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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1934
Page
2
A washed out humorless column notes KU students discuss not returning for spring term as financial worries bite and scholastic demands rise. The piece lampoons campus chatter, mentions S.B., registrar George Foster, and a library chair shortage while detailing social clubs announcing dinners and jokes about campus life.
Members of Company M 187th infantry Kansas National Guard received mening typhoid and para typhoid vaccines during a government supplied immunization program. Doctors J. B. Henry and W. M. Auhard oversaw injections for the unit here and additional guardsmen in Co D machine gun unit and Troop F 114th Cavalry at Haskell will receive vaccines upon entering government school.
The Kansas Players selected Distant Drums a six scene melodramatic comedy by Dan Protheroe as their next production to be staged in Fraser theater on February 12, 14, 15 and 16. Tryouts for the best cast in years are being held in Green Hall with auditions due tomorrow. Hockey tonight Oklahoma City and Kansas City Greyhounds meet at Pla-Mor in Kansas City Missouri at 8:30.
Across Austria posters declare government determination to suppress Nazi terrorism amid a week with 140 bombings blamed on Nazi demonstrators. Reports cover related incidents in Kyoto, Havana, Rome, Tokyo, Paris, and Kabul as international leaders react.
Funeral services for C. B. Strong, Civil War veteran, who died Sunday at his home 447 Ohio Street after a brief illness, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from Rumsey Funeral Home. The Rev. Seth W. Slaughter of the First Christian Church will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers include Garret Hicks Elmer Hicks Charles Hicks Harry Hicks Charles Strong and John Strong.
AP report tracks Prince Alexis Mdivani and heiress Barbara Hutton as they drift through the Pacific Northwest on their round-the-world honeymoon. They traveled incognito by air, rail, and road after arriving from Salt Lake City and Portland, then checked into a Chehalis hotel. Investigators focus on the prince’s links to a grand theft case tied to his brothers in Los Angeles.
Public Works administration released 12000 dollars for surveys by the national geological survey with 10000 for coal surveys in Crawford Cherokee Lahette and Osage counties and 2000 for Kansas portion of the lead and zinc field. Work to be completed by June 1935 and distributed through the Kansas Geological Survey. Arkansas senate passes wine production bill for out of state consumption by a 27 to 6 vote and sends to Governor Futrell. Harwood discharged from Memorial hospital after automobile injury Saturday night at Ninth and Massachusetts.
The impeachment court granted 24 rules of procedure amid a motion to quash the four articles against Boynton. Ebright argued the articles lack clarity and charge no willful misconduct. Governor Landon was subpoenaed as a defense witness. 156 defense and 39 prosecution witnesses have been subpoenaed.
Considerable interest is shown in organizing evening adult education classes under G E Birch with Ralph Graber directing. Over 16 year olds may enroll, and room remains in most classes. Training aims to aid unemployed teachers and provide skills, funded by federal and Kansas relief programs.
New Campus Road on the KU campus has started as a Civil Works Administration project. Grading and drainage work covers 550 feet along the road from the power house to township road, with east west alignment near the old streetcar loop. When joined with a city project the route will form a gentle grade from Sixteenth and Indiana to Mt. Oread. Excavation will fill Snow Hall area and be landscaped by university workers.
The First Christian church will hold its annual meeting tomorrow evening January 10 at 6 20. All church organizations will present year reports including the Women’s Council and Sunday school. The pastor will outline plans for the coming year and officers will be elected. A covered dish dinner precedes the session and the Official Board meets at 8 15.
Hy VW Underhill Construction of Wichita was the low bidder on the Fort Leavenworth water supply plant project with an offer of 126,819 dollars.
A meeting to plan the Roosevelt Birthday Ball to raise funds for the Warm Springs foundation for infantile paralysis treatment will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce. Mayor W. E. Spalding, also ball chairman, calls heads of civic and fraternal groups to participate and outlines the program plan for possible organizational setup.
Washington reports the Senate investigates Brown the former postmaster general testified that 5000 miles of air mail contracts were awarded without bids and that correspondence was burned before he left office. New York said Brown denied destroying files and defended the awards as legal while noting continued appropriations for mail carried under those contracts.
Washington January 9 The formal report of the senate finance committee on the house liquor tax bill was made public today showing the 1000 license tax on brewers imposed by the beer act of last March had been reduced by the committee to 100 The committee left unchanged other house levies including the 2 a gallon tax on distilled spirits 5 a barrel on beer and rates ranging from 10 to 80 cents a gallon on wines
Asa Clark a 61 year old night watchman was found slain on a Main Street sidewalk in Kan January 9. Police said a gun battle with a robber caused the death with residents reporting two gunshots heard hours earlier and a blood trail leading to a parked car. The fatal clash left the attacker severely wounded by a shot from the watchman.
