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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1927
Page
1
Geneva delegates vent frustration over leaks from the conference on naval limitations. British spokesman defends nonaggressive stance, urges a balanced ship mix including cruisers and destroyers while opposing an abrupt, secretive document release. flight plan updates note a transatlantic seaplane test by Captain Courtney with a night landing at New York harbor anticipated.
Senator Johnson and Frank Rohe kaloosa presented petitions to the Toneka Board of Regents urging Chancellor Lind te be fired. The board met with Morgan noting Johnson’s plan to appear with petitions or charges. Johnson said he would not go alone. Nine petitions had been filed, Morgan said.
Dean R A f Shivey announces the second term of the 1827 summer session at the University of Kansas opens July 18 and ends August 1. Figures by H W Anderson show enrollment up over last year, with graduate school rising about 10 percent and total enrollment near 1900 across colleges including liberal arts, education, fine arts, medicine, law, engineering, business, and unclassified.
George Stauffer driving a Dodge collided with a street car on Massachusetts Street Saturday night. A radiator van lost its front when the Dodge car damaged by Fred Garner and others at the corner of New Hampshire Street. No injuries reported. Mr Hagen drove the Dodge involved. others named include Fred Garner from Kansas City and Fed Pan Dee of Lawrence. Collision occurred at Seventh and Atka streets.
The chamber directors reported crowded hospitals in Arbor Michigan with two leading hospitals full and a patient in a hall bed. Physicians once visited patients across town now patients travel to town for care. A party from Ann Arbor headed west to hunt fossils. Dr Case of the University of Michigan geology faculty noted.
Geneva July 4 The American and British delegations at the naval limitation conference enjoyed a day of golf and friendly ties. Despite differing views on cruisers they remained the best of friends as Admiral Sir Frederick Field invited the Americans to dinner to discuss whether to toast “the king” or “the president.”
Dr Edward F Hislop of First Methodist Episcopal urged closer church cooperation to serve changing community needs at a union service in South Park. He pictured a central cathedral in Lawrence with a great congregation and music, serving as a hub for religious education and Sunday services while adapting Christian teaching methods to modern conditions. The Wilcox trio provided music as a large crowd gathered amid police protection for a peaceful Fourth of July eve service.
Record weather moment as Montreal endures a brief mud snowfall after two days of stifling heat. The light fall lasted only a few minutes and surprised residents.
Five people died in St. Joseph region incidents Sunday including a collision of a motor car and a freight train killing Howard R. Clark 62 and his wife Mrs Clark 60 and Mrs Catherine Clark and a railroad worker Johan Perk 35 struck by a car. George Sterling 92 was killed at a drinking party and Martin Zarata 60 held on murder charges. The driver fled after abandoning the first victim.
A National Woman's party delegation led by Miss Margaret Whittemore will meet President Coolidge at his Black Hills retreat on July 15. They will urge approval of the equal rights amendment after the Colorado Springs convention July 7 to 10 and will also press Colorado Wyoming and other Western officials to back its passage. A separate note reports a small fire at 43 Massachusetts street when an awning at Russell shoe store caught fire, likely started by a firecracker but caused no damage.
About 150 beekeepers gathered yesterday at 1809 Tennessee Street to network, discuss api culture, and hear talks by Frank C. Pellett and Rob Parker. The event, a joint meeting of Heart of America Beekeepers Association of Missouri and Kansas State Beekeepers Association, featured a bee story contest won by F. Dodds and prizes for distance traveled. Parker urged prep for the home honey flow and emphasized adequate hive space and bee protection. Pellett compared regional issues and local conditions. The gathering occurred outdoors with a noon buffet and group photo. In a separate note, air taxi rates in Britain offer two seated planes at a shilling per mile with pilots and self-drive options.
In the soft coal district of Wales miners are so obsessed with golf that pub owners say they spend all their money on the game instead of beer. Fourteen courses already exist and grants from the Miners Welfare Fund are sought to lay out more courses in the Qbmore and Garw valleys.
A tann table in St. Thomes hospital refectory Canterbury is idle awaiting repairs after centuries of service. The oak table once served the poor pilgrims visiting Thomas a Becket shrine for beds and meals.
Des Moines reports a new law transferring the primary road system to the state highway commission. A three cent gasoline tax becomes effective, funding the primary road fund. Officials announce extensive road improvements in prospect across Iowa.
The Civic Welfare League of Douglas County affiliated with the Katens Anti-Saloon League was organized Friday evening. W. C. Simons was elected president and Rev. CA Richard was named secretary. The league aims to bolster law observance and enforcement, especially support for the Eighteenth Amendment, and to coordinate Christian forces in a civic righteousness program.
Rapid City July 4 AP President Coolidge marked his fifty fifth birthday at the summer White House amid Independence Day observances. A Terry Mont band serenaded the president while Boy Scouts from Custer prepared a riding mare Nit and gifts. A huge birthday cake and chocolate cake sent from Rapid City featured in the festivities.
