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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1936
Page
3
A fragmented notice lists upcoming films and showings at Dickinson Theatre and nearby venues led by presiding managers. It mentions titles and dates, with scattered names of performers and theatres, reflecting a busy local cinema schedule.
The first district federation of women’s clubs passed a resolution urging legislation to cap legal alcoholic content at one half percent. Other measures endorsed include an old age pension law, a child labor amendment, and strict enforcement of narcotics, lottery, and gambling laws. Mrs R E Mauck of White Cloud was named delegate to the council meeting in Tulsa. Marysville, Ohio, Oct 17.
Economist C. E. Baker told the annual conference of extension workers in Manhattan that birth rates may fall due to serious results in U.S. agricultural economies. Baker suggested potential long term effects on demographic trends and economic planning.
In Tones City Oklahoma Ort 1 Miss Lois Malhey fifteen of All City Kansas was fatally struck by a car while walking along highway 77. The driver I D Ross Newkirk said he did not see the girl and companion Elsie Gilmore seventeen of Arkansas City because of approaching lights. In McPherson Kansas J E Bean a paper carrier died from injuries after his delivery vehicle hit a concrete railing of a bridge near Windom. He left a widow and six children.
Former President Herbert Hoover accused the Roosevelt administration of double bookkeeping and intellectual dishonesty in its fiscal policy during an eastern campaign stop in Philadelphia. He urged moral honesty in public discourse, praised global recovery, and criticized budget figures while addressing a Republican rally at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.
Hoover accuses the New Deal of misleading bookkeeping for political aims and claims government expenditures are misrepresented. He argues taxes threaten to rise and deficits loom despite supposed prosperity, urging Congress to cut spending and elect honest leaders Landon and Krex. A separate note highlights Apple Tree Perennial record in Alexandria, noting a 51 year fruit production milestone.
The university department of paintings announces an exhibition titled I gs and Watercolors by James Penney, a Thayer Museum graduate living in New York. The show will be placed on the walls of the south gallery, highlighting his recent work and emergence among younger painters.
A lively University of Kansas night parade ended at South Park with a bonfire as about two to four thousand Lawrence spectators watched 2000 plus students in pajamas and old time nightwear form a snake line. The KU band and Jayhawks led the way with crimson flares and a raucous cheer, while city leaders spoke and local businesses sponsored food and shows.
Final feature of today's Parents Day program is a banquet at 6 PM in the Kansas Union ballroom. Marvin Creager, Milwaukee newspaper editor, will speak. Parents attending with their KU students will enjoy dinner with their children. Robert Sedore will perform a violin solo and the University glee club will sing. John Phillips of Kansas City is toastmaster and president of the men's student council. Prizes awarded for largest student enrollment among parents, greatest distance traveled, and highest attendance by a organized house.
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