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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1947
Page
4
A Kansas newspaper column discusses President Truman's push to end the draft, potential universal training, and the Mexico visit amid broader bids for Western hemispheric solidarity. It weighs geopolitical stakes, Anglo Greek tensions, and the risk of a Soviet-dominated Europe, urging continued defense collaboration and treaty considerations.
Lawrence election officials begin early at 6 am to receive voters until 7 pm for the primary. After polls close, boards tally votes and file the report with the city clerk, creating an 18 hour work day for some boards while preserving local self government.
The Atlanta Journal notes that graveyard and other ballot irregularities could elevate a write-in candidate to Georgia’s governorship. Herman Talmadge holds the office but trails in write-ins. a Republican challenger, D. Talmandre Bowers, emerges as a potential claimant amid fraud charges and illegal ballots.
Red Cross plans in Douglas county assume canvases can finish in one week with rapid solicitation and contributions. War is over but postwar needs remain heavy as veterans reenter civilian life and university enrollment expands Red Cross activity, extending at least another year.
The president has informed congress of his readiness to let the draft laws expire at month’s end as no draft calls have been issued for months. The armed services rely on volunteers, but recruitment remains short of official requirements and the forces’ strength is not fully sustained.
Lawrence residents are solicited for funds to support the underground insurrection in Palestine against British efforts to restore order. A donor questions the movement, preferring constructive causes. With martial law and curfews, moderates suffer while violence dominates.
A Georgia legislative committee hears the widow of General James Longstreet in February 1917 opposing the poll tax and white primary measures. She condemns the bills as pandering to a power clique, warning Georgia will sink in esteem.
A fragmentary report notes more first robins seen than robins, speeders practice to recreate wrecks this coming summer, and a Minnesota woman seeks divorce after her husband cut her hair. Scientists debate animal laughter as hyenas keep on.
Three members of the Zodiac club who recently marked their golden wedding anniversary were honored at a dinner for members and spouses. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Sterling, Mr. and Mrs. Olin Tempsin, and Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Smithmeyer. Mr. and Mrs. Lee-Riling plan a month southbound trip. Also noted were secretary L E B Hacker and treasurer H Hosking. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lotzand and family of Worden spent Tuesday in Lawrence.
Miss Emma Robinson entertained La Trefle club. The Current Event club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs J Al Miller. J F Filbron returned from a trip to southwestern Kansas. Mee Watts and family relocate from Witner to a farm near Big Springs. Elmer McClanahan and Mrs announce the birth of a daughter Betty Jo. George Boland Jr marketed wheat in Lawrence. Vine Tai Cemetery Improvement Association officers named Mer y Landon president and Mrs A Andretts vice president with Helen Gill recording secretary.
Forty years ago a sack of mail destined for Lawrence residents was run over by a Santa Fe train and torn to pieces after a mail clerk kicked it out the door. Mrs J N Hughes left for Old Mexico to join her husband a Pitman Palace Car employee, granddaughter of ex Senator Langston and mother of Langston Hughes. Ambrose Bigaby, an old settler, died at his home four miles west of town, aged 47, while Mrs Mama Teptham and her mother Mia Block returned from New Orleans.
A fragmentary editorial voice argues against labor strikes and political inaction as the Wagner and Guardia acts come under fire. It criticizes labor leaders and government for wage pressures and railroad car shortages, recalls a past stock scandal, and warns of rising prices and a widening political crisis as Pope Pius XII marks a birthday and election anniversary.
In Havana the dead are stored in damp tombs with cemented plots. Rich burials pay for permanent interment while poorer sections rent three year plots. After three years survivors are notified by newspaper ads that bones may be moved to a common pit if no other arrangements are made. Army offers property.
The army offered for private industry parts of 32 government owned plants built for chemical production. The plan aims to lease sections of plants at Sunflower Ordnance Works Eu dor a Kan and Kansas Ordnance Plant Ia still a strike threat.
The National Federation of Telephone Workers, representing more than 197 000 employees in 30 states, filed 20 day strike motives to back wage increases and concessions. The union leader prepared to testify before the House Labor Committee as a nationwide telephone strike threat simmered.
A historical crossword style list includes clues and numbers such as Hodgepodge, Novel, Morsel, Anger, Essential being, and references to a president under two US administrations, plus various cryptic hints like Adhesive material and Modified in color. The page shows horizontal and vertical clue groupings with multiple cross references and numeric tags.
A fragmented OCR text lists diverse terms and clues such as Prayers Prattle Dove calls Onager Norse Dutch city Gazelle Daybreak and Geraint's wife. It appears as glossary style items with numbers and partial phrases lacking coherent narrative or context.
One troop ship, 1 173 troops, is the sole arrival today at a U S port. The General House brought 1 15 troops from Bremerhaven to New York yesterday, while Adm. E W Eberle carried 1 34 troops and 93 civilians from Ungawa and Yokohama to San Francisco.
Firemen battled a moving fire from a 3,000 gallon underground gas tank into the Arkansas River flowing downstream. In Champaign Illinois a car mixup led to mistaken identity and police involvement after a neighbor’s new car arrival triggered a humorous misconnection. In Cherry Valley a widow finds a $2,500 cache in her home during an oil burner replacement, an explanation tied to a late husband.
A Baldwin page details social updates including meetings and visits among local families. It notes weddings, education ties to University of Kansas engineering, and a Lawrence call to a local friend. Funeral services for Lynne Kay Jaromwon and Mrs Catherine Howard are reported with pallbearers and burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
A cluttered schedule lists evening radio programs from multiple stations with names like Marth, Ward, Valice, and Abner. Highlights include MIXED QUARTET performances, Paul Whiteman, and a late news wrap. The listing mentions events at diners and clubs, plus a memorial notice for Dr. Baker and family announcements.
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