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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1938
Page
4
A committee of three leading a tomato growing effort near Lawrence demonstrates local talents meeting community needs without outside handouts. If 50 to 60 families succeed, they may cover winter needs through their own work, signaling a broader trend toward self reliance in Kansas.
The article argues the President's tour pushes a liberal or Roosevelt school of thought and critiques his interference in congressional selection and state primaries. It notes opposition within the Democratic base to national party neutrality and fears voters resist being mere rubber stamps.
Britain speeds troops and warships to Palestine amid Jewish Arab strife after a clash with 600 Arabs from Transjordania. Officials weigh decisive force versus withdrawal as the only other option to curb violence.
Discussion centers on raising the sales tax from 2 to 8 cents in Missouri to cover old age pension costs if the retirement age drops from 70 to 65 to keep federal aid. The move is seen as not unexpected, noting that free offers never meet demand.
Arthur E. Morgan petitions court to void his removal as TVA board chairman. The suit questions whether the TVA board answers only to Congress as intended or falls under White House control like other executive government bureaus.
Warden Prather conducts a search for firearms at Lansing prison after an old gun and ammunition are found in inmate accessible areas. Rumors of arms caches and plans for a new break have circulated for months, and authorities fear an encore.
The Emporia Gazette reviews Lyon County shifts ahead of the August primaries and notes a bloc of moon-eyed mavericks with frequent party affiliation changes. Several voters carry branding seats reminiscent of rival branding disputes.
A Milwaukee judge rejects labeling a man who urged grinding all gold for nationwide broadcast as insane. The decision avoids precedent that would deem most prosperity schemes as signs of insanity, per the Kansas City Kansan report.
The Coffeyville Journal notes a Colorado game warden’s remark that relief sustains deer and elk, asking if the statement could also describe many humans living off taxpayers. The Kansan editorializes on welfare and self-reliance.
El Dorado Times quotes Rolla Clymer noting Augusta could still start a red-headed club, ideally around taxpaying time on the 20th of last month, and implying a timely launch strategy.
Parents of senior students filled out confidential questionnaires evaluating teaching and school aspects. Principal A. L. Biehn said most grades were pretty good.
Willy Nilly and the Puddle Muddlers debate ideas for a seaside vacation. Mrs. Quacko suggests seaside life while the group prefers wild coastal areas with woods and fields nearby for camping. They finally decide to go to the seashore and prepare to depart.
Perry New York July 8 volunteer fireman Hubert Harter’s pants caught fire while battling a junk yard blaze. He removed his pants and continued four hours more in hip boots and an oil skin coat. the pants burned up. New York July 7 1 71-year old Martha Van Ausdale fined ten dollars for loud newspaper sales near Times Square despite LaGuardia noise campaigns.
E. E. Spencer, caretaker, reports Moore Park lovebirds have fought from dawn to dusk. He asked the park board for wire to provide separate rooms for the birds unionized as Moore Park lovebirds in Klamath Falls Oregon dated July 8.
All June graduates from the University of Tennessee School of Pharmacy in Memphis received immediate employment, with demand outstripping the supply of graduates to fill all open positions.
The University music camp orchestra will broadcast tonight from 6 to 6:30 on WHB under guest conductor Ralph E. Rush of Cleveland. David T. Lawson will conduct one piece. Russell L. Wiley plans alternating weekly broadcasts of band and orchestra. The tentative program features Mendelssohn Elsa’s Procession, Wagner String Sextette, Tschaikowsky selections, Lehar The Merry Widow pieces, and ends with Londonderry Air as theme.
Will Durant renowned author and philosopher will appear in the University of Kansas lecture series on January 17, 1939. The event, announced by Raymond Nichols, marks Durant as the second of four speakers for the coming school year.
Arrival today of 1 633 carloads of wheat nearly ensures a new weekly record for Kansas City with total receipts at 8 266 cars this week. The week’s shipments approach 13 500 000 bushels as operations run about three days behind schedule but without congestion.
Vance Grimes of Eudora was arraigned before Police Judge Donald S. Hults on a driving while intoxicated charge. He was arrested after his Oldsmobile struck a parked Essex coach near the Standard Life building at Eighth and Vermont. Grimes paid a $50 fine or face county jail. Dandruff link noted as cause of most baldness.
