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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1946
Page
4
The issue notes readers to be doers of the word per James 1:2. It lists subscription terms and legal notices, including second class matter status and publishing details for the newspaper in Lawrence Kansas.
Lawrence faces a housing crunch as the University of Kansas expects a record faculty and student intake. With Sunnyside housing delayed, 190 faculty families need temporary accommodations, and locals with spare rooms are urged to help. The crisis mirrors nationwide university overcrowding.
Widening and resurfacing US 59-508 from Ottawa to the Douglas county line begin this week with three foot widening and asphalt overlay. Future plans extend the project to US 59 toward Lawrence while repairs continue on scattered Kansas roads. Local travelers note wartime neglect left many highways in poor condition and Topeka area routes 24 and 40 remain rough.
All for Freedom Petrillo complains that Congress slanted the new law against liberty. He may become a persuasive advocate for liberty, likened to Stalin for democracy. A Saturday Review writer notes impression from Nazi film records of camps and crimes.
An excerpt notes a writer’s wish for compulsory measures and suggests that even rabid anti-Nazis can reveal Nazi inclinations in certain moments. The passage uses provocative language to explore extremism and conformity.
A Topeka elm scare note from a modern expert is contrasted with a 1916 Abilene Chronicle reprint. The Reflector Chronicle mocks such doomsday claims and jokes that tree experts always predict disaster. A Louisville editor mocks girls grooming and a DC voter note highlights registration limits and housing costs.
The independence city paper reports the Statue of Liberty has faced vandalism from visitors who smeared names on the monument. The Monument Builders call it a national disgrace. A cleaning and interior paint job are planned, with hopes visitors will show proper respect afterward.
The new Indian provisional government led by Jawaharlal Nehru aims to include British India with hopes of Muslim participation. Jinnah presses for equal cabinet representation, while Lord Wavell urges Moslem inclusion and Gandhi ally Nehru seeks peace amid Calcutta riots and rising regional divisions.
Milk will rise to 12 cents a quart on September 1 in the old town. Forty-three Lawrence students appear on the KU dean's honor roll in the just published list. Various social events, visits, and gatherings are noted from Eudora to Lawrence, including family reunions, campus appointments, and community activities with multiple named individuals and local places.
W G Hutson and children Virginia and William have returned from Denver Colorado by overland route. Mrs Hutson will stay in Denver until September 1 and then return to Lawrence. John Simon of Twin Mound visited Lawrence on Monday.
Forty years ago Miss Osee Hughes and her mother were accosted on Berkley street between Vermont and Kentucky as they walked home about 10 o clock. They screamed and the assailant dropped Mrs. Hughes purse and fled. The town later faced a swarming bug invasion with millions of green insects forcing some stores to close. Rena Baldwin returned home in Wamego after visiting P. H. and Mrs. Peirce. Carrie Carmichael and Hazel Fitch left Montezuma for home after visiting J. M. Fitch.
A 1946 Dexter Missouri brochure by Brownlee Walker highlights Kansas themed poetry including a poem titled Lawrence. The item notes two other sections with varied topics and several verses reprinted in local papers. Copies available from Mrs Walker care of Mrs Thomas Wright in Watertown Connecticut.
New London New Hampshire August 27 Mrs Elizabeth Gray Vining of Philadelphia author of several children's books today awaited with trepidation a unique assignment as tutor for the crown prince of Japan The state department in Washington announced Mrs Vining's appointment last night Dr George Stoddard chairman of the American education mission which visited Japan last March requested an American woman tutor for the crown prince
In a sharp debate on postwar policy, the piece argues Elliott Roosevelt and former Ambassador Bullitt offer conflicting views on Roosevelt’s foreign policy and the Atlantic Charter. The author suggests the dispute will polarize readers and notes wartime sacrifices and diplomatic bargains shape the debate.
Pictured in the grid clue set, Phumiphon S Toils is referenced as a royal figure in an Asiatic realm. Other entries indicate definitions for distant and reverent terms, high mountains, and common crossword targets like river exist splash and portico.
Fragmentary OCR items list words and numbers such as Head covers Demolish Reseech Baseball stick Any and Whirlwind. The readable phrases suggest a glossary or puzzle fragment with scattered clues and no identifiable event.
A column critiques wartime diplomacy as an unsigned memorandum and accuses leaders of entangling nations in a new power game. It recalls Crimea's battles, the Balaklava charge, and warns of Russia pressuring Turkey with allied U.S. aid, while Congress approves vast funding. The piece ends reporting Topeka’s J R Halladay named Kansas industrial development commission publicity director.
A dense listing of radio programs across multiple stations WREN KMBC WDAF and WREN present for Tuesday evening August 2 including news broadcasts The Grand Marques Big Town Mystery of The Week and The Tony Martin Show among many music variety and talk segments with times ranging from 6:20 PM to 12:00 AM and featuring hosts and show titles such as James Armstrong Judy and Arthur Godfrey with assorted orchestras and dance bands listed.
Charles Winter pulled out as Democratic candidate for Lecompton township trustee. In a letter to County Clerk T. HR. Gerhart he said he did not seek the nomination but was folded into it by excess write in votes. Ernest Brown remains unopposed for November on the Republican side.
A group of ten American naval officers led by Admiral Marc Mitscher arrived in Berlin by air from London for a tour of U.S. naval installations in Europe. The visit aims to inspect remaining facilities as part of postwar arrangements.
In many cities the trolley era is ending as buses replace streetcars. The trend picked up after World War II with Houston, San Antonio, Syracuse and others converting to buses. By 1964 buses outnumbered street cars 48 000 to 27 000 nationally.
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