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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1923
Page
3
North Lawrence school site dispute stirs community
The Journal World reports rising tension over where to build the new North Lawrence school. Voters approved bonds beyond the limit, sparking debate among neighbors about site choice, economy, and the impact on patrons during the building’s long use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Lawrence
Journal- World
Pboard
Lawrence
U S Consideration of Military Aid to Obregon Regime
The United States weighs supplying arms to Obregon’s Mexican government amid questions its weapons could be used against the regime. A substantive Mexican government has emerged, and overthrows could delay peaceful conditions. The article notes U S support might aid a regime seen as meeting people’s needs. It also mentions a German built dirigible sunk in the Mediterranean after a lightning halt, originally aimed at bombarding New York, with war ending before use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obregon
Mexico
United States
México
United Stats
Obregon Pover
Mediterranean
New York
Missouri Senator Faces Presidential Nomination Debate
Senator Kim Reed voices bid for the Democratic nomination amid party tensions. After disillusioned voters with Henry Ford, Democrats may gravitate toward reform and farm allies, seen as a campaign to undermine Senator Magnus Johnson's standing with farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim Reed
Magnus
Johnson
Washington notes spark rumors of milking contest among officials
Rumors out of Washington claim a Senator and the Secretary of Agriculture held a milking contest with the Secretary allegedly winning by half a pint. An internal revenue officer denies a large bootleggers list was found in a liquor raid, suggesting no release of the list. The piece also notes mustering out Ford for President clubs as 1924 approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of “Agriculture
Internal Revenue
Capital
Ford
Horses to follow and back in old Boston tips
A young man paid for horse racing guidance and received a card advising which horses to choose or avoid. The note lists Hearse horses to follow Hobby horses to back Saw horses to back something on Race horses to let alone and credits the Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Maj Gen George Squier Ends Noted Army Career
Maj Gen George O Squier closes his active military career as chief signal officer after decades of service. A West Point alumnus 1887 he earned a Ph D from Johns Hopkins for electrical research and helped push aeronautical and aviation development during World War I. His work as electrician and inventor includes the multiplex telephone and a global reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O. Squier
Army
West Point
Johns Hopkins University
Signal Corps
United States
Aviation Corps
Squier
Wessay
Christmas Headlines and Oddities From A Dazed Year
Collage of quirky notes from a holiday era. Theda Bara says she is not broke before Christmas while Christmas mail up ten percent. Yale plans sixty four million on buildings. A white robin seen in London hints at Ku Klux Klan rumors. A steamboat wedding and a bootlegger arrest dodge formalities in a string of miscellaneous items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theda Bara
Leap Day and notable birthdays mark today in history
The notice highlights Postmaster General Harry S New turning 65 and former French President Emile Loubet aging 85. It notes Leap Year begins tomorrow and mentions a Canadian fishing-vessel entry ban, plus retirees and promotions in the U S Army and a librarian conference opening in New York under the American Library Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Loubet
French Republic
George C. Squier
The
Varmy
Charles
Meék,Saltzman
Ars
Bid
Socity” of America
American ‘Library Associaion
World wants ads read by thousands journal phone
Read by thousands the Journal World advertisement seeks broad readership. A brief phone request accompanies the notice for potential clients and advertisers to place messages.
Tulsa Sees Big Park, Water Project Tied to Gas Wells
In Tulsa Oklahoma a planned 2000 acre municipal park near the reservoir site is linked to a seven million dollar water project. Officials outline gravity fed lines from Ozark foothills, booster stations, and a 25 million gallon daily supply. The park will include creeks lagoons lakes and native forests with picnic areas and natural gas fed fires. John R. Mott of the YMC A observes the engineering spectacle and praises trained workers handling powerful gas wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Spavinawa
Ozark Mountains
J. D. Trammell
Forth Worth
Wator
Weather myths debunked by Weather Bureau and science
The Weather Bureau in Washington explains that rain after battles or dog fights is coincidental, not caused by warfare. Moon influence on weather is negligible, with Earth atmospheric heat from the sun driving changes. Glen Hensey of Watkins National Bank is in Topeka on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Moon
Earth
Glen Hensey
Watkins ‘National Bank
Topeka
Kansan Wins Hart Schaffner Marx Essay Prize
Francis Newton Ryan, Baker University graduate and St. Marys native, won the $1,000 Hart Schaffner Marx prize for an economics thesis. He is a third year economics graduate student at Harvard and previously earned Harvard master’s honors for the best thesis. He also won the Jesse Isadore Straus prize for research on unity laws. While at Baker he wrote and published the Baker song Our Baker and authored Kh. U. Forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Harvard
Auard
Jesse Isadore Straus
Baker
China Rejects Gold Payment for Boxer Indemnity
Wellington Koo, China’s foreign minister, rebuffed eight powers over the Boxer indemnity, insisting France accept payment in French currency. He rejected the interpretation of “gold debt” and warned currency fluctuations cannot alter the 1901 payment terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
China
France
Wellington Koo
Atlanta Prison Break Exposes Bailey’s Narrow Escape Route
Four convicts fled the Thost penitentiary in Atlanta through a narrow tunnel under the 50 foot wall. The group includes George Arneson, a 25-year sentence for the 1,000,000 New York mail robbery linked to Gerald Chapman. Anderson is suspected to have engineered the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Thost