Ray Conger of Iowa on the Sinnis A C uncorked a superb finish to win the 1500 meter tryout and shattered the American record with 3 55 yesterday. The rest of the page notes contracts for road resurfacing, pool use, and weddings plus various family milestones and academic moves.
Twenty five years ago Fred M Weber took a half interest in the Gold Medal cafe and will be found there after next Monday. A family gathering marked L Bullene’s eighty seven years. Town actions include a water cleanup along Massachusetts street and down spouts reporting for sewer compliance. Salvation Army picnic and Brown's Grove festivities drew hundreds. Various locals depart for Los Angeles Salt Lake City Buck Creek camps and other towns with camps, visits, and birthdays noted.
Forty years ago report notes Ben and Jeff Williams traveled to Colorado for an outing. It mentions visitors Mrs E B Good of Topeka and Mrs J E Forsythe of Kansas City at Judge Charlton's home. A Lawrence souvenir album sales push seeks a city canvassing agent. Two robberies are reported with Jacob Cohn's house entered and a wheel stolen from Geo F Loxman. Commissioner Hoskinson arrived to lead the year's first board meeting. he is recovering from a difficult siege yet remains weak.
Ankrom helps Lee Trone escape thugs and takes a job at the Raftery ranch. After startling the range boss Mose Hackett with a bluff, he drives toward El Paso with Lee while his hidden past and ties to the Stratheries loom large. He keeps his distance, hinting at unresolved danger in his former life.
The CSEP office sent tentative listing applications to 800 individuals. Funding from NYA next year will determine eligibility for college student employment projects. Last year KU paid $42,882.05 to undergraduates and $1,441.20 to graduates, aiding 451 students from 78 Kansas counties and 44 students from 15 other states across one to nine months.
A two-vehicle wreck seven miles north of Marietta Oklahoma yesterday left J. E. Stilley Beloit Kansas dead in a local hospital two hours after the collision. His wife died later in Gainesville Texas. Stilley’s step daughter Bernice Ghoulson suffered a skull fracture and remains at Ardmore hospital. E Robinson Centerville Texas had a broken left thigh and leg. Stanley Lane Centerville Texas sustained a fractured pelvis and a broken ankle.
Federal Judge John P. Barnes set July 14 as the execution date for John Henry Seadlund 27 of Ironton Minnesota for kidnapping Charles S Ross a retired Chicago greeting card maker. Seadlund was brought into the courtroom in handcuffs to hear the date after the April 19 deadline was nullified on appeal.
Mary Astor plays a selfish ex wife who manipulates her husband while Virginia Bruce emerges as the new wife. The film follows Marshall's divorce and remarriage as the struggle for control unfolds in their home town with tense personal dynamics.
Cora sues for divorce with her baby in court offering comic aid by calling every lawyer papa as the child supposedly seeks a new husband. The odd scene highlights a personal dispute with lighthearted tension.
Radio listings across WREN KMBC and WDAF show schedules for July 8 to 10 with a mix of music orchestras hosts and public affairs. Notable acts include Paul Whiteman's Orchestra the Royal Crown Revue and the Mills Brothers style lineups alongside news castings and weather forecasts.
Mary Astor moves to win back her estranged husband by gathering friends and her daughter on her side. The tension blends comedy and drama as she oversteps bounds, in a program that also features a cartoon, a Ted Fio Rito musical number, and a Robert Benchley short on "How to Raise a Baby."
Curtis Neal age 19 and Hugh Marshall Jr age 22 were executed in the Michigan City state prison electric chair for killing William H Bright a Indianapolis druggist. They waited near a traffic light then forced Bright to drive to Shelby county where he was shot and the money stolen before his body was dumped in a river.
The Plymouth Congregational church will hold its final morning service this season on Sunday and pause until September. The church school’s last session precedes the 9 45 a m start. The 11 o clock service features a quartet singing Oh For a Closer Walk with God and He That Dwell Eth in the Secret Place with the bass soloist. The minister’s sermon title is After Five Years.
Frank McFarland of Topeka was named campaign manager for Clyde M. Reed's Republican senatorial nomination bid. The appointment was announced by William Allen White at a gathering of Reed's supporters in Emporia. McFarland previously served three terms in the legislature.
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