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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1939
Page
5
A devotional line echoes scripture, quoting 1 John 4 19 about loving because God first loved us. The short verse highlights Christian love as a response to divine love.
The letter by Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins explains how her bequest to the University should be used with no restrictive conditions. She aims to serve broad educational aims and trusts trustees to apply the funds according to changing needs. The article notes gifts can become obsolete if restricted and emphasizes the gift’s flexible purpose for future students.
The text notes the head of the Irish Republican Army and its chief organizer were near the royal visit to the United States and likely detained as a precaution. Scotland Yard and the FBI are wary of possible plots during the king and queen's tour, with efforts to prevent incidents.
The excerpt argues the civil war's end does not end the violence as 688 executions by Franco supporters are noted. It cautions that if the government side had won, similar scenes of victimization would recur, urging readers to see civil war as humanity's gravest evil and to denounce suspected opponents.
A fragment notes fascists and communists seeking footholds in America. It cites a purported fascist letter urging ruthlessness in emergencies and links this to a communist code that rejects pity and tolerance. The piece critiques these anti civilization attitudes as dangerous and dehumanizing.
The noted dealers are rushing to back a third term for President Roosevelt causing voter confusion. Observers suspect a coordinated effort to blanket the Garner boom, with insiders hoping to retain power by promoting a third term on many occasions.
Supreme Court overrules Mayor Hague in Jersey City preventing C I O meetings. Court decision blocks suppression actions but warns against disorderly conduct. CIO plans for an early meeting while authorities exercise caution amid past clashes.
Norman Thomas, who has long prepared a speech for Jersey City, will finally get to deliver it. He may speak now that the Supreme Court has lifted Mr. Hague's injunction, a privilege denied in the country aligned with the party he represents.
The passage recalls the Cincinnati Reds awe at a seven homer barrage in a single game in 1929. It hints that descendants will hear that phrase and remember the Giants in those days as a way to recount the era’s feats on the baseball diamond.
Nebraska negotiations with federal power projects and private utilities focus on how Washington should treat so called little TVA operations. The state seeks private plant like operation through government sponsored projects to safeguard consumers. These measures threaten existing federal power financing. The government would acquire privately owned plants to cover project failures funded by public money. Private plants could produce power at reasonable cost.
Jack Harris notes the department warns that starting July 1 a penny sales tax will apply to purchases of 15 cents or more. He suggests many people may not welcome the change and an earlier license risk looms for the soothsayer.
A Topeka Capital quip notes a gossip exchange where a woman asks did you pump her and a friend replies you don’t need to pump an artesian well. The joke relies on a pun linking gossip to a well.
Forty eight boys enrolled in the Lawrence boys band with officers chosen: President Carl Bushey vice president Kenneth Bruner secretary Donald Metzler and librarian Theodore Gross. Bryon C. Donmyer directs. A 19 student summer engineering camp opens today in Strong's pasture led by professors and a district team. Community notices include a luncheon bridge for Mrs Meechem and attendance at a Topeka Legion Auxiliary banquet. The army worm ravages crops statewide threatening alfalfa, while local girls head to Finch farm for a camping trip and vaudeville theater changes in Lawrence debuting Mary Pickford in The Little Devil. A memorial scholarship funds and Rowdy the fire department horse retirement are noted alongside wheat harvest labor projections for Kansas.
Five of the Lawrence youths will take part in the privileges offered at Camp Buffalo at Maple Hill this summer. The list of names includes five local boys set to enjoy the season at the camp.
Popu lar Astronomy reports a correction to the February 9 1913 meteor shower observations. Dr C Wylie of Iowa University finds the meteors’ distance averaged 109 miles not 5700, recasting them as sun orbiters tilted about 20 degrees, circling the sun in roughly eighteen months. The event featured bright fireballs and air explosions.
A collection of statements by Arthur Vandenberg on candidacy and duty, Dr Peter Marshall contrasting Christianity with paganism, Grover Bergdoll reflecting on his youth and service, and John A Stephens emphasizing the value of people in industrial relations.
