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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1947
Page
2
The piece surveys Marshall's Moscow visit and allied powers talks detailing postwar European order. It notes tensions between the Holy Alliance like the United States and Soviet bloc. It highlights aims for disarmament and alliance balancing amid Potsdam and Versailles clauses.
Franklin Milton Henderson died this morning on Mae street aged withRaty. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:30 from the Prends church with Rev Lea Conteh presiding. Surviving include wife Mrs Martha Henderson, daughters Mrs Jilinthy Aeruliemsnz and Mrs J G Retite, three sons and sixteen grandchildren. Charles F Cox, 72, of Florida Street died Saturday at a local hospital. Funeral services are tomorrow afternoon at Rumney funeral home with Rev A J Reil, burial at Stull cemetery. Surviving include sister Mrs George W Carter.
Vinetrion seeks 50000 in damages after a collision claimed to injure Mary W Hecker. The suit names William Anderson a KU student and cites an accident at Highway A6 and Mission Boulevard in Mission on June 27, 116.
Lawrence city council will convene at city hall for a special session at 7 elewk to organize the city government and a regular session at 8 pm for routine business. County and city weed officials Anderson Shields and other workers used motorized spray to treat weeds around the courthouse. Keith Wilson and Barry Simmons assisted with weed control. Will Bevin oversaw the books.
At Eleventh and Delaware streets workmen of Constant Construction cut two long grading slashes on the community baseball park site. Despite mains, grading is progressing rapidly and should be completed within two weeks.
Delegates from multiple nations met in a special UN Assembly session to debate the Palestine issue and calls for an inquiry commission. Britain and the United States urged postponed action while drafts on a report for the September meeting were planned.
Six students were fined ten dollars each in police court for speeding on Lawrence streets. E. Witt of Eldridge Hotel pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding and reckless driving. The fined violators included Jerry M. Evers, Haworth White, Edward Wittner, H. Hilton, and Robert Street, with $376 additional collected by Judge Lane in fortets and fines.
In Manhattan Kansas apr 28 members of the Future Farmers of America in Kansas are slated to attend the annual state FFA convention. Vocational agriculture students will compete for honors in public speaking Tuesday morning. The two day event closes with a dinner hosted by the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. Frank Carixen will speak briefly. Richard Chase state president from Bradford will preside at convention sessions.
Five Ottawa residents were fined 15 each in Lawrence police court after pleading guilty to drunken driving and reckless operation following an automobile accident in North Lawrence. The incident was part of a broader local police roundup with other fines recorded for related offenses and a separate tournament in Arena City.
Marriage licenses were issued Saturday by County Judge Frank Ro Kay to couples including Priest Jordan Jr and Pearl Morton of Yakima Washington. Raymond Wopeson and Hazel Abbott of Topeka. Hobart Gibson Sr and Dora Morris of Kansas City. Bhen Fareley and Dorothy Cook of Lawrence. Dewey Cripe and Joy Radierk of Wellceite. William Hatten and Mary Wade of Kansas City. Kansas City bread price peak asserted at two day Kansas Missouri Hake ra convention with Governor Carlson attending. Roger W Babeen, founder of Usopiaenllege, left Eureka for Massachusetts after two weeks preparing for the opening of his college.
The Raw Valley Show at Gardner Tuesday April 22 drew a large crowd though not a strong turnout. Exhibitor from Douglas County, Wo, Rowkte & Son, won multiple primes and top prizes including senior and junior championships with cattle and heifers. Additional placings covered several herd entries and ages.
Dr E F Staffer longtime pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church Wichita announces retirement August 1 after 23 years in parish ministry. He previously led churches in Indian Territory Kansas and served as president of Midland College and the Western Theological Seminary at Fremont Nebraska. He was honored at a recent synod convention in Havs for years of service in the Kansas and adjacent states. One child held slightly injured in incident.
Six year old Baldwin boy was lightly injured Saturday afternoon when he ran into the side of a car driven by Harald Beck county register of deeds. He received emergency treatment at Lawrence Memorial hospital for scratches and bruises after the 5 p m incident in the 700 block on Massachusetts Avenue Warsaw Indiana All four persons hurt required hospital attention as ten cars of the Golden Triangle passenger train on the Pennsylvania railroad crossed over center of Warsaw.
Community notes from Baker include reports on social meetings at First Methodist and the Baldwin branch, with remarks on the Temperance Union gathering, garden club plans, and the Tuesday Reading club. Attendees span local residents and visiting family, plus a SC claim of the oldest drugstore pre 1781 in Charleston.
The report surveys campus events and spring weather with notes on dress, meetings, and scientific papers. It highlights meetings at 7 and 2:25, lectures by professors, and student papers at a conference. Livestock prices and market trends peak with lambs and calves, plus regional commodity receipts and farm earnings data.
Fragmented market chatter mentions Wheat prices and various stocks with ticker activity and dividends. a tribute note thanks friends for support during a mother’s illness, signed by Tyree family and Levis. The piece blends market flutter with a personal obituary-like farewell.
Names and details of residents and visitors in Lawrence area social notes. Arthur Jones, a highway patrolman, remains at Research Hospital in Kansas City with his wife and family. Marilyn Maloney of Tulsa attended a Kappa Kappa Gamma dinner at the Country Club. Charles Hare and Mrs Lizzie Petrie visited Eliza Stewart north of town. Dest Six recovering well at Memorial Hospital. Mrs C W Johnson of Topeka and sisters visited J Beck at the Sigma Chi house. A Rock Island derailment near Liberal disrupted traffic for several hours.
Two Wichita area seamen first class enlisted in January 1946 and now serve aboard the KS Duluth bound for Guam Saipan Japan and Shanghai. Max Lingensfelser and Richard Perkins are sons of local residents with ties to the Lingenfelser and Perkins families. George Lingenfelser remains in San Diego awaiting orders, while William Turner has completed a naval aerial photography course at Pensacola after enlisting in February 1946. In other news, Mrs Evan Evans of Pittsfield Kansas was elected state president of the American Association of University Women at the state convention in Wichita, and Dorothea Schroeder of Douglas County attends a Manhattan meeting to prepare clothing guidance for 4-H clubs. St Pauls Lutheran Church in Leavenworth marks a double anniversary as it celebrates its founding and its Missouri Synod affiliation.
Merle Eyestone and Frank Stuckey of Leavenworth were honored as dairy judging contest winners at Kansas State College. The event was sponsored by the College Dairy division and highlights agricultural seniors receiving recognition for excellence. A separate Reno county raid seized 970 bottles of assorted liquors from a former grocery store, with Sheriff Walter Dixon stating the location looked like a blind pig. three people were arrested.
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