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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1947
Page
8
The British Broadcasting Corporation invites German listeners to submit criticism and suggestions for improvements for German broadcasts. Prizes include ten radio sets and twenty consolation books.
New York dispatch quotes Harold H Staewen urging the United States to push a clear European recovery plan amid a bleak winter risk. He contrasts the Marshall Plan with communist alternatives and calls for strong economic and ideological competition to avoid war. A separate item notes a motor bike crash at Ninth and Rhode Island streets involving Jack.
Police report a traffic collision at 1500 West Ninth Street when Hunzicker turned a corner and struck a car driven by Oscar John Son of 946 Pennsylvania. Only slight damages were reported and Patrolman L M Dowers investigated.
Mrs Bernard Grace of Lawrence won the Grand Slam prize on KMBC after her question drew a studio contestant in New York. Unfamiliar piano pieces puzzled the contestant and the recital list included Hearts and Flowers Over the Waves Stars and Stripes Forever Monuet in G and Grainger Country Gardens.
Washington reports on a National Education Association study titled consumer education in your school. It proposes teaching high school students budgeting and spending skills to manage money wisely and make the most of earnings and allowances.
Dr Farley notes the course started with arithmetic budgeting problems and suggests adults including teachers should join. He asks who can stretch a dollar farther, while a student asserts they had their hand up first.
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin says the housing shortage can only be solved if private business helps reduce building costs, not by legislation alone. He, as vice chair of the Senate House Committee, warns the nation needs 1,500,000 housing units yearly for a decade and surveys show many cannot afford more than half that. He argues a healthy construction industry is essential for lasting prosperity.
Carlyle H. Smith returns as instructor of mit work and silversmithing at the University of Kar mented. The Rhode Island School of Providence hosted a conference directed by Margaret Craver with master craftsman William Bennett guiding twelve invited teachers from across the United States. The session aimed to exchange ideas and advance craftsmen’s development through new processes, techniques, and design sense.
A garbled text references liver bile digestion and abdominal discomfort. It mentions Carter and a fictional remedy or product, with unclear instructions and misspelled terms. The excerpt reads as a rough outline of digestive health ideas without clear facts or verifiable details.
An official stated that former Air Force personnel enlisting for escort duty would join an AAF Base unit. The Squadron Force, based in Nebraska, would attach to the Escort detachment at Fort Sheridan for duty, rations, quarters, administration and operational control amid wartime conditions.
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