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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1949
Page
1
The report notes temperatures falling to near zero across the cold belt as a weather system brings heavy drifts. Roads were blocked by snow and winds shifted, slowing travel and prompting closures in several towns. Local crews worked to clear routes despite persistent cold.
A cold front spreads across the central mountains and into the upper Mississippi Valley. Temperatures plunge to 20s in Montana and near subzero in Wyoming and Nebraska. Roads glaze with ice, travel slows, and school buses are blocked in western Kansas as fog and midweek snow affect Utah and surrounding areas.
A U S army release at Landsberg liberated seven German war criminals who served long terms for roles in concentration camps and as guards. Oldest was Friedrich Katz, a former Wiesbaden policeman, while Walter Graham described as commander noted that 27 more eligible prisoners would be released under a broader bill.
The store cloak room was robbed of about £25 from belts and other items. A man asked to use the restroom earlier, was seen near the cloak room, and police describe him as a stranger. investigators seek details as losses total around £40 including items for two women, Mrs Mire Lasgra Stuart and Belt Mire Lasgra.
In New York on December 20 two men bound and gagged film actor Robert KE at a department during an alleged larceny. Actress Diane Ore was not harmed as police investigated the incident and requested statements from witnesses.
The First Baptist Church installed a new gas fired boiler to replace the old furnace that had served the congregation for 42 years, updating the church’s heating system.
In New York a Soviet government filing in federal court claims Valentin Gubitchev enjoys diplomatic immunity as an officer of the Soviet foreign ministry since 194n. Judge Sylvester R. Ryan noted the filing as unprecedented. Prior rulings and the U.N. position deny immunity, part of broader pre trial disputes over the espionage indictment.
New York December 20 PiAlger Hiss testified in his second perjury trial that he prepared a September 26 1939 memorandum arguing the United States could aid western allies without breaking neutrality laws. The document aimed to show he acted contrary to Communist lines. Whittaker Chambers testified to Hiss’s underground leadership.
The Air Force announced a proposal to relocate the troop carrier squadron from Fairfax to Olathe Kansas. If approved the move would be via agreement with the Navy to base at Olathe which is a permanent installation partly owned and partly leased. The Olathe field serves as a major base of the Naval Air Transport Service during the war and presently hosts reserve training.
A union official in St. Louis says about 30,000 Southwestern Bell employees may strike before Christmas after contract talks with Southwestern Division 2u, CIO Communications Workers broke off. Mediation service involvement and possible government conciliation were noted, with strike plans across six states and a Missouri legality question under the King-Thompson act.
Douglas county CROP treasurer Howard Wiseman announced the drive has $695 in cash and about 140 bushels of corn. The campaign, extended to ten days beyond the original close, reports show Grant and Kanwaka townships complete, with Marion, Lecompton and Wakarusa contributing cash amounts. The county goal remains two carloads of shelled corn, with options to donate cash or corn and drop corn at local elevators.
Judge Hugh Means leaves tonight for San Mateo California to spend holidays with his brother James Means and family. He plans to return January 5 and hold court January 6.
Washington report notes a grand jury begins perjury probe into former White House frequenter John Maragon. Witnesses include Gilbert Halasz, Harold Ross, Milton Polland, and others as scrutiny centers on payments tied to government deals and canceled sugar-ration orders. Drew Pearson appeared among potential witnesses.
The Christmas Eve edition will reread Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. After more than a decade readers welcome the Yuletide tale, hoping for a happier day as Old Saint Nick arrives.
The agriculture department predicted a 1950 winter wheat crop of 384,658,000 bushels, 17,010,000 bushels less than this year. Total 1950 production could reach about 1,084,658,000 bushels if spring wheat yields about 200,000,000 bushels. Acreage seeded runs about 53,023,000 acres with an indicated yield of 16.7 bushels per acre.
New York Order Pittsburgh Dec. 20. Pitts District residents of United Mine Workers say 480,000 coal miners will work only two days per week for the next two weeks. They will labor on Wednesdays and Thursdays due to Christmas and New Year holidays. James Mark and John Busarello, UMW leaders, report seven central Pennsylvania operators signed to new contracts. names not disclosed.
President Truman arrived in Washington from Key West in fighting trim and good health, intent on pushing the fair deal in Congress and campaigning for the 1950 elections. He appears relaxed and cheerful despite a waistline concern noted by his physician Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham.
