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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1923
Page
4
The Fort Scott Tribune discusses a Topeka cartoonist's drawings and references the Muscle Shoals project. It notes Mr. Ford’s bid proposal of five million dollars for the entire project and the government’s awareness of the steam plant’s isolation and temporary status.
The piece weighs union demands for time and a half in contracts against industry costs. It notes overtime can raise freight rates and profits may rely on extra hours. It discusses efficiency engineering as a cure and cites labor desires for additional work for higher pay, plus international political tensions influencing policy.
Secretary Weeks rebutted Henry Ford’s attack on selling Gorgas steam plant part of the Muscle Shoals project to Alabama Power. The Gorgas plant near Muscle Shoals on the Warrior River was built to provide power during river project work but cost the government money. The plant site was notified for sale by October 1945 with options to accept the high offer or salvage the plant as secondhand machinery.
The article notes a steady rise in government life insurance carried by ex soldiers in the past year. It states former servicemen hold about one billion and two quarters in policies and suggests many stopped or reduced coverage after the war while others faced financial limits. It also mentions additional policies from fraternal and allied groups.
General Calles, a Sonora native and former governor, has launched a bid for the Mexican presidency. A strong, forceful figure in the Obregon era, he once tried to curb liquor sales in Sonora with a Puritanical decree that proved unenforceable and was eventually withdrawn.
Postal money orders resumes between the United States and Germany while a fruit and vegetable import quarantine takes effect. William H. Vanderbilt wed Emily Davies in New York. ICC hearings study railroad consolidation. Navy invites bids to scrap battleships under a naval treaty. Big gathering in Virginia for a cornerstone laying, with Mass attendance expected.
Grace Episcopal Cathedral Topeka hosts an all day program for the installation of Rev. Theodore Ludlow of Highlands Mass as dean. The event includes Founders Day at the College of the Sisters of Bethany and All Saints Day observances with Bishop James Wise conducting and presiding. Open to clergymen city officials and the public.
H H Motter, collector of internal revenue for Kansas, visited the city yesterday and offered a novelty card. The card features a half tone portrait on white ground with his name inked below and the seal of his office imprinted, described as part of an efficient administration.
Dr. Eugen Schiffer lauds the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague praising American participation as a stabilizing influence. He says Germany won two of three cases involving minorities in Poland and that the court may evolve into an effective international law authority despite initial imperfections.
Norwegian Arctic explorer Christian Leden returns from Greenland with ethnographic and zoological specimens for the Peat body Museum in Brooklyn. He says he has proved Eskimos and Indians are an identical race based on music and other similarities. Westminster committee meeting was not held as Rev. Eliot Porter could not attend. The highest hotel in Europe is under construction near the Jungfrau summit at 11,800 feet.
Brigadier General Henry J Reilly, president of the Reserve Officers Association, will preside at the national convention of the organization to be held in Detroit. The meeting is scheduled for late September with calls for attendance issued to members nationwide.
The Philippines Department of Health and the Rockefeller Foundation will launch a campaign to reduce residential mosquitoes blamed for dengue. The effort aims to curb the insects' presence in homes and protect public health.
In St Louis 15 000 building trades craftsmen will press for a minimum wage of 1 50 an hour next spring. The present base rate is 1 25, with bricklayers and plasterers earning 1 75. Local labor protests and wage scales highlight a busy period of construction planning and labor action across Missouri.
The proposed Indian church bill aims to break away from Canterbury and establish an autonomous Indian church similar to Canada and Australia. Bishops and many clergy favor self government, while English laity fear loss of English worship, rites, and doctrine. The issue threatens a schism within Anglican communities in India.
Lecompton notes report a 0 to 0 high school football tie with Winchester, a Friday home game against Tonkawa, and numerous local visits and social events. Citizens include Mrs M M Brisbin heading to St Louis, Julia Shirk returning from Ottawa, and W M A secretary Alice Bell speaking on Mis. s. 5. Community members travel to Lawrence and Lawrence weather slows travel after rain.
The Loyal Temperance Legion under the W C T U met at Mrs J W Kreider's home on Saturday October 27. Twelve members answered roll call with verses of scripture and pledges. A story titled The Heart of a Child by Mary Drake was read and hygiene lessons for LT L were given. A contest is planned for a future date. Lizzie Ann and Belle Shirley visited from Topeka to see Aunt H A Davidson.
The article reports that among 111 Evanston area boys under 18 tested by Northwestern University and Haverford School for Boys, those with higher scores were likelier to stay with their employer. Follow up showed mean scores rose for those who remained, while those who left cited better positions, returning to school, or discharge as reasons.
The Bible Pilgrimees Propeeas has been translated into more languages and dialects than any other book with the count now exceeding 107.
A quirky Hill Top page presents campus vignettes with professors cheeky questions and freshmen mischief. Scenes include umbrella theft at KU and lighted lanterns, late dates, and jokes about studying and Italian fascism.
Dean Burdick remarks that passing new laws is easy but enforcing them is hard. The Women’s League of Voters hears criticism that merely enacting statutes matters little without effective enforcement. A playful quip follows about ambition and action.
The Niotas club met at Mrs. Rudy Dicker’s Sixth Street home for a song roll call and an old fashioned spelling bees. A Halloween party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Myron L Dicker on Walnut Street drew about thirty guests with games and a witch impersonation by Mrs. James Schroyer. The Wilburn home on Elm Street held a later masquerade evening with taffy and popcorn balls and a witch room lantern showcase featuring several young attendees.
Dr F B Lawrence of Eldorado proclaims a new cure for pyorrhea and will speak at the Eldring Hotel on Friday November 2 for examination treatment and consultations with dentists and physicians to discuss ethical care.
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