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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1946
Page
4
The fragment shows a Lawrence Kansas newspaper masthead with World Company branding, publisher details, mail rates, and addresses. It lists Journal-World and Associated Press affiliation, publication notes, and a Psalm quote in the copyright line. The readable items indicate a Friday edition with printing and distribution details.
A legislator involved in enacting the school reorganization law tracks county committees implementation. Some counties have completed reform while others advance with potential success. delays arise where rural districts were pushed to consolidate too quickly. Douglas county aims for careful final arrangements satisfying patrons and pupils.
Simultaneous disorders arise in Bombay and Cairo raising questions of coincidence or prearrangement. Agencies seek to foment anti British sentiment while preserving a veneer of spontaneous uprisings against oppression. Some regions lean toward peace, others stay unsettled as postwar order remains undeclared.
The article discusses Russia and Canada's exchange over Soviet agents obtaining secret atomic data. It notes Moscow's attack on Canada accusing it of anti Soviet bias, portraying Canada as the wronged party, and highlights Russia's diplomatic style.
A writer’s close for argument is questioned as to whether it truly ends the matter. Recent instances showed the clincher caused readers to rethink earlier points. The OPA plans more low cost cotton clothing, with boosts in price ceilings aiding manufacturers to produce it, though the public may pay more.
Edward L. Bernays argues polls sway voters and can be misused to influence outcomes. He cites flawed methods and mood biases, noting a 70 percent prediction error in a New York Daily News poll and a lower actual mayoral result. President Truman supports Edwin W. Pauley’s undersecretary bid and Victory garden continuance pending gardeners’ OK.
Secretary of State Byrnes said negotiations with Australia for Manus Island as a Pacific base are under way, while President Truman told his conference no such talks exist. The discrepancy fuels questions about White House and State Department liaison and foreign policy handling in the postwar era.
Fred Kelsall of Tonganoxie argues against the 190 law consolidating rural districts, urging residents to keep the little red schoolhouse. He questions bus safety and costs, calls for a vote, and warns against state dictation, insisting children remain in home schools until high school.
In Emporia Kansas a Miss Wilma Dabbs expected to find nylon hose in a package but instead discovered them in the family refrigerator after a delivery to her home. In New Albany Indiana Mrs Josephine Jacoby aged 100, a vegetarian non drinker, doubts diet affects longevity attributing life span to being born into a long lived family.
The 7th birthday of Prof William C Stevens, long time with the KU botany staff, will be marked this evening with a banquet at Eldridge. Girls Reserve members entertain their dads at a high school dinner with Helen Nazamore as toastmistress and H E Chandler delivering the response. A surprise party honored Melbalene Hodges 15th birthday with guests including Wortley Durst Spence Davis and Mr and Mrs Hodges.
Twenty five years ago Anna Alexander entertained friends this afternoon for her birthday then plans to go to Washington for the presidential inauguration. George Ware suffers a bad case of poison ivy. The post office moves to the new building in March. Captain Milton Miller and his E U basketball team returned from an 11 game trip. Rice Gunn will visit Fort Scott through Monday. Little Fay Wickersham has appendicitis. Effie Dobson of Galena visits Luella Bore. Mrs. M L Hunt returns from Leavenworth. Lawrence lights up as lamps are installed on streets. Kate Watkins and John Alfred Benson wed at the bride’s home with Marguerite Major and Benson’s son officiating. Professor Sanders presided over the ceremony.
In Herford Germany Feb 22 displaced persons from many nations crowd barracks amid food, housing shortages, and political hesitations about repatriation. Most Poles delay homeward return for economic reasons while many Jews from Nazi camps receive better care. Some Polish Jews favor Palestine. a few go back to Poland. Belsen site shows mass graves and a burnt-out camp incinerator as Britain trains officers in democratic rights.
In Wichita Kansas on February 22 the Kansas Young Republican club executive committee met with other committees to map plans for the state convention in Topeka on April 5 and 6. Judge W Jones of Olathe said campaign issues were not on the agenda and dismissed Harry H Woodring's call for Democrats to denounce prohibition as a GOP concern, noting Woodring faces opposition within his own party.
Washington February 22 Carlson representative from Kansas voiced opposition to a bill that would assume direction or interference in public parochial and private schools He said the provision would create an agency in the bureau of education to run the program The section was later removed from the bill
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Topeka reports W C Brady of the U S Bureau of Reclamation says Kansas could gain national recognition as a recreation center by building 11 irrigation reservoirs. Federal funding would cover recreation facilities if the state maintains them and stocks the reservoirs with fish. If Kansas builds its own parks, the National Park Service would assist upon request.
Mrs. Lou Petrie Kerns spends week in Baldwin at the Kernys country home and will start work at St Joseph Mo city library next week. Mrs. Adriance convalesces after major surgery in Lawrence Memorial hospital. Fred A Molby’s engagement to Frances Wilson announced for February 23 in Nashville. Nautilus club dines at Pine Room with one act play Quiltin Pieces staged by Emma Emery and others. Two new members join. Leland Mann back from Japan visits Coole family. Mrs. Hobbe of Topeka visits relatives in Baldwin. Charter CK of PEO meets at Mrs Cragoe’s North Eighth street next Tuesday.
A fragmented radio schedule for Fort area stations mentions programming through the evening, including sports newsreels and talk shows. The second part reports the funeral service for Mr. Julius Smith of Baldwin with interment at Oak Leedwood cemetery, noting family attendees and Baker University ties.
A dense broadcast log lists stations WREN WDAF KMBC KMBC EMBC KMES and others airing parades sermons concerts and dramas. Mentions include a Cavaliers Parade star names like Elmer Davis and Johnny Thompsen with various programs such as Mystery Theatre and The Great Gildersleeve and a focus on local events and time slots.
A long list enumerates new fiction and non fiction titles added to the Free Public Library catalog. Authors include Bauer Bishop Clark Dowdey and many others, with works ranging from historical drama to guides and philosophy. The page reads like a catalog update and ends with a stray note about a sea gull guiding fish.
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