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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1952
Page
2
The report lists varied prices and conditions for cattle hogs sheep and poultry with trajectories for wheat corn and oats. It notes steady to uneven demand, price ranges from 12.00 to 28.00 for utilities and livestock, and futures or spot outlooks including higher bags and mixed cattle movement. Local figures include Marans wheat prices and butterfat quotes alongside egg receipts and poultry weights.
Secretary Thomas K. Finletter warned of a growing atomic air armada and urged heavy spending to deter attacks. He cited Korea air combat gains and said defenses were in good shape while presses for rapid buildup continued. Earlier Navy Secretary Kimball urged public support for naval strength.
Police pursue William Marie Martin, 42, a/k/a eight aliases, believed armed after a June 23 deputy murder near Ola ke Kansas. State troopers, FBI and two other suspects including Roberta Rae Carter are tailed in a 20 mile square wooded area southwest of St. Louis. Martin, once the pillow case burglar, fled after a roadside gunfight. Charles W. Isgrigg of Joplin was captured and charged with murder.
A Philadelphia firm operator, Riddell, survived a heart stoppage that lasted 24 to 26 minutes during surgery to replace a mitral valve. Doctors restarted the heart and expect him back to work within a year. The incident occurred during a July 23 operation at a Philadelphia hospital.
Communist women demonstrated in West Berlin against U S troops with signs calling for an end to daily training in Grunewald Forest. A man complained of a rifle fire incident at the Wannsee range, and police dispersed the rally shortly after it began.
W J Py fend of Meade died early Thursday at his daughter Mrs Roy Campbells home after months of failing health. He was 101 and survived by his wife and three daughters.
A state survey of the city water system cites a peak daily pumpage of 3 840 000 gallons under restricted use and urges redesign to handle 5 million or more. Proposals include new wells, river intake upgrades, larger pumping and filtration capacity, pre sedimentation basins, extra pipelines, larger chemical feeders, rapid sand filters, more storage above flood level, and booster pumps. No mandatory health zone is prescribed.
A Wednesday traffic crash on the Lawrence to Tonganoxie stretch blocked both directions for about 50 minutes. The Stalions family from Lowry Field Denver was returning home from Lawrence when the fatality occurred. The incident did not involve Douglas County but raised the local unofficial toll to 15 for accidents inside or near the county. No funeral details for the Stalions were announced yet.
Two navy enlisted men escaped the brig at the Olathe Naval Air Station Wednesday night and were recaptured early Thursday. Commande r Rennix Isner identified the men as Joseph A. Anderson aged 19 of Medford Oregon and William E. Lytle aged 18 of Tacoma Washington. Anderson was captured when he drove a truck through the gates of the Sunflower Ordnance Plant near De Soto Kansas without stopping.
Members of the 35th Division of the National Guard pack equipment at Camp Ripley Minnesota preparing to break camp after two weeks of summer field training. Maj. Gen. John G. McLaughlin reviews the training and calls it the best summer camp since reactivation in 1946. First units will depart after midnight Friday on five special trains and 21 motor convoys.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co seeks authority from the Kansas Corporation Commission to absorb 10 Southwest Telephone exchanges in Kansas and Oklahoma. If approved the merger aggregates Pratt Liberal Bucklin Coldwater Fowler Greensburg Mead Minnesota Plains Kansas and Hooker Oklahoma exchanges, consolidating operations, payrolls, books, and pension plans for about 170 Southwest employees serving around 10 000 telephones.
At Memorial Hospital Alex Luallin and numerous named residents are listed, including Frances Barkley Baldwin Burgess Green Mathews Stalions and others from Sunflower Eudora and Topeka. A marriage license was issued in Probate Court Wednesday to James T. McKinney of Hartford and Zara A. Zoeliner of Topeka.
Obituaries report Nettie Miebach Hiebsch of Winchester dying in Rochester after 30 years residence, with services at Hampton Funeral Home and burial in Cummings Cemetery. Fanny A. Coleman of Burlington and Washington connections dies at 85 in Lawrence Moraria Hospital, services at Funk's Chapel. infant Richard Wayne Chandlee of Atchison dies at 14 months, with funeral at St. Mark's Lutheran Church and burial in Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Surviving relatives span spouses, children across Topeka McLouth Valley Falls Perry Oskaloosa Boulder and Washington D. C. areas. grandparents and a brother noted. Burial locations include Oak Hill and Mt. Vernon Cemeteries.
Lawrence downtown merchants will observe Labor Day with new fall hours closing half an hour later than this summer. Fall and winter hours at most stores begin Saturday with Thursday hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Junior High enrollment underway with sessions 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. through next week. A four car wreck on Highway 2440 near Reno delayed the Leavenworth County Fair parade as judges Ship Winter and E F Zook traveled over township roads to reach Tonganoxie.
In the Armed Forces A1 Robert M. Rhodes moves from Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi Mississippi to MIT Cambridge for further schooling Mrs Rhodes Joyce Pine will accompany him A1 Rhodes is the son of Mr and Mrs Wayne G Coe He was a student in chemical engineering at enlistment Allen Youdon James son of Mr and Mrs Clarence W James is home on leave He trained at Naval Training Center San Diego and will report to the Naval Base Norman Oklahoma Conrad Curtis A D AN left for Whiting Field Pensacola Florida after a two week leave with his parents Route 6
Jonas W Graber resigns as head of the Kansas City regional office of the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency after three months on leave due to ill health. He had led the office since August 1, 1951, and will be replaced by Arthur J reetor of Kansas City, who has been assistant regional representative this past year. The regional office serves Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
Four Brink's guards lost their jobs after lunching together in a hotel restaurant last Monday while an armored truck was left unguarded. The subsequent theft of $65,000 was recovered the next day when Ray E. Farmer, a former Brink's employee with a key to the truck, was arrested. Otto Plank, Brink's vice president, said the guards violated the rule requiring at least one guard to stay with money under company protection.
A teachers conference at Columbia University by 35 educators urges state governments to adopt tax programs to fund sound and adequate education for rural children along with city students. Delegates include rural teachers district superintendents and representatives from teachers colleges and state education departments.
A brief note expressing gratitude to friends and Hopkins for support and kindness during a difficult time. The message acknowledges appreciation from the sender and emphasizes the value of community and assistance received.
FE Louis Moore, runner up in the Aug 5 state representative nomination, files another suit in Sedgwick County. He claims election errors and irregularities affected the outcome. Official tallies show Knight 1,484 votes to Moore 1,441.
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