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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1953
Page
2
Early notice urges construction planners to obtain building permits before starting work to avoid zoning conflicts. City officials, led by Sneegas, praise past cooperation and predict a prosperous year with inspections at proper times. The piece lists 1952 monthly totals including January 14,008 and February 145,250 among others.
Kansas Supreme Court faced a motion from the attorney general to dismiss Nathaniel Germany's habeas corpus case. Germany, condemned for the 1947 slaying of David Gray, had sought relief arguing constitutional rights violations. U.S. judges earlier extended stays before execution dates.
Kendall Funeral services for Charles Kendall, who died Wednesday at his Rocky Ford home, will be held Saturday at Trinity Ratheran Church with Rev. R. W. Albert in charge. Burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. Emilie Hornberger, 77, lifelong Worden resident, died Thursday afternoon. Survived by four sisters and four brothers. Funeral Sunday at St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church, Taillemarth of Wanton, with Rev. Henry Reider officiating. Burial in St. John’s Cemetery. Josephine Anderson, died Thursday at sister in law’s home in Merriam. Surviving nephew James Eldridge and niece Tasenhine Eldridge, both of Merriam. Graveside Saturday at Oak Hill Cemetery with Rev. Dale E. Turner officiating. Dr. Heller to Return.
A long list of births and new arrivals from Memorial Hospital and area homes. Names include Velma Jensen Mary Lou Kochan and Mary Bernice Carter with multiple addresses in Baldwin Sunflower Tonganoxie Leavenworth and Lecompton along with dozens of relatives and newborns noted by first names last names and streets with a Thursday birth reference.
Dr Swarthout of the University of Kansas Fine Arts Department will travel to Omaha to represent the Music Teachers National Association and preside at a Nebraska State Music Teachers Association organizational meeting this weekend. Dr Francis H Heller, reorganizing MTNA ties, returns to Kansas City area after reserve duty.
The meeting for Thompson Construction Co. in Ellinwood was authorized Friday as incorporation completed in the secretary of state's office. Kenneth Klingenberg, Route 6, received a suspension from a $15 speeding fine in police court Wednesday. Acacia Lodge No. 9 will hold a Lodge of Sorrow at 1 30 Pm Saturday Jan 3 1953 for Brother Charles Kendall. A Lawrence meeting at the Chamber of Commerce offices will discuss insects fertilizer and dairy feeding from 10 am to 3 pm Monday with Kansas State College staff L E Willoughby Arthur Jackobs and Dell Gates among presenters. County farm agent Deal Six arranged the event.
Sharon Springs senior James Edward Taylor Jr of the KU School of Business has earned a Rotary Foundation Fellowship to study a year at the Universities of London and Oxford. Taylor, an accounting major, will pursue study abroad following his graduation. Divorce suits filed in district court Wednesday include cases by Byrerne pent against William D. Gentry and Steele Labb against F. Ww., details incomplete.
A Pennsylvanian government bonds and short term obligations share reaches eighty two percent in a new book Your Bank by the Pennsylvania Bankers Association and Penn State Bureau of Business Research. The work targets colleges but has drawn 25 000 Pennsylvanians since last August and covers trust departments loan functions investments and the Pennsylvania banking system. A car fire alarm was reported at 5 14 p m Thursday at 6th and Ala Sts. Chief John Miller said the car was not damaged. Robert H. Lockwood Hong Kong on the China coast notes 27 000 Britons migrated to Canada in the first seven months of 1952. Marion A. Barlow Sec AdvI at the mouth of the Pearl River.
Kansas Grange officials will conduct the annual training school for Grange officers. Nearly 200 officers from 200 counties are expected. Ray Teagarden state master will lead sessions and discuss the 1953 Grange program and goals with attendees.
Incoming administration moves to trim the next Truman budget due January 3, with officials signaling cautious reductions for the fiscal year starting July 1 1954. Dodge reports inform Ike on prior plans while GOP leaders expect limited cuts this year. The president elect also reviews a slate including Chinese envoy Yeh and John Foster Dulles, plus Lt Gen Raymond McLain and six others.
