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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1927
Page
2
University plans a week long drive to beat prior records for the Christmas Friendship fund. Candles go on sale Tuesday through Wednesday with benefit basketball games Wednesday night and a Christmas tree program Thursday. Proceeds will finance a loan fund for foreign students tied to but separate from the Joan fund.
A children's New Year picture show for boys and girls in Lawrence and area will be held Monday January 2 at 9 30 am hosted by H B Ober and Glenn W Dickinson. About 1000 Ober club boys will attend with free tickets from Ober clothing store. Special entertainment from Kansas City and a Pathe news reel are planned with still photos for display panoramas.
Charles D. Cuthbert Topeka state architect who designed the University of Kansas auditorium discusses acoustic goals. He cites lessons from other theatres, praise from Dean Swarthout, and notes that from the forty fifth row back the viola can be heard clearly. He mentions possible floor changes to switch between basketball and auditorium use.
Real estate transfers listed include Fielding P Stapleton of Lawrence to Beatrice L Stapleton for Vermont 30 acres in section 2 E4 plus scattered parcels. Additional transfers reference Stephens of Baldwin and others with scattered notations. A garbled line mentions a guardian and a misread name, while a stray note calls a dance a wrong number. A fragment about telephone girls in Hu appears.
The main bore of the Moffat tunnel, begun four and a half years ago to shorten transcontinental train routes, was completed this morning. The six mile tunnel now links the divide with enhanced service expected to cut 173 miles to Salt Lake, at an estimated cost of 18 million dollars.
The Full First Presbyterian Church Choir of fifty voices directed by Dean D. M. Swarthout will present the Christmas anthem Brightest and Best by C Whitney-Joh?ns tomorrow morning. Soloists include Miss Meribah Moore soprano and Conrad McGrew violin with Miss Evelyn Swarthout piano and Mrs C W Straffon organ.
Updates on Loren Murchison’s battle with cerebro spinal meningitis at St Marys Hospital as his condition worsens. his Texas-born mother hurries to his bedside amid the Olympic athlete's serious illness.
Baltimore AP reports Dr. Joseph S. Ames cites four aviation advances boosting safety and efficiency. Strong wing shapes maintain balance, low speed control improved, more reliable motors developed, and wing mounted devices aid maneuvering at slow speeds. Public confidence rises as airplanes become common transport and delivery means.
Salem native Mrs. Isaac L. Patterson, wife of Oregon's governor, has long built a hobby collection of antiques and historical Oregon literature. She favors farm life near Salem, tending gardens, water lilies, a flock of shal lard ducks, and caring for old candlesticks, plates, and baskets while amassing a notable Oregon history library. Her father, C. A. Woodworth, came to Oregon from Vermont in 1852.
Mrs Nell Donnelly of Kansas City and her husband started making clothes for department stores during World War I. Today the Donnellys run a dressmaking business employing 600 people with an annual payroll over two million dollars, proving the point that a woman can succeed in work once doubted.
St Louis has grown into the world’s leading fur market dating to pioneer days when settlers traded with red men for novelties. The semi annual federal auctions sell seal skins from Alaska’s Pribiloff Islands, often moving about $500,000. Buyers from across the U S and London attend, with black seals most in demand and 25 fur houses supplying pelts.
A General Electric research team has developed a red neon beacon to aid aviation in fog. The 4,000,000 candle power lamp uses neon gas in a quartz tube, runs on 125 volts, and aims to pierce fog with a bright red beam. Tests show visibility at short range. long range remains to be determined.
C Johnston R C Johnston longtime Lawrence resident died early yesterday at Mercy hospital San Diego California He was active in Lawrence business life Survived by wife and two children Robert of Oklahoma City Ohio and Mrs Henry Nixon of Kansas City Funeral to be held in Lawrence with notice to follow
Mrs G C Miller aged 73 died at her home 446 Missouri street at 9 last night Funeral services will be at 230 Monday from Rumsey Brothers Funeral Home Rev Bud Hislop will conduct Burial in Oak Hill cemetery She is survived by her husband and one son C B Miller of Topeka and by two brothers and one sister Dr Alexander Haggart a former Lawrence resident died yesterday in Los Angeles Funeral and burial will be in Los Angeles He was born September 20 1876 in Ridgetown Canada Married May 30 1900 to Jennie Oceschli of Baldwin He graduated Kansas Medical College later KU He went to Santa Fe New Mexico in 1897 from Santa Fe hospital and worked with Dr H W Wright
Jerusalem December 9 The tenth anniversary of Palestine’s delivery from Turkish rule is marked with interfaith observances and British flags. Field Marshal Lord Plummer receives global and local congratulations as Jerusalem notes rapid post conquest progress in malaria control law reform land surveys and agricultural revival, while historic sites remain reminders of Moslem rule.
Cerpena Italy AP Mussolini forbids a public birth demonstration for his fourth child yet citizens find ways to honor the heir. At a farm near Carpena in Forth province people, despite a high fence, throw gifts over it including chocolate, earrings, crutches, and a wedding ring. Letters from war widows, veterans, children, and scholars accompany the items. Some gifts are kept, echoing a rich collection like Signor Mugin at Palazzo Chigi in Rome.
New York AP reports the Intercontinental Rubber Co tests net mobile tires made from American grown guayule rubber from Salinas California. Trials show potential cost savings vs plantation rubber, with farming expanding to Arizona and Texas and 800 acres already under cultivation.
Local residents share dinners visits and church events at Lecompton and nearby farms. Including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Well hosting guests, families from Lawrence and Topeka visiting, and entertainment from The Romance of Sleepy Valley shown by Douglas county agents. Attendance at Sunday school and checks on ill neighbors are recorded with multiple brief social updates.
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