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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1936
Page
5
The piece contrasts Ezekiel’s urging of repentance with a critique of postwar policy. It draws a parallel between wartime planning failures and current peacetime economic measures, blaming new methods, heavy borrowing, and regulatory burdens for ongoing distress and uncertainty.
In his fifth memoir volume Lloyd George critiqued American participation beneath Pershing’s leadership. He claimed Pershing resisted European plans to split the army and pressed for a distinct American force operating in its own sector. Despite friction and delays, Pershing’s strategy aimed at breaking the German war machine, and the record shows American effort largely aligned with victory.
The University announced 4052 official registration figures to the board of regents this morning in a monthly report by Registrar George O. Foster. The September 24 total this year matches 4052, while September 25 last year showed 3984 registrants.
Twenty five years ago, September 25, the first issue of the new high school budget paper is expected. The staff includes Harry V. McCulloch as editor in chief, Arthur Poerll as business manager, Jean Russell as literary editor, Mildred Carter for locals, and Charles Spray likely handling athletic correspondence.
The first student body gathering at Kansas University elected Charles Dolde of Leavenworth as the new cheerleader. Dolde previously assisted Parson Sports last year as the Fighting 500 reorganization is expected to start soon. The piece also covers Taft's brief Lawrence visit with events at the depot and KU, plus several local residents' travels and visits around town.
Forty years ago Kansas University prepares for the first season game against a Kansas City picked team. Star players named include Voigts Sanderson Haine Whitney and Dunn. Admission is 35 cents. O. K. Williamson arrives in Lawrence to aid coaching with more help expected. Also noted are school of music activities and student body offices, a season ticket offer for McCookfield, a near runaway mule on the streetcar line, a Scarlet fever quarantine, and the formation of a Republican bicycle club amid campaign activity in Lawrence.
A fragment from 1936 Readers Syndicate features a narrator recounting Ma loss of confidence in a doctor after a husband’s death. Ma ultimately calls the physician for aid when asthma flares, revealing familial trust amid tragedy.
Carol and Blake, lovers torn by fear and duty, plan a future but face an imminent separation as Blake prepares to ask his wife Irma for a divorce in Florida. They share a fragile, final afternoon together, delaying any decisive steps until Christmas Week.
After a feast the Puddle Mud Wer s rest briefly. Willy Nilly works in his garden until a sudden shower drives him indoors. He returns to find Christopher perched in a pine tree above. Christopher notes the rainstorm from his high nest.
In Puddle Muddy, Willy Nilly and Christopher Columbus Crow banter about sayings as Top Notch the rooster announces a forthcoming discovery. The scene shifts to a playful tease of a storm and garden chat, with crowding characters eager for the tale tomorrow.
The article surveys historic and modern diseases, noting psittacosis, tularemia, sleeping sickness and infantile paralysis as newer concerns, with older afflictions like leprosy and typhoid fading. It discusses why diseases decline, suggesting human action and natural lifespans as factors, and mentions mid century mass hysteria such as dancing mania.
West Tauy Creek Demonstrational Area hosts farmer meetings on contour drilling, terrace maintenance and erosion control. Seedings of alfalfa and grass delayed due to trains and grasshoppers. forester Wilbur Copenhafer to oversee forestry work. Channels seeded with grass and oats buffers. Johnson farm terrace work underway. trees damaged by grasshoppers to be replaced. terracing to continue on multiple farms near town with potential viewing along the state highway.
Richmond Virginia John Campbell kills a moccasin after mistaking it for his poodle. He recovers on crutches. Warren Ohio Andy Marshall finds a bullet behind his ear from a playmate 50 years ago. Hamilton Montana Zeke Jones loses a left sock and Ed Perry loses a right. both wear No 8. Santa Barbara California Gene Bushnell forest lookout resigns after a mountain lion encounter. Burwell Nebraska Paul Gard spends $20 to ask a Garfield unknown.
John's return with the boat sets off a voyage as the two friends shove off toward the South Pole where John's relatives reside but discover they have no bananas to eat on the trip.
A Gard man was fined $20 after a county judge ruled a statute prohibiting annoying a teacher during school hours. The case arose when a would-be suitor failed to secure a date with a county school marm. The judge also sparred with Clarence Mic Lain over prison terms, with four-year robbery sentence given amid debate.
Newark officials scrutinize a fake lie detector used by Principal Gray Moreland at Newton Street School to probe pupil truth. Superintendent John H. Logan investigates the device while Samuel Goodman and Dr. James Plant condemn the method as harmful psychology.
Bonneville Salt Flats Utah September 24. Ab Jenkins the American speed ace who recaptured all major endurance records announces plans to open his Mormon Meteor on Saturday to chase shorter marks. Yesterday he set a 48 hour record of 148.626 mph surpassing George Eyston’s 136.34 mph. Jenkins and Babe Stapp averaged 158.76 mph for 24 hours, beating John Cobb’s 150.16 mph. He vows to beat any record Eyston Cobb set next year.
A dense broadcast timetable lists time slots and performers across WREN KMBC WDAF and others for Friday September 25 through Sunday September 27. Entries cover orchestras singers news flashes and theatre pieces with multiple stations, show names, and guest acts, reflecting a bustling era of radio programming.
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