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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1950
Page
4
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The telephone workers union accepts President Truman's 60 day truce, lifting a strike that was due to start. Companies want wage gains and rate revisions to match economic conditions, but fear higher rates. Large firms cite robust pension and sickness benefits to justify restraint. Union leaders appear wary of public backlash from halting communications.
In Topeka a rally addresses shifting support for prohibition under Kansas’s new liquor laws. Dealers praised enforcement efforts at a recent meeting, while prohibitionists hint at a return to the old system. Tabor College students surveyed Kansas papers on attitudes as time passes under the reform.
The Ottawa Herald argues for a city manager system, noting commissioners and department heads lack full time focus. It cites Ottawa’s water and light plant, a two million dollar concern, to support centralized management, avoiding duplication and boosting efficiency. Lawrence is praised for devotion, yet managers would coordinate city activities for better results.
A reader urges sympathy for President Truman on denying aid to Formosa yet supporting Korea urging consistency in policy. The piece argues selective assistance harms diplomacy and warns that shifting imports from Europe threatens U.S. jobs while postwar unemployment remains high. Cagey William Boyle is noted as a Republican figure speaking at a Topeka event amid intra-state tensions.
The Parsons Sun notes that a coal strike causes little misery now as households heat with natural gas or oil and industry shifts to other fuels. Railroads use fewer coal locomotives while market changes since wartime cut coal demand, with 2,000 miners left from 14,000. Senator Schoeppel fights a recurring box car shortage, urging preemptive action.
In Van Nuys California on February 24, Dr. Robert A. Millikan, famed physicist, waited over three hours at a Chamber of Commerce dinner before declining to deliver his prepared talk. He quipped that minds were too weary to listen and invited interest in his new book The Road to Peace.
The Baker College radio and campus scene lists February programs and debates. Debaters from Baker prepare for Nebraska and Kansas intercollegiate contests with activities in oratory extemporaneous speaking and newscasting as Alpha Chi chapters hold meetings and pledge events nearby.
A Kansas City clinic impressed a reader with smooth operation and minimal confusion after a five day visit costing little. The writer contrasts American medical independence with potential British government bureaucracy and laments future elections over governance. A Hollywood wedding between Howard Hawks and Marion Marshall is called off just before the ceremony, with Hawks previously married to Nancy Hawks.
Miss Delores Yazza of Haskell and Miss Mary White of Lawrence hosted a party in the girls gym at Haskell. North Lawrence Christian Endeavor featured a George Washington party Thursday evening with attendees including Mia, C. W. Comstock, Wilma Bond, Lucile Traylee Frame, Violet Carr, Charlotte Nelson and others. Wyandotte defeated LMHS 20 to 14 that night. Frudera won the Lite Six basketball championship by beating Babwin 28 to 19.
Twenty five years ago the senate approved the Van de Mark measure to repeal the old Kansas cigarette sales law. Miss Alberta Corbin hosted University friends Saturday evening for Miss Ruth Garver who is wintering with her. Miss Garver, a 1922 graduate, has worked at the Emporia Gazette. Mrs Zeno Rogers gave a surprise shower for Miss La Deene Parker whose engagement to Elmer Dettweiler of Halstead was announced. Miss Frances Taylor returned to Emporia from a visit with Mr and Mrs F McTidrow.
Forty years ago L. P. Baldwin family returns from California with anny Tom and Earl. August Burgtort family relocates near Blue Mound. F B Pontine moves to Lawrence into A J Phillips house and W B Elkin relocates to Stanley farm. Sigel youths throw surprise party for Johanna Schulte. Police judge Louis Menger’s father C A Menger dies. A state factory inspector finds a juvenile in Polly of the Circus cast. show to remove the minor while in Kansas.
DeWitt Mackenzie notes U S roving ambassador Philip Jessup quietly arrives in New Delhi to bolster ties with India and Nehru. He argues Americas policy aims to help independent Southeast Asian nations develop without communism, while India may emerge as a leading nonaligned power guiding regional cooperation and potential spontaneous alliances. The piece links India's leadership to a broader U S strategy amid Cold War tensions.
A Kansas City and eastern Kansas delegation urged a Senate appropriations panel to divert one million dollars from a seven million flood protection grant to the Tuttle Creek dam and reservoir project near Manhattan. Mayor William E. Kemp led witnesses including Loyd Smith and county officials, arguing the Tuttle Creek work is essential to guard Kansas City against major floods.
Attractive Irene Rich, 58, a Broadway star and former silent film leading lady, reportedly plans to wed 68 year old Liles executive George H. Clifford in what would be her fourth marriage. Rich and her third husband David Blakenhorn were divorced in 1931.
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A Valentine party in the Community room featured guests and gifts for members of the Eudora group. Birth announcements, school events, PTA plans, and Founders Day activities were noted, including a birthday cake and demonstrations of the new lesson aids.
Mra Baldwin Leon Wileny returns with her mother Mer to visit kin. Mrs Merle Welhte of Coffeyville visits daughter in Tandland. Baker secretary of Ed with oe Methodist church of Tireain attended to Baker camapagne. Town events include a birthday celebration, formal gathering, and leadership changes at Baker stunt and Merriguet trestita.
A fragment from a February schedule lists items including film shorts and weather segments. It shows unclear text with potential program titles and times, including a 7 10 news weather slot and miscellaneous theater or music items. The readable portion hints at a small local broadcast lineup without clear events or entities.
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