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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1926
Page
1
Aristide Briand, veteran French statesman, accepts mandate from President Doumergue to form a new cabinet as France seeks a path out of the financial bog. He is noted as the country’s sole leader willing to undertake the task after the prior cabinet fell last Saturday.
Briand resumes talks in Paris to form a new cabinet after Merriot declined a concentation plan. The likely lineup includes Briand as premier and foreign minister, Painleve as war minister, Leyes as marine minister, with Heret possibly finance chief. Briand heads to Geneva for League meetings. settlement reached in Mexican case involving American priest Kel.
Stand Kan March 9 A Pat Somebody with a peculiar sense of humor or purpose the officers have not been able to determine stole the official ball end chain from city jail yesterday while the office was open for house cleaning. The thief or thieves also took some confiscated playing cards and other property. The ball and chain had not been in use for several years.
University of Kansas faculty to handle solo parts for two great oratorios during Music Week April 25 to May 1. Louise Miller soprano Eugene Christy tenor W W Downing baritone will perform in Hiawatha music. Director Swarthout urges full attendance and notes potential rehearsal change April 6 for organ dedication night.
Geneva March 9 The League of Nations commission studying Germany's bid to join adjourned after convening. No new date set as Council seat allotment remains unclear. British foreign secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain noted the Rhineland force reductions offers are unlikely to sway the German delegation. Sweden's veto power keeps Council size in question amid a potential German-Scandinavian bloc.
A favorable report was ordered today by the senate interstate commerce committee on the truth in fabric bill sponsored by Senator Capper Republican Kansas. The measure would require clothing containing any percentage of cotton mixed with wool to be plainly labeled. Meanwhile preliminary work on paving the Golden Belt highway from Muncie to Bonner Springs seven miles and a one mile gap on the Victory highway has begun Wyandotte county engineer O K Williams said. The Golden Belt should be travel ready by late summer and the Victory highway gap by about six weeks.
1 825 votes cast at 3 15 o clock with 1 824 lead. city primary today saw steady voting, heaviest in First Ward Precinct 1 with 290 and lightest in Sixth Ward North Lawrence with 1 vote. Voters choose two candidates from six for commissioner of public utilities ahead of April 9 spring election. Candidates listed: J L Constant George Richardson August Dah lene GC W Carman Herman Broe ker H A Jetmore. Vote by precincts broken down. Allegations: Discrimination Ford County man criticises boards of trade. cooperative associations seek fair access. bill would ban discrimination against farm cooperatives and allow federal relief for excluded members. Senate agriculture committee heard testimony. potential amendment to the gray futures act discussed.
The Eastwood of Lunenburg Nova Scotia claims its schooner was shelled by the U S revenue cutter Seneca off New Jersey in February. The affair, with affidavits and photographs, is sent to the British embassy in Washington for inquiry under the 1924 UK US treaty.
Hervey B. Peairs, longtime influence at Haskell Institute, is reassigned to a newly created General Superintendent of Indian Affairs post in a broad field-service reorganization by Commissioner Charles H. Burke. Peairs, who guided Indian education and health campaigns, will move to Washington with headquarters there and will oversee districtized field activities. He is expected to arrive in Lawrence soon.
John Weaver aged five was struck and killed on the Victory highway near Victory Junction as he walked with his mother. The driver, John Zimmerman Jr of Philadelphia, surrendered to Leavenworth sheriff after visiting Kansas City and Tonganoxie. Zimmerman said he could not avoid the collision and sought medical aid. an inquest is planned for tomorrow afternoon.
Plans for next year at the University of Kansas promise a stronger concert program. D. M. Swarthout cites signed contracts and negotiations with multiple firms. Alfred Cortot will give a piano recital, a violin recital is arranged, and the Manhattan Grand Opera Company will present Namiko-San with Tamaki Mina, directed by Franchette. The cast includes fifteen, with a 26 piece orchestra and Pavley Oukranksy ballet troupe, slated for Lawrence on December 1. Further numbers to be announced.
Southard of Burnham Munger Root Dry Goods visits Lawrence to select telephone numbers for display windows as part of the Sixth Semi Annual Window Unveiling and Automobile Display. A total of 312 numbers were chosen from the Lawrence directory to be printed on cardboard for participating merchants. Displays are set Thursday evening 7:30 to 9:00 and Friday Saturday. finder’s reward a one year gift from management.
Dailey, national president of the Fraternal Aid Union, returned to Lawrence after trips to Arkansas and Texas. He gave five talks in one day, attended a banquet, then drove ten miles to a train at 4 am, rode long distances with no sleep, and spoke to a packed Methodist church. Senator Dolley, known for hard work and physical endurance, was highlighted.
William A. Biby resigns after six years as director of Near East Relief in Kansas to become assistant to the president of the Long Oil company. He has led relief work in Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico since January first, with Long Oil headquartered in Manhattan and operating in nine Kansas cities.
Superintendent Harry P. Smith was re elected for his seventh year leading the Lawrence city schools. The Board of Education approved a three point rating system for teachers replacing the five point scale and cut required training time for salary raises.
Plymouth Vermont March 9 AP Colonel John C Coolidge father of the president has leased the family sugar lot this season due to illness. He has been bed ridden for months after losing use of his legs from a heart condition. The President owns the sugar lot which adjoins the family homestead at Plymouth Notch. The land known locally as the lime kiln lot was willed to Calvin Coolidge and his children by the President's grandfather Galuchia Contidge.
University of Kansas civil engineer W C McNown addressed the Lawrence Chamber urging a sustained policy of construction and maintenance for city paving. He warned against piecemeal fixes, emphasized financing, and distinguished between residential and arterial streets, citing Seventh Street as an example and noting tire wear and road damage from poor pavement.
PJ Smith superintendent reports to Board of Education after Washington convention. Curriculum revision aims to fit current society with richer courses and increased professionalization of elementary principals. John R. Barnes notes junior high changes. religious education and school finances drew major discussion. Parsons C W McFarland remains Missouri-Kansas-Texas Rail oldesst employee with 56 years service.
Paris reports reveal interior decorator and former actress Elsie De Wolfe will wed Sir Charles Mond, head of the British embassy press section. The engagement was whispered at a Paris tea hosted by Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt.
City hall hearing drew owners of snow conforming stores in residence zones objecting to mixed districts. Plan commission moved some corner grocers into small business districts. petitioners told to gather signatures from surrounding blocks. A new board of zoning appeals would mediate between inspectors and builders, with enforcement steps to district court if unresolved.
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