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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1952
Page
4
Lawrence Daily Journal World dated February 8 1952 lists subscription rates including one year in advance 31080 six months 4 00 and per year 7000 plus notices of Associated Press ownership and publication details. It notes postal entry in Lawrence Kansas and staff credits for editors and publishers.
An essay recalls Elizabethan valor and urges a renewed British spirit to serve England and the empire. It contrasts Coolidge’s stance on strikes with modern calls for a broader right to strike, arguing that public services must remain uninterruptible to protect lives and safety.
February 8 1952 radio listings show programs across stations KCMO WREN WDAF KMBC WRES NBC Musicals talks dramas and variety shows. Notable items include The Lutheran Hour The Falcon Concert Miniature and Paul Harvey with news and music from Martin Kane and Dick Haymes among others.
A dense OCR draft lists a wide array of radio and TV program titles, hosts, and station call signs across multiple stations such as WREN WDAF KMBC WDAF and KMBC. The fragmentary text names programs like The Lone Ranger Archie Andrews Space Patrol Texas Rangers Western Echoes and various music segments, news blocks, and farm reports with numerous time stamps and host references.
TV guide style items list programs for Friday Saturday and Sunday with a mix of hosts, guests, and times. The page notes specific show names such as Today Mel Martin Show Ernie Kovacs and various regional personalities, reflecting a mid century TV listings format.
A retrospective on George VI and Elizabeth II tracing the throne’s continuity from abdication to World War II leadership and royal resolve. The piece reflects on monarchy’s dignity and duty amid upheaval, noting Elizabeth’s succession and English devotion to their queen.
City Commissioner John Crown urged a plan for budget centralization among the city, school board, and county tax bodies to reduce taxpayer burden and promote wiser budgeting and public programs. The piece also notes a World War II Katyn massacre reference, a Washington subcommittee, and political chatter around Taft, Eisenhower, and Oklahoma delegates.
Old Home Town social notes detail dinners hosted by Mr and Mrs WA and Mrs Joie Thomas with attendees including Miss Ma Wohns and Englen Bally Jr of Corpus Christi. Breakfast honoring Mrs Shirley Ann and others at Pensacola. Kansas and Oklahoma mentions cover markets and court gossip. A primary slate lists council and school board candidates. Baker University basketball wins. Community surprises mark anniversaries in Harmony township with many local residents noted.
The notice lists Dorothy and a maid, Charles and Robert Laughin, Mr and Mrs W T Tee and their son Charles, plus Emma Hartley and Miss TeKenzie who will host a dinner Friday evening. Miss Sechrist is to be married soon to Thomas Humphres at Nauvoo Illinois.
A reader praises a speaker introducer who forgets the talk mid sentence and jokes about the new coach Mie dimes and Missouri U. basketball star Win Williams. The note mocks naming a next speaker and recalls Lovellette’s moment in a Monteguma Press clipping.
The column lampoons movies that run three hours and jokes that some husbands discover home without a mother. It notes a great work stoppage comes from people with nothing to do who spend time with someone who has. The piece also mentions an average woman paying more attention according to a speaker.
A Missouri girl won first prize for a good roads slogan with the line Fir fem. A doctor notes that the average life of women has risen, yet after a certain age they do not get any older, while Sar lectures more than the average man who tires easily at home.
A radio listener recalls hunting for music amid talk shows and drums of controversy. The narrator drifts through stations from Inside Stalin to Stateside as fragmented songs fail to soothe and boredom grows into fatigue with the medium.
After six years wandering due to a wartime loss of parents, 11 year old Packam befriended a schoolgirl who shared a meal. Impressed by kindness, the family invited her to stay and adoption papers were filed, giving her a new home and guardians.
Washington reports guidance on filing an estimated tax return for 1952 income. March 15 is a double deadline: file 1951 tax return and pay in full, plus declare estimated 1952 tax and begin quarterly installments. The new form 1040 ES replaces prior tables for incomes under 55,000.
Grady the cow from Yukon Oklahoma has thrived since her historic three year old silo plunge on Bill Mack's farm. She bore three calves in the years since, two sons and a daughter, and remains a local curiosity as visitors trek to see her. Grady, now seven, gained weight and remains glamorous despite the ordeal and a death of her first calf. News of her entrapment and dramatic exit sparked nationwide attention during the period.
Birmingham reports say a Jefferson County grand jury called Police Commissioner Eugene Bull Connor mentally and morally unfit and recommended impeachment. It accused him of intimate relations with his secretary Christina Brown and assaulting another city employee. Connor denied corruption and blamed professional gamblers and criminals. He faces a circuit court appeal after a Jan 7 conviction and a pending April hearing. Belgian coal becomes far costlier than 1939, rising to 14.5 dollars per ton, the highest in Europe.
Hoquiam laborer Fro Hedin recalls a near disaster 41 years ago when the barque Yeti, three masted and three weeks from Mobile for Alabama, lost rigging in a hurricane off the English coast. The fire raged as the upper mast and booms dragged free, yet the ship was towed into Falmouth. The Yemer's captain was K. R. Carlsen.
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