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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1935
Page
4
Kansas City editorial notes on Governor Landon for president, railroad deregulation and New Haven bankruptcy, Ethiopian crisis interest in Kansas, school financing pooling debates, PWA allocations, WPA employment outlook, and Japan's possible role in Philippine independence events.
State Superintendent Markham argues that Kansas public school costs could drop with careful consolidation of districts. He notes prior superintendents have pointed to this possibility, yet the approach has received limited adoption.
In Old Home Town Desire a 700 Singers campaign, the Lawrence Choral Union plans weekly rehearsals at 7 30 tomorrow evening in Memorial High School auditorium as enrollment climbs beyond 400 with aim near 700 by campaign end.
Twenty five years ago Lawrence hosts the twelfth annual Daughters of the American Revolution conference. Tonight the Betty Washington chapter welcomes guests at Mrs. home as events continue today and tomorrow highlighting lineage and heritage.
A short joke in 1935 era style notes Dave's young second wife can travel by plane while his older divorced wife cannot. It mentions five children and the disruption of running in the aisle, reflecting light social humor of the period.
A. Marks, 702 Louisiana, and Mrs. George T. Guernsey of Independence appear as state regent and state vice regent with nineteen Kansas chapters, limited attendance. The Man of the Hour drew a full house as Harry English and John Moore led a strong cast. Mike Lynch, Jayhawker end, sidelined by mumps, was to star against Washburn. Dr. Naismith ordered him home after leading athletic funds inquiry. Golden wedding notice for G. H. Embry and wife in San Antonio. State Board of Education grants more teaching certificates including life for Lalia Walling and renewals for August Krehbeil and Edna Teeter. Miss Robb Young and Max Wilhelmi wedding planned. Gretchen Rankin and Nat Berry high scorers at whist. Boeners return from five-week Florida trip. Vic, Art, and Walter attended Nebraska football game.
Fort Worth era brief items note Hester obtains crystal spectacles agency and schedules Dr Ayers eye fittings November 4 to 10. Dr and Mrs Newman travel to Hiawatha to visit relatives. A mason’s candidate injury updates. Kent club names officers. Republican meeting at Kennedy Valley with speakers Nevison Pockety Dick and Rady. Local sales on corsets, pork produce, restaurant moves, Elm and Rhode Island home upgrades, and potato egg price shift. Kate Jenkins of Boston visits Mrs Wilder.
Kansas news briefs report an Arkansas City hit and run with two jailed suspects, a Hutchinson stockman’s death after illness, Topeka election of a neuropsychiatric association president, and Kansas corn hog payments totaling over 19 million dollars. Also notes a Western League change with Dr A J McLaughlin elected president.
Anne Farnsworth returns to Portland with Rob Crocker after a fatal car crash that kills her mother and injures her father Luke. Amid anger from Charlotte and Sharice, Anne faces mourning and responsibility, while Rob seeks to shield her as she wakes to a grim future.
Jelly Bear and friends plan a grand birthday for Willy Nilly. Each works on gifts, while Rip and Sweet Face collect underbrush for kindling, hiding it near Willy Nilly's house as preparations unfold for his annual celebration.
In the late century progress in nutrition blended chemistry and physiology. German work shaped ideas while American scientists tested diets. They argued "purified" protein fat and carb blends harm health rather than aid growth in animals.
Scientists argued that beyond three food elements additional factors were essential for health. They identified vitamins, with vitamin B described by Dr Elmer V McCollum in 1915 as a water soluble vitamin. It was first found in protein free milk and later in many foods including cabbage eggs peas milk tomatoes tuna and yeast.
A collage of vignettes from 1895 turtle engraving by historian Edward Grimm in Toronto Ohio to a Sunbury Pennsylvania auction find of $93 hidden behind glass. Other items note Zion Wisconsin political remarks about the New Deal pork ban, Chicago fashion show streamlines, and a theft of a gasoline tank at a Sapulpa Oklahoma station.
Herbert Plummer notes crowds at the Supreme Court as key decisions approach the new deal era. The Hoosac Mills case on the AAA processing tax stands as the main attraction, with at least five other major new deal test cases pending involving federal tax authority and constitutional questions.
Radio listings show a dense lineup across WDAF KMBC WREN KNBC and WNAF with opera, light concert and dance bands. Notable names include Alma Kitchell Lucille Manners Abe Lyman Enric Madriguera Jack Major and Ray Noble, plus orchestras led by Kostelanetz Lyman and Norris.
The article lists six major pending cases tied to farm programs and the electric power yardstick. It names the Hoosac Mills tax case, a Tennessee Valley Authority power sale case, a condemnation power challenge for slum clearance, and two cotton control act cases involving interstate transport and tax collection on state land. Also noted is ouster proceedings against Galena mayor Fred Farmer filed by the state attorney general.
Bremerton Washington October 25 Prosecutor R W Miller filed a first degree murder charge against Leo Hall 33 now held in Seattle for questioning about the Erlands Point mass murders of 1934 Hall is charged with murdering Eugenie Chenevert one of the six victims in the case
A fragmented list presents authors and works across fiction and non fiction including Cather Lucy Gayheart Buchan House of the Four Winds and Montgomery Mistress Pat plus non fiction such as Theory and Practice and Sales and Advertising. The compilation includes Isely Sunbonnet Days and Life With Father among varied titles.
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