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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
4
The Lawrence Journal-World notes anniversary plans for 1929, urges Kansas Historical Society support, and cites federal politics. It discusses congress readiness for a special session, ouster talks against Lew Hussey and the Public Service Commission, and reflects on Lindbergh’s stance and European tensions including Poland and Germany.
Lawrence city items cover commencement visits by Hon George W Catterson and Hon Charles J Albrizeh with local remarks on public figures. Social events include gatherings for Miss Rankin and Mrs Weaver, a Nurserymen convention trip to Milwaukee, and Harford bound students. professors win patents, a Harvard scholarship for Clyde Nichols, and travel shows ahead for global commerce delegation.
Beloit college scientists push a Sahara expedition to unravel human origin. Dr George Collie and assistant Dr Alonzo Pond pursue a debate with Priory Andrews over Africa or Asia as the cradle, using 1926 Mechta el Arbi finds and 4000 Africa specimens. Funded by Frank G Laegan, Beloit supports anthropology research and Mechta skull studies.
Tests by the Department of Agriculture and Agricultural College show the percent of waste per 100 pounds of bale ranges from 26 to 64 pounds, with 10 to 14 percent. Yarn strength did not always follow grade, but lower grades produced weaker yarns. bleached yarns were weaker than corresponding gray and mercerized yarns showed stronger or different properties.
At DePauw University students complain of a dorm rule forcing women to bed by 16 o clock each night while men may stay up. The clash over curfew leads to sleepy lectures as professors note the uneven enforcement and impact on classmates and campus life.
Residents of Bayou Black in the lower Atchafalaya basin awaited the passing of a great flood as the dam holding back flood waters was blown yesterday. Bayou Black was dammed up a few weeks ago and officials feared widespread damage from the released waters.
The article asks about presidential ages, professions, and terms, then shifts to Rev. Dr. Rockwell Harmon Potter, re-elected president of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Potter, Hartford resident, Yale Divinity School graduate, ex-Dutch Reformed ordained, long pastor in Hartford, and leader in Congregational activities. He was president of the Board since 1825, the oldest organized missionary society in America.
Tulsa visitors Mrs Gayle Swayze and Mrs Matlie Rann Hackett visit Baldwin. James Brockway family travels to Topeka. Quayle family trips to Michigan and Florida. Dr Ole Allison to Baldwin week. Allison family planning Indiana and Florida trip. Collingwood Poston announce marriage Verna Matic to Prof Meliran K Thomson on June 6. Baker graduate Verna teaches in Overbrook. Thomson professor at Baker University. honeymoon trip east then New York research. Baker’s 69th commencement draws many travelers to Baldwin.
A Baker College commencement segment reports gala fraternity and club reunions with many alumni attending from California and across the states. Dr Samuel A Lough, former Baker president, delivered the baccalaureate sermon. The Sunday concert featured the Choral Union, solos by Warner sisters and Saunders, and a college orchestra. Dr C B Dalton of Pasadena gave the commencement address in Centenary hall with 80 graduates, the largest class yet.
Friday, June 10 marks the debut of the season at Steel Pier known as the World's Playground. Arthur Pryor Concert Band headlines with a radio broadcast by WPG. The program features a wide variety of orchestras and ensembles from stations across the Eastern region, presented in a schedule dense with performances and repeats.
A dense listing of radio programs and orchestras from New York stations WNYC WABC WGBS WHN WMCA and others, with schedules and featured acts. Includes mentions of orchestras ensembles and concerts across various cities such as Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond Rochester Schenectady Springfield Washington and Chicago along with time slots and program names.
Mrs Charles Murray of Tulsa heads a $15,000,000 oil company and is the first and only woman oil operator in Oklahoma. She says luck led to success, built a fortune of $5,000,000 within six months of entering the oil game, left for two years, then returned to organize Murray Oil Company and acts as its chief executive and financial manager.
A superintendent wearing overalls boots and gauntlets wades through oil field mud for firsthand data. Mrs Murray recalls locals doubting her but she pressed on and noted T first begat while observers doubted luck and questioned timing.
Southern California farmers must track costs as they grow and harvest, a vogue this year expanding from 15 to 27 counties. Last year 619 farms in 15 counties kept production cost records on ten commodities. this year 27 counties record on 14 items including dairy products, prunes, walnuts, apricots, pears, grain, and almonds.
United States Treasury bonds dated June 1927 offer to exchange for 5 percent Second Liberty Loan bonds maturing in twenty four years, callable after sixteen. Exchange at par provided by November 18 1907 bonds. Offer available for a limited period, expiring around June 1927. Banks, trust companies, or Federal Reserve Banks provide details. A W Mellon secretary. Washington May 31 1927.
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