Will Rogers was floated as a possible candidate for California governor at the upcoming election. The suggestion came from Dr Frederick Vinning Fisher a Washington D C NBA field representative during a Jackson Day district dinner in San Jose California.
Washington January APP Secretary Ickes public works administrator warned 84 non federal projects that their allotments would be cancelled if contracts were not signed within ten days. Projects include Kansas Atchison street surfacing 6500 Kansas City streets 49900 Kingman building 4000 Lakin waterworks 1000 Ottawa County road 2000 Republic County roads 0bob s Trego county roads 9000.
Ro G Shannon a 54 year old Paradise Texas farmer convicted last year in the Charles Urschel kidnapping surrendered at the United States marshal's office in Oklahoma City. He had been free on bond under a life sentence and said he was ready to be taken to Leavenworth penitentiary where Harvey Bailey Albert Bates and George Kelly are imprisoned. Shannon arrived late last night and planned to wait for Marshal Geers to return.
Topeka hosts the eleventh annual meeting of the Kansas fairs association with leaders including William P. Roger and E. Lister among speakers. The event continues through tomorrow as part of Farm Week with round table led by Wirt R. Barnard.
Hazel Hudson Underhill, widow of slain desperado Wilbur Underhill, will be freed on a reduced $2,000 bond on a federal harboring a fugitive charge, allowing her to attend the funeral in Joplin Missouri tomorrow, per her attorney James H. Mathers. In Oklahoma Gore, meningitis closes schools with a 16 year-old girl Louella Bartelle dying, the second death in two weeks. Seaplanes delay takeoff as six navy craft prepare for a non stop flight to Hawaii, with one plane undergoing an oil line test and planned takeoff later today.
About 1500 livestock men from the west and southwest are expected for the American National Livestock Association meeting in Albuquerque New Mexico. The executive committee and a five member special committee will meet Wednesday afternoon and night before the official opening Thursday morning and adjourn Friday afternoon. Emma Goldman Applies to Reenter the United States. Emma Goldman, deported in 1919 as an anarchist, applied to the labor department for permission to re-enter the United States. Southern Cross air mail plane arrives in Rio de Janeiro after flying from Natal.
Tickets go on sale today for the American Legion homecoming dinner honoring T. J. Sweeney as outstanding citizen. The event at the Lutheran church aims to seat 300, with tickets 50 cents at Carl's, the Chamber of Commerce or Lawrence Paint Shop. Dr. W. L. Burdick will speak, with K U fine arts help. veterans groups attend and a war time song program is planned.
Lincoln Nebraska utilities commissioner Lawrence water plant city engineer D L Erickson accompanied by Tom Veatch of Kansas City and Prof Earnest Boyce of the University of Kansas Faculty visited to inspect the Lawrence water facility.
Heaton of Yankton South Dakota father of Elizabeth Jane Heaton a KU student has been appointed president of the production credit corporation for the eighth district with headquarters in Omaha Nebraska. Heaton is an unclassified student in the college and a Pi Beta Phi member.
Davenport Iowa Jan 9 AP Miss Alice French author who wrote as Octave Thanet died at her home after a long illness She would have been 84 in March The death ends a prolific career in Iowa literature with many novels to her credit
Jefferson City Jan 9 AP A compromise liquor control bill reported today by a joint legislative conference committee would grant home rule under state supervision to cities of 20000 or more and authorize liquor by the drink licenses to eligible individuals. Seed cities 500 to 20000 would decide via local option elections. until then they would stay dry.
The case filed in the Santa Monica Superior Court reveals a 21 page complaint alleging infidelity, temper, and financial disputes between Rudy Vallee and his actress-wife Fay Webb. Vallee, newly in Hollywood for a film, hinted more twists may follow as seals were broken. Fay Webb accuses Vallee of indiscretions with three women including Alice Faye. two others are referred to as Jane Does.
A vintage medical ad touts Olive Tablets as a natural vegetable remedy for yellow skin, coated tongue, poor appetite, and lazy feeling. It compares them to calomel, insists they act on the liver and bowels with no dangerous side effects, and promotes nightly use with claimed pink skin and buoyant energy. Prices listed 15c, 30c, 60c.
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