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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1950
Page
4
fragmented entry from Lawrence Kansas newspaper listing dates and local notices with partial names and prices. readable lines mention February March and an 1950 date while listing residents and second class ads.
A dense listing of radio program times and show titles across stations KMBC WDAF WREN WRED KMBC KCMO and others for Friday October 20. Includes musicals news sports quiz shows dramas crime memories and variety segments with names like Fred Waring Joe DiMaggio and Walter Winchell.
The Lawrence board of education meets with invited citizens to discuss advancing the District 60 high school project. Advocates push for action despite risks of six months for plans and potential cost plus contracts, material controls, and possible partial fees if no construction proceeds.
President Truman voiced sympathy for land reform proposals in Korea during a Tuesday night address. He argued the debate is largely one sided and noted land hunger as a global issue, suggesting that granting title to small holders can align them with the masses.
The Emporia Gazette notes signs that strict enforcement of the Kansas liquor law is waning as juries fail to reach verdicts in drunken driving cases. The piece recalls past juries in Lawrence and questions whether acquittals may rise, amid rising liquor consumption and highway danger.
Old Home Town Me and Mrs F H Leonhard announce the marriage of their daughter Mildred Julia to Pred Hollandsworth of McLoud Oklahoma on Friday evening. Mr and Mrs Albert Hayden hosted a family dinner as farewell for Mrs Ralph Miner who goes to Washington. Mrs Katherine Heck gave a dinner and shower for Mrs Donald Wilkin of Manhattan who was Ruth Warren before marriage. Sherman Elliott enjoys a week off from his role as Kansas City Memorial Corporation treasurer with a Mayetta stay. Local clubs share visits from members returning from federation meetings in Jola and Breezedael hosts Five Hundred club. Rosemary Auchard welcomed at birth by Dr and Mrs W M Auchard. J E Hobbs and wife hosted a Sunday reception for Otis Hobbs and wife of Delphi Indiana celebrating their recent marriage.
Forty years ago a lecture in German by Prof. A. H. Bohfeld of the University of Wisconsin will be given here this week. He will also deliver an English lecture on Richard Wagner as a Dramatic Poet. Election officials have been chosen for November by Mayor Jer and H. D. Bullock, with a slate of clerks and ward officials.
In the fourth to sixth wards local leaders and members of the Women’s Relief Corps attend with Carrie D. Frisbee of Topeka and Florence Bunn as officials. A wedding is announced for Miss Birdie Greenough and Roy D C Moore with Maude Medlin and Susie Schaeffer as attendees and Will A. Moore as best man. Mrs Truman sends a package from the White House to a church bazaar and Epiphany church Women of Epiphans set a November 16 fiesta date.
The page feature questions about Social Security, unemployment, and government aid. Readers compare benefits and taxation, critique shifts in policy under a perceived socialist trend, and question fairness for steady workers and average families. A separate note recounts a Nile native acquiring a crocodile tooth charm after a bite injury.
The United Nations advances a plan to halt aggression anywhere by force if needed, with member states obliged to supply armed units. The move follows decades of peace initiatives from arbitration to collective security, culminating in sanctions and potential permanent mechanisms to deter future wars. Editors Day set for November 18 at Kansas State College in Manhattan with a luncheon and football game.
Karl G. Heider, 15, a junior at Liberty Memorial High School and Troop 51 member, was awarded the Eagle Scout badge. Ralph E. Graber presented the honor for Kaw Council district, as Heider follows years of Scouting ranks and merit badge requirements.
A themed crossword style list with horizontal and vertical clues. Entries include art history notes about a Leonardo da Vinci painting, a 1911 theft, and various definitions from Kith to chemistry. Solve to reveal a connected set of terms and names.
Readable fragments hint at a cryptic style puzzle with numbers and scattered terms such as Amphibian Monsters and Greek symbols. The text appears as partial clue fragments for a wordplay puzzle, lacking coherent sentences or identifiable events.
Walter Ford, a janitor in Atkinta, set a trap from an old box on the second floor after spotting an animal asleep in a corridor. He captured a full grown grey fox thinking it was a cat, leaving the origin of the fox unknown.
A garbled scan lists a packed TV and radio schedule for a weekend including a Harvard Army game on Saturday, wrestling from Chicago, news programs, a Jack Carter show, roller derby, and various other shows. The text is heavily corrupted with odd symbols and misread times.
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