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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1924
Page
9
A chaotic mix of editorial notes on war scare rhetoric and aerial defense demands. The piece critiques hyperbolic claims of air attacks, comments on German politics, praises MacDowell's widow winning a welfare prize for an artists colony, and discusses farm debt burdens and the value of prudent borrowing.
England recalls the 2nd anniversary of the Tugela River battle where British forces suffered a severe defeat by the Boers. The Dawes Milan Dawes plan conference opens in Paris today after the London agreement. In Connecticut the senatorial election ends today ahead of tomorrow’s special election to fill Brandegee’s seat. A national conference on street and highway safety convenes in Washington at Secretary Hoover’s call to improve traffic accident reduction.
Sir Adam Beck , chairman of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission and a world hydro figure, will retire from public life. Since 1903 he pushed cheap Ontario power, helped create the commission, and lived in London Ontario where he served as mayor and pursued equestrian interests. He gained fame in Canada, the U S and Britain.
Dorothy Newlin tells her father how to improve every room with brighter lighting. She cites specific bulb wattages and fixtures from 50 to 150 watts, explains placement by chair, mirror, stove, and bed, and suggests buying fixtures over time with the Kansas Electric Power Company prize in mind.
U S Veterans Bureau urges honorably discharged World War I veterans with tuberculosis mental diseases paralysis agitans or sleeping sickness amoebic dysentery to apply for compensation and hospitalization before January 1 1925. Many who were disqualified before may qualify now with no proof of service connection required. Red Cross and American Legion posts assist locating veterans and notifying widows or dependents of death compensation.
Post Office guidance urges early mailing of Christmas packages with strict rules. Do not place Christmas seals on faces of mail and remove old stamps. Include clear ink addresses and return addresses. write Do Not Open Until Christmas. Avoid fancy wrappings and mail well ahead to ensure delivery before the holiday.
Ketchikan Alaska December 14 The Stampders traveling by car dog team and on snowshoe are stopped by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at the international boundary north of Wrangell Alaska and refused permission to proceed via Stikine Telegraph Creek and Dease Lake until March to prevent hardships without proper precautions. Also Berlin reports F Bothek a South German motor glider flyer covered 300 miles in 3 1 2 hours using a ten horse power auxiliary engine cost about 1 25 for oil and gasoline. rail trip to a Tolon in Thuringen would take sixteen hours in third class about eight dollars.
Corrigan, estate owner in Borneo, and his assistant Fellowes shield Pamela Vereker from Arundill who seeks to control affairs. Pamela confides fear of Arundill and wields a pistol in self defense as Fellowes plans protection. Amid romantic tension and plotted danger, Pamela questions return of Jack Vereker and contemplates a perilous future.
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