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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1927
Page
4
The Atlantic hop shines with two flights, Lindbergh and Chamberlin, as aviation refines ocean crossing tech. The feat boosts American aviation, highlights weather risks, and suggests future commercial routes while noting wartime-like public curiosity about pilot nicknames.
Woolen ware factory work continues with a new addition to Poehler s elevator. The A T S P F transfers passengers near a landslide west of town. Maurice Hartman wins third prize in a Kansas City Turkfest. Theodore Moore reports a stolen rock et book worth about fifty dollars. GY Johnson and CG Brackett attend State Historical Society meeting in Abilene. Richie of North Lawrence owns rare twin male coins attracting attention. Minnie Cain will preside at a piano festival tonight at Liberty Hall. James Russell Lowell s Nation poem mentions Josiah Quincy, read tonight at University Hall by Orophilian Society with multiple participants.
John Hermann returns from a northern trip for business. Mrs. Lucius Sayre hosts a large card party at her home with prizes to Miss Afvica Wilhelm and Mr. George Jones. Mrs. F. D. Adams prepares to move to California and greets friends in Lawrence. George Mull visits family after five years away in Connecticut. Norton Zuttermeister injured after a fall at a North Lawrence warehouse, improving. Ernest Stanford named Lawrence agent for Massachusetts Mutual Life. H B Ober ill. E B Hunter’s Pennsylvania and 11th street grocery struck by lightning causing 200 damage. no serious injuries. Scientists say tides in inlets may slightly lengthen the day each year.
AP dispatch from St Louis notes Fdna Heney, daughter of famed balloonist Captain Honeywell, is training to follow in his skies. With two flights already on her record under his guidance, she pursues a pilot’s license. Honeywell, who retired after a career with 364 ascent wins, 990 mile Kansas City to Mannasses record, and a 250 mile water mark, led the aeronautic section of Missouri’s National Guard in WWI. The family aims to extend a three-decade ballooning legacy despite past dangers, including a Brussels lightning strike in 1922.
Gubernatorial portrait notes Texas history with Moody as the youngest governor candidate, claim of youth hindering executive poise, and a focus on a string of state contracting issues reportedly yielding about $800,100 in recovered funds during his attorney general years. The piece links Moody to a mansion lifestyle and mentions a big chef role as context. In a second item, Kansas county officials and Collins Construction face $60,000 in damage suits over a deadly crash in Leavenworth, with damages sought including $50,090 for death and $10,000 for injuries.
The Rt. Rev. Athelbert Talbot, elder statesman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, resigns after nearly thirty years leading the Bethlehem See. A native of Fayette, Missouri, he studied at Dartmouth and the theological seminary, and has been a prolific writer and a leader in the Episcopal House of Bishops. Also notes Lookout for cars as Topeka reports a Buick coach stolen yesterday and Denver reports a Chrysler coupe theft.
In Geneva a Sengte of Nations committee drafts a model armaments budget to promote publicity and comparability. Major powers oppose cuts by limiting fleet numbers, favoring direct reduction methods. The plan aims to file national armament expenditures with the League of Nations for public comparison. A Kansas City man, Jack Kiehl, was arrested for allegedly driving a stolen Ford coupe. Rust threatens about one-tenth of global grain crops. a cheap cure for wheat rust could lower world bread prices.
Premier Mussolini moves to create a centralized national broadcasting system with nine new transmitters and a 25 kilowatt Rome station to match Europe’s standards. Milan, Florence, Genoa, Turin, Naples, Bologna, and Palermo will gain 8 to 25 kilowatt facilities as Italy expands radio service amid a new annual set fee and a householder tax.
In Wichita the Kansas American Legion Auxiliary convention begins with 400 plus attendees, including wives sisters and mothers of Legion members. The program features dinners fralics and speeches with elections and business sessions set for tomorrow and Thursday. Former Gov Henry J Allen will speak tonight and more than a score of Kansas women will be initiated into the inner circle known as the 3 Chapeaux 40 Fammes.
A Kansas City era article extols Lawrence as an industrial and educational hub with strong water power and transportation. It stresses the city’s role as the primary market for a thriving farming region, the importance of good service, welcoming attitude, well-kept streets, and the impact of merchants and banks on attracting out-of-town shoppers and visitors.
Five children were killed as a massive boulder collapsed onto a shelter they had taken near Doshalty during a rainstorm. Rescue workers found the bodies after several days of searching, the rock weighing tens of tons had to be lifted to recover the victims.
Pedro Guevara, a resident commissioner from the Philippines, recalls his barefoot schooldays in Manila before shoes were required on campus. He highlights the contrast between his youth and his eventual role as a U.S. Washington official.
A World Conference of Youth opens in Germany today under the sponsorship of the World YWCA and the World Student Christian Federation. The event coincides with other global discussions including a proposed Interent or Interim Council meeting in Geneva and the eighth annual convention of Motion Picture Theater Owners of America in Los Angeles.
Yesterday marriage licenses were issued to John F McClure of Valley Falls and Juanita N Walker of Valley Falls Indian Ky Tang Tapeka Ruth Hute Wichita Millard Thompson Kansas City K and Dorothy S Graves Kansas City Kans Topeka and Rev Hanford Topeka Topeka and Porathy Gilman Topeka Leaving S Mann Topeka and Tuanita Wilson Topeka.
Mr and Mrs Henry Holliday of Oak Ridge hosted visitors at Joh Warners and Cabot Holladay on Sunday May 4. Arlene, their granddaughter, arrived with her parents. Several locals attended gatherings at farms and pools as community notices mention life saving classes led by Alva Pickens in nearby towns. Mrs Shrout died at home, described as a noble, kind neighbor whose loss is felt deeply. Lawrence visitors and local residents were noted among weekend activities and farm calls.
H J Holliday of Oak Ridges attended as DB Walsbinder and Fréd Yorley assisted Frank Black with haying duties as part of a communal farm day.
Mrs Luther Whitlock has gone to iarverville. Mrs C C Beard and Surie call Ed at Mrs Pickens Monday morning.
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