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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1951

Page

2

GOP Confident of Victory in 1952

New York December 4 Republicans leaders three governors and a senator rallied in New York praising a GOP win in 1952 while avoiding pledges on the nomination. Dewey and Lodge backed Eisenhower while Dirksen blasted the Truman record and Driscoll forecast GOP victory, urging careful stance on the nomination fight.

New York Truman Thomas F. Dewey John Lodge Connecticut Eisenhower Everett M. Dirksen Taft Alfred E. Driscall New Jersey Dewey Dirksen Driscoll Sexige GOP

Deaths in the News: Noted Editors and Officials Obituaries

Edwin L. James 61 longtime New York Times editor since 1932 began at the paper in 1915 and served as Work War I correspondent and chief European correspondent. Poindexter Peat D Poindexter Hawaii governor 1934 1942 born Canyon City Oregon later moved to Montana Democrat. Dr. Davis Snedden 83 former Massachusetts education commissioner and retired Teachers College professor Palo Alto California pioneer California family. Sister Mary Theodore Victoria 95 noted British Columbia teacher and author Oswego-born historian of the Sisters of St. Mary Theodora Pineault

Gwin L. Dace New York Edwin L. James The New York Times Irvington Joseph D. Feindexter Peat D. Poindexter Hawaii Canyon City Ore Montana David Snedden Palo Alto Calif Davis Snedden Massachusetts Columbia University Teachers College California Mary Theodore Victoria B.C Mary Theodore Victoria Pineault British Columbia Sisters of St Oswego

Emil Heck Re-Elected Director of Soil Group

Directors were elected yesterday at the Kansas Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors annual meeting. Stanley Maar, Clarence Brown, Emil Heck, and Bernard Melia were chosen. Brown, Heck, and Melia were reelected, with Heck serving as association president. The session continues today. A separate item notes James Francis Toyne was fined $10 and costs for tailgating on the highway.

Emil Heck Wichita Kansas Association of Soil Conservation District Supervisors Stanley Maar Jewell County Clarence Brown Trego County Douglas County Bernard Melia Ford County Brown Heck Melia Heck Ia James Francis Toyne Frank J. Ginny

Hospital admits multiple patients after puncture wound incident

At Memorial Hospital several individuals are listed as treated or admitted this morning following a puncture wound to the right third, with addresses and names including Evelyn Howe Baglin, Algia Kirkman Linwood, John McMahon Sunflower, William Payne 762 Walnut St W, and others in Sunflower and nearby areas. The report notes emergency room treatment and a yesterday discharge for some patients, reflecting routine hospital intake.

Evelyn Howe Baglin Algia Kirkman Linwood John McMahon Sunflower William Payne Walnut St Harold Turner Mich

Urban rural night at Memocrat Hall on Baker campus

Reporter en route to invest in a postage stamp notes C E Decker exiting the post office with a bundle of No 10 envelopes nine inches high red with la string. Decker directs the local TB Christmas seals drive and appears cheerful. Five hundred farmers from south Douglas County expected to attend the Baldwin Rotary and Commercial clubs sponsored event with coffee pie and cider. At Memorial Park a Homecoming fan required help after landing in a water-filled ditch near stadium. Chance for Franklin D Murphy helped pull him free.

C. E. Decker T.B Decker Memocrat Hall Baker University Baldwin Douglas ‘County Baldwin Commercial and Rotary Clubs K. U Chance Franklin D. Murphy

Uprising at VMI Ends With Widespread Damage

A large student protest at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington involved about 200 to 675 cadets with roughly 75 percent of the 900 students taking part. Window breakage, furniture removal and arson damaged the officer of the day area, water flooding, wiring torn from loudspeakers, and damaged ceilings and bulletin boards. The clash followed tightened regulations on barracks bed checks and a heat of protest over enforcement.

Lexington Virginia Military Institute West Point South VMI

Truman May Name Czar to Settle Service Disputes

Washington reports defense officials consider a Pentagon based referee to oversee procurement for all armed services. The plan, revived from a 1940s proposal, aims to curb interservice disputes with a single authority likely to be named this month.

