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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1931
Page
4
The Lawrence Journal World reports on President Hoover vetoing a Muscle Shoals government operation bill. Coverage notes power politics and fears of public money funding private fortunes, with emphasis on the government’s role and public benefit versus private gain.
Roosevelt criticizes legislate prosperity while Jouett Shouse presses for a party led recovery. The Washington conference aims to attract voters with economic issues, soft pedaling the prohibition dispute. Roy W. Howard links Scripps-Howard to Kansas via Lawrence connections. Congress may adjourn, creating a lengthy interlude seen as prime for business recovery since 1929 crash.
The article discusses how unpredictable federal legislation affects business, noting that once Congress recesses, firms see clearer conditions. It also references shifting testimony in the Kansas City bridge murder trial, stressing that despite changes in witnesses, the victim remains dead.
Old Home Town item recounts a March 4 50 years ago wedding at the M E Parsonage Cen tropolis Kan between Harry Jewett of Eudora and Alice R McIntire of Eudora with plans for a new home near DeSoto Kan. Also notes a surprise party for Mr and Mrs Charles J Ward on Connecticut Street and George Y Johnson returning from work with a potential state fair secretary post in Topeka next fall.
Twenty five years service events noted with Miss May Kanaga visiting Kansas City to see The Claneman and Hugh Means addressing the Good Fords convention in Baldwin. Mrs H V Miller returns from Kearney after five months with ailing mother as Phi Beta Kappa banquet for seventy five is held with four course dinner. An operation at university removes a hand tumor from Charles Apitz by Drs Sadler and Smith.
Elks Club election results show J. H. Cohn as Exalter Ruler and W. H. McKone as Leading Knight, with officers elected including Kennedy, Henry, Alexander, March, Robinson, Kaufman, Newmark, and Radcliff. Delegates Miss Jessie Martindale and Miss Laura Harkrader chosen to attend the National Convention in Chemington NL March 19 to 21. Birth announced for son William Templin Wellhouse, son of Prof. and Mrs. Walter Wellhouse of Cornell University. Invitations issued by Mrs. Hugh Means and Mrs. L. N. Lewis.
A large crowd gathered in Washington as Warren G. Harding of Ohio and Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts were inaugurated as President and Vice President. The ceremony proceeded with modest pomp, marking the start of their administration.
A historical note outlines standard first aid kit contents and responsible use in workplaces. It lists tourniquet scissors tweezers sling pins cups and medicines such as castor oil iodine boric acid and ammonia spirits. Bandage materials include gauze tape cotton and sterile gauze with extra items like splints and record cards.
A Kansas history item notes the Topeka Democratic flambeau club drew attention at President Cleve land's inaugural. A joint legislative committee investigating normal school land sales found the July 19 1884 sale of 7 520 acres at 3 50 per acre was not ratified by the board of regents and occurred without proper order.
A patchwork of brief items notes Butler on language and manners in New York, a Indiana club dinner menu mishap, Nobel laureate Henrik Pontoppidan avoiding action after taxi crash in Copenhagen, a deaf piano that lights color bulbs in New York, Vienna painter Eden Blakelock to exhibit, and Jamaica curbs liquor supply with taxes amid damaged, fragmented community scenes.
O N Sanders of Williamson county seeded 12 acres with alfalfa in 1927 at a cost of 200 dollars. In 1925 he cut 12 tons of hay bringing 204 dollars. This year his crop is valued at 1030 dollars. Eighty nine hogs grazed on the field 69 days last year while fat-
In this installment, Dr. Charters, a former England surgeon turned American gangster, confronts a mysterious visitor who calls himself Half-Hung Simon. The intruder demands asylum and an alibi, hints at Spider Schiltz and a diamond haul, and asserts he is the most valuable patient at Charters’s nursing home. He warns of danger and insists on special care as a bed-bound, dangerous suspect.
The air siren triggers John and Peggy to join a daring fire response. John dons a helmet and boards a hook and ladder plane that flies from an air fire house to an air hotel where ladders are set and a chemical extinguisher quickly douses the flames. A dog is saved and the bells fade as the alert ends.
Tomorrow Fire Alarms brief notes that measures to rename state colleges are awaiting Governor Waaring signature. The senate passed the two bills after approval in both houses, affecting Kansas State Agricultural College becoming Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science and Fort Hays State College replacing the State Teachers College at Hays.
Mrs. W H Webster hosts the Monday Night Bridge Club while the Woman's Panhellenic of Baker meets at Alpha Chi Omega. Mises Gertrude Reeves visits from Lawrence. Helene Henney visits Baldwin. Stanley Haggart attends a formal Alpha Chi Omega party with Delta Tau Delta. Dr James Gander of Liberty returns for birthday celebrations with Gilbert M Gander, plus East ern Star initiates and a $200 pledge to the Methodist church. Evangeline Chapter plans and a Berean Sunday school gathering close the notes.
A long afternoon gathering featured old songs and readings by Miss Martha Cowgill and Mrs. Jennie C. Marcy. D W Shotwell shows slow improvement at his Indiana Street home. Several Baldwin residents travel to Lawrence for church and university events, with updates on health, visits, and local club activities. Funeral for Mrs. Nancy Scott noted. she lived in Kansas 73 years since moving from her youth. A March faculty club dinner at the Domestic Science dining room featured a playlet Lima Beans and St Patrick colors. Various trips to Kansas City and Lawrence recorded alongside church events, gardening talk, and Farm Bureau gathering notes. Continuous social life details include visits, illnesses, and community notices through the week.
Miss Geraldine Cox spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs H M Cox. Miss Anna Wickey spent Thurs.
A quirky line recalls a street scam where fakirs promise easy food from planted seeds. Bunny urges investigating the con and suggests finding a specialist in car rot as part of the humorous scheme. The snippet reflects 1950s style and syndicate humor.
Mrs Edward Martin and daughter Loraine attended a bridge lunch Monday for Mrs Frank Walter's birthday. Mrs Plin White visited her uncle Mr Chapman at Memorial hospital after an operation Friday. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Jr moved to a farm vacated by Mr and Mrs T K Murphy. Mr and Mrs Henry Welsh and daughter Norma moved to a Belleview farm. Mr and Mrs Fred Florence moved to town. Mr and Mrs F M Bunce and family will move to the Florence vacated home. Mr and Mrs A E Welsh and family moved to Eudora. Mr and Mrs Fred Eggert will live on their farm.
Public notice claims Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin cures constipation with gentle action, no griping, suitable for all ages. advertised as the world’s best selling laxative with 470 years of claimed practice and easy availability at drug stores.
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