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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1936
Page
4
Rural Douglas county reports grasshopper infestation rising as Manhattan officials urge prompt use of approved poison methods. Al Smith and Democratic leaders maneuver around Philadelphia, while forecasts of Kaw Valley potato yield point to solid cash, not record profits. Federal payroll questions and leftward platform moves color coverage of the convention scene.
Miss Helen Rhoda Hoopes English instructor at K U will present readings this summer for summer session students and Lawrence citizens. Readings begin July 1 in Spooner Thayer theater.
A syndicated humorous verse notes Dora’s devotion to her small dog amid her life with a third husband. The quip casts light on domestic affection and aging in a light, comic tone.
Twenty five years ago on June 23 local residents Helen Starrett Dorothy Dinsmoor and families planned trips and returns with talks of a YMCA secretaryship for Holmes H Holmes. London King George V crowned amid vast pageantry. Anna Fitz and Bert Holcomb host a surprise linen shower while Miss Alice Sinclair hosts dinner at Lake View. Thimbles club hosts and travel plans continue as graduates set courses for summer. Forties era notes recount marriages campaigns water power changes and a Fourth of July celebration plan with races and a band concert.
Manhattan Kansas June 23 Kansas state director for the shelterbelt program Charles A Scott said farmers have been urged to care for 4 5 million trees planted under the project which will be abandoned by the federal government June 30. Cooperators indicate they will continue cultivation and care on their farms. Trees planted on 521 farms south of the Arkansas river cover 250 miles and 5200 acres. The project employed 775 relief workers with 80 percent of trees surviving. Soil conservation is planting trees on farms in eastern Kansas but excludes western areas where shelterbelt work has proceeded.
Dirk Joris finds Hope at a Chelsea boarding house while Rupert recovers from illness. Hope plans to leave with Dirk after Rupert’s death, amid suspicions about her background. A night of tension ends with Rupert dead from a gunshot and Hope near collapse, as Dirk confronts fate and awaits tomorrow’s confrontation.
In a pondside scene, Mrs Quacko explains to Christopher Columbus Crow and the others that she has a new friend, a mysterious guest named Willy Nilly, and she hopes the group will meet her. Tears show as she defends the friend and insists the group is kind.
A fragment from a playful exchange features Willy Nilly urging an invite to Mrs. Fine Duck ling as Mrs. Quacko plans a tomorrow gathering for an absent guest. The dialogue hints at a lighthearted, family style event.
A discussion on how decayed teeth and gum disease can seed bacterial infections that travel through the blood, worsen chronic gastritis, and complicate major surgery. It notes pyorrhea and gingivitis as contagion risks and emphasizes mouth clearance before operations.
Topeka report notes the Kansas Delegation banner from the Republican National Convention demonstration was donated to the Kansas State Historical Society by delegate John McCuish of Newton. A hay barn at the state boys industrial school burned last night, destroying the structure with alfalfa and damaging two other buildings. estimated loss between 26 000 and 30 000 dollars.
Valley Falls officials plan a campaign this week to curb beer sales over 3.2 percent alcohol, with prosecutions set to begin Thursday. Topeka reports grasshoppers threaten crops across northern Kansas, damaging wheat and alfalfa while chinch bugs affect southeastern counties. corn condition worsened slightly but strong yields still possible as harvest advances in the south-central region.
Editor readers push Townsend plan amid party criticism and alleged political cash. Dr W Johanning argues major parties failed since Lincoln era and urges open inquiry into campaign spending and policies as 1929 crash memory lingers.
The Midland Rural club hosted Dr Elizabeth Bussing with fourteen members present and guests G R Shultz Waldo Shultz and Addie Buckminster. The F B club met at Ruth Oatman Riverside while Jayhawk 4 H baseball faced Sunflower. Numerous social visits occur around Overbrook Riverside Valley Grove and Tonganoxie as 4-H members elect leaders and plan meetings through July.
Bethel Superintendent Harold C. Fisher and Mrs. Fisher with their children Alan Ross and Margaret attended church Sunday morning and were dinner guests at the home of Mrs. Fisher's parents C. M. Albright. A large Sunday school crowd plus a children's day program directed by Mrs. Mabel Root and Miss Marjorie Garrett featured a playment titled Looking For Daises. Otto Garber announces the birth of a daughter Nettie Ellen June 16 at Memorial hospital in Lawrence.
A dense listing of radio program schedules for Tuesday and Wednesday June 23 24, naming stations WREN WDAF KMBC WDAP etc with various bands orchestras including Wayne King’s Orch Jimmie Allen Kate Smith and policy mentions of political conventions and a few dramatic and talk segments. The fragmentary text lists programs by time and station plus ensemble names and some show titles such as Five Minute Drama and Mystical Moments, alongside references to Democratic conventions and general entertainment items.
Mrs Laws and daughter Hope of Overbrook visited Mrs Johnnie Brecheisen and daughter Durene on Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Alvin Fisher and family of Overbrook were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs B W Owens. Miss Blanche Bunyan of Osage City stayed with Aunt Mrs Cleveland Clark and family for a week. A deal closed Tuesday with Will Smith’s Globe property sold to Mr Snyder.
A collection of light incident items from AP reports: a Georgia station dog named Brownie greets fast trains by the tracks. Kansas State College students lose shirts to grasshoppers. oranges spill from a freight derailment near Guymon. a bug accident in Kansas City ends in a hospital visit. a hunting prank ends fatally in Miles Iowa. and notes on new Western Railroads train berths with windows.
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