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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1956
Page
4
A seven pupil Newland district near Thayer replaces destroyed one room school with a trailer for temporary use. Officials weigh rebuilding versus consolidating with another district. Advocates say consolidation offers better education and safety. students and teacher escaped unharmed in the blaze.
Secretary Benson highlights the widening gap between consumer food costs and farmer receipts. The 1945 53 percent farmer share fell to 41 percent last year as farm income declines persist. He blames consumer preferences for high quality packaging and convenience, offsetting farmer profits.
A humorous sampler notes Kansas governor's reelection bid amid fashion quirk. It cites a New York Times claim of a city pet shop gifting 22 baby boa constrictors. Other items joke about air travel deaths, fresh air, Ely Culbertson’s death, Eden's leadership, and a Kansas checker tournament ending oddly with crackers.
The excerpt notes a humorous sign on a justice of the peace's house reading Are You Fit To Be Tied The soldiers moved to a church and halted in the square outside One wing of the edifice remains described indicating incomplete scene context
An English clergyman directs a portion of a regiment to attend service while repairs constrain capacity. Officers test the men’s willingness to join church, dismissing those who opt out and marching those who stay. A fair American expresses eagerness to visit English churches in London such as St Paul’s and Westminster Abbey.
The Chanute Prosperity Committee publicity and advertising group rallied about 50 women’s club representatives to discuss plans to expand the city commercially and industrially while laborers seek work. Electric traffic signals debuted at Main and Lincoln, Main and Highland, and Main and Grant as Ramon Salvadora, 34, lay wounded in hospital from a knife attack. The Humboldt bandits who robed Ernest Riley at the McEwen garage forced him to the basement and escaped with $10. Fifty years ago the Y M C A Ladies Auxiliary elected officers and Charles Hainbaugh announced a bakery opening on Main and Santa Fe. Votes were cast in a Pretty Peggy box contest with multiple contestants named.
A writer recalls Christmas pogo stick attempts and yo-yo skills, noting the high effort and balance needed. He weighs about 85 pounds and tests how hard it is to repeatedly jump, while a younger nephew easily handles the stick.
Washington column reports Pentagon and Navy jointly suppressing The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell over its pro Air Force portrayal. Navy vetoed part of Lansdowne protest testimony about the Shenandoah crash, leading to censorship. Despite edits the film remains a box office draw and faces government opposition similar to The Man with the Golden Arm episode.
Dr. George W. Crane discusses Rev. Philip Lee Chinese pastor in Chicago who links youth indoctrination to combating atheistic Communism. Lee cites Russia's 1924 strategy of indoctrinating Chinese youths and describes a Chicago Chinatown nursery school aimed at teaching English and embedding Christian values to attract families to the church. He notes funding limits and that his church is not part of a major denomination conference.
A fragmented local notice page presents a quiz asking for word meanings and spellings. Questions include Celery gallery salary chicanery and Joquaci ous, with hints on pronunciation and definition. The item reads like a reader puzzle column from Chanute Tribune era.
The prompt asks three questions about English usage. First, what is wrong with the sentence “Radiotelephony has reached an amazing amount of perfection.” Second, the correct pronunciation of “indecorous.” Third, which one of these words is ...
A fragment notes a garrulous man as tiresome and mentions Mars water scarcity with polar hoarfrost assumed to be only inches thick. The brief blends two disparate ideas without clear relation or context.
The Masonic Lodges No 13 plan their annual gathering at Cedar Lodge Temple on Monday with district deputy grand master Glen Dor mois presiding. Grand lecturer E Glenn Robison will lead sessions starting at 1 30 pm followed by a dinner at 6 pm for Master Masons who reserved with Cedar Lodge secretary Roy J Chapple. Members of Hulda Parker Chapter of Eastern Star and lodge masters from Urbana Chanute and other towns will join in the proceedings.
Tom Orr of the Kansas Independent Gas and Oil Assn objects to Gov Hall advisory committee's severance tax plan. He warns that a 3 to 4 percent tax would place most of the new revenue burden on one industry, despite it already paying about 3.86 percent of gross oil value in county property taxes totaling 15.6 million dollars.
Listings outline a dense, hour by hour slate across KOAM Channel 7 and KSWM Channel 12. Primetime shows include Truth of Consequences Hollywood's Best Crusader Dr Hudson's Journal with varied film and variety entries. Local kids programs, westerns, game shows, and news Weather Sports fill daytime blocks.
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