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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1924
Page
8
Santa Claus will walk Massachusetts Street in Lawrence Saturday afternoon from 1 to 4 o'clock handing out candy to city children. He will not travel by airplane due to cold weather and plans to greet shoppers amidst the Christmas lights from Sixth to Eleventh streets, praised as the best street decorations in the state.
Christmas observances fill all rooms with a schoolwide program. Mercy Hospital received a gift of twenty one sheets, while students presented selections led by Miss Kirth Rayser and Miss Ursula Henley. The Candle Lighting Seven Wishes ceremony capped the event with a Silent Night performance.
Evidence was heard this morning in the district court suit by N M Bisel against Eunice E Artman and John Ittman with no judgment given. The Chelonis suit against C W Smith and Karl Kreider saw dismissal as to Smith this morning. The Madsfield Land and Loan Co suit against P F Hobbs and others will be heard tomorrow, with motions and demurrers before Judge Hugh Means.
Washington dec 19 the house committee investigating the shipping board was told the board rejected a resolution to give absolute control of the merchant fleet operation to the emergency fleet corporation representative Lehrbach said unofficial courtes indicated the measure was voted down by a large margin only a few days left to buy Johnston's chocolates for Xmas Rankins Drug Store 1101 Mass
Robert Means of Wichita Kansas overcomes blindness to graduate from Friends University. He has been on the debating squad for four years and has served as pastor of a country church and this year as assistant pastor of a Baptist church in Wichita.
Joint installation planned for Lawrence Lodge No. 6 and Acacia Lodge No. 9 at the Masonic temple next Monday night. Grand master W. L. Burdick and Grand Marshal William Frank March lead the ceremony. Eastern Star supper at 6:30 p.m. with Prof. Carl A. Preyer organ recital.
A sedan owned by Charles Barker of 1182 Connecticut Avenue and a Ford touring car crashed yesterday afternoon at Twenty First Street and Londisian Street. Both drivers, including Herbert Barker aged 14, were not injured. The Barker sedan suffered a smashed running board and door, while the other car had a bent axle and damages. The other driver's name was not obtained.
A peculiar shaped pillow described as a semi circular metal brocade piece with rose velvet trim and shirred edges. It includes a tapestry square with velvet shirring and a corner tag. Kodak Album for Xmas promoted at Rankin's Drug Store, 1101 Mass. Chester Woodward of Topeka visited Lawrence for the day.
Chicago traders pushed wheat above 1.75 a bushel for May delivery amid strong overseas cues and a world crop shortfall. May prices rose to 1.76 3-8, while December gained nearly 3 cents, with futures and cash markets reacting to liberal buying and forecasts of reduced global supplies. Provisions and hogs edged higher as grain momentum persisted in Chicago and Kansas City sessions.
In New York stock activity investors cheered reports of improved trade and easy money. United Steel led with a standard industrials reaching new highs while a wave of speculative advances pushed several specialties higher. Total volume approached 2.14 million shares.
Chicago close reports wheat oats and rye prices for December and May July contracts. Quotes show Dec wheat at 1.72 and May 1.716, oats Dec 30.1, rye Dec 1.4 and July 1.385. Prices listed with small speculative shifts and delivery months.
Liberty bonds quotes from New York, December 19. Includes first and second 4s, third 4s, and other issues with bid and ask levels. Kansas City produce and poultry prices listed for December 19 with butter, creamery, packing, and fat prices. Grain futures for Wheat and Corn shown with December, May, and July bids and asks.
Fire at Yonca Refining Co outskirts of Yonca City Oklahoma caused an estimated 200000 dollars in losses. Two 80000 barrel tanks burned with a third at risk. Officials believed flames under control by 11 o clock. Cause undetermined and one tank nearly full of oil remained a danger.
Jimmy Skiles, a Tennessee native and former inmate at Leavenworth, was released on parole after a decade behind bars. Convicted of first degree murder in 1919 and reduced to twenty years in 1942, clemency later shortened the sentence further. parole was approved with the certificate arriving just yesterday. Skiles, 35, once served as an outside trusty and was responsible for raising the U S flag at the prison.
The wholesale murderer known for the calamitous murders was condemned to death in Hanover today. The ruling also imposed the extreme penalty in the related case connected to the bank building incident at Independence Hall replica repairs and engraving services offered by Gustafson's.
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