Weekend Visitors From Earlton and Nearby Towns
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Umbarger visited from Earlton while Mrs. E. R. Rice of Buffalo spent Saturday here. Orville Umbarger of Thayer and Kay Carson also visited. Lizzie Rousch from Kansas City spent the weekend with her mother Mrs. John Rousch and brother Bill Rousch. Mrs. Neil Ashley and her son Sam of Independence were here Sunday to visit relatives.
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Mrs
Leo Umbarger
Earlton
E. R. Rice
Buffalo
Orville Umbarger
Thayer
Lizzie Rousch
Kansas City
John Rousch
Bill Rousch
Mrs. Rousch
Neil Ashley
Sam
Independence
Daily Hospital Admittances and Dismissals Across City Areas
The Daily Transcript lists Saturday and Sunday admittances for Memorial Hospital including Cameron Garfield and Williams Lafayette surgical cases, plus today’s entries J W Kerby Rutter and Mrs H J Fisher among others. Dismissals note Mrs George Brieger and Mrs Walter Butler, while births record two sons and a daughter at local addresses. Traffic citations list Bernard Wardberg reckless driving and running stop sign, with bond amounts. other moves cover residents changing addresses in town.
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Surgical
Clara Hutchison
Thayer
Medical
George Brieger
Walter Butler
S. Forest
Kenneth Brant
Earlton
William DeMent
S. Lincoln
Emma Shepard
Lafayette
David F. Brown
N. Lafayette
Verle Tasche
S. Garfield
Bernard A. Wardberg
el K City
K. Paxton Haverfield
Nowata
Okie
Bend
Donalfé Dunivant
X. Lincoln
Hymn-Singing Escapees Recollected After Prison Break
Three members of a hymn singing convict quartet escaped from Kilby Prison Alabama three days ago and are back in custody. Bobby Tidwell and Bobby Cottrell of Roanoke Virginia were arrested near Fredericktown Missouri after their station wagon with a broken axle was found. FBI agents captured Walter Tidwell in Memphis Tennessee. Orville Gray remains at large after refusing parole last year.
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Fredericktown
Alabama
Bobby Tidwell
Bobby Cottrell
Roanoke
Missouri
R. C. Caldwell
FBI
Walter Tidwell
Memphis
Tenn
Kilby
Montgomery
Ala
Tidwel
Birmingham
Orville Gray
Army Plans Permanent Strength At 578000, Stevens Tells House
Retiring Secretary Robert T. Stevens told a House Appropriations subcommittee the Army plans a permanent strength of 578000 men for the indefinite future. He said this is the maximum total the Army intends to seek funding for in permanent construction.
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Washington P
Congress
Robert T. Stevens
House Appropriations
Pierce to Start for AL in All Star Game at Milwaukee
Billy Pierce named the American League starter for the All Star game against Robin Roberts of Philadelphia. The game is set for Milwaukee County Stadium with Roberts opposing Pierce.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Billy Pierce
Philadelphia
Robin Roberts
Milwaukee County Stadium
Deaths & Funerals Charles W Hansen
Obituaries from Chanute and nearby towns report Charles W Hansen 55 of Dewey Oklahoma died after a long illness in Vinita. He was born January 7 1900 in Neosho County and survived by wife Opal and a daughter plus several siblings. Funeral at St Patrick church Chanute with rosary tonight. W L Moon 82 Humboldt resident dies at Chanute Hospital. Services Tuesday in Johnson Funeral Home with burial Mount Hope. Mrs C R Herrin dies in Peoria. Mrs Myra Dauron Herrin survived by husband and mother with funeral in Pittsburg. Mrs Gladys Aden 25 Independence Missouri graveside at Thayer Cemetery. Local arrangements by Pierce Funeral Home Erie.
