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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1938
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates and delivery information for the Lawrence Journal-World, including weekly and monthly options, advance payments, and mileage charges. It credits Thompson Inc and national AP syndication, notes audit bureau membership, and provides postal and contact details for missing delivery.
A religious excerpt quotes John 15 5 about abiding in Christ yielding fruit while apart from him nothing productive can occur. The passage emphasizes spiritual fruitfulness and dependence on the vine.
Alfred Landon argues in a dinner speech that the United States will muddle through current difficulties. He notes democracies often appear inefficient while autocracies seem efficient, then cautions against assuming non democratic systems are superior. He suggests democracies muddle openly, unlike secretive autocracies.
An editorial notes ghost writing in Tibet religious practice and in academia and politics. It cites two U S senators using identical speeches and argues for limits on ghost writers and self written speeches.
Vienna reports former Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg has been taken north by German authorities. Destination and removal details remain undisclosed. He reportedly suffered a nervous breakdown and friends fear the phrase taken north echoes past terms for removal or death.
WPA authorities say a special effort will supply harvest labor in Kansas from relief rolls this year. Workers who find private jobs will return to relief without delay when the job ends, addressing prior years’ cling to relief due to job uncertainty.
Among thirteen CCC camps in Kansas the one at Lone Star in Douglas county remains active building the dam. Completion time is hard to calculate and probably another year will be required to finish the project.
The Indianapolis Speedway winner yesterday averaged over 117 miles per hour. Observers note that about 40 miles remains a practical limit for most motor car drivers.
The Parsons Sun notes a $17 516 allotment for a county wide sanitation project with officials unaware of details. It compares to Leavenworths $25 000 feathers renovation and touts Neodesha s new post office opened years ago as a model while urging a second Parsons post office for better service.
A guest at the Virginia Country Club in Richmond tried a No 6 iron against a 152 yard par-3 wind and made a hole in one after Bobby Rogers urged the shot. In Portland detectives investigated a burglary and found a man in bed claiming he had locked himself out and his family was away.
Letters to the editor raise questions about why Congress passed the Farm Bill with many not understanding it, the intent to curtail production, and how farmers should manage crops given weather, pests, and markets. The writer cites concerns about raising wheat and corn, imports, and the impact on sound farming practices, noting an upcoming talk by Mr Casement in Douglas County on June 2.
No commencement address for 57 graduates of Brea Elementary School. Instead they will view motion pictures they took themselves of their activities during the past year in Brea California on May 31.
Detective Jack Greer notes a string of odd backyard deliveries in Chicago. A fat pig is the latest haunting, following pigeons a goose and a duck, and a bill that ate the flowers. He expresses weary humor over the strange trend.
Analysis of potential Republican gains in the 76th Congress with Kansas implications and committee chairmanships. Note on a new pension increase for Spanish War veterans, with aid and attendance benefits rising to 100 dollars a month and automatic application guidance.
In Pittsburg Kansas a 36 hour old baby and his mother Mrs Vasquez Santos were saved by an ambulance last night after their storm wrecked Cornell area home flooded streams and uprooted trees. The same storm crossed into Missouri at Frontenac Joplin and Carthage damaging buildings and crops. Singapore was purchased by Britain in 1824.
The article notes President Coolidge selecting a summer White House on the Brule river near Superior Wisconsin offered by the heirs of Henry Clay Pierce. Additional items include four airmen crossing the Pacific from Oakland to Honolulu and other regional news such as a Fritz super-service station opening and various speaking engagements by Chancellor Lindley.
At the commencement exercises Edward Todd, junior class member, received the scholarship cup as the best all around student. The Budget annual debuted with a staff list including Todd and others. Also noted are speeding charges against taxi driver Indian Red in Lawrence and local social and business items.
The K U Dramatic club performs As You Like It at 4 pm Friday in the woods before Snowhall with seating erected. East group includes M D Rafter Edward Copley T D Avery Ernest Kenyon Oscar Learnard Dr Woodruff Frank Post Will Walker Franklin Baker T H Gilbert Eva Brown Agnes Hansen Lelia Douthart Stella Case. The Lawrence Steam light city opens in Poehler block run by Wyman of Leavenworth. The Lake View club picnic drew 700 to 900. music by Steinberg's Topeka orchestra and dancing in the trees. Mrs Butland arrived from London with children and sister to reside here. husband died from swallowing a penny years ago.
Asey Mayo investigates Marina Lorne's death tied to the Frye family and the Octagon House. Pam Frye hides fifty thousand dollars in ambergris while Jack Lorne reveals Marina never married him, instead to Timothy Carr. Tim Carr’s alibi unravels as townsfolk discuss hidden loyalties.
Christopher Wonders presents Willy Nilly and Little Yellow Beak in a Sunset Story where time guides daily duties. Willy Nilly claims the clock nudges him toward garden chores as the day progresses and a quiet moral about routine emerges.
In a whimsical scene, Mrs Quacko Mrs Quacker Top Notch Willy Nilly and others hurry to tend to tasks as a watch is found by Yellow Beak. Christopher Columbus Crow lingers on the windowsill pondering what comes next.
Topeka residents the Brown and Bohnsack families joined Harold and Rose Daugherty for Sunday dinner. Emporia and Kansas City guests visited, with multiple medical updates from Lawrence Memorial Hospital and local trips to Gardner and Paola. The Erwin family relocated from the Kaiser house on highway 10 in East Eudora.
A lengthy social note lists numerous dinner and Sunday visits across Kansas communities. Names include the Everleys of Clark Street, the Bartz and Ouderkirk families, and Mrs. Vitt of DeSoto. The records mention trips to Lawrence, Belleview, Kanopolis areas, and Captain's Creek with multiple relatives gathering.
A J Hudson of Cleveland Ohio was elected president of the Northern Baptists convention Monday with 749 votes to 294 for Dr Gordon Palmer a fundamentalist preacher. Hudson is Milwaukee May 31.
A dense listing of radio programs across WREN KMBC WDAF WD and more for Tuesday night into Wednesday early morning, naming hosts orchestras and show titles such as Ashburn and Bratton Vivian Della Chiesa Benny Goodman and Amos n Andy. It lists time blocks from 5:30 through 1:00 and includes weather forecasts newscasts and dance music.
The Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia hosts a convention that passes resolutions urging elimination of liquor traffic in America and opposing U S participation in an international armament race.
Kansas Governor Wal ter A. Huxman will deliver his sole Kansas college commencement address of the season at Bethel College in Newton on Thursday night. The program includes an honorary doctor of laws degree for the governor. Adjacent puff promotes daily classified ads.
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