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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1934
Page
2
Washington reports eleven months of fiscal year outlays totaling 6.37 billion dollars with a deficit near 3.65 billion. Emergency spending lagged estimates, Reconstruction Corporation spending fell short, and public debt near 96.16 billion. May spending slowed, while January led monthly outlays.
County Treasurer Stanley S Learned announced his bid for reelection in the Democratic primary on August 7. He touted a record of reduced staff and office expenses, prompt and efficient work, noting he has served since last October and will begin a new term in October 1935.
Graduation exercises close Tuesday evening at Frasier theater with Paul B. Lawson of Kansas University to deliver the main address. R A Schwegler will present diplomas to 20 seniors. Rev. T A Altman will deliver the graduating sermon at First Presbyterian Church. Names include Armstrong Bahnmaier Dodd Harwood Henderson Hoffine Johnson Koenig Lane Newcomb Owen Paasch Polson Reed Richardson Wettig Wettig and others.
A list of questions from the classified page asks about solid water water states represented in the U S Senate the Freedmans Bureau a named woman secretary indicted with Bishop James Cannon Jr the location of Oneida Lake the author of The Green Bay Tree Waterloo Napoleon final defeat the cabinet officer author of A Challenge to Religion and the identity of John Charles Fremont Also notes a divorce suit by R T Gibson and a marriage license issued to R C McIntire and Esther S Balch with details included
L H DeForest of 2145 Massachusetts street marked his 55th birthday by racing 440 yards at KU track. He clocked 1 minute 40 seconds aided by Elza Wiley as timer after opponent Hutson failed to appear, wearing white buckskin gym shoes last used at the Y.M.G.A. in 1894.
Corbeil Ontario June 2 AP The Dionne quintuplets five day old sisters continue to thrive Dr A R Dafoe their attending physician says they have a good chance to live optimistic about their future If they survive and are well they may appear at the world’s fair as father Ovila Dionne signs to bring the quintuplets and Mrs Dionne to Chicago The family will receive 250 per week plus 30 percent of gate receipts Dionne also to get 100 weekly salary starting immediately He hopes to lift the farm mortgage soon Also in Lawrence relatives learn Prof Oscar Dahlene of University of Alabama was in a minor automobile accident with his family not seriously hurt Mrs Dahlene and the two children uninjured Prof Dahlene suffered a leg injury The Dahlene car was struck while demonstrating a new car in Tuscaloosa
An executive meeting of the Douglas County Democratic central committee is set for Thursday evening at 8 o'clock in the new Democratic headquarters at 719 Massachusetts Street, former Palms cafe location. Chairman Frank McDonald will call the meeting to discuss plans for the upcoming county campaign.
Workmen cleaned and smoothed the 1100 block of Massachusetts Street and eased traffic restrictions. Barriers remained at several intersections but cars were using the pavement south of Park Street as crews expected full restricted traffic access by nightfall.
A Republican caucus for Marion township will be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock, announced by committeeman A. E. Metsker. All Republicans are urged to attend. Also included are a pair of unrelated quoted lines from a separate Ohio Motorist item.
A humorous survey of the rising use of the honor system in finals at KU and across campus. The piece cites professors allowing short recesses, students handling exams unaided, and playful sketches involving faculty and mock scenarios with What Ho and other figures in a satirical take on academic ethics.
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks divorce case continues as lawyer Loyd Wright obtains a publication summons. Superior Judge Collier allows ninety day wait before trial. Affidavit states Fairbanks is in London, not California, delaying proceedings.
Kathleen Kersting, a European opera singer, faced a lengthy delay in New York Harbor caused by the U S fleet parade while en route from Cherbourg to Wichita. She arrived late, then departed for Kansas City for a concert, planning to return to New York on June 12 to sail for Europe.
Orders to cut red tape to hasten approval of corn hog contracts in the drouth area were issued by the Farm Administration. Officials said the approval machinery in Washington is geared to meet the emergency and urged state and county offices to accelerate preliminary approvals of production figures. They also aimed to move up second benefit payments under wheat acreage reduction contracts to aid farmers in breath-stricken areas.
American diplomatic and naval chiefs gave an unofficial nod to holding the 1935 general wave conference in London. Ambassador Robert Worth Bingham will lead U S talks and interpose no objection if Britain invites. Preliminary talks begin next week among five sea powers to set time and place. Officials in Washington London and Tokyo study tonnage limits across vessel categories.
