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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
6
Society column notices must be submitted to the Journal-World office by noon on the publication day. Ensure entries are received for timely printing and include names and events in clear form.
Read of Thursday and Friday social events including Mrs Karl Kuersteiner hosting a bridge and sewing party for wives of K U and public school music supervisors at 1710 Alabama street. Betty Bowman attended a Baker hosted bridge. Alpha Chi Omega house hosted a large gathering for faculty wives with about 500 women, prizes awarded. Also noted is a Scottish Rite anniversary picnic at the Masonic temple with plans and a Lawrence Country club golf results and August putting championship.
The article notes a pool gathering in Robinson gymnasium for University members and their wives with a nod to those who swam in the old hole. It also covers meetings of the Kanwaka Literary club, a birth announcement for Robert Thomas II Crowder, a Rebekah lodge gathering, a bridal shower, and a Lawrence area church youth picnic.
Moyer of Sigma Kappa hosted a morning breakfast for Lawrence rushees at Miss Baker City home with Miss Baker serving as hostess helper. Ten place settings were arranged. Mrs. Byron Cox hosted an earlier birthday party for her daughter Shirley with a group of children including Nancy Sue Schaaf Dennis Fox Charles Scharf Barbara Weeler Patsy AllisonObed Thompson Robby Allison Elaine Pierce Emma Lou Fox Warren Decker Dorothy Ann Patty Stonebraker Roberts Martha Anderson.
Mr and Mrs Otto Hunzicker and daughter Marguerite return from Bagwell Dam at Lake of the Ozarks. Coach and Mrs Harry Lansing relocate to 721 Mississippi street after spring football in Lawrence. Dr A R Kennedy returns from Memphis after visiting ill daughter Mrs R M King and other relatives in Arkansas and Missouri. Miss Cecelia Mulvihill visits from Williamstown to Lawrence. Mr and Mrs L L Maser Jr and son Kemp arrive from Fort Pierce Florida for masters and trombone study, with grandfather Louis Maser arriving from Davenport. Mrs Frank Rustin returns to Kansas City after visiting her parents. Frank M Duncan returns home to Denver after three and a half months with Anna Harbaugh’s family. Miss Virginia Fitz also returns.
A woman returns home after spending three weeks with relatives in Amarillo Texas and Carlsbad New Mexico where she explored Carlsbad Caverns.
Hollywood July 27 Mrs Macy Brill says she uses two names in different states and asks Governor Culbert Olson to resolve her annulment case with William Hunsaker Brill III so she can remarry. Brill sought an annulment claiming intoxication prior to their 1937 marriage in Ventura California. a prior New York divorce from George Macy was ruled invalid.
Free City of Danzig announces limits on Jewish fortunes. Emigrants abroad are informed by letter that their property payments will be routed through Danzig banks and may flow to Palestine via commercial credits. The senate aims to curb currency strain and accelerate liquidation of Jewish businesses with a new oversight committee.
The House of Lords approved the armaments-swollen peace-time budget of 1.47 billion pounds and the overseas trade guarantees bill providing 50 million pounds in export credits, with Commons backing both measures.
In Brooklyn an elderly 70 year old woman, Julia Kavanaugh, was evicted from a basement home after a bank foreclosed the mortgage. Neighbors report she refused to spend money on rent despite deposits totaling $10,000.
A woman refused to withdraw funds from the bank and stated she lived alone with no gas, electricity, or heat. She earned food and clothing through odd jobs.
Velma West faces lengthy confinement at Maryville reformatory as Superintendent Marguerite Reilly announces a harsh sequence of solitary cells, bread and water, and eventual transfer. Two officers head to Dallas to fetch Velma's husband slayer and Mary Ellen Richards for the homecoming. Reilly says heads will be shaved and insists there will be no inhumanity.
The court annulled Carman to Justice N Carman and overruled a motion for a new trial in the Gabriella Hutchings estate. Yesterday it overruled a motion for a new trial in the Dempsey v Hitchcock Drug Co case.
Dr. George W. Frasier, president of Colorado State Teachers College, will deliver the keynote at the Kansas State college summer school commencement in Memorial Stadium at Manhattan Friday night. About 140 degree candidates will participate. The procession begins at 7 15 with state board of regents members in attendance. Fred Harris represents the board. If weather turns foul, the exercises move to the college auditorium.
John Curtis, a 16 year old Western Union messenger in Santa Rosa California, found and returned a wallet containing more than $2000. He received a reward of 5 cents.
District court granted five divorces this morning following two petitions for divorce. Walbridge vs Walbridge and Trout vs Trout were filed, while judges approved divorces for Chambers vs Chambers Anderson vs Anderson Rowan vs Rowan Meuffels vs Meuffels and Hutchings vs Hutchings. The text notes Norma Jeanne marriage remains unresolved.
Washington reports 1938 Commerce data showing cotton and scrap iron among the leading imports Japan bought from the United States under the 1911 treaty. Last year US sales to Japan totaled 289.6 million dollars with cotton 21 percent. Japan’s sales to the US plus silk accounted for notable exchange. Industry figures note peak trade in 1929 and declines thereafter amid restrictive policies and global tensions.
The United States bought large amounts of raw silk from Japan last year totaling 83.651 million dollars, down from 99.578 million in 1937 due to lower prices. Toy imports from Japan fell to 966 thousand dollars as America overtook Japan and Germany as a leading toymaker.
The Cleveland News predicts nearly all 1940 automobiles will feature glare free safety headlights that stay in focus. The unveiling is planned for August 14 at a meeting of automotive executives, lighting engineers, and safety leaders in Cleveland. Local electrical plants are busy manufacturing the new headlights.
Claud Landon Jr. told police a radio was stolen from his car parked at 407 East Tenth sometime last night. The incident was reported today.
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