Truman Czar Washington Defense Pentagon Charles E. Wilson Senate Sen Lynton RB Johnson D-Texar Wilson Key West Fla

UP Executive Dies at 51 in Omaha Hospital

MER Ot 2alae G urphy, 51, director of relations for the Union Pacific Railroad in Omaha, died in a hospital after a stroke. Murphy joined the railroad as news bureau manager in 1937 and became public relations director in 19 40s.

Mer Gurphy Union Pacific Railroad Omaha Murphy

Local Express Agent Retires After 41 Years of Service

FH Ponner, longtime local agent for the Railway Express Company, retires after more than four decades in the express business. He arrived in Lawrence in 1910 and rose from street car operator to local agent, while his children pursued degrees at KU. Gus A Carlson succeeds him, moving from Clay Center to fill the vacancy.

Ponner Ie Railway Express Company Hna Linerence DeSoto Ars Wells Fargo Co Eldridge Bowl Penner Tle Wells Fargo Amaritan Express Company MMR Dlg Railway Express Lawrence K.U J. G. Elliot Penner U.S.S. Franklin L. R. Penner University of Connecticut Robert Kruse Topeka

Say It With Music Revue At Liberty Memorial High

Three musical groups will perform in the Junior High School revue Say It With Music at 7 30 pm Thursday in the Liberty Memorial High School auditorium. Admission is free for the public. JHS orchestra members will play while eighth and ninth grade choruses sing with many named performers listed.

Liberty Memorial High School JHS Orchestran Doris Beans Judy Gore Fson Ray Ntehwla Manaste Anderson Teter Andersan Marele Cantey Bevery Cabl Pat Carter Loran’ White Rex Curleson Stanley Pearzon Wanda Snon Button Pontius Dolores Rist Lawrence Pringle Heverly Tut Willa Smith Evelyn Sheard Pred Deny Mud Hichardson GW. Fishel Geng Gentry Danny Grover Mob Cuntert Larry James Ronald Runkle Kimmie Long Dante McAlister Edward McKelvay Edwin McKulvery Tod Nich+aly Nancy Honwell Mickey Bermussew Taerbarn Hhenall Audrey Thane Jo Cueney Mary Corel Dalores Dunn Hizabeth Bne Martha Poder Ciro Kreneh Nancy Garrla Chnevteva Gotrev Homa Jamil Judy Harding Ames Huxtad Karen Lay Thelma Tebmann Harhara Lexch Bally Mader Sally) Montgomery Ninth Urnde Thelma Atchison Carol Weelin Teta Banks Frankie Whitmore Jillen Karnes Max Williams Margaret Kinbatl Coleman Reed Barbara Marshall Freddy Jones Clara Mowder Darlene Mumford Nous Ue Isne Peggy Wisk Beverly Koborta

Sees Trouble Ahead If Order Is Only Political

The article cites Arkansas Senator observations that an order used for political leverage could disrupt defense production. President Truman notes a committee on government contract compliance and mentions Defense Mobilizer Charles F. B. Wilson’s veto power over the committee’s recommendations.

Arkansas Truman Fairy Employment Practices Commission FEPC South Defense Charles FB. Wilson

Appoints Receiver For Hospital In Insolvency Case

Topeka December 4 State Bank Commissioner Elmer T Beck declared the employer credit union at Winter Veterans Hospital insolvent and appointed a receiver to liquidate it The union had been under the State Banking Department since the arrest of secretary treasurer Thelma Dahlstrom of Topeka on charges of falsifying records She pled guilty and received three years probation An attempt to restore funds included 7274 from a bonding company The receiver named was Fred Carman Topeka lawyer Also in Police Court Arthur E Christie was fined 100 for drunken driving and 10 suspensions of jail terms were handed to several others including John Ward Thoman Albert Orson and Otis Washington with various probation and town leaving conditions

Topeka State Bank Elmer T. Beck Winter Veterans Hospital State Banking Department Thelma Dahlstrom Dahlstrom Powers Arthur J. Mellett Beck Fred Carman Topekattorney Wayne Allphin Arthur E. Christie Kansas City Hernae John Ward Picher Okla William P. Payne Thoman Albert Orson Frank Lewis Howe Pittsburg Otis Washington Independence William O'Neal Suse

Drunk Driving and Public Intoxication Fines Listed

In County Court Glenn William Bailey was fined 100 dollars plus costs for driving while under the influence of liquor. Alex Jordan paid ten dollars and cents for being drunk in a public place.

