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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1934
Page
2
A Washburn Law School scandal unfolds with nine students, two expelled and seven probationers after drunken parties. A KU law faculty member reportedly drinks 3.2 beer downtown, causing a smell and a burn on his coat. the episode sparks campus chatter and reaction, including social club gossip and sorority recruitment tensions.
Dr Hunt proposes new decalogues for fathers, sons, youth, Christian workers, business leaders, social and economic worlds, movie producers, and the President and Congress. He questions if the old Ten Commandments are obsolete and asks how to improve them for today. Special broadcasting to business men’s gospel hour.
An armed masked bandits held station agent at Hume Missouri, obtained a sack of mail, forced him to lie on the floor, one sack opened and discarded while another sack was rocked away. The robbery likeness to a Joplin Missouri heist described. A marriage license has been prepared for Lawrence and a Reverend N Jackson to solemnize.
Reported gains by Fukien Province rebels backed by nationalist troops claim Yenping the gateway to Fooehow the provincial capital and hub of the movement. Tokyo-linked figures plan a three month U.S. tour. a royal birth in Austro-Hungary is noted. Catholic priests face Nazi concentration camp for political activity.
Genevan based radio talk by William Rappard draws Lawrence listeners as a relative recognizes him. Local notes include New Year dinner mishap with stolen turkey giblets, knee injuries in sports, a 30 year courthouse service anniversary for Henry Gillum, and a sidewalk cleaning canvasser offering to sweep for a nickel.
Mrs. Massie plans to leave for Reno to file divorce against Lieut. Thomas Massie. She denies the Honolulu murder trial is the reason, saying the action is at his insistence, and she will return to Washington afterward to reside and seek employment. The couple have been separated for months. Massie is stationed aboard the U S S Oklahoma at San Pedro.
Guy Criss Simpson will present the 66th weekly organ recital tomorrow at 4 o'clock in the KU auditorium. The program features modern organ music including Six Variations On a Noel by Dupre and works by Vierne and Karg-Erté. Public invited to attend. Mothers urged to attend women’s revival talk at St Luke’s Church by Mrs M J Hunter at 4 on Sunday. women of all races welcome.
The United States Golf Association announced a drastic shift in the national amateur championship. qualifying rounds are scrapped in favor of a week long match play event limited to 180 entries. The six rounds precede semi finals and finals on a 36 hole route at Brookline Massachusetts September 10 15. Walker Cup team selected with Ouimet Dunlap Moreland Westland and Goodman among leaders.
Washington January 6 AP Negotiations with Great Britain over exchanging American farm products for Scotch whisky remain deadlocked. Secretary Wallace, leaving the White House, said no change in the stalled talks. The U S now sells about 6 percent of hogs to Britain. Britain reportedly offered raising the hog quota to 7 15 percent but that offer was not accepted. Roosevelt aims to use Yankee trading in tariff diplomacy, while whisky imports remain uncertain pending a deal.
A Sunday evening lecture at Trinity Lutheran church by Rev. C A Puls explores the Bible’s nature, authorship, infallibility, inspiration, and its status as literature and guidance. The program includes discussion questions and a note on the recent British manuscript purchase from Russia. Open to all beliefs. strong attendance expected. Also notices on local hospital and store ad.
Durable as a local legend Dolly Graeber, famed for diving for fish and guiding river traffic on the Kaw, earned national praise for rescuing flood victims during the 1903 disaster. In his motor launch The Reliance he ferried 23,000 passengers and 100 tons of provisions, saving many lives before continuing to run his store at 423 Ohio Street.
Sports review by Theno Graves at 6 00 p m and 2 30 pm features including Fe maonee s Laws Pearl Buch and Sate de Chinese Novel Kenneth 32 sp ym Elémentary French lessons with Cornell instructor 1 00 ya Campus calendar Misa Helen Bate Hoopes assistant professor of English
Herbert S. McKone aged 24 of 319 East Nineteenth Street died after a week of critical illness following an emergency operation on Christmas Eve. He underwent two blood transfusions as his condition worsened. Survived by wife Ruth McKone, his parents and a brother Sam. He was a Lawrence High School graduate with track letters, a distance runner, and served as supply sergeant of Company H Kansas National Guard, noted as an expert pistol shot who competed in national matches. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Funeral services for Mrs Robert Schroyer, 60, who died yesterday at her home nine miles northwest of Lawrence, will be held Sunday at 2 PM from the United Brethren Church in Lecompton, with Rev Wood officiating. Burial will follow in Lecompton Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Crosby Adams of Montreal North Carolina will arrive in Lawrence Sunday afternoon to be guests of Dean and Mrs D M Swarthout at Valleyview for two days. Mrs Adams renowned in music education will be honored by the M T N A and appears with Westminster A Cappella Choir at 2 30 PM. A tea will follow hosted by the Swarthouts for musical friends and the Adams couple.
