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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1936
Page
4
A late 1936 Lawrence KS page carries political and social commentary. It notes Zaharoff arms trade debates and reflects on Vermont governor bank issues, coronation souvenir factory layoffs, and campaign fund investigations.
The year’s biggest story shocked Britain as King Edward and Mrs. Simpson faced a direct crisis. The British press exposed names and details, sparking abdication talk, church alarm, and parliamentary questions. Americans observed how this breach of royal stability unsettled both nations and minds.
Editorials after Sir Basil Zaharoff death argued he was a major menace to peace yet fighting fronts show no ammunition shortage. The world likely now has more men under arms and more guns than in any prior period of relative peace, with nations continuing to stock and use weaponry.
Frank Roberts of the Oskaloosa independent urges an official inquiry into alleged 1600 fraudulent votes in Wyandotte county and some in Shawnee county. He says the measure should gain citizen approval beyond party and warn Kansas against careless acceptance of election dishonesty.
In Somerville New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Charles Parker on Attorney General Katizenbachs motion quashed the indictments against all defendants in the Hall Mills murder case following yesterday's acquittal of Mrs Frances Stevens Hall and her brothers for the murder of Mrs Eleanor Mills Lindquist resigns as Haskell director announces lecture tour to start after December Florida stay Mr Lindquist served as general secretary 1912 15 at Haskell and 1922 in New England lecture circuit beginning soon Also at the movies Bowersock Rudolph Valentino in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Ginger Rogers and her Redheads to perform locally Mr and Mrs A D Manter celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner in West Lawrence married December 5 1876 The Vendredi club hosts Miss Marguerite Emery and wedding preparations continue for Miss Rose Hammig
The item presents a short verse by Claude Callan about a quarrel over affection within a family. It contrasts Ma’s rebuke for not kissing Aunt Emma with the speaker’s claim of kissing a favored niece more than appropriate. Copyright notice from 1938 Pybisnem Syndicate.
The page records a wedding procession led by Rev Mek Kinney at the Centenary Methodist church and lists attendees including Hattie Rinehart of Kansas City and Tena Anderson returning from Excelsior Springs. It also mentions Kansas City trips to see The Miracle, and various local social notices such as a tea guests, approaching marriage of Ruby Weise to H D Howland, and other community events.
Shawnee county attorney announces Galen Nichols will join his staff. Company H E N G conducts a semi annual drill under Lieut. Col. Metcalf praising its drill. KU football’s loss to Minnesota costs Kansas $200 financially. Joan of Arc pipe organ cantata set for December 17 at Baptist church with listed soloists. Diphtheria flag taken from L Orvis house. Friends in Council silver anniversary event at evening. J C Horton and S N Simpson visiting. Lawrence couple wed at Lawrencе. new Media home. World football injuries tally reports many breaks and dislocations.
The article explains how throat infections threaten serious complications such as middle ear and sinus involvement. It describes how simple sore throats can progress to acute streptococcal infection, with risks to the heart and kidneys, and notes factors like polluted water, cold exposure, enlarged adenoids, and nasal disease contributing to ear or sinus spread.
Mary Graham Bonner recounts a scene with the bears and Sweet Face as they observe a large pile of sticks and leaves. Willy Nilly keeps buckets of water ready to prevent any earth fire while Honey Bear and Jelly Bear speculate on a hidden secret.
Willy Nilly plans a picnic supper as a riot of drums and shouts erupts from his house. The Puddis Muddlers appear led by Willy Nilly in feathered headdress, with Rip the dog on a drum, painted ducks, Christopher Columbus Crow with beads, and Top Notch the rooster with a bow and arrow. They dance to mark the bears' winter sleep celebration.
Eight persons were hospitalized after a collision between an automobile carrying Mrs. H C Taskany and three others and a truck with 14 Knupp Pipeline workers four miles west of Newton. John Edwards possibly suffered a broken back as surgeons treated the victims. The report notes a Soil Conservation Service statement on reservoir and pond construction losses.
Sally Warren, new society editor, and pilot Terry Maynard share a plan to marry and fly away for a South American chance. Sally must decide whether to leave Warrenton with Terry or stay to support her family, including her ambitious sister Tip. The chapter builds toward Tip's own escapade with Duke Adams as a looming consequence.
A Greenville man asked for 15 days in jail to sober up for Christmas and Magistrate Bates granted a 15 day sentence. In Arkansas, Will Humphries acquired six foxes to create hunts, but they hide by the fire and sleep unless barred, while trained hounds pursue them. In Kansas City, five women at a mahjong party discuss an absent companion and long to hear Helen's voice again.
Radio schedules list Friday night through Sunday with WREN WDAF KMBC KMBC and KNBC calls for performances by orchestras bands and soloists plus weather forecasts and headlines. Notable acts include Bobby Fishers Orch Jack Starr George Olwen's Orch Glenn Grays KMBC Buddy Fisher's Orch and the Pan-American Center broadcasts with Rubinoff and the New World program.
A brief notebook item records Mr Price calling from the hall that Helen’s voice is on the line aboard the Queen Mary. Various short vignettes detail small incidents: farmer Sam Abeyta’s milk truck crash after tire blowout and vehicle failures in Colorado. a sheep aboard a Gulf fishing trip off Corpus Christi. a jail sentence for Albert Colnee after claiming dogs as his alibi in Omaha.
After a theater outing the R. L. Arthur family found their home entered and a canary freed from its cage. This marked the second such theft in a year with no other losses. Police note ongoing concern over repeated bird thefts in Topeka.
Danville Virginia December 3 offers Edward king of England five acres of land and a house from James H Wilson a Danville tobacco warehouseman If he comes to live here they will be glad to have him and if he marries a wedding present will be sent
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