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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1938
Page
2
Harvey S. Firestone head of the rubber empire died in his oceanfront mansion in Miami Beach at age 69. A son Russell A. Firestone announced the death saying he passed away in his sleep and the funeral would be in Akron.
County commissioners grant a beer selling license to Mrs Louis J Marko at the junction of highways 40 and 59 just north of Lawrence.
A reader quiz asks seven questions on graphology Roosevelt public office during WWII authorship of Americas 60 Families origins of the Great Lakes the mother of presidents Reding woman in a film island of Java Hugo Wolf Constantinople known as the Golden Horn biblical languages main masses in Mexico first introductions in the thirteen colonies Thomas Moore representation in Congress pensions for retired presidents Scotland national flag
The article notes signs of spring at the University of Kansas with robins spotted and garden plots warming. It mentions Kappa Kappa Gamma members in new bathing suits, fur coats fading, and dandelions poised for growth. Also reports on intramural basketball resumes, fee deadlines, Bill Cochrane returning to campus, and Phi Gamma Delta Pig Dinner with Alf M. Landon invited.
About eight Kansas University law school graduates were in Topeka today for bar exams. The tests will continue through Wednesday.
Visitors report the Theta sorority house lacks numbered doors on the second and third floors. A posted blueprint on each floor lists names next to each room to guide coeds back to their spaces. KU independent students plan an hour dance Thursday at the Union ballroom from 7 to 8, with guests allowed to request dates. A E Cap Garvin, KU 1923 graduate, was named a Republican election board member in Jackson County by Missouri Governor Lloyd Stark. Garvin, former editor of the KU Sour Owl, now edits the Raytown News and leads the Missouri Press associations.
WPA project starts rock surfacing and grading on Lawrence and No Lawrence streets. Second street east from Maine to Indiana will be graded and surfaced. Maine from Second to Third also will be surfaced. Provides hard surfaced approach to Lincoln Park from the east with other blocks on Lyons Elm and Delaware streets scheduled.
Ernest G Bowen petitions in district court to annul his marriage to Mary Brown States Bowen alleging they wed January 7 1936 in Reno Leavenworth county and that she was previously married to Buck States in Buc hington Kan prior to 1935 and never divorced. they separated January 15 1937.
Directors of General Motors announce a dividend of 25 cents per share payable May 2 with a record date set for April 4. The firm has paid a total of $3.75 per share in common stock, the last payment being $1.50 in December.
Registered borrowers reach 60 percent of Lawrence population per librarian Miss Constant. Circulation totaled 78 117 with fiction leading at 63 percent. The board reappointed two members. improvements in remodeling and new entrance noted with praise from patrons and visitors.
Frank S. Hester, 82, longtime Lawrence jeweler, died today in a Kansas City hospital after retiring from active business in 1927. An Ohio native who moved to Lawrence in 1878, he later sold his store to F. H. Roberts. He was an Odd Fellow and Methodist Episcopal church member, with substantial Lawrence property. Survived by daughter Nina Hester. Funeral plans not announced.
The House Rules Committee overruled calls for more time and moved to set a four hour limit on debate for the new farm bill. The crop control measure, completed by a conference, is slated to come up in the House tomorrow and would require a House vote to implement.
An employee at the Kansas University power plant suffered a broken right leg Friday night after slipping on a step as he left work. He was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Firefighters were called to 3 Massachusetts street Kilworth yesterday afternoon to extinguish a blaze that started in a stack of ary wood and trash. No property was damaged.
Governor Huxman proposes two bills drafted to shift four million dollars of sales tax revenue to social welfare. House leaders discuss delaying non emergency bills and potential four week topeka session. Representative Dobbs backs the governor’s recommendations amid debate on fund allocations and property tax effects.
Mrs Mabel L Fairbairn 62 died last night at Memorial hospital. Home 426 Mississippi St. Funeral Tuesday Feb 8 at 2 from Centenary Methodist Church North Lawrence. Rev C J Knox to conduct. Burial Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by five daughters and two brothers. Sister Mrs A J Strutt Ridgeway Wis and aunt Louise Arthur Dodgeville Wis.
Mrs Dean K Mason formerly Miss Mary Murtaugh of Lawrence died Thursday night February 3 at her home 144 South McCarthy Drive Beverly Hills California after a short illness with pneumonia Burial was at Beverly Hills Saturday afternoon Survived by husband son Earl D Mason and daughter Mary Elizabeth Mason both of Beverly Hills two sisters Agnes P Murtaugh of Gloucester Massachusetts and Mrs W L Hutt of Fort Worth Texas
Oscar Lackey Brooks aged 69 died last night at his home on 1137 Pennsylvania street. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at Schubert funeral home at 3 PM with Dr. R A Hunt officiating. Burial will follow. he is survived by wife Fannie Brooks.
Dr Charles H Lee 72 pastor at Christ Church St Simons Island Ga slain by midnight snipershot as he prepared a sermon. Footprints and two .38 caliber bullets provided clues. Lee who entered ministry in 1893 counted Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Henry Ford and John Wesley among church members.
Moscow postponed a scheduled interview with Mrs Ruth Marie Rubens of New York as Soviet authorities finish time and place arrangements. The U S mission hopes to solve the mystery of Rubens travel on a fraudulently obtained passport and her December 9 arrest on espionage suspicions. Rubens traveled with a man described as a writer who was also arrested, while Washington pursues only Rubens interview as Robinson's citizenship remains unconfirmed.
