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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1934
Page
4
Fragmentary text cites discussions on banking, finance policy, and constitutional issues. Mentions Jesse H Jones, the American Bankers Association, and proposed reductions in bank examinations. Notes tension between reforms and constitutional limits amid a wide political context.
The American Legion committee suggests removing two billion dollars needed for the soldiers' bonus to ease monetary strain. They argue that borrowing two billion for the bonus or for other spending to increase circulation is ill advised, forcing the administration to differentiate between paying the bonus and borrowing for broader prosperity.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers edged the Kansas Jayhawkers 14 to 7 to snap a drought and win in a tight contest. Nebraska scored two touchdowns and held Kansas to a single fourth quarter tally, delivering a hard fought victory in front of home fans.
Floyd Lawrence city clerk announced 9 051 citizens of Lawrence are registered to vote for the November 4 election. Genevieve Chalkley hosted a dinner for Mr and Mrs Victor Murdock of Wichita. Andrew MacDonald Lawrence high school football coach scouted a Washington Rolla School of Mines game for staff. Secretary Wallace of agriculture died at Naval Hospital in Washington. Fire department responded to a play house fire on New Jersey street after Halloween party activities.
McCookfield and surrounding hills will be under police watch next week to shield the University of Kansas football squad from spies seeking details of secret practice. Chi Omega sorority hosted one of the season’s most beautifully appointed parties Saturday evening.
Fragmented social notes recounting entertainments and travels. Miss Lilli and guests enjoyed a five course meal with chaperones in Topeka. Mr and Mrs Tidrow study china painting then travel to Chicago. Mrs Julia Fullerton and daughter plan an East trip to Washington and Palm Beach. Ed Alexander and family depart for a three week East and North tour with T M Carney as substitute agent for Union Pacific.
Forty years ago on Thursday October 25 a Nebraska horse trader band rode through town with many loose horses. Lawrence residents missed Duncan MacGregor’s lecture. those who attended found it eloquent and instructive. Miss Minerva Thomas left for Memphis to teach in public schools. Across town meetings drew large crowds at Witlow Springs Harmony and Eberhart with speakers including Judge Norton A C Mitchell J E Poulis G H Tucker and B F Hoskinson. Local enrollments rose at the Business College evening school. A new house rises at Lincoln and Main, and Ben Hessian advertises work while employing many local youths.
A disparate set of brief items reports a posse searching for Arthur Halstead who joined to search for himself, a stabbing wind injuring Naomi Filbery in Berkeley, a damaged tax document destroyed by a cotton eating goat in Mississippi, and a jailer in Fairmont celebrating the birth of a daughter with a weighty joke about his new child weighing over ninety pounds and two ounces.
A historical note details an 1854 Anti Liquor Act incident in Lawrence Missouri where a saloon attempt fails after whiskey escapes a barrel through a hole bored in the wagon bed. The tale reflects early temperance era misadventures and local enterprise clashing with law.
President Roosevelt hopes for decisive federal action to curb a growing oil surplus. Federal agencies in Oklahoma City coordinate with the petroleum industry as directors of the Independent Petroleum Association of America approve a plan to band together with inter-state compacts. Governors and oil-state officials join in urging Roosevelt to prevent the crude oil price collapse.
Marian overhears McSwain plotting with William Brown inside the summer house as Silver and Lon plot social schemes. Marian confronts McSwain, threatening disclosure of Brown's trial and the construction plans for a school house, risking exposure and prison.
Mary wit Bonner recounts Top Notch the leader and a caravan of gipsies near Puddle Muddle. The bears Jelly Bear Honey Bear and cubs join the group around a fire, then slip away to snatch food as others sleep. Rumors drift of a nearby camp and safe food abundance.
Medical guidance notes that X rays alone cannot confirm pneumonia. Diagnosis relies on symptoms and case history, as lung shadows are not definitive. Emphasizes starting treatment early and mentions tomorrow's one dose immunization.
Hollywood gossip and public notices mix in a column noting political talk around Appie Sinclair and Irvin Cobb in Los Angeles. Aimee Semple McPherson’s birthday concert features a playlet about her life, while city life clocks birth and death rates and the frequency of divorces and weddings. Film industry pay scales, royalties on Sun of the Sheik and The Earle, and outdated Who’s Who entries wrap the roundup as editors muse on fame.
Senator Norris of Nebraska urges voters to approve a November 6 ballot measure to switch Nebraska to a one house legislature. He argues unicameralism would curb backroom conference procedures and increase accountability to the people, influencing national interest.
Community notes from Pleasant Grove recount visits to relatives near Baldwin and Kansas City, with church attendance, a Halloween party, and local sewing and spelling activity. Residents include Florys, Bonds, Daniels, Disques, Petersons, and McCain family. trips from High Prairie and Overbrook noted, plus a Royal show trip to Kansas City.
Mr and Mrs QO McNees spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Porter Bond near Lono re to Mrs and Mrs Curtis spent Thursday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Austin Flory and their pupils Mr and Mrs Gnat visited from California Maurice Knott accompanied Mrs Williams to the Royal Stock Kansas City in recent days Mrs and Mrs Clifford Christen were noted in the county social page
A fragmentary local notice lists numerous families from Valley Grove and nearby areas visiting relatives and attending gatherings. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Curtis, Mrs. Mary Martini, Mr. and Mrs. Willia Puckett, Neal Banka and baby, Lee Gray near Centropolis, Walton Boyd and son, Harry Gregg and children, Roscoe Whitman and children, Gilbert Whitman, Delia Whitman and Walter Victor Schott, H. N. Roles, Flory Gore Old and Woren of Valley Grove, and others visiting kin and CCC camp attendees at Lone Star. The piece reads like a community social column with scattered names and weekend visits.
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