Lawrence Journal World masthead and 1938 date
Lawrence Journal World published and edited details include associate publisher FILL MATER managing editor ERNEST Poniits advertising manager LEO ELLETL business manager SIMONS Ter won a. 1954 established, World Journal offices listed at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets Lawrence Kansas Thursday Evening March 13 1938.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Dolph Simona
Raho Ang Pupiianer
DOLPH
C. Simons
Ter
Fill Mater
Ernest Poniits
Leo Elletl
Simons, Géber
the World
Sixth
New Hampshire Streets
Kansas
Lawrence
Douglas
Tnitea
Associated Press
Mudit
Associated
Market Page Reflects Shifting View Of Stock Owners
A 1930s analysis explains how ordinary Americans increasingly own pieces of American business as long term investors rather than speculators. It contrasts old Wall Street caricatures with a new, steady ownership mindset favoring long range gains over daily market swings.
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Wall Street
Jayhawk Utilities
Kansas Stee
Utilities
Steels Or Motors
New York Stock Exchange
Sears
DuPont
Girl Scouts Celebrate 46th Birthday Growth in Lawrence
The Lawrence Girl Scout movement marks its 46th anniversary with Juliette Gordon Low founding troops in Savannah. The local program has expanded from 87 Scouts in 1930 to 744 in recent years, driven by about 200 volunteers including 93 troop leaders and co leaders. Neighborhood chairs include Mrs. L J Gilkerson and others, reflecting strong community leadership over 28 years in Lawrence.
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Girl Scouts
Juliette Goredon Law
England
Savannah
U.S
Nae
Girl Guides
Scout Movement
L. J. Gilkerson
H. D Remple
L. FE. Rice
Morgan Allison
Lawrence
Threat To Mankind: Furon Warns Goat Threat to Humanity
Raymond Furon of the Museum of Natural History in Paris warns mankind loses the battle to its worst enemy, thinking him a friend. He names the goat as the adversary, noting goat milk meat and hair as the provocative factors.
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Raymond Furon
Museum of Natural History
Paris
Furon
Heven
The Goat Appetite and Global Woes
A Paris museum official argues goats are blamed for vast environmental damage from North Africa to the Near East. He condemns the goat diet as a cause of forest loss and landscape erosion, doubts eradication is feasible, and mocks peace efforts aimed at disease and weapons, urging action to control goats instead.
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North Africa
Morocco
Near East
Mediterranean
Faron
United Nations
Paria Museum
Dong
The Alsop Brothers Break Up as Partners Enduring Bond Ends
Stewart and Joseph Alsop announce the end of their joint newspaper and magazine columns after more than a dozen years of collaboration. They reflect on wartime beginnings, cover ironies of reporting, and the shift from American lead to uncertain leadership, noting how personal sentiment clashes with practicality.
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Stewart and
Joseph Alsop
Washington
Stewart-Joseph al- Sop
Treman
Soviet Union
Inchan Landing
Lawrence obituary and campus sports highlights from old era
Notable locals and alumni features include the death of former mayor and photographer Lawrence, a Gamma Phi Beta house initiation, Lawrence’s Class AA regional setback to Shawnee Mission, Jayhawker basketball capped by a 61 to , and Glenn Cunningham’s 4 21.8 mile in Columbia. Also notes a 1 000-bank moratorium day, 40 years ago items on Hoxie, Laslet, and a KU faculty commencement move.
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Mired Lawrence
Ralph Baldwin
Gamma Phi Beta House
Lawrence
Atchison
Shawnee Mission
Jayhawkers
Iowa State
Tal
Glenn Cunningham
Columbia
A. 0. Lockwood
Baldwin
Methodist Church
U.S
Kansas
George Hoxie
Ft. McPherson
France
Hoxie
University Medical School
Rosedale
Howard Laslet
Brickes
Laslet
Lawrence High School
Today’s Bible Verse on Hard Things for the Lord
The message presents Revelations 19 6 asserting that nothing is too hard for the Lord and invites reflection on faith and divine power. The verse underscores trust in God's strength and sovereignty in difficult circumstances.
Tomato Toss and Nudist Tales Spark Miami Scene
A chaotic Miami night features Anita Ekberg in a stage sketch when Evelyn West allegedly pelts her with tomatoes. The clash stems from past nudist group disputes and West's claims of Ekberg walking out on a West performance. The column mocks exploitation in show business and warns of lasting damage from public stunts.
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Florida
Miami
Anita Ekberg
Bob Hope
Miss Ekberg
Hope
Anita
Evelyn
Eisenhower faces foreign and domestic economic pressures
In a 1940s era column James Marlow compares Eisenhower's challenge to Hoover's. He warns a prolonged recession could dampen foreign aid and alliances, boosting communist appeals abroad while domestic demand and advertising falter. He cites Smoot Hawley tariffs and a shift toward international aid as key factors.
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James Marlow
Washington
Eisenhower
Hoover
Congress
Advertising in Recession Editor and Publisher
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company earned praise for buying full page space this week to publish its message The Year Advertising Helps Through a Recession The ad cites 1954 as a year when U S sales fell four percent while advertising expenditure rose five percent and credits the boost in demand with mitigating the recession The note says the theme advertising can help promote economic activity and was first used two years earlier.
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McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
U.S
Prison Routine Restored After Brushy Mountain Riots
PETROL Tenn Blattorn Brushy Mountain State Prison returned to a near normal routine as officials weighed alleged grievances behind the disturbances. Warden Frank Llewellyn said no settlement had been reached with the prisoners who wrecked their cell block in riots Monday and Tuesday. The rioters’ chief spokesman Kenneth Ray Lawson claimed the convicts won concessions but offered few details.
Dubinsky Heads Garment Union Yet Keeps Employers Happy
Profiles David Dubinsky head of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union who maintains strong ties with employers. Anecdotes include Unity House weekend for 300 bosses and his paradoxical humor about labor leaders and capitalists, plus notes on Broadway links and Liberal Party activity.
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Lyons den
Dubinsky
Garment
David Dubinsky
Int’ Ladies Garment Workers Union
Unity House
England
Textile Union
Garment Union
London
Queen Elizabeth
Jackie Gleason
Groucho Marx
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Thomas W. Lamont
Ford
Henry Ford Tl
Auto
Liberal Party
Wendell Willkie
Wilikie
Bed &S & Party
With & Union Treasury
New York
Adolf Berle
Office Borrowers Gallery in Hal Boyle Essay
Hal Boyle lampoons office borrowers as a gallery of types including the hot insider, the bird dog, the cold calculate, the tragedian, the straitened Romeo, the wife fighter, and the additive borrower. The piece humorously notes how borrowing is a pervasive office art form and gives vivid character sketches.
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Teekia
Fusa
Addie
Sway
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Joe
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Maria Callas
Aston
Robert Louis Stevenson
United States
Kremlin
Russia
Albert Einstein
Dr. Einstein
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
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Teichmann
Dore Schary
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American Theater Wing
Helen Menken
Wing
Martha Hodges
Joan Plowright
Hal Boyle
William Shakespeare
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