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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1952
Page
2
The county’s corn crop is well below normal with a projected 225000 bushels. Normal acreage around 43000, average yield about 12 bushels per acre though some Kaw River fields reached 80. Dry fall weather reduced yields and some farmers hand shucked to recover fallen ears. Gleaning continues after picking ends.
Sunflower Ordnance Works employees will be invited to contribute to the Community Chest drive in their residence communities. Pledge forms will be distributed Thursday and the campaign begins next Monday. Collectors will contact all Sunflower workers and deductions will be taken from paychecks during the second week of December for hourly workers and December for salaried staff. Communities including Lawrence Ottawa Olathe Kansas City Kansas City Mo will benefit.
Augusta Ga high skilled technical workers from AFL affiliated American Federation of Technical Engineers ended a strike at the East Savannah River H-bomb plant after their pickets were withdrawn following a dispute over the firing of six union activists by Miller Electrical Co of Jacksonville. Union official Joseph Garvin said workers would meet Miller representatives Tuesday to discuss the dispute and resume construction.
Sage details from the Lawrence Daily Journal World describe civic, church, and school events. Residents assisted at a Methodist Church service and election board duties at White schoolhouse, with 224 votes cast. Supper guests at H G Van Neste included relatives from Illinois and Lakeths. The article notes a teacher at Oak Ridge, funeral attendance for R C Welborn, and a corn field fire on the Frank Walters farm saved by plowing around structures.
Markets across New York and Canada were closed Tuesday in observance of Armistice Day. No fires were reported in the city Monday, marking the second straight day with no alarms and the first time in nearly five months with no fires in any 24 hour period, according to Fire Chief John Miller.
Wheat 2.16, corn 1.47, soybeans 2.58. Hens under 4% 12 lb, over 14% 16 lb. Butterfat 65 62 59. Eggs 42. Hogs 16.40. Produce Kansas City: eggs standards 44, mediums 42, unclassified 41 loss off. Butter Grade A 5.5 in cartons, 16 in quarters. Poultry hens 44 lbs up 21. turkeys Beltsville 37. capons 68 lbs 35, 9 lbs up 39. ducks 5 lbs up 22.
Secretaries and senators clash over alleged American Communists in the United Nations secretariat. Trygve Lie says he will not fire employees on suspicion and steps aside to help the UN save the peace. Delegates discuss successors Lester B Pearson Romus Padilla Nerva and Entezam as the General Assembly must name a replacement.
The University of Kansas Mem orial Union will host a tea Sunday from 5 to 7 for university officials at the new Student Union bookstore. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy will cut the ribbon Monday and turn the store over to the student body with Bill Wilson accepting on their behalf. The store, designed by Ken White, features curved glass showcases and about three times the floor space of the old bookstore, which has occupied the Strong Hall basement since March 1 during the union's construction.
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce announced a special committee on labor relations. Cliff Titus of Garnett, president, said Robert Lemon of Pittsburg, industrial relations director for Spencer Chemical Co., will head the panel. The move reflects growing industrialization and the need for formal labor relations handling.
Mrs G W Landis 70 widow of a former Lawrence minister died Monday at the home of her son Dr George K Landis in Kansas City She was pastor of the Evangelical Church here in 1945 Surviving are three daughters three sons 17 grandchildren one great grandchild and three sisters Funeral services will be at the Abilene Evangelical United Brethren Church Thursday at 2 p m Burial in Abilene Kansas City Mo is represented by several children.
Col. John S. Sanderson of the British Army, speaking at the Lav rise Rotary Club, explained how Communist guerrillas in Malaya formed after World War II, the early failures of local police, the 1948 flare up, and a two-year buildup to a six-week jungle raid that netted 180 bandits. He noted the need for ongoing British troop presence to prevent terror in rubber and tin rich Malaya.
Honey J. Pohl Jr. of Kansas City, 22, eluded seven police in a 90 mile per hour chase through a residential area Tuesday morning. He crashed into a truck, suffered critical injuries, and faces past speeding arrests while his one car partner escaped. He was hospitalized, and doctors warned permanent blindness if he regains sight. Police indicated another vehicle fired shots at him during the pursuit.
Representatives of the Builders Association and the Carpenters District Council planned to resume talks in Kansas City Missouri over grievances at the Sunflower Ordnance Works. They met Monday without agreement as carpenters walked out Friday. Carpenters blame other crafts for taking work and cite supervisory actions and handling of treated materials as part of the dispute.
