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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1932
Page
4
President Hoover says his campaign effort will focus on a few major speeches and duties of his office. Tax payments begin tomorrow as Congress sets the running expenses and retrenchment advocates urge restraint. Allen withdraws from Kansas senate race, altering primary dynamics and leaving national issues to guide Republican strategy.
County boards of commissioners in several counties, amid an attorney general opinion, moved to delay penalties on second half taxes past June 20. The AG says treasurers accepting taxes after June 20 without penalty fail to collect full amounts and invite potential legal action.
The article argues county boards may overstep their authority and the relief bill lines up loans for large cities. It warns against graft and misuse of funds, noting big cities’ wealth and lax management. It also mentions J McChalliss of Atchison and Admiral Paul Jones as fashion statements at the Chicago convention. It questions whether the wets are making real progress.
In Lawrence many small items appear including Ed Harding and Ethel Phillips quietly marrying, Mrs C W Hughes preparing to depart for Portland Oregon, and Miss Mary Neuman marrying Joseph Dee at a Catholic church. The couple in the first union are known locally with ties to Kansas City and North Lawrence. Miss Neuman is connected to Dr Carl Neuman and the city Catholic choir. Future Home plans and travel are noted along with a kindergarten picnic led by Miss Coathupe and a Pasadena wedding planned for Maud Lamon to W H Coulter.
Editor notes the city Social Service League at 37 Vermont Street during a time of strain. The hall reports about thirty visitors daily for food clothing beds and bedding, with numbers rising due to government flour distribution handled by Mrs Elizabeth Tuttle. The league also acts as an employment agency and provides free milk, delivering twenty quarts daily to the hall.
Mrs J W O'Bryon notes the Lawrence Sanitary Milk Company Fritzel Dairy and Wagstaff Creamery supply a limited milk allotment to invalids elderly and hungry children through Social Service and city nurses. Fifteen more quarts are needed and more clothing and bedding are requested to aid the poor, with funds reinvested to promote health under free physician and nurse aid.
A compact recap of Kansas history entries noting the 1893 death of Rev Henry Hofe father of E W Howe, the 1898 political shifts with Cyrus Leland Jr as Republican chair, 1893 deaths of Matthew Ryan Sr and others, Senator Peffer’s agricultural probe, 1894 death of Bishop W Perkins, and 1895 Ohio Governor William McKinley speaking at the Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly.
The article discusses deafness as a widespread, lifelong disability with Helen Keller cited on its greater challenge compared to blindness. It notes that about half of childhood deafness is congenital, the rest arising from preventable diseases, and emphasizes hearing's key role in learning and language.
John Hathaway plans a settled life at Hathaway House while his daughter Penn longs for a private space and a blooming romance with Max Hiller. Family banter, nostalgia for a New England farm, and gentle tensions hint at change as autumn deepens into winter.
The dialogue reveals Aunt Emmas resolve to travel despite her age. She notes the journey will take about two weeks to prepare so she can visit various homes and first see the speaker, then proceed to Buffalo for a short visit. A faint groan is heard from the speaker.
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