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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1953
Page
4
The Lawrence Daily lists a publication by The World Co with Doien Simona as publisher. It shows office at 722 Massachusetts Street and subscription rates including one month for $1.00 and yearly advance around $10.98.
The January 2 1933 issue notes a first six months deficit of 83 billion dollars the deepest peacetime gap. Washington predicts a year end deficit around six billion, a troubling sign for the new administration as revenue growth is not yet keeping pace with outlays.
A columnist predicts no dummy deals between Eisenhower and Churchill when they meet. The new president is expected to govern by the constitution, unlike recent decades. Churchill aims for a closer UK US cooperation and a united Western stance to influence the world, not by selling a bill of goods.
A quirky military notice reports that cooks have devised a method to yield four drumsticks from a single fowl. Two are standard portions, while a carved wing yields a second pair with a large white-meat handle. The piece frames the idea as aiding equal serving for growing children and calls it a step toward fair portions.
The 1952 crop year opens with uncertainty about the 1953 Kansas wheat yield. Experts largely agree the harvest will be smaller than last year, though estimates vary on how much smaller. Various evidences are cited, with some farmers reporting new wheat growing bravely.
The item lists various hometown notes including postal receipts rising 39.4 percent from 1951, staff movements and furloughs, Navy enlistment, extended visits from out of town relatives, a wartime physical training course at Haskell, boiler procurement at the county farm, and a long church class roster. It also mentions Jenny Wren Milling Co joining NBC Blue Network, and several social engagements and travel notices across the community.
The article notes that wheat fields suffer from repeated freezes and thaws, with Kansas 1952 crop at just over 307 million bushels and a 1953 forecast near 114 million. The spread suggests this year’s crop may be less than half last year’s, though later rains could improve the outlook. It concludes Kansas wheat must be saved to reach a bumper year again.
A Topeka meeting on federal patronage and Kansas politics ends inconclusively behind closed doors. Most Republicans want capable appointees, not patronage leverage, while leaders focus on larger change. In the Southwest, dust storms loom if rains fail, though hard rains could help, and time brings Lawrence closer to dial telephones.
A compilation of local notices including a bridge party honoring Opal Lynn on her departure to teach in Albuquerque, social updates from Eleanor Huff. D N Batterson relocating to Santa Monica. parcel post activity on opening day. city birth and death tallies for 1912. illness of D F Head's father. New Year plowing by farmers. Missouri Pacific train service start in 1872. local license fee collection. visits from Clinton relatives. two weddings Thelma Cox married Herbert Hodges and Ariel Pierson wed Fred Richardson. remarks on tobacco and women.
A Twenty Century Fund panel proposes an annual 3 to 5 percent debt cut, with exceptions for prosperity dips or wartime disruption. The piece recalls 1835 under Andrew Jackson when no public debt existed and surplus was lent to states, a windfall later debated in Virginia and Maine.
A Michigan school campus warning urges students not to stalk their quarry amid chatter about too many deer on campus and the difficulty of keeping a straight line in a crowded setting.
The World Today reports Congress faces a clash as Northern Democrats and Republicans push to change Senate rules to prevent filibusters by Southern Democrats. With 96 senators, ending a filibuster for civil rights bills seems nearly impossible, prompting a plan to have Vice President Barkley preside and force new rules every two years. If pursued, the move could spark a historic parliamentary tangle at the opening of the new Senate.
Irvin R Boody Jr a New York import export firm press says the world market for Philippine fibers remains limitless. He notes high quality Philippine fibers especially abaca will dominate despite substitutes and synthetics.
In New York reports suggest President-elect Eisenhower may limit regular news conferences compared with Truman and Roosevelt. Press secretary James Hagerty would not precommit to a policy and said details would be announced after inauguration, possibly replacing Q and A sessions with periodic televised updates.
Berkeley California reports forest fires endanger caribou in Alaska, with one million acres destroyed annually in central and southern regions. Dr. Leopold Bays urges a strengthened fire control program after returning from a three month Alaska stay.
Canton reports say 3,000 Red Army recruits were trained briefly in South China and sent to Hainan Island to reinforce Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh in Indochina. The Sing Tao Jih Pao states these troops will head to Communist ports on the Gulf of Tonkin to replace losses.
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Mr and Mrs Martin Abel spent Monday evening in Kansas City attending a birthday dinner for Mrs Abel sister Mrs Clyde Smith at the Smith home. Mrs Fred Moll accompanied the Abels home and will visit until New Year’s Day. Mr and Mrs W Ball De Soto visited New Year’s night. St Theresa Society meets Jan 7 at 7 30 pm Holy Family School basement. Mr and Mrs George Born and daughters Mary and Martha and Mr and Mrs Francis Skinner and son Delbert Lawrence were guests at dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Francis Born New Year’s Day. Sister Bernadine Holy Family School principal is recuperating from flu. Holy Family School resumes Monday after two weeks of Christmas vacation. Mr and Mrs Curtis Die host firemen for a pot luck supper on Monday for the January meeting. Elmer Kurtz and son Clifford Gardner and Ralph Kurtz Lenexa were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs John Kurtz and family and Mrs Sophia Kurtz. Mr and Mrs William Wolfe and daughter Marjorie returned to Wichita Sunday afternoon.
Readable fragments outline radio programs and schedule items for multiple stations KMBC WDAF WREN WBOR. It lists show titles hosts times and nearby social notices including guests visiting from Lawrence Topeka and Lawrence New Year's visitors with Dr Wolfe and family plus assorted local engagements and civic remarks. The text preserves scattered program names dates and personal travel details from a newspaper listings page.
The page lists a chaotic TV schedule with multiple programs across Friday and Sunday including News Caravan, The Aldrich Family, Space Patrol, Your Show of Shows, and Life Is Worth Living. It mentions time slots, show titles, and network lines, reflecting a mid century television lineup.
Sunday listing for KANU FMs January 4 includes Newsreel Story about science excursion and a Candlelight Concert for connoisseurs. Also mentions a Sonsta Recital and B. B. C World Theater feature. List highlights performers and programs.
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