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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1953
Page
1
Rescuers comb wreckage of Valparaiso after New Year’s Day explosion that shook the harbor city. Officials say 47 known dead and about 850 injured with many missing as an official probe begins into a fire blamed on possible firecracker or warehouse contents. A three day national mourning was declared.
Senator Schoeppel seeks quick settlement of condemnation for Wichita's old Municipal Airport. Justice Department has held up final payment after a jury awarded the city 9.41 million dollars, with 1.41 million unpaid, funds needed for terminal and control towers at the new airport.
Emporia city commissioners approved new salary hikes for administrative, supervisory, and service workers. City Manager Walter Johnson’s own pay rose from 9600 to 11000 yearly. New monthly salaries include city manager 916.66, street superintendent 265, park superintendent 250, city attorney 225, city clerk 225, with other raises 5 to 10 cents per hour. Police and fire raises had been granted earlier in 1952.
Frank White, 53, a Washington native and former Mutual Broadcasting System president, was elected president of the National Broadcasting Co. He succeeds Joseph N. McConnell, who had led NBC since October 7, 1919 and resigned to join another company.
Mrs Armando L Wilson 50 was charged with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of James Harold Bowser 37. Wilson phoned police to report Tuesday that she killed Bowser in an argument at her home. The item references an unrelated car ad.
A Census Bureau review for 1920 to 1950 shows Kansas farmland expanding per farm yet total farms shrinking from 165,286 to 131,394 as mechanization grows. Electricity use rises to 97,728 farms in 1950 with widespread pumps and milking machines, while tractors surge to 266,266 total and motor trucks reach 8,835.
Federal Judge Irving Kaufman refused to spare Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, ruling their crime worse than murder. The duo, convicted March 23, 1951, for conspiring to transmit atomic bomb data to Russia, await the electric chair at Sing Sing with an appeal to the White House as the remaining option.
Thousands of New Yorkers faced delays as the CIO Transport Workers Union strike entered a second day. Eighty hundred workers walked out against eight private bus firms demanding a 40 hour week and raises. Mayor Impellitteri accuses collusion to push fares. Public transit shifted to subways and city buses amid unresolved talks.
Eureka Kansas Mrs Hazel B Lewis acting postmistress 53 surprised two men trying to burn their way into the post office vault New Year’s night They fled leaving burglary gear including an acetylene torch gas and oxygen tanks hammers pliers and screwdrivers The men escaped in a nearby parked car and were chased to the police station by Mrs Lewis and her husband The tools were turned over to Post Office Inspector O D Middleton of Wichita
A family from Syracuse Kas visits Donohu Memorial Hospital for tonsil removals. Parents Mr and Mrs Boyd Hinton escort seven children Jimmy 4 Mary 5 Martha 7 Paul 9 Tommy 11 Larry 12 and Gary 13 to the hospital for tonsillectomies in a single trip.
A nine member government panel on universal military training met with President-elect Eisenhower and issued a recommendation to implement UMT at once. Spokesman Dr. Karl Compton said there is no conflict with Eisenhower views, but he did not know the final decision. The panel, joined by Lt. Gen. Raymond McLain and Adm. Thomas Kinkaid, noted the House rejected immediate training for about 40,000 13 year olds last March. Eisenhower had warned in September that draft needs complicate any quick training plan.
DALLAS M Edward P Pendleton 75 a former Kansas legislator died Thursday at the home of his nephew Malcolm Scott Pendleton was a member of the Kansas Legislature from 1921 to 1923 and served as a state highway department district supervisor in Kansas between 1928 and 1932 Born in Ohio he moved to Ottawa Kansas as a child He raised Hereford cattle for 35 years at Princeton After his first wife died in 1934 he remarried in 1937 and moved to Dallas He is survived by his widow and a daughter Mrs Frank C Hodges Sr of Olathe Kansas
Pittsburg dispatch reports a half hour blackout blamed on hunters who fired three insulators on a pole north of Pittsburg. Wires fell to wet crossarms cutting service to Hepler Brazilton Farlington Alma Franklin Radley and Ringo. A pump float was shot and sank at a nearby coal pit, officials said.
