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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1934
Page
2
Dallas May 12 AP Texas awaits Clyde Barrow's appearance after his mother was reported held for questioning about her notorious son's whereabouts. Officials denied knowledge. Barrow vowed to kill anyone harming his mother.
Fay E Smith of the University of Wyoming was elected president at the closing session of the twenty fourth annual Association of University and College Business Officers meeting held at the University of Kansas. About 60 persons attended. The new president succeeds H H Halladay of Michigan State College. Other officers named include Charles E Kuntz Ohio State College vice president L E Gunderson University of Nebraska secretary Ralph J Watts Lawrence College Appleton Wis and Lloyd W Elliott University of Wichita as executive committee members. Delegates discussed crowd control accounting and reporting of federal taxes in relation to athletic contests. The Nebraska delegation noted as many as 5600 Knot Hole Gang members attended a single football game. A H Smith bursar of Indiana reported on laboratory fee collection methods from about 30 universities.
Unsettled weather in Kansas on May 12 sparked a chance of scattered showers for Sunday but offered little promise of broad rain. Surface soil moisture remains low despite last week’s rainfall, with subsoil dry statewide, threatening crop prospects. A 0.01 inch rain was recorded in the past day, con cordia reported a trace, and cooler temperatures are forecast for tomorrow with highs around 75 to 80 and tonight’s temps near 50 in the west and 65 in the east.
In Emporia Kansas on May 12 the state highway commission heard 200 good roads boosters urge paving of unpaved gaps on highways 50S and 75. commissioners Dunn Pinkerton Morrison promised consideration. 50S association reelects officers: Nicholson Newton, Rees Emnor ia, Woodward Hutchinson, Miller Ottawa. Sworn In as U S Marshal Warner Kansas City Kan sworn as new U S marshal by Judge Pollock.
William Snavely, 50, was bound over to district court by Justice Charles Springer after a preliminary hearing on possession and transportation of liquor. Identified as a persistent violator, he posted no bail and was returned to county jail when bail of 500 could not be met. Snavely was arrested by sheriff's deputies on the old Eudora road east of Lawrence. his son Manuel Snave ly faces charges in the case.
Kansas City Kans May 14 pageant features 27 tribes from 12 states. Hosted by Haskell Institute Lawrence with Mrs Margaret Pearson Speelman directing. Osage language title Wagthe ce Shpi Zho means So Were We Educated. Indian band led by A L Bach to provide music.
The forum on Crime and Crime Prevention will be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock at the Unitarian church with Rolland Maddox from the University political science department as speaker.
A Missouri Pacific freight train four miles east of Herington Kansas was hit by a locomotive explosion. Two crew members were slightly injured, 11 freight cars burned, including two oil tank cars and a cement car. The fire tore up track, and searchers sought possible casualties among evacuees and transients.
Miss Naomi Light, returned missionary from India, will deliver the Mother's Day message at 11 o'clock in the morning worship at St Luke A M E Church Sunday. The pastor expects a large audience and invites all to attend. Light will discuss India Mothers' Message to America.
Geneva May 12 The Chaco commission of the League of Nations will release a report asserting that the Paraguay Bolivia border conflict has dragged on for over two years because arms were purchased abroad Thousands of soldiers and civilians have died or been maimed Threats of aerial bombardment of Asuncion by Bolivia and protests over attacks on nonmilitary towns highlight fears of ruthless air warfare and spur calls for arms limits Britain seeks air security accords with France and vows vigilance against aviation inferiority in Europe
Asuncion Paraguay May 12 Paraguayan bombing planes swept over Bolivian outposts on the Vanguardia front delivering a concentrated bombardment. An official statement said Paraguayan troops repelled an attempted Bolivian advance, capturing many attackers and seizing machine guns and rifles. The note cited remonstrances from American British and Argentine governments over bombardment of civilian centers and warned Bolivia would face similar reprisals. It added Guarani and Mihanovich are not military centers and have no air defenses.
Charles Cotner goes on trial in Cherokee county district court on two bank robbery charges linked to Baxter Springs and Galena lootings last October. After Cotner’s case, Frank Peterson faces trial for the August 2 raid on Citizens Bank of Weir. Both men have been held at Lansing after capture in Oklahoma.
Pittsburg Kan May 12 AP complaints about federal relief funds administration in Crawford county were voiced by a farmers workers committee at a meeting before two of the three county commissioners in charge of relief work. Consideration was given to a new relief setup but no action was taken. The commissioners were to take formal action next week on requests including a proposal to discharge Miss Marie Youngbere the county poor commissioner.
Nancy May McAlearney daughter of Mrs Mary J McAlearney of 417 Indiana street was bitten yesterday afternoon near Sixth and Mississippi streets by a dog belonging to Lee McCain of 505 Mississippi street. The bite was not serious but the dog was placed under observation by a veterinarian. Poultry and Stock remedies Barber's Drug Store Adv.
The twenty seventh annual spring concert by the University of Kansas band directed by J C McCanles will be at 8 10 Wednesday night. No admission charge and the public is invited. Vocal solo Mary Lou Earlenbaugh of Lawrence will perform Blue Danube Waltz as part of a varied program.
London reports the United States notified Great Britain that a token June war debt payment would be treated as default under the Johnson bill. Secretary Hull informed Sir Ronald Lindsay, who relayed to London that US markets would close to nations defaulting on war debts. Britain awaits further guidance from Sir John Simon and Ramsay MacDonald as Roosevelt’s position is examined.
