Berkson Death Still Mystery in Atchison Pawnbroker Murder
Atchison pawnbroker Meyer Berkson 68 was killed in his 403 Commercial street shop with the body found behind a counter. Robbery is suspected. clues include a bound body, taped gag, and minimal loot. Police report no clear time or struggle, with a single fingerprint found and several items moved. Survived by two sisters and a cousin, funeral held at Mrs Seff’s home, with burial at Mt. Vernon.
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Meyer Berkson
Atchison Pawnbroker
Commercial Street
Mr. Berkson
Berkson
Atchison
Poland
United States
B. Seff
I. Leivowitz
Kansas City
Harry Berkson
Seff
Laramie Street
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Stanton & Stanton
Max Goslin
J. H. Levin
B. D. Zimmerman
Wirt Hetherington
Charles Brown
Harry Jacobs
Harry Mayer
St. Joseph
B. Leff
Mary Virginia McCrae
American Legion Auxiliary
Elks’ Club
Kansas
McCrae
Iowa
Faye Rogge
Roosevelt School
C. K Davis
Rogge
Harlan Davis
Heber Mize
William Browning Pollock III
Youngstown
Ohio
J. M. Challiss
Grant Moore
M. J. Morrissey
Schneider
South Eighth Street
Moon Mullins Special honors football coach shown
Roger Haines improves. A local confectioner creates a Moon Mullins Special in tribute to the football coach. The day’s items include lengthy notes on war, language, and local events, plus community notices and a double fire alarm incident.
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Roger Haines
Moon Mullins
Concordia Blade
Adam
Tom Haverty
Rockhurst
The
Globe's
Germany
Holland
Atchison convention banquet ends with scathing critique
A district convention banquet drew sharp audience reaction to a heavyset woman who performed as a reader or elocutionist. The harsh review likened her to Strangler Lewis and mocked her stage presence, while the event highlighted the crowd’s fatigue. The article also notes attendees from Leavenworth, Nortonville, Hiawatha, Highland, and Troy, with speakers including Paul D. Kennedy and Ernest H. Reed.
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Dalbey
Strangler Lewis
Irene Castle
First Christian Church of
Atchison
Kansas
Leavenworth
Nortonville
Hiawatha
Highland
Troy
Bendena
Paul D. Kennedy
Phillipine Islands
Ernest H. Reed
United Christian Missionary Society
O. E. Grimes
Grandview Church
Kansas City
Parl Armstrong
Bentley
Zimmerman
G. QO. Olson
J. G. Walz
Mrs Frank Anderson Dies in Tulsa Oklahoma
Mrs. Frank Anderson, 79, died at 11 PM at the home of daughter Mrs. Orr Stover in Tulsa after a brief diabetic illness. Born Katherine Wills in Alabama, she lived in Fayette Missouri and Atchison before moving to Tulsa. Survived by five children, one sister, and one brother. funeral in Dearborn Missouri.
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Orr Stover
Tulsa
Okla
Anderson
San Francisco
Calif
Clarabelle Anderson
Clarabelle
Atchison
Mr. Anderson
Missouri Pacific
Dixie
Trinity Episcopal Church
Richard Moore
Dixie LaMar Atchison
Ernest “Boots” Anderson
Louise Bradford
Center
Ala
Ernest Wills
St. Louis
Wills
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Harcuff & Buis
Episcopal Church
Dearborn
George Ashborn
H. J. Buckley
Wirt Hetherington
Larry O'Connor
James Doyle
James Gilkinson
Junior League Turkey
T. E. Snowden
Junior League
Memorial Hall
League
R. H. Widick
Dikron Milton
Mary
Robert Noll
Jackie
C. C. Hayden
Uncle Sam
Fitz
E. G. Penny
Santa Fe Street
Frank Broyles
Mildred Brown
Dorothy Fowler
Dana Jones
Jones
Mary Warner
Flora North
Atchison Hospital
North Fifth Street
Miss North
Hugh Degnan
Lafayette
Ind
Tile Raterman
Charles and
John Raterman
Jim Paulsen
Midland College
Midland
Ed Snell
Raymond Wiggins
Grover Young
Fred Graft
Fort Scott
Graff
Ida M. Rose
North Ninth Street
George H. Heil
Heil Packing Co
P. E. Watson
Kansas City
Heil Company
John Ebeling
St. Joe
Sugar Creek
Joe Ebeling
Atchison County
Lake Township
Buchanan County
Rushville
Busy week in Atchison county political campaigns
In Atchison county 1952 campaign activity ramps up as both parties schedule precinct meetings through the week. Democratic and Republican leaders, including Maurice O Keefe and C M Voelker, outline talks at Lincoln school and Memorial hall with a monster rally planned Saturday night. Notables like Alf Landon and Arthur Capper are listed among speakers, with dates across Muscotah Pittsburg Lincoln School and other venues, as candidates push toward Election Day.
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Atchison County
Lincoln School
C. M. Voelker
Memorial Hall
Maurice P. O'Keefe
Prairie View
John Ferris
Oscar May
Cummings
Charles Morris
Topeka
Brush Creek
E. W. Emery
Potter
G. W. Allaman
Farmington
Huron
George Bunger
Deer Creek
Walter Haxman
Mr. Voelker
W. O. Woods
United States
Muscotah
Fred Brinkerhoff
Pittsburg
al K. Williams
A. W. Martin
Locust Grove
Ed Rooney
Alf Landon
Arthur Capper
Ben S. Paulen
Charles W. Thompson
W. P. Lambertson
Congress
Golden Anniversary of Sam and Eliza Young in Winchester
From Wednesday's Daily October 26 a golden wedding anniversary is celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. Sam Young. The couple, married October 26, 1882 in Atchison county, live in Winchester with their six grandchildren and children Sam T. Young of Atchison, J. W. Young of Kansas City, and Elmer D. Young of Omaha. The Rev Thomas Roche officiated the ceremony.
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Sam Young
Samuel T. Young
Atchison
J. W. Young
Kansas City
Elmer D. Young
Omaha
Samuel Young
Atchison County
Leavenworth County
Young
Potter
Winchester
Mr. Young
Sam T. Young
Midway
City to Start Storm Sewer on North White Clay Creek
City commissioners approved a storm sewer project along three blocks of the north branch of White Clay Creek from Commercial Street to Atchison Street. The $23,995 cost includes $7,000 federal relief funds. bids exceeded estimates and were rejected. Earl Hellener will begin work this week starting between Commercial Street and Kansas Avenue. project to take about three months with funding from local and state sources.
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White Clay Creek
Commercial Street
Atchison Street
Kansas Federal Relief Commission
Earl Hellener
Hellener
Kansas Avenue
State Commission
Atchison
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