Sidney Jones a 27 year old hitchhiker was hailed as a hero after he waved down a speeding train to avert a crash into a pile of stones on the tracks. Police later arrested him and he admitted placing the rocks to ride the train into Philadelphia. A magistrate remanded him without bail on malicious injury to a railroad.
Dr. Morris Fishbein discusses diagnosing childhood mental retardation, stressing family context and school factors. He urges early specialist care, treatment of physical defects, and notes debated ideas like compulsory sterilization and birth control without proven impact on overall feeblemindedness rates.
Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd told a House subcommittee the Antarctic falls within the Monroe doctrine and United States claims to about 1 000 000 square miles, arguing Palmer Land extendsSouth America and the western hemisphere. He cited activity by six nations in Antarctic exploration and land claims.
Burglars hauled away a safe from the Best Poultry company in Wichita early today and rifled it of 300 dollars in cash after pounding it open near the city limits, police reported.
The 29th commencement exercises were held at Kansas University this morning with a decorated chapel. The graduating class marched to the chapel led by faculty. music by Professors Preyer, Farrell, and Penny followed by an address from Charles Henry Bartlett of South Bend Indiana.
In a tense crime tale Mary Franklin faces murder suspicions after Duke Martin’s death as Jack Burden Clem Shirley and others scramble to deflect blame. The commissioner and Fenelon tease an unsolved case while Ladd hints at a final twist and a new lead.
The article notes Mussolini’s Ethiopian venture yields slow profit. It cites mineral and agricultural potential, delays from capital wary of state control, and Spanish campaign diversion. It also highlights road building, modernization, abolition of slavery, sanitation progress, and growing resistance suppression by a large police presence.
Miss Virginia Prentice of San Bernardino leaves Sunday after commencement to visit the World’s Fair in New York and other eastern sites then returns via San Francisco to see the fair there. Mr and Mrs Milton Mohler Baker graduates long in Brazil attend with friends in Abilene. Mrs Paul Reineke and Mrs J H Barnett of St Louis drive to Baldwin for Baker’s commencement with alumna Reineke.
Monday by Miss Elsie Rein ecke and Miss Velma Filley will leave for West Point to visit Miss Reinecke's brother Paul Reinecke Jr. Several former residents and families arrive for Baker University's commencement and related events. The marriage of Miss Evelyn Butler to Dr Gerald McCulloh is set for June 8 in Baldwin First Methodist Church with a reception at President Horn's house.
Dolan was taken ill Wednesday while in Lawrence and cared for by a physician. He is improving at home with Myron Dicker assisting. Several from Oak Ridge attended funeral services for Ste Purel, who moved to Mt. Ida nine years ago. The Do lan farm road and bridge project finished, improving travel. Miss Martha Campbell and Miss Sophia Nesbett visited the Dolan home on Decoration Day en route to Maple Grove cemetery. Arthur Leonhard, a KSAC graduate, will assist as county agent and help with the 4 H roundup. Graduation exercises were held for Linwood district with Barbara Sheets and Robert Eberwine as graduates. The Birthday Club held a picnic at Clinton Park. Lyle Weeks and the Davidson sisters attended a Stanwood church meeting. Shrine breakfast was held at Shrine Park in Leavenworth. Bleakley school board hired Marion Gatchell for next year. Several local visits and family calls noted among Leonhard, Stroebel, Phenecte, and House families. Mrs F H Leonhard was called to Illinois by the death of her aunt Mrs Fred Boelzer. A shorthand class for summer school at Lawrence Business College was announced.
Radio schedule for Wednesday and Thursday evenings features a wide array of programs across WREN KMBC and WDAF including orchestras led by Paul Whiteman Tommy Dorsey Glenn Miller and Count Basie plus newscasts weather forecasts and various specialties like dance shows and theatrical performances. The slate lists time slots 5:45 through midnight with multiple stations airing concerts bands dramas and talk segments. Credits include host and guest segments from Jimmy Allen Kate Smith and Major Bowes among others. The schedule also notes NBC broadcasts weather and science news as well as a graduation recital from a school of fine arts.
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