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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1939
Page
16
The University Dyche Museum exterior is lit to form a beauty spot above Mount Oread. Photographers flock to view the spire while a recording system from the tower broadcasts Christmas carols and the public address system amplifies music citywide.
Mrs Horace Woodard of 1633 Vermont Street was badly burned Thursday when flames from a stove set her dress alight. She put out the fire by getting into bed and covering herself with blankets and is resting comfortably in the hospital. Burns covered her back hips legs and hands.
China reports rising strength as Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek plans a quiet Christmas in Chongqing with Christian leaders and Mme Chiang at a war orphanage. Officials cite bountiful harvests, yearend security, and anticipated recapture of Nanking from Japanese advances.
London reports thousands of British expeditionary force soldiers on Christmas leave spark registry offices to overflow with marriage plans. In Kansas, Fort Hays State college defeated Bethany 39 to 31 as Jack Johnson led Hays with 13 points.
Kansas University station KFKU celebrates 15 years on January 15 with a 90 minute program of speeches music and dramatic sketches featuring Gov. Payne Ratner Chancellor Deane W. Malott Fred M. Harris and Ottawa board chair. The broadcast runs 1030 p m to midnight via WREN with KU musical groups and a dramatization of Johnny Frye of the Pony Express.
Wichita reports ten traffic fatalities so far in 1939, surpassing the total for all of 1938. The latest victim is Mrs. Daisy Pinkston, 59, who died from injuries sustained Thursday night after being struck by a city bus.
Berlin reports Minister of Propaganda Paul Joseph Goebbels warned that world plutocracies are rising to ruin Germany. He spoke at a Christmas celebration for 200 children from the Saar and Memel regions, calling Nazi Germany’s effort a people’s war against capitalist world leadership.
Gladys Martin files a divorce suit in district court seeking dissolution of marriage from Elmer Martin. The action requests a court decree of divorce and related relief.
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