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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1935
Page
4
The Kansas City bread industry ends its walkout as bakers resume duties. Employers save on group insurance costs while workers lose those protections, ending a strike that altered benefits and wages. The piece also surveys bonus legislation politics and UK leadership shifts.
The Arkansas City Traveler notes rains filled hundreds of ponds built in Kansas last year. If another dry summer comes, these ponds will ease livestock needs, but more are urged including state and county lakes to widen water reserves and reduce future shortages.
Lawrence city schools elected seventy six teachers and friends at a spring party held at the Country club. Officers for the next year named: Bertha Wilson president Edith Salveson first vice president Helen Sample second vice president Katherine Kayser secretary Ray McClelland treasurer. Amundsen expedition long overdue with two planes leaving Spitzbergen. Captain Roald Amundsen and four companions feared missing. Mrs L E Sisson to assist with girls work at Liberty Memorial high school succeeding Miss Kate Riggs. Commencement sermons set at Liberty Memorial auditorium with Rev C A Richard leading The Attainment of Life. Participants include Supt Del Manzo Principal F H Olney Rev Ray Eusden and Miss Margaret Drennon. Lillian Constant entertained city library staff and board members at Colonial tea room with fourteen guests.
Miss Genevieve Lichtenwalter heads to Berlin for musical study after beginnings in Lecompton and KA. The senior farce That Jayhawk debuts June 7 west of Snow Hall with Edna Hopkins chairing and Gertrude Messler directing, featuring a cast including M. Fort and J. Purdy among others. A recent comet view disappointed viewers but the total lunar eclipse pleased observers for about 50 minutes. Clara Carpenter returns from Ellis to lead Ellis High School again. A Leopard show incident with Elton Osborn’s son is noted among campus crowd observations.
Fragmentary line about Uncle Bob and a distant preacher who did not know Uncle Bob’s destination. Copyright 1905 Publishers Syndicate.
A Mexican held up a boy to lock and a leopard near by slashed the boy’s face and bit off part of his ear. Claude Bryant, 13, of 1702 New Hampshire, fell on a human roulette board and lost two front teeth with a forehead scratch. Carl Hick, a Massachusetts streetcar conductor, slipped from an open car, suffering a head bruise and minor scratches but finished his run.
Fortynine items from a May 24 issue recount local events. Miss Hope Delo tutors summer school at 1204 Rhode Island street. Kansas University pharmacy students return from Leavenworth with several prizes, Stella Northrup wins egg race, Dora Fisher second, Lida Carter wins potato race, Mason wins foot race, Clarence Carter second. General Hugh Cameron departs for Washington. Miss Kate Blair visits with Miss Mabel All, Miss Nellie Sims departs for Europe with her father for three months. Mr. F C Gay and daughter Susie Gay head to California with Gertie Deverux. Prof. A S Olin and family go to Eudora. Olin delivers Hesper Academy commencement address. Three students graduate. high school graduation program includes Rose Watson, John Deering, Sara Thrasher, Nellie Zimmerman, Clarence Gould, Julia Chute, Gardner Kirkwood, Minnie Ayers, Lalia Walling, Oscar Lane, Daisy Dixon, Mabel Fisher, George Robinson, Lucy Riggs with valedictory by Riggs. Seventy five members in class. Deputy Pryon’s horse runs away, demolishes cart and damages owner’s bar. horse ridden by a boy who fell off at a crossing.
Mind and Body by DR. IAGO GALDSTON explores the link between mental state and physical health. It discusses how hunger fatigue and happiness influence the mind and body, noting that emotional health shapes illness and treatment. Tomorrow Diabetes and Living Standards.
Stanley a rancher from Shelby Montana married Dorothy Louise Peterson yesterday after traveling from Bowman North Carolina to his boyhood town. Kansas State College president Dr. F D Farrell urges farmers to vote in the wheat allotment referendum before balloting ends tomorrow night. J J Mosley of Kansas State College warns that high cattle prices threaten the livestock industry as cattle numbers on January 1 fell 16 percent.
