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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
4
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The article reviews student peace displays shifting from pledges against military service to debates on maintaining peace through collective security isolationism or pacifism. It notes the impact of Ethiopia and China aggression on opinions, the limits of collective security, and the difficulty of choosing a path in a world arming while professing peace.
A June 30 balance shortfall in the city treasury will require emergency warrants to cover the current budget. The city overdrawn by 7,331.28 dollars, reducing balances for next year’s expenditures and prompting taxpayers and councilmen to ensure bills are paid promptly to ease the next tax levy.
Senators question why the administration links new federal levies to farm aid. The debate centers on why agriculture measures trigger large appropriations and tax implications.
Advocates urge broader tax discussion beyond farmers as deficits grow. They argue relief and defense appropriations outpace revenues and accuse administrators of a treasury charge account while farmers face cash constraints. The call is to address taxes from the entire fiscal situation, not just agriculture.
The Fort Scott Tribune notes the former king’s radio plea for peace signals he misses sovereign power yet speaks freely now that he abdicated. It argues his sympathy for Welsh miners shows contrast with his kingly restraint and suggests he prefers life outside the royal role.
Reports describe more than a thousand young men entering Danzig from East Prussia, some in storm trooper uniforms. Observers fear their mission is to provoke trouble rather than prevent it, inferred from recent regional movements.
The upcoming audit may reveal country bookkeeping padded payrolls and favored contractors. Uncertainty remains whether Kansas Citians have heard the worst or if more adverse findings lie ahead.
The passage notes President Roosevelt's second reorganization plan sending Congress a 60 day extension in Washington and prolonging the current session by sixty days, delaying other business.
William Allen White, always outspoken, visited New York and Washington and attended many gatherings. At the annual editors convention in Washington he shook hands with F D R and remarked that this was the seventh session he attended and he hoped to see the President again.
A Friday bulletin of Lawrence notes a 4-H club forming in Hesper with Everett Wotan elected president. Lawrence water department prevented a dam break near the mill pond, with an emergency pump installed. Auction at Gustafson jewelry on the 25th anniversary, engagements announced, and multiple social events listed. The Knights of Pythias event draws 2500 attendees. lectures and org an recitals fill the week. University of Kansas visits and local business moves are reported, along with a major school fire in Central school basement causing panic and careful evacuations.
A collection of quotes from Sam Rayburn Adolf Berle Al Smith and Pat Harrison Francis Sayre argues over economic policy free enterprise and civilizational ideals. The speakers emphasize restoring confidence spending limits and the tension between individual liberty and government power in a turbulent era.
The assistant surgeon on the Aquitania shares experiences with seasickness cases. He notes two main types each with distinct symptoms and fears. Fresh air warmth sleep and a firm abdominal binder help, while alcohol and sedatives should be used cautiously and only by prescription.
Chicago reports brain specialists can reverse a patient’s mental clock through hypnosis to restore childhood thinking. Dr. Milton H. Erickson described how suggestions place minds at an early age, with test results aligning to those levels and preserving awareness of the present year for eventual reorientation.
Colorado Springs May 11 Twelve hundred high school musicians from seven states attended the opening of the ninth region national music competition festival a three day event expected to bring 6005 school musicians. Today featured vocal and instrumental soloists and small ensembles. Tomorrow 35 school bands vie for marching laurels. 23 orchestras and 19 choral groups are entered.
Hides and skins are largely a by-product, since animals are raised for their meat. The by-product, however, is a most valuable one.
Society editor Mary Franklin and Duke Martin mingle at the Dove on East 53rd street as Janice French’s whereabouts loom. Mary probes Janice’s links to the Duke while Tackie Thompson hatches access. A tense social web unfolds with reporters awaiting word.
The senior class met Friday to map events for the year including baccalaureate senior breakfast and dinner, with violet and lily of the valley chosen as colors and class flowers. A committee led by Barbara Wilson will select the class motto. Miss Doloris Fetherlin and Miss Emma Lou Montgomery will teach in junior high and in Stillwell respectively next year. Mrs Heinz Puell and family visit, and the Hi-Home night at the Dread Training school drew about 350 attendees with performances and refreshments.
A humorous verse portrays Mrs. Hurt perched in a mill tree seeking to provoke a pastor who ignores her illness. Mrs. Huff lies sick abed a week while a doctor calls on the patient but not the pastor. The punchline condemns clerical neglect as the doctor’s bill is paid while the pastor takes a rebuke.
Hopkins returns to work after a period away with the city department in Kansas City. The brief note confirms Hopkins resumes duties today and resumes public service amid routine operations.
The Kansas Soil Conservation Service announces a field day on June 2 with an Ottawa start at Forest Park. A forenoon tour will visit the CCC camp and demonstrational project, noon lunch at highways 50 and 59, then a post lunch route to Chester Bryson’s farm near Overbrook to view soil and moisture conservation efforts aided by government technical support. Quail and wildlife numbers rise in Franklin County with new farm ponds northwest of Ottawa. Pond plants and fencing suggested. cattails to be planted at deep pond edges to prevent silt buildup. Coveys of quail seen near protected outlet channels and watershed plantings aiding vegetation recovery.
Coral consists of hard skeletons from various organisms and mainly calcium carbonate. Most corals have little value beyond lime production, but red coral has long been valued for jewelry.
A dense listing of radio programs across KMBC WREN WDAF and others for Thursday May 1 and Friday May 12. It includes band performances news casts dance orchestras and talk shows with many named hosts and acts such as Jimmy Allen Kate Smith Bing Crosby NBC to be announced and Moonbeams.
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