Woodson County Welcomes New Home Demonstration Agent
Mary Ann Smith will assume duties as Woodson County Home Demonstration agent February 14 replacing Mary Meek who resigned for a similar post in Dickinson County. Smith, from Clay County, earned a BS from Kansas State College in 1950 and taught in Cadell before moving to Woodson County. she has been active in 4 H work.
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Yates Center
Mary Ann Smith
Woodson County
Mary Meek
Dickinson County
Independence Park Adds Steam Locomotive Gift Challenge
Santa Fe Railroad gifted steam locomotive 1075 to Independence. Placing the loco in the park is estimated at 2500 dollars and funding sources are under discussion by the park board. An Erie drill reports 1500 feet of deep test well reaching toward 2100 feet. The Cecil Bailey farm near Erie hosts the well project with partners Glenn S. Shaffer and J. B. Powell of St. Louis.
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Independence
The
Santa Fe Railroad
Ralph Mitchell
Park
ERIE
Cecil Bailey
Bailey
Mexico
Earl
Baileys
Glenn S. Shaffer
J. B. Powell
St. Louis
Cora Bailey
Ice on Limbs Brings Trouble
The electric plant reports ice coated limbs caused widespread line outages yesterday. City Manager Ross Cooper said outages were worst near Chanute with some in the city and at the MFA refinery area. Linesmen worked from 2:30 a.m. to near midnight and again this morning, with sun hoped to reduce danger.
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Ross Cooper
Chanute
MFA
Urbana
Vilas
Buffalo
Cooper
Tucumcari Daily News Sale Announced
Santa Fe New Mexico Newspapers, Inc. announces the sale of the Tucumcari Daily News to Claude W. Robinson of Garden City, Kansas. The sale price is not disclosed.
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Santa FE
N. M
Tucumcari
Claude W. Robinson
Garden City
Kas
New Mexico Newspapers, Inc
Hoover's Brother Dies in California Ranch Death
Jesse Hoover, brother of former President Herbert Hoover, died at the Casa Del Oro ranch near Santa Cruz just before midnight. He was 84 years old and had been ill for some time. The Hoover family confirmation notes his long residence in California.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Theodore Jesse Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Tribune
Casa del Oro
Iorth
Legion Meeting Opens Amid Snow Low Attendance
The annual statewide school for American Legion service officers opened at the Memorial Building with about 100 officers expected, down from 200 due to snow and ice. Harry Hasler presided as gaveling official, with remarks from Bruce Burris and others. The day featured instructional classes, panel discussions, a noon luncheon, and an evening banquet and dance, culminating in Sunday panels on veterans benefits and legislation.
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American Legion Service Officers School
Memorial Building
Vernon Coss
Medicine Lodge
Irvin L
American Legion
Harry Hasler
el Dorado
National Rehabilitation Commission
Bruce Burris
Legion Post
Dale Duncan
Manhattan
Click) Cowger
Topeka
Ward Rogers
The
National
Harry Davison
Wichita
American Legion Auxiliary
Nick Lynch Jr
the Legion
Charles Stevens
William C. Bass
Chanute School College
Veterans Administration Office
Masonic Temple
Cass
Harry Smyth
Kansas City
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Club Rooms
Lee Wilkens
Lloyd Dalton
R. D. Hamar
Fred Harris
John Nation
Oswego Bandit Captured Near Memphis
Kenneth Darrell Carpenter 43 and Irene Joyce Humphreys 27 of Poplar Bluff Mo were arrested after FBI agents forced their car off I-40 near Arlington Tenn They were linked to the Oswego bank holdup of November 27 carried out by two men and involved about 9300 in cash.
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Memphis
Tenn
Oswego
FBI
Kenneth Darrell Carpenter
Irene Joyce Humphreys
Poplar Bluff
Carpenter
C. Edwin Piper
Texas
Arlington
U. S
Former Slave Will Scott Clocks 100th Birthday Cheer
In Dallas Texas a former slave named Will Scott marked his 100th birthday with a jig and a $1 bet from postman Jack Clark that he would not reach another birthday. Scott recalled Yankee Soldiers from the early 1860s and reflected on President Lincoln’s freeing of the slaves with mixed feelings, saying he’s glad now but not then. He noted people have a heaven on earth without realizing it.
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Dallas
Tex
Will Scott
Jack Clark
Scott
Lincoln
Chanute Scouts Observe Boy Scout Week In Churches
Chanute Troops and Cub Pack 9 will participate in a week long observance beginning tomorrow with services at First Methodist Church and other congregations. A court of honor is set for Monday at First Baptist, and a father son banquet will follow. About 250 Chanute boys are active in scouting as 3.66 million nationwide participate in Cubs Scouts and Explorers activities.
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Galesburg
Lucille Crawshaw
Methodist Church
Crawshaw
Chanute Boy Scouts
First Methodist Church
Grace Episcopal
First Christian
First Baptist
First Presbyterian Church
William T. Hunt
First Baptist Church
Chanute
George Palen
Boy Scouts of America
Thieves Break Window at Lincoln Street Filling Station
Police report a break in at Carl Bedenbender's filling station at 312 S Lincoln. Thieves shattered a window last night and fled with about $3 from a candy box and 28 cents from a cash register.
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Carl Bedenbender
S. Lincoln
Pilot killed in Formosa jet collision over Formosa
An American F86 Sabrejet pilot based at Clark Field Philippines died when his aircraft collided with a Chinese Nationalist T33 trainer over Formosa. The crash occurred today amid tense air operations and the fighter was lost with the CNAT pilot surviving.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Clark Field
Philippines
Carter IIs Manager Takes Over Local Mattress Plant
John Carter announced that he has assumed management of the mattress factory at 1320 North Santa Fe. He has been associated with the plant for more than 15 years, with some intervals away.
