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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1930
Page
4
Chicago's financial condition is described as dire by a citizens committee with every department broke. Payrolls are unpaid, the school board behind on salaries, and Cook County faces $250,000 in salaries and $3.2 million in other liabilities by March 1.
In a Washington interview Longworth, speaker pro tempore for many colleagues, objects to referring to Congress as the lower house. He notes the constitution grants the House unique duties such as initiating appropriation bills and the power to halt government action, insisting there is no higher or lower chamber in Congress.
The cabinet member refused to reveal personal views on prohibition as Congress weighs a public question. He reiterated a recommendation that the enforcement function move to the Department of Justice under President Hoover's law enforcement committee to boost efficiency. King George’s speech at the naval conference drew wide attention with many readers rising in the cold to hear it.
Col. C L Mitchell of Topeka offered a fountain pen and pencil for the best definition of hero sent in by a date. He received 16 000 replies showing many willing to gamble a two cent stamp for a chance at about two dollars. First prize definition by E W Albright Brewster Kansas praises one who maintains an honorable upright American character amid social crime and law breaking. Second best by H A Niswanger Winona Kan says a hero stays on the job while others are busy in unpaid for autos.
Theodore Gardner and Wilbur Gardner returned from Chicago yesterday. Mr and Mrs W C Payne and family left for Austin Texas this afternoon. Mrs W F Spnndine ft for the East. Clay Women club ladies plan Saturday events with Mrs John to arrange for the enterta in club women of the state will spend Thursday visiting the heart exhibit at the University. Visitors will be met at the train and carriages provided for transportation to the hill. Lunch will be served on the hill. Peter Dreher and son Jake of Lone Star shipped a load of mixed cattle to Kansas City. W W Cockins has been ill for a week with the grip and is not yet able to leave the house. Mrs Paul Learnard and Miss Grace Bangs go to Topeka this evening to hear Melba. Mr and Mrs Willis Ellis issued invitations for a museum building reception Friday evening from ten to ten. A lecture will be given on the paintings on exhibition.
A youth birthday surprise marked Irving Sands nineteenth birthday as the Lawrence Cornet Band met for practice. Young women attended, planned by his mother Mrs. J G Sands, keeping hours lively until midnight with joyful celebration. Nearby notes mention hog purchases for Mr Faxon's meat market and local visitors in the city.
In Indiana today a woman heads home as the Douglas County Mills, jammed with flour, struggle to ship. Railcar shortages halt grinding yesterday, after which production dropped to 1,500 bushels per day until freight capacity resumes. Storage space remains tight as piles of flour await shipment.
A January 23 item lists Mrs. Kirchhoff injured after a fall at Bowersock Theater with a hip bruise and no bone breaks. George Brune suffers a lip cut requiring stitches while inspecting a culvert. birth announced for John Charles Kruni. Ednah Hopkins returns to work as a violin teacher at Midland. 36 boys attend a Y M C A wood cutters banquet where 12 to 15 rds of wood are supplied at 7 a cord. Annual Y M C A meeting elects F Perkins president, W R Gorrill VP, A T Olson treasurer, D C Asher secretary.
In 1879 Charles Robinson, first Kansas governor, is elected president of the Kansas State Historical Society with C. R. Holliday of Topeka and D. R. Anthony of Lawrence as vice presidents. In 1880 James A. Troutman of Topeka becomes publisher of the Lawrence Palladium with Alfred Cray ies.
AP dispatches report scattered items from London Paris New York Chicago Orlando and Tulsa. Proposals marriages alimony insurance fires and a hunting dog incident appear alongside fashion glimpses and a hotel dance floor lit by bulbs. Star gossip includes Harry Richman Clare Bow and Al Jolson with travel delays and curious quotes shaping the week’s chatter.
Washington reports that Prohibition Commissioner James M. Doran was asked by the House expenditures committee for names of concerns and the quantity of industrial alcohol withdrawn in the thirteenth prohibition district including Chicago. The committee plans to transfer enforcement from Treasury to Justice and Doran said it would take ten days to compile the figures, partly to learn how much industrial alcohol W. T. Rawleigh Co in Freeport Illinois had withdrawn. In Paris, Wall Street's crash prompted a renowned American dentist to return to work after thinking retirement.
A love triangle unfolds as Anne Wilmot chooses wealth over Scott Glenn, then learns of a plot to destroy Glenn’s dam project. Glenn confronts workers amid a tunnel siege, warning of retribution and rallying action to complete the reservoir before saboteurs can strike.
A vignette blends fantasy and history as John, Percy, and the Little Black Clock witness ancient Olympics style games. They travel to a grand arena with statues, a parade, and chariot races, imagining themselves among famous athletes while the clock hints at Greece and Olympic legends.
Overnight AP dispatches report Antarctic expedition ships docking in New York as Norwegian whalers are asked to assist. A federal judge in Omaha rules Volstead injunctions against habitual offenders unconstitutional. A Florida land deal suit names Republican leaders as defendants. Stephen Tyne Mather, former director of the National Park Service, dies. A Wickersham radio talk argues enforcement should reduce crime and increase respect for law. A Kang indictment targets civil service promotion ranks. Honduran foreign minister says troops mobilizing to deter Guatemalan forces. Canadian ship Bolham chased off Mexican coast. captain faces charges. Viscount Esher dies. Wilhelm Hohenzollern sues a Berlin newspaper for libel.
Mr and Mrs Eugene McCabria and children of Kaw Valley spent Sunday with James and Mrs McGabria. Miss Henrietta Schubert hosted a Og ocktack dinner last Tuesday evening for a group of guests.
Seated at quarter tables with pink candles, the event included families such as Daugherty Adams and Pierce with daughter Mary Virginia. Lawrence birth announced, college sports results from Eudora high school against De Soto, plus quilting circles, dinners, and church society meetings. Numerous locals like Augusta Durr, Durr family in Olathe, and Kad Valley gatherings noted with visits and hospitality.
An advertisement claims Moone's Emerald Oil eases night and morning pains and varicose enlargements. It urges readers to buy the original two ounce bottle from first class druggists, promises quick improvement, and offers a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
Mrs. Byers of 1701 West Mass Street Chante Kansas reports severe indigestion neuritis and rheumatism improved after using Gly-Cas. She says the remedy restored her ability to do housework and regulated her bowels. The Gly-Cas Man promotes the product at the Corner Drug Store.
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