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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1938
Page
4
A religious verse from Isaiah chapter 42 is cited on Monday January 10 1938. The message emphasizes steadfast faith and the expectation that law and judgment will reach distant lands. The passage concludes with the promise that the isles await his law.
Professor C J Posey reports two consecutive years with rainfall about two and a half feet below normal. The area, normally receiving about three feet annually, has endured drought-like conditions and now braces for a return to normal, expecting more wet weather and widespread umbrella use.
The piece notes President Roosevelt continues a long-range radio campaign against a small group labeled economic royalists. It argues the plan is to pressure big business via a new deal approach, while small and mid-size traders fear repercussions and worry about how political leaders will wield power to limit these dominants.
Noted as the earliest spring growth in Kansas, political lightning rods push up through the soil here and there as the season begins.
Reported obstruction in the Senate aims to stall action on the anti-lynching bill. Administration leaders seek to let the filibuster run its course while hoping debate concludes soon. The strategy involves prolonged speech making to exhaust time and keep the legislative agenda in suspense.
Administration worries over the fate of needed legislation as southern senators cling to tradition shielding their party. A growing filibuster adds physical strain and irritability, delaying a rapid program of bills and prompting revised adjournment forecasts.
Local plan for a series of popular forum meetings runs into a scheduling snag. The proposed hour conflicts with an established engagement featuring Charlie McCarthy, prompting concern that the tentative time may not fit available participants.
In a Jackson Day address Governor Huxman pushes Kansas Democrats to adopt progressive principles. He warns practical politics often rest on lighting a new issue from an exhausted one.
The Jackson county grand jury calls for fingerprinting all applicants for registration. It marks the first push to fingerprint a broad group, described as ghosts in the system.
Philadelphia revelers greeted the New Year on a delayed schedule eight days after the calendar turn. The scene evokes memories of a slower city pace and traditional New Year ambience.
The text outlines how human feeding differs from animals, detailing stages from birth to weaning. It notes eating is both vital and ceremonial, with emotions and parental expectations shaping a child’s early feeding experiences. It discusses the shift from breast or bottle feeding to weaning and the loss of comforting associations.
The text outlines a progressive feeding plan from bottle to cup, spoon, and fork. Emphasis on conditioning each new item, introducing semi solid foods, and teaching self feeding with patience for lifelong skill development.
Mrs Quacko Duck visits Mrs Quacker to discuss the wild animals they expect. Top Notch visits barnyards sharing winter plans with roosters hens pigs and cows. Willy Nilly has sent his letter.
The owner and workers arrived to partition rooms and reinforce floors for animals. They created animal runways to grounds, fenced yards, a tree encircling monkey habitat, a large shed for the giraffe, and an ice house style food storage wagon. Willy Nilly receives funds as promises of spring improvements and store painting.
Sixteen year old Irving Broufman phoned his paper to report a house fire, his first big scoop as a school reporter. In Market Los Angeles a man shot at a rat, the bullet hit a water pipe, causing a minor flood. Five inches of snow covered the ground in Chicago.
Director Edward Bean reported the walrus stayed indoors and polar bears refused to break the ice in their pool until coaxed with crackers. Russian tigers would not leave their lairs while ostriches from the tropics gamboled in the snow.
Count Edmund de Szaak supplied a new oil work titled Christ Among the Doctors for Trinity Lutheran church. The painting shows Jesus with the learned teachers of the law and measures five by six feet with brilliant coloring. Its continued possession by the church remains undecided.
Forbes lists Lawrence as one of the best places in the United States for concentrating sales activities and promoting business operations. The Lawrence district ranks in the fifth best high-spot territory with sixteen nearby cities, noted for forward progress over last year. The median gain for the Lawrence territory is .935 percent this year.
Manhattan Kan Jan 10 Miss Jeanne Underwood Hoisington is named honorary colonel of Kansas State College ROTC the unit's guest at a Saturday night ball Other honorary officers announced include Miss Mary Isabel Smith Manhattan Miss Maxine Danielson Manhattan Miss Georgiana Avery Col water majors Miss Anne Wright Salina Miss Mildred Mundell Nickerson Miss Elizabeth Nabours Manhattan and Miss Phyllis Shuler Hutchinson
Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, treated by four doctors described as fairly satisfactory, underwent her second operation in five months for an intestinal disorder. The procedure followed a recent illness and was reported in Copenhagen.
Stanolind Pipeline Company will relocate its Rus sell and Ellis county headquarters from Gorham to Hays Kansas. A district office warehouse and pipe yard will be established to support operations.
Local mail carriers will hold a Saturday evening gathering in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The piece notes taxi meter updates in Lawrence, a public introduction of new University coach Hargiss during a Kansas Missouri game, social events, club meetings, and various civic notes from Lawrence.
Nelda Barrie fights through a violent picket clash to protect her lettuce truck. Bill and officers rescue her as gas grenades and missiles fly, leaving Nelda battered and vowing to organize a fleet of trucks for safer harvests.
The Arun Del Hotel, an eighteenth century London landmark beloved by American visitors, shut today, signaling likely replacement by a modern office building.
Miss Eunice O'Brien reports at Big Springs grade school that Alfred Ice is the sole student with perfect attendance in the first half. Honor roll includes Alfred Ice Lila Hartman Jean Emery Norma Rae Cree Ben Emery Jr Calvin Hartman Evelyn Ice Kathryn Wagstaff Marvin Hartman. Perfect spelling awards go to Alfred Ice Lila Hartman Jean Emery Norma Rae Cree Judy Ice Calvin Hartman Marvin Hartman Ben Emery Irene Winsor Olive Lee Henry Evelyn Ice Kathryn Wagstaff. New Year's Eve party hosted by George and Kathryn Wagstaff with guests Vernon Ralph Lloyd Arlene Spencer. attendees Marvin Clifford Hartman Harley Milliken Francis Brown Helen Brown Bernice Karlan Glenn Norma Rae Cree Evelyn Anthony Alfred Ice. Mrs Wesley Tyson and son Wes ley Jr visited Topeka relatives Wednesday.
Neighbor exchanges and visits fill the week with family gatherings in Valley Chapel. Residents Roy Curtis W J Curtis Paul and others host meals and attend showers, dinners, and church events while plans note a January 12 Grange meeting near Clinton.
Radio listings for January 11 outline networked programs across KMBC WDAF and WREN. It includes music blocks featuring King’s, Blakes Carter, Himber, Olsen, Block, and Robinson, plus news, weather, and theater spots. The guide lists hour by hour lineups, guest orchestras, and show titles through midnight with a weather forecast and headlines.
Miss Marie Schellhorn returned to Grinnell Kansas Sunday evening to resume her school work after spending the holidays locally.
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