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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1926
Page
2
Topeka Boy Scout executive A A Stocker announced a Lawrence unit will attend a district camp near Maple for a 224 active day program. Seventeen leaders will oversee 16 divisions with sessions on camping and training.
A disturbing river incident linked to a missing person escalated into a wider alarm in Kansas City as officials traced a confounding sequence of events. Meanwhile Kansas University theatre audiences packed Thayer Hall for the comedy Depressing Willie, with shows continuing Wednesday through Saturday at Candida Theatre.
Messy OCR text describes plans for July 4 celebration at Woodland Park. Mentions committees, church groups, and local leaders like Dyer and Lund. References summer programs for youth and mixed classes, with unclear details on organization and speakers.
A dense OCR laden page lists Saturday June 12 radio schedules by city and time. Stations include WPG Atlantic City KYW Chicago WMAQ Chicago WEAF New York WGN Detroit WJ. Programs feature concerts orchestras studios news and church services with times ranging from early morning to late evening. The listing shows station call letters frequencies and performance blocks across many markets.
The MT Douglas County Christian Endeavor Union will hold summer union meetings for all young peoples and intermediate societies in two sections. Intermediate Endeavors meet at South Park, Young Peoples at the Presbyterian church. The Sunday evening gathering, June 3, features short talks by W A Schoewe, Miss Shirley, Miss Aideene Stone, Mary Spencer, Miss Wanda Ian Graves, Myron Mesenheimer, Mrs Nellie Loewenstein. Roland Brown leads the Young Peoples session and Schoewe gives the devotional service.
Oslo reports the first painting of a man stretched across the Nord Pole by American artist Frank Wilbert Stokes. Commissioned by Lincoln Ellsworth, the Norge in flight modeled the scene. Stokes, longtime polar explorer and artist, has contributed Arctic works since the Peary relief and North Greenland expeditions.
Rev Edward P Foster of Waverly West Virginia says his universal language uses a fixed set of word stems to form 5500 words in a dictionary and aims for a 25000 word volume. He explains Ra as the base word form with varied vowel and consonant combinations and time units like second, minute, hour.
Harry W. Frazee past commander of Liberty post American Legion will speak at Elks flag day services Monday at 8 pm in lodge rooms on Vermont street open to the public. The event opens with Elks versus Haskell hall game at South Park. Marcel Cohn to lead music. Frazee to discuss Oui Flag in France. J A Coha to present a history of colonial flags before the four flag today.
In Judge Nelson E. Johnson s courtroom jurors heard both sides as the trial of Mrs Alberdita Frank accused of attempted murder opened. The state said evidence shows a plot with grocer Caye Davis to kill her husband E L Frank Lourie and sought the maximum penalty of fifteen years.
Willard Morgan of Grant township and Charles B Beeks of Baldwin filed today for renomination in the Eleventh and Twelfth districts respectively. Both are well known in the county, and voters are familiar with their qualifications from prior legislative service.
Sacramento June 12 AP Hidden in Eldorado county hills Coloma once a booming Gold Rush town with 10090 residents dwindled to 160. Main street houses a grocery and lunch counter post office auto service and shell of a fire gutted building. Once fourteen hotels Wells Fargo office saloons gambling Chinese bank jail armory four churches and three schools lined the streets. Fool's gold sticks in sand by the monument near Sutter's mill site where Marshall found the first gold flake. The old jail is now a stable and a memorial statue of Marshall marks the starting point of the gold rush.
Nicholson of Newton Kansas reports a 6412 mile auto route from Quebec to Vancouver via Texas and California with 110 miles of dirt roads and 258 miles paved. The journey traversed Quebec Augusta Mo Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Wheeling Columbus Indianapolis St Louis Kansas City Topeka Newton Wichita Enid Oklahoma City Fort Worth San Antonio El Paso Phoenix Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Tacoma Seattle Vancouver.
Six liquor violators parolees released by Judge Hugh Means after serving months for their sentences. Bonds and fines due, costs paid, and one man fled the county jail by 3 PM. Paroled individuals include Lewis F Frederick Walt Peterson Koon Gray Marcus Whitman Wallace Blair and Dr G W Hemphill Blair linked to 38 gallons of alcohol on Victory highway in a Ford roadster.
Local items report power line poles being set south of Lawrence and cross wires going up, Lawrence Business College enrollment strong, and a summer break for students. Alumni events include K U class of 1000 reunion attendees and Bethany College ceremonies in Topeka. Also noted are travel plans, teaching assignments, and a lost car case.
Berlin report from United Press outlines a writ against former Crown Princess Cecily by the Berlin branch of the Association for the Protection of the Republic. The suit cites alleged embezzlement connected to a plan to swap valuable Sevres vases for Rembrandt paintings, with vases reportedly moved to the Netherladyish Palace and later disappeared. The case follows a diet session claim by Dr Bohner about authorized inspections and delayed returns of the vases.
A caravan of farmers traveled from the Chamber of Commerce building to Manhattan for Kansas State Agricultural College Field Day activities. The group included J A Joensen Clyde Husted Linda Brane K G Clark F Leonhard and others. They observed grain studies and farm practices during a day that ran from morning to late afternoon.
Death notice records the passing of Glenn Moody at his Belleville home at 7 o clock. The funeral will be at the family home in Belleville tomorrow afternoon. Moody had recently visited Lawrence and had some acquaintance in the area. Elizabeth Edwards plans to spend the week with Mr and Mrs Bruce Hurd of Topeka.
Richard B. Stevens announces his candidacy for Justice of the Peace in Lawrence New York to compete in the Republican primary. He highlights legal education ex service status and readiness to run a court with efficiency comparable to higher courts.
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