Rails Protest Sparks Kansas TaxAssessment Debate
Railroads Missouri Pacific and K C Southern protest property tax assessments, arguing state and county evaluators use different yardsticks. They contend utilities crossing counties are overtaxed compared with private land, seeking equality under state constitution. The dispute may head to court for a ruling on fair and uniform taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Joe Blow
Missouri Pacific
K. C. Southern
A Scotsman Urges Dropping Jong Division from School
A Scotsman argues schools should stop teaching Jong division asserting modern calculating machines, slide rules, and logarithm tables render it unnecessary. He jokes that if writing is taught for typing, the same logic applies to other basics.
Life and dress in southern India as observed by J P H
The writer contrasts Indian daily life and attire from casual dress to the sari, noting men in jackets, breechcloths, or G strings and women in bright saris with jewelry. He describes barefoot toil, women carrying building material, and children herding at dawn, highlighting hard, lean lives rooted in tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Paper Thief and Germ Myths Spark Daily Observations
A humorous local passage recalls a neighbor agreeing to tolerate cigars beer and an umbrella but objects to taking the morning paper. The note jokes about germ myths with dollar bills carrying germs and concludes no germ could live on a dollar today.
Plans for farmers meetings and bridge project announced
Twenty five years ago representatives from eighteen rural communities planned a series of meetings to teach crop rotation and farm machinery care with the county farm agent. Early next week construction on a Crawford County road bridge between Erie and Walnut began with a 125 foot span moved to site.
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Memorial Building
D. K. Wichard
William Gough
W. R. Harder
Erie
Walnut
Crawford County
Charles Yoos
Arcadia
Carl Wortman
End of Mistletoe Season Decreed for January Second
E Lawson May declares in a holiday column that the mistletoe kissing season ends at 6 p.m. January 2. Home mistletoe use should cease or be limited to small sprigs, with humor about husbands guarding their wives. The piece lightly riffs on mistletoe customs and a southern sighting of mistletoe clumps along highways.
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Madras
Moroccans Pack Casablanca Arena for Globetrotters Show
The Harlem Globetrotters drew a raucous Casablancan crowd of several thousand at 6 p.m. for a 6:30 start, with dignitaries like Crown Prince Moulay Hassan among the seating scramble. Fans cheered star players and batonist Benny Schlitzinger, while autographs overflowed after the game. four men hospitalized for illness.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Casablanca
Crown Prince
Moulay Hassan
Moulay Abdullah
Dave Zinkoff
Philadelphia
Harlem
Chico Burrell
Benny Schlitzinger
Dr Crane’s Worry Clinic on Camp Fire Girls Calming Laura
Dr. George W Crane treats Laura, a neurotic wife, whose interest in Camp Fire Girls calmed her during marriage turmoil. He cites pregnancy timing and fertility facts urging a baby. The account includes patient Clyde and Laura, and Crane’s booklet offer through Hopkins Syndicate.
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George W. Crane
Clyde R
Laura
Clyde
Sarah
Hannah
Rachel
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate Inc
Mellett, Ind
Christmas Dinner Guests From Chanute Attend at Faulkner Home
Earlton area families gathered in Chanute for Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Faulkner. Attendees included Clara Bassman Kansas City C. E. Glamser family Cha nute Mary Edwards Cottrell family Chanute Earl Clifford Earlton and Bill Clifford family Chanute. Also Raymond Fickel traveled to Dayton Ohio to be with daughter and family Tom Kirby and Eugene.
