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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1935
Page
4
The Journal World notes safety verses in Psalm posits peace. Congress clash over Roosevelt aide dubbed snooper, expunged from records. Highway 10 paving nears Lawrence to Kansas City. new advisers circled by Roosevelt. sheriff links Alvin Karpis to Kansas incidents. relief aid criticism prompts calls to overhaul the entire relief program.
German press demands an apology from the United States for a supposed breach of the commercial treaty. The move is viewed as a distraction from Nazi campaigns against Jews and Catholics. Reports abroad show unfavorable reaction, prompting the Hitler regime to soften persecution in some areas.
The piece discusses European reactions to Nazi actions, drawing a parallel with if the Ku Klux Klan had state sanction. It then previews the League of Nations council at Geneva over the Italo Ethiopian dispute and notes shifting analyses on who might emerge worst after the talks.
William Jennings Bryan's body will journey from Dayton to Washington for a final memorial before burial at Arlington National Cemetery. The day includes coverage of local incidents, social events, and residents traveling between Dayton and Pittsburgh.
Kansas City reports 63,439,580 bushels of wheat produced this year, down 17,519,150 bushels from 1909. A delivery wagon axle broke on Bridge Street, tossing J W Krum and causing a 500 pound vinegar cask to roll onto him. he suffered serious bruises but no broken bones. Brown's Grove is noted as a local focal area.
A brief verse recounts Nan borrowing eggs from Ma. Ma notes the eggs Nan returned were among the smallest she has seen, except for a prior return. The poem centers on a familial scene and a light miscalculation of egg sizes.
Forty years ago this week in Lawrence county candidates and officials gathered as Republicans led attendance among farmers. A park naming contest favored Shorewood Park amid other options like Highland and Arcadia. A boating mishap on the river ended with four men rescued after their sail boat capsized near the Eldridge boat house.
About 1 400 National Guard members of the 60th field artillery brigade arrived for a five day cycle of target practice, tactical problems, and brigade maneuvers at Junction City. Brig. Gen. George H. Wark commands the unit as heat and work proceed without hospital admissions so far. In Topeka the wheat crop outlook is lowered from July 1 estimates as harvest nears completion and rain is needed for other crops.
Rex Moore returns from Africa to a tangled marriage with Laurie, both hiding truth as Albery, Laurie’s employer, is in love with her. Laurie hosts a luncheon with Rex dominating the scene while both dodge declarations, debts, and a looming divorce plan amid public life and a haunting memory of a young Australian suitor.
Willy Nilly asks who will join him as he sets out in Two Ways, declaring his dog Rip content to stay. The scene portrays a morning departure with Nilly’s quirky stick-out ears and Rip’s cautious agreement to rest from travel.
In a countryside excursion, Willy Nilly prepares a car journey with Christopher Columbus and Mrs Quacko Duck among the eager passengers. The group debates risk and practicality, considering whether to travel at all, while debating who should sit where and what others might think.
Dr Y Uchimura of Hokkai do University discusses a malady among the Ainu called imu. It resembles hysteria with episodes of sudden violence in otherwise normal women past middle age. The condition appears as a primitive instinctual self defense triggered by stress and linked to repressed resentment.
In Orangeburg South Carolina William Hass marks his 90th birthday recounting a 1861 army medical exam denial due to heart condition and an insurance examiner declaring him a poor risk. In Vineland New Jersey John Swain aged 56 burned his wife's clothes to keep her with him and received a 30 day jail term from Police Recorder Adams.
In Dredy Creek near Muskogee six fishermen describe a 153 pound alligator gar they chased for two hours with a rifle before hauling it into view. Nearby, a San Francisco mayor backs a mercy request for someone named King, while a cedar house in Washington endures a lightning strike.
A travel sketch recounts a power boat voyage along the Mississippi in July, detailing the river’s color, the Missouri confluence, and a stay in St Louis. The crew endures crowded waters, rough camping on a dilapidated steamboat, mosquitoes and rats, and a nighttime scene as the Golden Eagle towboat arrives to tow the haunted vessel to St Louis.
Lydia Catlin McFarland reports traveling along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, camping on boats and enjoying river hospitality. After crossing the Mason-Dixon line, she notes gentleness of the current, plans a move to Memphis, and describes Cairo as headquarters aboard a ferry boat in Illinois.
Crowder and Deschazer families host and visit friends across Perry and Barker. Meetings and clubs including Owl 4-H in Lecompton and Barker schoolhouse picnic fill week with visits from Baldwin Clinton and Mercer Lawrence residents. Sister Jennie Crowder Richards recovers from major operations in Great Falls while local folks attend gatherings.
Radio listings for July 30 show a dense slate across WDAF KMBC WREN KMNC and others with acts including Jackie Heller tenor Wayne King Serenade Eddie Duchin Orchestra and national program blocks. Local social notes mention Miss Jane Potter visiting and the Norwood couple calling on the Crowders Thursday morning.
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