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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1927
Page
4
A mixed column from May 24 1927 includes subscription rates and postal terms for a Lawrence newspaper, a Leavenworth and Kansas setting, plus editorials on university radicalism, police accidents, and a Fort Scott Tribune note on coffee under the Volstead act. Names like Major M A Fal en and local references anchor the piece.
Manhattan Kansas May 24 AP speakers from fourteen states are on the program for the annual convention in Manhattan June 23 to 25 Four Kansas editors are on the program along with newspaper and college press men from other states Henry J Allen former Kansas governor and Wichita Beacon editor Brig Gen B E L King Fort Leavenworth commandant Maynard W Brown secretary treasurer Kansas State Agricultural College Leslie Edmonds secretary Kansas Athletic Commission F D Farrel president Kansas State Agricultural College Floyd B N Capye Farm Press Topeka I Weekes Mareha News Maryland London Laird of the Kansas City Moe Story and other speakers will address the gathering which has a 150 member readership and staff
Manhattan May 24 the Rock Island Wheat Festival train will make three hour stops in 25 towns this summer. A W Large, railway agricultural head, said the tour promotes the five year improvement program from Kansas State Agricultural College, focusing on Hessian fly and smut control research. The train will first run through Southwest Kansas in August after July coverage in Central and Western Kansas, then move to the northern Rock Island line within Kansas.
George Reed and Genes Glahn, managers of the Elks, run a classified ad in the Journal-World calling for players under ten pounds and under fifteen years old. The club has new equipment and aims to challenge for the League 1 Championship as practice begins immediately.
Empire Day is celebrated across the British Empire highlighting the philanthropy of the Earl of Meath. The English peer, from a storied lineage dating to Jacques de Brabanzon, has long supported public welfare including open spaces in cities and physical education to boost national health and prosperity.
A fragmented page lists geography questions about U S river systems and state borders, plus a radio broadcasting quiz featuring WEAF and Cincinnati stations. It notes a Trieste lighthouse inauguration, royal courts at Buckingham Palace, and a race problem discussion by Dr. William Pickens.
Paul Johnson of Baldwins Cite will graduate with the 1927 class of Emporia Teachers College, the largest in the college’s history. He will receive a Bachelor of Science in Education as part of a ceremony May located on the campus with William Allen White delivering the commencement address. Johnson has served as editor of The Bulletin and held leadership roles in Phi Phi and other campus organizations.
AP reports Gov Al letter to the Sanen Vanzetti defense committee stating he will not appoint a special commission to review the causes of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, whose murder conviction has sparked protests worldwide. A Big Springs supper meeting touts Farm Bureau entertainment for sending baking projects of the Girls Club to the state convention in Manhattan from June 6 to dl ALT. Gi kison to run Parma Bureau movie machine at attendance events. Pharmacy displays during exam week in Chemistry bldg room 101 prepared by 22 seniors. Three Lawrence druggists to judge and prize displays.
AP reports a divorce ranking set for Paris between Princess Gate Hine formerly Aimee Crocker of California heiress and Prince Mistiglav Galaszine. The court upheld claims she felt deceived by intimate relations in 1925 amid the divorce dispute.
In Indianapolis on May 24 Dr. H Jennings of Johns Hopkins warned that preventing disease to breed a fitter race is flawed. He argued defective genes are often recessive and can persist, making elimination via public health measures insufficient and emphasizing that environmental controls matter more than removing individuals.
Empire Day activities unfold throughout England and the British dominions with royal voices heard in schools and patriotic ceremonies. Flags and daisies mark displays as clubs host dinners and broadcasts honor Queen Victoria’s memory. The King orders Frogmore Mausoleum public access. efforts push Buy British made goods and Empire exhibitions worldwide.
A jumble of social items mentions Mrs E Shaffer Wendell Milliken Edmond Juanita Rubottom Mrs Ray Johnson Esther Spencer Betty Johnson Edmond Rubottom Marella Kreipe Russel illiken Harley Hilliken Dainty refreshments and pink green color schemes. Clarence Glenn notes a horse bite injury to Charles Custard. Mrs Mabel Morris from Chicago visits. Parked Ford roadster damaged at Tenth and New Hampshire. Kenneth Fairchild charged with speeding on West Seventh Street.
The meeting stressed rest and medical management for recovery, with emphasis on patient attitude. Dr Hoyt B. Dearbolt noted health education’s rise from clinic support, while experts from Washington New York City Baltimore Portland and Detroit outlined research sociology hospitals treatment and municipal control.
The text advises separating milk rooms from stables to avoid contamination and odors, and recommends shrubbery to beautify roadsides while supporting wildlife. It discusses leguminous crops to boost soil nitrogen, cross manure practices, and the value of properly sized tractors for farm operations.
Gladys Duncan conducted the Big Springs school census last week. A W C T U program with ice cream supper is set at the schoolhouse Saturday evening May 28. Mrs. Robinson of Lavt- Tenee will speak with special music. Emma Glenn and Hazel Glenn traveled to Lawrence to join clothing project instruction for the Big Springs arm Bureau club and will lead local efforts. G P Henry and Olive Lee Henry with Mrs. D K Henry visited Meriden last Wednesday. A birthday party for Juanita Brave was held May 18 with family and friends attending.
The City Commission at its regular meeting last night approved the plans and specifications for constructing a sanitary sewer on Alabama Street from Fifth Street north 350 feet on Alabama.
Annual meeting of the Sutton Cemetery association by order of Grant Inglé will be held in the afternoon of May 27 1927. Election of officers to follow. The president urges attendance. work includes painting shovels and preparing a wagon. Graves to be decorated. Nellie Hart Kellerman is secretary. Also notices Cowboy Evangelist Dr E Briles to preach Thursday at the Salvation Army hall 729 Vermont Street. Tooth Talks by W R Russ and others discuss dental extraction methods and safety.
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