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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1931
Page
4
Oil production resumed in Oklahoma today as prices linger below one dollar. The administration’s move to lift shutdown orders reflects pressure from producers and banks, yielding a price move though not the promised one dollar.
The article notes a new German cabinet after Hindenburg's move toward a virtual dictatorship to stabilize the economy. Dr. Heinrich Broening remains chancellor and foreign minister, signaling continuity in international conciliation amid domestic economic strain. A new credit corporation to ease finances faces skepticism, including from Senator Glass who fears taking over frozen paper.
Old Home Town notes rushing season closed at the University. Frats plan initiations with first year men fetching, cleaning, and serving. Also mentioned are residents sick with malaria, a high tea for October 16, and the recent awarding of the Marcella Howland Memorial scholarship to Cora Emmett Dolbee. Three diphtheria quarantines reported at Pearce, Gentry, and Hetzel residences.
Ten years ago on Saturday October 10 Albert McNish and family traveled to Lexington Missouri to visit Carl McNish a Wentworth student. Gladys Charles was operated on for appendicitis at McConnell Hospital and is recovering. W R Green of Green Bros plans a stay in Campment Wyoming for two to three weeks. Mrs Benedict recovering after Mayo Hospital operation. Lawrence Country Club hosts a knicker party Thursday with many members likely to attend. Col C E Plath Y M C A physical director away for minor surgery in Topeka. Baldwin school district seeks a $65000 bond for a new high and grade school after an earlier failure.
A comic panel shows Betty delaying finishing a rig while awaiting her beau. The scene underscores her attempt to appear domestic as she waits for his arrival, capturing a lighthearted slice of life from 1928 syndicated cartoon.
In 1891 Kansas records show wheat acreage at 815,430 with a yield of 16.64 bushels per acre. Separately, the Baldwins post office was robbed in the period, noted in regional history notes.
This article explains that pediatric tuberculosis often lacks clear signs and may mimic malnutrition or other conditions. It discusses risk, testing with tuberculin skin test, and how identifying infection guides diet, activity, rest, and overall management to help the child overcome the disease.
Mexico City Oct 10 AP Patriarch Joaquin de Jesus Perez who founded the Mexican national church in 1925 recanted his beliefs on his deathbed and received last rites from a priest shortly before dying. He had denounced the Catholic church and sought a Vatican-free branch, later going to San Antonio Texas where he was ordained patriarch of all Mexico and led two congregations. The movement was largely rejected by clergy and public, attracting only a few priests and a small number of converts. A Journal-Voii classified ad I will rent that vacant room.
Sam Sherrill ends engagement to Peak Abbott after learning Peak anonymously funded her stepfather's invention. She fears a purchase of her affections. Freddy Munson, a former suitor, convinces her the move is to free her, and she orders a cake.
On a sunny cruise, Sam offers marriage to Peak after a long sail to a pine sheltered cove. Peak deflects, admitting business obligations and inner conflict as Sam presses for a life together. He ultimately confesses something that could drive her to despise him.
The Little Black Clock and John and Peesy encounter a boat sitting in red mud that has no water nearby. The Clock volunteers to speak with the boat, prompting a conversation about how it arrived there as John attempts to converse with the boat amid the mud.
Dorothy Canfield recounts Basque life including wars and education, with eight stories in the collection, and Ernest Gordon surveys brewer influence in Prohibition era politics. Other notes cover Wyatt Earp, Jane Matthew, Joffre portraits, birth control advocacy, and publisher mergers shaping modern American letters.
Monday tide sets a strange scene as a boat speaks with a clock and a child named John. The boat insists it needs no rescue and reflects on mud, rest, and being far from deserted while a narrator prompts with questions about waiting.
A local listing shows new nonfiction titles added to the public library shelves. Among the titles are Adams Astrology for Everyone and Allen Americas Story as Told in Postage Stamps, with many others by various authors. In Fort Worth Sierra Blanca area news reports an auto crash on the Bankhead highway killing radio announcer Frank J. Randall and his daughter Virginia Randall, with Clyde Bush of Colorado injured.
A reflective sermon argues that a truly regular man should be defined by noble regularities, not uniform irregularities. It praises individuality and warns against forcing conformity in thought, speech, and conduct while noting core duties, self control, and civic decency as essential.
A composite roundup from Topeka and nearby towns reports Dr. Robert H. Moore named physician at the state penitentiary Lansing to replace R O Settle, effective October 15. Inland Utilities proposes 10 11 percent electric rate cuts for ten western Kansas towns pending PSC approval. The Southwest Kansas Methodist conference elects Judge Karl Miller to lead the lay delegation to the May Atlantic City convention. attendance tops 1500. Wichita District Judge rules a $100000 teaser gift to First Presbyterian must go to heirs, reversing earlier plan. Texas Oklahoma join Kansas to urge an oil embargo with Hoover via tariff commission. Kansas City reports municipal project approvals over 3 million dollars, with work set to begin before winter.
Robed Trinity Lutheran Church choir to perform an unusually fine anthem from Bach cantata 147 titled Gracious Lord of All Our Being. The Lutheran choir, praised as the best in years, should present this number in splendid style at 11 o'clock Sunday.
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