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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1949
Page
1
Two key British cabinet members sailed from Southampton for Washington talks aimed at easing Britain's financial crisis. The visit sought policy coordination with U.S. experts on tariffs, spending cuts, and boosting factory output while easing trade barriers.
A community program at the Douglas county fair features a square dance with Bobs Schaake calling and four couples led by Ruth Roney and Rocelyn Roney. The Liberty Memorial High school dance band directed by Jack Stephenson will perform, with banjo music and a skit by Win Roerper and Woods Davis from Kansas City.
Glenn Cunningham, famed KU track star, was fined $50 in county court after passing another car in a no passing zone seven miles south of Lawrence. He paid the fine and costs and continued from Emporia toward Mount Vernon, Iowa, as sheriff’s forces stopped him early today. The ad notes the Rollerdrome as a nearby setting.
Tokyo August 21 The second half of the eleven year worst typhoon hit the area with strong winds of about a mile an hour and 50 foot waves. At least five persons were injured and 14 ships damaged in Yokosuka harbor. Tokyo houses were demolished and fires raged as communications failed across large areas. Power failures and downed trees and telephone lines slowed relief. U S Fifth Cavalry barracks on Sagami and Tokyo bays were damaged and soldiers moved to safer ground. No deaths were reported in Tokyo.
Hubert A. Brighten, board secretary, said the consolidation of activity and incidental fees at five state schools will simplify bookkeeping. The University of Kansas and Kansas State College face slight increases. Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia adds a new annual and subscription, while Fort Hays State College and Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg see no net rise. At KU the $0 net increase results from limiting home basketball ticket access. KState adds $250 per semester for a daily newspaper and extra activities. Emporia adds $250 for the college annual.
President Truman met with key Democratic leaders at the White House to resolve farm legislation disputes. Senate leaders Anderson Lucas and others pressed for a compromise plan that would keep rigid supports for six base crops while allowing flexibility for others, opposing the House backed high level wartime program. Chairman Thomas convened a committee session to hear what the President advised.
Cattle to 36 dollars in Kansas City on August 31. Nineteen head of choice quality waved steer and heifer yearlings were fed by Coppstein Brothers of Nortonville. The January buck price reached 30.05 dollars, with last year’s peak at 240 dollars, an all-time Kansas City market record.
Arkansas City Kansas August 31 a special train arrives Friday with 204 Navajo students who will register at the Chilocco Indian school south of here in the government education program for the Navajo tribe. Chilocco last year had 228 Navajo children registered and this term the school will operate at top capacity with additional Arterans high school students and the Navajo quota pushing registrations past 750.
Lindsborg Kansas August 31 Arthur Olson has been named assistant football coach at Bethany College under Coach Ray Hahn. Olson, class of 1928, played basketball and football at Bethany and was quarterback on the undefeated 1925 team. He has coached at Turon Haven and Ellinwood.
Storms splashed Southwest Kansas August 31 with hail heavy rain and strong winds. A ten foot radio tower toppled near Ulysses while Lakin and Grant County saw 1.23 to 1.70 inches of rain with hail. planes damaged at Puckett airport. extensive garden and maize damage reported. Monte Canfield of the Lakin Independent notes the event less severe than a prior cloudburst.
At Cannes airport a two engine plane crashed after taking off. Count Gaergi Cini, a wealthy Pralian businessman, and pilot Giorgio Giardello, 26, were killed. Film actress Merle Oberon witnessed the tragedy and suffered shock as the plane burned. The two had been seen together recently but reportedly planned no marriage.
Washington Aug 31 The Senate rejected a substitute for the administration wage bill raising the minimum from 40 to 75 cents an hour by a 51 to 26 vote The Ellender plan would fix 64 cents until end of 1250 then adjust to living costs Another Ellender proposal for 79 cents was defeated by voice vote The House has passed a similar measure Taft Pepper and other leaders opposed jumping to 75 cents as reckless risking depression
Washington reports Major General Harry H Vaughan told senators the FBI found groundless claims he took a $10,000 bribe to fix an income tax case. He also acknowledged receiving a Democratic campaign contribution from a lawyer who sought a pardon for a black market liquor case. Vaughan denied any link between these events and a parole granted to the convict. Senator McCarthy pressed for details, noting autos tied to Vaughan surfaced in black market dealings and questioning potential connections to the parole.
Kindergarten pupils and new students enrolled this morning in six Lawrence elementary schools. By 1 pm 57 kindergartners and 26 new pupils had enrolled, with about 240 kindergartners expected for the fall term. Remaining enrollments possible Tuesday. Cordley 60 under Miss Hazel Lee Simmons and Mrs Patricia Goss. Lincoln 10 under Mrs Lillian M Webster. McAllaster 30 under Miss Susan Todd and Mrs L. R. Perry. New York 5 under Mrs Mildred Kirkham. Woodlawn 50 under Harvey J. McArthur and Miss Elna Patton. Pinckney 45 under Miss Opal Jayne Kennedy and Mrs Evelyn Graber.
Glendale California August 31 MacDonald Smith 59 longtime figure in golf died of a heart attack after a lengthy illness He tied his brother Alex for the U S Open crown in 1910 losing in a playoff His best event was the Los Angeles Open which he won four times first in 1928 then 1932 and 1934 He remained active teaching at Oakmont course despite ill health
New York Giants slugged five home runs to overpower the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-5 in a decisive late August game. Fan excitement rose as Giants hitters connected early and late, driving the score to a lopsided victory.
