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Second class matter at the post office in Scandia Kansas with reference to the act of Congress dated March 3.
10 Apr 1930
Page 1
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1930
Page
1
Second class matter at the post office in Scandia Kansas with reference to the act of Congress dated March 3.
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Henry J. Allen petitions circulated in Scan dia last week to nominate him for U S senator. Of seventy five Republicans asked to sign, only three opposed the current senator. Reports from across the state show Allen strengthens his standing beyond the war era governor role.
Two outstanding workers for the Federal Farm Board visit Kansas to explain the board's plan to rural areas. Farmers hear first hand about cooperative marketing while opponents flood mails with anti board propaganda. The piece urges careful consideration and warns against private interests' efforts to mislead Kansans about the project. It also mentions stopping Tombaugh from discovering a new planet.
The board warns fire losses rise due to careless handling of gasoline and other volatile liquids. It cites a hospital survivor who created a flame by boiling gasoline soaked garments and notes 80 percent of fires are preventable. February losses totaled over 43 million dollars versus 41.5 million a year earlier.
Warden Lewis Lawes of Sing Sing argues the Baumes Laws fail to deter crime. He says they create arbitrariness when a minor fourth offense triggers life imprisonment and that harsher laws don’t curb crime. He calls for speedier enforcement of basic laws over new legislation.
A compilation of witty quips and brief anecdotes from Kansas publishers. It cites marital, social, and humorous observations about local life, from farm relief gags to light commentary on editors and public figures. The tone is a mosaic of short, pointed jokes and culture notes reflecting Kansas small‑town journalism.
A compilation of sharp quotes from Kansas newspapers mocks public figures and events. The Atchison Globe questions quitting drinking, the Belleville Telescope jokes about evangelism, the Chanute Tribune notes swords melted into plowshares, bungalows into filling stations, and the Katz fear in Kansas City. The Jewell Republican cites a sensational line about Senator Heflin in a taxi.
Workers poured cement for foundation walls of the new high school auditorium and gymnasium last week. Favorable weather could allow brick laying to begin by next Tuesday as brick shipments arrive.
The Lane County wheat crop is about 100 percent excellent with no winter kill and no disease or drought stress yet. Farmers are preparing to harvest as conditions remain favorable for the season.
Fire in a Jamestown area farm brooder house killed 15 year old Cleo Cayer and seriously burned his younger brother Ernest. The incident occurred Tuesday evening as Mr. Severn Cayer and his sons worked with a troublesome heater that ignited straw after catching fire on the way to the door.
The community of Republic mourns the deaths of Mr J C Price and his wife within a week. Both were pioneers in Republic and Republic County and highly respected. Mr Price died Wednesday of last week, Mrs Price Tuesday morning. Funeral services were held yesterday with burial in Belleville Cemetery.
Riley county sportsmen sponsor petitions to open Lake Goodwyn and Ottawa county state park for hunting four days weekly Tuesday to Friday. Petitions will go to the state fish and game commission.
Perry Betz, Lebanon High School instructor and athletic coach, will assume management of the Glen Elder Sentinel and acquire the Tipton Times from Glen Elder, consolidating operations at the Glen Elder office. Betz has newspaper experience including work on the Manhattan Mercury and arrives after Dewey Huston’s Lebanon Times resignation.
A church show of hands Sunday found only three women in the congregation with Literary Digest ballots. The likely reason is scarce women's names in telephone directories, a main source for straw ballots. The drys may not be discouraged as real elections will include women ballots and Congress will likely stay dry.
Hundreds of telegrams pour into the attorney general as the state board of medical registration seeks to revoke Dr. J R Brinkley's license. Kansas Medical Society officers allege his broadcasts offer obscene free medical advice unfit for children and beyond medical science, with evidence filed for the attorney general to review the board's action.
Governor Weaver was announced as principal speaker for the formal opening yesterday in Superior though later reports indicate he will attend on the 14th. Superior residents celebrate the new hotel and commend the local achievement.
Bernard Rohleder a 16 year old student at Hays Catholic Academy in Ellis County has not missed a day or been tardy in nine years. He prefers study over sports, though he enjoys the idea of baseball.
Miss Carrol Schober twenty of Highland faced authorities after allegedly stealing her father A L Schobers Pontiac sedan and driving to Hays then Ellis. She was detained in Ellis on Tuesday upon arrival by a westbound bus after spending Saturday afternoon with Hays youths in the car. A radio broadcast identified the vehicle 45c-2541 and notified Hays residents.
Egypt holds the oldest known court records in the world. Appleton Wisconsin opened the first street car line in the country in 1886.
A recent survey of 1200 automobiles reports operating costs from a little over 6 cents to 9.45 cents per mile. The article also notes the oldest iron artifact found beneath the Gizeh pyramid is about 6,000 years old.
A study notes that all bridges deflect under load and that large structures may bend several inches when subjected to heavy traffic or weight.
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