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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1940
Page
2
Gov. Fayne Ratner urged the Kansas American Legion to seize a postwar opportunity for patriotic leadership. He warned of public apathy, urged veteran input on national defense, and stressed democracy over dictatorship while calling for accurate information from leaders.
In Lexington Kentucky a resident upset by a loud radio called police. Officers found the noise in a different room and marked the case closed with a light taunt.
The coal black ghost-fish, pale when frightened, displays the unusual ability to move in reverse at will. Several specimens are on display at the American Museum of Natural History.
Los Angeles detectives report a burglar broke into an auto accessories store and painstakingly tackled the safe. He found the combination on the door and opened the safe, finding only small change and some ledgers before leaving a taunting note apologizing and vowing not to return.
Coffeyville Kansas firemen answered an alarm at J E Woods barn and found the owner smoking to quiet a swarm of bees in a clearly angry mood.
Lisbon dispatch reports Otto Strasser, critic of Hitler, seeking refugee status in the United States. The Dixie Clipper carried 27 passengers including Bernard Strasser, a Benedictine monk, and Mrs Anne Harrison wife of the U S minister to Switzerland. Bernard was left behind on a prior attempt due to headwinds. Otto has reportedly lived in a Portuguese fishing village.
In September and October crews collect seeds from burr oak red cedar honey locust Russian olive quail bushes and walnut trees for Kansas shelter belt needs. State forest service director Russell Reitz notes Kansas seeds fit local conditions and avoid eastern sources. Over a dozen species have yielded fruits and seeds since the Maree shelterbelt program began.
Fredonia Kansas schools will rent all textbooks and some workbooks to students for a nominal fee for a third straight term. Books are kept in classrooms and may be checked out for home study. For extra help at home or in the office use Help Wanted classifieds by calling 22.
Washington reports that 520 592 Kansans received social security numbers over the last five years. By June 30 this year 29 029 claims were approved for monthly payments totaling 18 645 dollars. Benefits include 652 primary claims 13 665 dollars to primary beneficiaries 124 wives 65 plus 1 408 to wives 65 plus and 165 for children 1 904. Additional payments include 11 widows 65 plus 205 and 75 widows with young children 1 441 and two parents 65 plus 22. A lump sum total of 21 435 was paid to workers dying after 1939. This month 43 700 Kansans receive public assistance including 27 400 dependent children 1 300 blind and 15 000 dependent children. Since social security began federal state and local funds for public assistance equal 19 011 381 with 13 666 287 for aid and 619 710 for aid to the blind and 4 725 384 to dependent children. Since January 1939 weekly unemployment benefits paid total 3 548 000. The board says 245 000 Kansas workers are covered by unemployment compensation law.
Salina Kansas September reports a new town near the Smoky Hill dam site as Morrison Knudson prepares a 9.9 million project. About 100 of 150 workers are already on site. The project will divert the river underground and build an 17 foot bore as a regulating valve. The dam spans 7000 feet across the valley and will hold a flood control reservoir with recreational potential.
The proposed dam would back up water 25 miles, creating a 1500 acre permanent lake with 15000 acre feet storage. It would hold back floodwater from the Smoky crest, releasing only enough to fill the meandering streambed through Marquette Lindsborg Salina Abilene to Junction City. The project forms part of the Missouri valley flood control program benefiting Kaw River cities in floods.
A historical survey shows women held under 1 out of 10 county offices over the past two decades with counts by year. The figures highlight limited female reach in state and city positions, noting only a handful of women serving as sheriffs, county attorneys, and in state legislatures while men largely control county commissions and major offices.
Kansas Swine Feeders hold annual meeting at Kansas State College in Manhattan on October 19. Prof. C. E. Aubel leads swine investigations and will present livestock industry speakers, reports on the year’s feeding experiments, and demonstrations of meat hog management.
Kansas City market report shows hogs trading unevenly higher with top around 180 to 250 pounds and a few 260 to 300 pound lots. Cattle and calves remain steady to weak with beef slaughter slow and vealers opening low. Sheep listings exist but slaughter lams are scarce with bids steady at about 8.50 or lower for clipped natives.
Six weeks old Edward Hayes Pine son of Mr and Mrs Howard Pine of 689 Elm street died yesterday at Memorial hospital Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 30 pm at Centenary Methodist church in North Lawrence conducted by Rev C J Knox Burial in Memorial Park cemetery
Mrs. Josephine Harris, age 86, died Thursday at her Linwood home. She leaves two sons A. D. Harris of Sparta Illinois and L. J. Harris of Denver Colorado. two daughters Iva Brown of Linwood Kansas and Eva Sheets of Topeka Kansas. Funeral was held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday from the Linwood home with Rev. W. Q. Watson of Eudora officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Sidney cemetery.
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