Citizens answer the shoe fund call for needy school children as spring weather delays the concern. A. D. Weaver of California notes the Journal-World appeal and sends a check. Contributions may be sent to Rev. C. A. Puls or the Journal-World office. The fund total stands at $46.00 with Pauline Rudolph previously acknowledged.
Plans completed for next Friday night at Lawrence Memorial high school auditorium. Judge John S. Dawson chief justice of the Kansas supreme court will speak in honor of the United States constitution sesquicentennial. Douglas County Bar association sponsors the free event at 7 45 p m with music by high school students under Joe Williams.
About 25 boys and girls from Trinity Lutheran junior choir sang at St Luke's A M E church Sunday afternoon. A Lutheran member treated the group and accompanist to sodas at a local ice cream parlor after the service.
Four Soviet scientists adrift on an ice floe in the Arctic east of Greenland face a crushing ice jam risk as rapidly shifting ice closes in. Radio from commander Ivan Papanin reports men loading gear onto sleds and seeking a safer position while three Soviet ships steam toward the ice floe.
Washington reports Senator Bilbo of Mississippi warned that race issues will spread beyond the South as other sections face their own problems. He said he is ready to continue his thirty day speech on the anti lynching bill, paused last week, as debate resumes.
Federal agents uncovered a large illicit liquor operation in Kansas described as the biggest since prohibition. Four men arrested and ten more indicted as the probe links a filling station in the area to offices in Leavenworth and Kew. investigators report 50 peddlers, a sugar supply scheme, and prices up to $11 for five gallons.
Shanghai reports seven months of hostilities in the Sino-Japanese war. Japanese forces push along the Tientsin Pukow railway about 350 miles from the capital, seizing key cities and dominating Shantung Shansi and Hopeh. They control Nanking Shanghai Peiping Tientsin Tsingtao Hangchow and major waterways.
New York February 7 The thirty second annual Carnegie foundation report expands recruiting beyond athletes to drum majors and tuba players. Dr Walter A Jessup, foundation president, writes the shift aims to attract talent amid tuition pressures and fears of losing tuition paying students.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Britain will strike any submerged submarine in the western Mediterranean and retaliate against Spanish insurgent air attacks on British ships. Britain plans anti piracy measures as Franco is told patience is exhausted. An Anglo French destroyer task force moves off the Balearic base to protect neutral shipping.
An old model car stalled on a rural crossing on the Missouri Pacific main line caused a wreck of the Texas from Dallas to Paducah. Six people were killed including three train crew and three African American passengers. About a half dozen others suffered minor injuries as the front of the train piled into the car. Two youths in the auto escaped after frantic attempts to free the vehicle from the tracks.
The Odd Fellows plan their regular meeting tomorrow night at 1.0.C.F. hall to discuss matters of special importance to the order.
Local school officials attended varied sessions in Topeka over Friday and Saturday tied to the Kansas State Teachers Association. Neal M. Wherry and John E. Jacobs led high schools with district leaders, while Lloyd Houston and W. H. Quenbush joined by Prof. H. W. Guest for the Kansas Association of School Boards meeting.
A juror, William H. Foster, became ill after the defense rested and told a physician he was emotionally upset and could not continue without a nervous collapse. Dr. Benjamin Blank said Foster should be excused and replaced by an alternate juror, though court officials said there would be no interruption.
Senator Copeland predicts the labor department will order the deportation of Harry Bridges, a West Coast maritime union leader. He cites documents presented by Gerard Reilly of the labor department and Secretary Perkins, suggesting Bridges is a member of the communist party.
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor moved from a Paris hotel to the redecorated Chateau de la Muette in Versailles marked as their first real home since their marriage. They reportedly leased the villa for six months beginning February.
Representative Maverick of Texas charges the Tennessee Valley Authority sold over 82 percent of its power to large monopolies at less than half the cost charged to small municipalities and cooperatives.
Five organizers from the 1902 union drive for San Francisco cemetery work remain employed. The workers who helped establish the union continue on the job, indicating lasting influence of the early labor effort.
Linwood report notes Mr. and Mrs. Ovid Sneider and son Sydney visiting Mrs. Sneider's parents at Hesper on Sunday. Friends called at the Silkey home Wednesday evening including George Henik family Howard Cline family from Tonganoxie James Pritchard and son Bobby from Fall Leaf Earl Anderson Selma Torneden and Herbert Torneden. They played pinochle and shared a lunch. Miss Allie Lambertson remains seriously ill at Bethany Hospital with diabetes and received blood for a transfusion. Orville Rhodes and wife visited Mrs Rhodes' parents the Nichols in Bonner Springs on Sunday.
Mrs. John Maltby and daughter Marie of Kansas City visited Mrs. Clara Kassinger. D. A. Wray and others attended a Sunday dinner at Coleman. D. A. Wray was at the Gentry sale near Lake View and Mrs. Wray visited North Lawrence. The Messer truck delivered an ensilage cutter to Wray. A birthday party honored merchant at the Merchant home.
Mrs John Maltby and daughter Mise Marie of Kangaroo Junction Holmes Calude Garner reside nearby. Raymond and Leonard Flory of Union neighborhood spent Tuesday with Ernest Wra D A Weey. They visited Rev. Teane Montgomery Thursday morning at Memorial Hospital where he underwent surgery last Friday night and is somewhat improved.
The Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs E E Lutz celebrated Monday afternoon in Lone Star hall with friends relatives and neighbors calling to offer best wishes Refreshments of ice cream cake and coffee were served Special music bridge and dancing followed Later news notes cover visits meals and local events in Lone Star including tractor show attendance and community meetings within the Weybright Garbutt and Brubaker families and area clubs
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