Glenn William Bailey Alex Jordan

One Liquor Store Bandit Gets Term at Hutchinson

Rol land L. Styskol age 19 of Omaha Nebraska received an indeterminate sentence at the state reformatory in Hutchinson for taking part in 11 liquor store holdups in eastern Kansas. He pleaded guilty to two armed robbery counts and accomplice William Rae faces a hearing. The duo, stationed at Forbes Air Force Base as privates first class, carried out robberies in Lawrence including Hicks Liquor Store and Stam Liquor Store, netting about 350 dollars and whisky.

Topeka Kan Rolland L. Styskol Omaha Nebr State Reformatory Hutchinson Kansas Styskol William Rae Harrison City Rae Forbes Air Fooce Base Lawrence Hicks Liquor N. 3Rd Stam N. HL St

Kefauver to Reply to MacArthur at Seattle Dinner

Senator Estes Kefauver is expected to deliver a reply to General MacArthur at a Jefferson Jackson day dinner in Seattle. MacArthur’s centennial speech drew Democratic and labor criticism for attacking the Truman administration, spurred by a campus rule against political speakers at the University of Washington.

Seattle Der Estes Kefauver D-Tenn Gen. MacArthur Truman University of Washington Kefauver

Kansas tax take higher than in November of ’50

Topeka reports November tax and fee receipts set a record with $8,434,241 collected, up from $7,127,701 in November 1969. Five month total reached $42,991,533 versus $40,778,030 a year earlier, with sales tax for the month at $3,418,610 against $2,962,583 in November 1950.

Topeka Kansas Commisson of Revenue

Douglas County draft board seeks information on three men

The Douglas County Draft Board asks anyone with information on the whereabouts of three men to call 1369 or mail a postal card in care of the draft board at Douglas County Court House. Names and former addresses in Lawrence are LeRo Jamison, 741 Grant St and 708 N St. Justia Elwin Homes, 1116 Conn St. Isaac Danial Cott, 1318 Aura St.

Douglas County Draft Board Douglas County Court House Lawrence LeRo Jamison Grant St St. Justia

Lawrence Historical Society Meeting Tonight Speaker Nyle Miller

The Lawrence Historical Society will meet in the museum room of the new city building at 8th and Vt. St. at 7 30 this evening. Nyle Miller, secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, will speak on the event. The group will also discuss the historical display to be placed in the museum room.

Lawrence Historical Society New City Building 8Th and Vt. Sta Nyle Miller Kansas State Historical Society

Divorces Filed In County District Court

Two divorce suits filed with the clerk of the County District Court seek dissolution of marriages. One case pairs Maria M. Martinez with Francia Rives Martinez and the other pairs Mary Louise Ho with Bernard Le Hoppe.

Te County District Court Maria M. Martinez Francia Rives Martinez Divo Mary Louise Ho Bernard le Hoppe

Home for Christmas for Detroit man freed after 27 years

Vance Hardy walked out of Detroit Recorder's Court a free man after 27 years in prison for a 1924 killing he says he did not commit. His sister Gladys Barrett, who never ceased pursuing his innocence, vowed that his release fulfills a lifelong dream. The case drew new evidence and a judge overturned the verdict, granting a new trial and eventual acquittal.

Detroit Gaunt Balding Vance Hardy Gladys Barrett Hardy Recorder’s Court Louis Lambert Lambert Recorder Joseph A. Gillis Gillis Exconvic

German Representatives To Take Part in Debate

Paris December 4 United Nations special political committee voted 50 to 6 with one abstention to invite east and west German representatives to debate German elections. The move marks the first time Germans have been invited to UN discussions though Russia objected that the issue is not UN business. East Germany is unlikely to participate due to Soviet influence.

Paris United Nations Special Political Committee West Germany United Nations Russia Jacob Malik Soviet Union Malik East Germany Pakistan

Internal Revenue Bureau To Issue Gambling Data

Washington reports the Internal Revenue Bureau will publish a report on its experience selling occupational stamps to gamblers and reveal plans to crack down on bookmakers punch board operators numbers writers and other unregistered professionals. An AP tabulation shows at least 2575 gamblers applied for the new federal gambling tax stamp by December 1. Most state laws deem these operations illegal.

