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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
2
Ellsworth Kansas December 5. LP Hans Andreson a farmer near Denmark underwent an appendectomy at a hospital where surgeons found his heart on the right side and the liver appendix and caecum on the left. His condition was reported improved today.
Toneka observers note a steady parade of figures tied to Herbert Hoover visiting Governor Alf Landon, fueling talk of a possible presidential bid. Kansas Young Republican leaders from eight states, including Charles Taft and J Kenneth Bradley, will attend the third biennial convention with speeches by Taft and Landon at the banquet.
The state dropped the cigarette stamp law charge against Elden Smurr in district court on motion by the state due to lack of evidence. Smurr, linked to Rock Chalk case operations, was arrested October 4 and previously found guilty in justice court on November 7, with a $210 fine and $9.75 costs after appealing bond and transcript filing on November 12.
The Samuel Walker Post Wom ens Relief Corps seeks funds to buy five American flags for post ceremonies. Flags cost $2.50 each through the national supply department. Donations contact Mrs. Mary Brown at 593 Alabama street phone 2665-3. Soloists at Baker Baldwin City Dec 5 Prof Karl Bratton and Miss Elinor Lawrence will sing in Gauls Holy City for Holton Oratorio Society Dec 19, and will perform in Baker University Vespers on Dec 15 at 4 p.m.
A set of seven questions from the classified section tests names and facts. Questions ask about Charles Francois and R. O abbreviations, location of Duquesne University, composer and title in foreign language, Royal House of King Richard II, definition of an interloper, three independent African countries, state containing Mount Shasta, and Robert Treat Payne.
Nearly fourteen years after his Lawrence debut Ignaz Friedman again drew about two thousand listeners in the University auditorium. The Polish pianist showcased emotional musicality with Bach Busoni Chaconne Mozart Rondo and Schumann Carnaval while adding orchestral color through deliberate doublings. Encores included Mendelssohn Scherzo and The Music Box. Audience traveled from Kansas City Topeka Baldwin Ottawa Manhattan and more. next Concert Series features Trudi Schoop and her Comic Ballet on their first American tour.
Misa Bette Mills of Hannibal Missouri Baker University coed has been cast as Katie in David Belasco's The Return of Peter Grimm directed by Clara Krefting. The second major Baker production will be performed Wednesday evening December 11 with Arden Booth as Pete Grimm. Other cast includes Paul Husted St Francis Robert Wood Kansas City Kansas Beryl Bailey St Louis Glen Price Kansas City James Paradise Yates Center Russell Barkley Palwin Virginia Ruth Winters Independence Missouri.
The Dorsey Liberty post of the American Legion holds a business meeting tonight in the post rooms of the old City hall building. Wayne Aliphin is commander. A social gathering follows. Midland Grange To Meet Friday Evening December 0 At the school house for a regular business meeting and officer elections.
A humorous note on leather neckties marketed as gravy-proof arrives amid Kansas University Freshman Frolic preparations. Tom Gentry and his Ambassadors will provide music for the 9 pm to 1 am event in the KU Union ballroom. The date bureau, once defunct, is hinted at returning, with modest service fees and a light, practical joker past.
Lawrence Memorial high school debaters with coach Marston McCuggage depart tomorrow for Coffeyville to join an invitational tournament spanning southern Kansas northern Oklahoma and southwest Missouri. About 75 to 100 schools typically attend with team members Ruth Warren Aaron Cohen Mildred Ewing Everett McPheeters and others. The motion asks whether states should provide complete medical care at state expense. Ruth Warren and Aaron Cohen form the affirmative team while Mildred Ewing and Everett McPheeters argue the negative. The local Consumers Cooperative will hold a meeting at 7 o'clock tonight at the Unitarian Church inviting the public.
A trust indenture filed by the University of Kansas Physical Education Corporation refunds stadium debt with Lawrence National Bank as trustee for a new 150000 dollar issue at 5.45 percent dated 1955. Interest semiannual June 1 and December 1 with 12500 dollar principal installments starting 1957. Miss Erelyn Tobey, New York fashion stylist, will speak December 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium on fashions, renovation, and wardrobe analysis. She has worked with McCalls and teaches fashion service across the U S and abroad.
A crowd more than twice the Tuesday audience attended Rev. J. W. Hayes of Wichita for his second evangelistic meeting at First Baptist Church in North Lawrence. Hayes spoke on Preparation for a Revival as evening services run from 7 50 to after 9 00 with return bus options for South Lawrence residents.
Seven new members of the Phi T tonal chapter at KU were initiated this afternoon. Named were Watel Rice Lawrence Neal Hardy Manhattan John E. Johnson Osage City Dorothy Lewis Nortonville Sol Lindenbaum El Dorado William G. McCarroll Hutchinson. All were Summerfield scholars. Dr Dietrich Zwicker will speak at Liberty Memorial high school at 10 24 tomorrow morning with Helen Lindanist performing Mazurka and Ann Reynolds a Russian dance. Parents of students invited. Seventy three inches of rain fell in Samoa in 1935.
Lawrence residents hear remarks by Herman Broeker praising a diligent council team on the mud Jack project at Twenty-Third Street. Willard Brown aids supervision as caretakers at Pinckney school receive praise for tidy grounds and bright window panes.
Secretary Hull said no information confirms reports Standard Oil would supply oil to Italy. He noted the department acts on information it can gather and cannot confirm unverified claims. Fire alarm reported at 1806 New Hampshire before 4 PM with unknown damage. Judge Hugh Means to attend Ottawa December motion day.
Aurora shoe salesman Sherman pursued and caught John Hanna after a hit and run on Highway 50 east of Baldwin. Hanna, a used car salesman from Council Grove, was arrested by City Marshal Whitney and jailed in Douglas county. Settlement avoided prosecution as Hanna agreed to pay for repairing fenders and running board.
Funeral services for Mrs Elmer Landis aged 62 who died yesterday at her home seven miles south of Lawrence will be held Friday at 2 PM from the Rumsey funeral home with Rev C A Puls officiating. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Surviving daughter Audrey Gentry and sons Ward Virgil and Edgar plus nine grandchildren, a brother Mark Ellis and sister Eva Hyre. John W Rouse died at his Perry home Tuesday. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at Perry Methodist church conducted by Rev G J Rhodes. Burial in Oak Ridge cemetery, Perry.
Chicago market notes scarcity of offerings late in the day with prices recovering from earlier declines. July wheat futures show comparative strength and a moderate advance while December deliveries remain undelivered. corn and oats slip modestly, with various grains and livestock markets reported across Kansas City and Chicago.
In a day of uneven trading, metals and oils led gains while wheat and cotton slipped. Major shares rose on optimistic demand signals, with firms like McKesson RobbIng and International Nickel contributing to the advance. transportation and other blue chips showed mixed results amid European uncertainty.
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