State Department identifies U N payroll Americans as Communists or under Communist discipline and lists 71 others dropped from payrolls for security charges. Secretary Acheson testified loyalty checks were not a great success but not endangering national security. Weintraub and others named deny disloyal conduct as senators and committees review the matter.
Four time French premier Camille Chautemps will visit Lawrence Sunday and Monday meeting KU faculty. He will not speak publicly here, but will prepare for a lecture tour under the Kansas Bureau of Lecture and Concert Artists. His talks will cover Europe Up to Date through February 9 across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. Chautemps, born in Paris, studied at the University of Paris earning degrees of BA, Licentiate and Doctor of Law and began politics in 1912. He served as mayor, representative, senator and held multiple ministerial roles. He and his wife and four children fled to the United States after the 1940 Armistice and have lived in Washington, D. C. since.
Mrs Roberta Rae Carter 31 traveling companion of slayer Merle Martin was sentenced to 18 months for transporting a stolen motor car. Judge Arthur J Mellett rejected probation. Carter pleaded guilty to taking the car from Wichita Kansas to Hastings Nebraska. Martin sits on death row for killing Johnson County deputy William Carver.
State Bank Commissioner Elmer Beck issued a call Friday for a statement of the condition of all state banks and trust companies as of December 31, 1952. He was of December eight dollars tet, Friday, January fifth at Winterlet. Chevrolet advertisement.
The Republican senators chose Sen Taft as floor leader for the new Congress and Sen Knowland was named chair of the Senate GOP Policy Committee. Dems selected Sen Johnson as leader and Sam Rayburn as minority leader. The session also aimed to revise rules to curb filibusters before the Senate organizes.
District Judge A K Stavely of Lyndon named judge pro tem for the January term of the Dickinson County District Court by the Kansas Supreme Court after Judge James P Coleman Junction City reported he has not recovered sufficiently from injuries in a motor car accident to resume duties. Kansas Power & Light Co reports 1952 net income of 4325289 dollars or 1.44 dollars a share, up from 3935966 dollars or 1.27 a share in 1951.
The Federal Reserve Board reports preliminary figures showing the US industrial production rose to 133 percent of the 1935–39 average in November, the third straight monthly post war record. December is projected to improve further, with the seasonally adjusted index at 233, 109 percent above prewar norms.
A five inch snow cover blanketed Liberal and parts of Southwest Kansas on New Year’s Day as a rare storm, with .66 inch moisture at Liberal and lighter amounts elsewhere. Hill City reported two inches, Dodge City and Russell one inch plus additional moisture. Scattered rain touched eastern towns. temperatures to drop Friday night with highs Saturday in the 25 to 33 range. State traffic toll lists two fatalities in the last 24 hours and two so far in 1953.
Douglas County car and truck owners bought 1953 state license tabs as offices opened. Mrs Minnie Eudaly said response was heavy and first sale went to Jake Lefmann of 804 Conn. St. About 11 150 car tabs and 2 800 truck tabs were on hand, though totals will vary with reorders. Last year totals rose to 13 489 with 10 799 cars and 2 687 trucks. New tabs are small yellow with blue 53 figures, sold at three county offices.
The price of milk falls by one cent, with pasteurized and homogenized milk now 22 cents per quart in Lawrence from New Year’s Day. Coffee cream, half and half, whipping cream, cottage cheese and buttermilk also decrease as producer prices ease amid a milk surplus.
National tally shows 207 holiday deaths from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday, including 151 traffic, 21 fires, and 35 other accidents. Counts lag behind last Christmas period, with safety officials urging caution amid possible rain or snow slowing travel and a record 556 traffic deaths noted during the prior Christmas holiday.
Lawrence records an all time high in 1952 with 400 building permits valued at $3,493,179, led by a $1,266,295 high school project. Six major projects boosted the total, including Immanuel Lutheran Church and a new A and P Supermarket with parking. February dominated totals at $1,354,695 and monthly figures surpassed $100,000 each month.
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