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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1928
Page
2
Monday night piano recital by Ella Rose Lloyd of Kansas City with Eldon Ardrey, violin, and orchestral parts by Professor Preyer. Program includes Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, and Burleigh pieces. performer credits and teachers noted.
The Square and Compass fraternity marked its fourth anniversary at the Colonial Tea Room in Kansas. Bishop James Wise of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas delivered an address urging Mason members to pursue service as the life’s ultimate goal. Retiring president James W. Swoyer received a ceremonial key from H. R. Grosswhite. Ford J. Ledoux served as toastmaster. Dr. S. B. Brijen attended as a guest.
Dr I W Parr of the University of Illinois spoke to chemistry students and faculty, tracing the field’s 35 year history, current applications in everyday life, and its future. He stressed chemistry’s central role in clothing, food, and daily use items within modern civilization. The talk was delivered on the university campus yesterday.
Kansas City May 12 AP By unanimous vote the quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church today cleared Bishop Francis J McConnell of Pittsburgh of charges of mal administration and misuse of Episcopal power in the conduct of an annual conference The conference also voted to send a fraternal delegate to the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Tulsa Oklahoma May 24 to 30 and to advise that body of the M E churchs endorsement of church unification yesterday Also Philadelphia Bishop Joseph F Berry who will retire at age limit was presented a bouquet on his 72nd birthday tomorrow.
Washington May 12 AP James W. Good, head of Hoover's campaign organization, testified the half of Herbert Hoover's campaign expenditures stood at $241,274.41 in California outside the southern region. He previously projected under $250,000 and, when asked, did not expect totals to reach $300,000. The sum includes Good's assertion that the Ohio campaign cost about $40,000.
Washington May 12 Conferees from the senate and house reached agreement on the final form of the McNary Haugen farm relief bill Differences between the senate and house measures were minor McNary Republican of Oregon co author pushes to present the legislation to President Coolidge by next Wednesday A veto is expected and a two thirds vote is needed to override it The senate passed the bill by a two thirds majority but the house vote did not reach that margin
An appropriation to pay agricultural college graduates for work on government Indian reservations is a new step to engage the red men in farming. H. B. Peakrs says it will help cooperation with state agricultural schools and bureaus. The $25,000 fund aims to direct work on reservations and link Indians with extension services.
In Bedford Indiana on May 12 AP reports Ozark moonshiners fired a machine gun at the Stanolind airplane from Springfield bound for St Louis. The right wing bore three bullet holes and the left two while the wind protectors were shot through. The crew, uninjured, fled the area believing the plane was a government prohibition service craft.
Funeral services for W R Anderson aged 75 of Lecompton will be at 9 am Monday at Big Springs Catholic church. Father Kornowyski will officiate. Burial in Big Springs Catholic cemetery. Survived by two brothers M A Anderson and G A Anderson and one sister Mrs Margaret Brown all in Kan. An old Lecompton settler and vice president of the State Bank of Lecompton.
In Bois de Boulogne a woodman’s repeated cutting has left about 50 000 dead trees after 70 years. Authorities hand the Bois to woodcutters as the boulevard crowds stroll the glades. Critics call it vandalism, but woods keeper M Demorlaine says it is not a massacre but a funeral.
U S investors in the last seven years have displaced Great Britain from its position as the world’s leading nation. Commerce reports show Britain’s foreign investments from 1920 to 1927 totaled 4 121 000 000. Foreign capital issues financed in the United States during the same period amounted to 6 836 360 000. Officers in shooting case Fresno report Alvin R Cole and Tra B Chalmers held on manslaughter charges for shooting Frank Aiello in belief they were about to fire a liquor surrender.
Vinland residents hosted a Sunday gathering with many relatives and friends from nearby towns. Attendees included Mr and Mrs W H Hoskinson and Dudley, Mr and Mrs Case, Floyd Talley and family, Mr and Mrs Paul Sutton, Mrs Trout of Lawrence, and Mr and Mrs Claude Dult, among others. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served. the Vinland Common Club met in one class.
Tuesday evening meeting presided by Roy Hoskin with forty four in attendance. Miss Elizabeth Randell and T Gilkinson of Lawrence were guests. cake and lemonade served. Notices of Opal Steen's marriage to Mr Pole and Steen's teaching career from Vinland Rural High School class of 1923 are noted along with numerous local visits, travel to Baldwin and Ottawa, and a track meet between Missouri Wesleyan and Baker University. Residents attend family gatherings, birthdays, and church activities while various farmers, teachers, and townsfolk are reported in daily life.
A detailed account of a Japanese themed party hosted by Alpha Omicron Pi with lanterns umbrellas and iris decor, plus club meetings and lodge activities. Guests included Miss Ingram and Miss Clark with social plans at the Midland Rural club, Rebekah lodge, and Phi Beta Pi house, highlighting dances, refreshments, and upcoming officer elections.
Last night a bridge party gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Clarence White with three couples as guests. Present were Mrs Fred Anderson of Minneapolis Minnesota Mr and Mrs Ned Harnold of Topeka Dr and Mrs Charles Be Grabske of Kansas City George Teta of Eudora and Mrs White.
A flurry of Kansan residents and guests traveled to Kansas City and Topeka for visits and weekends. Jessie Underwood Ruth Parry and others spent the day in Kansas City while Mrs J B Wilson and Lylet visited there. Several others traveled to Topeka and Leavenworth for short trips and Mother's Day visits with relatives.
Sherington Sunday school announces a program featuring missionary to Santa Domingo Rev Huffman speaking. The service includes music by a male quartet and a Mother’s Day sermon, with special attention to evangelizing the island and inviting all to attend. Local activities include a baby contest and an art club program, with quarantine news and marriage licenses listed nearby.
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