow night.
Ottawa man Lester C. Fiser, 24, was fatally injured when his light car flipped about 7:30 am near Ottawa while en route from Centropolis to attend the county teachers institute. He suffered a broken jaw and base of skull fracture.
Principal of the Pomona grade school and Mrs Fisher, with Fred LaDeux, Miss Genevieve McCurdy of Hiawatha, and Lawrence Gilbert, motored to Topeka today after reporting injuries. The group aims to coordinate on the medical update and school arrangements.
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