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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1929
Page
2
Katharine McLean widow of Col John Reginald McLean dies from injuries in a car crash near Santa Maria. The bride of a wartime aviation hero, she married days before his death and faced a tragedy marked by grief in a foreign posting era.
Walter Shultz of Topeka received ninety days in jail and a 257.50 fine for intoxicated driving after being arraigned before Judge J. H. Mitchell. Benny Brosamer, also intoxicated, got 25 fine and costs. Nathan Hall drew sixty days and 200 fine for liquor possession and sale. Delbert Provost and James Murphy faced ninety days and 30 fine. Murphy later released as charges were dismissed. Whippet roadster confiscation started.
Melvin Geist presented a senior tenor recital to a large appreciative audience in the Administration building auditorium. The program featured German French Italian and English songs with standout pieces Beethoven Adelaide and Vous Dansez Marquise. Violinist Dorothy Euersteiner and pianist Lee S. Greene provided strong accompaniment. Next recital by Miss Allie Merle is planned for Thursday at 8 o clock.
Miss Mary Meeker daughter of Armour vice president Arthur Meeker wed Ambrose C. Cramer, her older sister Grace Meeker’s ex husband. The ceremony in Washington echoed a 1916 wedding but was small, with few witnesses. The Cramers had been longtime Chicago social figures.
Sebastian Patti a Kansas City contractor was acquitted by a district court jury in Okmulgee Oklahoma of arson tied to the Marquette hotel fire. After a five day trial Patti testified in his own defense denying knowledge of incendiary evidence found after the attempted blaze and asserting he owned the structure.
Tulsa Oklahoma March 42 AP Proration in effect since late February shows its impact across the Seminole area and nearly all fields nationwide. Daily oil output declines sharply with a weekly total drop to 40 757 barrels for the week ending March 9 per the Oil and Gas Journal.
Fraser Theatre presents a puppet show at 8 pm depicting fairy scenes from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. University art students created the marionettes and scenery, with Mrs Roxall Seabury directing. Performances for adults and advanced pupils, with a reduced program for kindergarten and first three grades earlier today. Admission charged.
A special Corn Belt Federation meeting is called for Des Moines next Monday to draft a farm relief program for Congress. William Hirt of Columbia Missouri chairs, with A W Ricker secretary stating the group will census opinion to align with Mississippi Valley farm organizations on the McNary Haugen relief plan.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Hattie Morris 54 of Joliet Ill and Mrs. Almira B Titus 88 of Windsor NY. Morris funeral held at North Lawrence Baptist Church with burial at Maple Grove cemetery. survivors include a daughter and three sons. Titus to be buried in Windsor after services at home. Also Dave Varner 65 died at niece’s home. funeral at Rumsey Brothers with Maple Grove burial. survived by sister four children and five nephews.
Mrs Daisy Razey of Wichita filed an appeal with the Kansas Supreme Court challenging a Sedgwick County conviction and sentence to serve a term at the state industrial farm for women in Tianjing. The case stems from careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident that injured William Ace Hardiman and Velma Russell in a car collision.
Travel Club presented a morning assembly in the Lawrence High School auditorium featuring Travels in Hawaii with scenes of islands and music by a Hawaiian orchestra from the Cosmopolitan Club. Barbara Barteldes announced winners of the school annual contest with Claudine Reynolds winning first prize and Melvin Griffith second. Ruth Stockwell and Lloyd Metzler received honorable mention.
The second floor of the university building will host a vibrant carnival with stunts side shows and crowd drawing concessions. YMCA and YWCA organize the event to vie for prizes in stunt and booth categories amid a larger lineup than before with a Forty-Niner dance hall and lively features. Dorothy Gregg and J Merrill Haas manage the carnival night.
The New York Herald Tribune reports that the Jones Act raises penalties for prohibition violations and drives liquor prices up. Whiskey wholesale costs jump up to 40 a case while grain alcohol doubles to about 14 a gallon. Deliveries to speakeasies shrink as only half of ordered liquor arrives. Maurice Campbell, federal prohibition administrator, notes bootleggers fear jail and fines. Focus is on dismantling supply networks amid strikes at leadership.
Topeka March 12 AP The Vinegar bill by Rep R A McShenny of Sumner county was killed in the senate after objections by Sen Oak D Nevitt of Oxford who argued it would ban sale of ordinary farm made apple cider vinegar The measure had passed the house and been recommended by a senate committee of the whole. Also listed were bills on courthouse land transfers to Wayne G Austin Fost No 2 American Legion, a rural high school district in Andale Sedgwick county wage scales for county officers a revisions office of statute oversight Meck bill on city road fund distributions tax levies for poor county levy authority and a John Brown Memorial Park upkeep appropriation.
Chief of Police Will Johns urged parents to bar children from shooting air rifles within city limits after multiple complaints of missiles striking people. Officers were instructed to arrest any children caught shooting indoors or near streets. Sigel School district announces changes in its board with Mrs E G Steele named clerk and Lee Cox named director replacing outgoing members.
