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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1929
Page
7
Miss Murphy delivered a standout final appearance with the Sympony Orchestra under Prof Karl Kuister. The event featured Afterglow and Medira sketches, with Miss Marting replacing vocal duties due to laryngitis. Evelyn Swaz performed as planned in the program's closing selections.
A meeting discussed Grid Glow Tube technology to assist landing in fog and darkness. Westinghouse engineers described a tube that, with a siren and flooding lights, could activate at small fields to guide pilots, aiming to reduce hazards as private planes rise.
Montier and Regisarie were arrested on the Kaw River. In police court Montier pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined ten dollars. Regisarie was fined twenty four dollars and barred from driving for a period. The judge noted city ordinances on drunkenness and dry enforcement were in revision. The case followed a prior city matter.
Weather officials forecast scattered showers tonight in Kansas and South Dakota with possible heavy precipitation. Temperatures are expected to drop to near the single digits, with lows around five degrees in some areas.
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered words and misread names. No clear event, date, or entities are readable to form a factual news card.
A brief item notes a crowd of fans reacting to No 2 seed and Be teams, with a 35 cent price line and mention of bunches in the caption.
Ted Mene announces a new line of golf tees representing a shift in the industry. The launch emphasizes durability and precision, targeting both casual players and professionals.
N G Rames, jailed after an altercation with police, fled two miles south where his body was found in a ditch along a Cold dia road. Chief John F. Baker wounded, Romey Awa fatally injured. authorities report a tense confrontation over produce taken during a dispute at Romey’s store.
A farmer discovered Ronney's body beside a ditch on the highway near Lake City. Authorities brought the body to a local mortuary. A coroner's jury conducted proceedings but the verdict has not been published.
The First Presbyterian Church choir of about fifty voices will perform the hymn Ponder Words by Butcher during the regular Sunday morning service at 11 o clock unaccompanied. Dean Swarthout will provide the accompaniment with a solo by Cara Noma. More than 200 Kansas school teachers are expected at the 50th Norton County Normal Institute in June.
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