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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1936
Page
4
The page lists addresses for Lorenzen Thompson offices in multiple cities and notes Associated Press rights. It also runs a long political column about Mussolini canal schemes, neutrality laws, Wilson Clark Nye, and Japan's naval strategy.
The standing Soviet army is reported at about 1,300,000 soldiers, the largest globally, seen by Moscow as essential for guarding the vast expanse under a single government amid threats from both east and west.
The piece discusses Russian defense posture, the carryover of revolutionary rhetoric, and U S farm policy with AAA replacement plans amid campaign timing. It cites Choctaw resettlement resistance in Oklahoma and critiques Keeley Institute’s report on rising feminine drinkers labeled as feminine harflies, linking to temperance repeal effects.
Prof E F Engel injured in car collision with a northbound streetcar at Twelfth and Tennessee streets. George Engel, nephew, suffered a leg injury as the Ford skidded on ice. Sinclair Lewis to visit KU January 25 addressing students. convocation at 10 in Robinson gym. Fire department fought a roof blaze at 1616 New Hampshire Street. Electa Kindlesperger spoke on bandaging and home remedies at New York P T A meeting. Open Debate Season starts January 18 with Kansas City Kan team visiting for a 10 am assembly. KU students Eriksen, Alexander, Asher participate. local debaters Catlin, Harner, Williams in evening. KU beat Grinnell 28 to 20 in basketball. Mrs R B Brodhead hosted luncheon for Mrs Alloys Sudholt of Colorado Springs. Z A Rogers hosted 7 pm dinner celebrating seventh anniversary. Annie I Wight to sail January 24 from New York on Laconia for world cruise.
Twenty five years ago on a moonlit January night coasting parties flooded Indiana Street with a crowded course. Neil Winey suffered two broken bones amid several serious injuries as riders slid along the long straightaway, highlighting the night of incidents.
The article lists numerous injuries from a sledding spree and icy mishaps. Nell Winey suffered broken leg bones while Mary Andrews and Marian Sapp sustained ligament and leg injuries. Others, including George Price Fern Winey W. J. Lauterback and John Baxter, faced cuts, bruises, sprains, or fractures. Salted streets aided streetcar operation amid sleet. a new student society, The Order of the Black Helmet, formed at the University with 13 members led by Carl Krehbiel and others.
Forty years ago the golden wedding celebration honored Mrs Ewers parents Mr and Mrs Risley whose ages total 141. The event featured speeches poems games and a lamps and chairs gift. Sixty five diners attended a supper for 75. Nearby notes recount Mahlon Newlin and Mary Maxwall’s fifty year anniversary with descendants gathering. Also mentions Lawrence hunters visiting Linwood and a Kansas University music festival recital.
Allaire West confesses her love for Terry Willett while pride keeps her from admitting it. In New York, Terry and Allaire’s father negotiate with blackmailer LaMarr who claims Allaire killed a man in a trap. Ray insists LaMarr lies about the murder.
Allaire returns to Washington to confront blackmailer LaMarr in a tense room with Ray West and George Fox. Willett challenges LaMarr’s threats, exposes the fake murder tale, and a brawl erupts as Willett battles to finish the dangerous job and protect Allaire.
Dr. Galdston describes the heart’s protective membrane the pericardium its normal state and inflammatory changes. Chronic adhesive pericarditis rheumatic heart disease can loosen with surgery removing part of the chest wall to improve heart contraction. Pick disease thickens the pericardium often with calcification requiring risky but life saving surgery. Tomorrow Collapse of the Lung a.
The piece critiques the new dealers tactics from Mr. Roosevelt down, warning the unversed to wary planning revolutions. It notes the pride in cleverness, citing Good Hearted Harry Hopkins Harold Ickes and others as examples. It mentions Hopkins’ quip about Governor Landon balancing the budget at the expense of the people and his lingering satisfaction after a drubbing.
The piece portrays Washington hostesses amused by witty talk and critical of Roosevelt era policy. It notes the AAA abrupt job terminations and NRA delays, highlighting Henry Wallace and Chester Davis. It claims AAA workers became a powerful political force pressuring Congress for substitutes.
In a puzzled float of Riverdale, Top Notch the rooster delays his return to a shed after a long day. Willy Nilly and Christopher Columbus Crow debate his mood and possible romance while Sweet Face the lamb and Mrs. Quacko Duck weigh motives. The talking farm critters agree to wait for Top Notch to share his mystery tomorrow.
Cooperative agreements were signed on farms P. K. Beck A. Leach and D. M. Shotwell for erosion control. Timber and pasture improvements to be completed as weather allows. Millard Jackson farm work finished. Mrs Emil Johnson nearing completion. D. A. Shotwell pasture to begin hedge grubbed to reduce weeds and aid grass growth. Harden and Schmitt addressed Richmond Chamber on erosion control methods with strong interest.
A brief line from a poetry column notes the author Clade Call. The speaker recalls a near fatal moment for his uncle Ben as relatives crowded the room hindering the doctor's access.
In a letter to the editor residents condemn a horse stable near two old Oak Hill cemetery sections. They demand removal or relocation, arguing a barn near graves shows lack of sympathy and accountability by the council and urge proper separation of cemetery use from livestock facilities.
Newton Kansas January 16 drys met in convention to elect legislators pledged to outlaw 3.2 beer, endorse convention resolutions, push for a law banning beverages with more than one half percent alcohol, oppose small senate opposition, back Capner bill to prohibit liquor advertising, and urge prohibition education in schools and drivers license actions.
Radio schedules for Thursday and Friday evenings show stations WREN KMBC WDAF WHAF and others broadcasting a mix of entertainment news and serials. An extraordinary late note reports the Kansas Prohibition Emergency committee naming members and revoking an alcoholic beverage restriction proof procedure as part of ongoing public interest in habit reading the Journal-World.
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