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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1938
Page
3
The piece notes warning from former New Dealer Raymond Moley about leftist advisers potentially splitting the Democratic Party. It argues the 1938 program has shifted to maintain power, with spending and lending designed to influence the November election and sustain New Deal leadership.
Washington dispatches report that Yangtse vessels from the United States and Britain will remain on duty in the Yangtze River despite Japan declaring the zone dangerous. They operate under treaty provisions to protect citizens, and governments resist stepping aside amid heightened tensions and potential new demands.
Fortune magazine notes a mid 1920s incident shaping Roosevelt and Robert Moses. As Taconic Park Commission head, Roosevelt appointed his political secretary, revealing tensions between the two figures in New York state parks policy.
Lewin Howe accepted a $5,000 salary as parks commission secretary but would spend little time on the job, prompting Moses to refuse the appointment. Roosevelt’s pattern of placing allies in jobs for payroll while doing other work is described, with Moses remaining commissioner and Roosevelt advancing to governor then president.
The Czech government opens talks with the German minority led by Konrad Henlein over Sudeten rights. Observers say the real aim is broader, aligning with Hitler’s desire to annex Czechoslovakia. The move signals a final stage before a potential wider Nazi expansion.
The American Medical association approved spinach as an article of food. Some consumers may regard it as medicine and avoid it when doctors aren’t watching, with others convinced by nonmedical reasons to eat it or not.
In a Sundown Stories tale, Christopher crow vows to work for all, help Mrs Quacko with pond cleaning and Top Notch with worm gathering, and to eat humble pie. While he serves, Top Notch discovers four frightened baby chicks near the barnyard and plans to shelter them with Mrs Quacko and Willy Nilly.
In Valparaiso Indiana on June 14 Dr. Harry V. Fuller former head of the university science department used a radio to drive rats from his henhouse. After rats killed 400 young tur keys in the henhouse he kept the radio on full blast and claimed the rats disappeared while the turkeys thrived on the music.
Farmer Otto Ludwig stated his cow leaped about in the truck bed causing him to lose control and crash into a telephone pole while transporting the animal to his home in Kaysville Utah on June 14.
June 14 UP report notes police halted toy cap pistol sales after a candy store operator was arrested for selling them. Officers say the pistols encouraged criminal tendencies in children. A dancing cow died of a broken back.
Two Purdue University students Gordon Fairbanks and Robert Hirchert toured Chicago in a 1909 Lafayette automobile. They described the trip as a practical test of their mechanical engineering knowledge and noted they passed two wagons a bicycle and three pedestrians during the loop through the city.
Manhattan June 14. Kansas State plant pathologist L. E. Melchers warns northern Kansas wheat faces a stem rust danger in the northern tier and northeastern and northwestern areas. Weather over the next 10 days will shape damage. rust extends farther west than last year with eastern Kansas fields heavily infested and losses estimated at 12 to 15 percent of the state crop.
Payne H. Ratner, Republican gubernatorial candidate, told a Manhattan audience that Gov. Walter A. Haxman is a front and that the state capital has moved from Topeka to Kansas City Missouri. Ratner pledged tax cuts by eliminating departments and bureaus and reducing administrative costs if elected.
Washington reports Rep. George H. Tinkham of Massachusetts will travel to Africa after congress adjourns. The bearded Republican has not campaigned for himself in years, noting a pattern from 1936 when a European tour preceded a large victory.
Burt Brown of Topeka withdraws from the first district Democratic congressional race. Bill Ware of Marysville has announced as a candidate for the nomination.
A Wichita cement company demonstration at the Charles Banning farm near Lawrence showcases septic tank tech under K D Church. Five candidates file for August 7 primaries Stella Gaunt Frank Reusch D Thomas D L Burton Francis Hughes. Fraser hall chapel to be remodeled into a modern theater this summer under Superintendent Bayles.
Twenty five years ago at noon 249 students enrolled for summer school work at Kansas University with Prof. A directing the program.
Forty years ago John M. Steele resigns as city editor of the Leavenworth Times to join the Twentieth Kansas regiment in San Francisco. Mentions of military recruiting, local visits, marriages, and the opening of Lawrence Steam Laundry plus a bicycle club meeting at Pythian hall.
Cape Cod detective Asey Mayo probes the murder of Marina Lorne at the Octagon House. The killer left handedly struck with a knife, and Pam Frye, Marina’s sister, is linked to the crime. Suspects include Tim Carr, Jack Lorne, Roddy Strutt, Aaron Frye, Peggy Boone, and others near the Frye family site. A $50,000 ambergris lump is missing as a key clue.
Asey pressures Jack Lorne about stolen sketches while Marina’s art deceit looms. The scene shifts through studio clutter, tempers, and remarks on originality, with Pam and Tim bantering over quirks as Asey tours the Frye house.
Mr and Mrs Sant Owens spent Sunday with Roy Simon and son Bobby of Overbrook. Mr and Mrs Charles Simmons and Dorothy visited Mrs Leona Wright of Michigan Valley who returned home with them for a few days. Mr and Mrs Johnny Brecheisen were guests of George Oehrle. Mae Vance John Velma were dinner guests of Raymond Oehrle and family.
Mr and Mrs Frank Deay hosted a dinner for many neighbors including the Flory Postma and Dover families. A bindweed demonstration occurred at Shuck brothers farm with Carl Peterson and Green Bros supplying machinery. Numerous locals attend picnics, church events, and days at Topeka and Baldwin.
In a brief memory, the widow Dapper did not laugh at a joke until Ma stepped up to help smooth the delivery as the teller admits the joke may not have landed well.
Ohio man Henry Ladd Smith will become an assistant professor of journalism at Kansas University, taking the place of Prof. Raymond Lawrence. Smith is pursuing his PhD at Wisconsin and earned a Ph.B. from Yale in 1929.
And sons of Sawyer spent a week ago Tuesday night at the Abe Flory home.
A Baldwin roundup records numerous commencements and hospitalities. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Kalb and Gander families at KU and Baker’s ceremonies. Hoch auditorium dedication in Lawrence. visits by Dean Grace Irwin and Mrs. Reb to Kansas City. breakfast hosts for Nelson Horn’s guests. travel to Topeka and Dodge City events. alumni attending Washburn and Ryan schools. Mrs. Dickinson’s Kansas City trip. and Rebekah lodge meetings plus local social visits among Baldwin residents and friends.
Radio listings show a dense lineup across WREN KMBC WDAF EMBC and other stations for Tuesday evening June 14 and Wednesday evening June 15, featuring orchestras acts news weather forecasts and variety programs with names like Glenn Miller Horace Heidt and Bob Ripley plus sports and dance shows across major Kansas City stations. Airline of programs include WREN Glenn Miller and WDAF Fibber McGee aboard with Al Jolson and Wayne King. later Bowings and NBC Jamboree and Nightcap.
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