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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1944

Page

14

Jayhawkers Rout Aggies in 63 to 40 Win in KC

Kansas Jayhawkers led 6–0 and 11–5, pushed ahead by Charles Moffett with 25 points and Everett Hill adding eight. Kansas State 40. The game, played at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, previews a 9:30 p.m. matchup with Missouri Tigers as Fritz Knorr’s team rotates 13 players.

Charles Moffett Kansas Jayhawker Kansas Aggie Five Municipal Auditorium Kansas City Missouri Tigers Frosty Cox Colorado University Tigers University of Nebraska Kansas State Kirk Scott Norman Carlson Moffett Dave Weatherbie Aggies Mt. Oread Fritz Knorr Joe’ Ridgeway Jayhawkers Hill Reynolds Kansans E. U Everett Hill Lawrences High Jee Peck Owen Peck Sea California Fort Fi ‘Effett Rarson Fonn Cerner Eynolds Raon Weatherby Ridgeway Atkins Behultz Gregath Kinchelos McClaughry Deltt Cane Boerker Cemena Cenninenses Mi Lousser Kena Koopman Payton Kopereenen Bell Gw Robson

Army Air Base and Navy teams clash in scattered results

In a roundup from Fort Leavenworth Kansas, the Fort Leavenworth Army Fliers defeated the Olathe Naval Air Station Clippers 49 to 40. Flyers center Ryden poured in 22 points while Clippers center Phillips added 12.

Ellis Island Coast Guard Brooklyn Army Air Base Bainbridge Navy Camp Bradford South Aouthern Baptist Theological Semina Howard Fort Helvelr Marshall Loyola New Orleans Gulf Coast Air Station Middle West Valparaiso Ind Drake Colorado Missouri Eastern Illinois Miami Oxford Minnesota Nebraska Kansas Kansas State Great Lakes Purdue Indiana State Concordia St. Louis Murray Loras Qubuane Camp Atterbury Butler Fort Leavenworth Kan Flyers Cluthe Naval Air Base Clippers Lincoln Neb Topeka Southwest Norman Army Air Field Oklahoma Pentathlon Military Azteca of Merite Gowen Field Im Smendover Utah Leavenworth Fliers Teavenworth Fort Leavenworth Army Fliers Naval Air Station Clippers Clippers Ryden Phillips

Noted artist Charles Dana Gibson dies at 76

Charles Dana Gibson famed for the Gibson Girl died of a heart attack in New York at 76. His wife Irine Langhorne, sister of Lady Astor, was at his bedside. He painted through summer at Dark Harbor Maine despite my cardiitis, and rose to fame after 1894 with the iconic Gibson Girl. Funeral plans not yet announced.

New York Charles Dana Gibson Gibson Girl Irine © Langhorne Virginia Lady Astor Alvini R. Harnes Sonal Ac Yaician Gilson Dark Harbor Navy Lane Maine Ibson Roxbury Mass Gibson Garfield Old- Life Delmonico’s

Army officer barricades room for six hours in hotel

Leeds dispatch reports an American army officer just returned from the western front barricaded himself in a hotel room with a Sten gun for six hours and threatened entrants. Firemen climbed a ladder to open a window and overpower him. His identity was withheld.

Leeds Eng

New York Sports Roundup Passes Urgent Donations

Metropolitan intercollegiate basketball committee gave 500 dollars to the National Association of Basketball Coaches with Irish of Madison Square Garden matching the sum for development of the game. No word on silencers for referees. Guest star Les Goates notes Navy great Joe Stanowicz’s perfect senior seasons and Admiral Jonas Ingram’s football and track feats.

New York Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Committee National Association of Basketball Coaches Ed Irish Madison Square Association

Connie Mack Celebrates His 82nd Birthday Today

Connie Mack, aged 82, marks his birthday in Los Angeles as he aims to win one more pennant for the Philadelphia Athletics. It’s his first birthday away from Philadelphia in 44 years. He sends greetings to fans, hoping for a near future achievement, while spending a quiet day at a hotel with Mrs Mack and planning a Christmas Eve party with family and friends.

