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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1947
Page
2
Chicago wires report March wheat leaping to 22.00 per bushel as shorts scramble to cover amid rising demand. Brokers with short commitments raced to buy futures and actual grain, while government purchases and export actions complicated deliveries.
Death notices list C C Carl death at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with services at Funk chapel led by Rev Beil. Mrs John H Elm of Worden dies at 42. services Thursday at home and St Johns Evangelical Worden burial in Worden cemetery. Survivors include husband Harold Elm, daughter Mrs Arnold Stoebener, two grandsons, sister Grace Miller, and brothers Hert Ray and William Vaughn. Mrs Fay Ola Brown Endacott, 82, dies. services at Trinity Lutheran Kansas City and burial at Tonganoxie. she taught in Douglas and Leavenworth counties and led the Douglas County Teachers Association. husband Edwin Endacott a railroad retirement representative. siblings Foy E Brown and Joy P Brown. Williams Durant dies.
William C. Durant, 85, a founder and organizer of General Motors, died at 2:15 am in his Gramercy Park apartment. His wife and nurse were present. Durant had been ill since October 1942 and celebrated his 85th birthday last December with a vow about consumer market needs and quality.
Colorado Springs buyers George J and Ada Kirchhoff of Lawrence purchase two motor courts for 3110 dollars. Kansas buyers already take one property and will possess the other April 1. The Capps Court on a acre has frame structures and stucco shop. The Ideal Camp sold for 50000 dollars with three bungalows and rental units. Kirchhoff previously sold a distant business to Theo Poehler Merchantile Co in Lawrence.
Violinist Alexander Schneider and harpsichordist Ralph Kirkpatrick will give a recital as part of the University of Kansas concert course at Fraser Theater tomorrow at 2 p.m. The program features Bach selections and other baroque pieces, reflecting a plan for a refined campus music event.
Washington March 18 Senate armed forces committee opened hearings on merging the armed services to study how President Truman Greek Turkey aid plans affect a unified force. Senator Taft questioned bipartisan support while Vandenberg and Reece prepared questions for Patterson Forrestal and Acheson as hearings proceed.
Marriage licenses were granted yesterday in the office of Probate Judge Frank R. Gray to Warren Edward Shelton and Marie Charleen Riot both of Topeka. Others listed include Clifford T. Woods with Eunice Douglass of Kansas City Joe W. White and Myrtin M. Nulk Gordon Pyle and Donna Bean Robert Clark Cooper and Barbara Ann Juercher Harry T. Stucker and Anna F. Mubhlenbruch Rank Burglar Sentenced in Marion District Judge James P. Coleman sentenced Robert Lee Hinton of Shreveport La to an indefinite term in the Kansas reformatory on his plea of guilty to second degree burglary for the Ramona state bank burglary on January 10.
Lawrence junior high eighth graders learn about managing allowances and selling insurance in a two year old guidance program. Miss Nettie M. Wismer heads the home room guidance efforts aiding pupil teacher parent relations as seventh through ninth graders study careers, health, and personal growth.
Frank Mark, 16, of Baldwin, was arraigned in county court on burglary and grand larceny linked to break ins of three Baldwin business houses. A preliminary hearing was requested. he is held on a 1000 crown tr jar. County Attorney Robert B. Oyler filed the complaint. Sheriff Will Johns Jr said Mark was captured emerging from No-Life Cleaners on East High Street after a three months burglar spree across Baldwin.
Twenty one veterans and families occupy the Nine teenth and Louisiana street housing project with 34 total units expected. Naming proposals include FPH Arms Veterans Villas Hutment Haven and Muddy Manor as discussions begin once all0 apartments are filled.
In Moscow two contrasting tests unfold as Soviet, British and American leaders prepare for high profile meetings. Stalin’s Kremlin reception looms while a vodka toast held by Molarev tests diplomatic nerves amid past strains between Britain and the Soviet Union.
Letters from English women seeking husbands via Mayor Jokn A. C. Alluin of Auckland flood the city. The matrimonial scheme shows many English women credit the mayor with arranging Cupid matches and English women are eager while many New Zealand men also seek connections. Response from men nationwide exceeds English applicants. Messages reveal a cross colonial desire for marital matches across the dominion.
A prenatal knitting class led by Mrs. E J Logsdon opens tomorrow at 2 pm in the Red Cross room Community building for expectant mothers. A Friday night session in Meade by De gler covers pregnancy imagery for parents with films after the lecture. Andrew F Schoeppel will speak at the Southwest Kansas Editorial association spring convention in Meade on Kansas industries and resources. Revelations from Biz Four conference statements published by Izvestia without editorial comment.
Mra Milfont Miller staying with Mr and Mrs O G Her and her parents in Oak Ridge. Mrs J B Handley paid her farm, home of Mr and Mrs Frey Strong now renamed. Rev OD Dunlap of Eulora and Hesper visited. Kansas State Farm Bureau delegates and Frank Kapfer hosted Douglas County Farm Bureau dinner at Eldridge hotel. H G Van Nesta and Ed Moore family noted. Mr and Mrs Ed Moore celebrated 50th wedding anniversary. Mrs 0 A Farmer, mother of Mrs J F Morgan, recovering from a broken hip at the Morgan home. J H Bradley badly burned on face at night while working for paving company. Oil burner flare caused injury. he received medical attention. FH Leonhard and W Leonhard reported farm improvements in Dekalorosa area. Mrs J L Bradley made a business trip to Ottawa. J R Bundley staying nearby.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a pipeline and gas plant changes, mentioning Kaw alley, a dehydrator, an enlarged plant, and various scattered names and places, lacking coherent narrative or dates. The readable facts point to gas infrastructure expansion and related sites but specifics are unclear.
Market notes from Kansas City and Chicago show mixed cattle and hog prices with uneven demand. Cattle trading steady to mostly lower on the week with bulls weak, vealers steady, and feeders active. hogs similar to early trade, sheep and lambs steady with some declines. Freight and arrival notes indicate scarce supply on some fronts and shifting buyer interest across regions.
A fragmented stock and market report lists calves priced at 800 dollars, wheat and corn futures with May and June contracts, and mentions of alfalfa timothy and potatoes in various regional markets. It notes trading activity across Red River Valley regions, Unwashed Minnesota and Idaho commodities, and references several railways and industrial firms amid a broad price and shipment snapshot.
Mary E L Wilson thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and death of her husband, expressing gratitude for support from the community.
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