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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1949
Page
3
A garbled AP wire fragment lists carrier rates and dates with stray phrases, including August 3 itemization and a quoted Bible verse. It references the Associated Press, a 1678 date, and a broad notice about a prayer house, yielding little coherent event detail beyond disjointed rate figures and a religious quotation.
In Virginia's Democratic races Senator Harry Byrd's organization seized the governorship nomination with John Stewart Battle at 127,549 votes to Miller's 104,178 across 1,636 precincts. Almond and Collins won AG and Lt Gov, while Miller's camp narrowly defeated party chair Massenburg in Elizabeth City County. Republican E. Thomas McGuire led in the lieutenant governor race.
A dense listing of radio programs across stations WREN WDAF KMBC KCMO etc for Wednesday and Thursday, August 4 and adjacent times. Includes Supper Club, newscasts, serials like The Lone Ranger, Stars in the Night, Dr Christian, sports like Texas Rangers, Weather and travel features, and a long sequence of music, drama, and talk segments with numerous host and program names across multiple stations.
The Kansas liquor business, newly legalized, faces close public scrutiny amid few incidents. Lawrence and Topeka stores faced robberies and thefts, a Topeka liquor sale to a minor was charged, and stamps were not affixed to shipments. Retailers must learn regulations, and results of the first year will reveal demand, competition, and viability of licenses.
More than 250 structural steel workers walked out in Nebraska alleging the company hired a foreigner from Yugoslavia without immigration quota reference. The worker has relatives in the U S including Rep Karl Stefan Nebraska congressman. The incident highlights tensions over displaced persons and labor market competition amid immigration policy debates.
The piece argues conservatives admit they would not repeal all socialist-era laws, seeking a mix of nationalized and free market policies. It notes this stance unsettles both British and American Republicans and stresses the need for common sense reforms to curb prevailing trends. It compares cross‑Atlantic political dynamics and campaign messaging challenges.
The August bank holiday drew Britons to beaches while many government ministers headed to the continent. The Chicago Tribune suggested the trip abroad was driven by access to ample food and cited nine ministers crossing the channel as evidence they cannot endure the austerity they impose.
The text notes how British holiday practices persist despite wartime rationing. It highlights how ministers regulate meals at home, while vacation plans rely on simple pleasures and practical approaches to food, travel, and respite during challenging times.
An air lift to Hawaii delivers vegetables fruits butter eggs and fish held by the longshoremen strike. Canned milk shipments are easing worries of parents of small children as labor actions disrupt ordinary life, showing costly alternatives to blockades.
Brig. Gen. Frank L. Howley resigns as American commandant in Berlin after four years of duty. He says most of his time was spent across the council table with Russian conferees, whose double talk and tactics caused many frustrations. He believes he is owed a duty away from Berlin negotiations.
A Kansas City stenographer refuses a Hollywood television deal to continue her job with a coal company. Meanwhile many county papers run the headline County Budget and Tax Rate Increased on their exchange lists.
The Fredonia Herald notes Chanute lags on dial telephones while other modern touches appear, with horses watering troughs, a vanished town pump, semi modern streets, and sewage still draining toward the Neosho river. The piece contrasts gas lights, outdated coal ranges, and gingerbread storefronts with newer architecture, ending that dialing and crank telephones remain the last holdout.
Letters to the Editor argue for stronger civilian and international defense support and stress unity in democracy. The writer cites Franklin and warns against another Hitler style threat, urging Congress to act decisively and consider two votes from both chambers to cool hot legislation.
The Eleventh Street Circus will be held Saturday afternoon with junior showmen George Boughton Billy Brownlee Jerry Brownlee Alden Brownlee and Austin Turney. Mrs J 3 Henley of Leguna Beach Calif and Miss Nell Grant of Chicago Ill are visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs W Hut ton. Mr and Mrs Albert F E Blevins announce the birth of a son yesterday morning. Mr and Mrs Robert W Benson announce the birth of a son yesterday. Olivenne celebrated a Monday birthday party. Misses Ethel Pearson and Grace Carney went to Kansas City on business.
Twenty five years ago the Knot Hole Gang at the Elka club held a campaign and elected juvenile city officials for boys day. Donald Fursman was named mayor and would meet Jackie Coogan’s party in Topeka before visiting Lawrence. Other officers included fire chief Ron Ramey, firemen Frederick Church and Herschel White, superintendent Forrest Allen Jr, sanitation head Del Selig, park superintendent David Evans, cemetery head Fred Zimmerman, city attorney Herbert Weathertrs, police Hickson and Lester Jackson, city treasurer Tom Mackie, and clerk Leland Lewin among others.
