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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1935
Page
4
A Lawrence Kansas newspaper fragment covers varied items. It notes travel by the flying Key brothers, educational association meetings in Denver, debates on funding and academic freedom, and remarks on law testing in court. It mentions a criminal sentence by a Kansas military court and discusses fiscal policy and constitutional concerns. Names include Associated Press and national figures.
Two neighboring states show contrasting fiscal paths yesterday Oklahoma reports a nearly 12 million deficit while Kansas ends the year with a balanced budget. Kansas achieved balance through restraint and a cash basis approach, avoiding deficits by not spending beyond available funds.
In Lawrence today readers learn of Fort Apache resident James G. Iliff visiting his brother in town at 914 Louisiana Street, with other seasonal trips listed including Eleanor Hadl set to visit Chicago, and a transfer to the Philippines for Capt. ibald. The column notes several Lawrence residents traveling, hosting gatherings, and local real estate activity on Vermont Street, plus summer plans for Maude Landis and Agnes Schmitt. It also mentions former Wichita residents Andrew Jackson Dies and family, and a Topeka Capital essay prize winner from 1914.
Forty years ago reports recount a glass explosion at End Market and dynamite suspicions, a Perry-bound car ride and amusement park chatter, a Pierce Arrow acquired for hack work, oats thriving on a Sibley farm, bridges contracted for $1,010, a Bloomer dress craze in society circles, and local business updates including Graeber Bros. plumbers and new house contracts in Lawrence Kansas.
A collage of brief, odd local items and curiosities from Frankfort Indiana and beyond. Two landlords face mixed reactions over house painting. one receives indignant calls, the other thanks a kind tenant. A painter named Johnson painted the wrong house, causing confusion. In Marion Kentucky rain floods bring fish to potato rows after the water receded. A Los Angeles court scene features a mayhem case with a quirky ear remark by Officer Skalitzky. A three year old in Omaha chews mercury from an ice box thermometer, treated with vinegar and eggs. In Blair, Nebraska, a man dies after drinking cold water post work in the heat. A rural finish notes a school basketball team.
Laurie Moore, a widow awaiting a partnerless future, travels from Liverpool with a mysterious male traveler who saves her from a door mishap onboard a speeding train. Their tense exchange and wary first impressions set the stage for a developing bond as Laur ie learns more about her enigmatic companion.
In Puddle Muddle neighbors worry Rip the dog is missing. Christopher Columbus Crow and others search tirelessly while Top Notch learns a dog matching Rip’s description is at a distant farmhouse. The owner says the dog has a hurt leg and should be ready to travel home in two days. Fireworks CelebrationTomorrow.
Dr Iago Galdston discusses lighter air a helium oxygen mix as an experimental breathing aid. The blend weighs far less than ordinary air, reduces breathing effort, and may reach remote lung spaces, aiding heart failure asthma and obstructive lung conditions though availability and safety concerns limit current use. Tomorrow Pais on Ivy.
A Sinhalese woman tapping a rubber tree is shown on the two seat carmine and black stamp in the four stamp set. All stamps are bi colored with George V in the upper right corner. Rubber is a chief product of this stand.
The article describes stamps from Ceylon featuring rice and hill paddy motifs, and stamps from Johore showcasing Sultan Ibrahim and his sultana in a large, national design. It notes historical details about Hollow Horn Bear and the sultana Helen Wilson, plus palace details and territorial wealth.
Scattered Jottings notes Austria releasing a 16 stamp postage due set. Designs feature a large numeral on groschen stamps and the coat of arms with the double headed eagle on monarchical issues. Denominations range from 1 to 39 groschen and 1 to 10 schilling in red, dark blue and green colors. Nyasaland protectorate adds a 4d violet and 9d olive green to its 1934 spotted leopard series.
Washington daily column notes that despite efforts to shield the agricultural adjustment act from constitutional challenges after the NRA decision, amendments designed to test constitutionality pass the House and await Senate debate. The agriculture committee signals likely clashes over four major issues including marketing limits, purchase allowances, minimum prices, and first- handlers control.
Radio listings across WREN WDAF KMBC present a dense schedule from 5:30 p.m. to midnight with varied programs including Jack Armstrong Paradise, One Man's Family, Edwin C Hill talks, Broadway Varieties, Town Hall, Burns and Allen, piano and violin solos, orchestras led by Kemp and Lee, and late-night orchestral and headline segments featuring Floyd Towns and Nat’l A.A. events. A long list of musical acts, dramas, and public affairs shows fill the night across three stations with extensive interspersed advertising and local talent.
The article describes congressional concerns over Agricultural Adjustment Administration powers including access to books and records and potential orders on producers and distributors. Officials have been pressed to tone down proposals, but opposition in agricultural states looms as the amendments ride roost on President Roosevelt's must program.
Nearly all administrative offices at K. U. will be closed tomorrow for the Fourth of July. Classes dismissed and campus activity will be at a standstill though individual decisions varied. A breakfast for education students will be held at Brown's Grove and no Friday plans announced. Shuttles resume in departments that day. Harold S. Preston and Ralph E. Graber, Lawrence teachers in industrial education, visited Wichita with over 40 students to tour factories and school shops.
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