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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1929
Page
1
Huge smoke and ash from Vesuvius darken Naples as lava pours from the crater. Residents flee Terzigno and Pagani, loading belongings onto carts while troops guard evaporated towns and trains prepare for emergencies. Experts say the eruption may ease gradually but danger remains.
A special meeting of the Bar mers Union is set for June 7 to elect delegates to the county convention. The session will be brief with a short business portion and refreshments to follow.
A mostly unsettled forecast covers Hutchinson and nearby counties with tonight and Friday seeing local showers or thunderstorms. Expect temperature changes and varying conditions across the region as the system passes.
Washington report notes a heated session as lawmakers clash over amendments to the census bill. Rep Hoch of Kansas pushes an alien exclusion amendment while leaders seek to iron out differences before final passage.
Washington June 5 AP A farm relief bill in the export debenture plan was agreed upon today by the Senate and House conference committees. The measure, formed from two farm relief bills, will be formally presented to the House for consideration and then return for further review. Conference members framed the compromise to satisfy President Hoover with minimal differences between the Senate and House versions.
Fort Collins Colorado news plant of the Fort Collins Express Courier, Fort Collins only daily, was largely destroyed by an early morning fire. Damages undetermined. arrangements to continue publication planned using equipment of the Greeley Tribune. Alfred G Hill heads the company with his brother Ormond P Hill, both Journal World staff alumni.
The column summarizes NL results with New York and St Louis updates, and AL notes from Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago. Players such as McWeeny Picinich Horne and Grace, Willoughby Green and Davis, and Crowder Cochrane Miller Melillo Kress are mentioned with varied game outcomes and scores across multiple cities.
London reports Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the Labour party, accepted King George's invitation to form a new government replacing Stanley Baldwin, who resigned yesterday. The Labour tally sits at 288 in the Commons to 256 Conservative and 58 Liberal and others. A rapid cabinet formation is expected with plans for an economic general staff to coordinate industrial policy. The forthcoming Parliament begins June 25 and the new government aims to control administrative machinery at the earliest moment.
Kansas City and Denver will begin daily air passenger service by United Airways Inc. on Monday. Stops are Salina Hollisdon and Goodland in Kansas. Six-seat monoplanes will operate with westbound flights at 9 a.m. from Kansas City to Denver arriving 3:55 p.m. mountain time and eastbound from Denver at 9 a.m. arriving 1:55 p.m. local time.
The body of Captain Robert Stuart Hunt of the United States Marine Corps will arrive tomorrow at the home of his mother Mrs Emma Hunt er of Tescott. He was killed in action near Pena Blanca, Nicaragua in May 1928. His body was held in Central America for a year under a provision swag and he was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross on September 25, 1928.
A burning ship off the Yokohama coast is under investigation. AP states crew details and a drowning report while Elliott and university officials welcome the inquiry. June 5 reference and ongoing charges point to a formal examination of the incident.
In Dodge City Kansas June 5 weather caused poor visibility and a 200 foot ceiling threatening to delay the start of the all Kansas air tour. Fifteen planes were assembled for a flight to Garden City though two expected Wichita planes had not yet arrived by 1 AM.
In Topeka on June 5, H W Koeneke, state bank commissioner, argued the repeal of Kansas bank guaranty fund acts unconstitutional. The bonds totaling 23 000 were deposited as security. 33 banks had forfeited bonds and withdrawn. The case questions due process under the Fourteenth Amendment as bonds would be returned to banks. The fund showed a net balance of 7 123. 24 on depositors certificates. remaining balance 16 805.38.
In Richmond Virginia Judge Lawrence D Groner ruled that a state statute denying equal suffrage rights in primaries violates the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, invalidating provisions that enforce party qualifications. West sued after being barred from the last Democratic primary despite precinct officials, as argued by Leon M Dazile assistant attorney general, facing demurrer which was overruled.
Lawton Oklahoma June 5 AP authorities closed their investigation into the death of W Hutto 62 a Fletcher Oklahoma citizen and former Kansas State Agricultural College instructor found on a highway north of Fletcher coroner turn verdict suicide after learning he had previously attempted to end his life seven times and a water soaked clothing change in his car suggested prior drowning attempt sources note one dead in explosion
An explosion at the Gulf and Valley cotton oil chemical plant near New Orleans at noon injures at least ten and kills one. A boiler 8 by 12 feet was blown through the roof of the chemical building and into the riverfront ward house. Injured are taken to Navy Orleans hospital as plant officials restrict information.
Sudgen Osiris Temple held a local election in Los Angeles with June scheduled steps toward electing an official, revealing community activity and voting interest. The fragment notes a public event linked to Walter Sudgen in a distant and unclear context, reflecting local civic engagement.
The twenty seventh annual summer session at the University of Kansas will run ten weeks from June 12 to August 17. Dean Raymond A. Schwegler will direct the program with an administrative board of deans. Over 350 courses will be offered across all schools, with registration June 11 and 12 in the Administration building and enrollment June 12 in Robinson Gymnasium. Twelve visiting educators from various colleges and high schools will teach, expanding campus offerings for summer students.
