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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1921
Page
1
In a session marked by potential redraws, lawmakers consider altering Kansas house districts and reducing representation to seven seats as part of statewide redistricting efforts amid ongoing debates and budget concerns.
Topeka Jan 21 The current legislative session could be forced to reapportion Kansas congressional districts reducing eight districts to seven if the U S House plan passes. Other measures seek redistricting of judicial districts to add judges and restructuring of the state senate. Previous attempts have been blocked, but the fate of these bills hinges on the U S Senate approval of eight to seven representation.
Topeka January 21 A compromise highway program satisfactory to all elements in both houses of the Kansas legislature will be worked out by Wednesday Governor Allen said that many lawmakers share Lambertson’s view to defer hard surfaced road work for two years not as a slap at good roads but to move cautiously The plan under consideration would levy an increased auto license tax with funds returned to counties and placed in permanent road funds Construction would be deferred except for preliminary work until material costs rise or the state can manufacture brick and cement Details on county allocations are not yet set The reapportionment committee submitted its bill for senatorial district changes The house is in committee of the whole this afternoon likely to adjourn Monday The senate adjourned Monday afternoon.
The Kansas house approved Harley of Douglas proposal to standardize nurse training and raise education requirements to one year of high school, addressing nurse shortages. Also approved was Jolliffe measure tightening banking penalties for false entries and embezzlement, citing crime statistics from the year.
Topeka Kansas January 21 The Kimball measure to repeal the state anti cigarette law moves to a joint session of the judiciary and public welfare committees at 5 pm today The House Public Welfare Committee recommended passage of the bill by Smith of Elk County which would bar smoking chewing and spitting around churches and school buildings Special Sunday dinner offered at Text Room for $2
In Topeka on January 21 the third annual gathering of Kansas State Teachers Association heard University of Kansas Chancellor E H Lindley discuss the commissioner plan for educational administration. Pitburg Normal President W A Brandenberg urged greater recognition of normal institutes and teacher training schools.
First day features Chancellor EF. 1 ley address at Fraser Hall. Talks cover Health Standard of Life and Cooperation. Attendees include deans from Emporia Normal Pittsburg Normal Baker University and Washburn plus several high school representatives.
Chairman Geo L Kreeck calls all divisions to meet at ninety hall tonight to finalize the program for next week. Mayen Kreeck says every member should attend as plans for the event to be staged west week will be announced.
Report of final convention session of the Union in Topeka details reelection of Maurice McAuliffe for the presidency and other officers. The program includes hearing reports on operations, basin of Kansas Parm, and selecting next meeting place.
The forecast for Kansas calls for fair conditions tonight with cooler air in the eastern portion and rising temperatures in the western portion by Saturday. Details about yesterday's temperature and today’s maximum and minimum readings are unclear due to fragmented text.
A Mount Vernon Post Office robbery is traced to a suspect named Guy Kile. Police report indicate the preacher was linked to the hold up, with investigators pursuing additional leads and reviewing security footage.
$186000 in the haul from a garage stash tied to Rev Guy Kile and Loven Williamson. Authorities recovered about $75,000 in one garage and $16000 in another, with more funds and securities found in an egg crate at the preacher’s Mount Vernon home. Four people were arrested with more expected as post office inspectors raid area locations on the case.
A United States Bureau of Mines rescue car arrived yesterday at the University’s mining engineering department. Prof C M Younr and staff learned this morning the car is to instruct students in first aid and mine rescue work. Foreman Hynal and assistant Benedict will head the team. About twenty five students will gather tonight for the first lesson, with sessions expected to last one to two weeks.
About 190 attendees gathered at Midland for the Grant township C F A annual meeting. Rev Fr H Smith spoke on twenty eight minutes of experiences in Japan and Korea and offered songs during the program. A noon meal followed in the customary manner.
Kansas Music Week activities led by the State Federate Clubs will feature Kine Arts People in six towns. Under Blanche Logan of Kansas City, Ward Dean Buller of the School of Fine Arts, with Mrs Butler and Miss Anna Sweeney, they will give concerts in Wichita Winfield Florence Geneseo Mitchell and Hillshore.
