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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1948
Page
4
Real Christmas Spirit of CRO P gift program
The Christmas Rural Overseas Program reports gifts of foodstuffs from Americans to 48 nations will be delayed due to overwhelming contributions. Officials say the spontaneous gifts reflect the true Christmas Spirit as large, late donations slow port gathering and require shipments in multiple sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
C.R.O.P
Defense Overhaul Urged by Hoover Board on Streamlining
The Hoover board urges overhaul of the American defense system noting the government must show effective results from large defense spending. It finds many fighting units are not readily ready and the armed services mainly maintain themselves. The call favors a compact, integrated force and a broader streamlining effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover Board
Army
Navy
Aid in Reverse in Marshall Plan Goods
The resale in this country of goods given under the Marshall plan is being checked after reports that items for European rehabilitation bounced back to the United States. Many foreign powers seek dollar credits to buy necessities, while some American goods support Europe’s recovery and self sufficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
America
No Quick Recovery Under Truman Plan Greece Aid Continues
A government official says American aid to Greece will be continued under the Truman plan. Despite criticism, relief reaches a poverty stricken nation where civil war persists and recovery is slow. War and invasions diminished Greece’s resources, and external forces prolonged the strife. The patient’s early recovery is not expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
W Riters
Flood control plans outlined for upland watershed
At a Missouri River States committee meeting in Lincoln Nebraska last week the federal agriculture department unveiled a thirty year flood control plan costing nearly four billion dollars Brannan urged tackling the problem at its source on ranges forests and croplands The plan aligns with army engineers flood control dams and reservoirs proposing an Osage basin upland project and soil conservation measures to protect farm valleys as more Americans support displaced persons seeking work domestically and possibly elsewhere in the future
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri River States Committee
Lincoln
Neb
Federal Department of Agriculture
Brannan
Army
Aaly
Osage
Young Kansas lad plans printed success in nine years
A 13 year old Garnett printer in a letter to his aunt explains economizing by avoiding whiskey and tobacco. He calculates ten years of 10 cents daily for whiskey and 20 cents weekly for tobacco would total 469, enough to buy a second hand press and type. He notes at 21 he hopes to own a press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Amall
Garnett
Art Capper
Peiping Fate Teeters As Chiang's Government Awaits
Chinese politics swirl around Peiping as rebel forces close in to encircle the capital. Fu Te-vn claims to defend the city while Red spokesmen say Peiping could fall at any moment, raising questions about Chiang Kai-shek's leadership and possible nationalist communist outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Peking
Chiang Kaishek
Fu Tev-vn
Suiyuan
Altho Chiang
China
Marco Polo
Yen
Nanking
Chiang
Barbs on grown ups and Christmas gifts a quirky riddle
A humorous take on grown ups promises and family gifts for Christmas. The piece jokes that eight hours of sleep play and work form an old fairy tale and puns about Dad keeping kids occupied with punishments while fantasies of traffic jams hint at mischievous desires.
1948 crops set a new high mark
Washington reports a final survey showing record crop production for 1948. Total output up 37 percent from 1923-32 base, led by a bumper 2.651 trillion bushels of corn and gains across flaxseed soybeans peanuts rice pecans and cranberries. Oats 1.4915 billion bushels, wheat second only to 1947. State details list Kansas and Oklahoma figures for corn and wheat with noted yields and acreages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Radio Programs and Baseball Star Stan Musial Featured
A radio schedule fragment lists WREN WDAF KMBC WDAP KMBC and other stations with shows like You Are There Vesper Hour and Jane Pickens. It notes Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals as a major batting and hit safety leader with 121 games played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KCUMO
WDAF
KMBC
Vaugan
Neosroe TV AU MN Rerins Masai
Triste
Bruch Creek Folles
Dennis Day
Hoedown Creek Folles
Creck Folies
Wren
Ase Mans
pomieHar
Ted Ma Noth
Tei
Dave Ross
Orcnesirn
Miton Cross
Pat Dunn
Jane Pickens
War Rivers
Merrit Wrene
David Haring
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinal
Evening school ends term at Lawrence Adult Education
The Lawrence Adult Education program wrapped a term hailed as the most successful since the war by director E. J. Logsdon. Attendance peaked in Power Elements in World Politics with 25 to 30 per session and homemaking classes were highly popular. Enrolment for next term begins February 7, 1949 with over 11 classes requested. logsdon seeks managers and supervisors courses and other trades. Safecrackers steal $700 from a Cracker Safe in Medicine Hat using a welding outfit. they return tools and repair the damaged door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forl
