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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1923
Page
4
In Lawrence Kansas the North Lawrence schoolhouse location is under renewed consideration raising fears of further delay. The report notes the Woodlawn school fire as compounding the misfortune, with the community awaiting a solution as to where the new building will be constructed and how soon.
The article surveys conflicting federal estimates on the World War II era bonus. Mellon cites 225 million annually for four years while Capper argues 80 million. It discusses number of veterans, potential total cost around 1.5 billion, bond financing costs, and alternative funding ideas like taxes and profiteer recovery, noting uncertainties and long-term obligations.
President Obregon reportedly offers amnesty to rebellious generals signaling a new Mexican policy shift. Traditionally amnesty was spared for common soldiers while generals faced execution, but this new approach suggests a potential change in how high ranking officers are treated after uprisings.
Prohibition enforcement officers broadcast warnings that all alcohol available for New Year celebration is bad. They state this year’s supply is worse than usual, though the truth has always been the case.
Fragmentary text hints at a university athletics discussion focusing on differences or reforms. The readable parts mention athletics and the university context without clear names, dates, or outcomes.
The agricultural college and rivals agreed on good sportsmanship principles, arguing the duty lies more with supporters than athletes. They claim the trouble would not have been caused by the players themselves and urge emphasis on ethical conduct among fans.
Dr. David P Todd, famed astronomer, reports a sun spot engulfed in a cyclonic area the diameter of twice around the earth. His long career includes leading U S Naval Observatory eclipse parties in Texas, directing the U S Nautical Almanac, and commanding American eclipse expeditions to Japan, West Africa, and Barbary. He was born in New York and educated at Amherst College.
Tom Sims presents a string of brief Christmas anecdotes about mishaps and gifts from childhood. Stories feature lost candy, cigars mistaken for candy, roller skates to relatives, failed presents, lipstick returning, a turkey carving mishap, uneven card sending, a turned vinegar cork, a watch given to a boss, and dwindling egg nog as the season winds down.
Today's events include William Lyon Mackenzie King completing his second year as prime minister in Canada. In Cincinnati the American Meteorological Society holds its annual session. A new bank in New York City, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Cooperative Trust Company, opens today. Intercollegiate League for Industrial Democracy arranges a student conference in New York City with delegates from 300 colleges discussing Europe relief funding and intensified student needs.
Annapolis reports the legislature will face a state enforcement act from the Anti Saloon League. The outcome is uncertain with the drys and wets split over Senate and House leanings. Gov ernor’s stance remains unclear as the bills move forward. The session will also push a state bonus for Maryland ex service men with American Legion backing.
After twenty years of study a Londoner has devised a method to create textile designs by applying different genres of photography to fabrics. The technique promises new patterns and textures by translating photographic styles into textile motifs.
The Gobelins workshop in Paris has produced renowned tapestries for nearly five centuries, marking a long legacy of textile artistry and royal patronage.
Cleveland officials believe the 6.5 million municipal auditorium can host a national party convention with seating for 13 000 on the main floor and balconies. The hall offers a large stage 60 by 104 feet, multiple dressing rooms, ample press facilities, and free use offered by Mayor Kohler.
Topeka reports complaints from student nurses in Kansas City Kansas and Wichita about disciplinarian long hours. Alice K. McFarland, head of the welfare division, says student nurses aren’t covered by the industrial court but will push hospitals to adjust. She notes hospitals should not keep nurses beyond their regular hours to prevent patient neglect. Authorities plan to seek alternate discipline methods. The welfare department also cites nine hour limits for clerks and women in stores under state regulations.
Toledo dispatch notes 88 year old Ike Sherwood, Civil War veteran and brigadier general, is the oldest congressman and sole Civil War survivor in the House. He questions why recent war veterans lack Congressional offices. Since 1878 he has seen many changes and repeated re election.
Miss McFarland explained there is no objection to stores keeping evening hours for the holiday trade but proprietors must regulate the hours of girl and woman clerks to comply with state regulations.
In Beloit Kansas on December 29 motion pictures operated on Sunday after W J Gabel theater owner was acquitted of violating the state Sunday closing law. A 12 member jury found he did not break the law though workers testified they labored without wages and patrons simply deposited tickets. The statute dating to 1868 bans unnecessary labor on Sunday.