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Wolfe
Bernice Converse
George
Lena
Richard Moran
Independence
Barlton
Elsmore
Arthur Garrison
Harrisonville
Ark
Bert Bass
Bertha Dye
Bartlesville
Dutch Bogle
Elizabeth Barham
Leo Priddle
Julius Hawke
Alice Clifford
Edna Scribner
Chet Bailey
Tom Lacen
Dick Burnett
Clyde
Lizzie Bean
Chanute
Argyl Butcher
Linda
Emporia
Vernon Bailey
Patti Wolfe
Earlton
Roy Taylor
Lawrence
Lee Williams
Joe
Eddie
Mary Bailey
Eugene Bailey
Abe Williams
Faye Hill
Wichita
Floyd Hill
Marvin Wolfe
John Kimble
Lloyd Dean
Edd
Carl Kimble
Edd Wolfe
Patti
Humboldt
Carl Studebaker
Thayer
A. J. Elliott
John Elliott
Lawrence Greve
Nancy
Chippewa Falls
Greve
Frank
W. F. Bricker
Clara Bassman
Kansas City
C. E. Glamser
Mary Edwards
James Cottrell
Earl Clifford
Bill Clifford
Melvin Faulkner
Raymond Fickel
Dayton
Tom Kirby
Eugene
Grant Murrell
Neal
Rita
Carl Pearson
Charles Edwards
Hutchinson
Beryl Kimzey
Richard
Longton
Jay
Christmas Guests Fill Chanute Dairy News Brief
The Chanute Tribune lists local residents visiting for Christmas at various homes including Mr. and Mrs. Roy Greve of Rollin and Mr. and Mrs. John McNary Chanute. Other guests include Mabel McNary of Omaha and families of Chanute Emporia and Lynn and Johnnie Brant. Nearby, 6 000 acres of tung trees near Bogalusa Louisiana are noted as valuable.
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Tom Lacen
Chanute
Argyl Butcher
Emporia
Walter Meyers
Susan McLaren
Howard Brant
Lynn
Johnnie
Harry Brant
A. R. Brant
Jim Brant
Wayne Brant
Sherry
Shirley
Jerry
Wendell Brant
Brant
Bogalusa
Louisiana
Oil Used in Paints and Varnishes Highlighted
The article notes oil used in paints and varnishes as a key ingredient. It discusses production, applications, and market relevance for industrial coatings.
Reflections on 1958 and the promise of the future
A reflective piece looks back from 1958 toward future decades, noting dramatic tech advances from the auto to television and air travel. It imagines how science may transform life, urging peace, freedom, and better human relations both internationally and locally. The author expresses hope for a wonderful year ahead.
December TV Guide Bullets and Late Hour Schedule
A dense listing of program times and titles for Monday December 30 including Gunplay shows, dramas and comedies. Notable entries include Have Gun Will Travel Gunsmoke What’s It For Gale Storm Dick and the Duchesa and various afternoon and late evening slots.
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Rails
J.p.h
Arthur Eltzholtz
Dodge City
Eola Gould
D. L. Harper
Billy
Downs
Hunt Engineering Co
Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co
Chanute Zine Co
E. R. Klingner
The
Santa Fe
E. Main
Hawkins & Jenner
Phastbuck
MR. Millionaire
Mostle
Sale, Mwa
ST. Pal
E. Lawson
Drew Pearson
Air Force
Harlem Globetrotters
Casablanca’ Convention Hall
Globetrotters
Henry Ford
Little Rock
Sputnik
Africa
Greenland
Clara Cedrone
Star
Cedrone
Mitchell
Arctic
Joy Hodges
Dorothy Dennis
Alfred Strelsin
Barney Ross
Burt Bachrach
Damian Mitchell
Cedrone and
Siri
Hartford Models
Louise Manning
Mae Conley
Joanne Smith
Hope Ryden
Ginny Gaylor
Tina Leser
Peiser Furs
Frank Dwinnell
Dino Pozzobon
Steve Johnson
Bill Walbridge
Pearson
Michael Sean O'Shea
Dr. Crane
Robert N. Allen
South Santa Fe
ELY Bros
South
David L. McCune Insurance
S. Steuben
New
Nashua
Chanute Tribune
Highland
Kas
Daily Timesets
Chanute Publishing Company
Ernest W Johnson
James KE. Sheridan
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Neosho
Allen Wilson
Woodson
Schultz & Judy Agency
Main and Highland
Earth
Skinner
Dean Skinner
Kel
Chanute Building
P.O. Box
Chanute, Kans
Main & Santa Fe
Baterday
Light of Life
Berappy
Krazy Kat
CBS News
Gary Moore
Ariene Francis
Search For Tomorrow
Guiding Light
Liberace
Tex & Jinx
Garden Gate
Koam-Tv
Kotv — Channel
Wdaf-Tv
Kode-Tv
Accent
Studio Kitchen
Johnny Kehm
Doug Edwards
Sheriff of
Cochise
Robin Hood
Annapolis
Wella Fargo
Danny Thomas
Amos ‘N' Andy
Waiter Winchell Files
Charles Boyer
Hollywood
Showtime
I Spy
Philco
Pioneer
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