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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1953
Page
2
The Newschart reports U S exports and imports in billions from 1937 onward. Economic and military aid fill the gap between sales abroad and purchases. The National Industrial Conference Board projects exports around 22 billion dollars and imports near 16 billion in 1952, a record.
Clarence E Spray 72 dies at daughter Jennie Floray Leavenworth Survived by Edna LawrenceSpringdale two grandchildren two brothers Chester and Charles and two sisters Mrs ox and Mrs Russell Shaw of Lawrence Funeral 2pm Friday Sexton Funeral Home Leavenworth burial McLouth Cemetery Theadie Jones longtime McLouth resident dies at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Suffered broken hip widow of R B Jones survivor son Robert C Jones Pittsburg and Dr G C Glynn Cleveland service ? at McLouth Baptist Church burial McLouth Cemetery Cloma Silvius 81 Winchester dies at Kansas City Hospital widow of Rev W J Silvius two brothers Walter Clark Valley Falls Herman Clark Winchester son Harold D Silvius Kansas City Ma sister Mrs Robert Canady McLouth service 2:30 pm Friday Christian Church Winchester burial will
Funeral services for Mrs Frances Pearson, 93, who died Tuesday at County Convalescent Hospital, will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at St John Catholic Church with Rev George Towle officiating. Burial will be in Wise Cemetery near Win Frances Pearson.
The Russian sector finishes a propaganda laden stretch of 2,100 apartments along a renamed Stalin Allee. West Berlin built far more housing elsewhere, while the East parades its single massive Stalin Allee venture to showcase Communist zeal amid a postwar boom.
The Far East command announced a 20 percent pay rise and a four year end bonus for about 100,000 Japanese employed by United States forces in Japan. The raise is retroactive to November 1 and includes an extra month's pay as a bonus at the new rate. Unskilled workers earned about 34 a month before the increase.
The New York Times announces the retirement of Clifford J. Laube, its national news editor. The retirement is effective February 1.
At Memorial Hospital various births announced including a twin boy and girl in Kansas City Mo and daughters born today to several couples in Eudora Haskell Troy and Troy area. Cincinnati and the American Educational Theater Association chose Bernard Hewitt of Urbana Ill as president for 1953 and New York City for the next convention. Over thirty sieges of Jerusalem noted.
Residents welcomed the new year with family dinners and radio television viewings. The Tournament of Roses parade from Pasadena and Sugar Bowl football from New Orleans were featured on local stations. A large crowd attended the Policeman's Ball at the Community Building, raising funds for the police uniform fund.
In Worden and surrounding Lawrence area reports show December rainfall at 1.72 inches, 0.06 inches below normal. The yearly total reached 27.67 inches, 6.04 inches under the 33.71-inch average. Walter Schwarz reports Worden’s weather, and Dinsmoor Alter’s Friends perform tonight at 7 with Alter appearing on Groucho Marx’s TV show after a radio broadcast.
Tenor Walter Midgley performed the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto at Covent Garden London in odd fashion. He swallowed his mustache and pulled hair from a false ear, turning away as he yanked horsehair from his costume. He finished the opera but later had a doctor remove the remaining strands.
In Malvern Arkansas a white leghorn pullet owned by James Bell impresses with strong first effort at age production. Bell notes the hen’s surprising performance for a beginner breeder.
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