Elin Jorgensen of 1604 N H St was fined $20 in police court Monday for failing to stop for a fire truck. Gober C Wright, address unknown, forfeited a $10 bond for failing to stop at a stop sign. Speaks to High Twelve William Kollender spoke today at the Castle Tea Room to the High Twelve Club. His subject was Meaning of Armistice.
The Commonwealth Theater Corp and Rapid Transit Co joined facilities to treat Haskell Institute’s Indian students on Armistice Day. Jeh Simons spoke to the pupils at 2:30 AM and a film followed at 9:45. The program, led by J D King and J J Wilson, honors student patronage and repeats a yearold observance.
Firemen battled a four hour blaze in Skidmore Missouri consuming the town’s entire water supply. The fire destroyed a combined grocery store and locker plant and caused water damage to the Linville Bank. Mayor Dwight Hall estimated damage between fifteen and twenty thousand dollars. Also noted is a Presbyterian Church dinner and a church reading room opening.
The article reports the rare whooping crane found in south central Kansas being returned to the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History for study after a fatal lung condition. It also mentions a Kansas City husband’s reaction to his wife voting for the opposing candidate, Armistice Day flag observations, Dr. F C Phog Allen’s lecture tour, Red Cross Christmas boxes for overseas servicemen, and Douglas County’s Lone Star Lake restrictions with farm access for stock water.
Approximately 45 members of the police and fire departments will attend a dinner sponsored by the city at 7 p m Wednesday on the second floor of the Municipal Building at 8th and Vt Streets. Patrolmen Jim Kanzig and Leon Roberts and fire captains Lawrence Hodson and Chester iCohoon head the dinner committee. John McGreal of Long Beach California was found guilty in police court Monday of drunkenness and received a 30 day suspended sentence plus told to leave town. Roy Reece of Chaute in court on a drunken charge also received a 30 day suspended sentence and was ordered to leave town.
The Baker Theater of Virginia will stage Moss Hart's Eight Up the Sky at 8 p.m. Monday Nov 17 in Centenary Hall on Baker University campus Baldwin. The comedy follows theater people during a Boston tryout with Barter Theater actors Dinah Farr Caddell Burroughs Sylvia Short Woodrow Romolf John Hallow and Lauren Farr in the cast.
A Wichita embargo on stock hogs intended for country shipment did little to curb receipts as about 1600 hogs were brought to Wichita Union Stockyards. The order, issued by state live stock sanitation commissioner Glenn Pickett, targets hogs linked to a shipment tied to vesicular disease concerns. Tests on a suspect pig continued Tuesday.
At Memorial Hospital Mrs Patsy Findley and Connie Colman plus several others from Sunflower and Wichita areas are listed with addresses. Births include Mr and Mrs James Aiken welcoming a son today. Injury reports note Calvin Bryant, Ralph Burnett, and Paris Spooner treated in the emergency room from work accidents or a farm incident. A lone line mentions volcano Vesuvius and crater descents.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Torneden spent the week end with relatives near Latvia. Mr and Mrs Frank Henik and family visited from Kansas City. Miss Sharon Hummelgaard was briefly in hospital after an operation. Marcus Harmon returned from a Colorado trip. Bert and Mrs Wilson from Lawrence visited the Tornedens. Larry and Roger Lee Torneden of Lawrence spent time with grandparents Mr and Mrs William Torneden. Neighbors fought fires Tuesday night and Wednesday morning saving several homes. Election board clerks and judges at Mackey schoolhouse included Mrs Frances Breese Miss Ruth Pellengill L J Milleret Noah Canary and Mrs Helen Torneden. Betty Breese and daughter returned from Wilmington Delaware. Pettengills and Carl Torneden spent a pheasant hunting weekend. Mrs Charles Davidson and Mrs Freida Reetz visited Mrs Fred Sieweke east of Lawrence. Mrs Sieweke later injured her arm and shoulder and was hospitalized several days.
Mrs Charlie Hayden and Daud Ler, Helen attended the Oakridge meeting as listed in the civic notes.
Local residents list several visitors and callers at the Murphy and Bidinger homes. The notes name Allderman and Hensley families from St Louis and Topeka, with visits from Leavenworth and Colorado residents. Multiple Friday to Thursday calls mark the social rounds.
KK Livestock reports cattle and hog values with mixed shifts. Calves, steers, and heifers show varying gains and declines across grades while hogs remain steady and sheep rise, highlighting top prices for choice and prime lambs and broader declines in commercial cattle grades.
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