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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1938

Page

4

Called to Endurance

A brief exhortation quotes a Bible verse urging steadfast perseverance as a soldier of Jesus Christ and emphasizes enduring hardship with faith.

Jesus Christ

Lets be alive on the Fifth slogan urged for safer Fourth

The American Safety Council promotes the slogan Lets be alive on the Fifth to reduce July Fourth accident toll by urging caution in driving boating swimming and handling fireworks. It argues forethought and safer practices prevent regret and fatalities.

American Safety Council Safety Council

Senate committee wary of curb on presidential speech

The committee expects a busy summer but will not regulate President Roosevelt speech acts, treating them as free speech within bounds of good taste. Regulation focuses on corrupt elections while sentiment and discretion guide other political rhetoric.

Senate Campaign Investigating Committee Roosevelt Senate Committee

Grand Jury Probe Promises Balanced View in Kansas City

A forthcoming grand jury in Kansas City will probe vandalism and racketeering amid concerns it may bias toward the city’s dominant political group. The panel’s rule to investigate both sides risks equating merchants defending their property with hoodlums, potentially diverting focus from pursuing lawbreakers.

Kansas City Grand Jury

New Regents Named by Governor Huxman

Governor Huxman appoints Leslie Wallace Maurice L Breidenthal and Louis J Beyer to the state university regents. The article notes Wallace and Breidenthal bring prior service and loyalty while Beyer is a Lyons physician and KU medical graduate.

Huxman University of Kansas Lawrence Commonwealth Leslie Wallace Larned Maurice L. Breidenthal Kansas City University Athletic Board Louis J. Beyer University School of Medicine Lyons Board of Regents

Italy Eyes Future Needs Amid Europe Tensions

Italy may look beyond present European turmoil to future needs. General Franco urged by Italian authorities to curb attacks on neutral shipping in Spanish ports, where Britain has suffered. Mussolini reportedly aims to refine a British Italian accord after the Spanish dispute as leverage against Germany.

Italy Europe Franco Great Britain Mussolini Brenner Pass

Army parliament clash over leaked intelligence sparks delay

A member of parliament and army officer is summoned to a military court over information he allegedly possessed. MPs say lawmakers cannot be tried for statements on the floor, yet the probe is postponed as the military arm defers its inquiry amid Commons uproar.

Commons

England and Netherlands Plan Surplus Wheat Stock

England and the Netherlands decide to build a wartime surplus of wheat to be ready if war breaks out in Europe. With world prices favorable, the stock can be bought below normal now. A war would likely push wheat prices higher than other commodities as the conflict unfolds.

England Netherlands Europe

Complaint Night A Family Story From Sundown Tales

The family, including grandparents and four children, lives together and often argues. To fix tension they declare one night a week as Complaint Night where each member writes down grievances for a calm, friendly discussion to air issues and improve harmony.

Blacky Chubby Christopher Columbus Crow Willy Nilly

Thrush killed by tennis ball at West Englewood club

In Teaneck New Jersey on June 30 a thrush was struck and killed by a tennis ball during Ted McKinley s serve at the West Englewood tennis club. The mate’s song was heard as burial was completed. In Los Angeles a man named William Zion 53 boarded streetcar No 1324 with a bill of sale for No 1824 and lost $100 to unknown buyers. police seek the culprits.

Marksman Los Angeles William Zion Zion Banko

High-Voltage Sparking Sparks City Outage

A weathered note reports a sparking outage in Spokane Washington involving pigeons causing 4000 homes to lose power. B M Merrill, superintendent of the Washington water power company, is cited in the fragmentary account.

Spokane Wash B. M. Merrill Washington Water Power

Birds Cause Short Circuit on Power Lines

A short-circuit occurred when birds perched on parallel high tension lines apparently rubbed their beaks, according to a witness. The incident prompted investigation and potential power outage concerns.

Pany

Perfect Resemblance Chicago Melvin Purvis

Melvin Purvis, the former federal agent who captured John Dillinger, visits Chicago and buys a telephone slug. A clerk notes the resemblance and asks if he is Purvis, who responds with a laconic yes.

Chicago Melvin Purvis John Dillinger Melvin’ Purvis Tillinger Purvis

Soil Conservation Service Notes Contour Furrows at Ottawa Area

Contour furrows have been plowed on 127 acres of grass land under SCS agreement in the new camp area north west of Ottawa Franklin county. Furrows laid about a rod apart double plowing increases capacity and reduces runoff. Warren C Teel Kansas State college agronomist student reports for duty aiding in technical assistance agreements across surrounding counties.

