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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1950
Page
11
Unseasonably cool dry late spring disrupts farming with weak crops and slow processing across Kansas counties. Wheat yields forecast varied from hopeful to doubtful as dust storms and late freezes depress pasture, fruit, and livestock outlooks.
San Francisco police clerk John Gerald Kenney awoke to his wife in labor. He struggled to follow a doctor's remote instructions guiding him upstairs and downstairs to assist the birth, finally shouting down the line that the baby had arrived, a girl.
Hollywood buzz reports that Jake will star opposite Fred in Royal Wedding with June Allyson and Peter Lawford. MGM set a May start date, Arthur Freed praised Sarah Churchill, wife of Antony Beauchamp, as a stage find. The text also mentions a $150 million law push and 86000 tons of tung nuts harvested in the U.S.
In Butte on May 8, Stan Ketchel is recalled as the toughest puncher who broke noses including a famed early bout with his brick strike. George Zigler, 67, remembers Ketchel’s force and calls him the greatest, while recounting how his own nose was fractured in the bragging clash. A Rural Electrification loan tops the news with a $356 million aid package for expanding rural electrical facilities.
The Veterans Administration regional office in Kansas City reports heavy daily inquiries about GI home loan changes from the new housing bill. Regulations are being drafted in Washington and won’t be released for about 60 days. Direct four percent loans are available only in areas lacking private financing and require good credit and sufficient income. Veterans should pursue bank or other private loans while noting limits and the July 30 1951 cutoff and funding limits.
The report notes a grave charge involving Ferrans to Girt Los Angeles and Lesilee Overc with an acquittal on patent charges. They will receive $400 monthly from life insurance and nearly $160,000 from estates. Indiana Territory capital Vingranes is referenced but details are fragmentary.
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