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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1934
Page
4
Excerpts discuss a biblical verse, Japan inviting France and Italy to denounce the Washington naval treaty, and a looming veteran bonus bill. Mention of currency devaluation and inflation fears accompanies commentary by Arch Jarrell on political campaigning and kissing babies as a campaign trope.
In western Kansas yesterday, a significant snowfall spread moisture over a key wheat region, renewing local faith after weeks of drought. The snow, a natural gift not tied to bonds or government aid, revived hopes for farmers as moisture fell across seat lands.
European dispatches report a peaceful Saar valley solution must be settled within two hours. France favors a plan opposing Germany's return to the Saar in exchange for Germany covering Saar mines costs. The French effort aims to sway plebiscite opposition to Germany.
The article reports France open to peaceful settlement over Saar terms while parties favor force differ. It notes Germany experiencing emergency and Hitler's rigid control, with storm troopers ready as followers press for action and Hitler seen as the sole stabilizing force amid discontent.
Old Home Town notes Curtis A Kansan chosen to succeed the late Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts as Republican leader in the Senate. James B. Watson of Indiana elected vice chairman. Also reports multiple local births weddings and a football game attendance list from Columbia and nearby events including Jennie Eldridge’s marriage to Louis M. Hansen in Columbia Falls Montana.
Twenty five years ago on Wednesday November 25 the annual banquet honoring the Kansas University football team was to be held in Robinson Gymnasium with over 400 guests. Chancellor Strong would preside and respond to the toast list including Dr John Outland Hon J D Bowersock Rev Samuel Garvin Ralph Spotts Uncle Jimmy James C Masker coach Kennedy Capt Carl Pleasant and others. A decorative party by Mrs A Hoge and another hostess was noted in the same column.
A clipped remark shows Claude Callan saying he was appointed to a church committee but did not attend the last meeting because it consisted only of men. The note, attributed to a poorly legible source, hints at social norms of the time.
Forty years ago on Wednesday November 28 readers recall Mrs Greenlee hosting a whist gathering at the Kappa Alpha Theta house with elaborate floral displays and a luncheon for ten tables. The page also notes W E Spalding's dinner for sixteen, Miss Olive Constant entertaining, Judge Means departing for Pueblo, A H Woodward’s Lakewood trip, and Edna Eberhard returning from Topeka after Maude Packard’s wedding. It mentions Nettie Cox’s upcoming marriage to John Kennedy and veteran fire driver H K Covey’s resignation. Local events include football news, Kingsbury’s return, Jonathan Akers back at work, and charity drives for the encampment fund with donations from Russell & Co. and Ellis & Dobbs.
A garbled digest mentions a possum in a Fort William home and a bull chase involving Nick Banans and Harry Kowlaski. It also notes university faculty debates about leisure on Armistice Day and a councilman in Sunbury surrendering his cat to a lodge caretaker amid a long journey by the cat.
London Lord Ashley awarded divorce nisi from Lady Ashley with costs against Douglas Banks Sr. Evidence of intimacy with the actor cited. suit not contested. Also notes reaction to Marina Duke of Kent wedding and Vienna extradition request for Captain Poderjay over Agnes Turverson’s disappearance. Chiang Kai Shek denies dictator aims as China remains unified amid civil wars.
A 77 year old widow, Anna Bockelman of Cherryvale Kansas, plans to pursue a $25 000 estate left by her estranged husband James Bockelman a Springfield Missouri recluse whose body was found at his home. The widow says they were separated for 18 years due to his drinking and a bank recount and moracle ledgers valued over 25 000 were found. Her daughter Martha Haris and her two grandchildren on relief rolls would handle the action to claim the estate, as the Bockelmans had six children, three of whom survive.
Nicholas Trench walks away shaken after being cleared of Osborne's murder. A letter from a cousin Sir Seymour unsettles him as visitors enter to discuss the so called Trench triad amid riotous chatter. The Standard notes the murder trial result and Nicholas's looming meeting with his son and cousin.
The narrator recalls a chaotic scene after the trial as a nurselike cashier, a blue-suited youth, and a rouged woman react to a confrontation. He reflects on public perception and the risk of renewed notoriety, then heads toward Seymour's flat, pondering how ordinary people view his acquittal.
A whimsical tale describes Honey Bear and cubs settling in a cave as night falls. Nearby ducks and other forest characters bid good night while a stray song about Thanksgiving and a global stamp topic wander through the narration.
A discussion of pain’s role in medicine and philosophy, noting pain can warn of harm yet may progress without warning in some diseases. It covers how fear, mood, and psychology shape suffering, especially in children, and stresses balancing sympathy with enabling endurance and security.
Quinton James notes a new stamp tribute by Yugoslavia using two stamps, 175 dinar deep rose and 3.30 dinar ultramarine, featuring a recent photograph of King Alexander I. The design mirrors 1931 type, once again mirroring methods used by Belgium and Germany. The article mentions a Christ statue and references a sequence of prior events.
London November 28 Lord Ashley winner of a decree nisi divorce from Lady Ashley and costs against Douglas Fairbanks Sr. The brief hearing before Sir Bats Merriman lasted eight minutes with Lord Ashley present in a grey suit. The case, connected to Miss Sylvia Hawkes the musical comedian, drew fashionable London society. Costs projected near £2000.
State Medicine will be discussed Sunday at 8 pm at the Unitarian Forum. Henry Werner announces Dr. EA Burkhardt of Kansas City will give the address and lead the open forum. The Forum will be open to the public and invitations go to doctors and medical students in the city.
The text describes Puffy and Panic entering a bear cave in winter and mentions a League of Women assist with meeting arrangements. A Christmas program is set for December 23. Homer C. Bastian, director of the state Federal Housing Administration, will deliver an illustrated talk on housing by Mr. Werner.
The Great Northern Paper Company, the largest U.S. newsprint producer, announced a $2.59 per ton increase for the first six months of 1939, aligning with a national trend to raise newsprint prices by year end. The second six months’ price remains undecided, awaiting industry renditions.
Special Thanksgiving services will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock at Immanuel Lutheran and the Little Stone Church at Tenth and Kentucky. Rev W Stoppelworth says attendance was satisfactory last year and invites all to spend an hour thanking God for blessings. Football tickets for the Minnesota Iowa game were sold on a deferred payment plan.
Fragmentary report notes a shut-off tap loosened at a residence on Massacht Street near Mrs. Tower. Gas escaped through the oven area as authorities seek to collect on a bond related to the incident.
Rt B Stevens has filed suit in district court to collect on forfeited bonds of Marion Gaines who was charged with grand and larceny but failed to appear for trial in the May term. Defendants in the suits are W H Verrell of Lawrence and HG Brown of Topeka. They signed bond for Gaines to the amount of 1500 after he was bound over for trial.
Callander Ontario November 28 AP The Dionne quintuplets are six months old today and, their physician says, in better health than at any time since birth None of the five has any organic disorder Dr A R Dafoe notes they are healthy and big and should have the normal life expectancy of a baby as they grow they should be healthier than other children
The Kansas City region endures heavy snowfall with motorists stranded in drifts as storms sweep Utah Idaho Colorado Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska and the Dakotas. In divorce news Mattie B Grooke sues PD Crooks alleging abandonment neglect and cruelty claiming a marriage in 1890.
Dr Collier Cobb professor of geology at the University of North Carolina died today at 72. Renowned for geological research worldwide, Cobb’s passing marks a major loss to science and academic circles.
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