Bethel Newton visitation committee visits the University today as guest of the K U committee on unions and affiliations of calleers with Dean F W Blackmar as chairman. President J E Hartzler and Professors C A Henry Pp J Welel and D H Rickard attend luncheon with the visiting group. Silk Workers Appeal for Help from Shanghai Silk and Cocoon Guild seeks aid as market dulls idlework and factory closures. over 10 000 silk workers idle and 26 filatures closed. Special Sunday dinner offered for $1 at Wiedemann's Tea Room. R L Patterson spent today TM following Welch Welch Chiropractors.
University Orchestra under Professor Hendrie performed a fifty one piece program before a full Fraser Hall audience. Weer's Overture to Oberon impressed, while Ole Bull's Solitude on the Mountain drew encore. Soloist Mora Moreland Peek offered a noted gut string performance amid strong instrument tone. The group has grown from eighteen to fifty players and aims for larger audiences in future seasons.
President elect Harding plans a two week vacation starting Jan 21 aboard his train. He will fish along the Florida coast and golf during the trip. Early February he will reside in Maine for a period before returning home via Boston and New York.
Charles M. Sehivea tells the Congressional committee that Schwab’s October, 1918 personal spending of 260000 was charged to the Shipping Bond and that he paid all expenses himself. He defends his term as director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation as not maligned.
Eight killed in Dublin as Sinn Féin attackers ambush near the city. Police constables dead after a motor car ambush and an additional death found near a barb rack following the violence. The legal notice records an attachment by J. Rio as attorney for C. R. Cox against Harper involving mule barns and stock in North Lawrence and areas north of town and along South Massachusetts street.
Dunkers confirm Ford Motor Co negotiates for a sizable loan likely in the range of fifty to seventy five million dollars in New York today. The move reflects company affairs as bankers and executives discuss terms and conditions for financing.
Wallace Ringle, a senior and business manager of the Pittsburg High School paper, shot and killed himself after being accused of robbing a Pittsburg store. He confessed to the crime before dying, and authorities later arrested another boy linked to the case.
A fragmentary report describes the release of an American woman by Russians after a tense confrontation aboard a steamer. The event involves unclear details and unnamed figures, with references to a person identified as Mrs Harrison and mentions of a vessel journey. The full context remains obscured by garbled OCR text.
An unreadable OCR snippet mentions an amount of S82,000 and references to a concert or presentation. Names, places, and coherent events are not clearly readable, making it impossible to identify a definite headline or factual summary from the legible text.
Fragmented OCR text hints at an occult ritual or order gathering titled the DeMains, planned for an evening at a masons site with ceremonial procedures and hopeful announcements. Names and precise details are garbled, leaving an outline of a private ceremony.
Manila reports Americans Robert Bneaile and Mac Malone survivors of the British steamer Isabella wreck. They were rescued near Tarnate island, Samar, after a California to Manila voyage. Port officials received advices on January 21.
More than 200 growers from six counties met to organize a regional body here today, aiming to coordinate potato production, marketing, and research efforts across the area. The gathering underscores growing farmer cooperation in the sector.
Experts at a meeting discussed seed cooperative marketing with over 200 potato growers in attendance. The gathering covered improvements, market strategies, and industry concerns, while notable figures and state representatives participated in debates.
The article notes a large change in port values and imports with a total around 32.27 million and 204 million, leading to a trade balance favoring the United States by roughly four to six billion dollars compared with the previous year, signaling a substantial economic impact.
The column blends local Lawrence notes with political talk and social updates. It mentions Italian Communist discourse, a Kansas City convention, and social visits, including Mrs. Gi C and the McNish family returning from Wichita to attend events, with Marjorie Rickard visiting Fort Scott, and Omar F Harshman noted at 717 Mass.
The Douglas county farm bureau opened its annual meeting with re election of Seth Felton as president and H G Van Neste as secretary treasurer. Ray O Smith was re elected farm agent and Belle Nichol son was named as business manager. The meeting outlined plans for 19 2 with emphasis on marketing, feeding and disease control in livestock, field demonstrations and community leadership. A wide slate of officers and districts were named to spearhead county wide initiatives across crops, pests, soil fertility and farm accounting.
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