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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
4
The Journal World reports Kansas City and Lawrence items with updates on local politics business and education. Topics include a peace resolution in the senate a 450 ton coal order by the board of education, police plans to curb late night loitering and a wage increase for telephone operators. Reports note Carranza carrying funds, Kansas pharmacy exams, Admiral Sims letters, and ongoing national concerns in a compact city news digest.
Jake Sheppard, councilor of the Kansas miners, told the Federation of Labor convention in Salina that workers are receiving 0.3 of a full day for a half day’s labor, but defenders justify it as a business concession.
A fragmented column surveys calls for fair wages, hints at Palmer sugar regulation boosting living costs, and political theater around suffrage. It notes Hays club women urging fewer gowns, Louisiana Democrats using suffrage as campaign thunder, and Lady Astor facing press opposition after her election victory. The piece ends acknowledging the pioneer's early parliamentary rounds amid British public opinion.
The piece critiques wartime profiteering and price controls, arguing blame lies with all and that greed and shortages fed inflation. It laments rising costs, warns of a vicious wage price spiral, and mocks firms’ overpriced sticker notices as sanctimonious excuses for higher profits.
Opinion piece rails at price hikes by merchants and urges collective restraint to force lower costs. It contrasts consumer self-control with reliance on government action, jokes about thrift culture, and notes celebratory and biographical snippets tied to dates and figures.
Tenants in New York have spent over 75 000 000 dollars on real estate in the past year under a cooperative ownership plan aiming to protest high rents. The movement has gained momentum as structures and private occupancies are involved, with total property value rising to about 250 600 000.
R W Kiser of the agricultural college at Manhattan outlines a new calf club plan. Douglas county farm agent R O Smith says efforts will organize clubs under proposed regulations with a definite outline for beef herds and detailed information forthcoming.
Orders from the Adjutant General place Captain Nam McKone and Company B of the 4th Kansas Infantry at the disposal of the Washington Post G A R for Memorial Day. The definite program is not yet arranged, but the company will provide firing squads for the traditional salute over veterans' graves.
Reports from Tra land describe a morning of shooting incidents, property destruction, and related crimes across multiple areas. Authorities study whether the events were coordinated while public safety units coordinate response and investigation.
Today marks the 24th anniversary of Husson company chartering with ceremonies in St Peters Rome. Public meetings and national conventions converge as the American Women’s Legion begins its first national gathering in Washington DC and a medical drive targets cancer in New York City.
A fragmented list of historical notes marking events from 1670 to 1960. It mentions the Hudson's Bay Company charter, the Order of the Cincinnati formation, a 1870s disaster at Drumlin Colliery in Nova Scotia killing seventy five, Mary Josephine Young becoming California’s first female lawyer, Carnegie Music Hall cornerstone in New York City, Armenia reform plans submitted to Turkey, and the death of Hiram Cronk the last surviving War of 1812 veteran, with birth details in New York.
Washington May 13 The census bureau announces Parsons Kansas population at 100245 reflecting a 28.6 percent rise. North Dakota Republicans meet at Minot to endorse candidates for U S senator representatives and state officers for the June primary. Indiana Republicans convene in Indianapolis to adopt a platform and name at large house delegates for Chicago. Three World War Canadian generals to be made honorary doctors at McGill University convocation.
The Lawrence grade schoolchildren present a festival Friday afternoon May 14 at Central between 6th and Third Street. The event features exhibits from Eye Nose and Throat services housed in the Dick Building.
Chancellor Scheidemann denounced the German Peace Treaty as murderous and unacceptable to the National Assembly. An English philanthropist, Jeremy Hontham, was targeted posthumously. his skeleton reportedly intended for medical students at University College, to be exhibited as a cautionary legacy.
The spring range for B Company of the 4th Kansas Infantry is underway north of Lawrence. Two detachments have begun the instruction course as new rifle handlers train on the Springfield Army 1008 Model under Captain Sam McKone, a former rifle team member. He expects to develop capable marksmen before qualification.
A brief item notes a May 14 event at Central Park titled One Fine Spring Day by a group named the grave school children. The entry records the location and date with a ceremonial tone.
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