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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1937
Page
4
A misread scripture fragment cites James about envy and strife causing confusion and evil deeds. It references wisdom from above as pure, peaceful, gentle, and fruitful without partiality, noting that the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
City council and board of education discuss trading land. The city would gain old Quincy school ground near Southpark to expand recreation while conserving trees and grass. The school board would obtain space from Clinton park to extend Pinckney school playgrounds. Historical note on Southpark size and park dimensions.
Analysis notes that strikes often start with peaceful protest but gravitate to violence or defy court orders. It cites the Kansas City garment strike and a looming federal role, with Roosevelt considered patient yet readiness for federal intervention. Reports also mention insurgent strains in Spain as internal plots threaten Franco's movement.
The rebel ranks may only bolster loyalists as morale stays high despite ground losses around Madrid and Italian defeat signaling potential renewed activity. Kansas City primaries show incumbents largely survive renomination with some opposition looming next week. Governor Haxman notes Kansas beer law could aid prohibition, while the Duke of Windsor reportedly trims personal expenditures as marriage readiness improves.
Senator Ashurst warns he may stall court bill until fall as public pressure surges. He notes intense mass petitions led by women, with daily letters to his office numbering around 2,000. In Topeka, a state World’s Fair committee is named for the 1939 event in New York, led by Lieut. Gov. Lindsay. members include Thomas J. McNulty, William Allen White, and Ira Clemenos.
Christopher Columbus Crow schemes a playful prank on Top Notch the rooster by slipping soap into a jug, prompting a comic chase as Top Notch slips and recovers. Separately a medical column warns against aggressive massage, noting risks with rheumatic conditions, fever, abdominal issues, and advises physician supervision and balanced fat reduction efforts.
Washington on March 31 reports President Roosevelt told a press conference that state minimum wage laws should apply to everyone and he avoided comment on yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling upholding Washington’s women’s minimum wage act. He said federal legislation on wages and hours is too early to discuss. Mrs. Robert Todd Lincoln dies at 90 in Washington. Shuttle air service begins hourly between Miami and West Palm Beach.
The piece discusses massage as a natural healing instinct seen in humans and animals. It notes ancient Greek recognition of massage and its use as a therapeutic and tonic practice for modern athletes, implying massage aids pain relief and recovery.
Miners officials failed to secure any concession from coal operators in wage talks before the midnight deadline. About 150,000 miners faced an end to union mining as the Jacksonville wartime wage scale expired.
Twenty five years ago Lawrence residents report attending a Kansas City track meet with Harry Dick Jim Wilson C P Radcliff and Clyde Teter among attendees. Bad country roads and snowstorms hinder travel while farmers struggle for feed. The Lawrence Paper Mill requests straw for horse feed. Governor Stubbs plans three Douglas county speeches in Eudora Lecompton and Lawrence. City carrier Grant Mull loses his delivery cart in a collision. Spring mood returns as Phil Gams pick mandolins. Spot Cash Grocery ad lists prices on sugar mincemeat dill pickles and more.
Forty years ago in Lawrence items note fresh eggs a dozen for 25 cents at E A Kasold Wiedemann opens an ice cream parlor for the season and a sale of seam less hose at 10 cents a pair. Lectures by Prof L E Sayre begin for Kansas City Women’s Medical College. Tulip beds along Henry Street near Mississippi Street attract walkers. Mud crossings near Adams and Tennessee streets hinder 800 university riders. Missouri Valley Unitarian conference to meet in Lawrence with Rev Dr Hosmer and Rev Gould attending. Heavy rain and storm cause minor wind damage at Florence while concert moves from University Hall to Music Hall due to weather.
Eve Mennerafield returns to rural Connecticut with a fragile brood including Judge, a malnourished boy, and the penniless Featherstones. George Cleveland warns against poverty anxiety while Eve contemplates a trip to Hollywood for a movie. The Featherstones depart for Hollywood, leaving tensions and the question of support for Judge.
A Philadelphia hospital, urged by an expecting mother, launches a program teaching husbands body bathing and diaper changing so the mother can enjoy a night out. The idea aims to qualify fathers as nurse maids during early parenthood.
A brief humor piece recounts Ma becoming tearful after seeing a young wife cry, recalling her own joyful, tearful days. The vignette blends sentiment with small town memory, reflecting on relationships and emotion through a family lens.
In Red Sabetha Kansas on March 31 John Williamson eyes debate with keen interest in those who track accounts. A well oil strike at 200 feet near Arapshoe Nebraska shifts to red clay and water resembling red ink. Police report Miss Elfreida Missing, 15, declared missing from her home, fueling elopement fears. Nearby, a Rhode Island Red rooster rides the bumper eight miles to a farmed destination, then roosts in the garage.
Washington dispatch says Rep. Guyer saw a car from home on a capital street and left his card inviting the driver to visit. A week later the secretary revealed the owner has appeared daily, and it was his own car.
A dense schedule of radio programs across KMBC WDAF WREN and other stations for Wednesday and Thursday evenings, listing musical interludes, orchestras, talk shows, comedy segments, and headlines. Notable entries include Jack Armstrong, Pretty Kitty Kelly, Georg KMBC Eastelanets, Town Hall Tonight, Amos n Andy, Benny Goodman, and orchestral sets, with a Weather forecast and late-night dances.
In Tonia Michigan Sheriff Herbert A. Ross rebelled after the county board cut his auto allowance to four cents per mile. He refused to use the department's radio cars and accepted offers of bicycles and a horse and buggy from friends to continue patrolling.
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