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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1925
Page
2
In March letters, Mr Olney announces resignation accepted by the board and becomes principal emeritus teaching part time. He urges cooperation with successor Mr Barnes as students applaud, while the education committee lauds his forty years of service to Kansas public schools and the Lawrence community.
Governor Ben Taulen will be a ringside spectator at the American Legion boxing show in Topeka, with plans to attend later in Kansas City. The event tests the new boxing rules as city officials explain how the weight classes will be managed. The Swedish Statesman obituary note appears at the end.
Stockholm May 2 Associated Press Former Finance Minister F V Thorsson died today at sixty after an operation for cancer He had just been elected to head the Social Democratic party succeeding the late Pedmier Hjalmar Branting Also noted are aging health issues and prior Tabor party ties in his career Wichita reward offers 3500 for slayers of Detective E W Hall shot two months ago in Kansas.
Four female students at Visalia Union High School were expelled after appearing in class with stockings rolled below the knee. The board said stockings must not be worn above the knee in class. The episode marked a strict dress policy enforcement by the school authorities.
In Topeka on May 5 Dr. F D Farrell was named president of Kansas State Agricultural College effective today, replacing Dr W M Jardine who resigned to become secretary of agriculture. The board also approved Jardine’s July 1 resignation date and noted legal questions tied to Farrell’s participation in a textbook commission meeting. Washington plans to push a cooperative marketing bill again next year as Capper forecasts renewed farm relief efforts with Coolidge.
Secretary Mellon told the Mississippi Bankers Association that a radical tax reform is likely next fall. He anticipated lowering maximum surtax rates and possibly eliminating the federal state tax, noting no definite position until Treasury recommendations are ready. He said a surplus margin should allow these reforms.
W I Morgan of Hutchinson was elected temporary chairman of the board of regents to take power July 1 at a joint meeting with the state board of administration in Tonckstern. The regents will reconvene in June to arrange budgets for five large state schools.
Roy E. Bledsoe thirty, son of T. Bledsoe general counsel of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, shot and killed himself at his home in Phoenix on May 5. He had been in Phoenix since the close of World War I, later married a nurse, and had previously been wounded in the lung during the war while serving as a Marine captain.
In Wichita on May 5, W L Turner a 30 year old lineman dangled thirty feet above ground grasping a high tension wire as 2500 volts surged through him. Fellow workers John A Morris and John W Ladd acted quickly securing a rope and lowering him to safety. Turner suffered a sore leg and seared palms from the ordeal.
St Joseph pilot Captain H E Honeywell failed to file a proper protest within the 24 hour limit. The national elimination race committee demoted Honeywell and teammate Herbret V Thaden of Detroit by one place each for failing to take gas with the other entrants. Honeywell must appeal to Russell Shaw in Washington if he wishes to protest.
Funeral services for C J Eriksen who died at Trinity Lutheran hospital Kansas City will be held at Trinity Lutheran church at 2 50 Thursday afternoon. Mrs Mattie Prunty 61 of 424 North Fifth street died this morning in Kansas City to have funeral arrangements announced later. Oyster cannery announces a capacity of 60 000 000.
American Association games Kansas City 10 Columbus 4 Minneapolis 8 Indianapolis 3 Toledo at Milwaukee in cold weather Louisville at St Paul Cincinnati at Chicago weather delays. National League Boston 6 Brooklyn 4 New York 12 Philadelphia 2 Chicago at Cleveland rain Boston at Washington rain American League Philadelphia 5 New York 7 St Louis 5 Detroit 4 Chicago at Cleveland rain.
Washington May 5 American Edseline reports production rising toward a billion gallons per month as refinery stocks increase despite record exports. March output reached 352,574,214 gallons with exports at 423,755,783 and domestic demand at 620,635,551. April 1 stocks stood at 1,610,868,168, up 125,000,000 from a month earlier, with March also setting records for gas and fuel oils at 1,204,000,000 gallons and lubricants at 11,000,000.
Wichita Kan May 5 John T Jaynes on trial charged with conspiracy in taking funds from the American State Bank which failed in 1920 will argue that a borrower need not know a bank's financial limits The defense was developed during juror questioning today by Arnold M Todd Jaynes 28 head of oil companies is alleged to have borrowed 800000 from the bank
About six hundred members gathered in Representative Hall for the Kansas Medical Society opening session of its three day convention. President Dr Alfred O'Donnell led the delegates with discussion steered by Dr Charles Huffman and board chairman P A Huffman on medical studies and misbehaved issues. Funds raised will support local baseball club efforts and a Belvoir schoolhouse production of The Arizona Cowboy by Belvoir C P A on Wednesday night.
Associated Press reports Senator Giovanni Battista Gassi, famed for his work on Malatia control and prevention, died here today. He led research programs and influenced public health policy through notable campaigns and institutional ties.
Sachem, an organization of senior men at the University, held a party Friday evening at the Alpha Tau Omega house. Chaperons included Dean and Mrs. John R. Dyer, Mrs. C. W. Eoff, and Mrs. Effie van Tuyl. The house featured pelms and ferns with pink and white flowers. Tea invites were issued by Mrs. T. H. Chalkley for May 15 at 1121 Ohio Street. Invitations for two luncheon bridges were issued by Mrs. Ord Clingman for May 22 and May 23.
Mrs E M Freeman of Chanute leaves for Kansas City after visiting her daughter Miss Marjorie a University student. Mr and Mrs Ralph Kieffer spend the day in Kansas City. Miss Anne Neill departs for a Kansas City visit. Mrs Maude Graham house mother at the Kappa Sigma house spends the day in Topeka. Miss Maurine Popplewell visits Kansas City for the week with Mrs Joe Glatt. Lawrence friends of Mr and Mrs Charles Lusk plan to move to Miami Florida. Mr and Mrs Lusk, former University of Kansas graduates, were Mrs Lusk before marriage Miss Elizabeth Kencaster. Mr and Mrs Harry Bouck of Girard Kansas were in town en route from an outing. Bouck is Girard postmaster, formerly a Journal-World printer. Mrs S Haas returns to Stansbury Missouri after visiting son Albert Hays at the Alpha Tau Omega house. Mrs W T Courtney and Mrs J B Carter of Wilson return from Kansas City after a weekend with Prof and Mrs W F Shaw. Mrs W T Courtney and daughters J B Garter depart for Topeka.
Dr Carter attends Kansas Medical Society events in Wichita and Kansas City Kansas as Mrs Harris and companions visit relatives and prepare for sisterhood meetings. Miss Petrie spends the day in Apres and others travel to attend professional gatherings. several families visit kin in Eureka and Longmont. A. D. Weaver and Mrs Weaver attend a matinee in Kansas City. Edmonson family from San Antonio pass through London news lists pass.
Kansas City man Fred Korn describes dramatic relief after twelve years of crippling rheumatism and stomach trouble. He praises Karnak, credits loss of pain and regained mobility to the medicine, and urges others to try it. Advert indicates exclusive Lawrence dealer Round Corners Drug Co. with local physicians named.
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