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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1952
Page
3
An elderly man in Larned rejected the stock of shoes in a shop but, on leaving, noticed shoes worn by another customer Chester Crane. Crane allowed a try on and ended up with the elderly man paying for the new pair. The elderly man walked out with Crane’s newer, worn-in shoes.
Editor Jack Bell notes Gov. Adlai Stevenson’s Labor Day swing in Michigan drew smaller crowds than Truman four years earlier. Detroit Cadillac Square and Grand Rapids to Pontiac showed polite listening rather than triumphal fervor. TV coverage may have limited impact, while Stevenson’s labor issue focus faced a lukewarm reception outside Detroit and Hamtramck.
Census estimates say about four million Americans aged 21 or older will be eligible to vote this fall for the first time, excluding armed forces. The report notes many will become eligible by election day, but only a fraction will actually vote, with past turnout around 51.6 percent. It mentions 2.88 million service members may yield 5.13 million potential new voters, and references historic turnout.
Cordell Hull, former secretary of state aged 90, stayed on the critical list at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a Friday admission for cerebral trouble. A false death report circulated Monday, prompting President Truman to issue a correction from Milwaukee stating he was falsely informed of Hull’s death and that Hull was alive.
Britain to name Field Marshal Sir William Slim, 1st-ranked Allied commander in Burma, as governor general of Australia. The 1-year-old appointee will succeed Sir William McKell, take the post in the fall, and serve as the Queen's representative in the Commonwealth.
The Shahed newspaper harshly criticizes President Truman for backing a joint Anglo Iranian plan. It calls for unconditional surrender to the Iranain people and condemns the offer of ten million dollars to Iran in exchange for ICJ arbitration. The paper cites parliamentary timing and the Foreign Ministry's role in framing an official response.
Three days remain in the second annual six week Foreign Student Orientation Course at the University of Kansas. After a closing banquet at 6 30 p m Friday the 41 participants will leave to attend schools nationwide. Certificates of completion will be presented by Dr J H Nelson and Dr Paul B Lawson, with Chancellor Franklin Murphy as speaker.
An enlarged 44 page book titled Rheumatism offers non surgical non medical treatment promises lasting relief, and explains why drugs provide only temporary help. Free to readers with no obligation, from The Ball Clinic Dept 1511 Excelsior Springs Missouri.
U N intrymen repulsed three Chinese thrusts on the Korean western front in rugged terrain as U S air and naval actions disrupt enemy positions amid bad weather. Maggie Truman, in New York, said she and her mother had no involvement in President Truman’s decision not to run for reelection after a European tour.
Coal miners nationwide end a ten day United Mine Workers memorial holiday after 475 000 diggers return to work. The period honors miners killed or injured in mine disasters and coincides with pending contract negotiations between UMW leader John L. Lewis and coal operators.
Fragmentary report quotes Miss Truman denying any incident and criticizing interference in policing, noting she believed papers about nothing and stressing there was no event. The incomplete text references responses to criticism and unclear context.
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