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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1937
Page
4
A biblical proverb urges that diligent farming yields plenty while chasing vanity leads to poverty. The verse from Proverbs 28 19 emphasizes work in the field over idle pursuit and warns against following vain persons.
Kansas business men face new sales tax rules as auditors help craft rate tables and allocate taxes. The system taxes materials by final use and requires precise division of taxed and untaxed portions. Dealers, retailers, and craftsmen must adjust practices to the evolving regulations, aiming to collect state revenue for public purposes.
The piece lambastes the Wagner labor relations law for causing strikes violence and industrial unrest. It argues supporters downplay problems as a passing phase while critics warn the new privileges empower labor to disrupt settlements and worsen conditions, resisting assurances of eventual harmony.
President Roosevelt will gather 400 Democratic congressmen at Jefferson Island for a three day meeting to review the new deal program. Washington dispatches say he will speak plainly to end intra party controversies and press for unified congressional support. The aim is a solid, uncritical backing of pending measures.
The piece notes rising opposition to administration plans and the likelihood of a Jeffersonian versus Rooseveltian tension at a proposed Jefferson Island meeting. It highlights Senator Robinson’s push for local units to fund part of relief costs and contrasts prosperity claims with Roosevelt’s warning that a third of the population remains ill fed and poorly housed.
Dorothy Schmitz, 23, was crowned Miss Manhattan in a local beauty pageant on June 18. She will represent Manhattan at the state contest in Topeka next fall. Leavenworth shows population changes with 537 more residents and a county decline of 67 due to WPA employment shifts.
Abe Wolfson argues against City of Lawrence water shutoffs for unpaid bills and a $1 restart fee, calling for fair treatment and moral leadership. He cites Roosevelt's aid programs, compares rates with Topeka, and pleads for public officials to honor trust and avoid oppression.
Howe will host a dinner for Kansans who honored him at a banquet three years ago and later invite 417 Topekans who sent best wishes. Guests include Alf Allen White and others from Topeka and Emporia as part of the 1934 tribute committee. A separate item notes a man named James A Richardson pled guilty to drunk driving and was fined 50 dollars. Doomed men in Raleigh were reprieved for 80 days due to prison renovations.
Floodwaters continue to rise across Saline Solomon and Smoky Hill rivers with Lincoln bridge approaches submerged. In Douglas County wheat harvest begins ahead of schedule on the Fred Laptad farm near Lake View, with Harvest Queen averaging over 40 bushels per acre. Local social notes mention births, weddings, travel, and community gatherings, including news of professors, students, and civic events.
At the home of the bride's parents in Muscotah Kansas, a large number of guests witness the wedding of Mr. Hunter and his bride at high noon on Wednesday.
Kay wrestles with a tense forest fire scare as Tom Runyon questions a suspect and Kay protects Ted Gaynor. She pleads for him to flee, plans a quick getaway, and faces Seth Jordan’s scrutiny while guiding her horse toward the Lazy Nine refuge. Kay trusts intuition in danger.
A kingfisher perches and dives for breakfast while Willy Nilly and others observe birds. Woodpeckers call crisply as the scene continues with playful natural observations and small details of the forest rhythm.
In a rustic scene Willy Nilly and others discuss woodpeckers near the woods. They note the shyer larger species sometimes prey on eggs while also eating insects. Top Notch admires red headed ones, while Christopher crow and Sweet Face the lamb weigh moral traits.
Dr Galston explains how orange grapefruit grapes raisins apples and prunes act as mild laxatives through citrate salts and roughage. Fruits supply residue to the digestive tract, aiding movement while fats and oils can also stimulate intestinal activity. Some hypersensitive individuals may experience discomfort from fruit.
A family quarrel reflects hunger as a speaker notes relatives refuse relief yet threaten to eat through all stored provisions, predicting they will be on relief soon.
Dated June 18 reports from Dallas Seattle Minneapolis and Topeka recount car crashes with multiple injuries including Mrs Hills and Mrs Shipp, a zoo accident where Wideawake the elephant bruised a man, water pump plans for convention visitors, a court dismissal of state auditor actions, and the death of Dr P W Robinson near Osage City.
Fairfax Belmont visitors and residents share a Sunday and weekend events with birthday dinners, church meetings, park outings, illness updates, and family visits across Topeka Reading Linwood Ottawa Carbondale Wellsville and Kansas City. Several name entries document friendships and travel among neighbors and relatives over the weekend.
A fragmented listing details a weekend Kansas City area radio and stage lineup. It notes various programs on WPAR, KMBC, WREN, WDAF and EMBC including concerts, dances, a national barn dance, weather, headlines, and guest acts. It also mentions a social note about visitors from Ottawa and Lawrence area residents, with scattered names and places.
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