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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1952
Page
10
Fragmented wartime dispatches report U.S. air raids and Chinese resistance near Bunker Hill with casualties on both sides. Local notices cover estate matters, probate hearings, and city resolutions on street paving and public works in Lawrence.
A cluttered advertisement page lists repair services for washers, wringers, furnaces, roofing, wallpaper removal, and woodworking. It also markets rental floor sanding, locks, trailers, and a flood of sales: trailers, tractors, plows, tool sets, furniture, livestock, and building supplies. Local names, phone numbers, and addresses pepper the section.
Women who served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps gather at Fort Des Moines for a three day National WAC Association convention. Colonel Mary A. Halloren, director of the WAC, will return as top brass, reflecting a decade since they began at the Fort Des Moines parade grounds.
Ted Wells of Wichita Kansas built a 41 point lead in the National Snipe Championships at Green Lake Wisconsin. Wells steered his boat Good-Rewe to a 1 hour 23 minute win on a seven mile triangular course with Don Maclvor also from Wichita finishing ninth in the same session. The final race was set for Friday. Floyd Ray of Joliet pleaded guilty to a drunkenness charge in police court and received a 10 day jail term plus parole to leave town.
Mr and Mrs Atbres Burgtorf and children Capt and John of Rapid City D have been visiting the Burgtorf family for several days Mr Burgtorf is with the weather observatory authority and the text notes the period of the stay and family connections.
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