Douglas county arm Bureau units look to the annual Farm and Home week at Kansas State College February 6 to 9 with delegates from each women's unit. Notable speakers include Henry J. Allen of Wichita Roy Tasco Davis of Stephens College Columbia Mo and L E Call president of the Federal Land Bank at Wichita. February 6 is poultry day February 7 dairy day February 8 livestock day and February 9 crops day. The Blue Ribbon Corn show and Home Talent night are part of the week with the Master Farmers presentation February 9. Kansas apiary program crop improvement dairy and animal husbandry staff will report on past year work. A two day beekeepers session will run February 7 and 8 and the Crop Improvement association meets February 8. Dairy breed associations begin February 6 with the Jersey Cattle Club and conclude February 7 with Holstein Friesian and Ayrshire groups.
Children join the cradle roll and primary departments in a Sunday morning enrollment and promotion service at Trinity Lutheran Church. A list of cradle roll enrollees and those promoted to the primary department is provided, with a program led by Mrs. Eugene Bring and Mrs. C. J. Eriksen.
Prof. George Beal of the University Engineering School will speak at the Forum tomorrow at 10 AM on Streamlines of Progress in Architecture. Henry Werner presides. At 11, a church service discusses Exploring the Peaks of Imagination with organist William Howie performing Bach and Weber pieces. The Promethean Club hosts a Sunday Russian banquet at 6:30 PM with talks by J. F. Brown and M. K. Elias, plus music by Mrs Otta Grasse and Elspeth Hill.
The New Year program at First Baptist Church begins Sunday morning with a 10:50 sermon by Pastor C. C. Cunningham on The Judgement Day. The chorus choir, directed by Charles W. Thomas, will perform, Mrs. Paul C. Rankin at the organ. Sunday school classes meet at 9:45. The pastor urges all members and the public are invited to attend.
Lawrence high school beat Bartlett high of St Joseph Missouri 28 to 18 last night. Lawrence led 14 to 12 at halftime then pulled away in the second period. Box score lists players Brown Winn Baas Avitinas and others for Lawrence and Shargrass Banks Teed and Strawberries noted for Bartlett. Also mentions exhibitors in Watsonville California showing six inch strawberries.
Washington reports the radio commission legal division prepared to recommend revocation of licenses for stations broadcasting hard liquor advertisements. They face a difficult interstate and state law question as such ads reach dry states, prompting discussions of a federal licensing role and potential policy to bar the advertising.
In Los Angeles on January 6 AP reports police blame despondency over marital relations for the deaths of Dr Glen T Logsdon 40 a weight reducing specialist and his estranged wife 35 Rosella Crowe after he shot her at a beauty parlor then fatally swallowed poison as she fell the couple had married two years earlier and recently separated.
Friends and members of the German Baptist church near Pleasant Grove are raising funds to buy Elder Flory, the pastor, a closed car for necessary visits. J. J. Beechly of Topeka assists the drive. Mrs Flory has been ill for some time. Contributions may be left at D. A. Kesler’s home, 2007 Massachusetts Street.
Discussion covered an all day January meeting at 1:30 pm in the office of county agent J A Terrell. The plan includes a dinner and election of officers.
The Lawrence Ministerial Alliance will meet Wednesday morning December 10 at 10 30 o clock in the First Baptist church replacing the Tuesday date previously announced. Several business items will be taken up and the annual election of officers will be held. The Rev C I Heatherington chairs the nominating committee. A divorce was granted today by Judge Hugh Means to Eunice Hutchinson from Ralph Hutchinson on cross neglect of duty.
Lawrence churches in Delaware feature morning services led by Herbert L Huffman and Seth W Slaughter with church schools at 9 45 and 10 50, music by choirs and quartets, and programs including Christian Endeavor, student fellowship, and an annual meeting with a covered dish dinner. An Army notice announces 18 men accepted for various Kansas posts with eligibility details and how to apply.
The state board of prison terms and paroles denied parole today to Billings, who had been convicted with Thomas J. Mooney for the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day parade bombing.
Miss Myrtle Chance returns to Junction City after Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Clinton Chance. Neodesha visitors Mr and Mrs Estal Starr and Floralee spent Christmas with Mrs Starrs mother Mrs G C Burnett and Miss Telah. Hugh Parry from Fairfield IA visits his parents Mr and Mrs John Parry. Max Frederick and daughter Beverly Ann came from Leavenworth to spend New Year with Mr and Mrs Tom Frederick. Dinner guests of Mrs Fay Parry and family included Mr and Mrs L C Johnson and son Lloyd of Silver Lake and Mr and Mrs J B Johnson of Kansas City. Mrs John Holmes Jr and Barbara of Muncie visited Christmas with Mrs Robert Elder. Miss Margaret Boys of Ann Arbor MI spent Christmas with her parents and returned to Ann Arbor. 4-H club met at the Browning home and officers elected for 1934. Order of Eastern Star plans a meeting. Grange held a covered dish dinner for its 1934 officials. John Tudhope and family spent Christmas in Topeka. Fred Siscoe and Roy Siscoe and families also visited. Parole denial for WarrenBill? The article ends with Billings parole denial.
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