Lawrence Daily Journal World 1932 Classified Notice
Fragmented OCR shows early 1930s Lawrence daily with publisher names and contact, pricing, and publication note. The header indicates Thursday December 4 1932.
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1952
Page
4
Fragmented OCR shows early 1930s Lawrence daily with publisher names and contact, pricing, and publication note. The header indicates Thursday December 4 1932.
Senator Taft hails Durkin as incredible and the Eisenhower team seeks to clarify cabinet goals. The Durkin choice shocks some Democrats while echoing past cross party appointments like Stimson and Knox, raising questions about partisanship and unity within the new administration.
The piece recounts John Foster Dulles suggesting extending UN operations to the China coastline to disrupt red shipping and industry, noting the idea lapsed but resurfaces as a possible means to break the Korean stalemate. It questions decisions to avoid actions that could escalate toward World War III and asks why allies aim to appease the Reds.
Kremlin moves echo in Prague purge as former leaders including Jews were executed. The purge appears aimed at advancing Soviet policy and stoking anti Jewish sentiment to align with Arab nations, with Iran seen as a potential beneficiary. The piece argues Russia uses friendly phrases to extract concessions in return.
A discussion on press relations with the Eisenhower administration questions reliance on handouts and the shape of press conferences. The piece urges clearer access to news and notes a need for change to improve government-media contact and public connection. A federal grand jury signals a plan to trace how subversive agents infiltrated key departments and remained, possibly prompting the administration to reassess its security and reporting.
Douglas County draft board members and associates dined with Dorsey-Liberty Post American Legion last night as the WPA closing is ordered by the president, signaling possible end to several local projects including the University military science building. Mrs Rowlands returns from Seattle. Mrs Tripp and Sharon Lee from Radford. Coach Hurt resigns KU staff. Adah chapter elects officers. Crosswhite visits from Washington DC. Tagore niece to speak at University. Multiple traffic collisions reported at Eighth and Mass and Sixth and Miss streets, injuring several. juries named for federal duty in Kansas City. Lawrence school board funds Montessori education. city water shut off again. mass meeting set on form of government. Helen Allphin hosts shower for Blanche Benedict. Birthday Club formed. new daughter to the Schenkers. Modern Lace Club to meet.
An unsigned fragment shows barbs aimed at Cochran with satirical lines about people who travel in circles. The piece hints at social tensions and personal clashes but lacks full context or identifiable events.
Optimism returns to the Great Plains as snow covers wheat lands and observers note mixed prospects. C W Lane of the Santa Fe reports wheat planted under adverse conditions with some stands fair and others failing, predicting a near normal crop only if a favorable break in weather and moisture arrives. The king wheat may yet survive, though 1933 likely won't yield a bumper crop.
Clyde W. Seales of Osawatomie Kas won the chief award in the hay and grain division at the International Livestock Exposition. He was named the 1952 Hay King on Wednesday with a prairie variety sample.
Mrs Nancy Sinatra reports jewelry theft at her West Los Angeles residence. About 30000 dollars worth of jewels were taken, police say, with details and investigation unfolding Wednesday night.
Washington report traces miner leader John L. Lewis chasing a $1.90 daily wage raise, approved by President Truman after the Wage Stabilization Board had capped increases. The sequence spans 1950 to 1951, noting unions, government freezes, and White House mediation that boosted miners to a combined $3.50 daily rise within two years.
William Beck 68 of Ensign Kansas walked into a Vidal California check station saying he got lost in the Mojave Desert while prospecting for radioactive materials near Earp Randall 58 reported Beck left camp Mayday and did not return. He appeared none the worse for the experience.
A Dutch psychologist Tonko T tenave of the University of Amsterdam visits the University of Kansas campus on a six month Fulbright Scholarship. He has toured Harvard Michigan Princeton New York Columbia and Pennsylvania universities and Pennsylvania State College. He will proceed to Chicago University after Kansas. Dr Jen Have arrived in Lawrence and plans to leave tonight. He has stayed with Prof. Clyde K Hyder and met psychology sociology and social work faculty.
In Paris reporting from Tunisia, 116 people were killed and 619 wounded amid clashes between Arab nationalists and French forces. A survey cited Thursday indicates widespread unrest and mounting casualties across the year.
Mrs Francis and infant Joyce Lynn returned home from Lawrence Memorial hospital. Rose Mary, Steven, and others stayed with relatives during the mother’s absence and returned home Saturday. Mrs A W Gallen will stay with her daughter Mrs Francis Born. Mr and Mrs Paul Sommer hosted the firemen’s pot luck supper at City Hall with a Christmas gift exchange.
The page chronicles local life with Bingo at a Rotary supper hosted by Mr and Mrs Curtis Diekrich, death of Maurice O Young in Farmington New Mexico, and funeral details. It notes survivors including his mother Mrs Young of Eudora and twin children, plus a sister and grandchild. Also covered are travel to Farmington for the service, hospital ironsillectomy for Kathy, and relatives visiting from Roger Arkansas. Further items mention Morriss family Thanksgiving dinner, a Gabriel family descendants basket dinner at Hesper Community Center with a brief history reading, and St Therese members elections at Holy Family School basement with officers listed.
A filled crossword style list presents clues for horizontal and vertical entries. Across include precious stones, river valleys, and names while vertical clues cover smelt, street terms, and common words. together they form a dense word puzzle with varied definitions and cross dependencies.
The Methodist Women Society invites families to a 6 PM Christmas supper on Sunday at the church Community room with Baker University Quartet guests. public invited to 8 PM sanctuary musical numbers. Merritt Church School practices for the Christmas program on Dec 6, Church Eve on Dec 24 at 7:30, with Mrs. Wolfe and Mrs. Fraizer in charge.
Fragmentary TV listings show a mix of show names and times. Mentions include Garry Moore and a Boxing Cavalcade. The readability is limited by OCR errors, with several program titles and times unclear and some lines repeating.
KANU FM 8 MC presents a busy program lineup including Jazz Concerts Candlelight Concert and Music from Mt Dread. Friday features Instrumental Interlude and Opera hobby segments with sports and news interludes throughout the evening.
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