Washington Internal Revenue Bureau Associated Press Pio Mel

Trash Fire Alarm on East Sixth Street Reported

Fire crews responded to a small trash blaze between Conn. and N streets on East Sixth Street around 1 45 this afternoon. A marriage license was issued from Probate Court to Millard L. Cox 31 and Frieda L. Frakes 29 both of Topeka.

East Sixth St Conn. and Millard L. Cox Frieda L.frakes Topeka

Market Summary Shows Mixed Faith in Cattle and Grain Prices

Market at a glance reports uneven cattle trade with prices lower and stronger hogs. Wheat and corn futures fluctuate as export demand and cash markets weigh on Kansas City and local grain prices. Livestock and feed values are mixed, with notes on prime cattle and hay markets and continuing price volatility across commodities.

New York Dec. A Tonia Corton Hedikrat Funttilsadon House Heldutten Nts Advan

Fragmentary note hints at names and placements

The readable parts reference a person or place called Fane and a phrase about a painting and a tortoise. The legible text is severely garbled, offering no clear event, date, or attribution to a known organization or location.

Fragmented OCR Glimpse of 1930s Market ads and Names

Partial readable OCR shows a jumble of brand names and entities like General Motors Montgomery Ward and Union Carder alongside scattered items such as TV activity shipping figures and prices. Mentions of markets, products, and firms hint at a late era commerce page with scattered data.

Pointe Patie Pravda Tierada Betraleam Rita Niutora Raiding TV Clusativabe Ale Gaines Ligher General Motors Be Tihher Monigomery Ward

Three Men Die in DC-3 Training Plane Crash

A United Air Lines DC-3 training plane crashed near Stapleton Municipal Airfield in Denver while returning from a training flight. All three aboard died, including instructor J. D. Koeher and students Lawrence G. Wilson, 28, of Boulder, and Cloami Wayne C. Moon of El Centro, California.

Derby Cole Dre United Air Lines Rocky Mountain Arsenal Textay Stapleton Municipal Airfield Denver Tinsted Air Lines J. D. Koeher Lawrence G. Wilson Boulder Cloami Wayne C. Moon el Cecrita Calif

Card of Thanks Expressing Gratitude for Kindness at Passsing

A short note from Mrs. Fomil Selimit and family thanks friends for swampathy and kindness shown after the death of their husband and father on November 20.

Deaths and Funerals of Earl F Williams and Rev William Garrison

Earl F Williams 59 died Sunday at his San Bernardino California home a Baldwin former resident. Funeral services in Baldwin time to be announced. Survived by Ada Williams mother Baldwin Richard Williams Long Beach three brothers Loren Leo Oscar Williams and Lenora Baldwin and a sister. Rev William W Garrison died at his Hugoton home after a stroke last year in his 70s. Former pastor of Heaper Friends Church and Prairie Center Friends Church. Service at Hesper Church Thursday 2 p.m. with Le Roy Thornburg officiating. Burial at Hesper Cemetery. Survived by wife Marva Garrison of the home daughter Mrs Clyde Brown Colby son Alton Garrison Minneapolis Minnesota stepson Sheldon Jackson Haviland.

Earl F Williama Earl F. Williame San Bernardino Calif Baldwin Ada Williams Richard Williams Long Beach Lorén Williams Leo Williams Oscar Williams Mian Lenora Williams William W. Garrison Hugoton Altho Garrison Heaper Friends Church Prairie Center Friends Church Hesper le’ Roy Thornburg Hesper Cemetery Mra Marva Garrison Clyde Brown Colby Alton Garrison Minneapolis Mion Sheldon Jackson Haviland

Emma Wright Thomas Mra Dies After Long Illness at 93

Emma Wright Thomas aged 93 died Sunday at her home in Wellsville after a long illness. She lived in Wellsville 31 years and was a member of the Wellsville Baptist Church. Survived by daughter Mrs Theresse Wright of Wellsville, son George Thomas of Los Angeles, son Iver Thomas, Monuan City, and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held later at the Wellsville Baptist Church.

Emma Wright Thomas Wellsville Wellaville Thomas Theresse Wright Xo Zona George Iver Thomas Los Angeles Thomas Clerk Paren Monuan City Greene Wellavilla

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