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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1948
Page
2
Testimony described a petition for a receiver to manage a Emporia firm amid disputes over assets and liabilities. Witnesses, including former directors, testified about missing funds, stockholder meetings, and attempts to salvage the corporation’s charter while guardians held property.
Sixteen delegates from the Lawrence Dereey-Liberty American Legion post will attend the annual state convention in Topeka from September 4 to 6. Post Commander Ernest Portia chairs the delegation with board members Ernie Bow Andr Asher Kes Martin Henry Graken Howard Mepe W Hours PK and others.
Fragmented wartime transcription notes a chaotic scene outside Berlin City Hall with chants of the Internationale and references to the SD party activity in October 1946. The text cites arrests, promises of elections, and postwar political tensions involving Berliners and Western allies.
Four persons injured in a crash on a county highway near Wichita when a truck attempted to cross the road at the start of its reach. Arrivals reported multiple injuries including a person named Ugtee. Two alarms answered by local responders.
A fragmented report notes a morning disturbance involving the fire department, with unclear details about a theft, a vote, and a residence. The text references a fire crew responding to a scene, with scattered phrases about tea, oats, and household activity, but lacks coherent events or names.
In Topeka, a collision near Bellevite involved driver Motes and truck driver Huffman. Both were injured. the semi truck and car sustained slight damage.
The Douglas County clerk's office reports total primary costs of 2850 with state and county levies down but city school and university rates up. The notice notes shares allocated to townships and the city, and mentions upcoming municipal funds adjustments. A separate note recounts a baseball protest ruling affecting a replay scheduled at Ebbets Field.
President Truman issued an executive order creating an emergency board in the dispute between the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The action, signed aboard the Williamsburg at Yorktown Virginia, delays a planned strike. In Kansas, Coffeyville junior colleges expect about 4 000 fall enrollments across fourteen schools, matching last year's pace.
A garbled OCR segment notes university offices facing strain from water shortages and container shortages. It references temporary drought conditions and a need to manage water supply, with emphasis on university responsibilities and ongoing efforts to stabilize facilities during the crisis.
Memorial Hospital reports several births including a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Anderson on Sunnyside Street, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Beers on Learnard Street, and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Beers at 235 Maple Street. Other names listed include Vermurat Fowler Ruth Johnson and Elwell Vaughn among residents on Elwell and Maple streets.
A Des Moines notice reports the death of Jennie A Still at age 9 from Mia A B Conner, with funeral and burial planned in Des Moines on Saturday. Also listed is Mira Ethel Lindner of 136 Vermont, with services at Schubert Funeral Home led by Rev J H Patton, burial at Osh Hill. Named survivors include Jane Lindner and Mrs J Weileman of the home.
Fragmentary text references potato markets in Chicago and Idaho, and a Watt Street New York item. Mentions prices, dates, and times with unclear ordering. Several garbled phrases obscure specifics, leaving a vague note about regional produce and commerce.
A Lawrence Journal-World readers’ page recalls family ties to the university, poems by former Santa Fe advertising manager Will Simpson, and an 1890 alumni anniversary. It notes Norma Wagenseller Morr’s letter from an alumna: affection for Lawrence, a family’s ties to journalism, and a plea to Californians to join a Sunday picnic in Pasadena.
An incomplete OCR excerpt mentions Vinland and a city man, a New Princival te, a gened rats reference, waxed fel ia near Kiret, a minutes year and a last leg of trig Yorker Va. It reads as a jumbled local brief with stray names and nonsensical phrases.
Market summaries report cattle and wheat activity in Kansas City and Chicago with steady bids and higher futures. Prices show mixed demand as traders note supply shifts, with hog and cattle figures and futures prices cited across national exchanges.
More than 20 000 volumes will fill elementary libraries and over 21 000 books will be available to junior and senior high students. A new elementary school librarian position, Mary Jane Hays, will supervise all books. Elena Ernst leads the high school library and Margaret Lowman the junior high.
Four people died when a collision between two small planes near Annapolis Maryland involved a 26 year old Meade Kansas man Cine of Four and a former Wasp pilot, George Calvin Barnett 24, son of Mrs Leia L Barnett Meade Kansas. Charles Smith 9 of Manter Kansas was critically injured in Denver when his bicycle collided with a car driven by Roswell ing 41 of Denver. The Denver incident occurred the same day with the child hospitalized after the crash.
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