Topeka may 12 AP Attorney General Roland Boynton ruled that Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation bonds are not United States bonds under Kansas law and cannot be used by municipalities as security for public depository funds. The ruling also covers Home Owners Loan Corporation bonds and remains in effect until a court decides otherwise.
Firemen responded to two calls yesterday evening. A wood barricade at a new street construction burned from torches, with damage confined to the barricade at Sixteenth and Indiana. A Model T Ford driven by Andy Mitchell leaked gasoline near Ninth and Tennessee, igniting wiring in the motor and causing limited damage.
Funeral services for Mrs Madge Cope who died Friday at a sister's home in Vinland will be held Sunday at 2 30 from Rumsey. Burial will be at Oska joosa.
In Lawrence elms are infested with canker worms causing damage in several city areas. A local bridegroom faced a grim joke from his boss before his wedding about the cost of a license and lifelong salary loss.
County poor commissioners taking office since January 1 attended a four day schooling course in Topeka. The Kansas emergency relief committee organized the instruction covering administering direct relief and work relief. Exec director John G. Stutz said the school is the first in a series for poor commissioners county case supervisors and other relief workers. Eleven page commissioners were present today.
Jonas Graber former state budget director and current NRA compliance director will address the Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Eldridge hotel Tuesday at noon. Graber resides in Kingman.
Ring Lardner author and humorist who died last September left a net estate of 192,927, transfer tax appraisal filed shows the figure as of May 12 in East Hampton New York.
Attorneys for Maj. Charles A. Shepard charged U S District Judge Richard J Hopkins is unable to be impartial in the second trial for the officer charged with murdering his second wife The affidavit claims bias in favor of the government and against Shepard It may delay the September 3 hearing as Hopkins reviews the filing to decide if disqualification grounds exist Senior circuit judges would reassign if needed and Hopkins said he will decide within a week or 10 days
Twenty graduates will receive diplomas in Fraser Hall with Dean Paul B. Lawson delivering the address and Dean Raymond A. Schwegler presenting diplomas. The Rev. Theodore Astman will preach the graduation sermon. Enrollment for next year opens, with about 40 openings announced by F O Russell. Field day at Brown's Grove drew about 100 attendees. sophomores won, freshmen were runners up, with H Allphin and Elizabeth Dunkel directing events and several practice teachers aiding.
Miss Martha Biggerstaff former secretary of the Women s City club arraigned in Kansas City before Judge Emory H Wright on 17 indictments for embezzlement grand larceny and third degree forgery She pled not guilty The charges allege she embezzled 520000 of club reserve funds and a 60009 shortfall entrusted for investment Relatives from Plattsburg Mo signed a 9600 bond The ill defendant was brought by ambulance and carried into court on a cot
Clermont-Ferrand May 12 AP Former Premier Edouard Herriot urged negotiations with America on war debts and won broad support from the radical Socialist party at a convention backing Premier Doumergue's government Edouard Daladier warned the arms race in Europe risks war unless a disarmament treaty is signed and declared French military strength against Germany must be guaranteed by all signatories since January 1 1934 Germany has increased armaments beyond France.
President Roosevelt will forward to Congress a proposal to extend federal aid for private financing of a large housing and modernization program. The plan centers on a $200,000,000 fund to act as a cushion for private capital by insuring reconditioning and building loans.
The Standard Oil Co filling station at Tenth and New Hampshire, reputedly Lawrence's oldest station, has closed after the company opened a ninth and Vermont location. W. P. Schneck, longtime at Tenth and New Hampshire, moved to the new station.
A reader cites Flora Seymour’s critique of Wheeler Howard bill and questions its aim of self government and communal land tenure for Indians. The letter argues Indians are diverse across states and languages, warns against perpetual segregation, and contends the bill promises would create fragile semi corporate units unable to govern uniformly.
Flora Warren Seymour urges President and Congress to reject perpetual guardianship for Indians. She cites the natural rights of man and criticizes the Wheeler-Howard bill’s aim to extend guardianship, noting widespread Indian resentment and urging listening to indigenous protests.
Frances Allen a 26 year old relief case worker known as The Angel of the Ghetto was critically injured after being slashed and stabbed by Andrew Guerriero 46 who leaped on her near an Illinois emergency relief station. Guerriero was captured by police after a mob confrontation and jailed at Maxwell station.
Brig. Gen. Milton R. McLean Kansas adjutant general said one company of National Guard still on duty at Wichita would remain mobilized until city officials release them. He noted no disturbances reported and that about 100 men remained in service at mayoral request.
Washington May 12 AP A three fold plan for surplus control marketing and disease eradication offers aid to the cattle industry. A 25 member committee with five sub members including Dolph Briscoe Texas Herb Russell California A J Olsen Minnesota W B Mount Tennessee and S F Arthur Iowa will meet again to flesh out details. Senator O Mahoney says producers should be allowed to enter marketing agreements with the secretary of agriculture to stabilize prices and balance the market. He notes current pricing puts cattle producers at a disadvantage versus auto manufacturers selling at fixed prices.
Kansas City Kansas May 12 AP Lloyd Trowbridge 30 was killed and Carl McDowell 23 seriously injured when their car was struck by a box car being shunted onto a siding. Herbert Thompson the third occupant was uninjured. The three men were CWA workers returning home from a project.
Prof. E. M. Hopkins fainted this afternoon at Lawrence National Bank and fell, sustaining a scalp injury. He was treated at the bank, then driven to his home on Mississippi Street where his physician said he was resting comfortably. The report notes 148 forests are under federal administration.
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