George Thompson, 41, one of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, died Tuesday in Excelsior Springs Missouri and was buried today at Leavenworth. His funeral follows years after the Spanish-American War service with the famed regiment.
Around the council fire Top Notch and the Indian troupe staged a make believe buffalo hunt for the Tribe of Arrowheads. They captured 50 imagined buffalo, cheered a victory led by Big Chief Kariec, then lit the smoke signals signaling tomorrow.
Flower Club members selected for duties at the annual Spring Flower Show next Tuesday at the Congregational Church Parish House. Registration by Mrs. Harbour and Mrs. Eriksen. various committees and 10 serving committee led by Mrs. Sterling. non competitive exhibit by Frank Jones and Ralph Baker. Competitive classes cover children and student arrangements, shadow boxes, breakfast tables, miniature bouquets, mixed bouquets, dinner centerpieces, living room bouquets, leaf arrangements, and floor baskets with specified organizers for each class. Non members may exhibit in non competitive categories. Youth is a death by own action.
Hayward Oklahoma May 24 Tragedy struck Imogene Molling as she prepares to graduate from Lucien high school. Robert Chelf a 20 year old Oklahoma A and M freshman reportedly killed himself after his parents learned he and Imogene Molling were secretly married May 10. In a separate item McAlester Oklahoma May 24 Robert Cargo was executed in the electric chair for the murder of A L Luke a Bethany nurseryman.
Guy Wehturn rescues Alison Rede from a deserted Sussex house and returns her to her visibly relieved father. Movers appear as a mysterious vet and a snark house supervisor reveal unsettling cellar finds. A telegram claimed to be from Alison’s father unsettles him, though he denies sending it. Guy reappears unexpectedly, bringing further sorrow.
Alison learns her father Robert Rede plans to marry Daphne a widow and a cosmopolitan companion. Major Bede approves Guy Western the architect and visits are expected as Alison struggles to locate his address in town. Madeira honeymoon is planned with Aunt Emily’s care for six weeks.
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Anderson Vance, 71, pastor of Detroit’s First Presbyterian Church, was elected moderator by the church assembly. He vows to use constitutional methods to address doctrinal disturbances and supports social reforms like child labor abolition, old age pensions, and unemployment insurance. Born 1864 in Sullivan County Tennessee, he describes himself as a firm Christian with a less fundamentalist approach.
In Topeka on May 24 the Shawnee county district court heard a suit aimed at blocking the citys 3.2 beer licensing ordinance. Clara Arrendondo seeks to stop enforcement arguing the measure violates the state constitution by legalizing intoxicating beverages despite prohibition. Her license was revoked after a libel suit against Charles Trapp, a Topeka publisher, which she lost. The case hinges on definitions of intoxicating liquor and judicial determination in its absence.
A dense radio timetable lists multiple stations KMBC WREN WDAF and others with a mix of orchestras choirs and guest acts. Notable entries include Floyd Towns Jelly Hawkins Orch Symphonic Choir Canadian Guards Band and Uncle Ned life features plus religious programs Catholic radio and an amateur hour segment.
The Sunday morning service features Dr. Robert A. Hunt preaching on The Door at 10 30 AM. The Wesleyan chorus choir directed by Miss Dorothy Enlow will sing He That Dwelleth, with Herlan Loyd performing the incidental solo. Ruth Gregory plays Chopin Nocturne in E Flat for offertory. No evening service due to high school graduation ceremonies. readers urged to attend other day services.
Topekans struggle to tear down the old Topeka high school ruins after a fire left dangerous walls. Workers tried dynamite, then connected it to a 110 volt line. three bricks tumbled from the three story wall as the blast rattled the weakened masonry.
Police officer C. W. Alexander answered a call to a wreck in Kansas City on May 24 and found his wife’s car had collided with a vehicle driven by Clarence Baricklow who offered to pay the repair bill. No arrests were made.
The Grace Cathedral Episcopal choir in Topeka will present Ride With Us, a cantata by Bach, at the Unitarian Church Sunday evening. The cantata will be conducted by a guest organist and chorister, with the public invited to attend.
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