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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1932
Page
3
Vatican City May 18 AP Pope Pius XI issued Charitas Christi urging a world-wide week of prayer penance and mortification to avert peril from greed and anarchy. He set aside two eight day periods for reparation beginning with the octave of the Sacred Heart. He condemned exploitation inequality and political revolts challenging God and social order.
A reader reflects on seven decades of change from pioneer days to modern conveniences. He recalls rain buckets to hydrants, wooden husking pegs to shredders, ox teams to autos, telephones to long distance calls, and a lifetime on farms near Lawrence, noting rapid shifts in safety, housing, entertainment, and technology.
A long reminiscence recalls rural life from schooldays in a wooden wash tub era to the rise of mechanized farming. The speaker notes work on hay, threshing, corn, and butter making, along with provincial customs, markets, and local transport, ending with a personal confession of many missed details and a sense of a life well spent.
A compilation from AP dispatches recounts incidents and opinions across cities. It notes base ball officials defending a hotel operator in a court appearance, a fisherman claiming a hawk killed a bass, a judge’s costly 1928 accident verdict against Earl Bottomley, a push for mandatory teacher retirement ages by US Commissioner William Cooper, and George M. Cohan urging more thoughtful theater in Chicago.
Kansas City report says two year old Janetta Duncan of Coffeyville Kan choked on a peanut and had it removed from her right lung by bronchoscope after being rushed by air to a local hospital. In Wichita a collision near here left Warren 40 dead and two others seriously hurt.
Wellington district court yesterday found John Luppy guilty of bank robbery and first degree robbery for the Belle Plain Valley State Bank holdup last August 25. He is to be sentenced later as two other defendants remain imprisoned.
William G. McAdoo said by telegram he has arrived at no conclusion on a referendum on prohibition and will make it public when he does. The Times had said he might change his stance before seeking the California Senate nomination, amid ties to Hearst and dry Democrats. His telegram was sent before his departure for Los Angeles.
The House Rules Committee listened to arguments from Patman Rankin and Hastings urging a vote on a new money bonus plan. Chairman Pou noted it was unusual to grant a rule on legislation unfavorably reported by Ways and Means, which had not requested the rule.
Washington AP Mayor says remarks at Missouri postmasters gathering were distorted to mislead. He stresses no request to back Hoover reelection and urges postmasters to support the president's program, offering resignations if they refuse. Also reports Helen Kincannon, 20, died after poisoning herself in a Kansas City restaurant.
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