Lawrence World Today Editorial and Publication Details
Publication data for the Lawrence World in Kansas lists editors W. Go Simons and Wanaging Bator, with publisher Dolph Simons and W. Murray Ernest Pontius in advertising. Subscription rates show weekly Lawrence carrier service and mail options in Douglas County and surrounding areas, including outside counties. The paper, dated 1854 to 1904, is a Second Class postal matter and AP member, with redistribution rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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W. GO
Simons
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kansas
Douglas
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
AP News
PX Law Backfires On Soions
Washington observers at Indian Springs Air Base learn a rule banned civilian PX purchases. A congressman confronts the clerk, who reveals the law was passed barring PX sales to civilians. The incident highlights bureaucratic snags affecting lawmakers.
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Washington
Indian Springs
Px’s
Radio and TV Listings for May 7 8 9 by Essonta Stations
Radio and TV program copy lists WDAF KMBC WREN KFKU in detail for Saturday May 7 and Sunday May 8 with a dense schedule of news, talk, variety, drama, and sports shows. Notable items include The Grand Ole Opry, Meet the Press, Betty Davis era features, Captain Gallant and Super Circus, Amos and Andy, The World Tomorrow, Burns and Allen, and Weather and News updates. The page catalogs times and show titles across multiple stations, reflecting a busy broadcast day pattern.
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WDAF
KMBC
Autry
Dale
Hollywonit
KMBCU
Jack Benny
Wren
Wings of Healing
Amos
Andy
Auinus
Misa Brooks
KMT
Ady
The
Brigges
KMBAC
CBS News
Washington Review
Mavie
Tanale Film Theatre
Mr. Peepers
Hansac City
I Heart of the City
Walter Winchell
Mt. TM
Morruing
Arry Vander Tale
Hetarry Moore
Arthur
Teds
Kitchen Klub
Bane
Phix
Nown Howe Cotes
Lewis
Ayd Ankiatters
Linkletter
T Mack
aMhines
Oa Theatre of Rnmance
Mise Marlowe
Bob Crogbe
Studia
Matsu Island role debated in Formosa defense stance
John Caldwell a veteran state department official argues Matsu blocks Foochow port and aids a Formosa defense. He sides with Radford Carney and Van Fleet against unnamed experts cited by Lappmann who say Matsus are not critical to Formosa defense. The piece notes leftist praise of Reds and historic quips about overreactions to small issues.
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John Caldwell
State Department
Matsu Islands
Matsu
Foochow
China
Foremosa
Formosa
Caldwell
Radford
Carney
van Fleet
Walter Lappmann
Their Work in the Open Significance of Roll Call Votes
The League of Women Voters circulated a list of significant roll call votes from the recent legislative session. Rep. Sperry and Rep. Allen of Douglas county are noted for voting and abstaining on various bills, with Sperry among the few who did not miss a roll call. Several legislators reportedly avoided votes by absence while Douglas county members stayed to vote their convictions, facing the music without discredit.
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League of Women Voters
Rep
Sperry
Douglas County
Allen
House
Senate
League
Conferences and conventions as events or institutions
A reflection on conventions in America showing many attend for travel and leisure rather than goals or learning. The piece notes the proliferation of sessions in cities, the lure of expense paid time off, and questions whether substantial progress is achieved beyond enjoyment.
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America
Misnaming a War and a Kansas Editorial Perspective
The Kansas City Star editorial mocks a young man’s claim about a war termed a “police action” and contrasts readers’ views with soldiers’ lived experiences. It notes differences in casualty perception and critiques naming wars, while touching on gardening economics, pardon politics, and an electronic roll call device for the Kansas House.
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Kansas’ City Star
The
Star
The Kansas Buccaneer and the Dust Controversy
A comic clash in Finney County between Editor Awbrey of the Garden City Telegram and critics over dust, drought, and pride in Kansas crops. Rolla Clymer mocks comfort but defends rugged western spirit as true Kansans crave challenge and rough weather.
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Marion Ellec
Concord
Blades Fampire
Awbrey
Garden City Telegram
Finney County
Rolla Clymer
Rolla
Kansas
New England
China
Ozarks
Wholesale catalogs labeled as bargains mislead Kansas towns
Dwight Payton warns in the Overbrook Citizen that so called wholesale catalogs are often retail in disguise. He argues buyers get only single items at inflated per unit price and lose access to hometown merchants and reliable service.
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Fayporia Gazette
Kansas
Dwight Payton
Overbrook
Payton
Bible Verse Fragment Reading Today
Fragmentary OCR reads a Bible verse urging patience and trust in divine guidance. The readable portion mentions waiting on the Lord and Paalmsa style phrasing appears, but the exact citation is unclear.
Quiz Q A Q A Puny origin and other quick facts
A dense Q A column lists origins of words and trivia noted as Q A. It covers puny from puisne to born after ward, Arctic Ocean exploration, sun tidal influence, ostrich myths, Roosevelt’s bank holiday, John Eliot the Indian Apostle, papal bulls, Indian WWI drafts, first televised boxing bout, chopsticks etymology, Boston Post Road name, and a note on sugar preference in pigs from Illinois University.
Barbs on Health and Golf Fairly Satirical Notes
A satirical column mocks health and golf tropes. It jokes about weight loss promises, fixed golf scores, and garden work as humor. The piece observes how medical claims hit the body’s weak spots and notes changing payment trends in households.
Lawrence library May book display features Spear and more
The Lawrence Free Public Library offers a May 9 display of new arrivals including The Spear by Louis De Wohl, Innocents Under the Elms by Laouise Dickinson Rich, and To Wake in the Morning by Hilda Sidney. Other titles cover motherhood, resilience, crime, civil rights, and wartime careers, with several works from 1954 and 1955.
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Everal
Lawrence Free Public Library
Laouise Dickinson Rich
Elsie de Wolfe
Mendt
Eleanor Darnton
John D. McKew
Lawrence Alexander
Lionel Trilling
Kane
Trilline
Norman Thomas
Elizabeth Hardwick
Midwest
Herbert FE
Stover
Star of Freedom
Canada
Scot Mereith
Louis de Wohl
Paul Hackett
New England
Richard Gehman
Hilda Sidney Wkrech
War ends as Germany surrenders to Allies today
Washington announced unconditional German surrender and peacetime goods may reappear within six months though some limits will apply. Plans for thanksgiving services were announced by Dr. O E Allison awaiting V E day proclamation. Marriages and births noted among local families.
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Germany
Washington
O. E. Allison
Ministerial Alliance
Burdean Miles
Charles Schelbar
Alice Bodman
Kansas City
Chet Spray
John Mitchell
Route 2
G. H. Fitz
Woodrow Sturdy
Vinland
Paul Ulrich
Baldwin
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
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Arthur Danahar
Harringay Arena
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England
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el Dorado
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Blanche Deichert
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M. E. Rice
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H. E. Gon Carlos
F. B. McCulloch
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Round Corner Drug CO
Olson Plumbing & Wiring
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