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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1929
Page
2
A chaotic sequence surrounds a Rogers lecture ticket refund plan for faculty, plus a traffic incident near the campus. Officer Hughes warned Stephen Kennedy after a disruptive exchange at a traffic signal. charges were contemplated but not filed, with a police court update pending.
Wheat prospects in Kansas brightened with most regions reporting progress despite flood damage. State board of agriculture and USDA noted planting near completion in western Kansas and partial progress in the east, with oats and barley ahead in some areas and fair crops where floods did not damage.
AP dispatch says a revolt has broken out in Bokhara, part of Russian Turkestan near Afghanistan. General Budenny, inspector of Soviet cavalry, reportedly left Moscow by air to quell the uprising as political police in Tashkent uncover a letter from ex-emir of Jalalabad urging Bokharans to oppose Mostow.
Stanford's team builds on a string of strong showings as Pacific Coast participants head toward finals next Saturday. The East and West squads show balanced power with potential first place outcomes.
Obituary notices report the death of Mrs Matilda Barry wife of A J Barry of near Eudora following a Dopeka hog bital. Funeral held at the Catholic church in Eudora with burial in Eudora cemetery. Survivors include her husband and three children. Also reported is the death of Dan Vaughn a 59 year old stone mason from Lawrence who died in Little Rock after a fall from a bank building he was working on. The accident occurred Saturday morning and he died Sunday morning. He is survived by a wife and several children and siblings. Funeral plans were not yet set as of this writing with services likely Wednesday afternoon.
Martha Cowgill of Baldwin thanks friends in Kansas and beyond for a thoughtful radio gift. Walter Thompson, formerly of Lawrence, starred for Des Moines East High School, winning the quarter mile heat and helping East earn points in the scholastic meet while also excelling in the 880-yard relay in city competition. Files a damage action.
Edward Tarves files a district court petition in Douglas County seeking 1800 for injuries from an automobile wreck last Friday. He alleges car damage and personal injuries due to reckless driving by Avery D Arnold. action filed this morning through his attorney.
University track mentor Coach Huff, known as Ba, arrived in Emporia to teach a two week coaching school on Kansas State Teachers College campus. The program will cover track instruction and feature football and basketball as headlining subjects. Richard Dick Hanley, athletics figure, oversees the school. Craig Ruby, Illinois basketball coach, is listed among participants.
Liberty auxiliary reports a record Poppy Day sale raising 227.73 dollars with half to the state department. About 3,000 flowers were ordered and most sold, with Memorial Day use planned for unsold poppies. Mrs. Elliott praised increased generosity and noted many girls and mothers helped.
John L Kilworth returns from four months of cattle work in Texas and New Mexico and recounts visiting Carlsbad Caverns, lauded as an eight wonder of the world. The cave, recently explored by Jim White, reportedly extends into Texas and may offer an entrance from his state. In 1925 Coolidge set aside 720 acres later withdrawn from settlement, with 80,000 acres designated as a national monument. Last year 46,000 visitors compared with only hundreds previously. Seven miles of passage now documented.
A band of robbers in pink masks terrorized Uptown theatre staff in Kansas City. They forced manager Fagin to open the safe, taking 2300 dollars before escaping. Six employees were held in a dressing room during the hold up in the suicide apartment district. A watching woman in the lobby may have signaled the robbers.
Dr G H Holleman of the Reformed Presbyterian church and his wife and child were seized by Communist forces near Amoy Fukien China on May 2 AP reported. They escaped with Rev Henry Poppen and reached Amoy safe today after losing everything in the attack by 2000 fighters.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a daily radio and concert lineup with names like Hal Kemp, Bluebirds, and decor artists Jenny Wren. References include broadcasts, hotel venue, pancake event, and kitchen-related programming.
Mayes McLain, former Haskell Institute star and 1920s Hawkeye fullback, is linked with a possible Iowa U Big Ten return after competing with Haskell. He was ruled ineligible for further Big Ten play due to Haskell competition and may pursue professional football next season.
The Douglas County Milk Producers Association reached a plan at a Chamber of Commerce meeting to bottle milk at regular retail prices and sell through stores. A committee will secure bottling equipment, and the aim is to ensure abundant supply in Lawrence. A cream separating station was recently set up on West Nineteenth Street after price disagreements.