Soil Conservation Service Ottawa Franklin County Warren C. Teel Kansas State College Manhattan SCS Teel

Fisher Recruits Against Congress In Topeka Critique

Rev J C Fisher of Garden City criticizes the last congress calling many members unworthy to return home He says the session failed on recovery and increased the public debt He attacks the New Deal claiming it costs 20 million dollars per law with no guaranteed gains

Topeka Jesse Clyde Fisher Garden City

Winrod Spells Out Senate Bid In Merriam Rally

Gerald B. Winrod of Wichita campaigned for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate in Merriam Kansas criticizing the new deal for pushing the nation toward repudiation of public debt. He pledged to restore government finances to balance once elected, marking his first campaign address in the area to Wyandotte Douglas and Johnson county Republicans.

Merriam Kan Gerald B. Winrod Wichita United States Senate Senate Winrod Wyandotte Douglas Johnson County

Local health trip sends Allendorphs to Arizona

George N Allendorph and family move to Arizona for indefinite stay seeking better health for Mr Allendorph who has been ill for months. He came to Lawrence about twenty years ago with a fountain and confectionary business and later founded Crown Bottling Works, sold last year.

George N. Allendorph Arizona Allendorph Mr. Allendorph Lawrence Crown Bottling Works Mitchell & Dunkerry Smith and Robinson Alfred E. Smith New York Joseph T. Robinson Arkansas J. N. Dolley Fraternal Aid Union Dolley Society George R. Allen F.A.A Poco Frazier Sol McInerney Boston Kansas City Alumni Association F.C. Allen The Athletic Association Catherine McCreath Bridge D. H. McCreath David McCreath Nell Martindale Helen Wilson Sue Todd E. R. Hess Hess Drug Store Mass. Street J. J. Phillips Scranton C. H. Ashton Berkley Calif William Reinisch Margaret Weidlein New York City M. C. Ogden Kansas City Clarence Houk Gene Glahn Canada Park Rapids Minn

Lawrence News Henry Cressman Returns From Yale to KU

Twenty five years ago Edmund D. Cressman son of Rev and Mrs E Cressman of this city and a KU graduate has returned after a year at Yale where he earned a Ph D He will teach Latin at KU next year Freddie Sauer son of Mr and Mrs Frank Laure of Lawrence farms near the Lawrence Water Company pump house and shows three and a half dozen jars of corn the first to appear in Lawrence The marriage of Florence Payne and Rollie Perkins was at the Payne home with relatives present The couple plan a New York sail for the British Isles this summer Eva Butler and Carl Boyle wed at the Butler home and will live in Emporia Boyle secretary of the Emporia Conservatory of Music Florence Cross and Arthur Boughton announce their marriage May 5 in Nagasaki Japan Boughton formerly of Lawrence now in Shanghai

Edmund D. Cressman E. Cressman K. U Yale Cressman Freddie Sauer Frank Laure Lawrence Lawrence Water Company Freddie Florence Payne Rollie Perkins Wallace Payne Owen Kinnedy Cincinnati Elderkin Helen Payne Flayd Johnson Reba Zimmerman Phyllis Burroughs Frances Meservy Emily Berger Anna Savage Dorothy Ward Payne L. H. Perkins B. B. Powers A. Gifford Margaret Perkins Theodore Rudiger Winifred Ward Eva Butler Carl Boyle F. E. Butler Rev. Wolfe

Pearse wood market moves to new corner in town

In Lawrence the Pearse wood coal and hay market relocates from Vermont street to Henry and Rhode Island streets. Also, the Lawrence company of colored soldiers elected officers Sherman A Harvey captain John Clark first lieutenant Fred Stone second lieutenant. Post office transfer from Innes to Caldwell will occur after business hours with Inspector Sullivan overseeing. Several postal route changes take effect with new carriers named. A Fourth of July picnic speech by J D Bowersock and Capt S T Criss planned. Maude May Floyd and William Norris Campbell wed in east Lawrence with reception and Kansas City home to follow. Others return from Western New York.

Pearse Vermont Street Henry Rhode Island Lawrence Company of Colored Soldiers Topeka Sherman A. Harvey John Clark Fred Stone Lawrence Boys Merchants Athletic Building Association Innes Caldwell Inspector Sullivan Star Lawrence Sarcoxie al Brooks Lapeer A. Longnecker Belvoir M. W. Wells Globe William V. Ament A. ¥. Patterson J. D. Bowersock Rosegrove S. T. Criss William Floyd East Lawrence Maude May Floyd William Norris Campbell Pritchard Elsie Floyd Kan John R. Sandborn New York

Octagon House Dilemmas Stirred by Family Tates

Asey monitors a visit by Pam Aaron and Earl Jennings at the Octagon House as plans for water and renovations collide with past tensions. A gunfire outbreak interrupts discussions, hinting at a murder mystery to unfold tomorrow with the Carr family under scrutiny.

Powdersmoke By Nelson C Nye Starts July 1 in This Paper

The western novel Powdersmoke by Nelson C Nye is slated to begin serialization in this newspaper starting July 1. Nye writes frontier adventures featuring rugged cowboys and high stakes in dusty settlements.

