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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1939
Page
8
Mrs Mathilde Henrich OLeary delivers the fifth annual alumni achievement address praising the university graduates who leave home daily to work and support their families. She extols the alumni as a varied yet united group, noting their impact on the alma mater and society.
Seventy two Lawrence Boy Scouts attend Camp Theodore Naish this week for seven days. Yesterday’s group includes members from Troops 2 53 55 and 61 led by Scoutmasters John Long Edwin Burgess Joe Butrum and others. Seven more scouts from Troops 51 58 and 59 will join the camp the week of July 9.
Several junior staff members from the School of Business plan graduate study at other universities this summer. Ross Robertson heads to the University of Minnesota Lloyd Faust to Stanford Max Fessler to Northwestern Union. In Europe Finn B Jensen goes to Norway for data for his thesis Challis Hall to Germany as a language student Bland Pope teaches UT Austin summer session. Howey to University of Chicago for graduate study sabbatical. John A Loftus to teach economic history in 1939 summer session.
Kansas patrolmen will guard Dr Edward Benes former president of Czecho Slovakia during his Newton visit on Tuesday. He is to speak tomorrow night at the Kansas Institute of International Relations and tour wheat fields meeting editors and writers as the institute opens and runs through June 22.
The Granada presents Juarez about Benito Pablo Juarez freeing Mexico from European domination. Paul Muni stars as Juarez with Brian Aherne as Maximilian, Bette Davis as the emperor’s wife, and John Garfield as Porfirio Diaz. The film traces Napoleon III installing and later withdrawing support, Maximilian’s reign, and his overthrow by Juarez.
Bob Hope and Shirley Ross are teamed again in a musical revue featuring Gene Krupa on drums. Hope plays Nicky Nelson a cunning spieler always touching the edge of poverty.
The band manager and Lily Racquel navigate financial squeezes after a lost ring and a few bad games. Una Merkel and Rufe Davis star in supporting roles with Popeye cartoons and Screen Snapshots shorts. The film highlights include music and light romance with a positive ending.
A tornado swept a 3 mile strip 12 miles north of Liberal causing extensive damage to barns windmills granaries and outbuildings on multiple farms. One cow died and seven cows plus three calves were recovered from wreckage. Silo windmill and house damaged. rain dust and hail general across the Liberal area with little hail damage reported. Mount Hood and Ranier mentioned as volcanic crater ejecta formations.
Four law graduates were named to the Order of the Coif in a faculty election. Named from the 1941 class are Philipp E. Buzick Cyrus Eugene Ricketts Bernhard Moe Ettenson John D. Crouch Edward A. Hibbard and Frank G. Richard. Also listed are several 1939 and 1940 honorees and names from the 1941 class.
London reports Britons concluded after four days of study that George VI and Queen Elizabeth received a proper reception in the United States yet officials note disappointment at some frank comments about the queen. Citizens compare the visit to a film star welcome and debate Roosevelt attendance. Hyde Park picnic plans spark interest and a local newspaper subscription offer is mentioned.
Kansas state treasurer Walter E. Wilson reported an unencumbered general fund balance of 1 558 769 59 on May 381, down from 1 716 424 80 a year earlier. The unencumbered balances in the fee and highway funds were 12 991.
William J. Williams, dean, reports summer session enrollment nearly doubles last year. Summer classes began Tuesday with Baker University seeing strong participation and notable funding figures across general and fee funds cited alongside unemployment trust deposits with the U S treasury.
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