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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1947
Page
2
Testimony at the probate hearing details Ralph Ellis’s alleged insanity and repeated vandalism at Mrs. Simmons and Ellis apartments in 1945. Witnesses describe Ellis’s heavy drinking, fights, and threats, while other testimony questions estate matters and expertise on Kanasa law.
The Rev Orme Miller of Topeka will speak at 7 30 pm tomorrow at the Friends church in Lawrence. His talk, Lawrence A Single Community of Many Peoples, is hosted by the Lawrence League for Democracy. Miller is known from a Sunday radio program and trained at Garrett Bible Institute and Evanston Seminary. He previously worked with Rev Ernest Tittle in Evanston and as a pastor in Madison Wisconsin.
Ut Don Ettinger the KU football tackle was fined 873.50 in Independence court after a multicar mishap near his home. He faced charges of leaving the scene of an accident and careless driving. He posted a 25 bond but later was jailed briefly as police adjusted the fines for several related infractions.
Shirley Seed will portray King Cotton in a school pageant at the Junior High Friday evening in the Comroyalty building. The program features a cotton plantation scene, a dance by the cotton pickers, a Miss Woodruff guided finale, a 7 to 7 4 p.m. student concert under J J Valmand, and stunts from physical education classes led by Irene Nels and Wilbur Dover. Model plane demonstrations start at 9 p.m. with concessions in the basement. a 12 member committee oversees the show with teachers and student members listed.
Lawrence Scarab architectural fraternity initiated 12 new members in a formal ceremony in Marvin Hall. Three new members hailed from Lawrence: John Hornar of 611 West Sixth, Wayne R. Johnson of 1603 Massachusetts Street, and Merle Masterson of 1115 Ohig ted. A divorce petition was filed in district court yesterday by attorney Robert A. Plickinger for Kathren Flictinger against spouse.
Music lovers are invited to First church in Lawrence for an unusual organ recital featuring the Schulmerich Carillon bell system. Dr Alexander McCurdy of Curtis Institute directs under the Kansas chapter of the American Guild of Organists. The program pairs the Russell Memorial Organ with the Carillon bells demonstrating new tonal effects and color in single notes and chords.
Former Kansas governor Alf M Landon will join a national program in a 7 30 pm radio broadcast on Americas Town Meeting of the Air debating Does Our New Foreign Policy Lead to Peace or War The Oklahoma City origin broadcast will be heard over WREN with speakers including Senator Glen H Taylor James Burnham and Max Lerner Printed copies of the broadcast will be available on request to WREN
New York April 23 Robert McLean president of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin was reelected president of the Associated Press by the board of directors Frank B Noyes longtime AP figure was named honorary president Edward Lindsay of the Decatur Herald and John Knight of the Miami Herald were named vice presidents Kent Conner retains executive director and general manager Lord Stratton reelected secretary Frank J Starzel assistant secretary Robert Roath treasurer and Alan J Gould assistant treasurer The executive committee was also reelected.
Joseph F Wagner 72 of Baldwin died at Lawrence Memorial hospital. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday Rumsey funeral home Rev H C Brockman to officiate with burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Surviving wife Almelia, three daughters Ellen Ferne Wagner and Dorothy Brockmann, three sisters Mary Hueser Kan City Mo Josephine De Faw Moline IL Denver and three brothers John Wagner Midland NJ Henry Wagner Tipton and Dave Wagner Los Angeles five grandchildren one great grandchild. Mary Allen 51 died this morning at local hospital. Home 1339 Delaware St. Funeral 2:30 p.m. tomorrow Ninth Street Baptist Church Rev W S Lima officiating. Survived by daughter Loia Tyree of home and son Lawrence W Ireland 923 Delaware St. Otha Zeldon Bennett funeral Thursday 2:00 a m Federated Church Linwood Rev C E Allison to officiate. Burial Mt Sidney Cemetery Linwood Masonic services at graveside. Bennett was a Union Pacific passenger agent here in the 1920s. He died Tuesday morning at St Margarets hospital in Kansas City after two years illness.
Four indictments were returned late last year charging Eugene Nigre with paying for voters as part of a broader election-fraud case. He had already been arraigned on four counts of procuring voters to falsely swear illiteracy, with 46 indictments against 29 people by a grand jury impaneled March 2 by Judge John M. James. thirty have been arraigned.
Atchison Kansas April 23 13 C I Meyer Severance Tasstork Man was nominated by Kiwanis division five as candidate for governor of the Missouri Kansas Arkansas Kiwanis district in 1948 with all 14 clubs in the division endorsing him Kansas lawyer graduate Moyer is set to become governor as Kansas to hold the post next year L Cleland explains the regional rotation and that the district will rotate to Kansas next year Fred Veiland Jr withdrew to favor the nomination
Trade circles report that President Juan Peron intends to invest about 310 million in Argentine industry, including a primary steel plant for bar steel. Senate approval is anticipated within a week for the 60 million dollar plant.
The Kiwanis clubs of Lawrence and Ottawa will hold a joint dinner meeting at 6 30 tomorrow night at the Hotel Eldridge. Secretary E S Weatherby says the prewar joint meetings were paused by war and now resume. Ottawa Kiwanians will provide a three months imprisonment program.
Flensburg report states two German women were sentenced by a British control commission court to four weeks in a refugee camp. The ruling aims to let them experience the conditions endured by German refugees whom they had refused entry to.
Market notes from New York detail wide swings in grains and livestock, with weak to lower spots for cattle and steady to uneven grain prices. Wheat and corn futures moved, while futures for hay and oats show mixed activity. Stocks rose modestly on some leaders but closed with a scattered mix of gains and losses as traders awaited earnings and policy signals.
A training notice from Lawrence Kansas emphasizes preparation for upcoming tests and opportunities. It urges timely action and readiness to face future job chances, targeting local residents with guidance on readiness and self-improvement.
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