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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1931
Page
4
In Lawrence Kansas January 6 1932 itemized discussion notes cover oil production politics Governor elect Woodrings attack on university lobbying lunch at the Commons and budget matters. Mention includes Don Ricardo Alfaro Panama minister change and a jail marriage with concurrent sentences.
In the old hometown fifty years ago, the paper notes A. D. Weaver presented a Smyrna rug to the YMCA boardroom. Water from the flume at Bowersock mill was turned on to clean mud after the 1903 flood. dynamo work will power the city and local industries. Mrs C Hostner relocates today. Tom Sweeney returns from Topeka. Will Pendleton to Shattuck Academy. several residents visit Kansas City and Topeka for holidays. Frank Banks resigns to join T E Tories nurseries. Wilder Metcalf home on South Massachusetts now completed.
A Milbank Memorial Fund study of 100 000 adult males from 100000 records shows business men exhibit fewer physical defects than skilled workers and farmers. Eyes, teeth, gums are better in business men, with less back pain and general illness, while more business men use patent medicines.
The report highlights serious disabilities in the business group, chiefly heart and circulatory system issues. It notes valve defects, abnormal heart muscle changes, arterial thickening, and rapid, irregular pulses as prevalent health problems among businessmen.
George B Jenness informs LF G Adams of the state historical society that he kept diaries for the Nineteenth Kansas Infantry First Kansas Battery and the Eighteenth Kansas Cavalry covering Civil War era events and service details from Kansas.
AP dispatches report postmasters in Indiana dismissed for alleged post sale to a congressman. Tornado deaths tallied in North Carolina and Virginia. New York and Washington note political and legal maneuvers. Alma Rubens faces narcotics charges in San Diego. Rum-running case tied to double slaying in Los Angeles. Jury selection in New York for office buying case. Balbo Squadron heads toward Brazil. Joffre burial plans in Paris. Arson at a Vienna theater over film. Caspian Sea iceberg sinks ships. Caspian traders rounded up in revolt.
News snippets cover a Cooper marriage in Baltimore tied to James Fenimore Cooper, shifting French marriage norms, Bible sales easing after 1928, teachers in Arkansas reading from the King James Bible, U.S. vehicle totals, jazz noise concerns, Chase National Bank assets, foreign legations orders, and Turkish debt collection revival debate. Entities include Dr Linn S Fenimore Cooper Eleanor Ickela Baltimore James Fenimore Cooper, Dr Walter A Wells Chase National Bank 2 697 328 855 Angora Turkey.
Fragmented OCR reports farm labor auctions in Chateauroux and Madison, with shepherds and carters selling at top prices around 128 dollars, cooks near 100, and milkmaids also listed. The text mentions laborers, helpers, and a Madison note about eight months’ leases, plus a reference to a device cutting tissue slices for histology.
In an ongoing Broadway romance saga, Aileen, rising star, is disfigured by a glass door accident while Vivienne seeks to shield her future. Jimmy, the press agent, arranges work and pressures a wary Aileen toward romance and independence as Vivienne confronts guilt and the cost of fame.
Snow sits on an old stump as Snowflake children gather around. The Snow King praises them and explains how each flake should look unique yet harmonize with others. He urges quiet, steady joining of playmates, then describes blizzard parties with slushy coats and icy hats. The Snowflakes skip and race, vowing to always embody his guidance.
Tomorrow feature titled The Sleigh Ride appears in Kansas News Briefs. Governor Gide Reedy recommends shifting all state law enforcement funds to end the view that funds support persistent law violation investigations. He pushes for a consolidated state bureau of criminal dustification while noting questions about current agencies. In other news, a Parsons fire damaged two buses and another vehicle at St Paul, 18 miles north, with flames threatening nearby businesses until control was regained by Parsons Eric and Thayer fire crews.
In Monrovia Andy Pflumm, 6, was shot by a playmate Howard Cramm, 12, and was dangerously wounded. Physicians feared for his recovery while the incident was under investigation.
Mayor William Hale Thompson known as Big Bill, forcing him to suspend city hall duties and seek treatment in Mt. Clemens Michigan. He plans a week to ten day absence from Chicago as he runs for the Republican mayoral nomination, having recently recovered from an emergency appendicitis operation.
Mr Disque drove to Kansas City Monday while Pohl butchered a beef. Several families, including Flora, Gilliland, Haas, Pohl, and Schwarz, spent Christmas with relatives in Ottawa and Lawrence. Numerous shoppers and visitors were noted, with many attending Christmas gatherings and meals.
Soep Ralph Baer hosted December 25 with guests from Perry and Lawrence, including Elmer Taylor family and Saree family. Al Body’s party included Hecces and daughters, while praise programs at church and school drew attendees. A young boy recovered from pneumonia and a lung abscess after a recent illness.
Mr and Mrs William Selzer and family visited Mr and Mrs Henry Breithaunt at Edger ton for Christmas. Beulah and Marty Bell called on Mrs Robert Guenther Christmas evening. Lucille Chanay and Marguerite Hird visited Clearfield school Tuesday afternoon. Irene and Mrs John Neis with Mrs Albert Neis called on Mrs Mary Guenther and Mrs Robert Guenther Saturday evening.
Christmas week brought carol singing by Rev R H Burke and group for elderly residents Mrs J D Baker Mrs A A Allen Mrs A D Conger and Mrs Georgia Underwood. Families shared dinners with relatives from Topeka Lawrence and Ostalcons. W W G met with sponsor Mrs R H Burke. thirteen members answered roll call and devotionals were led by Miss Irene Seeber. Next meeting January 1 with Miss Bernice Mangold.
Mrs Henry Roche and parents spent Saturday with relatives and Eva. Willie Chanay and baby joined Christmas with Bert Mitch ell family. Topeka visitor Will Speicher stayed with Lorenz Speicher. Numerous visits among Oberst, Johnson, Rohe, Blakeman, Soward and Mads families over Christmas and Sunday.
Mrs Walter Bleakley traveled to Lawrence and John Wiggins to Kansas City for the holidays. Local clergy and families attended Mrs M Foley's funeral in Tonganoxie. Pony Creek Community Club held a Christmas tree event with a full program of songs readings and skits, featuring Henry Eisele as Santa and new platform curtains.
A longtime Iola resident testifies Gly-Cas medicine relieved stomach pain gas and bloating and eased neuritis in head and shoulders after years of distress. He reports feeling better than in ten years and states the remedy is sold in Lawrence at Round Corner Drug Store and other local outlets.
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