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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1934
Page
4
President Roosevelt drafts final messages to the current session to hasten the return of troops under the NRA spirit, aiming to let the boys start home early. The move signals a push for expedited action and demobilization in the wartime context.
Preliminary figures show Douglas county quadrennial real estate valuation increasing by just under a million dollars, about 4 percent, after state allowed reductions. Some argue for a horizontal cut to match last year, noting no true 4 percent gain and that improved conditions reflect optimism rather than definite gains. Also mentions Saar valley plebiscite and concerns about campaigning and potential violence.
The piece questions government propaganda under the New Deal, noting large costs and borrowings from the future. It doubts the reckoning of debt, contrasts Bolivian and Paraguayan campaign reports in the Gran Chaco, and laments the absence of neutral observers.
Government observers warn a summer of industrial conflict may loom as dissension grows. If disputes persist, production could slow and affect recovery efforts, reshaping economic expectations and policy responses amid ongoing tensions.
The article notes that ongoing strikes hinder the recovery program and damage cooperation. It details earlier cooperation giving way to side shows clamoring for attention, undermining the broader aim of better conditions. It also highlights Ed Davis, a lifer who escaped a Kansas prison, later facing California sentencing for eleven life terms, a potential record.
Two teachers Miss Wilma Arnett and Miss Leta Maude Harper were honored with a surprise kitchen shower at Mrs. Clarence Speer’s home by about thirty high school teachers. Gifts included useful kitchen utensils. Mrs. H P Smith and Miss Lena Miller received corsage bouquets.
Twenty five years ago this Saturday May 26 the spring tournament at Oread Golf Club opens with a qualifying round of nine holes. Sixteen players with the lowest scores advance to the first round. Entrants include Apt Bates Boynton Briggs Brodhead Chalkley Crawford Hail Hamilton Humble Johnson Jones March Maurice McClung Naismith Newson Newton Payne Patterson Carl Preyer Frank Preyer Parten Raymond Reding Sterling Souires Thomas Thompson Miss Fian and Miss Clara Rudolph.
The Dunkards near Pleasant Grove prepare for their convention and allocate one acre for hitching racks with posts for 1000 teams. They plan to haul straw to improve muddy stretches on the road from Lawrence. Mr and Mrs H B Hungerford relocate to Lawrence living in the 1000 block Kentucky street. J J Clarke builds a modern nine room house at 941 Alabama street.
The Lawrence High School held its fortieth annual commencement at the opera house with forty-seven graduates, thirty of them girls. Speeches covered topics from Health to The American Girl, and the event featured notable faculty and a campus party at the Bowersock home.
The Kansas history note records the death of C H J Taylor a prominent Kansas Negro leader and former District of Columbia register during part of the Cleveland administration occurring in Atlanta Georgia Judge A F Callahan a Leavenworth lawyer and mentepagel editor is mentioned in the excerpt.
A reader and son joke about sharing profits with Uncle Sam in hog processing taxes, noting 54 hogs sold for 182.71 while the tax took 181.12, leaving a slim 1.59 gain. They complain they would pay 2.25 per hundred to butcher their own hogs and joke about bank interest for the remaining money. The letter criticizes taxes on farmers and laments ongoing burdens on the American public.
At a White House press conference President Roosevelt said federal mediators remain on the job to aid a settlement of the Toledo strike. The cabinet discussed the internal labor situation but showed no sign of alarm, reflecting a steady outlook on labor matters.
Report recounts the October Alton debate where Lincoln and Douglas stood on city hall balcony. Little Mary Delahay was carried by Lincoln as Douglas held her during the speeches. Editor Brown of the Alton Courier assisted during the event.
Judith Lane, orchestrating labor and meals for workers, navigates mounting tensions around the Rilo Diablo dam project funded by Morton Lasmpere while a storm threatens Big Tom Town. A mystery man in camp and fear of flooding complicate her grip on the venture as she confronts danger, leadership duties, and possible loss.
Graham Honey Bear learns Jupiter is trapped at the bottom of Grandpa Grouchy Gahanos well after Blacky spots him crying. The dark, steep sides and water in the bucket complicate a rescue as Honey Bear plans how to lift her frightened cub to safety.
In Hornell Ora Bruen may receive Dime a lamp from Di orenes history. in Charleston Anthony Restiva renounces Italian names on naturalization papers. Halifax Peter Duncan leaves job to sail for Scotland after mother’s legacy. Davenport signs sign banning angle worm digging on Cottonwood Creek.
Janza prepares for talks in London as sources say the empire will not seek parity with Britain and the United States at the Miss conference, aiming for a higher ratio. Dublin awaits a senate addition and De Valera hopes to establish a republic within a year. London reports Dillinger hunted by Scotland Yard. Tokyo notes concern over a Brazilian immigration move. Paris cites a wheat shortage after the Corbeil mill and other flour mills close, with large surplus stocks.
Mrs J W Malloy of Hutchison observed her seventy second birthday on a Wednesday reception from 5 30 to 11 00 with about 110 guests arriving in relays bouquets presented to the guest of honor. Attending were Mr and Mrs A A Haltom Rev Fred Benson from Lawrence and many family friends including the Malloy, Os Kaloosa visitors, and a New Century club meeting with new officers Nan Bors fore president Mary Dick secretary Ella Bradford treasurer Hattie Syhold. Also noted were several local visitors and a Kansas City couple, with marriage news of James Walker of Kansas City to Nelli Meyer.
In Emporia Puffy and a pig incident led to a near escape as a driver yelled to stop. Weekend visitors included Mr. Luce Mrs. T R Robertson and children of Dunavant calling on Mrs Wilson Dobbs. The U B church class hosted by Mrs Rhea Shrader and Mrs Ruby Shrader. Kansas City visitors Will Ritchie family Ed Denny and Dick Farris family with Effie Denny. Lois Sanders won first place in Baker University music scholarship contest. Dan Horner Daughters from McPherson visited Henry Kimmel. James Cutler of Kansas City and Lawrence Umback of Chicago visited McLouth Monday.
The weekend featured visits by Mr and Mrs Irvin Davison and by Miss Ella Jones and Dr Harris of Kansas City. Families from Kansas City came to McLouth to visit relatives. Funerals and church events filled the week with Jo Winkler’s services and Rev Williams arriving to lead local congregations.
Excelsior announces the birth of Eldon Lee to Mr and Mrs Homer Dene on Thursday morning. The report lists many local visitations and gatherings as families from the area, including Enyarts, Gibsons, Florys, Gastrocks, Haas, Rappard, and others, sharing dinners and attending parties. The note also mentions Baldwin and Ottawa in community events and records the first Kansas high school track meeting at the 1934 state meet.
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