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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1947
Page
5
Fulton Missouri Truman Ingle superintendent of the Missouri School for the Deaf faced a breakfast crisis when substitute cook, replacing two ill chefs, served 250 people. At 4 am Ingle improvised a meal of stewed peaches, dry cereal, toast, scrambled eggs and coffee with no complaints.
Obie Lee Jr and Cmdr Chirkasha were aboard a craft when it crashed and they were thrown free. Lee sustained back injuries while another occupant, Les Nie Shreffler of Wichita, escaped injury.
Adelaide reports wild horses brutalizing Central Australia cattle stations with one owner urging strafing planes to reduce herds. E A Brooks, running two northern South Australia stations, argues planes could reach brumbies in inaccessible areas. War era rifle use noted as failing to curb growth with many brumbies to be dealt with. Poland’s Rzeczpospolita notes imminent normalcy for State Railways and 20 new sleeping cars planned.
Philadelphia May 14 reports from the Society of American Bacteriologists describe a soil mold that inhibits the flu virus in chicken embryos and mice, with no human testing yet. Researchers from Larchmont Laboratories note the sample LL43 and a team of about 50 scientists pursue cultivation for potential vaccines or cures.
Topeka May 14 Gov Frank Carlson named Stanley Hill Hutchinson and Frank Long Topeka to the state social welfare board. Hill will be chairman of the two man board, replacing the previous three man panel. Long is Shawnee county welfare director and will take over June 1.
Ned May Ahearn widely known as a grand gentleman of athletics will serve as honorary referee for the Big Six track and field championships on May 24. A. J. Lewandowski announced the appointment, noting Ahearn retires July 1 after 42 years guiding Kansas State athletics. in 1904 he coached football baseball basketball and taught horticulture at the university.
Phoenix reports two locks operated by separate keys guard the room at the Arizona state hospital where Winnie Ruth Judd is confined. Dr. John A. Larson disclosed this after Judd’s escape and recapture, noting she had previously escaped twice in 16 years following the murders for which she was found guilty.
Hollywood figures including Robert Taylor Richard Arlen and Leila Rogers testify before a House committee on un American activities about alleged communist ties in the film capital. Chairman J Parne Thomas leads questioning after earlier attempts to question Hanns Eisler and Gerhard Hister. A spokesman notes the state department seeking disciplinary action for those responsible.
The state department reports the American charge d'affaires at Belgrade was stripped of his credential and embassy identifies a “cattle” during a visit to the Pugo alav town of [7 Camera and to John M. Cub m the American of.
Garden City Kansas May 14. Work starts Monday on a new electric power plant to increase irrigation power for Finney Kearney and Gray counties near beet sugar processing facilities. The Garden City company that runs the only beet sugar refinery in Kansas announced the plans. Construction will take about a year and cost over 500000 dollars.
A CPLA small cabin plane crashed in a field east of Wichita yesterday. The accident news notes injuries and ongoing investigation with few details available.
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