Officials state that collections will be taken at each game as in past years to fund the Junior Twilight league. Money has been obtained by collections in South Park, with W. H. Holaday serving as secretary treasurer, ensuring self support for the league for 12 years.
Speaker Rainey declared the filibuster a failure and announced that legislation will move forward in an orderly manner. He noted no speaker has wielded such power since Uncle Joe Cannon amid Democratic efforts to halt the filibuster.
The annual summer vocational class for boys begins Monday morning at the Manual Training School building at Ninth and Kentucky streets. Sponsored by the Kiwanis Club, Edwin T. Burgess, industrial arts instructor at the junior high, will again conduct the program. Black tailed jackrabbits are noted across eastern Colorado and the dry plains of the southwest. Kansas City Hay Market reports mixed carloads with prices for alfalfas and timothy reflecting normal shifts.
Maude Hiles of a 160 acre Clinton area farm west of town reports her dry well now yields clear icy water to a depth of five to six feet after a year of hauling water. Neighbors note the rainfall drainage likely caused the overnight water return at the old Belvoir school house vicinity.
Neil Crook of the United Mine Workers announces that strip pit workers in district No. 14 Kansas and part of Missouri are ordered to return to work Monday at 4.35 a day under NRA code. He notes no formal agreement with operators yet and that miners still seek 4.60 with a 95 cent differential over deep miners.
John L Hall aged 78 died last night at his home 931 Maine Street. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM from Funk chapel with Rev Herbert Huffman officiating. Burial will be at Linwood. Surviving are his widow two daughters Mrs H W Edmondson and Mrs Mazel Stonestreet and five grandchildren.
WICHITA Kansas veteran W H Ralston who fought in the Philippine Insurrection and led the Kansas state guard during World War I died yesterday of pneumonia in Wichita He was a member of a Leavenworth pioneer family His mother Linnie McCracken was a bridesmaid at a Leavenworth wedding His paternal aunt May Ralston was also a bridesmaid at that wedding Ralston served in the Spanish American War with head regulars and later worked as a civilian scout in the Philippines until 1902 He ran an iron and stern works in Kansas City before moving to Wichita in 1915 to operate a welding shop.
Texas and Oklahoma farmers gear up for the 1934 wheat harvest at the edge of the bread belt. Despite Midwest drought, Texas and Oklahoma should prosper, with prices near a dollar potentially boosting income beyond 1929 levels. Oklahoma foresees 35 to 40 million bushels. Texas historically around 57 million.
Governor Floyd B Olson ordered mobilization of the Minnesota National Guard to enforce a livestock embargo. He acted after a conference with Dr. Charles Catton who reported private truckers moving cattle into the state to feeding grounds in violation of the embargo. Brigadier General Ellard A Walsh announced plans to complete mobilization within 18 hours.
Attorneys for Tom B. Boyd former state treasurer seek a delay in his appeal after a 4 to 10 year penitentiary sentence for illegal removal of state bonds. The appeal was filed in the supreme court today and is set for hearing next week but could be postponed to October if not heard. Tinkham Veale said the abstract and brief were not yet completed. Also notes engineering scholarships awarded at Harvard University for Gordon McKay program to R Burton Power Salina Kan, Harner Selvidge Columbia Mo, and James E Shepherd La Plata Mo.
Washington officials declined to commit to a wheat processing tax cut this year amid drought driven price rises. Rugged price shifts and the fixed nature of the tax under the Agricultural Adjustment Act were cited, with officials noting the tax is not adjusted to every fluctuation. Export prospects depend on international agreements and domestic prices versus world levels.
Labor unrest faced by multiple industries as talks continued in Washington. A strike in the cotton textile sector was called off, while a special steel industry labor board was proposed to avert wider walkouts. In Toledo a strike by electrical workers ended after a 20 percent wage increase was announced. A major automotive settlement looms as federal mediator Taft cautioned progress. In New York and Great Lakes districts, tug crews and stevedores clashed and riots injured many. A demurrer ruling favored Carl McKeen in a Topeka bank misapplication case.
About 900 packing plant and stockyards workers walked out in Oklahoma City, with pickets and deputy sheriffs on duty. Local No. 89 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Putcher Workmen of North America voted for higher wages guaranteed hours and union recognition affecting Wilson and Armour packing companies and the Oklahoma National Stockyards Co.
A petition to force a house vote on the Frazier Lemke farm mortgage and currency expansion bill was signed by the 145th member, giving it a preferred calendar spot. Administration leaders may block a June 11 vote using rule of procedure, as Lawrence reader notices.
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