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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1940
Page
4
A daily publication lists the price and mailing details with a Thanksgiving biblical verse from Proverbs. It notes second class matter with a Lawrence Kansas post office entry under the 1879 act. The snippet ends with a religious verse about honoring the Lord with substance and increase.
Observers note Thanksgiving as a private family observance, with homes quiet and gratitude for blessings. The article recalls four centuries of celebration in the country, marking peace, harvest completion, and hope for better days ahead.
Senator Gillette and Maurice Milligan met to decide on investigating the Kansas election. They chose to take no action citing lack of evidence of fraud or improper procedure. The outcome undercuts partisan appeals and signals a political campaign buildup for the next cycle.
The Logan-Walter bill advancing to court reviews of government bureau rulings passed the Senate with surprising ease. It signals a strong shift against a system where departments effectively make and enforce their own laws. Congress would hold the law making power to prevent chaotic conditions and subordinate agency actions to general law.
The Hays News criticizes Democratic leaders in Kansas for asserting that Governor Ratner won via absentee votes from non residents. It questions legal residence of voters and notes changes the absentee ballot law made to voting from outside the state.
The article explains absentee ballots can be obtained by notifying officials to deliver ballots for election day. It notes many voters likely vote absentee while spending most time outside Kansas, using the law for convenience as the rationale behind its passage.
A Lawrence source notes the plan shifts surplus commodities from relief to areas with real need, cutting freight costs to those with local surpluses. This year’s shipments of cabbage potatoes and pears highlighted inefficiencies and sparked debate over who will receive purchases under the new system.
The defeated party in the Mexican election blames U S support for the current regime. Henry Wallace, soon to be vice president, travels to Mexico as a special envoy to the inauguration. Mexican opinion has formed views ahead of his visit, amid debate over the timing.
The Norwegians are suspected of loosing avalanches to hinder German forces. In every country where they move behind air raids and tanks, Germans are not regarded with affection.
President Hoover announced William N Doak will serve as secretary of labor succeeding James J Davis. Doak has led the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen as a general officer for sixteen years.
Oliver Kelly of six miles north of Burlington solved stock water shortages by terracing strip cropping and contour farming. He completed a pasture pond with help from the CCC camp and soil conservation specialists. He believes every 160 acres of pasture should have a pond to secure water and reduce Neosho river floods.
Local items report Amer Cement Plaster company to keep Lawrence offices with a Chicago sales office planned. A black horse was stolen near Eudora. Neighbors hosted a farewell for Mr. and Mrs. Rogers near Lecompton. Ruth Dyche hosted a chafing dish supper and theater outing. Grace Winey celebrated a birthday with friends. Informal Country Club dance featured music by Henry McCurdy with a large guest list.
Seventeen of Kansas Senate's forty members are University of Kansas graduates. Alumni secretary Fred Ellsworth lists Mt. Oread alumni including C. I. Moyer Severance Robert C. Rankin Lawrence William D. Reilly Leavenworth Charles W. Garrison Garnett Stanley E. Tolans Russell Robert S. Lemon Pittsburg Clarence P. Oakes Independence Kirke W. Dale Kansas City William J. Wertz Wichita L H Ruppenthal McPherson Morris Johnson Salina M V B Van DeMark Concordia Walter F. Jones Hutchinson Riley W. MacGregor Medicine Lodge John A. Etling Kinsley Dr J B Carter Ellsworth Raimon G Walters Garden City.
Asphyxiation from gas fumes in a 100 barrel oil tank on the W. C. Shock lease near Beggs Oklahoma claimed Har old Copeland 20 and C. A. Crane 49. Copeland's brother Harry 31 was overcome saving the bodies and expected to recover.
Sheriff Myers buys a twenty turkey four pounders and twenty four mince pies for prisoners. Various social visits and Thanksgiving plans are noted including Mrs Hultz hosting guests and Miss Scanman Thompson Chapman Smith Allen and Collins attending. John Williams returns home for holidays and Miss Winifred Blanche Headen wed Alvin Arthur Bessey at the Headen home. Thad Stevens and Scott Holloway win turkeys at a shoot. Photographer Goodnight praised for windmill and suspension bridge photos. Congressman Charles Curtis visits Haskell Institute to support Native affairs.
Miss Dorotha Bradford hosted Sunday supper in Lawrence with Grace Irwin Christine Reb and Catherine Van Keuren. The Baker Faculty club planned the Christmas party at Parmenter Commons with Rice Liston as chairs. The Rotary Club hosted the Anns for Thanksgiving dinner in the College cafe with a radio quiz program and a perfect score by the Anns. Los Angeles visitors Philip Larner and family were guests.
Madrid reports the Spanish press led a campaign for self discipline listing noisy talk and public gesturing as habits to curb. ABC named these behaviors as targets for improvement in public places as of November 28.
Wesley York frets over a botched date as Ronica confronts him after a tense encounter with Lena Montoya. Andre Girardeau watches the drama, while Lena gauges an opportunity as pager of intrigue and the rival ring exchange signals a deeper plot.
Atlanta readers asked how wide the paper columns are and learned a column is two inches. A caller sought to bake a cake using the paper as a measuring guide after claiming a recipe required a pan of a certain diameter. The exchange highlights how the paper serves as a practical tool.
S P Hurst took his six month old bird dog into the country for her first hunting experience. The dog spotted chickens and lunged from an open car window injuring her hip. The injury will prevent hunting this season.
Mrs. Carrie O. Aston died November 20 1940 at 1228 Ohio Street at age 58 years 9 months and 11 days. Born February 9 1882 in Morganville Kansas she joined Lutheran churches by infant baptism and confirmation. She married Walter Douglas Aston August 1911 in Morganville while he taught at Cambridge University. She and son and daughter pursued education with ties to Gottingen University and Trinity Lutheran Church in Lawrence. She was KU graduate and an active missionary society leader.
Radio listings show WREN WDAF KMBC and WDAI programs from 6 PM to 12 AM on Thursday with variety acts, news and weather. Friday continues with similar prime time lines including Bobby Barton Tom Mix Glenn Miller and Amos and Andy, ending with weather.
The obituary notes a long time Springfield resident active in church and Sunday school. She led the Round Table Literary club as president from 1937 to 1939 and is survived by two daughters Mary and Katherine, sisters in Lawrence and Springfield, a brother in Morganville, Kan, thirteen nieces and nephews and four grand nieces and nephews. The deceased was also connected to Bryn Mawr College and the public school system through family.
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