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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1929
Page
3
A House bill outlines an Army appropriation totaling 435 428 415 dollars for the next year. It includes increases for national defense, officer pay raises, and added lieutenants, plus funds for maintenance, flood control, air corps, and five year modernization plans.
Baton Rouge Jan 3 AP Only an insanity plea and the state supreme court stand between the haneman's norge and Mrs Ad Lehouef and Dr Thomas F Dreher sentenced to death for the murder as the woman's husband James Tope bouef Governor Helly night declined to commute the death penalty. Counsel for the condemned planned to apply to halt execution until a hearing could be held. The execution is set for Saturday between noon and three. The commutation request was rejected in a 5090 word statement citing brutality of the Leopold loeb case as example of life imprisonment. The body was bound weighted and sunk in Lake Palourde. Remembrance verse appears after the article text.
A budget of 3 459 000 dollars for foreign missions is drafted for the coming year by the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr John T L Edwards, secretary of the board, states the plan will be presented at the Methodist world service today. The report notes 8 056 missionaries are supported by the Woman's Society.
Angell, author and lecturer, scheduled to address Central High tonight, faces a last minute protest from patriotic groups who call him a pacifist and menace to defense. The school board declined to act, citing constitutional free speech rights and avoiding any move that could limit expression.
Fort Scott Kansas January 3 AP reports Jonathan G Miller head of State Bank faces sentencing tomorrow in district court. Defense may file a motion. bond set at 839000. W Monttee Pittsburg vice president of the bank absent due to legislative duties. trial delayed as attorneys adjust schedules.
The entry of a British ton steam American owned entity prompts contract lettings for turbo electric driven ships. The design aims to match British competition as Roosevelt faces Garoult and debates over hasty readings of reports. Gihert, returning as agent general for ms, arrives for annual holiday amid criticism of payments and incomplete data.
Real estate transfers listed include Gd F Footon and wife to McClingocks in NE 12 of See 29 two L range 20 Douglas county. John C Emick and Pearl to Douglas County Building and Loan Assoc lot 169 Indiana street block 39 west Lawrence. Emicks to Douglas County Building and Loan Assoc south 32 feet lot lis and north half lot 178 on Conert gut imeet in Lawrence. Oscar B Miles lots 2 and 35 block 3 Babcock's addition to Lawrence city.
Belleview events recount New Year visits and the double wedding of Francis and Gregory Feldkamp in Seneca Kansas. Family members travel from Ottawa St Paul and Omaha for holiday gatherings. numerous relatives attend dinners, rabbit hunting, and church programs amid flu and travel notes.
The column lists numerous visits and greetings among Diedrich, Todd, Moore, Ott, Sowers, Goodyear, Bartz, Freese, Morrison, Musick, Abel, and Whaley families in Kansas communities. It records hospital news, flu illness, pneumonia death of Mrs. Fred Von Gunten, travel to Kansas City, and New Year gatherings plus a Belleview Ladies Aid meeting with guests and new copymitters.
Doctors and druggists now recommend Calotabs to break up a cold or cut short grippe influenza sore throat or tonsillitis. One or two Calotabs at bedtime with water purge the system, with no salts or nausea and no interference with meals or activities. The advertisement claims full directions in a family package for 25 cents at any drug store.
Peking suffers economic downturn with many shops closed for weeks and foreign traffic down. Colorful city now dull as railroad service falters, hotels hurt, and few foreign businessmen visit, reflecting a loss of former prosperity after the capital moved to Nanking.
A fragmentary report notes Beijing traditions altered as Peking renames streets with proletarian terms, imperial red walls repaint blue, and yellow tiles from palaces removed. The public gains access to the former royal Central Park area with small fees, signaling broad social changes and a push for women’s political participation.
Turkish leaders advocate women's franchise as a step toward peace, arguing broad civic participation will ease tensions. The move reflects Ankara's belief that gender inclusion strengthens democratic governance and regional stability.
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