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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1946
Page
6
A July 4 event at Haskell Stadium showcases an old time wild cow milking contest in which two cowboys attempt to extract milk from a cow quickly with minimal harm. Officials stress it is a sporting reenactment and not typical dairy practice, with prize money awarded after the effort.
The agriculture department suspended the wheat and meat set aside orders pending developments and clarification. The wheat rule required farmers to store wheat for future sale while buyers sold half to the government to build relief stocks of up to 250 million bushels. Meat set aside obliged producers to provide a portion of their output to the government. In other news at Kansas State College Milton S. Eisenhower announced Prof. G. A. Sellers as head of the department of shop practice.
The commerce department reports farm prosperity should continue at least through 1948 though risks of old problems return later. Wartime gains included a 200 percent income rise and a $10 billion savings backlog, while farm population fell to 25 million and land prices rose 69 percent since 1939.
Douglas county engineer's office undertakes safety precautions for Lake Lone Star celebrations. A deputy sheriff will patrol all day July 4 to enforce new regulations restricting swimming to supervised areas and to uphold fishing laws, addressing complaints about lake disruption of fishing parties.
Thirty family apartments will be added to Vet City on the Emporia State College campus. Eight buildings with one two and three bedroom units have been allocated by the federal public housing administration and will be moved from Woodward Oklahoma. Occupancy is expected by next fall.
The Japanese government today granted living allowance increases retroactive to June 1. A graduated scale up to 200 percent benefits those in low salary brackets. More than a thousand rooms, apartments and houses have been rented through Journal-World classified ads in the last year.
Trinity Lutheran Brotherhood sent 65 invitations to ex servicemen for a Friday dinner at 6 45 p m first postwar church gathering since V E Day and V J Day A panel on Atomic Energy will feature Professors Walter Sandelins Hilden Gibson and J O Malony The Ladies Aid will serve the picnic on the church lawn
The First National and Lawrence National banks report strong resources with deposits exceeding 8.4 million dollars at Lawrence National. President George Docking notes the growth is unusual and credits University activity for boosting local deposits amid Midwest declines.
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