Lawrence
E. J. Logsden
Logsdon
Alta
Tea or Coffee Etiquette and Holiday Guest Etiquette
A compendium of social etiquette covers whether tea or coffee takes precedence by age, how to handle serving orders at gatherings, inviting out of town guests, using engraved fold cards for informal Christmas Eve invitations, and expectations for male guests at nightlife events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesser
China
Ethiopia
America
Dear Mrs Shaw Advice Column Teaches Etiquette
A reader asks about holiday invitation phrasing hack tie and black tie meanings. Answers clarify tuxedo dress codes, white tie rules, and proper dining room chair etiquette after meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Shaw
Tam
Fire department quell minor blaze at Stavros home
A short circuit in electric light fixtures caused a small fire at 1412 New Hampshire Street this morning. The blaze was extinguished without further incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stavros
New Hampshire Street
Benjamin P. Baker
Harold Houk
Acacia Lodge
Lawrence No. 6
Richard Jackman
Charles Ratcliffe
Stella Colman
Lawrence
George Matthews
Kansas City
Bride
John Fowler, Jr
John Tom Reynolds
Paul Davidson
Mattoon
Otto Barteldes
W. J. Cummings, Jr
Barkedale Field
da MecCreath
Arthur Capper
Topeka
Betty Allphin
Wayne Alpin
Mineral Point
Wis
Marriage of Gertrude LaCoss and Raymond Conboy
Twenty five years ago the marriage of Gertrude LaCoss and Raymond Conboy occurred yesterday morning at St John s Catholic Church. Mr and Mrs Arthur Lawrence announce the birth of a daughter yesterday morning. The post office employees held a:
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude LaCoss
Raymond Conboy
St. John's Catholic Church
Arthur Lawrence
Douglas County Farmers Institute elects officers for year
M B Brownlee of Route 4 is elected president for the coming year. Vice presidents include RK M Dunning Route 4 BLE Head Lecompton OB Burton Lone Story John Hammond Baldwin C E Reeks Baldwin M E Starr Eudora J A West Eudora E W Young Route 6. Mrs T J Edmonds entertains Friscula Embroidery club. Mina Alice Huey hosts girls. A Hutchinson of Lecompton visits, Olen Newlin of Kansas City visits Margaret Perkins. Mrs George Kumler and daughter Wary depart for Denver for holidays. Union Pacific photocheck for over $6,000 paid to Douglas County taxes. J Willis Gleed of Topeka to speak at New England banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Brownlee
Douglas County Farmers Institute
RK. M. Dunning
Route 4
Ble. Head
Lecompton
Burton
Lone Story
John Hammond
Baldwin
C. E. Reeks
Baldwins
M. E. Starr
Eudora
J. A. West
E.W. Young
T. J. Edmonda
Friscula
Yeatenday
Mina Alice Huey
A. Hutchinson
Mise Olen Newlin
Kanane City
Margaret Perkins
George Kumler
Denver
Union “Pacific Railroad
Douglas County
J. Willis Gleed
Topeka
New England
Language and clue list from a puzzle page
A compact list of crossword style clues with numbered entries and hints. The page features words such as Indian, harvest, ocean, soak hemp, oleic acid salt, and a vertical clue set including fashion and handled.
Messiah on KMBC Tops Holiday Radio Lineup
KMBC airs Handel’s Messiah with the Independence Messiah Choir and 43 Kansas City Philharmonic musicians under Franklyn S. Weddle, featuring soloists Josephine Crinklaw Mader and others. Also presents Miracle on 34th Street, Aunt Jenne serial, Tidings of Great Joy, and Amox N Andy. The seventh annual Christmas Festival on CBS includes Autry and Kaye with a long star lineup, 3 p.m. KMBC highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KMBC
Kansas City
Independence Messiah Choir
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
Franklyn S. Weddle
Josephine Crinklaw Mader
Annajean Brown
New York
Garland Tickemyer
Los Angeles
Hardin van Deursen
Monday Night At &, Radio Theatre
Edmund Gwenn
John Payne
Maureen Hara
Gwenn
Kris Kringle
Church of the Air
Percy Faith
Jane Froman
Amox
Andy
Amos
CBS
RMB
Gene Autry
Danny Kaye
Lionel Barrymore
Monday Evening Radio Schedule Review
Radio listings show a dense, scrambled schedule across stations KMBC WDAF WDAP WREN and others. Programs include family hour Catholic hour Amos and Andy Gene Autry and Phil Harris segments, with Palladium music blocks and comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KNBC
WDAF
Komie
Drew Pearson
KMR
Percy Freth
Dy Maris Ho Maher
Wap
Reany Eatee
Wren
KMBC
Amos
Andy
Krome—Gurt Masser
Phil Harris
Alice
Gene Autry
Wraf
Charles McCarthy
DIK Mbc
Robert Q
Lewis Shaw
Fred Aliens
He'en Hayes
Muse
Lum
Anner Noth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Memper Audit Bureau of Circulations
Peace
Carlson
Dewitt MacKenzie
AP Foreign Affaire Ansiyet
Peter Cooper
Bal Cochran
Oklahoma
Remu
Frank W. Kingsbury
Augusta Ziesenis
H. L. Newton
J. E. Watkine
Tonganoxie
Font Hawkins
Indus Street
Ea Sali
Rhythm Riders
KFRM
Ray
Joe
Val
Smitty
Brush Creek
Aunt Jenne
Mac
Kmbc-Fm
Rhythm Bivens
Masa
Kelvinator
Deep Freezers
L Loke Smith CO
Vane
Beamans
F. M. Pilotuner
1200
N.Y
Hanna's
Mase
Caribboean
Allines
Downs Travel Service
Ala
St. Lawrence
Kan
Rhodes
Vermont
Cassie Tea Room
13Th
Daly
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oscar B. Rumsey
C. B. Rumsey
Round Corner Drug CO
Mel Fisher
Lindley’s
Kansas Cleaners
General Tire & Battery
Morgan-Mack Tire CO
Cadilla
Pontiac
Jayhawk Motors
Vermont &J
L. T. Harris Co., Inc
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