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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1933
Page
4
Conference notes show labor leaders disappointed with the codes while employers maintain open shop rights. August ushers cool days and damp air as a Kansas City grand jury probes racketeering. Lawrence sees modest local spending and a shift from past prosperity toward contentment with current affairs.
The report notes the adjournment of the world economic conference, with officials expressing doubt about future progress and suggesting the meeting served nations in some useful way. Meanwhile the National Farm Administration struggles to manage an influx of pigs sent to market, as pig herds break fences and rush packing houses.
European tensions mount as France aims to keep Austria free amid German ambitions and a Saar plebiscite looms next year. German leaders discuss monarchy restoration while Hindenburg signals uncertain stability. In Chicago, Timothy J. Grove, once noted for spending, dies amid graft exposure tied to five million dollars in sanitary district funds. Missouri officials revise bond handling to curb forgery risks. Professor Moley plans a new Roosevelt supporting magazine. Labor leaders denounce recovery act codes and seek a Supreme Court test as Washington reports on first efforts.
Mrs Susan M Maxon will be secretary to Dean Swarth at the University of Kansas starting September 1. Miss Elsie Bales heads to Chicopee Mass to teach English and dramatics. A party at the Elks club honors cousins Lois and Charles Duncan. Eloise and Pauline Smith will live with grandparents in town while attending the University. Margaret Lynn returns as English professor from Mexico City. Mr and Mrs Sneeras plan to reside in Topeka. Dr and Mrs Sadler return from Alaska on September 1. Alice Schultz hosts informal dances at her home. Hovey J Hanna announces a daughter born Tuesday night. T G Fitch returns from a six week trip. Hazel Lynn returns from Wetmore Kan.
Twenty five years ago a Lawrence Turnverein notes its cymnasium opening September 1 with Prof Otto Rost leading. New gymnasium equipment has been added and the club is in better condition than ever after a strong management period.
A wedding ceremony was held at noon at the home of Mrs Agnes Mitchell in Lawrence as Miss Myrtle Long wed Mr Harry Brown of Los Angeles. The couple planned a northern trip after luncheon and will reside in Los Angeles.
Local notes report Miss May Rushmer visiting Olathe and several others traveling to Chicago, Minneapolis, and Oklahoma. A mass meeting at the court house formed a Water Consumers Association to defend rights against water shutoffs, organizing a three-member committee to mediate with the city and water company.
Governor Morrill issues a pardon to D R Jones once Barton County clerk who forged county warrants and defrauded the county. Jones is reported as dying of tuberculosis.
A reader mocks Chicago for racketeering and forged bond allegations aimed at Kansas. The letter argues the criticism reflects bias and resentment, noting unpaid salaries and bridge sales while defending Kansas from sweeping indictments. It cites distrust, virtue, and market misdeeds in a sharp, polemical tone.
Building inspector J. F. Stubeck reports about ten thousand dollars in new permits issued in Lawrence over recent weeks. Three permits went to residence builders: W. J. Wilson for a frame house at 401 North First Street, H. W. Lurber for a frame house at 1341 Kentucky Street, and Ruth M. Woodard for a frame house at 712 Maine Street. Other permits cover additions garages and sheds.
Detective writer Colin Hewitt is drawn into a dangerous letter drop orchestrated by his crook friend Reddy Turner. Reddy seeks vengeance for Annie Mireau, Pete’s murdered wife, connecting to a larger hidden crime boss called the Mask who controls multiple rackets. Tomorrow promises a swift climax as the pursuit tightens.
In Puddle Muddle Rip the Dog clings to his friends in a pound scene as Willy Nilly arrives with the car and tries to claim him. The dog catcher demands a license fee and the owner pleads for time, offering a week to pay.
A New York Academy of Medicine overview by Dr Iago Galdston on pain. Pain warns of disease yet is complex in origin often felt remotely from the affected area. Historical relief by nerve cutting evolved to preserve touch, though numbness can follow lastingly.
Dr Edward Bumeardner discusses historical homeopathic doses in asthma and outlines a chronological view from 1817 to 1823. The text references President Monroe’s 1810s era, post War of 1812 political calm, Monroe’s conciliatory inaugural address, and his popular administration leading to a near unanimous re election in 1820.
Victor L. King reports total vehicle registrations for the year reach 428 410 with a 1 052 drop in truck registrations and a 1 394 rise in truck trailers. Federal agents probe Securities Corporation of America as ex county treasurer Homer L. Cline faces embezzlement charges. Kansas Attorney General Roland Boynton asked to join a suit to stop Clay Center community high school district from purchasing school buses amid statutory questions.
Topeka reports an AP summary noting an increase of 7,040 automobile registrations in Kansas this year compared with 1982. The brief cites the latest state figures and highlights the continuing growth in vehicle ownership across the state.
A jumble of micro-items from the Associated Press styled report includes a spoof about a James Anderson registration at a statue site linked to Andrew Carnegie, a courtroom note on tolerating interim football suspensions, a tavern window incident after a football explanation, and a weight loss tale of J R McCarty from Oklahoma City who aims for 220 pounds by February. It also notes O E Marshall and Glenn Carter traveling by wheelbarrow toward Chicago’s World Fair with an ETA of September 10.
Four people were killed when a car crash occurred near Dodge City Kansas on a Sunday. Joan Starks Mullinville elevator mant er Mrs Starks and their 10 months old baby were among the deceased.
Logan county officers formed posses to hunt three masked men who robbed the First State Bank of Lowell near Guthrie shortly after opening, escaping with 300 to 400 dollars. In Muskogee two robbers seized 2000 dollars in cash and checks worth about 1000 from Purity Drug stores as weekend receipts were counted. Stark family mourns after a collision near Bucklin, as HLSW Starks of Pierceville dies in hospital from injuries. Dr Charles Durden of Omaha to speak at Ottawa university opening assembly in Ottawa Kansas.
An explosion at the Standard Oil Company of Indiana in Whiting injures 19 workers, with one man dead. The incident marks a deadly gas blast at a major oil facility as investigations begin.
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