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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1952
Page
2
At a Topeka rally a crowd exceeding five hundred heard Democratic leaders urge voters to back the ticket. They criticized Republicans including Eisenhower, urged women to canvass the precincts, and stressed farmers and laborers as priorities while pledging to seek what benefits the small town and working class.
Lawrence police and fire officials asked residents not to burn leaves on asphalt streets after several incidents damaged pavement. Fire crews answered three alarms Wednesday and one by noon today, including a storage building fire in the 1000 block alley between Alabama and Illinois Streets causing about $80 damage to Vernon Weeks’s property.
Lieut Robert Borchers, based at San Diego naval air base, spent a weekend with his parents in Linwood during a nondstop flight to Ginthe in an ND fighter. Mrs James Robb of Williamstown has been assigned to duty as a can noneer with Battery B 546th Field Artillery Battalion at Ft. Lewis Washington. Before enlisting Feb 17 1951 Pfe was farming with his father. Pie Robb, son of Mr. and...
Students at every college in the state will face draft deferment tests on December 4 to assess eligibility for deferment. Officials say the tests aim to determine which students qualify for continued exemption from service while pursuing higher education.
Milton Eisenhower arranged a Murphy meeting with the general and Murphy drafted his ideas. In Abilene he praised Murphy as a man with real sense and noted Murphy’s reluctance to politics while signaling Republican leanings. Time Magazine cites Murphy backing government medical aid balanced with private medicine.
Mrs Hazel Miles dies at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a year of illness. She leaves husband Horace E Miles, her parents Stephen and Mrs Cottrell of Council Grove, two brothers Clarence and Lawrence Cottrell, a sister Mrs Margaret Emmons of Garnett, and relatives. Funeral Friday at 3 pm at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Robert A Martin of Kansas City officiating. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Seoul Gen James A Van Fleet denied predicting U N forces could not hold the line and stated he only meant the Republic of Korea army was not strong enough to hold the battleline He maintained U N troops would remain in Korea as long as there are Chinese forces present.
George Edward Grammer, 35, New York office manager, was found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of his wife. The case, once thought to resemble an automobile accident, led to a death by hanging or life imprisonment verdict issued by Judge Herman M. Moser without a jury at Gosmer’s request.
Tyrone Pennsylvania report: Edwin T. Smith and wife escaped a blaze that consumed their home. Neighbors saw Smith jump from a second story window while his wife fled with the youngest. Five children were missing and later identified as Tommy 14 Kenneth 13 Rose Mary 21 Daniel 66 and David 2. the mother and baby were in critical condition.
The Philippine Red Cross reports 370 dead and 200 missing with many injured after a Wednesday typhoon. Telegraphed counts from devastated provinces show slow casualty updates as the storm heads toward Indochina. A separate tidal wave hit Phan Thiet Monday, with up to 509 feared dead. Tabaco in Albay reports eight dead, the worst toll from a single town in Philippine history.
The play Door in the Wall adapted from Marguerite de Angeli's Newbery prize winner opens a three day run at the high school. Two casts of roughly sixty perform with students and adults alternating roles including Robin the lead. Casts feature Arly Allen and Robin actors Friday and Saturday performances under long running school drama efforts.
About 250 engineering instructors are expected for the regional meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education at the University of Kansas on Friday and Saturday. Guest speakers include R. Q. Brewster, professor of chemistry, and I. Re Woolrich, dean of engineering at Texas University.
A Friday deadline report details registration in the city with 751 of 972 residents, 77.3 percent, registered. The Fourth Ward tops at 90.7 percent, Second Precinct at 98, Third Precinct First Ward at 99.9, while Second Ward shows the lowest at 62.1 with notes on student residency and military available counts.
Douglas County farmers acted early to stockpile feed as a severe drought reduces pastures and water supplies. Silos, trench storage, and elevated nutritive feed values help, but many beef herds face shrinkage or liquidation while dairymen ride milk prices. Bankers warn loans hinge on available feed and water, with spring cattle prices expected to rebound after the cuts.
The report states that cattle sales have not resulted in any losses or gains for the involved party, indicating flat returns with no money made or lost so far. No additional figures or dates are provided.
An Idaho visitor wandered through Lawrence during a library reception for Erite de Angeli, author of children’s books, then asked about the event. The guest was told anyone could attend, and left with remarks on the odd scene as investigators pursued pinball machine raids in Wichita.
Fragmentary OCR lists varied dairy and egg items with unclear pricing and weights. Mentions include butter grades and cartons, eggs by weight and class, commercial orders, and farm-run fryers, but many figures are incomplete or garbled. The entry reads like a scatter of market quotes without coherent structure.
Mrs. May Martin of 1200 Haskell Ave reports finding an opossum on her kitchen table through a trap door. She killed it with a cane, skinned, cooked, and fed the cat possum meat. She recalls a childhood tale of a possum that played dead. Tomorrow night four moons of Jupiter will be visible with cloud belts. the University of Kansas Observatory Room 500 Lindley Hall opens 7:30 to 10.
Twenty nine University of Kansas women are named candidates for Homecoming queen on November 7 and 8. Among them is Jane Henry from Oskaloosa, a freshman living at North College Hall. Independent houses and twelve sororities each nominates one candidate, with Corbin and North College Halls receiving three each. Seven to ten finalists will be chosen at a November 3 coffee in the Student Union cafeteria, then dine with judges and the queen committee at the Faculty Club the same day. The three finalists will appear at the Jayhawk Follies on Friday evening, November.
A Memorial Hospital list shows residents and addresses including John Lee Elis at 1345 Ky. St and Mrs. Lora Owens at 1101 W. Zist St along with Mrs. Helen Pickens of Tonganoxie Mrs. Geneva Crowder at 122 R. T St Mrs. Caroline Mikels 900 0 George Brodecker Sunflower Mrs. Mary Ann Borrego 547 La. St Karen Carleton 909 Il. St.
A notice names several individuals and families as dismissed or released to return home today or on a specified Wednesday. Names include Chris Williams Loretta Cooper Marian Pierce Audrey Muxlow and baby Leroy Faulkner Helen Downing and baby Ralph Miller Lloyd McKenney and Sunflower. Addresses span Tenn St Overbrook Conn St Baldwin Route 3 and 2113 O St.
A federal grand jury indicted Henry W. Grunewald known as The Dutchman on 22 counts of Contempt of Congress. Grunewald, a noted figure tied to a House probe of tax frauds, refused to reveal IRS officials or discuss tax cases, offering only remarks about his birth year in previous hearings.
Public Health Service announced a 15 percent decline in polio cases for the week ended Oct 18, with 2,419 cases versus 2,875 prior. The disease year totals reach 46,245, up from 36,03 in the prior year and 22,554 last year.ngoing notes touch Clay Center death, early Christmas cards, and literacy concerns.
Reports show a mixed day across commodities and livestock with Wheat and Corn firming in parts of Kansas City while cattle and hog markets show mixed, steady to higher trends. The New York stock market staged a moderate rail-led rebound, with fractions of gains across sectors and chemicals and steels remaining weak.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to neighbors friends doctors and nurses at the hospital for kindness during illness and death of Richard Funk. The family also thanks friends relatives for letters flowers candy and gifts and notes a special thanks to Baldwin Fleischekah Lodge for a box of Mark.
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