A campus humor clash emerges as Theta Sigma Phi launches The Yellow Hornet, a women’s journalistic society publication, aimed at funding a delegation to the national convention. The Owl, Sigma Delta Chi’s men’s humor magazine, had sparked the dispute. The issue, priced at 15 cents, targets purity claims and a lighter approach to satirize student press.
The Supreme Court today ruled that pocket vetoes by the President can nullify legislation sent near the end of a session even if it isn’t the final session of Congress. The Muscle Shoals bill was pocket vetoed at the close of the first session of the last Congress. The ruling clarifies that a failure to sign within the adjournment window prevents the bill from becoming law. CHICAGO ALUMNI ON "AIR".
Members of the Chicago K A Alumni Club will broadcast a program over station KYW this afternoon from 5 30 to 6 o clock. The Allerton Hotel dining room hosts intercollegiate headquarters in Chicago. The Allerton Glee Club will sing Kansas songs and Charles Strickland, graduated 1914 and president of the Chicago alumni, will speak briefly. Former students will perform numbers, said Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary. Lawrence residents are expected to tune in.
Charles C. Eberhardt United States minister to Nicaragua arrived yesterday from Central America aboard the steamship Venezuela after four months leaves. He plans to go to Kansas to receive an honorary degree from Kansas Wesleyan University at Salina. His father Christopher Eberhardt was a founder of the university. Forfeits and appearance bond set at 2 dollars in police court this morning for a minor incident on Massachusetts street.
A notice describes a solo concert at Mrs J Brown of 160 Vermont Street tomorrow evening. Florence, 1207 New Hampshire Street, assists as a speaker with Virginia Hosters presenting a two violin number program. Ethel Jean Melone accompanies. The program includes Rachmaninoff Desgh and Grieg pieces plus Debussy and MacDowell selections.
A string of personal notices from Lawrence mentions visits and travels among local residents and kin including Mrs Quinton Lobbstone and Mrs Freeman, with names such as Henry Metsker, Eleanor Shane, Elmo Shane, Peckham, Jane Patterson, Irene Ewing, Ruth Hall, Sarah Ulm, and Mary Mendenhall. A Kansas City report then details a molasses burglar fleeing from the home of Police Commissioner Russell Field after attempting entry, noting his recurring method and prior lootings.
George M. Allen of Toppenish Washington visits cousins Mrs Hugh Means and Mrs L N Lewis while heading to the Rotary convention in Dallas Texas. Allen is editor and owner of the Toppenish Review and recalls many buildings on the business street since leaving Lawrence in 1883.
Charlie LaBarr Kenneth LaBarr and others from Lawrence shopped Wednesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Simmons and family visited friends Tuesday evening. Several families gathered at Clarence Albright and Delaert Hoffman homes. Various Hoffmans Finch and Barnhart families hosted and visited. Overbrook area residents joined social calls and dinners through Thursday afternoon.
Weather rains in Canada and abundant world supplies pushed wheat futures lower in Chicago trading. May delivery wheat dropped to near 94 cents at times with other grains mixed and prices volatile as rallies failed to gain traction. Livestock markets showed varied results with hogs and cattle trading unevenly while Kansas City and New York markets reflected broader softening in grain and commodities.
Declines sweep many active shares including General Motors, Montgomery Ward, Canadian Pacific, Northern Pacific and St Paul, with prices tumbling 2 to 17 points amid end of month demand. Call money unchanged at 6 percent. sentiment cautious as bears push marginal accounts to liquidate while record lows fail to trigger panics.
Theft of a tire and rim from a Green Brothers Hardware company truck parked behind the store was reported to the Ta lice department Sunday morning. The rest of the text mentions unrelated social notes and advertisements about individuals and milky producers.
Two couples wed at the courthouse Saturday under Probate Judge L Hy Menger. Charles Betti and Rocai radley of Lawrence, Albert my lin and Martha James of Lecomp ton, and Percy Ray Worsley with Helen Harman of Kansas City obtained marriage licenses. Truck Trial 15 Continued The trial of Jess Griffin, Adams Transfer driver, for operating an overloaded truck, continued to Wednesday morning with Griffin jailed after officers found the truck weighed 1,200 pounds on one wheel. Gun Club Shoot Tuesday Gunners will meet at the Lawrence Gun Club Tuesday at 5 PM.
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