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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1952
Page
2
In Memphis an old cat named Maud is credited with saving Louis E Paul Jr by guiding Mrs Paul to him after she found him blue in an icebox. The boy revived after fifteen minutes of artificial respiration, and he and Maud survived the perilous incident.
Approximately 35 Douglas County 4-H and Future Farmers of America volunteers gather at the new Glas County fairgrounds on East Nineteenth Street. They work from 1 am to help clear waste lumber, remove torn-out materials, trim elm trees, and move building supplies while county workers complete loading docks and rest rooms. Kansas Power and Light crews install arena lighting funded by a $1,000 Rotary donation.
James S. Welch has been appointed printing department staff at Haskell and will begin duty on August 1. A University of Kansas journalism graduate, Welch has held multiple Kansas and national newspaper roles including city editor and advertising manager positions, and has worked at the Lawrence Daily Journal, Ottawa Daily Herald, Brownsville Herald, St Paul Journal, Erie Record, and Columbus Daily Advocate. He is married to Vv and 13, Mrs. Welch, a University of Kansas graduate and former editor of Household Magazine in Topeka.
A Kansas college basket player who contracted polio and was treated in hospital returns home. He had been in Western Kansas during harvest with treatment continuing at Medicine Lodge and Liberal High School. A physician noted significant throat improvement after recovery.
TOPEKA Gov Edward F Arn reiterated on Friday that his plan to skip appearances in the GOP lieutenant governor race does not alter his position. He backs State Sen Wayne Ryan of Clay Center in challenging Lt Gov Fred Hall of Dodge City and John O Stewart of Kansas City in a three way race.
Lawrence maps outline voting precincts for six wards from Twelfth Street to city limits and east of Massachusetts. Each ward lists precincts with street boundaries and designated polling places such as Pinckney School City Hall and Liberty Memorial High School.
Sep market notes higher rails, firm wheat and corn with drought in the south boosting oats and corn. Hog prices rise to top 24.00 while cattle show uneven gains. Kansas City reports mixed grain bids, butterfat steady, and various poultry and eggs price levels. Wall Street gains seen in railroads with U S Steel leading and Bethlehem Steel steady.
Hanover Kas December and word of publisher W B Dieker 85 chief of the Hanover News dies after more than fifty years in business at the city. He was known for community work and local newspaper leadership. The death occurred Wednesday night at his home.
Local Republican candidates contest the Douglas County commission seats in the August primary. YC Ogden of Eudora seeks renomination against Hers Hammon and Herve Hoskinson of Vinland in the First District race. A. G. Hammond of Vinland runs in the Second District against incumbent Ray C. Ogden and Hoskinson. No Democratic challengers are listed.
Kansas announces Dick Monroe will join the 1952 football staff as center coach. Athletic Director Lonborg confirms Monroe’s hiring, praising him as an outstanding interior player and coach. Monroe recently coached at Atwood and Columbus after three years in high school coaching and KU summer session.
A cluttered memorial page lists multiple names and addresses across Kansas and nearby towns. It includes births noting new babies and mothers such as Mrs Lillian Hager man and a daughter, with various hospital connections and family entries from Memorial Hospital and associated locales.
A theft at Fritzel Service Station at 18th and M occurred afternoon when $132 vanished from a car on a grease rack. The cash, reportedly $182, was missing around 2 p.m. Investigators noted the scene as the car left. Dodgers, White Sox Wins Reported.
The Lawrence City Commission met to approve about a dozen paving related projects under the city's program. Bids will be opened Aug 12 with contracts awarded later. They discussed sewer work, Elm Street resurfacing, Dakota Street paving, and a federal grant of 863,126 requiring city match and a long term airport lease.
Fresh economic troubles raise questions about air and ground buildup under Gen. Ridgway in Western Europe. Lisbon council set a goal for fifty million dollars in mobilizable resources this year, but achieving it is uncertain amid U S France funding disputes and strain on allied contributions, especially Britain, in forming a joint western defense.
Democratic and Republican leaders outlined expansive campaign plans with multiple special trains and nationwide speeches. Frank McKinney disclosed the Democrats hold 226000 in general funds and 30000 in radio TV reserves, aiming to grow to two million as Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman lead the ticket.
Obituary notices for Mrs. Della Morris 70 of 1330 Brooks St and others include survivors and funeral details at Rumsey Funeral Home with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. Additional items note Delores Sudduth 20 killed near Denver and R Lee Cosand death at Kansas City Medical Center with services at Schubert Funeral Home.
Helicopters of the Air Force evacuated 663 persons marooned in flooded areas by Han Ri rampage in Korea. The disaster affects a significant portion of the region under coal mining and regional authority.
Dr H R Wagenblast of the Lawrence Douglas County Health Office urges residents to dispose of garbage waste and wash water properly to curb the fly population. He notes fewer flies but warns that sanitation cooperation is essential for spray efforts to succeed this season. The health department reports no food poisoning tied to flies so far this year.
Dr H R Wagenblast said the Lawrence Douglas County Health Office X ray machine is available to residents at all times with no charge. He noted higher tuberculosis rates locally and urged use of city county health service facilities to help residents.
Dr. Alexander C. Mitchell son of Mr and Mrs A B Mitchell of 603 Tenn St has been appointed to the University of Kansas Health Service staff at Watkins Memorial Hospital. A KU engineering graduate in civil engineering he served five years in WWII with an anti aircraft artillery unit in the South Pacific earning the rank of major. He later earned an MD from KU in 1850 and did an internship at St Louis City Hospital in 1931 before private practice in Clyde the past year. He and his two sons live with his parents.
Taylor says the K U group formed to oppose an extremist candidate from Pegal State and endorses Eisenhower Nixon as the Republican ticket. He predicts they will restore government confidence and notes Stevenson and Sparkman offer limited change, arguing Democrats would follow Truman policies.
In St Joseph Missouri co sheriff C A Jenkins proposes deputies drive intoxicated drivers home and hide their keys. A note instructs calling jail and revealing key hiding place only if the caller proves sobriety. He claims the plan has worked 100 percent so far.
LEAVENWORTH Kansas Thursday the state highway commission announced an agreement to provide 500000 for the west approach of a proposed three million dollar toll bridge across the Missouri river. The plan requires a Missouri appropriation for the east side approach and passage of legislation in the 1953 session authorizing revenue bonds. Gale Moss Kansas state highway director said construction could begin early next spring with a 20 year ownership retirement plan after bond retirement.
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