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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1946
Page
4
A damaged newspaper text fragment from a World News page includes subscription details and publication data for Lawrence Kansas and Chicago addresses. It notes circulation and republication rights with a brief political line about right and wrong.
Minter Brown of the state teachers association warned in Parsons that Kansas faces a coming school crisis due to a teacher shortage. He noted a large surplus of teachers now and predicted it will worsen as many move to higher paying private sector jobs. He cited only three to five thousand training slots and low rural salaries around 840 a year, urging salaries to match other professions.
A warward psychologist conducted a Berlin poll among German youths to forecast re education needs for Allied occupation. Franklin D Roosevelt and Truman led preferences with 63 and 62 votes, while Bismarck Frederick the Great Hitler Eisenhower Charlemagne Caesar Napoleon and Alexander the Great received varied support.
The act to regulate lobbying draws attention as about 200 lobbyists register in Congress. Jack Harris of Mutchinson News criticizes the system as part of what ails government, citing moneyed experts and widespread advocacy by reformists and various trade groups including veterans, auto and garment workers, merchants, manufacturers, and public relations firms.
Cordell Hull health improves and he plans to write memoirs about prewar diplomacy. The piece notes military information limits and the potential blockbuster for readers. It also touches on St Louis Cardinals World Series fever and weekend game constraints, LaFollette’s defeat quote, and coal storage advice amid freight shortages.
A cautious article argues a new generation is taking over, can guide taxation policy, employment, and national debt. It recalls post World War I judgments and urges wisdom, vision, and strength to avoid a repeat of economic distress and to ensure the third generation honors its heritage.
A proverb by Wilson Worlh notes an understanding wife provides a steak ready when the man returns from fishing.
Relman Morin says Paris mood darkens as peace talks show signs of failure and fear of new war grows. He notes irreconcilable Soviet western blocs and Russia expansion into central Europe and the Balkans, with Dardanelles control and Greece influence as flashpoints.
The column lists marriages for Helen Monroe to Melvin Noble Harlin of Lawrence and Elsie Marie Freeman to Elmer D. Stultz of Lawrence. It notes engagements for Jaconette Lawrence to John Herman Tietze of Schenectady. Relatives announce weddings and travels as Mrs. Downey, Mrs. Youmans, and others return from visits or trips to Cedar Rapids, Rochester, Columbus, Cumberland, Washington, and European travel. Hazel Wilson sails to Muskogee to teach.
L B Read Jr resigns after eight months as disciplinarian at Has kell Institute and will join the Maximum Power company launching six wheeled trucks in the area. He will keep command of his Indian company in the National Guard and remains a Comine officer elected at the W C T U county meeting at the Unitarian church.
Forty years ago last evening Miss Pearl Tudhope and Ray Power wed at the Tudhope residence 214 Elm Street. Attendants were Miss Nealie Harbaugh of Topeka and Charles Stuart of Lawrence. May De Forest's friends hosted a birthday surprise for her. Mrs. Miles Carney returned from Leavenworth. Mrs. Joe Pierson and Miss Myrtle Sellards visited Argentine this morning. Mrs. H P Moling of Kansas City guests of Mrs. J P Bal. Elmer Pierson and children plan to return to Kansas City after visiting relatives. Mrs. Anna Doyle will spend the winter in Albuquerque New Mexico with relatives next week.
Twelve of Uncle Sam s newest fighters and bombers arrive at Herington army air field for rehearsals for a three day air power show to be staged on Saturday Sunday and Labor Day. Jets like P 80 and R 5 heli copter are featured along with P 51s P 47s C 46s B 29s and A 26s. The event, sponsored by the Kansas Wing CAP and the Army Air Forces, aims to raise funds for training 15 to 17 year old cadets who will form the AAF secondary reserve. The CAP will perform air acrobatics parachute jumps light aircraft demos and mercy mission flights for fires floods or epidemics.
Senator Clyde M. Reed of Kansas endorses Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado as the Democratic presidential nominee, arguing Johnson would be a stronger candidate than Truman. Reed predicts any Democrat could not win in 1948, while naming six Republicans who could beat Truman. Acre vehicle accidents caused 28 600 deaths in 1945.
Beichtesgaden Aug. 31 A former Wehrmacht soldier, Heinz Koerner, details the Führer’s hilltop retreat atop a mountain known as the Eagle's Nest. He says Hitler visited five times and Goering ten, all for tea, with the site costing $2.4 million and a mere hundred cups served across eighteen visits by the three top Nazis.
A compact list of vertical and horizontal clues with military themed labels and scattered answers. The page presents a crossword style grid with numbered clues spanning topics from places to objects and abstract concepts.
Radio listings for Saturday and Sunday evenings show programs on WRN KMBC WDAF and WREN with news by Eric Smith Paul Mason and more. Highlights include Hollywood star Time, The Grand Ole Opry, Three Suse, Crime Photographer, Stephen Kistey and His Orchestra, and other music and variety acts across KMBC WDAF WREN and WREN stations.
KMBC begins a new weekly feature Kansas City Report airing Wednesdays at 6:00 PM. The program, produced with the Chamber of Commerce, will discuss civic projects the committees pursue and the future goals for the community with CBS network backing. The series plans coverage of the National Air Races in Cleveland and other developments, while noting transmitter details and on-air personalities including Tex Owens on the West Coast and Al Pis sand lis ket fiddle from Yankton. KMBC emphasizes broad audience service and denounces personal dedications due to time limits. Farmers’ market ads remain a monthly staple in Journal-World classified listings.
Visitors note stern German attendants at Berchtesgaden keep doors tight and paths rough. A glass room promises clouds and grandeur while relaxed restrooms disappear from sight. Local Bavarians prefer hiking and scowl at jeeps, even as a sign claims United States military government ownership.
Pumpkin Center Ariz Aug 91 Folks in Tonto Basin struggle to hire a teacher for the first six grades at the local school. G T Toot in his store laments the shortage but notes a salary of 175 dollars a month plus furnished teacherage and fuel. The town recalls earlier feuds and hopes the position will attract a candidate from crowded eastern cities.
The Kansas Masonic Home in Wichita will celebrate its golden anniversary in September on the home grounds with a public program. The event opens with a 3 pm concert by the Midian Temple Shrine band and features Most Worshipful Charles S. Johnson, Grand Master of Kentucky F and AM, who was raised in a Masonic widow and orphans home after being brought there at age four.
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