Gerald Chapman
Liberty
George Arneson
York
Chapman
Anderson
Wichita Accident Victims Involving City Cars
Four injured in Wichita hospitals after motor car accidents yesterday. A service car skidded into a viaduct abutment, causing glass injuries to three passengers. William Edward of Ashland, Kansas, sustained a broken shoulder and multiple fractures in a separate collision. None fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kans
William Edward
Ashland
Kan
Reduced teacher fares set for Kansas Teachers Association meet
Topeka February 1 and 2 will see reduced rail and bus fares for all teachers attending the Kansas State Teachers Association council of administration meeting. F L Pinet secretary announced the passes valid through February 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
State Council of Administration
Kansas State Teachers.Association
F. L. Pinet
Association
Tates
Finet
Time to face facts at journalism convention
Chicago delegates urge hard look at the press revealing risks from commercialization and smug editors. Prof Justin Miller calls for honest critique and higher standards modeled after the legal profession to curb bias and protect accountability in journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American’Association of Teachers of Journalism
Association of American Schools and Departments of Journalism
American Association of College News Bureaus
Justin Miller
College of Law
University of Minnesota
Catching
Young
N. A. Crawford
Kansas Agricultural
North Lawrence Community Notes and Local Events
Local updates from North Lawrence include postponement of Wallace W. G. T. Uh from January 1 to January 8 and a meeting with Mrs. Mary Zimmerman at 1528 New Hampshire. Clergy Rev. ER FP McFarland and Rev Schuler preached and reflected on the year past and year ahead. Lecompton Masons installed new officers led by J M Taylor and Frank Shirley received a ring. A son in Kansas City sent a wedding anniversary poem to Mr. and Mrs. W F Weise of Lawrence, now staying in Berryville Arkansas. Mrs. D P Young traveled to Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace W. G. T. Uh
Mary Zimmerman
New Hampshire
Sam Hall
J. Tyson
A. J. Dicker
Charles
Harry Dicker
California
Kansas City
W. A. Courtney
Yopek
FP. McFarland
Christian Church
Paul
Timothy
Schuler
M. E
Lecompton
W. S. Ingram
Frank J. Shirley
Tyler
Frank Shirley
W. F. Weise
Lawrence
Berryville
Ark
E. F. Weise
New York
North Arkansas Star
Johnson's
Rankin’s Drug
Mass
Kansas Bureau of Child Research offers aid for defective children
The Kansas Bureau of Child Research announces expert diagnostic service for non typical or defective children led by Dr Florence Sherbon at the University of Kansas Acting director. Examinations by university departments offered at no charge while transportation and maintenance fall to families or agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Bureau of Child Research
Florence Sherbon
University of Kansas
Dieetor Sherbon
Bureau
Rosedale
School of Medicine
Eddy Denounces Klan at Student Convention
Sherwood Eddy, YMCA general secretary, denounced the Ku Klux Klan as propaganda that could ignite a class war akin to red revolutions in Russia. Addressing 6,000 delegates at the student volunteer gathering, he urged Christians to halt the campaign of hatred and falsehood as delegates from colleges, universities, and 400 foreign delegates gathered for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ku Klux Klan
United States
Russia
Sherwood Eddy
Edyd
Papers Change Hands in Kansas Town Newspapers
W. E. Cain owner of the Perry Mirror and Lecompton Sun sells his papers to Elias McElhinney of Manhattan. Cain, retiring for health, will stay in Perry and pursue other business. McElhinney, formerly Quin ter Kansas, has served as chief clerk in the state legislature. Also notes jail conditions and Amick beginning undertaking studies in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Cain
Perry Mirror
Lecompton Sun
Elias McElhinney
McElhinney
Manhattan
Quinter
Kansas
Cain
Perry
Ee Ee
Old Man Winter Disrupts Lawrence Roads and Rides
Winter's arrival paralyzed Lawrence roads with skids and ditches as eight cars piled in a Topeka to Lawrence run. Motorists struggled to start balky cars amid cold snaps while trains ran near normal. Local chatter touches on politics and festive whims as season winds down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter
Lawrence
Fort To Fort
Topeka
Deaths and Funerals of John Evans in Williamstown
Funeral services were held in Williamstown yesterday for John Evans who died in Yuma Arizona. He was about sixty five, aged 65. Evans came to Kansas in the early days and lived near Williamstown for about thirty years. His burial was at Williamstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
John
Evans
Yuma
Ariz
Kansas
Oklahoma anti Klans bill may still reach governor
Oklahoma City reports the measure known as the anti Klan law passed in the extraordinary session may not be dead and could be sent to Governor M. E. Trapp for signature after the house reconvenes January 14. Speaker W. D. McBee and several lawmakers say it remains viable despite a public note from the governor that no Klans bill has passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
M. E. Trapp
W. D. McBee
Trapp
Muskogee
McBee
House
Thanks for support after father's death Longfellow
The family expresses gratitude to the Lone Star, C P A Brother Kinzie, and many friends and neighbors for their kind assistance during the search and death of D C Longfellow, and for the floral offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star
C.P. A
Kinzie
D. C. Longfellow
Lawrence Bride Marries Carman in Pleasant Home Wedding
Miss Elizabeth Mackie became the bride of Carman in a Saturday ceremony in a gown of wedding ring satin with carrickmacross lace. Attendants included Martha Mackie and David Mackie. The couple plans to make their home in Miami Oklahoma after a Lawrence upbringing. Guests included Mackie and Sweeney family members from Pittsburg and Scammon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Mackie
George _ Kerr Mackie
Mary McDonald
Pittsburg
Kan
Martha Mackle
Mr. Carman
David Mackie
George Mackie
Georgette
Mrs. Carman
Lawrence
Lawrence High School
University
Pi Beta:Phi * Sorority
Carman
B. Carman
Miami
Okla
John W. Mackie
Scammon
Thomas Mackie
Minnie Sweeney
Mary, McDonald
Gertrude Wiggins
Kansas City
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