Col J W Harshbarger returns from Missouri then New Mexico visit plans to settle here. Miss Matilda Had wed Andrew Berry at Eudora Catholic Church with Miss Alice Berry and Albert Had as attendants. Joe Dunkle attended Kansas City auto races while Charles Roberts of Williamstown attended an event in Lawrence. Mise Biscell and Mise Josephine's Colorado outing concluded. County commissioners discuss jail improvements for sheriff use plus stabling horses. Mr and Mrs Carl Mettner celebrate birth of a son. Lottie Swayze of Baldwin visits town. India district votes to close two year high school and send pupils to Lawrence. Minnie Dauberman back from Ottawa. Santa Fe plan eyed for depot grounds at Winthrop street as park in exchange for city street rights. Company proposes walks around and through the spark under the plan.
A terse note names Lawrence R. and Harvey Hibner in an entry that reads as a brief pointer or caption without broader context or action. The fragment suggests a listing or citation rather than a narrative event.
James D White analyzes Peiping radio coverage of the Amethyst escape. The Nanking news agency credits Gen Yuan Chung-Hsien with the escape and blames Britain while warning of British imperialism. The commentary seeks punishment for the cruiser and exposes haste and incoherence typical of the propaganda broadcast.
In Morelia Mexico on August 3 most of 72 prisoners who had waged a mass break from a city jail surrendered after an all night siege. A policeman was reported killed and two wounded. Police soldiers at daybreak counted 9 in Reich comma wail.
A group of 23 escapees remain at large after breaking from a prison. The commandant described them as long term and dangerous. They were chased and cornered on a hill outside the city about 150 miles west of Mexico City, engaging in a defensive stand.
Washington August 3 Captain John Brondello 36, Italian flyer, nears preparations for an east-west Atlantic flight later this month. His Beech Bonanza landed at National airport at 3 p.m. CST after a Wichita Kansas leg. He is accompanied by American co pilot Deane Cunningham of Wichita.
Puzzle-like list pairs phrases with numbers and names forming a navigation of music terms and games. The sequence includes references to Borezontal Vertical 28 Incite 43 Silver 33 Baseball official 44 Weary 34 Flew 45 Level 36 Intervals 46 Remit 37 Small candles 47 Fury 41 Hindu queen 52 Suffix 42 Cuts as grass 54 Hebrew deity and invites deciphering relationships among the terms and numbers.
Salina Kansas August 3 One central Kansas district reports a 32 percent drop in unemployment claims for July versus a year earlier The five county district of Saline Dickinson Ottawa Lincoln and Ellsworth processed 364 claims in July down from 550 in July 1948 Half of current claims are by people relocating from areas where employers are laying off workers Work activity remains steady with supply and demand roughly equal and an outlook of continued full employment through summer
Washington reports a government subsidy of 23 to 34 cents a bushel on export wheat under the international wheat agreement that began Monday. The pact, drafted by 44 nations, aims to stabilize world markets by sharing export tonnage and setting price ranges, with the United States allotted 168 million bushels from a 454 million bushel world market.
A mosaic of stray phrases mentions railroads, an undersea photographer, political rhetoric, land crabs in Australia stealing golf balls, a motorcycle exhibit in Ohio, and a comment that legs are still here to stay, creating a fragmented, puzzle like glimpse of miscellany.
Col Robert R McCormick announced that Mrs Maxwell Peter Miller Jr will head the Washington Times Herald while McCormick serves as president and publisher of the paper He said the Times Herald was bought from seven executives who had inherited it from Eleanor Medill Patterson Mrs Miller will be vice president and her husband secretary or treasurer They also run the LaSalle News Tribune with her husband as publisher AP wire photo
Syracuse Kansas residents raise nearly 2000 to fund a nine month old girl Marilyn Unruh daughter of Mr and Mrs James Unruh on an eastbound trip for cancer treatment. They left on the Santa Fe Chief last night with a specialist awaited in New York.
Kansas City August 3 Veterinarians report outstanding results from field tests using millions of doses of the Jen-Sal Hog Cholera Vaccine. The product protects hogs from cholera, reduces reaction hazards and avoids contamination from live virus. Tests indicate vaccination does not disrupt feeding, hogs continue daily gains, and reach market sooner. Available through Inca veterinarians nationwide. Ask your veterinarian about vaccinating your drove.
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