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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1934
Page
4
God loves the world and promises eternal life. Britain pursues stopping Paraguay Bolivia war by halting arms shipments, awaiting U S response. Lawrence school board resignations shock patrons amid debates on superintendent, governance, and public interest. Roosevelt and a proposed silver bill spark inflation fears and market reactions.
In Hugoton a deadlock among mayor and councilmen for eleven months triggers ouster proceedings by the attorney general to force city business. Officials prepare to contest the suit while the exact interior dispute remains unclear from this distance.
The piece critiques public business and profiles Ezra Herman a City College sophomore who won the R O T C prize for a twenty five word essay. He argues for disarmament while defending national defense, summarizing the preparedness pacifist clash and noting the economic cost to Hugoton. The New York Sun offers sharp commentary on the debate and on officials transacting little business.
A Friday evening party at the Country club featured eight high school girls hosting about seventy guests with chaperones listed. Other items note Miss Alice Dicker entertaining in honor of Miss Ted Steidley, a university graduate Agnes Engel’s appointment at Highland College, a golf match with St Louis players, the marriage of Irma Long and Dan Herrick, and local social updates including luncheon hostesses and teachers returning for the summer.
W F Hobbs, a Topeka paper company partner and longtime Lawrence resident, buys the fifty foot lot at 1012 Mississippi and plans a home. At the Superba carnival, a seating section collapsed during a show, injuring several, as ground softness gave way. Parker management said it was a first such incident. A W McFarland of Lawrence sells a factory stake today.
A short humorous piece in which a man reflects on a church prayer misstep and the family reaction. The narrator admits unpreparedness and notes his mother’s comment about his effort. The fragmentary text evokes small town, family dynamics from 1928 syndicated humor.
Forties from May 18 include factory changes with ownership shifts in the ega case filler plant. McFarland’s partner Kennedy buys the local share and moves leadership to Portland Indiana. Col Learnard chaired the constitutional convention fifty five years earlier with Horace Greeley present. Teachers and dignitaries attend commencements in Marysville and Seneca. Spalding retires, Peckham Clothing Co. buys his store at 807 Massachusetts. O P Barber plans a stone and shingle home on Tennessee street. Mrs D W Green hosts niece Miss May Stephens in Lawrence with a dance floor and curtained porch. University selects Shellenbarger for intercollegiate meet in Chicago. Mrs H P Tripp and son Ralph sail for Almond NY. Frank Lott, star of Sweet Lavender, returns home. his father was Osbornes’ associate. Fall football schedules include KU vs Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Michigan, Doane, with possible Baker and Minnesota games. Denver likely off due to color-line concerns. The largest Lawrence hotel owner saves about forty dollars monthly by lighting with lamps instead of gas.
A collection of brief clippings includes a dog catcher chased by terriers into a livery stable and bitten en route, a Springfield police chief advised to call an ambulance for a distressed wife, a Butler Pa resident reporting four burglaries during church hours, and Oklahoma City man Fred L Patrick seeking an oral bar exam after nervous written tests.
Kansas history item notes that in 1899 former Senator William A. Peffer, a Populist leader, announced his return to the Republican party. The entry also records a fire destroying an entire business block at Neosho Fails.
A Methodist Episcopal Church committee visiting Philadelphia on May 18, 1864 presented a resolution affirming loyalty and prayers for President Lincoln. Lincoln read a prepared manuscript reply, preserved as a church treasure. The text notes Temple University in Philadelphia with about 12,000 students and 3 faculty of 750.
Judith Lane opens with Slim Sanford and Cunard warning Judith Dale about Morton Lampere’s trickery over the dam funds. A Mexico trip with Slim leads to risky flirtations, a looming split with husband Norman, and a tense night of cross borders as Judith faces new, unsettled threats.
Mary Graham Bonner narrates a playful scene where Grandpa is knocked, thrown off balance, and rolls are stolen again. Willy Nilly and Christopher Columbus Crow accuse and reveal the culprit as the clever foxlike thief in a neighborhood caper.
The article argues that pains in a growing child are not a normal part of development and urges medical evaluation for potential rheumatic fever. It recalls Abraham Jacobi’s 1884 link between vague pains and rheumatic inflammation, while noting other sources of pain such as fatigue, posture disorders, and chronic infections like tonsillitis or dental issues.
Hollywood gossip and social sets are sketched as Kansas eyes the scene. The piece catalogs actors, British courtiers, Toluca Lake circles, and the “Click” culture with mentions of Bing Crosby, Dick Powell, Garbo, and Reginald Denny. It notes translations of Mickey Mouse names abroad and Tallulah Bankhead’s lineage.
Sir Stafford Cripps condemned Britain’s policy vacillation aiding Japan and urged a United States Soviet Union and British alignment to halt Japanese expansion in China. The League council sent to jurists a proposed embargo plan on arms shipments to Taraguay and Bolivia to define its legality for ending the Gran Chaco dispute. Uruguay’s convention proclaimed a new constitution centralizing power under President Terra as a dictator. Cass Gilbert’s death in England at 74 prompts plans to repatriate his body to the United States.
The judiciary committee has been inspecting multiple inquiries into federal bench conduct since the special session. Hatton Sumner warned on the house floor that impeachment motions could compel Senate trials and a possible summer session. The mood in the House reflects broad concern about the federal judiciary’s status.
Sumners, a constitutional law authority, argues public confidence in courts is low and proposes removing crooked judges. He questions lifetime tenure and says Congress could create a tribunal to test good behavior, signaling looming national changes to the federal judiciary.
A Lawrence group of parents taxpayers and citizens gathered at Lawrence Memorial High School to urge re election of the junior high principal. They presented reasons including superintendent support and teacher endorsement while the board delayed and faced accusations of Bolshevik intimidation.
Citizens in Lawrence demand reasons from their elected board after dismissals. The board offers no justification, sparking claims that democratic government is eroded. Meanwhile New York announces spring lake herring plantings and tobacco field pest remedies appear in local ads.
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