Friday Night Revelations In Asey's Cape Script

In Provincetown chatter los of mischief unfold as Asey and Pam react to Nettie’s suspicions about murder, Aarons health improves, clocks chime, and familiar faces like Peg Boone and plumber Jennings stir ongoing caper gossip.

Nettie Pam Mister Mayo Asey Aaron Per Tim Gran Provincetown Jennie Mayo Peg Boone Peg Jack Hanson Emma Goldman Toots Emma Marina Jennings Earl

Teachers Flunk a Test in Pronunciation Bee

Ten teachers at the National Education Association convention faced off in a pronunciation bee. Five men and five women competed. none achieved a passing score by classroom standards. The men won but did not gloat as all contestants flunked.

New York National Education Association

When M and I Clash in Public Spite

The narrator describes tension with M who appears cold and controlling in social displays. The tone hints at a strained relationship and a wish to avoid public scrutiny during disagreements.

New York speller triumphs in tense bee

Harald Clark of New York spelled recalcitrance correctly and stood last after a 20 minute bee that felled two teams of ten competitors. Fortieri stopped both teams with groans as the contest ended.

Fortieri Harald Clark New York

Magazine Article Angers James Roosevelt

Rochester Minn June 30 James Roosevelt, son of the President, is indignant over a Saturday Evening Post piece about his insurance work. A Mayo Clinic physician said Roosevelt has read the article and asked his attorney to consider next steps. The hospital notes no comment until further conference.

Rochester Minn James Roosevelt Saturday Evening Post A. J. Lobb General Administration Mayo Clinic Roosevelt Alva Johnston

Sears barber’s 32 year old car still hits on all cylinders

Anton Fredericks of Appleton Wisconsin, a barber, owns a 32 year old Sears automobile that still runs well on both cylinders.

Jalapy Appleton, Wis Anton Fredericks Sears

Baldwin News Highlights Local Club Events and Births

Mrs Harold W Guest visited Lawrence on Wednesday. The Monday Night club was postponed to Wednesday night at Mrs Charles Kalbs home. Mrs Gilbert M Gander went to Elmdale near Emporia for several days at the Girl Reserve camp. Prof Edward J Cragoe spoke on Fertilizers and Soils at the Garden Club meeting adding fourteen new members. A birthday dinner honored H H Hutton with out of town relatives attending. Orville Shotwell announced the birth of Judith Clare on June 23. Rev Albert E Ayers attended the funeral of Richard Oscar Fisher in Fayetteville Ark. Reunion events included Bernard H Schultzer and Glenn Hutton at Melvern. Family dinner for Charles Averill’s Ottawa birthday was hosted by W H Lucas. J T Barbee of Kansas City visited J M Pinkerton. Gladys McGinnis spent weekend in Excelsior Springs with her sons Jack and Billy. CE Francis visited Ottawa. Francis spent Saturday in Ottawa.

Harold W. Guest Lawrence Charles Kalb Gilbert M. Gander Elmdale Emporia Christy J. Fischer Eighth Street Garden Club Forrest M. Hartley Edward J. Cragoe H. H. Hutton Thomas Hutton Gardner Harold Hutton van Meter Earl Schome Hemingway Anna Hutton Centerville Vernon Roller Edgerton Carl Mel Merle Todd Dorothy May Kansas City Iva Gilbert Yvonne and Allen Wellsville A. F. Kerns Charles Averill Ottawa Frank Kerns Willard David Frank Lobingier Paul Mary Lou Thomas Lucas Smith Leonard Scuyler Kerns Marjorie le May J. T. Barbee J. M. Pinkerton Gladys McGinnis Excelsior Springs Jack Billy Francis

Radio Schedule Highlights from WREN KMBC WDAF June 30 July 1

A dense list of radio programming and orchestral acts across WREN KMBC and WDAF for Thursday night and Friday into early July. Highlights include Marion Talley, Bing Crosby, Burns and Allen, Amos n Andy, Nat King Cole? No, actual names: Newton? The schedule enumerates concerts, news, dramas, and variety shows with multiple stations.

Wren Ashburn Bratton KMBC WDAF Marion Talley K3lbc Rudy Vallee Battle of Gettysburg Toth Aniversary KEMBC Toronto Symphony Bowes Bing Crosby Just Wdaaf Amos Andy Hollywood Helen Hayes Sporia Larry Clinton Wbdaarf L.t Johnny Long Boob Grant Jan Garber IBC Henry King Muehlebach Or Gray Gordon Carlos Molina Andy Kirk Irma Glenn Henrt Gendron Webster Hall Jimmie Noone KAIBC Dick Todd Kansas City Dines Maurice Spitalny Paul Whiteman Gettysburg Paul Martin Jimmy Fiddler Grant Park Charlie Barnett Just Entertainment Jamos Lum Abner Lou Breese Gene Beecher Orch F. Trumbauer Lew Bonick Buddy Rogers Deacon Moore Henri Gendron St. Francis Or

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