AP wires report Admiral Sir Cecil Burney 71 died today. he rose to admiral of the fleet in 1920 and retired 1925. Also France to ban American films if quota imposed. State Department notes Soviet non recognition policy letters. A C Aderholdt named Atlanta federal prison warden. interior and six oil companies agree to curb oil inflow in Kelltman Hills California. Fire kills Elizabeth Morgan 90 and infant granddaughter in Dexter Missouri. Rodosto port fire in Marmara region causes enormous damage.
Lawrence banks display samples of the forthcoming small size national currency to be issued after July. The first issue includes $1 to $20 notes with portraits of Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Hamilton and a later rollout of higher denominations featuring Grant Franklin McKinley Cleveland Madison and Chase. The new notes promise greater folding resistance with redesigned silk segments and a uniform green back and black face.
The preliminary hearing for Owen Oberst charged with first degree murder in his father's death on April 20 resumes. Witnesses include J W McCartney who describes Oberst's confession to killing his parents and siblings and burning the house. Six of seven original charges were dismissed yesterday. Also noted are tuberculosis cattle tests to be conducted in Douglas County by five inspectors under federal and state supervision, with about 400 herds to be tested at no charge over two weeks.
Two Kansas City businessmen were arrested in Kansas City after allegations they passed a bogus $20 bill at Winfield Santa Fe station. Officers withheld names. After interviews the men claimed they received the currency when cashing a check yesterday. W H Davenport ordered their release.
An auditor of Forum Cafeterias Inc was robbed of 500 dollars in downtown Kansas City by two men who fled in a car after threatening bystanders with revolvers. The vehicle was traced several blocks before disappearing in traffic. Golf favorites still in.
Hutchinson Kansas June 5 first-round play in the eleventh annual state women’s golf tournament. Mrs Tom Bleock of Wichita former state champion lost to Mrs B E Moore of Topeka two down. Defending champion Mrs George Hipple of Hutchinson beat Mrs Blanche Armstrong of Wichita eight and seven on the eleventh green.
Sarah A. Cole 74 a pioneer teacher born in Crawford County Kansas died yesterday in Modesto California. She taught in Cato in 1870 and later married Gideon P. Cole an early Crawford County settler. She was stepmother to George Cole the three time Kansas state auditor and to I Cole of the Pittsburg Headlight and Sun-Burial. Private services planned in Girard Kansas with burial there. Lawrence Boy to Broadcast Ben Underwood of Des Moines Iowa formerly lived.
In Kansas City on June 5 AP reports Caroline Baker a bookkeeper for a local firm is held on 3000 bond after admitting embezzling 750 to aid parents and two husbands unable to hold steady work Police said she confessed and faced embezzlement charges. The item also notes Bowery landmark destruction in New York and Ontario tree distribution figures.
A total of 188 Lawrence boys and girls have enrolled for summer playground work per Lawrence playground supervisor Melvin Griffin. Enrollment at South Park yielded 73 participants while Pinckney school logged 43, with expectations the four centers will top 300 by next week as more sign up. Sessions at Cordley field Woodlawn and South Park Pinckney begin soon with play periods and organization meetings scheduled. Softball and baseball tournaments for boys and girls set for Friday from 3 to 5 PM at South Park Cordley field respectively.
Emporia Kansas June 5 Mr and Mrs Aubrey Miller of Emporia were fatally injured when their car was struck by an eastbound Santa Fe work train at a crossing about a mile west of Lebo. Mrs Miller died en route to hospital and Mr Miller died in hospital at 10 o clock. The couple had been married a short time. This accident marks ten fatalities at the crossing in the last year and twenty four in forty years. A Oakland coach owned by George Price burned last night north of Midland while he drove to Topeka, destroying the vehicle.
Lawrence board of education approved an operating and maintenance budget of about 7000 for the eleven school buildings for the 1929 1930 school year. The vote followed the June meeting at the high school. Last year the maintenance sum was 6117. A health program with the University of Kansas extension division and Commonwealth Fund was endorsed for all schools. The report lists health activities, examinations, and numbers of children treated and excluded. Coal consumption totals for the eleven buildings showed 11241.5 tons for the year, up from 985.4 tons in the prior milder winter. Superintendent Curfman also presented a penmanship chart showing Lawrence pupils’ speed compared with standard rates.
From Osservatore Romano comes an open letter by the pope to Cardinal Gasparri voicing strong opposition to Mussolini’s Latran accords and to the claim that Rome gave Christianity to the empire. The pontiff defends universal church doctrine and rebukes the Duce for citing monsignor Culchense’s book on the ancient church. Also mentions May statements in parliament and senate. In other news four Kansas University men plan a June grain boat trip to Europe for three months, working their way across the continent. An application for a writ of habeas corpus to release Morton S. Hawksormer from Leavenworth penitentiary was denied. A new oil well in the Robbins pool near Wichita is reported as the second producing well.
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