From Washington March 12 P FSD Silloway who charged that Chicago police were involved in the gang murder there last month has been dismissed from the prohibition bureau staff Marry by Probate Judge Marv Anne Weaver Janee Hone Mann Jr 29 both of s City were married by Probate Judge Ho Menger in his office at the art hous
Guards, paid members of Company M 137th Infantry, received their pay last night for the annual federal inspection held February 14. Amounts followed rules of service in the National Guard. Guardsmen of Company A 187th Infantry and Headquarters Company First Battalion will receive their inspection pay after drill tonight.
Essex challenger week tests in Ottawa and Lawrence spark big publicity for the Hudson Essex company. Bailey and 3 reps drive 56 miles in 56 minutes, drawing police concern and rumors of charges. Goff and Duncan test fuel mileage and hill climbs, reporting 25.2 miles per gallon and strong climbs on Louisiana street hill, shaping overall success for the campaign.
AP meteorologist S. D. Flora predicts a volatile March day in Kansas with rain turning to snow in the west, colder tonight, possible thunderstorms in the east, and unsettled Wednesday with more rain or snow. Eastern Kansas may reach 60 degrees, western 50, while northern and western areas stay around 25 tonight. Local amounts vary, with report traces in several cities.
A review lauds Redskin as an outstanding season film with natural color visuals and a Romeo and Juliet level romance set in Arizona. Richard Dix and GI Belmont shine as college students returning home to wary families, with fast, engaging action and a stage prologue framing three days at the Varsity Theatre.
Two American border patrolmen, Jonathan Steinburn and Francis A. Scott, were shot while investigating two loiterers on the U S side near Cordova Island. A fusillade emerged from cover as officers advanced, with reinforcements under H C Horsley, head of the border patrol, engaging in a broader clash. Several assailants were seen fleeing toward the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande.
Kesheah Wis March 12 AP A new chief ruled the Menominee Indians today Reginald Oshkosh succeeds Chief Ernest Oshkosh who died at 56 Ernest grandson of the founder of the Wisconsin city bears the family name He was educated at Haskell Institute and Notre Dame University before entering federal Indian service overseeing reservations in Oregon and Montana.
Local residents attend visits and shopping in Lawrence. Western Kansas travelers return home. A party at the schoolhouse honored Miss Roche and pupils with an oyster stew and performances by students, including Duets and songs. Attendees include Georges Roche Clearfield, W M Fuchs, Leon Durr and families, and many Kurtz Reusch Abel and Strobel relatives.
Mrs Martin Breithaupt of Clearfield and Dr Boone of DeSoto figure in brief social notices. A call at Jake Strobel’s on Thursday afternoon is logged, while Mrs Pete Edelbrock, her daughter Walter Parker and Henry Kurtz conducted business in Kansas City on Wednesday.
Robert Watts plans to visit relatives in Lecompton before returning to Lone Star. Alfred Dietz calls on his mother Mrs August Dietz. Various locals, including Mrs Gottlieb Nieder and Johnsons, visit, dine and call on neighbors. Hogs transported to Kansas City. wood cutting, corn hauling and moving homes noted. Several trips to Lawrence and Franklin Neb described with bad roads reported.
Glasgow Savings Bank reports 1928 thrift hits a peak with 120 million dollars due depositors, an increase of 4.9 million from last year, and 40 000 small cash boxes or home sites in use. Depositors and reserve figures mirror a flourishing savings landscape. Also notes Parsons college students earning full A.Y. grades and Midland 4 H club presenting The Red Lantern play at C P A hall. A fire truck went missing in Great Bend Pennsylvania when three Susquehanna students reportedly took it to their town as a prank.
A Maine AP report discusses plans to create The Arnold Trail a motor highway from Portland to Quebec to honor the 1775 march led by Benedict Arnold. Troops would reenact the route with American forces traversing Maine rugged landscapes toward the Canadian border meeting Canadian units en route.
Villefranche de Con Fluent France AP reports that the Chateau de Villefranche a marble fortress guarding a Pyrenees pass will be sold to the highest bidder. The government will forbid changes without a historical monuments commission reference. Erected in Louis XIV era on an older Spanish fortress foundation the chateau sits along a hill above the pass and has held notable prisoners through history including two poisoned ladies and German officers in wartime.
In Gibson Georgia a municipal direct water power system runs continuously for twenty years with no known cost or breakdown. Creek water turns a wheel powering a cable and well pump, filling a wooden tank that serves 600 residents for drinking and fire protection without labor or expense. Time of stern can JAP NAVY PLANS TOUR.
The 1929 program sends a squadron built around the armored cruisers Asama and Takao to cruise for months with hundreds of naval cadets under Vice-Admiral Kichizaburo Nomura. Visits to Brazilian ports are noted as Brazil’s Japanese population grows from immigrant arrivals. Restoration work on Rouen’s Saint-Romain tower nears completion.
An ad style testimony from Thos B Bell and others praising Sargon Soft Mass Pills. Bell claims rheumatism relief and weight gain after taking Sargon, recounting previous suffering and improved strength. The letter-style endorsement mentions permanent relief from pain and constipation and notes availability through Round Corner Drug Company in Lawrence.
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