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John Carter
Evergreen
N. Santa Fe
Mendes France Ousted as French Assembly Attacks Policy
In Paris the French National Assembly voted 319 to 273 to remove Premier Pierre Mendes France after a three day debate on Tunisia and North Africa reforms. He defied the ruling as deputies shout and slammed desks, then resigned at the president's palace. Possible successors include Antoine Pinay and Edgar Faure.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
France
Tunisia
North Africa
Mendes-France
Rene Coty
Coty
Assembly
Antoine Pinay
Edgar Faure
Faure
Chanute School Heads Attend Hutchinson Administration Meet
Seven Chanute school administrators attend sessions of the Council of Administration meeting open yesterday in Hutchinson. Supt Buford Fisher Howard A Jester Charles Yoos Nora Knight Paul Parsons Harold Anderson Ruth Crossfield plan to return later today amid road conditions.
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Chanute
Council of Administration
Hutchinson
Buford Fisher
Howard A. Jester
Charles Yoos
Nora Knight
Paul Parsons
Harold Anderson
Hutton
Ruth Crossfield
Murray Hill
Robbers demand cash at store check stand
Mrs Cassie Spradlin told two armed men at her Denver food store she would consult the manager. James L Sabey retrieved fifty dollars, then the bandits demanded another forty from a second register and got it.
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Cassie Spradlin
James L. Sabey
Yanks Return To Tachens As Talks On Evacuation Continue
American observers and advisers have returned to the Tachens amid rumors of an imminent evacuation. MAAG head Major General William C. Chase said the group would assist at the command level if an operation arose. Nationalists and the United States reportedly near agreement on evacuating the Tachens, with talks following a recent border shift near Yikiangshan. The U.S. Seventh Fleet conducts maneuvers in Formosan waters as Nationalist pilots attack Communist shipping north of the Tachens.
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Taipeh
Formosa
William C. Chase
Tachens
Chase
Military Assistance and Advisory Group
MAAG
China
United States
Taches
Yikiangshan
Formosan
East China Sea
U.S
Karl L. Rankin
Shen Chang-huan
Forrest Edwards
No Music Thumbs Twiddled While Driver Sleeps
In Troy New York 6000 music lovers waited as the Boston Pops Orchestra instruments were delayed when a driver from Philadelphia slept at a hotel after delivering the orchestra truck to Rensselaer Polytechnic field house. The concert started about an hour late and police guided the convoy.
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Troy
N. Y
Boston Pops Orchestra
Tate
Here
Syracuse
Donald Doyle
Philadelphia
Doyle
Rensselaer Polytechnic Field House
Warming Trend Forecast and Snowfall Report
Forecast calls for partly cloudy and warmer conditions Sunday with a low around 25 to 30 and a high near 40. Kansas remains under a winter storm aftermath with widespread snow totals up to 15 inches in the northeast, extensive road disruptions and repair work continuing.
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Porecast
Topekap
Kansas
Highway Department
Weather Bureau
Kansan Swindler Captured in Florida by FBI
Frederick H. Brokaw of Goddard Kansas, 63, described by the FBI as a top confidence man, swindled about 265 victims out of roughly 100 dollars each. He used a British accent and a five volume directory to contact agents, feigning illness and relatives to extract funds. He was arrested January 31 in West Palm Beach Florida and faces federal arraignment within a week.
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Miami
Fla
Kansan
FBI
Frederick H. Brokaw
Goddard
Kas
Charles Weeks
Weeks
Brokaw
America
Canada
United States
West Palm Beach
Mayor McCarty Dies. Altamont Bank Theft Hero
Isaac M. McCarty who halted a 1933 Altamont bank holdup in gunfire died at 56 in Oswego hospital. Then mayor, he shot through a bank peephole wounding Alvis Payton and Kenneth Conn, both Hem an gang members. Funeral set for Monday. survivors include his widow Colene and Rep. Myron V. George.
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Parsons
Kas
Isaac M. McCarty
Altamont
Oswego
McCarty
Paursons
Labette
A. H. McCarty
Colene McCarty
Myron V. George
Feb 15 Deadline Set For Farmers Tax Returns
The Internal Revenue Service extended the due date for farmers 1954 individual income tax returns to February 15. Farmers may file a late return paying the tax in full to avoid quarterly estimates. the Jan 31 deadline was moved, and this Feb 15 date marks the declaration or amended declaration of estimated income.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Sabre Jets Down Two of Eight Mig Fighters in Yellow Sea Battle
Eight MiGs attacked a U S RB45 and its Sabre cover over the Yellow Sea between Korea and Red China. The U S Air Force said two MiGs were shot down, four fled back toward Communist territory, and no U S losses were reported. The battle was described as the largest air clash since the Korean War.
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U. S
Yellow Sea
Korea
Red China
Earle E. Partridge
Far East Air Forces
Japan
Formosa
Washington
Defense
International Briefs and Local Reactions Across Asia
Summary of global and regional notes including Japan's Shigemitsu pledge of steadfast US ties as peacemaker for East Asia, reports of heavy Communist losses on Yikiangshan Island, Indian editorials reacting to Peiping's Formosa stance, a British court-martial finding on a missing soldier near Catterick, and plans for an Southeast Asia air defense force under a regional collective defense framework.
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Manila
Southeast Asia
Southeast
Casey Drug Co
Bangkok
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