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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1934
Page
4
A historical column mixes reflections on faith and governance. It notes Matthew 7 21 and questions who enters heaven while curious about 83 million dollars for bandit chasing gear and the risk of theft. The Kansas Grand Army of the Republic marches in Emporia seeking to continue as years pass and ages rise.
In a Kansas City interview Senator Gore tells Americans not to rely on President Roosevelt or the administration to lift them from low morale. Recovery, he says, must come through individual effort, noting it often takes longer to leave trouble than to enter it. He cautions against quick fixes and a belief that the government can instantly provide relief.
The piece comments on rising public concerns despite government aid, a Illinois campaign to cut counties from 102 to 12, and farm issues in Kansas with bindweed declared a public enemy. It also notes stalled international wheat talks and dust storms in Chicago, plus Senator LaFollette's suspected move toward a third party and ambiguity in his party alignment.
Plans for the fifty second annual commencement at the University of Kansas run June 7 to 10. Dr Edwin E Slosson will deliver the commencement address at Stadium field. Bishop Francis J McConnell will give the baccalaureate sermon. Unveiling of the Uncle Jimmy Green statue by J M French and a Kansas Nebraska baseball game are on the program. Members of the Kansas Pharmaceutical convention attended in Topeka yesterday. Judge Hugh Means elected grand commander of Kansas Knights Templar. Garver's Flying Circus to perform near town next week using Kansas made planes. Tommy Dixon first to claim the new straw hat after the advertising plane tour. Mrs William Docking hosted a 40 guest bridge luncheon at 1527 Massachusetts street.
Twenty five years ago a memorial for the late John Haskell, a longtime Lawrence Congregational church worker, was planned with a large portrait to be hung in Plymouth church south parlor. Friends arrange ceremony, honoring Haskell’s memory.
Forty years ago on Tuesday May 15 Dr Esterly, once of this city, begins service today as resident physician at the Philadelphia hospital, the city’s largest, amid congratulatory remarks following a competitive exam. Mrs Russell departs with family for Kansas City Kan from Quincy and Kentucky streets. Miss Ellen Beach Yaw soprano delivers a celebrated concert at Music Hall with violinist Max Dick receiving ovations. Georgia Lay as accompanist also praised. Mrs Whitlow relocates dressmaking to 726 New Hampshire Street. Evening river activity sees boats withdrawn between 7 and 8 o clock and Dolly Graeber’s calls surpassed by demand as crowds react buoyantly to the events.
On this date Hutchinson salt producing companies form a trust to compete with Michigan firms in the western field. The Kansas building and loan associations come under the jurisdiction of the state banking department.
A Plymouth coupe owned by Leslie Reed a University of Kansas student was stolen last night from the rear of the Sigma Chi house at 1439 Tennessee street. The car was found early today six miles east of Eudora on Highway 10 in Johnson County, wheels and tires removed but no other damage. Reed had locked the ignition and kept the key, suggesting the thieves used a master key. Wiring remained untouched.
The Wakarusa River at Dutton Bridge rose to about 19 feet last night then fell by morning. A. J. Holcom reported the stream at 17 feet early morning, dropping to 15 feet by 10 o clock as it continued to fall. The spring average depth has been about one and a half feet.
Marvy Emily Borders Hammond, born June 24 1848 in Johnson County Kentucky, elder daughter of Hezekiah and Jemima Borders, united with Borders chapel and later with the Methodist church. She married John Franklin Hammond January 1 1864. nine children were born, seven surviving to adulthood. The family moved to Kansas in 1871, settled at Spring Hill then High Prairie, where they attended church and Sunday school. After her husband’s death in 1921 she lived with daughter Dr. Willie Gorrill in Lawrence, remained frail yet cared for herself. She died May 8 at a Lawrence home visit and was laid to rest beside her husband in Oakwood Cemetery Baldwin Kansas.
Judith Dale arrives at Rio Diablo to supervise dam construction per Big Tom Beving’s funds. Her husband Norman backs Beving heirs seeking to break the will. A native delegation welcomes Judith as she bonds with locals and oversees progress, while personal letters and tensions shape her resolve.
A puzzling scene unfolds as Christopher Crow lands with a claim of discovering a valuable piece of broken china and denying taking Grandpa’s rolls. Willy Nilly and the Puddle Muddlers demand rolls and accuse him of theft while Grandpa Oversleeps looms as the unresolved clue in this whimsical tale.
The article outlines osteoarthritic changes in a likely 45 to 50 year old woman with minor knee and ankle pain. It notes absence of infection, slight hypertension, hard nodular joint swellings, and X ray shows new bone formation. Emphasizes conserving energy and physical therapy to improve circulation and joint function.
The first steam ferry boat ran between New York and Brooklyn on May 16, 1813, operated by the North River Steamboat Company under a New York exclusive privilege. Opposing lines formed and led to litigation that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which in 1824 dissolved the steamboat monopoly for interstate operation.
A duckling snatched from a city park lake by a magpie was forced to drop its prey when pursued along the shore by Mr and Mrs Dr P Sweeney. The bird was frightened but unhurt. In Omaha Emerson postmaster reads twine reuse rule, receiving 15 pounds surplus twine from 1926. Lyons Pennsylvania town hit by fire destroying post office and warehouse housing several facilities.
Officials announce eight educational meetings starting the week of May 21 to distribute and explain the Agricultural Adjustment Act farm record book. Copies will go to each wheat and corn hog allotment signer for convenient record keeping. attending producers are urged to attend as notices will be sent.
Tomorrow evening at 7:30 the Lawrence Local Socialist Party invites the public to hear economist Professor Domenico Gagliardo discuss "The Economic Basis for Socialism" and he will lead an open forum after the talk. The nonpartisan professor has agreed to speak at the county courthouse.
An analytical and unbiased overview outlines the economic theory underlying the Socialist Party program. The author, trained in economics at Harvard University and the University of Kansas, has worked in Southern Kansas mines and aims for a popular, non technical presentation.
Pi Sigma Alpha at the University of Kansas will initiate seven new members during services followed by a banquet on Thursday night May 17 at Broadview Inn. Initiates are Wilbur Evans Eureka Robert Braden Wichita Roy Johnson Lawrence Jed Male Hammond Ind Gunnar Mykland Chapman Tom Page Topeka and Fred Parker Macksville.
Thirteen American debutantes and matrons prepare for a presentation at Buckingham Palace tonight. Seven more American women will curtsy before King George and Queen Mary tomorrow. Paris Premier Doumergue’s government shows resilience as parliament reconvenes amid socialist and communist opposition. Chinese officials push to secure the release of Rev. Howard Smith of Washington, Pa., a kidnapped missionary. Bolivian reports claim a Paraguayan court martial executed a woman for allegedly informing Bolivian officers of a mission flight.
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