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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1939
Page
10
A series of sharp earthquakes and ensuing fires and floods in northern Japan destroyed or damaged about 1,000 homes and forced 60,000 from Akita city. Nine Aikawa houses were swallowed by the sea, and a submarine cave-in near Oga peninsula is blamed for the shocks.
Harvard Yard sizzled with four kidnappings in a campus feud between The Crimson and The Lampoon. Edward C K Read of Villanova posed as a girl to win a wheel hoop race at Wesleyan, got dunked, sparking Lampoon kidnap of Crimson editors. Read escaped as fights left noses broken and windows shattered.
Kansas income tax collections fell sharply with year to date totals at 1,547,430 versus 2,042,238 a year ago. John K. Speck, director of the income tax division, reported 98,000 individual returns filed and 3,700 returns totaling 1,547,480.
The data shows 100000 individuals and 3450 corporations filed by May 1 last year. Individuals paid 1,087,378 in income tax this year, up from 177,700 last year, while corporations paid or owe 460,043 this year, down from 564,523 a year ago.
The act No. 13 was stricken from the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey program after aerialist Fritzi Bartoni, 29, fell 40 feet in Boston Garden. She broke her left leg as audience of 5,000 watched. her husband Lonbard rushed to the ring to help.
Frank P. Walsh 75 longtime labor lawyer and head of the New York State Power Authority collapsed and died of a heart attack in Foley Square near the Supreme Court. A native of St Louis he had held multiple public law posts including editor publisher of the Kansas City Post and chairman of the federal commission on industrial relations. He helped push the St Lawrence waterways pact and led the National Lawyers Guild.
Armless since birth Grace Hoppers a 17 year old from Piney Creek North Carolina earns her high school diploma. She writes with her feet embroiders makes clothes milks cows and combs her hair. Her goal is to become a lawyer showcasing persistence and talent.
The classified section promises entertainment and earnings as readers explore listings for jobs, auctions, services, items for sale, and community notices. Local businesses and residents seek buyers, workers, and helpers through concise ads and brief notices.
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