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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1949
Page
1
A mob besieged the U S Consulate demanding severance pay from former members of the U S Navy. Police intervened as protests intensified outside the diplomatic building, with authorities promising orderly handling and dialogue.
About 150 former U S navy workers besieged the Shanghai consulate demanding back pay and severance equal to six months. Acting Consul General Walter McConaughy and others were confined inside as negotiations continued over dismissal notices and lingering payroll obligations amid Communist governance.
Chinese Nationalist troops claim they have kept back a Communist threat at Hengyang, the main defense hub of Hunan. They also say they repulsed a southward Red drive toward Kanhsien in Kiangsi, while Changsha remains under nationalist control and Canton city campaign by August is asserted by the Communist high command.
W Ball longtime county engineer office instrument man since April 1946 left yesterday with his second children for Emporia to take over as Lyon County engineer succeeding FE Goldsmith who had held the post for years. Ball departs as Lyon County’s top official in duties and title.
In Frankfurt Germany July 30 the United States joint chiefs of staff arrived on President Truman's plane to confer with western European military leaders for 10 days. Gen Omar Bradley Adm Louis Denfeld Gen Hoyt Vandenberg and Gen A M Gruenther will discuss military problems and the Atlantic pact with European chiefs including Field Marshal Montgomery. Italy joined the Atlantic alliance today with ratification by 175 to 81 votes.
One way signs on narrow west Fourteenth Street were removed after the city council repealed an enforcement ordinance for eastbound traffic from Massachusetts to Kentucky Streets. Police Chief Moore cited enforcement impracticality and local merchant requests, noting most drivers continued eastbound anyway. The move worsens congestion at Fourteenth and Massachusetts, prompting a board of education plea for stop and go lights, which failed over funding concerns.
Dwane Schaake president of the Jayhawk FFA chapter is named chairman of the fair management committee for the nineteenth annual 4 H Vocational Agriculture fair at Has ke l August 19 and 20. The committee includes Raymond Flory as assistant chairman and others from 4 H and FFA. Judges for crops livestock and home economics are named and plans for exhibits are advancing with livestock poultry and crop exhibits near the north end of Haskell stadium and home economics exhibits in Haskell Auditorium. The judging schedule lists Friday 12 a m for home economics crops and livestock and Saturday 10 a m style revue judging with an 8 p m show.
Grand Junction Colorado July (Wichita) A 15 year old groom John R K Graham died en route to Grand Junction hospital after taking a sedative for a headache. His bride Mrs Graham was treated for shock. They had been fishing the Colorado River when he complained of a severe headache and suffered convulsions. Sheriff Redmen investigated.
Rain halted much of the Bonet Model meet at the Olathe air station but some free flight heats completed before darkness. In class C gasoline division results announced include Junior Jimmy Jorakt Oklahoma City at 9:40 and Norman Maveds with Richard Geiner St Paul in the flying on team 9.1 Torn. Control line speed and radio controlled events were called off. With two days left, unfinished flights were expected to proceed today and tomorrow despite weather.
Washington reports that Chairman Vin Theta of the house named 54 committee said a SH4000 0K military public works bill has been shelved until next year. The armed services committee had previously slated it for action this session and Vin Theta said it will not be called up.
A Canadian air mass breaks a week of extreme heat across the central plains and upper Midwest, with eastern states still sweltering. Forecasters say temperatures ease tonight and tomorrow, though New York City records July heat highs. Death tolls linked to the heat rise in several states as humidity drops.
Commonwealth theater official M. B. Smith announced the appointment of King as city manager for the two downtown Commonwealth theaters in Lawrence, effective August 21, to fill the vacancy left by Stan Schwahn. Bob Gable will serve as acting city manager, with King also managing the Granada theater. Ed Kirk and Smith will continue at the Drive-in. King brings extensive circuit experience and community-enterprise focus, having previously run a Baxter Springs Commonwealth theater and a Joplin drive-in, and overseeing a new project in Payetteville Arkansas. The Kings visited Lawrence to tour the town as they prepare to relocate their family.
Navy veteran Ted Spartin, 23, of Miami Oklahoma, died from a brain abscess while a senior in the School of Business at K U. He would have graduated in February after enlisting at Northeastern Junior College earlier. He is survived by his mother Mrs Nancy Horton. The note also mentions gas usage history in the United States and a reminder to send the Journal World to a summer address.
