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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1936
Page
4
National and regional items discuss bankruptcy limits and public debt, shelterbelt funding, and political commentary. It notes the Oklahoma conservation vice chairman's panhandle evacuation stance, Supreme Court bankruptcy ruling, and ongoing debates on federal debt and local financing. It references Townsend investigations and Austrian events involving Prince von Starhemberg.
A group of world war veterans at the Johnson City soldiers home in Tennessee plans a national tour to urge soldiers to spend their post war bonus money as soon as they receive it to aid business recovery. Critics say the trip may appear as a joyride and question its usefulness if it fails to start.
Secretary-Chairman Jim Farley labeled Kansas a typical prairie state a remark that drew quick scrutiny across prairie states. Analysts say the comment was seen as derogatory and has prompted ongoing comment and debate in the Midwest.
Phil Zimmerman, state hotel commissioner, viewed the new Eldridge hotel in Lawrence with friends praising the city project. Glen W. Dickinson and Henry B. McCurdy announced plans to construct and equip a new Varsity theater. University fine arts students Ruth Hill, Frances Lomberg, and Dorothy Luxton won top prizes in a rug design contest run by Mohawk Carpet Mills under Rosemary Ketcham. A Chamber of Commerce committee led by FP W McDonald sought Santa Fe railroad rates for Haskell Stadium dedication. Ernest Seidel visited Bonner Springs on business. O C Stoland and H C Tracy attended a Kansas City Kansas medical school faculty meeting. Fred E Gray and wife announce birth of daughter Mary Ellen.
Twenty five years ago on May 27 1911 the Co H monument to Twentieth Kansas Volunteers was unveiled in Oak Hill cemetery with flags, a Military Band, and dedicatory addresses by Capt Chad Hamilton state senator and Capt W J Watson postmaster of Pittsburg. The column also notes social events including Miss Lena Badsky’s informal dinner for Miss Numa Cone, Miss Cone’s upcoming June marriage to Marcus E Fullenwider, a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity picnic at Lake View, the wedding of Miss Rebecca Moody to Joseph Burkholder at her parents home, and a Phi Delta Phi founders day banquet with Judge B A Burney of Kansas City as chief speaker. Clayton Hackman’s return home and a day at Lake View with Miss Jane Kinne Miss Julia Lepsis Monk Ireland and Jimmie Reid are also mentioned.
A short humorous piece titled Poor Pa by Claude Callan reflects on a family scene with a punchy line about hiding from a bill collector due to having little money. The 1936 copyright notice credits Publisher a Syndicate.
Forty years ago in the Kremlin cathedral the autocrat Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna were crowned in a ceremony of one hour and full imperial rites. Local social notes mention Mrs. Weitzel hosting in Lawrence, school picnics planned at Bismarck Grove, a graduate recital at Music Hall, and a court house meeting to boost Sam Bishop for congress.
The Colgate Rochester Male Quartet performed a varied program at First Baptist Church on Monday evening. Members Rowe B Million Ralph H Seguine Paul G Schade and David R McKechnie sang sacred and secular works to an eager audience with Mr Seguine showcasing musical saw solos and Mr Schade at the piano.
Nervous trouble in Columbus as a man robs a drugstore and flees with $25 after the clerk, J. C. McElroy, hurls nerve quieting pills. McElroy later admits he needed them himself. In Miami police boast both top and poor golfers in the precinct tourney with Earl Christiansen posting 146 for 46 holes. A crack shot, P. Baldwin, averages nearly 10 hole per loop. In Atlanta detectives chase a woman after a raid. she escapes then yields 72 areas. In Meade a drunken lineman is knocked out by principal Willis Carmichael who later becomes assistant city marshal. In Chicago radio man Philip Ritchie Stewart testifies in a divorce suit about fan mail torn up by his wife. she claims regular abuse.
Twenty five oil and gas leases recorded in 1929 were released at the register of deeds office yesterday by Henry P. Kurtz A J Bohn sack and C C Gerstenberger trustees. The leases dated to a move by Eudora residents to test for oil and gas on farms south and west of Eudora. Five gas wells from 1929 and 1933 remain producing now under Golf Oil Company control. No drilling has occurred by venture interests in two years and the releases clear up titles.
Fred M. Harris of Ottawa and Dudley Doolittle of Wichita, members of the state board of regents, visited the University of Kansas today. They reviewed the budget for next year with Chancellor E. H. Lindley and executive secretary Raymond Nichols and will report to the board at its next meeting.
Rupert regains control of Hope after Elinor's jilting. Dirk, wary and protective, grows closer as Hope explores the Joris family history and the Lowrie mansion. Rupert plans tomorrow's business while Hope remains in town, torn between past loyalties and new ties.
Rip the dog sits harnessed on a pack as a plane lifts off believing the trip will end soon. He fears a long flight away from home and frets over Christopher Columbus Crow while recalling his vain attempts to prove his cleverness.
The article notes that about 20 percent of asthma patients can be completely relieved for years with modern treatment, fifteen to twenty percent are resistant to treatment, and the remainder respond variably to therapy. It discusses beliefs about asthma persisting despite advances.
The text advises asthma patients to manage symptoms through general and personal hygiene, avoiding dusts and irritants, removing infection sources, and desensitization if needed. It notes emotional stress worsens attacks and that some occupations are unsuitable, but acute attacks can be treated with a helium oxygen inhalation method.
Six Douglas county relief clients who have planted gardens will win prizes offered by Lawrence merchants through the Chamber of Commerce. About 200 gardens will be judged in a preliminary elimination by WPA supervisor John R. Reede who will select roughly 15 to advance to final judging by a Chamber committee led by George Hedrick. The judging panel includes W. R. Essick and James Richardson.
Rural high school districts in Douglas county plan 2 p.m. meetings tomorrow at Lecompton Vinland and Eudora to elect clerks serve three years adopt next year’s budget and hire teachers. Other rural districts meet Friday with similar actions. OO OE ANNOUNCER ON BIG SHIP
Donald Ball, son-in-law of Mr and Mrs Charles Arnold of Lawrence, will announce programs broadcast from the English liner Queen Mary beginning today. Sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System, the broadcasts may be heard over WIBW Topeka and KMBC Kansas City. Ball’s wife, the former Virginia Arnold of Lawrence, is visiting her parents. City work on WPA sidewalks in Lawrence will start next Monday weather permitting. Final aging work on Twelfth Street from Oread to near Mississippi is nearly finished. Miss Ann Louise Kell of 1912 Rhode Island Street will receive a master of science degree from Simmons College in Boston on June 3.
A dense listing of radio programming across stations WDAF KMBC WREN KNBC etc for a May 28 Thursday evening. Campaigning interviews, music from Xavier Cugat, Ozzie Nelson, Erle Smith, Bing Crosby, Gene Krupa style acts, and variety shows fill the late afternoon to midnight slots. The schedule includes orchestras, sports broadcasts, weather, and headlines with notable shows such as Amos n Andy and Dance Time.
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