Topeka July 4 The legislative investigating committee chaired by M V B Van De Mark Concordia informs John Ashworth that the committee will not investigate the discharge of Robert Vermillion from a clerical position in the public service commission. Van De Mark says if the soldiers preference act was violated this is for the attorney general and the courts to determine, not the committee.
An unusual 4 July call to Jefferson City fire department came from Jim Roark asking for help to rescue his cow. Firefighters rushed to the big dairy barn expecting a blaze, only to find the animal stuck in mud with just its head and shoulders exposed. The cow was freed without injury.
Wimbledon England July 4 AP Miss Belen Wills the new Wimbledon singles champion paired with Miss Elizabeth Ryan of the United States reached the finals of the women's doubles today by defeating Mrs Kathleen McKane Godfree and Slike Betty Nathan of England 6 2 In the final they play Miss Bobbie Heine and Mrs Peacock of South Africa Atchison Shows Small Growth population up seventy one in past year to 15116 as reported by assessors
A nationwide Fourth of July crackdown on premature celebrations and illegal fireworks yielded several deaths and many injuries. In Milwaukee police arrested over 500 violators. in Chicago and Missouri cities youths were burned, and a gasoline tank explosion killed Arnold Ford. A Valparaiso store explosion caused substantial fire loss. two firefighters collapsed.
Paris July 4 AP Gom meander Byrd and companions likely sail Saturday for home due to pressure for immediate return to the United States. They have accepted no invitations beyond Friday. Commander Byrd and H Adams Gibbons met Madame Nungesser to extend sympathy for Captain Charles Nungesser and Captain Coli missing since their May 9 flight Paris to New York. The Nungesser Coli committee, of which Byrd is a member, is sending her a $31,000 American subscriptions check.
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine says crop forecasts by his department exceed 95 percent accuracy. The agricultural quicklock reports aid farmers in Manning their enterprises and adjusting production to demand. Initiated four years ago, they include pig surveys cattle sheep and lamb reports vegetable and fruit production storage stocks and transit and notes on foreign market conditions. Plans aim to forecast milk and beef production.
London dispatch reports Sir Arthur Conan Doyle saying spiritualism is quietly adopted by both Church of England and Nonconformist churches. He predicts a bishop conversion could signal the end. The remarks illustrate growing clerical acceptance of spiritualist views.
Large group of travelers bound for resorts across Missouri and the Lake Taneycomo region crowded Union Station over three days. L C Custenborder, assistant location master, notes about 75,000 people passing through since Friday with 30,000 to 40,000 on Saturday. Round trip fares match regular rates as Kansas city lines announce excursion tickets for holiday travel.
William Stevens of Sib East Fourteenth Street is in serious condition at Simmons Hospital after a crash south of Lawrence yesterday afternoon. His Ford collides with an Overland driven by Santon Petety. Stevens’s young son aboard the vehicle was slightly injured. Doctors have not yet determined if Stevens sustained a fractured skull. The accident occurred about half a mile east and a quarter mile from the county seat.
The University of Kansas radio station KRU will test its new broadcast waves Friday July 8. H. G. Ingham, director of KU programs, invites friends of the University to tune in at the 254.1 meter wavelength, noting the change from the old frequency and inviting reception by the university community.
Advices reach inc in the Mississippi flood area report vast losses for fur farmers as thousands of muskrats perish when traps drown and water rush floods dens and hives. Dams dynamited to stem the flood released a surge leaving wildlife dead and refuges useless. Air Tour Leaves Cleveland for Kalama 700. Ford reliability contest departs with multiple planes in sequence. Tzarina's Finest Furs Plundered in Leningrad as prized garments found in cellars broken and damaged, awaiting sale.
Morning clear weather and a busy program mark Independence Day events at Woodland Park Lawrence led by Kansas Supreme Court Justice Richard O Hopking who delivers the 2 PM address. A Fraternal Aid Union band, ministerial invocation by Rev Butler, and singing precede a baseball game between Lawrence Athletics and Hels tran. Activities include a country club golf tournament, a chicken dinner at 7, dancing and cards to close the day with moving pictures earlier.
Turbulent report from Kauai notes Richard Grace facing heat handicap during his planned flight to California. Repeated takeoff attempts yesterday failed as extreme temperatures caused tire and engine strain, with authorities considering Honolulu remounts for new tires.
Johnny A. Tar spoke at the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association convention in Raleigh North Carolina. He criticized propagandists and praised press morale, urging help for young reporters while asserting editors work to solve unemployment.
Ambitious decathlon campaign opens with a national event as top all around athletes gather at Cytrack and field championship. Twenty competitors face a 1,000 strong crowd while the stage features a memorial tablet for General Li Yuan presented by Seine Wave villagers outside Peking in Braythae for his services in suppressing banditry.
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