Unstamped liquor bottles slipped into Lawrence retailers last week and were returned to wholesalers before sale. Kansas hearings are set before the Alcohol Beverage Control board as stamp concerns surface in Topeka and other towns. A store owner reports misapplied and loose stamps, noting wholesalers provide the stamps and glue quality is poor.
Mercury warms across Kansas with clear skies and near ninety forecast after recent widespread rain. Temperatures peak Saturday or Sunday while tonight's lows near 60 to 70. Rain totals vary regionally with many towns reporting measurable amounts and some locations topping an inch.
Topeka July 50 The Attorney General ruled that a cloned district may pay tuition to an active one and send its pupils there next term. The ruling clarifies a situation after a new 1949 school finance law. About 5 000 elementary pupils in 1 200 districts are affected. Next spring closed districts may arrange to pay a teacher or join a neighboring district if a neighbor accepts tuition free. Summer Commencement Pittsburg Graduates Pittsburg Kan July 20 Pittsburg Teachers College summer term speaker is Ralph Berry of Indiana State Teachers College. Masters degrees awarded to 42 candidates at the ceremony.
London July 30 Attlee accused Churchill of giving Britain a black eye abroad and questioned his wartime leadership. He defended nationalization and attacked Conservative claims of mismanagement, asserting wartime coalitions faced known postwar hardships and citing Morgenthau and Woolton to argue wartime savings funded victory.
An Eastern Air Lines DC-2 crashed northeast of Fort Dix New Jersey today after a midair collision with an unidentified military craft. All 14 aboard were reported killed and authorities indicated the DC-3 crew could be integrated with the military plane. The airliner, departing Boston, was en route to Atlanta via Hartford and Wilmington. State police also reported a down Navy plane nearby with the pilot killed.
Seventy six girls from Lawrence Holton Enders and Ottawa spent one to two weeks at Lone Star Lake camp enjoying horseback riding swimming crafts singing games hiking and outdoor cooking Special events included a lake crossing trip to Elk s Point for supper a lake circle hike with supper half way and a Sunday morning service Mrs Watson council resident called the camp a success noting the girls had a good time Camp committee plans troop camping and overnight use of the Girl Scout cabin. reservations through James Koch Acme Cleaners.
The 12th year’s Midwest Mass camp concludes Sunday with an afternoon orchestra concert in Hoch Auditorium and an 8 p.m. band show at the University of Kansas outdoor theater. Guest conductor Guy Fraser Harrison leads opera and band guests, while Don Craig directs the camp chorus and the combined chorus. Marcus Hahn and Raymond Stuhl join KR faculty in performances. about 106 band, 85 orchestra, and 100 chorus students from 16 states have attended this six week session under Russell L. Wiley. Public admission.
Kansas City July 20 The Spencer Chemical company plans to pay off an 8 461 000 mortgage on the Jayhawk Ordnance Works at Wittsbury Kan next Thursday in New York. The mortgage is held by the General Services administration War Assets. Quirk J Hernard regional director said the lump sum payment would be the largest in this region covering Kansas Missouri Iowa Nebraska and Illinois. The retirement will occur at the First National Bank in New York. Spencer officials Ken neth Spencer president John Miller treasurer and Arthur May secretary attend with Leonard Nelson associate general counsel for the GSA. The plant built by the government in 1941 42 produced ammonium nitrate explosives later converted to fertilizer with dry ice as byproduct. The plant cost the government about 20 000 000 and was leased to Spencer until purchase for 11 010 900. it spans about 20 buildings on a 1 232 acre tract.
Topeka July 30 The state liquor control board voted two to one to overturn director Arthur Herricks denial of a Wichita retailer license for William Clark Speer. Chairman Angelo Scott Mont Green supported the override while Lester Templin stood with the director. Herrick may appeal to the courts. Safe after 5 Story Fall in Hamburg A two year old child survived a five story drop when a balcony clothesline caught the fall.
About 40 farmers from Douglas, Shawnee, Johnson and Miami counties attended a Chamber of Commerce meeting to learn how brome grass can replace wheat on parts of Kansas land. Kling Anderann of Kansas State College promoted Achenbach and Kansas strains, noting brome’s adaptability, soil benefits, and rotation value with alfalfa or sweet clover.
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