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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1929
Page
4
The piece notes rumors of recalling marines from Nicaragua, with 3500 already set to leave and others possibly returning later. It argues Nicaraguans may prefer a U.S. presence to safeguard plans for a sea level canal, while U.S. liberal views misread Nicaraguan desires and warns against imperialism.
Jan 4 marriage of Miss Philora Moore to Mr Joel Moon by Rev A A. Stella Spaulding to join Baptist church choir vacated by Miss Neill. Stiefel Ney sell Lawrence interests to brothers. A S Stiefel & Bro to run liquor cigars and tobaccos. They become general agents for Anheuser. Eleventh snow of the year covers ground. J F Read visiting Lawrence from Black Hills. Glorious skating carnival planned Friday night at the river Balance all.
A 1929 item recalls the Siegel hunt selling 514 rabbits to Pendleton. Notices tout reduced prices on old hach télors, inspectable on Massachusetts Street or visits by request. Names listed include George Kukine Ediling Otto Newby Lloyd Ware Karl Fischer. Donnelly debuted a new hack from Peoria priced at 1255.9. Mrs E A Patton faces pneumonia while Mrs E Q Cox improves. Mr and Mrs Ralph Hager of Leavenworth plan to move to Lawrence. Hager joins University Book Store.
Ten years ago on January 8 a family dinner marked Mr and Mrs William Brown s sixtieth wedding anniversary with a note that they were married in Wisconsin in 1859. The item also mentions honors for Dean Templin and a university beauty contest with nominees led by Robert Lynn.
Major Edson R. Waiter recalls Shawnee’s rapid rise near the oil fields of Pottawatomie and Seminole counties. Wade Willard, Walcott Hotel manager, chauffeured him past new homes, paving, and industries, noting future prosperity rests on agriculture, manufacturing, and oil amid a bright, expanding skyline.
Arthur Berry a 15 year old labeled bad boy lies in a Cleveland hospital recovering from brain abscess surgery aimed at curbing criminal tendencies. Federal Judge Paul Jones deferred his one year sentence at the Washington army training school for robbing the New Philadelphia post office awaiting the experiment’s outcome. Miss Irene Nungesser, assistant district attorney, urged the operation after Berry admitted stealing sixty letters from an Ohio city telephone company mailbox containing checks totaling about 1000 dollars. he cashed none and said he knew no reason for the theft. If he recovers, he will return home with good wishes and face the deferred sentence.
J P Johnson of Highland Doniphan county asserts he ran the first Kansas survey line the 40th parallel from the Missouri river west to the sixth principal meridian in 1854. Lawrence high school held a short assembly play this morning directed by the commerce club with Billy Poe and Wilfred Eudaly in leading roles. A trio Harman Rowland Hargiss performed several selections.
The University senate adopted an official final exam timetable from Friday January 25 through Thursday January 31. The plan rejects extended exam times despite the early campus closure and lists daily class periods and exam blocks for each day despite multiple OCR errors.
Buenos Aires reports five bodies recovered from rains after Calbuco volcanic eruption near Lake Llanquihue. Unconfirmed dispatches list five missing families totaling 22 persons in a heavily damaged region. Rescue boats aided by the 31 mile lake as injured were moved to Puerto Varas and cattle were led from ash covered pastures. The area’s threat subsided. many Homesteaders included Germans reclaiming calm as the volcano’s 6000 foot peak vented lava and steam.
Tulsa reports the weekly average daily crude oil production rose to 2,599,791 barrels ending January 5, breaking prior records. Overall light and heavy oil totals increased by 13,947 barrels, with light oils up 11,078 barrels. December 29 totals stood at 2,085,844 barrels daily. Oklahoma areas saw a small decline. Midcontinent output remained essentially steady with a modest gain.
Miss Clara Hatton is slated to discuss commercial art as a profession during the regular weekly junior high vocational assembly in the study hall tomorrow morning. The talk aims to inform students about career options in the arts and related fields.
The deputy George Reed of the county sheriff's office was served with habeas corpus papers in Claremore Oklahoma this morning. He was sought in connection with a motor car theft alleged at the Kallosy Motor Company two weeks ago. A district court hearing in Claremore was set for January 28 after Governor Johnson in Oklahoma City granted extradition to Kansas. Reed planned to return today to Kansas for the hearing a week from Saturday.
London January AP reports the Salvation Army high council debated whether General Bramwell Booth would remain commander in chief. Booth, deemed unfit for attendance by doctors, faced secrecy measures at Sunbury on Thames. His wife and daughter Catherine backed his continuation. Physicians said he is mentally fit but needs six months rest. Evangeline Booth led the reform faction seeking new leadership. No action expected until the meeting closes.
Jan 8 Oklahoma Kansas oil field notes detail Mary Jane Oil Company's Fitch No 1 producing about 8718 barrels per hour after cleaning, with potential to exceed 100 barrels per hour after deeper drilling. Other wells north of Kinsley and south of Lewis report depths and gas and oil tests, including Phillips No 4 Green No 4 in Greens County and Lake Oil and Gas No 3 Well near Kay County.
National Broadcasting Company announced the crew of the Army endurance plane Question Mark would go on the air from station KFI Los Angeles at 7 30 PM Eastern time. WJZ New York will be the eastern station in a coast to coast chain of about 40 stations linking the broadcast.
Benjamin N. Duke tobacco manufacturer died at his East 89th Street home after a lengthy illness. He was 73 or 74 and burial will be in Durham, D.C., where he maintained an estate. He supported Trinity College Duke University and Guilford College, and his family built a tobacco empire started by his father Washington Duke.
The annual Lawrence Chambers of Commerce meeting will be held in the Eldridge hotel ballroom Friday evening. John N. Van der Vries of the North Central United States Chamber of Commerce will speak, and officers for the coming year will be installed at the event. The affair begins at six o clock. A missing Winchester twelve gauge shotgun was reported, and residents who stored it in recent days are asked to contact Chief of Police Will Dohns.
A fragmented ad touts cold remedies claiming singers suffer less on exposure. It promises fast relief from colds with tablets that break up symptoms in hours and mentions a product priced at thirty five cents.
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