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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1946
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates for Massachusetts Street Lawrence Kansas with in advance pricing. Rates include one year 64.09 six months 32.38 and 98.60 for unspecified term. It cites Associated Press news service and marks rights and republication terms. Includes addresses and representatives Sovensen and Thompson and a Bible verse ending the notice.
Russian delegates can stall without risking loss as Allied negotiators push for quick treaties. The Russians seek to prolong Europe’s helplessness to gain advantage, while they oppose the broader system’s peace and stability.
President Truman acknowledged a nearly two billion dollar deficit in the coming fiscal year. He urged spending reductions to align with revenues while hoping production and business growth will raise tax receipts and shrink the gap. Critics warn that loose money could spur more spending.
The piece notes big labor groups opposing strikes that hinder production to defend purchasing power. It comments on Russia's tightening communist control and warns Italians and Yugoslavs resist internationalizing Trieste and Istria, with Yugoslavs showing more confidence in backing their stance.
Railroad authorities blame the five day week for freight car shortages and say the shortened work week impacts many other supply gaps. Early knockoffs harm meeting the nation's demand for goods.
A Greek UN delegate accuses Albania of aggression while Albania and Yugoslavia align with Moscow and Belgrade. Britain and the Soviet Union watch, with Greece guarding Epirus and the Dardanelles as the plebiscite on King George looms.
The Lawrence Society for the Practice of Democracy meets Friday August 9 at the Community building. Carl Landis regional secretary of the Rocky Mountain Fellowship of Reconciliation speaks followed by an open forum and the annual officer election with nominating committee report. Retiring president G E E Lindquist and first vice president Rev J D Kelly are named along with Calvin Vender Werf Mrs Russell Carter and Mrs Mayzelma Wallace. Open to all interested.
The National Safety Council reports Pi-Eighteen Air Lines completed 1945 operations without a fatal accident. United Air Lines led large airlines with 1 655 872 324 passenger miles and a second aviation safety award. Transcontinental & Western, Trans-World, Braniff, and Northwest also posted no fatalities. Delta topped 200 000 to 125 000 miles group with a perfect year. Continental and Mid-Continent also posted no fatal accidents in their mileage brackets.
A trio of brief incidents spans Chicago and Springfield. A patrolman spots three ne er-do-wells under a shelter near a police station and seizes the moment to act. In San Diego a traffic pattern note hints many more men hurry home after work than morning commuters. A Springfield motorist crashes through a shop window, prompting the owner to assess damage and continue work.
Topeka August 6 Governor Andrew Schoeppel issued a proclamation banning all exhibitions of poultry and other domestic birds in Kansas to prevent the spread of Newcastle disease. The measure becomes effective Tuesday. Will J Miller Kansas livestock sanitary commissioner said four representatives will attend a Wisconsin meeting August 15 16 to plan a coordinated campaign. The disease affects fowl respiratory organs and is not known to harm or transmit to humans.
Professor J. E. Hawkins of the University of Kansas Freethish department will lecture this evening at 7 p m in Fraser theater. The illustrated talk uses slides from Gustave Doré plates to depict Dante's Inferno.
Baldwin Mitchell led the Republican primary with an unofficial 14 vote edge over John Brand and John Petefish for the county attorney post. The report lists accompanying social notes including births, travels, visitors, and short mentions of local residents.
O L Salveson announced he had applied for a patent on a device to remove surplus steam from a car crank case and radiator and release it into the cylinders. Miss Kathryn Wilsons Sunday school class hosted a party for Eloise and Pauline Smith before their departure to Seoul Korea with Elizabeth McFarland Arlene Roberts Crystal Saxman Mayne Rice Edith Morgan and Laura Campbell in attendance.
Forty years ago Byron Parcels heads to Denver while James Fugate leaves for Sedalia. Mrs Hines returns from Oberlin Ohio. Stella Bryant travels to Colorado Springs. Dudley and Henry Asher soon go to Green Mountain Falls. T F Henderson and daughter Corrine visit Excelsior Springs. Anna Hawk returns from St Joseph and Atchison. Lillian Givan Linwood and Nellie Derek Worden stop in town. Edith Snow visits Concord Massachusetts. Edward Penchard and camping party on the Wakarusa head home.
Tientsin August 6 The U S marine commander in China said no orders exist to prepare for evacuation and noted some strengthening after the July 29 clash southeast of Peiping Marines guard key facilities though their numbers in the area are declining. A Peiping inquiry investigates whether the attack was a communist ambush or a joint government operation.
Topeka reports Melissa Woodring, 11, daughter of former Governor Harry H Woodring, is expected to be released this week from hospital after infantile paralysis. Father says she has been treated with curare and seems in perfect shape. Another Woodring child, Marcus, 12, died July 19.
LP Senate war investigators pursue a tip that Rep May D Ky vacationed with Garsson munitions officials in Miami Beach in 1944. Committee plans to question May about the Florida trip and letters to Eisenhower regarding Captain Garsson's court martial amid alleged pressure on witnesses.
Tehran reports say police fired into the air to break up a riot in the main square after a rally by a government backed democrat party to mark the fourth anniversary of Iran's constitutional revolution. Other items note typhus outbreak at Diano Marina, a Japanese "thought police" hanging, Hiroshima memorial, and AP appointment of Stewart Newlin in Topeka.
Mr and Mrs Howard Votaw finish a six year stay in Hawaii and visit Mr and Mrs Irwin Votaw and Mr C E Voetaw in Eudora. They plan trips to Boston and other places in the East. Mrs Ralph Terrell and two children spent Sunday in Gard ner as dinner guests of Mr and Mrs C A Gordon.
Miss Patty Mathis of Kansas City visited Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McFerren. Rev. and Mrs. Sam Hedrick and children plan an overland trip to Colorado and Carlsbad Caverns. Tommy stays with grandparents Alva and Chubb near Baxter. Mrs. C. O. Hardy recovers from an automobile accident and Alfred improves. Mrs. Earl F. Martin and Grace S. Black stayed with Allen Gorman family in Kansas City. Glenn Hall to Chicago for reassignment at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Dr. H. K. Ebright preached at Wellsville Methodist Church at Rev. Martin Torrance's invitation.
Radio schedule shows WDAF KMBC KMRC KNBC WREN and other stations airing musicals news and dramas August 6 to 7 with many programs including Armstrong Waring and Frank Sinatra style acts plus dance orchestras and CBS dance shows. The grid notes time blocks and program titles across stations.
The column lists local residents and guests traveling to Arkansas Oklahoma City Los Angeles and Canada with extended family notes. It mentions a July 27 dinner shower for Claire Leitnanker in Kansas City and a political rally at Ives Chanel in West Baldwin with county candidates.
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