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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1928
Page
4
Subscription information lists weekly and yearly rates with in advance terms and a Kansas address for the Lawrence Journal-World. The piece includes mail and circulation notes, Associated Press rights, and a dated 1928 reference with a choir of political commentary about Missouri and Pennsylvania figures.
A report on Leon Trotzky's banishment to Turkestan framing his world revolution plans against Stalin's Soviet leadership. The piece contrasts their agendas and notes shifts in power as Topekung becomes a new prohibition enforcement district with George Wark presiding over Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma.
The Emporia Gazette decries the sixth Pan American Congress as an Alphonse and Gaston farce while noting editors abroad attack the United States and President Coolidge. They warn open conferences invite inflammatory speeches against U S policy, with references to Haiti Nicaragua Mexico and the Monroe Doctrine as potential targets for incendiary rhetoric.
The discussion centers on proper Senate procedure and the pace of action in weighing the Al Smith issue. Heflin defends speaking at length about Robinson and stresses debate as essential. A lighter note ponders Tex Rickard staging a collegiate style homecoming event for boxing promotions.
Read of a five hour Topeka visit by Grand Duke Alexis, with a possible Lawrence stop, urging large gatherings at the depot and warning of his temper. Also notes on local events, a partnership in dry goods, Sigma Chi party plans, social receptions, auctions, career moves, a Los Angeles winter trip, a fire at 1317 Ohio, and the first heatless Monday under fuel restrictions.
A London family of sisters near Brighton Sussex celebrates a wide age spread from Hannah at 90 to Mary 83 and Louisa 80 with a toddler Alice aged one. The record notes Jane 105 and Emma 88 and Sarah 85 among the siblings, highlighting a unique blended age total for the household.
In 1860 Governor Medary vetoed a bill to move the Kansas Legislature’s adjournment from Lecompton to Lawrence, but the measure was overridden. The same year also saw the convention of colored people held in Topeka.
Dr. Greeley Abbot, newly elected secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, plans broader scientific work and a larger, more accessible set of popular reports. He aims to extend research to fields left by funding gaps, funded through private aid, and to publish more monographs and public science literature while supporting international exchange of knowledge. The institution, which fields over 10,000 inquiries annually, seeks to interpret the march of science for the nation and beyond, aligning domestic and private support to advance discovery.
Buenos Aires reports a letter from the Argentina Rural Society urging government control of meat packers. The memorandum accuses packing firms of forming a price-maintaining monopoly, harms breeders, and seeks government intervention without nationalization, proposing a technical oversight committee to audit accounts and guide policy. Also notes 1927 air distance progress in aviation history.
Mrs Bert Hoffman learns Friday of her brother in law Henry Hughes death after a tree fell on him. He was found beneath the tree and died from injuries. Burial was at Blackwater. Hoffman family travelled to Holden for the funeral and returned Sunday night. Other notes mention local visits, club activities, and family updates in De Soto and nearby communities.
Five of ten students made the honor roll with an average of 90. Dr Labove lists Herbert Hornberger Ida Metsker Vernor Scott Sylvia Shuler and Juling Hormerger as honorees. Local events include a twenty third wedding anniversary at Alec Banks home, visits by families, and community notices from Marion Township and surrounding areas.
Tuesday afternoon for business. Mrs. and Mrs. Noah Shuler and Sylvia spent Saturday night at the Frank Deay home. Miss Ruth May Mackey called on Mrs. Alt Birnday yesterday afternoon.
The Pleasant Valley school held bi monthly exams with several students achieving 90 or higher including Neil, Danlian, Walter Grauberger, and Delbert Richardson. New officers were elected for the Farmers Union and the library added twelve books from the Kansas State Reading Circle list. The report covers student attendance, illness, family visits, local meetings at the schoolhouse, and various visits and activities in and around the community.
Mary Hallock Greenwalt of Philadelphia has been granted a patent for a new means of blending light and music to express human emotions in rhythmic form. Greenwalt, born in Beirut, Syria, has pursued this field for 27 years and aims to enhance performances with synchronized lighting.
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