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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1934
Page
4
The piece discusses New Year optimism for relief measures, banking code impacts, and the long prison escape case. It notes Underhill’s capture status, the cost of the prison break, and the need for vigilance. It also weighs how the proposed banking code could raise customer charges and shift to currency, affecting commerce. It mentions Ronald Finney’s sentencing dispute and legal interpretations.
An American Association for the Advancement of Science study compares brain weights of senators and House members. Early results show senators averaging about two ounces heavier than House members, with total weights not disclosed.
The author reflects on how the brain trust has largely run government relieving Congress, and notes Democratic aims to present Wilson as a great statesman while opposing the league of nations. The piece cites a Douglas county farmer who accepts the wheat bonus but begrudges NRA code operators, urging consistency in returning the bonus.
Old Home Town reports multiple nuptials and home news. Elizabeth Mackie married Charles Benjamin Carman of Miami Oklahoma at 8 pm Saturday with ceremony by Dr E A Blecka. couple to reside in Miami. Joanna Gleed wed Richard Wagstaff of Lawrence at the bride's home Topeka with Chaplain E A Edwards officiating. couple to Santa Fe then home at 1512 Vermont Street.
Five social items set in a small town reflect New Year gatherings. Harry Snyder plans a Pacific coast trip tonight. Miss Josephine Mackey hosts guests at her Ohio street home. Mrs T G Fitch entertains at luncheon for Mrs Frank Brewer and Mrs Searles. Fred Heck hosts a New Year party. Mrs F D Morse hosted twelve ladies at thimbles in her cousin Mrs Fales’s honor. Mrs H E Tanner held a whist party for her daughter Edna Dart of Osborne.
Forty years ago this Monday January 1 the Y M C A held a New Year reception from 7 to 9 PM with refreshments by the auxiliary ladies and a program by local children. Governor W R Stubbs and Mayor George Barker Jr led the receiving line with several city residents in attendance.
Richard Doan recalls Christmas in Hollywood with Kansans visiting Pasadena for the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl. Paramount towed a seven-elephant float. celebs like Paul Gallico, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Bette Davis and others attended open houses and parties across Los Angeles venues from Palm Springs to Lake Arrowhead.
Entries recall W C Edwards secretary of state returning January 11 and appointed general land agent for the Kansas City Pittsburg Gulf railroad with headquarters in Port Arthur Texas. A January 1 1896 fire at Corning caused losses before extinguished by equipment from Centralia. In 1897 J E Peairs of Lawrence is elected president of the Kansas State Teachers Association at the Topeka convention.
A fragment from a Christian Science Lesson-Sermon notes the Golden Text Micah 5 2 and a Luke 7 19 passage. It cites Mary Baker Eddy works Science and Health and asserts Jesus healed to prove Messiahship. The text mentions John the Baptist asking Jesus if he is the one to come.
The January meeting of the Lawrence board of education, normally held on the first Monday, was postponed due to New Year's Day. It will convene tomorrow at 8 o'clock in the superintendent O. E. Birch's city schools office.
Sonya travels toward Lake Marianne aided by two Klosphees as Curt and Paul race to reach her after a perilous clash with the Klosohee Indians. Ralph Nichols dies shielding her, Smash abandons the group, and LeNoir drives Sonya toward Karakhan while the crew fights to survive and locate each other.
Willy Nilly’s Extra! Kicks off a New Year parade in Puddle Muddle. Animals gather, claim a newspaper, and form a band using available instruments to celebrate the first New Year since last January.
Washington observers foresee renewed liberalization of House rules as Congress session nears. Leaders and Byrns fear a revolt against special rules that sped last session, while Burns doubts their use. Expect bipartisan resistance and a harder, less docile House this winter as emergency measures end.
The year opens with 1934 baby prizes in Columbia offering soda, milk, coal, wallpaper, gas, an alarm clock, and a gas bill credit among 18 gifts. Other items report an English swimmer’s New Year plunge, a suicide found in Johnston, a four and a half foot winged gull found near Cleveland, and a thawed frozen bird turned over to an animal league.
Annual reports note the police faced a Memorial Day prison break and a fatal shooting near Bassett's lunch. Firefighters answered four alarms in one day and all city traffic resulted in no automobile deaths. Chief Jagels and Chief Cummings comment on a turning point year. Low fire losses and overall steady operations marked the period.
The item lists musical programs arranged by Dean Swarthout with Senevieve Hargiss and Doro thy Enlow, plus_Har sessions with Margaret Hays and Robert Ledore. It notes a fire equipment situation and references Boone’s Bar Tree near Carroll Creek with Forest Service historian W. R. Mattoon and an inscription from 1780.
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