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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1929
Page
4
Warmer weather shifts Kansas policy as the House nears adjournment in Topeka. Senate may stretch the session, but the calendar remains light, with essential bills to finish next week.
The Kansas legislature weighs a senate proposal to submit a constitutional convention as the state nears a 70 year old framework. Proponents push for reform while warning revision details may resemble new statute law. Critics fear unintended consequences after past experiences. President Coolidge’s frequent public receptions are humorously criticized as a burden on the president.
The piece lauds Coolidge as a prudent president who kept finances balanced and avoided public expense while the nation faced unsettled postwar conditions. It notes Douglas county road conditions as severe but frames them as crop preparation and highlights the contrast between gangsters and their lawyers in enforcement.
The article surveys fair trial guarantees for accused gangsters, a Dodge City soldiers' home governance overhaul, and public complaints under the new board. It notes soldiers venting about their lot, President Coolidge bidding farewell to Washington reporters, and Ben Hibbs reporting boosts to a town campaign with florist seed gifts and dance dress rules.
Nightly prairie fires light the sky as residents share social events and updates. A surprise party honors Solon Williams. Miss Maggie Cordley returns home from Emporia. John Alder gains a post at Red Cloud Indian Agency and plans to move with family to follow. Rory Moore visits from Topeka. M. B. Fry returns from Iowa trip. University shops display engineering plans. law library acquisition from John Hutchings. Local figures: M Tidrow buys Eldtidve Barber Shop. Julia Swan and Ada Kunkle recover from illness. Agnes Thompson hosts guests. Father Langley leaves for San Francisco. Miss Steward becomes Dean of Women in North Carolina. Will Ams suffers ankle injury. FE Nelson to speak in Kansas City. William Watson Davis returns from overseas Red Cross service. Aviator Ben Brown returns home from captivity. four Douglas County men prepare for Camp Funston training conference under YMCA.
George White and Merh Bartley, old settlers, are seriously ill at their homes in South Lawrence. Mrs White has suffered a stroke of paralysis for nearly three months. The message notes the sufferers as part of a Baldro community report from local sources.
A March display at the University of Kansas gallery features water colors by Prof. Albert Bloch head of the department, with a few oil paintings included. Most works were painted in Lawrence over recent years and reflect Bloch’s typical temper and atmosphere. Open daily in rooms 325 and 327 east Administration building except Sundays and holidays.
Mrs Henry J Haskell wife of the Kansas City Star editor and sister of Orville Wright is critically ill at her home in Kansas City after a severe cold contracted in Rochester Minnesota following a prior operation. Her husband planned a March 9 trip to Italy but the vacation was interrupted. Lorin Wright of Dayton Ohio arrived to be at her bedside. A separate item notes a special edition of The Junior at Lawrence Junior High featuring Hoover and Curtis on inauguration day. Police report two Shawnee county jail escapees prompting lookout in Lawrence.
OOF Callan and associates publish a 1928 update in the Gepgrisht column. The brief notes indicate syndicate distribution and a focus on editorial contexts. Readership is invited to follow forthcoming items from the periodical as it appears in the paper.
Kansas history notes the death of Benjamin Fr Wade in Ohio. Also, Brig Gen Milton R McLean announced the 13th infantry regiment of the Kansas national guard received the highest rating in a federal inspection led by Maj Floyd A Hatfield and Col Charles H Browne, with strong attendance and high ratings. A separate item reports a car fire on Eighth and New Jersey streets caused by wiring, deems no damage.
Topeka reports the weather bureau forecasting a dry spell for mud in eastern Kansas with high temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Meteorologist D. Flora expects partly cloudy skies tonight, warmer in the east, then fair and colder Sunday. Tonight’s lows 30s to 32 in northern and western Kansas, above 32 in eastern areas. Lowest statewide temp 24 degrees at Goodland. Dodge City 28, Wichita and Topeka 30, Concordia and Kansas City 22. No moisture in Kansas in the last 24 hours and none expected in the next 24 hours.
Washington March 2 AP W H Moran chief of the secret service said a counterfeit of the Kansas City Federal Reserve bank ten dollar note is in circulation. The note shows Jackson from the 1914 series with face plate 97 and back plate 1435. Moran notes it is printed from photo mechanical plates on two sheets with threaded fibers to imitate silk. The counterfeit appears greasy due to oil absorption in the inking process and should not deceive a wary handler of money.
President F D Farrell of Kansas State Agricultural College will speak on The Evolution of Agriculture at the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce regwar weekay meeting Tuesday noon. Officials anticipate an entertaining talk from the K S A C president. Two men, O P Johnson and Fat Murray, were arrested Friday in a 600 block Massachusetts taxicab on drunkenness charges by Officers Hunter and Calhoun. A Clarinda Iowa couple paid 300 penny to obtain a marriage license during courtship.
Dorothy Graham's Here’s an Other One reveals three generations of Jerad Meade in China amid anti foreign sentiment and Boxer era upheaval while The Electric Word Rise of Radio traces radio's rapid spread from Hertz experiments to 1921 station boom and its social reach. Other notes cover Edna Whitcomb’s poetry and drama, Eugene O’Neill’s Dynamo, Soviet film Krassin, and 1928 non fiction leaders.
Mar Marcus Dow, longtime safety educator and public speaker, compiles a lively volume titled Safety First. Through Jim the Trunkman and colorful anecdotes from 800 talks, he promotes cautious driving and public responsibility with true‑looking stories and colloquial flair.
Lucia Ames Mead argues for Christian-led universal peace and outlines a plan to stop war. The book, published by Doubleday Doran, presents non technical language and shows Mead as a lecturer and former international delegate.
In a tense scene from the mystery, Hanley and companions breach a fenced thicket at dawn. They discover a body, Adolf Smucker, carried by a dark stream, hinting at a deadly secret behind the Gray House. Junior suspects a deliberate obstruction and urges caution as they hunt the killer.
Joseph G Lincoln author of Cane Cod stories gains his grown son Freeman Lincoln to help in writing a novel to be published in August by Coward McCann. Freeman has contributed to magazines and edited Yale publications and will debut as co author with his father. The piece notes another book, Winston S Churchil’s World Crisis fourth volume The Aftermath to be published March 5 by Charles Laneis Sons. It mentions Saluting Celebrities With a Slap by Samuel Marx set for March release with various stage figures among the celebrated names.
Passages beneath the lakefront property reveal a hidden storeroom and a covert group occupying the space. The trio confronts Luigi Bartoli who explains Smucker’s death was accidental and self defense. Appleton, Delaney, and Pelham secure Luigi after a confrontation.
Elmer L Broat expresses gratitude for the kindness shown during his wife’s illness and death. Also shared by her parents Prof and Mrs R H Ritchie of Ottawa for their support during this time.
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