David Ewing eight, son of Mr and Mrs Sam Ewing, died in a local hospital minutes after a milk truck ran him down at his farm home near Coffeyville Kansas. Deputy Sheriff Ray, riding a bicycle, collided with the truck.
New York stock market closes with the Pi-Closing average for 60 stocks at 70.7, down 0.2 points. Funeral home and ambulance service entries appear in the same column alongside a Christmas cleaning advertisement for Acme Cleaners at 1111.
An eight year old in Medford Mass believes Santa is real after a rooftop loudspeaker spout echoes his claim. Alderman George F Callahan, using a Santa voice from a home loudspeaker, tells Johnny Williams and crowd that Santa is real and will visit. Santa jokes about keeping kids in bed as he speaks to the youngsters.
A cold wave and freezing drizzle spread across Kansas with snow in the northwest. Forecaster Richard Garrett warned of sharp temperature drops and treacherous highways. Topeka dipped from 61 to 38 F by 9 am, Concordia noted 21 F with freezing drizzle, and statewide levels fell to the 25 to 30 degree range tonight and tomorrow.
In Gothenburg Nebraska a head-on crash in thick fog killed Denis Wells 30 of Cosad Neb and injured six others. Gerald Potter 32 of Cozad and Mont J Green 66 of Manhattan were hospitalized along with Maude Green 52 Manhattan Franklin Boone 52 Manhattan and Mrs Gerald Potter and Mrs Donna Wells Corad. Four of the injured were released and Potter and Green remained in fair condition.
Monte Green brother of B. A. Green of Route 4 Lawrence and contractor for the Eldridge Hotel and the Lawrence Memorial hospital.
The Journal-World will publish final basketball scores from the Kansas Jayhawks versus Holy Cross in Boston and the Lawrence High vs Manhattan game. Scores expected around 10 o clock tonight.
A brisk, patchy winter day unsettled the area with subfreezing morning temps and light precipitation. Lawrence merchants extended late hours and KU students dealt with holiday mail as post offices saw peak pre Christmas activity with nearly 98,500 pieces canceled and thousands of parcels processed.
Telegram from Dr F C Allen Beaton MA reports three Kansas players Lovellette Jack Carly and Bill Houghland ill with flu before the Holy Cross game tonight at the Garden. Lovellette and Carly confined to bed others suffer colds with gloomy prospects for the fortnight.
Haskell students present their annual Christmas program The Nativity tonight at 3 in the Haskell auditorium Sixty students participate Pete Goad narrates Mrs Eloise Campbell soloist Sponsors Richard Bennett Miss Laura O'Hara and Miss Cleo Sumpter A prior visit to Winter Veterans hospital brought the manger scene to patients Saturday night in a separate performance
Briggs and his wife left yesterday by motor car to visit their son Briggs in Albuquerque. In Tonkawa, Oklahoma a man died of a heart attack at a local hotel.
A fragmented note asks readers to support a former Lawrence resident by sending a son to The Journalorld at time. The brief hints at a community appeal or column request.
An awkward, partially garbled note from Santa warns of legal risk and holiday plans. It references Santa, places like St. Vienna and Seattle, and names individuals such as Lloyd Sorzen and Jansen, with unclear actions and dates.
Lawrence council discusses a street rocking program to repair 18 miles of streets, funded by a state gasoline tax rebate and city budget, amid petitions from adjacent property owners. Joseph Lewdens chairs the streets committee and Lyman Wiley is appointed to manage veterans housing. recreation commission rejects moving an American Legion building for a youth center. County Attorney Overs cites funding needs, with costs projected around 2500 dollars for site setup and 2500 for foundation at the park site, plus a prior claim against the city of 29.6.40 dollars.
Joint installation of officers conducted by Lawrence number 1 and Acacia number 3 with Judge Means as installing officer. About 70 members attended. Elective officers for Lawrence and Acacia lodges named. appointment lists for each lodge announced.
Unconfirmed Rome reports say Myron C. Taylor former U.S. Steel guard chairman may resign as special representative to the Vatican. Taylor would not confirm or deny. a Vatican source cites his poor health as a reason the reports seem creditable.
Fragmented forecast text lists temperatures near freezing and mixed conditions. Mentions Wednesday through Friday with possible rain, varying wind directions, and general regional notes. Garbled place names and dates obscure precise details but indicate a cold unsettled period with potential warm days later.
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