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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1934
Page
4
The attorney general Roland Boynton is cleared of all impeachment charges as witnesses dispute the prosecutions case in the Finney bond scandal. Testimony shows officials avoided direct contact with evidence and defenses argue misconduct in charging. The trial suggests more officials may face action as truth emerges and reforms follow.
The article notes Democratic members of the national House facing political risk as they defend administration programs and pension laws while diplomats seek a solution for a stranded man aboard a ship. It cites Germany jailing three reporters over alleged false reports and a French pawnshop scandal duel where four shots missed.
Professor Noble P. Sherwood, famed for flu germ research, returns after a year and a half away to become chairman of the bacteriology department at the University. County commissioners approve appointed assessors for Lawrence in a special session, listing names including Daugherty Lemon Russell Mueller Buckminister Kingsbury Dale Williams and Perlett. A winter party at the Elks Club hosted by Lolita Russell and Dorothy Dunmire entertained about sixty high school friends with dancing.
Poignant verse fragment recalls family tensions as a son laments inherited debts and affection, noting a mother’s blame toward Nan and Nan’s gift of letters written during a beloved father’s serious illness. The piece hints at unresolved generational grief and loyalty.
Fox Landon the recent law school graduate visited the Phi Gamma house while Lee Casey Henry Walters Tom Gowenlock Walter Brown Harry Kemp and Earl Grant met at the Beta house last night and formed a philosophical club They plan study of atheism socialism and philosophy with readings assigned from Schopenhauer Rousseau and Boukinia
Forty years ago on a Friday in Jacksonville, Corbett retained the championship by knocking out Mitchell in the third round after a nine minute bout. Mounting high school notes report Miss Newlin leading chapel exercises and seventeen Central students entering a three and a half year high school program. A juniors' sentiment mocks Freshies as the stockholders of Budget Publishing elect Loomis as editor and Wellman as assistant editor. A marriage license issued to John L. Harris Jr and Carrie Messer, and Douglas County Sunday School Convention notes with officers elected for next year.
A compact note traces 1896 Kansas having 10,000 insurance agents under Commissioner George T. Anthony and 1897 political shifts with William A. Harris elected U.S. senator by the legislature in joint session, listing vote tallies and party lines amid a snapshot of state history.
Athens rumors claim Samuel Ingall chartered a plane to an undisclosed destination. Rome reports a protest meeting between the Japanese ambassador and Mussolini over a recent article. Paris notes Cabinet members preferring resignation amid the Bayonne bank scandal. Berlin announces a United Labor Front decree to replace existing workers’ associations with 19 national shop groups.
Settlement of Virginia notes Jamestown founded in 1607 by 105 colonists sent by the London Company. John Smith’s diplomacy and leadership saved the venture. Farm Bureau mentions Hesper group meeting at Mrs C E Votaiv home with officer elections and plans for Lawrence sale. New project leaders named and delegation planned for February convention in Manhattan. Next meeting at Mrs Gus Gabriel home.
In a tense office meeting at Myberg's, Frank Grahame and Janice Kent plot a Mexican film to sidestep Raoul Ortega linked abduction. Frank presses Janice about last night's events while Greene schemes for publicity as police become involved. Janice faces a pivotal choice between danger and love as the evening papers mention a drift bottle tied to a missing pilot.
In a tale of a crow returning a lost ring to Grandpa Grouchy Galump the reunion prompts Grandfather to weigh a reward. He contemplates what to give, debating effort versus fairness, and finally offers one small dark marble as Christopher eagerly awaits a grand present.
A Kansan describes Hollywood scenes from 1940s studios, noting changes in The Our Gang cast, departures of MacGowan and others, and casual sightings of stars like Kay Francis, Carole Lombard, and Gene Austin. The writer recounts getting lost on Warner lot and observes studio life and social pairs.
In Clarion Benjamin Cyphert a 65 year old CWA worker fell three stories from a scaffold at the courthouse and vanished into a narrow space between railings. doctors could not initially find an injury. Helena reports grasshoppers appearing sparingly in central Montana raising hopes for no plague this summer. Melbourne notes a 78 year old bricklayer built a Methodist church at Rathsear west, while cycling eight miles daily and lifting four pounds in weight. Grass Range recounts a ranch discovery of a man’s body with two shoes protruding from a bed, but no corpse found. Cincinnati recounts Judge Stayly Struble accidentally setting his coat on fire while trials proceed. The incident marks a second time such a pocket flame occurred.
Verdi's Aida will be aired in full from the Metropolitan Opera House New York on Saturday afternoon January 27 starting at 12 58 p m CST. The program runs until 4 15 p m with Milton Cross and John Kennedy providing story and life of leading Met stars. The NBC WEAF WJZ networks carry the weekly Saturday opera broadcast featuring famous artists direct from the Met.
The Federal Surplus Relief Corporation has ordered the purchase of 23.45 hogs daily for twenty days, totaling 438,060 hogs, to stabilize markets. Contracts were awarded to nearly twenty packing companies across the country with most hogs to be distributed to unemployed needy recipients. Hogs will weigh 100 to 200 pounds.
Repeated AP report notes plans reportedly formed to aid a jailbreak from a penitentiary and on a separate note a coal mine set a weekly production record by mining 2 709 tons, surpassing prior weekly totals by about 200 tons as officials anticipate January figures.
A search of the Cottonwood River near Cottonwood Falls located the body of Mraz William Gregory, 29, who had disappeared from her home Tuesday. Earlier a motor car with her hat and coat was found near the river bank. her parents live in Newton, Kansas.
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