Chicago Aug. 31 The mileage death rate for the nation's traffic accidents in the first half of 1949 reached an all time low of 6.5 deaths per 100 million miles of travel. The National Safety Council reported this milestone as the first half year rate under seven. Actual deaths rose slightly in July. by seven months the 1949 total was 16,540, about 1 percent under the 16,700 figure for July 1948.
Morning cool spell sends temperature to 33 degrees by five a.m. and 62 by nine, with coats visible. A brief rain later yields 0.3 inch and officials note an August low record. forecasts show no change to planned openings in Douglas County Big Springs and Leavenworth at Tonganoxie.
In a district court case over a short East Seventeenth Street extension, Roth and others asked to withdraw petitions and cross petitions for damages and to deem the strip a public road. Judge Means ordered Liese to convey title to Wakarusa township within five days. Readings indicate Liese sought to block Nadls from using the road as Hadl Motor access, alleging fence and sign postings protected private status, with fences torn down.
Topeka, Aug. 31. Two former Kansas penitentiary inmates placed on conditional pardons were granted full pardons by Gov. Frank Carlson. Four other prisoners also received commutation, and 27 clemency applications were denied. Full pardons went to Richard E. Brown of Gove County, sentenced June 7, 1937, and Joe Parello of Leavenworth County, sentenced June 16, 1933.
A cattle truck sideswiped a parked trailer load of furniture on highway 59 a quarter mile north of Pleasant Grove at 1 20 this morning. Robert E Finley his wife and three children of Sunflower were in the car towing the trailer. Deputy P W Jones Baldwin said Finley stopped to retrieve a dropped article from the trailer as no rear lights were visible. Keith Temple of Lyons drove the truck up the hill and hit the trailer. No injuries were reported though furniture was damaged and a rear fender was torn from the car.
Fort Leavenworth Kansas authorities announced a plan to trim civil service employees at the post by up to 10 percent by November 1 in line with Defense Secretary Louis Johnson’s economy move. Nearly 1,000 workers are employed at the installation.
Lawrence finance committee approved a tentative 1949 50 Community Chest budget of 25300.93, up 4061 from last year’s 19246 86, with last year’s drive raising 19817 24 and exceeding the quota by 570 38. Vinton Warner named chair for 1949 40 drive to run with Kansas City Chest if possible, awaiting final board approval Tuesday at 7 in the Chamber of Commerce office.
Leavenworth Kan Aug 31 Frank Carroll Sr will become president tomorrow of Leavenworth National Bank the third in his family to hold the post He succeeds Irving B Parmelee who died Aug 11 Edward Carroll and Frank Sr both presidents before him He has served as cashier since 1935. Good News Quartet tonight 7 30 Assembly of God church 13th and 15th.
Chicago reports a cool air mass from north central Canada covering the Great Lakes area. Temperatures dipped into the 40s in parts of Wisconsin Minnesota and the Dakotas while the west stayed hot with 90s to 100s and a record high near Blythe California.
A committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce appointed a ticket drive for Haskell Maberty Memorial and LMHS football with four Haskell and five LMHS tickets. Hank Krown heads the committee as Jaycee members and six students assist. The drive starts September 14 after the kickoff banquet. A beauty queen contest will select a local girl to represent Lawrence at the American Royal show in Kansas City next month. Eisenhower will speak in Topeka Friday night at a banquet sponsored by the state and Topeka Jaycees.
Topeka reports scattered thundershowers delaying fair weather across Kansas. State forecaster Richard A. Garrett expects generally fair weather tonight and Thursday with cool temperatures 55 to 60 tonight and upper 70s to low 80s tomorrow. Rain totals include Garden City 1.70 inches and Goodland 1.08 with other spots receiving up to traces.
Hill campus offices largely close for Labor Day with departments deciding skeleton staffing. The dean of women and registrar offices will stay open. Civil service workers may record leave credits for future days off.
Topeka reports state liquor-control director Arthur A. Herrick reminded Kansas that Labor Day, like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Independence Day and Memorial Day, is a holiday when liquor sales are banned. The note follows the start of legal retailing on July 19.
Coffeyville Kansas August 31 a fall term enrollment of about 400 students 10 percent larger than last year is expected at Coffeyville Junior College Dean Karl Wilson said today.
The market tracked 60 stocks with an average index of 63.7, edging down 0.1 point as traders weighed mixed earnings and sector shifts. Major movers included financials and tech, while utilities held steady amid cautious trading.
Lawrence reports 41 housing units started this year with eight month costs over 434000. Builders include Samuel Logan Floyd Sample and M N Penny with homes on Seventh Missouri Tennessee and Kentucky streets. New duplexes and a two family unit join single dwellings amid ongoing city projects and a Kansas Color Press plant dormitory at KC and Haskell Institute work.
Aug 31 Chicago milk men announce price hikes in Kansas City. Major dairies raise Grade A pasteurized milk to 19 cents a quart and homogenized milk to 20 cents for home delivery. Vincent Grimmins of Country Club Dairy cites government price formula bans as the cause. Market order obliges dairies to pay producers a $1 premium per hundred pounds over calculated averages for the coming months starting September 1.
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