A wartime tally shows United Nations losses far exceeded Communist casualties through December 1. U N. and allied forces suffered about 1,299,961 casualties, with Communist totals around 2.06 million. Air combat favored U N. Sabre jets despite high losses. ground operations produced heavy anti aircraft and fighter resistance. naval aviation losses reached 1,016 since Korea began.
Sgt Kenneth Morrow returns home for Christmas after a year in Germany with the 20th Infantry Division. A former KU quarterback and two year Army veteran, he played football basketball and baseball in Special Services and helped the Army team finish runner up in the European Theater conference. He plans to pursue a master’s degree and will visit his brother Duane Morrow at 1016 Ill St. prior to rejoining KU.
In Pittsburgh Rosslyn Farms Elementary retired teacher Miss Nellie Oliver plans a reunion party for seventh and eighth graders who gifted her a $25 savings bond ten years ago. She hopes to locate 21 former pupils, acknowledging addresses from Army Post Office Korea and Germany posed challenges. The goal is to celebrate the mature bond and email or mail invitations to those not present.
Two ministers in Denver recent pastor appointments had family ties. Rev Daniel W. Nicely, installed at First Plymouth Congregational, had his father Rev George W. Nicely give the keynote and his mother as organist. At Montview Boulevard Presbyterian, Rev C Mason Harvey, a Navy veteran, was ordained as assistant pastor and is the third son of Rev Earle R Harvey of Merced. Steven Lynn Harvey, infant son of the new minister, was baptized as services opened with the infant baptism.
Douglas County locals prepare to renew license tabs with new blue and yellow stickers. Residents from other Kansas counties keeping 1951 plates must bring 1952 registrations and titles. duplicates cost 25 cents for cards and 50 cents for titles. Tabs bought before Feb 15 avoid penalties. afterward 50 cent penalties monthly. Vehicle weight based pricing: up to 2050 pounds costs 6.50. each extra 100 pounds adds 35 cents. Motorcycle and trailer licenses filed county, tabs mailed from Topeka.
Market news and price listings show a mixed stock market with a steady tone and limited trading volume. Kansas City reports varied cattle and hog prices, while grain and poultry quotations reflect modest shifts. A funeral notice for Clifford Casebier appears among the market items.
Allied raiders attacked a Chinese Communist position near Bunker Hill on the Western Korean front, killing or wounding an estimated 45 Reds in a 90 minute fight before withdrawing. On the eastern front, Allied rifle and machine gun fire repelled several Red thrusts in sub zero weather northeast of the Punchbowl. Fifth Air Force said B 26 bombers destroyed five locomotives while planes damaged 30 box cars and 40 supply vehicles. no Communist jets were encountered along AMG Alley.
Two boys aged 9 and 10 were caught by a store employee while trying to break into a safe at a Portland sporting goods shop at midnight. They planned to steal a bow and arrow set, claiming the job was organized by an "old timer" outside.
German consular official says the Singapore consulate will reopen early in 1953 after 14 years. Gottfried Kaumann, the consul general designate to Thailand, says by mid 1953 North German Lloyd and Hamburg American Lines will start regular passenger cargo service between Yokohama and Germany via Singapore.
The Japanese Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals asks the government to ban bull fighting after word that Spanish and Mexican bullfighters planned to bring the sport to Japan. The SPCA cites animal cruelty concerns as the basis for the proposed prohibition.
Irving Desfor surveys quirky 1952 photo moments from flashbulbs and color giants to accidents and crime foiled by photography. Notable items include a White Plains wife purchasing flash bulbs for a birthday gift, 2400-bulb color flash feats at Carlsbad Caverns, large Ike portraits influencing voters, a rooftop fall tragedy, a Brooklyn lumber yard crime predictor, Willie Sutton capture via FBI portrait, and a talking cat model insured for photo work.
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