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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1930
Page
7
For sale or trade item described as eblexens Sagoe Atuinstic rug. Contact details incomplete with a phone placeholder. No clear location or full contact information provided.
Bill Conselman and Charlie Plumb report Sears Roebuck saw a drop of more than 3 060 000 below the prior year for the February to March period, the first decrease since February 1927, with renewed funds at 3 percent and credit tightened amid high market cautions. Major firms including American Central, Lasky, Columbia Gas, Adams Express and others appear among declines and fundraising shifts. Banking rules tighten as rail buying slows. several rail and utility stocks register new cap listings amid cautious Wall Street outlook.
A mix of old classified excerpts shows suburban for rent and sale options around Lawrence. Listings include a four room house with garden, a 2128 Whippet sedan for sale, and a newly papered apartment with all utilities, plus an investment broker pitch and a regional manager visit offering property deals.
Chicago market notes show wheat futures easing amid forecasts of rain in the Plains and Argentina. Reports say Kansas led wheat acreage with strong yields, while domestic winter wheat plantings may decline. corn and oats little changed and livestock prices mixed amid thin interest.
Reading shows cattle lamb and hog quotations with prices for fat lambs ewes feeders and butchers. Also includes Kansas City livestock market data hogs cattle and sheep bids and nearby grain and grain futures notes plus New York stock market shifts and bond listings with notable activity in U S Steel General Electric and other large issues.
Sheriff Rutherford arrived in Lawrence from Eugene Oregon with Guy Harrison to extradite a cattle thief named Harrison pending bond. County Attorney Frazee seeks extradition of Irving Greer in Douziss County for concealing martial property. Frazee reports Greer fights extradition with a habeas corpus action previously failing. The officers flew thirteen and a half hours to Los Angeles then returned by rail in four days and four nights. They spent time with John Liggett of Lawrence and Jona Griich and met KU faculty members at the California school.
G W Sulley of National Cash Register in Dayton will discuss retailing issues at a joint dinner of the merchants bureau and Chamber of Commerce at 6 30 PM in the Hotel Hibrides. Charts and graphs will illustrate points. Irene Peabody of the University School of Fine Arts will sing at the banquet. Election day is tomorrow and the Chamber plans tonight’s session.
W P Goshorn of Kansas City and Lawrence White collided Saturday evening near Seventh and Massachusetts streets. Goshorn’s car backed from the curb and collided with Whites as he drove south. Garage men estimate $50 damage to Goshorn’s car. Goshorn plans to appear in police court next Wednesday morning.
Charles R. Moore a 35 year old aviator from Owatonna Minnesota died when his tiny monoplane crashed during a demonstration for Baby Ace Aircraft near Albrightfield Hutchinson Kansas Moore reportedly fainted prior to the tailspin and crash as he performed at 2500 feet above a crowd The designer Gil Corben was also involved in the demonstration according to witnesses
University students may win tickets to the Jayhawk Rodeo by guessing the buffalo weight at Memorial Stadium. Dr. Forrest C. Allen announces a four tier prize: four tickets to the closest guess, three to the second, two to the third, and one to the fourth. The buffalo, reportedly from the mountains of Mexico, is in the stadium pen ahead of slaughter for a barbecue.
The Rev. Eugene T. McFarlan died in St Louis at age 72. He served as pastor of the Lawrence church about fifteen years ago and led other congregations in Rock Island and Dallas. He began preaching at 17 in Norborne, Missouri, studying theology at Drake University with help from his congregation. Funeral services were held in St Louis. he is survived by his wife and two children, Kathryn and Eugene, students at the University of Kansas.
Rex Johnson 28, a Houston AT&T construction foreman, was fatally wounded or likely to die after a clash with Jack Brae in a Kinsley restaurant. Brae was held without bond as charges awaited Johnson’s outcome. Police said the men collided outside and Johnson apologized before Brae stabbed him.
Representative Connee Wicut, Republican floor leader, returned to duties at the White House claim he had completely recovered from a recent illness and informed colleagues of his return to the Capitol.
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