Los Angeles UPI Connie Mack Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia California

Drive for New Home in Topeka Faces 1945 Plan

Crowded state departments in Topeka could gain a dedicated home under Kansas legislative council approval. A seven member governor appointed commission would survey sites and report before end of 1945, with funds and construction slated for action by 1947. Preferred site near the statehouse was two blocks west, at about three quarters of a million dollars. Pre session poll showed broad support for building, with some conditions and a few lawmakers advocating pay as you go or alternative options.

Topeka Kansas Legislative Council Council Statehouse Associated Press

Canadian Troops Gain Ground Near Bologna and Ravenna

Canadian forces have opened a wide front along the Senio river northeast of Faenza with the Fifth Army making local gains south of Bologna. American troops improved positions near Montobermonte as Germans battered Montemonti. Canadian units pushed 500 yards at Naviglio bridgehead northwest of Bagno Cavallo, nine miles west of Ravenna, amid dogged resistance.

Rome Faenza Italy Fifth Army Bologna Montre Belmonte Highway 65 Naviglio Bagna-Cavallo Ravenna

Two Boys Sentenced to Detention for Stealing Lights

Three Eudora high school youths aged 14 15 and 16 were taken by county officers for stealing spot and fog lights from cars. The 14 and 15 year olds received a week at Shawnee county detention home in Topeka starting Tuesday and will report to Judge Wilson on the last date of each month. The 16 year old pleaded guilty to petty larceny and was fined five dollars plus seven fifty costs.

Eudora Cara Shawnee Topeka J.B. Wilson Wilson Justice of Peace O. Lf Homer Harris Carl Harvey Ottawa Justice of Peace J. Lane

Last minute Notre Dame defeat tops AP poll trivia

Sports Mirror notes a year ago Notre Dame’s unbeaten team suffered a last minute loss to Great Lakes and topped an AP poll surprise. It recalls three and ten year-ago items including war track wagers and Connie Mack’s 82nd birthday. Kansas City beat Independence 42-29 as Pratt Whitney’s Lowther led with 22 points. Nearby Dreux Castle ruins overlook the Blaise river near Paris.

Associated Press Notre Dame Great Lakes Connie Mack Philadelphia Athletics Harold McSpaden Pasadena Cal Kansas City Jerry Lowther Pratt-Whitney Indenverfdence Kan Army Air Field Kansans Independence

Washington migrant disabled workers press for jobs and education

Washington reports 28.4 million Americans disabled or chronically ill with only a fraction employable. A House subcommittee studies the problem, seeking broad legislation and public education to overcome employer prejudices. Federal agencies place about 194000 of 1.5 million in rehabilitation programs. the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation aids training nationwide. Los Angeles notes a wedding in the Philharmonic after 25 years, plus home safety tips and a bustling classified page.

Washington Congress House Fed Labor Department Office of Sen

Leaves From A War A Hal Boyle Notebook Belgium Ward Scene

In a Belgian village hospital war presses in as German guns grow louder and a medical officer and a nurse tend saner wounded. They recount loss of hospital equipment and fear for patients as wounded soldiers await evacuation and the threat of a German breakthrough looms.

Belgium Althout

No Ceilings on Live Meat Prices Planned

Washington reports 16 western senators agreed unanimously that price ceilings on live cattle would be impractical. O Mahoney cited enforcement difficulties and risk of premature selling that would shrink meat supplies, saying 40 million lighter cattle would hurt consumers. Also notes two drunk-driving fines for Homer Harris and Carl Harvey, plus a historical remark on early use of quills for writing.

Washington O’mahoney D-Wye Price War Food Administration O'Mahoney New York

Fragmentary note hints at two men in a detective tale

An unreadable fragment suggests a two man dynamic in a detective story. The text mentions a Norse element and American context with scattered phrases about hills and beds, but the overall meaning is unclear.

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