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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1938
Page
3
A fragment references the biblical parable of the merchant seeking pearls and notes values in the kingdom of heaven. It lists numbers such as 13 2.50 3.00 25 and a verse from Matthew 13 45 46. The text mixes scripture with value figures.
Politicians claimed the lien provision of the Kansas welfare law would erode homestead rights but public opinion and court ruling suggest the lien is constitutional and inoperative during owners’ lives. Welfare workers defend the measure as protecting state funds and ensuring claimants housing while needy.
Washington reports the WPA Workers Alliance of career men aims to force Congress for higher jobs and pay, claiming 400000 votes. Public demand urges cutting WPA rolls while the administration backs making the emergency program permanent with WPA support.
Under a recent agreement the United States and Mexico will begin paying American landowners expropriated by Mexico next May. Mexico will deliver 1 000 000 dollars as the first of ten equal installments to settle the claims, a process that spans up to thirty years for some owners. The piece contrasts this slow payout with the U S silver purchase program which uses taxpayer money to buy Mexican silver at a high price, with Mexico earning a 12 percent export tax and an implied annual net contribution of about 6 000 000 dollars to Mexico. The writer hopes Lima talks yield better trade terms with South America.
A New York meeting of manufacturers urged reducing government reporting requirements to ease burdens on American taxpayers. They argue the growing volume of special accounting and paperwork has forced some firms to create dedicated departments. The proposal contends recovery depends on allowing businesses time to operate smoothly.
Christmas vespers at the University have become an institution and draw broader Kansas attendance. Afternoon and evening performances offer all interested an opportunity to attend a service developed and carried out in the deeper spirit of the season.
Al Capone will end his penal servitude in January and then could serve a further year in Chicago. The crime syndicate he led has suffered dispersal as lieutenants are jailed or killed and authorities have found ways to dismantle large racketeer operations.
Secretary of the Treasury proposes a nationwide forum with department experts to explain federal taxes to taxpayers though the plan may backfire as taxpayers await word from the Treasury and expect listening as speakers talk.
Charles Sessions of the Topeka Capital notes the Rose Bowl Cotton Bowl Orange Bowl Sugar Bowl and Soup Bowl in football but argues the real focus is the Flowing Bowl. He quips that by the time a modern boy is old enough to deliver papers he is nearly college president.
The Atchison Globe marks its sixty onest birthday with a lighthearted note saying the paper is old yet lively enough to need a kick in the pants at times. The brief quip reflects the paper’s enduring aging charm.
Kansas cotton growers voting in the national marketing quota referendum approved the proposal but failed to reach a two thirds majority. In Montgomery county the tally was 19 to 7 in favor. In Chautauqua county no ballots were cast.
Methodist guild members gathered at Mrs. Isa Wellman’s home to prepare toys for Miss Gladys Hobbs to distribute to West Side children. Steward Lyman of Columbia Kan elected captain of Kansas University football team for 1929 at Rotary banquet. 26 letters awarded, six expected back. University closes until Jan 2 after survey of organized houses. 1,000 examined, 250 with fevers. Corbin Hall residents moved to free dorm for hospital ward. influenza toll rises nationwide with 40 510 cases. Kansas leads with 13 596. Swede Wilson and deputy sheriff George Reed improving from flu. Quivera club marks 33rd birthday with tea hosted by Mrs. C L DeWatteville. notable attendees listed. Merwin family updates include Mrs. John Merwin’s return from New York. Albert McNish and children return from Phoenix. Mrs. McNish ill with flu remains in Ardmore.
Twenty five years ago coach and Mrs. Mosse hosted the football squad for dinner with helpers Leta Ellison Marguerite Perkins Justine Osse and Kate Daum. The F A A moving pictures drew 800 patrons at Haskell Institute and now shown at the Grand theater. Charley Prentice lay ill from paralysis. Lawrence residents noted city marshal Prentice and other locals with visits and travel plans.
Paducah farmer in hunting outfit was arrested on drunkenness charges after being treated in an automobile with a 12 gauge shotgun at his side. From his hunting coat a patrolman recovered a six pound fish. The report describes the incident as part of a series of amusing statewide items.
A gunman wearing a light suit without an overcoat held up drug store clerk Charles Chladek and three customers, taking $28 and the clerk’s overcoat. He forced all to surrender their trousers, dropping the pants outside the store while the clerk and customers recovered their garments.
Willy Nilly the gnome gives slips to his animal friends to choose who rides first to Santa Claus at the North Pole. Rip the dog draws the shortest slip and is eager to meet Santa's dogs and reach the icy journey aboard the Reindeer Express.
In a very short time the reindeer sped over roofs and through forests and meadows, reaching Santa's workshop with amazing speed.
Washington December 12 The federal monopoly committee received a Justice Department statement showing glass container production rising from 1 100 000 in 1899 to almost 6 000 000 000 in 1935 with value moving from 21 5 million to 120 million and 160 million in 1937. Employment fell from 28 370 in 1899 to 24 044 in 1935 as output per worker climbed from about 40 000 to 245 000 containers annually. The committee, led by Senator O Mahoney, will probe patent restrictions and their effect on competition with five of forty producers manufacturing two thirds of output.
London's barmaids protested a proposed mistletoe ban during Christmas. A Transport and General Workers' Union official sparked the clash by claiming many barmaids are kissed under the mistletoe by drunken customers. No union action followed.
Assistant police chief Jack Duggan detained two men in five overcoats at the city jail after residents reported missing outerwear. Police connected the calls to the suspects and cooled the case in Butte Montana.
In a mid western Army post hospital scene, Anne lies near death under an oxygen tent as a tense group contends with possible motives and alibis. The narrator follows Annie and Adams as investigators close in, while a circling plane and a changing dawn mark the fragile suspense.
Kansas City couple Mr and Mrs Joe Wine attended a Beta Chi party new campus activities include Alpha Chi Omega national counselor Mrs Carl Winsor visiting from Wichita after days with Phi chapter Kansas University and Omicron Baker. Flora Marsh visits Baldwin with niece Meredith March. Mrs William M Clark returns from Iola. Baker football team held a turkey dinner in Taylor hall with about four hundred attendees.
Bethel hosts a busy Sunday with numerous dinners and visits among local families in Overbrook Centropolis and Topeka. The Bethel Aid Society held a full day meeting on December 1 adding Mrs Pete Fishburn as a member and staging The Guest at the Inn with local participants. Also a note on Kentucky tobacco production as tenants grow about two thirds of the crop.
Monday and Tuesday evening lists top radio lineups with Adrian Rollin and KMBC hosts, WREN and WDAF orchestras, hour by hour programs from 6 to midnight. Notable entries include Jack Armstrong, Little Orphan Annie, Cavalcade of America, Eddie Duchin, Guy Lombardo, Amos ’n’ Andy, and Night Hawks.
The althing of Iceland is Europe's oldest assembly. Convened in 930, it has met continuously except for a gap from 1798 to 1874.
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