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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1937
Page
4
A religious text excerpt from St. Matthew recounts the resurrection message given by an angel to the women at Jesus tomb. They are instructed to tell the disciples that he has risen and to go ahead to Galilee where they will see him.
The piece notes President Roosevelt urges laws to force retirement at 70 for judges, while he recently appointed a 68 year old to the federal bench. It questions age limits, suggests a misread street sound, and mulls implications of aging on competence and public roles.
Kansas lawmakers wrestle with funding tied to a national program and the tax burden on citizens as they edge toward adjournment. The beer law faces close scrutiny. 3.2 beer limits may keep Kansas drier than most states, while fears linger of a backsliding toward stronger liquor. Communities must monitor implementation to restrain alcohol availability.
The article notes Kansas educators urging federal funds for education while warning that such funds could lessen local control and still place burdens on taxpayers. It also discusses Eden’s political fate, British defense plans, Mussolini’s perceived Spanish war leadership, and a Kansas City week with two men given prison sentences for election fraud.
Lynn, March 27. State Fire Inspector George Mansfield pins 46 fires on a 26 year old shoe worker who enjoyed the thrill of fire engines. Kenneth M. Robinson held on 600 bond for false alarm. Fire inspector Philip Deady plans arson charges at Tuesday hearing. Suspect said I like the excitement after drinking. Robinson arrested by two Lynn patrolmen after fleeing a false alarm. Great Bend building boom shows 26 new houses and several business structures valued over 70000. Last year’s construction cost about 500000.
The Douglas County Parent-Teacher Association convention will be held Saturday morning in the music room at Liberty Memorial High School. Mrs. James Taylor County PTA president will preside with speakers Miss Mabel Barnhart and Mrs. W. C. Hamilton and a music demonstration directed by Mrs. Lola Learnard. Delta Tau Delta to build a new chapter house. contract awarded to J. T. Constant of Lawrence. lot purchased from John Ise on West Campus road over looking the Stadium. Building costs total about 350000 dollars. second balcony funded by 100000 dollar state appropriation. completion expected by September 1. auditorium to host convocations, university assemblies and basketball games.
The Woodbury Brothers will run for Kansas in the Kansas Missouri track meet Friday night with father’s permission. A steady stream of locals attends theater, lectures, and social events as Washburn and KU coaches search for staff amid a busy week.
Eve Mannersfield returns after five years in New York to her 200 year old Connecticut house and orchard. She plans to rent, wed Denny and move back to Manhattan while Uncle Henry and neighbor George Claveland help run things. Denny arrives back, rekindling their bond as Eve settles into the familiar halls.
The Journal-World traces Wigmore's Panorama of the World's Legal Systems, noting the 1928 deluxe edition and this single-volume library edition with added material on Ethiopia, Mongolia, Nepal, and Tibet, plus new pictures and 500 illustrations. A chart outlines sixteen legal systems from ancient Egypt to the present, and the work, in Royal Blue Fabrikoid, costs six dollars postpaid from Washington Law Book Co.
Radio schedules list musical programs and orchestras across stations KMEC WREN WDAF EMBC KMBC WDAF WREN and others for Saturday March 27, with acts like Ben Fed's Orchestra O'Brien and Bratton and Johnny Presents, plus Vincent Jopes Orch, Mary Eastman, Hildegards, Benny Goodman, Jack Benny, Gordon, and a late night Weather headlines. The long list also includes Sunday March 28 and Monday March 2 items, with various symphonies, talents, and broadcasts noted.
Dr Chevalier Jackson of Ranple University School will deliver the Porter lectures at the University of Kansas March 30 and 31 speaking in the evening at University hospitals in Kansas and Kan and at Lawrence Wednesday morning The Porter lectures stem from a 1918 gift by Dr J L Porter Paola to promote medicine research and scholarships in the University School of Medicine Vinland Cemetery notice invites those interested to attend the Vinland Cemetery service at the home of Mrs William Hoskinson
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