Topeka reports a dull labor market with fewer farm and salt and oil industry positions. State employment offices logged 904 applicants weekly, 476 placed, 70 of 116 women found work. Salt firms cut crews. oil field activity slows. unskilled jobs brief. generalized industrial retrenchment noted by Judge John H. Crawford.
Topeka Kansas December 29 More than 1 000 000 dollars worth of stock in the reorganized American State Bank of Wichita has been sold in four weeks since the stock selling campaign state bank commissioner Carl J Peterson said today the sale signals strong public confidence in the restored institution with banker investors eager to back its new management and capital structure
University of Pennsylvania Museum explorers report a cross section of history on a Beth Shean hill found by excavations. Layers show Crusader fortress remains from the eleventh century, an Arab town around 632 A D, a sixth century Byzantine church, a Roman temple once dedicated to Bacchus, and Scythian hut remains with a fifty foot shaft exposing earlier flint period layers. In Egypt near the Valley of the Kings, tombs of 36 nobles and Seti dynasty generals are located, including Tutankhamun commander in chief.
Commissioner Peterson estimates half of the total stock will sell in six weeks as the new bank opens around March 1. The plan, largest in state history, makes the bank a depository for 900 member banks of the state guaranty fund. Loss from the old bank was the greatest in Kansas and surpasses most local and state hotel costs. Roy F. Foley remains receiver and a Kansas State Bankers Association committee assists, including A. R. Wallace and John M. Wagner.
Cincinnati reports entomologist Samuel J. Hunter of Kansas describes protective coloring in the black swallow-tail. He notes caterpillars attach to green weeds, wood, or white objects and the resulting pupae adopt green, brown, or white hues for camouflage.
An early settlement seems unlikely as the boilermakers' dispute threatens Britain’s shipbuilding industry. The strike has persisted for over seven months, sidelining about 60,000 workers in allied trades. In Canada, Ontario produced 90.5 million pounds of factory cheese last year, out of 134.53 million pounds across the country.
The 1923 year ended with strong overall business in the United States and an optimistic outlook for 1924. Railroads showed record earnings and investment, the auto industry hit a peak, steel and oil faced shifts, and construction surged as equipment outlays neared three billion dollars.
Havana, with a population over 364000, hosts 22 daily newspapers more than any city its size. Most circulate locally, with 3 dailies in English and 19 in Spanish. Over a score of weeklies and monthlies exist, including two in Chinese. El Diario de la Marina, founded 1832, is the oldest, El Heraldo began last month as the youngest. Presidential elections loom next year, likely spurring more dailies.
Topeka, Dec 29 AP The State Public Utilities Commission reports improved handling of livestock shipments by railroads based on May and October surveys. The commission cites longer train lengths and 28 hour transit limits, with cattle moved from Goodland 459 miles and Tribune 411 miles to Kansas City within the time rule.
Topeka December 29 More than 25000 has been collected from estates of inmates of Kansas state hospitals in the Tage i months D O McCray secretary of the state board of administration reported today This is more than twice the aggregate board and lodge collections made during the entire year of 1922 according to McCray The largest bit collected was 4000 from the estate of a Saline county patient who had been in the state hospital for the insane at Topeka nearly thirty years A recent payment of 1145 was made by the estate of a Hiawatha man an inmate of the Topeka state hospital nearly eight years Although it is required that in case the patient is able he shall pay the state in many cases this is not done said Secretary McCray Because of the enormous expense of the state in maintaining its hospitals it now is much more vigilant in making collections than it was years ago Fre quently it is ascertained upon the death of a patient that although able to do so he has paid nothing during many years residence in the state institution Acquiring these funds enables the state hospitals to make many improvements and purchase equipment that adds to the comfort and convenience of inmates Each amount collected goes to the institution in which the patient concerned resided.
Munich reports show Bavarians resist New York Academy of Medicine advice urging minimal furniture and open windows. Readers mock the open window diktat as impractical for German homes and note many rooms are cluttered by generations of collectors.
Final discharge papers for Howard Francis, sentenced to the state penitentiary on April 9, 1922, for theft of a Buick owned by A MacMurray, were received by the district court clerk this morning. The discharge papers were dated December 26 by Governor Davis.
Milford Kansas December 29 fossil skulls of fish like creatures found by Dr. W H Ballou of New York near the rock slide at the geographic center of the United States. age estimates range thirty to forty million years with rocks from Mesozoic and Paleozoic eras. Ballou plans to classify specimens with eastern experts and offer to Northern University Evanston Illinois for his collection.
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