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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1946
Page
2
The article outlines looming postwar policy battles as President Truman prepares the annual state of the union and budget messages. It highlights labor control bills, price and tax talks, and debates over unemployment, military training, civil rights, and war-time controls amid mounting fiscal pressures and potential reform.
The American War Dads will meet Tuesday evening at veterans hall in the old city hall building at 1 Sth and Vermont streets. President RS Filkin will speak. all fathers of service men or veterans are invited. meeting begins at o'clock.
Two Lawrence Veverane of World and Carl McCarry of Sax livery and trucking service start a new firm at 212 W Eighth Revest. They will run regular trucking between Topska, Lawrence, Harden City with country-wide connections, using only their own funds, no G L Bill aid.
Lawrence reports the death of Mrs Don G Ray formerly Miriam Brandt daughter of Mrs J G Brandt of Berkeley California and the late J G Brandt former dean at the University of Kansas She died December 17 at relatives home in Burbank California Her husband had been overseas and she was said to be engaged in atomic bomb research at the University of California in a pre Christmas letter to a friend
A Topeka woman Mrs R M Barker dies at home in Topeka with funeral set at First Methodist church Hoyt Kansas. Survived by husband R M Barker two daughters Mrs Wandhead and Mrs William Gleason and five grandchildren. Elmer J Moore 67 dies at home in Kansas City Missouri. funeral at Jackson Avenue Christian Church Kansas City with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery Lawrence. Charles Wright known as Tudie Wright 28 dies in Topeka. survived by wife Gwendolyn Wright, two sons, mother Edna Clayborn, grandmother Mattie Kimball, two aunts, and several relatives. Bodies taken to Bowser Lee Mortuary with arrangements to follow.
U P A notes Patterson met U S War Secretary Patterson at Shanghai airport amid a soldier protest by air corps members seeking a clear policy on discharges. Lt Gen Wedemeyer and officials watched as soldiers waited behind ropes. a GI from Gulfport said discharge policy must be decided by Patterson.
Andrew Rhodes aged 48 of 1910 Massachusetts Street was wounded in the left shoulder when a .22 rifle discharged in his hands last Saturday afternoon. Tenants heard the shot and police were summoned. Rhodes told officers he was fooling with the rifle and it went off. He was treated at Memorial Hospital and later returned home.
Workers on strike comply with a restraining order issued in district court Friday. They are not picketing telephone buildings in the state and have returned to work under court supervision.
A 1946 report shows twenty eight federal licenses for pinball and slot machines issued to Douglas County owners, with eight licensed in Lawrence. Listings include J. S. Starr and W. H. Hatfield owning multiple machines. License cost is 10 dollars yearly. Kansas bans one armed bandits and similar gambling devices. National total pins 1,427.
Lawrence officer Jack Cheek returning from duty with the Seabees stopped a car at Eighteenth and Massachusetts at 1:10 a m. He found 24 cases of liquor and arrested Lloyd Parker of Wichita, charged with possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor. Parker pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Judge J B Wilson. bond set at 200 with hearing January 28. He remained in the county jail pending bond.
Roy Moll and Son reopen the Moll bakery at 412 W Ninth Street Lawrence. Owner Roy Moll and son Buddy Moll, recently back from Army Air Service in India after 500 hours flying over the hump, restored operations. Two divorces were granted in district court: Berniece Whiteside from Claude Whiteside for abandonment and Katharine Dillon from Callie Dill by default with custody and maintenance awarded.
Public Health Calendar lists Baby Clinic on the first and third Fridays at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with 10:30 am check in. February 2 features Clinic with Dr C F Taylor and examiner S sponsored by Tuberculosis Association. January notes include oral clinics at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with Kiwanis Club sponsorship. Terchintrie Clinic held last Friday monthly in Commerce room with Dr EB Gibson. Immunization clinics every Wednesday from 1 to 3 pm at the City Unit subject to rate changes. Chancellor Deane W Malott attends meetings in Washington DC on advisory councils and navy procurement reorganization. he will return next weekend. Pi-Don Faurot of Missouri remains at Missouri, turning down other offers. Wadsworth hospital staff start transfer to Winter General in Topeka under VA. Paul B Lawson of KU will address naval ROTC trainees at Frank Strong Auditorium Wednesday at 4:30 pm.
The trial of Captain Kaichi Hirata opened with him and subordinates charged over the deaths of four allied prisoners at Muroran camp near Hakodate. Affidavits from British soldiers described beheadings torture starvation and attempts to freeze prisoners. The new commander Tsuo Fukuhara and Lt Yuri’s successor face upcoming trials for alleged maltreatment in Kyushu and Omura camps. US Captains Kauffman and Cano prosecuted. US witnesses include Corporal Walter Johnson and S/Sgt Frank Stecklein.
Chungking reports the Chinese nationalist government and the communists accusing the other of truce violations in their undeclared civil war. A central government spokesman says the communists increased military operations after the midnight deadline. Yenan Red forces are accused of burning villages along the Sunghai railway and attacking nationalist-held Anyani on the Peiping Hankow line.
A Lawrence woman, frantic to buy new hose for six weeks, heard a shout in a Topeka store to get in line and found herself fourth in line as a clerk asked her hose size while she held a package. Dick Williams, who broke his lower right leg in a fall in Kansas City, remains at St Luke’s hospital with an expected three weeks more to stay.
Five marriage licenses were issued Saturday by the probate court to couples Loren E. Hade and Mari anne C. Broeker of Lawrence Kansas Albert Cady and Cora Stewart of Kansas City Mo Mari J. Thompson and Sty Lou Savage of Kansas City Mo Roger J. McClintie of Richmond Kan and Louise Wiswell of Ottawa and Garland E. Penner of Centralia Ill and Margaret J. Tracy of Nevada Mo. Severed Tendons and an artery in the left wrist occurred yesterday forenoon when a glass jar of preserves broke. She was treated at Memorial hospital and rested there today. Randall Bailey, 17 months old, was treated at Memorial hospital for a cut on his lip from a fall at Sunflower Village. Marshall Ta-New Post Co T H Marshall former head of Kansas University chemical engineering department has joined American Cyanamid as assistant to the vice president in Pearl River New York. He enlisted in 1942. Western Electric workers in five states were ordered back to work at regular morning shifts. Three Kansans in Congress were present in Washington. Taft accepted a Lincoln Day dinner invitation for February 1% in Kansas City Missouri.
Market report from New York and Kansas City outlines gains in stocks and bonds, steady hog prices, and stronger cattle and sheep futures. It covers USDA cattle and hog totals at Kansas City, grain futures, hay and produce markets, and a Wall Street roundup noting gains in US Steel and major issues with notable trading activity.
Local readers hear of spring plans, new jobs, and community changes. Veterans Bob Haggart and Chi Gallo acquire Jayhawk Creamery, while Earl Hope and Cliff McCurry start a trucking service. Art O Donnell returns to the Journal World staff as eleven WWI veterans join the paper.
A column recalls 40 years ago with Forrest Alles and the KU freshman team playing the ECAC Nebraska game and a young Lawrence player showing ball handling flair. It notes Lawrence High beating Atchison and local events: Lyle Stephenson’s gift pledge for KU dorms, enrollment shifts, rumors of Frank Carlson running for governor, and upcoming veteran housing efforts. Population trends show Sunflower Village growth and rising KU enrollment. Florence Davidson’s long obstetrics tenure and hospital attendance peak are mentioned alongside GI homecoming sentiment.
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