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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1938
Page
4
The relief bill in Washington is described as containing broad allocations from rivers and harbors to public buildings and aid to tobacco and rice farmers. In the past such items were labeled the pork barrel and debated as one comprehensive spending package. The current approach seeks to slice it differently.
The piece argues that graduates face job prospects rated by dubious statistics, noting inconsistent unemployment totals and the historical gaps between graduation and employment. It recalls past generations who found work despite bleak forecasts and contrasts that with today’s class facing similar uncertainties.
A Kowledgeable reflection notes that across decades a graduate’s job prospects are not only statistics. It emphasizes persistence and timely action over simple numbers in shaping career outcomes.
Tourists say travel in Mexico remains unaffected by Cedillo's uprising in San Luis Potosi. Observers doubt the revolt will spread and note the government aims to keep it small. Long residents caution that some small uprisings have grown quickly in history.
A Kansas City union official was dismissed not for vandalism but for suspected financial improprieties with business leaders. He is said to have failed to meet the ethical standards of his profession.
The British tackling Jamaica unrest has prompted naval intervention as labor troubles intensify across the colony.
The prairie town weighs William Allen White’s Kansas rural versus urban vision after his Mansion Hill view that country boys must yield to city types. Editors predict a local reaction as hornets and residents discuss 1940 political candor and national shifts.
A collage of brief quirky reports from Tipton Missouri Yakima Washington and Fort Frances Ontario. A wolf was killed after dogs drove it into an abandon farm while a Grange league outfielder erred and jumped a fence into a ditch. A buggy ordered in Atherton Indiana is priced at 100 dollars. A bottle note reward tale unfolds with a $10 bounty claim near Fort Frances.
In a fable style scene Christopher Columbus Crow causes a stir among ducks bears and Rip and Sweet Face over a gold watch found in a pond. Willy Nilly proposes a tiny punishment and a party to celebrate the discovery. Tomorrow The Gold Watch.
The article notes new Italian East Africa stamps with six designs including busts of Victor Emmanuel III and wildlife images, plus an airport set showing planes and landscapes. Values range from 2 centimi to 25 lire, with a second set featuring plane images and Musso lini motifs.
Commencement exercises tonight at 8 15 in the school auditorium feature six senior speakers led by Clarence Gregg with talks on school life. Principal Emeritus F. Olney will deliver the invocation as Irving Hill presents diplomas.
Tributes to Prof and Mrs Carruth unfold at the Unitarian church before their California departure. The event features music by Mrs Carruth Philip Stevens and Mrs Irving Hill and the presentation of a silver sandwich platter.
The President issued a second call for volunteers seeking 75 000 more men. Secretary Long announced the Spanish fleet bottled up at Santiago de Cuba by Schley’s squadron. Sampson’s fleet near Havana to Santiago. The Lake View Shooting and Fishing association plans a May 30 picnic at the redesigned club house. May Gardner visits Leavenworth. Poehler and Innes party arrive Rotterdam.
Cape Cod detective Asey Mayo privately probes the Marina Lorne murder tied to a mural in Quanomet. Suspects include Pam Frye and Tim Carr, while Roddy Strutt and Brigham aviation ties complicate leads as Asey interviews an injured pilot and town figures.
Mrs. Paul Kochan and Dorothy Lou visited Florence joining grandparents Mr and Mrs George W Lincoln. Dorothy Lou remains with family as Paul Jr plans Florence visit. Two Baker graduates Dorothy Cross and Otis Beach announce their June 10 Topeka wedding at Lowman Memorial Methodist Church Topeka. They will live in Boston Mass as Beach attends Boston Theological Seminary. Bob Wood hosted a birthday party. Quentin Clock of Tulsa is visiting Baker friends.
A daughter recalls a tense moment when her mother interrupted her to handle the ashes while she was turning on the music for Daisy, framing a strained family scene after a disturbance.
Radio listings show May 2 programs on WREN KMBC WDAF and EMBC with talk music news and drama blocks from 6 pm to midnight including ensemble broadcasts Town Hall Tonight and Dance Time plus weather forecasts and peak hours for Amos n Andy and Lights Out.
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