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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1931
Page
4
A Lawrence Kansas page recalls Memorial Day and honors war dead, stressing patriotic duty and the ordinary citizen’s sacrifice. It also critiques postwar disarmament talks, warns of persistent deficits, and notes looming fiscal challenges as Congress faces a 4 billion dollar gap and future budget battles.
The piece argues graduates expect few jobs but typically find work after a year, though not always in their chosen field. It notes Russia’s push to mechanize, with engineers recruited globally but Russian labor resisting factory work, and reports Missouri river engineers hoping for June high water to scour a new channel amid a broad billion dollar federal deficit.
Old Home Town notes Bertie Rankin’s sixth birthday party at his father John K Rankin’s home with guests Nellie Morris May Rushmer May Russell Cora Shaw Frances Isabel Steinberg Emma Spriggs May Beatz da Achning Libby Hull Willie Rushmer Arthur Oliver Johnnie Rushmer Bertie Specer Harry Noble Frank Fagrium Clarence Yowell Mrs Benjamin Akers family to summer in Charles City Ia Prof Leslie to conduct music festival in Bismarck Prof W H Carruth to Europe for summer trip English French German department professor Carruth to visit England France Germany Charles Prentiss son of ee Prentiss hosts a birthday party with over one hundred children in attendance.
Thirty five years ago on May 30 a Y M C A canoeing class is planned for the old Kaw river. Luther Gustafson Ivor Langley Dudley Asher and Nelse Ockerlad built a cedar canoe for ten. the craft will float toward Cameron’s Bluff and other points.
The marriage of Miss Clara Brinkman and John Montgomery both of Lawrence occurred in Topeka Saturday morning. Probate Judge J. D. M. Hamilton issued the license and performed the ceremony. Miss Brinkman has worked recently at the Merchant's National Bank and Montgomery is the city editor of the Lawrence Gazette.
Saturday evening offers a dinner and towel shower for Miss Loujee Elki and her father Hage, with Nency Longnecker hosting an informal musicale. Guests include Mr and Mrs Frank Herron Smith and Phillip Hazzard of New York City. Abe Wolfson and relatives plan a Sunday visit to Brown's ore. A surgical operation is planned Saturday to remove a patient’s tonsils at Simmons Hospital.
Wichita Mrs Francis H Johnson 88 last charter member of Eastern Star Kansas died at Masonic hospital longtime Emporia resident. Emporia commencement honors 77 Kansas State Teachers College graduates with address by Rep Homer Hoch. Topeka state labor chief says 1981 wheat harvest needs little outside help unemployment surplus labor caution for workers. Topeka Missouri Kansas Texas railroad tax suit continues to June 10 at Fort Scott rail line contested tax 30 percent 1929 20 percent 1980 across 17 counties. Junction City Kansas State Elks elect Fred M Brown Newton president Wichita to host 1932 convention. Fort Riley Lt Charles E Eggan Garden City elected president Kansas Reserve Officers Association at ninth annual convention succeeding Capt W D Reilly Fort Leavenworth.
Alabama farmers sold thousands of spring lambs through the state farm bureau this year. Kentucky anticipation rests on a large spring lamb crop and a wheat output rise. North Carolina awards 66 farmers Live at Home Grade A certificates. Berry growers of Chadbourn sold 216,987 dollars worth of berries in early May. Arkansas May 1 crop conditions hover above the ten year average. Scotland county farmers cut cotton acres by fifteen percent. E D Kelly grows fifty acres of small grain for a forty cow dairy herd. Alabama reports 28,735 4 H club members. Mississippi creameries produced nearly 7 million pounds of butter in 1980 and milk processed for retail in 1986 totaled 53 billion pounds.
Nan Kamp of St. Louis, once the fiancé of Samuel Levitt, Chicago hotel owner, receives $96,265 from his estate after breaking an engagement seven years prior. The probate court awarded the sum yesterday, honoring a written agreement that Levitt had promised to leave her $100,000.
A lively critique discusses Indiana Jane as a humorous satire on English and American manners with humorous clashes among Dukes and Lords. It notes lively dialogue and the plot of a heartful movie actress who bonds with a found child, while withholding key twists. Also reviewed are Alfred Nieke’s The Last Voyage and related volumes in the Torch Bearers cycle, plus The Flying Dutchman biography touching on prewar and wartime aviation details and Fokker’s role.
A fragmented critique discusses books and authors including Knute Rockne biographies, Willa Cather’s Shadows on the Rock, and Umberto Nobile. It notes wordplay on booksneaf, praise and protest in literary circles, and upcoming publications by Warner, Morrow, and Knopf with a focus on biographical and historical topics.
Nora faces disillusion in Sussex after a tangled love triangle with Jon Thayer and Nora’s cousin Nora Lake. She reconciles with Fergus as Aunt Em and Hallie urge her toward a separate life, planning a cottage and future, while Jon’s crisis and Nora’s search for belonging unfold amid spring's promise.
A fragmentary excerpt shows two strangers separated by distance as one plans work and study abroad for two years. He imagines returning to share omelets and Hallie’s readings, while Nora remains obstinately silent, leaving her fate unresolved in this closing installment.
John and Peggy observe spiders weaving thread balconies and gliding on sticky lines, while the Clock explains spiders are not true insects but small animals without backbones. The scene ends with the Clock returning to his desk as night falls and the children bid him good night.
A discussion on children's camps highlights camp life as broadly beneficial for urban children. It stresses open air exposure, exercise, social learning, leadership, independence, and harmonious interaction with peers, noting psychological benefits from the camp environment.
The article urges thoughtful camp enrollment with medical exams before admission and ongoing oversight. It stresses daily inspections, sanitation measures, safe water, and pasteurized milk, plus supervision by a physician and nurse. It warns against excessive activity while promoting wholesome outdoor experiences to balance impressionable children.
A reader defends dogs as faithful guardians and warns against harsh laws while praising the city’s 30 day jail sentence for stray dogs. Another letter recalls the hog ban era and urges stricter dog control, noting dogs wander the streets and threaten public comfort and safety.
A columnist argues for restraining dog traffic to improve sanitary conditions, recalling past times when dogs were plentiful and noting dangers from stray, hungry animals and uncontained dogs. The piece laments unsanitary effects and favors stricter controls.
A quirky collage reports primitive natives curious about a mining airship, followed by tidbits: plumbers from France and Switzerland arriving in New York, a Bell Laboratories clean-up caution, a child in Kentucky who can name every state capital, Hoover family travels, a new association for rich condition improvements, and a note on biblical birds in the American forestry magazine outlining dove and eagle counts.
A compact retrospective notes Methodist statistics for Kansas 1882 showing 4458 members 6703 probationers 497 local preachers and 302 churches with property value 682954. 1883 Neosho Valley Press Association meeting Chanute and J H Rice re elected Fort Scott Monitor president. Ottawa hosts Sporta men’s tournament. Classified ad for selling real estate The Journal World. Lawrence Business College promotes intensive training with summer session beginning next week.
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