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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1935
Page
4
The new treasury loan of 900 million dollars was subscribed in a single day by banks. The administration hints at more direct relief funds as the dole ends, while debates over neutrality laws and oil embargos stir political and international reactions.
W W Cleland longtime Lawrence public utilities commissioner died this morning at 3 30 of an acute heart attack at his home 1107 Vermont street He had served on the city commission since 1914 and was secretary of the local Elks lodge for the past three years The commission will appoint his successor to serve until the next city election
Twenty five years ago on December 4 the Baptist church marked debt clearance with a large attendance. Oldest member Grovenor led the program while Rev Hutchinson Prof A S Olin and E F Wilder spoke. Trustees burned the notes as the four to five year drive raised about 17000 for improvements. The article notes a third annual K banquet following.
In a brief office scene the speaker laments talking to Ma on the phone as the girls in the office sense his struggle to explain. The lines imply a humorously strained domestic moment captured in a syndicated 1935 poetic vignette.
The University severed relations with Coaches Kennedy and Mosse after a lengthy affiliation with the Jayhawker football program. A banquet for nearly 300 faculty, students, and business leaders followed, featuring remarks by H. C. Hill, Chancellor Strong, and other speakers. George Innes urged restoring the annual Kansas City game.
Fort y years ago readers saw a unique showpiece in Lawrence the genuine eider down quilt valued at 100000 made of 48 drake skins with a border of 40 heads on one side and over fifty duck skins on the other Esquimaux women crafted it and the piece resembles beaver in color and softness also noted is Miss Etolie B Simons return to Kansas City to teach at the institution for the blind and a social gathering at 812 New York street with music by Miss Chapman and Woodard the president s message to congress is described as a tempered disappointment with focus on foreign relations and the money question and a generally improved tone compared to past papers
The Richhland Farm Bureau club met at Miss Bess Williams home with an all day session and a noon lunch. Nutrition leaders Kennedy and Hilbert demonstrated a special meat dish and a bread baking demo planned for Richland the week of December 1. Talks by Darrow White and Mary Ziegler followed, with a long list of attendees. Upcoming events include a Christmas party at Mrs. Darrow White and a lodge meeting at Ida McKee’s. Refreshments and visits by local residents filled the weekend.
Dr. W A Hogan of Lincolnton was elected for his 26th consecutive term as moderator of the Georgia Baptist Association. If reelected next year he would tie a record set by the late Chancellor P H Mell of the University of Georgia who served as moderator for 29 years.
A dramatic courtroom scene centers on Anne Farnsworth charged with murder. Ansel Kellogg defends her, calling witnesses including John Neuman who testifies Anne was elsewhere. Jake Sampson implicates Rob Crocker and Tom Farley with a gunsmith's testimony. The trial builds to a cliffhanger as new alibis and weapons ownership come into focus. The case remains unresolved with a dramatic climax awaited.
AP corral of brief items notes a Bamberg barber rushing to his fire scene after cutting a client’s hair and revealing no insurance on his home, a Wichita fox terrier’s 400 mile return to a mourning owner, a Kalispell tale of drunken smoke from rubbing alcohol, a Hollywood hand study praising Anita Louise among others, a Wisconson neighbor weighing a newborn on Hugo Biesemeister’s scales, Lincoln highway safety patches on trousers, and a 1936 forecast of sauerkraut and wiener ad options amid a cabbage crop shortfall.
In a tale filled with soot and surprise, Grandma and Grandpa Galump argue over bear tracks while Jupiter apologizes for a chimney mishap. Christopher Columbus Crow blames himself for inflaming the bears who sought jam and jelly, leading Willy Nilly to a decision about tomorrow.
DR AGO GALLSTON discusses chorea or St Vitus dance linked to rheumatic fever, noting environment and sleep as key factors. Calcium intake and nutrition aid recovery. December and January show peak onset. July August September show low. Crowded areas, quiet rest, sympathetic nursing help most effective.
Dodge City engineers tackle a leaning four million pound water tank as a new foundation is planned. The structure was found to tilt nine inches toward the northwest, prompting quick action by water works crews. In Pratt postmaster race, civil service blanks must be on file by December 17 as A P Barrett’s term ends next July.
A symbolic issue inaugurates the Commonwealth’s stamp program as a philatelic intro to independence. The piece notes stamps from the islands dated after 1854, including issues prepared under Spanish and other authorities.
The article describes a variety of stamps including a new Commonwealth of the Philippines design and a Miss United States presenting Miss Filipina, with values from 2 centavo to 50 centavos. It notes Greece’s monetary demonetization of the 1933 75 drachma and new Greek issues. It covers Trans-Pacific airmail stamp sales on launch day, with about 220000 stamps sold in San Francisco and large mail volumes to Washington, illustrating the era of new international mail services.
Comic quip on jury bias and cleanliness appears in a 1925 syndicated piece Aunt Het by Robert Quillen. The note mentions stamp sales from Washington and a new 24 cent air mail value, sized like last year's 16 cent air mail. An Austrian winter help charity issue adds a surtax on four stamp values for relief.
Coffeyville prepares funeral for Harry Cochran shot in a restaurant in Lacia. Fort Scott’s sheriff links Harold Lewis to a May 4 grocery store robbery and two earlier thefts after Lewis confessed. Topeka ruling on Ellen Doyle estate disputes seeks $3350 in expenses. large estate potential. Young Republicans to hear Charles Curtis at biennial convention with Taft, Capper, and Landon speakers. Barton county farmer T H Beckley dies from car crash injuries near Liberal. Washington will divide $267000 estate income among Dr. Orwin E Howe’s three children.
A dense listing of radio programs across stations KMBC WREN WDAF WY REN etc for Wednesday evening December 4 and late night, with multiple shows from 6:00 to 12:00 including The Life of Dr Trudens Totten On Sports Jack Armstrong and Little Orphan Annie, Dances and Orchestra broadcasts, plus weather and news forecasts and a travel ad note about airplane fare cuts by Transcontinental and Western Air.
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