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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1933
Page
4
The Sixth Louisiana district race will reach the House of Representatives in the coming session. The Louisiana delegation is split over seating the Long or anti Long candidate, signaling a national showdown. Stalin warns of possible Japan tension and notes Russia's credit needs with the United States.
The piece references past Hoover era attempts to fix prices for wheat and cotton using federal funds and notes ongoing Roosevelt program efforts to peg prices for wheat butter tobacco hogs rice milk and peaches. It quotes Charles I Scott of the Iola Register contrasting Democratic criticism with current policy moves and questions how many failures it will take to convince professors blamed for the approach.
A fragmentary OCR style note references a dinner at a Lutheran church and a vague remark about money. It mentions a Yale or chamber ecommerce context and a claim that nineteen men in the world know what money means. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or persons.
Mrs George McCoy visitors hosted by Miss Elfriede Fischer and Miss Ilsa Wilhelmi at the Fischer home Bridge with ten tables of bridge. Guest list includes Miss Elizabeth Mackie and Mrs McCoy. high score claimed by Mrs F C Whipple. consolation by Miss Eileen Penny. Weddings, teas, and luncheons noted, including Gladys Irene to John Richard Woolen of Lorena Oklahoma and other social events across towns with couples announced and bridgess celebrated.
A fragmentary notice lists Mr and Mrs Eegert at home after January 1 at 714 Uli nois street in Kansas City Kansas with a December 24 timestamp.
Twenty five years ago on Friday December 29 a pretty home wedding united Edith Steele Smith and Eunice Smith of Liberal Kan at the home of Miss Isabelille Steele in Belvoir. Rev F A Wilber of Lawrence performed the ceremony with Raymond McKee playing Traumern and Lohengrin wedding march. The newlyweds plan to reside in Liberal where Smith works for Bolin Hall Lumber Co.
Miss Lottie B Skofstad returns from Kansas City and Miss Cora McClure visits Olivet with Mrs Nannie Wilson. Several students head to Topeka for Imperial Dance while others travel for New Year visits. Mr and Mrs L D Kirk plan Garnett and Newkirk trip. A new baby boy greets Wilder Bros employee Charles H Vincent. German student in Leipsic cited by Vernon Kellogg drinks 17 to 20 pints of beer per evening. Old soldier Allen Daniel buys Goodwin place on Elm Street North Lawrence. Prof and Mrs Bailey host a literary evening. A home wedding unites Florence Burt and Charles D Williamson in West Lawrence attended by ~25 guests. Williamson works as express messenger Indianapolis to St Louis.
The 34th annual convention of the Kansas State Teachers Association begins in Topeka for a three day session. The next year 1897 John MacDonald editor of the Western School Journal in Topeka is elected president of the Kansas State Teachers Association.
In 1837 journalist W L Mackenzie organized a Carolina uprising with American supporters. The Caroline steamboat carried supplies, crossed to the New York side, was burned by Canadians who drifted it over Niagara Falls. Diplomatic correspondence followed and the incident was later deemed indefensible.
In southwestern Kansas towns including Minneola and Scott City thrill seekers swap the old greyhound chase for high speed runs in stripped cars reaching up to 80 mph. The story notes a local craze developing as a popular sport amid a winter dispatch from Dodge City.
Curt Tennyson and Paul flee the Klosshee Indians with wounded Ralph Nichols toward a Canadian lake where Curt’s plane is hidden. They plan to reach Karakhan to recover Ralph and, possibly, Sonya while facing pursuit by Tenn Og and the main band. Ralph, fading from injuries, hints that Sonya faces danger near Karakhan and that she seeks Curt’s aid despite risks.
Mary Graham-Bonner presents the first issue created by Willy Nilly. The mock paper features weather by Mr. Quacko Duck and reports from Rip the Dog and Christopher. The animals rush to publish before Christmas, promising future discoveries and mischief.
The article discusses budget fears and refinancing of December 15 bills under Budget Director Douglas and Acting Secretary Morgenthau. It notes oversubscription of offerings, boosted investor confidence, and a cautious shift in Roosevelt administration strategy toward orthodox financing and continued fiscal vigilance.
Washington reports suggest Mussolini proposed a broad reorganization of the world order through theLeague of Nations including the United States in the Americas, Japan and Russia in Asia, and Germany, France, Britain, and Italy in Europe. Litvinoff’s visit and talks with President Roosevelt focused on avoiding another world war and negotiating recognition.
The report says President Roosevelt outlined to Soviet commissioner Litvinov his stance on avoiding entanglement in European quarreling. He expressed readiness to return to the Geneva arms talks but rejected joining broader power blocs. Mussolini’s plan to let major powers discuss Europe’s problems without smaller nations is viewed as a possible move to sideline France and tighten control, though many doubt its success due to France’s likely veto and security guarantees.
Hastings teachers smile over pupil papers with errors like George Westinghouse as first U.S. president a squab means an Indian woman and a grouse a gruff old man. In Fairmont West Virginia Mark Twain joked about 68 kinds of weather in 24 hours.
A jumble of brief items from several locales notes Christmas week weather with temperatures swinging from three degrees to 62, a Nebraska outpost caravan tale, a Missouri family moving toward Eureka Springs, and a Portland court joke sobre ownership of a cow thus. Also mentions a stolen crew lost at sea and a business college starting January third.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as the best fast treatment for a child’s cough or cold. It claims six medicinal elements soothe inflamed membranes, emphasizes no narcotics, and urges mothers to keep a bottle ready for instant use.
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