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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1936
Page
9
Repossessed Norge refrigerators offered at 75 dollars with full guarantee through Weaver's Appliance Dept on the third floor. Phone 636 in the local area for details and appointment.
Notice published by The Law dy Journdale World Duly. The registration books of the City of Law rence will open from September 10 at 10:60 p.m., starting on the fifteenth of 199K and ending July 23, after which they close until after the primary election. City Clerk A. E. Waestermoyer signs.
Chicago wheat futures slide after heavy damage reports in Saskatchewan around Regina trigger swift selling. Wheat drops nearly six cents from early highs before a late rebound hints at a volatile close. Kansas City livestock shows mixed bids as hogs and cattle trade with modest gains and higher calves. Local markets report firmer potatoes and mixed produce prices as grain, corn, and oats shift in late session.
A turbulent trading day sees drought fears and rain affecting crops while steel and industrials gain. Shares in Bethlehem, U S Steel, and other majors rise though fears of a major steel strike spur selling. Petroleum equities hold modestly, with a drop in weekly crude production cited as supportive.
A Shipping World survey shows over a million tons of merchant shipping under construction in Great Britain and Northern Ireland shipyards. It notes 64 naval vessels including two for Toland, two for Estonia, and three for Argentina, either under construction or ordered, while capacity remains underutilized and about a third of shipyard workers idle.
A Presbyterian Aid group will sponsor a Thursday evening musical featuring Miss Virginia Eagle a K A graduate as vocalist with Miss Lois Wells Nortonville pianist and William Leech as accompanist. Also noted are local visits and family gatherings around the Fourth of July with numerous names and places.
Local notices and ads mention Emerson Electric Fans priced as low as 3 50. The rest covers community happenings: deaths, a CCC camp fatal pneumonia, a shop stove explosion burning a home, church services, and visits by residents to various towns. Names include Hudson, Dean, Cooley, Saybey, Nichols, Loomis, Kidd, Suttop.
Answers list locations and terms including Northern Central Africa Jerusalem in Palestine and Arizona. It mentions the arrangement of election districts to give unfair advantage, and notes ruffed grouse woodcock and snipe. Also a description of a mechanism stopping for a fraction of a second at top dead center. References to a French printer sculptor and architect and a Treasury department entry are included.
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