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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1931
Page
4
Lawrence Kansas paper page includes subscription rates, contact addresses, and telephones. It also prints weather notes, Legion stance on veterans' compensation, wheat surplus outlook, and a safety drive urging slower driving near schools in Lawrence.
The bill aims to lower public expenses by targeting all public servants while halting the policy of borrowing to support the dole. Lord Cecil notes Europe’s fragile finances with no war signs, yet Bernard Baruch warns a war threat looms. Congress faces December action as observers disagree on the danger.
County and city commissioners and the school board strive to reduce overhead, urging citizens to offer constructive cost-cutting ideas. The Salina Journal notes many agree the nation must lower expenses, with debate on tax increases versus bonds as part of balancing the budget.
Miss Jane Adams returns from Phoenix to spend the summer with her mother. Stockman Jacob Badsky buys the Sparks residence at 6th Massachusetts street. Paleontologist C. H. Sternberg reports a successful summer in Cove County Kansas. Eberhardt family plans a South Park reunion with a picnic dinner. Master William Anderson hosts a birthday party for friends. Victor Walling heads to Tawrenes from Cannana to study at Harvard. Ray Merwin departs for Harvard for graduate work in economics and sociology.
Ten years ago in San Antonio a devastating flood killed many as waters swept the city overnight. Thirty bodies were recovered today with property losses around five million dollars and at least thousands left homeless. The era's nightly disaster sparked extensive relief efforts and memorials. Dr. F. E. Gordon, who spent the week with his family at 1716 Mississippi, is set to dedicate a new Methodist church in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, Monday.
Dr Gordon travels to Erie Ohio to launch an evangelistic campaign after completing summer work with Standard Chautauqua Co of Lincoln Nebraska. Mrs Mattoon of Beatrice Nebraska hosted a teatime for W J Mattoon friends and a reading club. Thelma Clack of Kingman Arizona plans a five day visit. Ernest Pickering of Lawrence Kansas earns university award then departs for Europe as architecture prize trip.
In a discussion from the era, Dr Lago Galdston outlines how infantile paralysis spreads, notes it is caused by a tiny living organism and virus found in bodies of patients and contacts, and urges strict quarantine, disinfection, and preventive measures such as pasteurization, screening, insect guards, and avoiding crowds, with guidance for caring for suspicious cases.
In 1884 E N Morrill of Hiata tha elected president of the state fair with Joab Mulvane of Topeka as secretary and treasurer. The following year 1885 the state soldiers orphans home is located at Atchison.
A collage of short items: Doris Duke owns seven cars and four homes after inheriting tobacco wealth. Charlotte Milburn injured by a cigarette touching balloons at a fancy dress party. W B Ester, arriving with $201 after a hold up of his car. Poultney Bigelow marks his 16th birthday with calls for strong crime cleanup. Shanghai tourists observe seven week funerals with priests and gongs. Dr Percival Symonds finds teachers favor well behaved students over rough ones. Notice Judge Carter advocates barring unemployment excuses for traffic court fines.
Two men robbed Frank Reid, owner of a Winfield confectionery, last night in Winfield Kansas. The bandits held the proprietor and three Southwestern student assistants at bay and escaped with 53 dollars, while a branch post office in the same building was left untouched.
Sam confronts love versus money as she remains engaged to Peak while secretly loving Freddy Munson. Peak weighs a dramatic choice after Freddy’s visit, and Sam tries to shield her future by stalling the wedding and managing her finances amid family pressure.
In a warm nostalgic scene John and Peggy watch a milk plane arrive at the air farm landing platform. A pilot and crew load bottles via machinery that transfers directly into the plane. The couple join the flight, learning how the system operates as they skim the countryside, stopping to drop off milk at each stop.
Pittsburg sees a sharp decline in demand for food barrel slaves. Pittsburg Teachers College faculty and student leaders vote against paddling freshmen. Great Bend reports about seventy five tons of fish removed from shallow Cheyenne bottoms. Manningham: Riley County commissioners order a ten percent pay cut for all appointive county officers. Pittsburg president Brandenburg announces 101 more students enrolled on the first day than last year, with ninety one new arrivals.
On Tuesday enrollment began as Beloit welcomed members of the Kansas League of Municipal Bands for their annual fall convention. Readings and performances were scheduled from Cuba to Bennington with groups from Man-kato Salina Concordia Clay Center Ellsworth Beloit Minneapolis and other towns contributing concerts.
Mahatma Gandhi, returning to European soil after 15 years, told the Associated Press that Britain faces domestic turmoil and is unlikely to reject India's demands for self government. He warned that refusal could renew civil disobedience and boycott, with potential violence, but urged arbitration first and emphasized complete financial autonomy and a dominion status within a partnership with the empire.
Evelyn Price a 17 year old high school student died in a Kansas City hospital from injuries after she fell or was thrown from a rapidly moving car at 39th and Walnut streets. Police could not locate Roy Newburn 20 believed to be her companion. Officers think she fell from the car due to its speed around a corner and Newburn fled in fright.
Oak Ridge district sent many members to the Mt Hope Nursery fair with numerous exhibits and awards. Ruth Blough and Willet Taylor gave talks, a stock parade and style show entertained, and music by Lone Star twins complemented Thursday events. Local families Gus Hadl Halderman Maloney Holcom and others attended weekend activities and a baseball game at Shook's diamond in North Lawrence.
Ives Chapel Ladies' Aid met with ten members and outlined a fall bazaar. Village activities included schoolhouse cleanup by multiple families, visits among residents, and a flower show in Baldwin with prizes awarded to Mrs. A. R. Cool and others. Ed Cook, Murlin Cook, and relatives attended events in nearby towns. Attendance, meetings, and social visits predominated.
Mrs Hale stays with Mr and Mrs James Oshel in Edgerton while caring tasks shift to Mrs Philip Miller. A long list of visits follows with numerous families from Ottawa Gardner Lawrence and Kansas City spending Sunday afternoon and Monday at various homes including the Oshel Sammer Haas Cook Jardon and McConnell households.
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