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Charles William Hansen
Dewey
Okla
Chaute
Vinita
Chanute
Neosho County
George William
Lena Niesen Hansen
Opal Phillips
Joplin
Charles Blanchard
Aaron Kepley
Mary Barbara
Fort Scott
Marie Swan
Los Angeles
Melvin Frye
Wichita
Fred Hansen
Barney Hansen
Grand Junction
Colo
Edward Hansen
W. L. Moon
Humboldt
W.L. Moon
Humboldt Community
Neosho Memorial Hospital
George
Rachael Baker Moon
Chanute Hospital
Stella Whiteman
Moon
Allen County
Lloyd
Claude
George Moon
Johnson Funeral Home
Paul Carpenter
Presbyterian Church
Mount Hope Cemetery
L. K. Barham
Savenburg
R. M. Milroy
Robert Dahl
Steven
Thayer
Thayer Cemetery
Gladys Ruth Aden
Independence
Sam Reed
Galesburg
Cyril
William
Wilma Stepp Witten
Robert
John
Wilma Witten
Urbana
Warren
Harold
Raymond
Joyce
US Air Force
England
Max Meredith
Willa J. Hartley
Clathe
Gordon Stepp
The
Christian Church At
Pierce Funeral Home
Erie
Eisenhower Backed Resolution on Freedom for Captives
Senator Know land R Calif introduced in the Senate a resolution seeking the full approval of President Eisenhower. The measure expresses hope that captive peoples behind the Soviet Iron Curtain will gain their freedom.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Eisenhower
Hutchinson News-Herald to Build New One-Story Plant
Hutchinson Publishing Co. announced plans for a new single-story News-Herald building at Second and Jefferson four blocks from the current site at Second and Walnut. The facility will include warehouse space and a Santa Fe spur line. Editor J P Harris cited faster growth with circulation rising from 16,000 to over 55,000 and employees from about 50 to 112. Construction will start after several months.
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Hutchinson P
Hutchinson Publishing Co
News-Herald
Second and Jefferson
Second and Walnut
Santa Fe Railway
J. P. Harris
Pay Guarantee Bid Planned for Electrical Workers
New York reports CIO Electrical Workers Union will push layoff pay guarantees as contract talks with General Electric begin July 19. Milton Weihrauch says the measure is a major union demand as talks with Westinghouse follow. The current GE contract covers 100,000 workers and expires Sept. 19, with a no contract no work policy and wage demands around 1.95 dollars an hour.
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New York
Hig
General Electric Co
Milton Weihrauch
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse
Weihrauch
Forecast Sets 1955 Corn and Wheat Crop Estimates
The Agriculture Department forecasts the 1955 corn crop at 3,449,667,000 bushels and wheat at 60,331,000 bushels. This corn figure tops last year's 2,964,639,000 and the 10 year average of 3,080,115,000. Wheat is 15,116,000 bushels above the prior forecast and below last year's 969,781,000 and the 10 year average of 1,154,073,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Tide Claims Eight At Scottish Beach Picnic
A Scottish mother, six children, and a niece were swept to death by a rising tide while paddling at a seaside picnic beach near Nairn. Six bodies were recovered by police today.
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Nairn
Scotland
Here
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Produce Report
Kansas City market notes show hogs 2500 head with steady to 25 cent drops, cattle steady to 25 lower, and sheep mixed with lambs 50-75 lower. Parson s and Kansas City produce details follow with prices for eggs butter poultry and other commodities in regional trading. Chicago station lists steady butter and eggs as receipts rise. overall, livestock and dairy values vary by class and weight.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Parsons
U S Poultry Prices Hold Steady Amid Market Mix
Wholesale buying prices remain unchanged across multiple grades as live poultry receipts rise in coops to 763 Friday with 91,173 lb. Heavy hens fetch 23.5 to 28.5, broilers 27 to 29, caponettes 32 to 54. Wheat and grains edge fluctuates in Chicago and Kansas City markets with mills entering the wheat buying side lifting prices.
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U. S
F.O
Broilers
Lfryers
Chicago
Board of Trade
Kansas City
Burglars Steal Whiskey From Topeka Warehouse
In Topeka during the weekend burglars used tools from an oil company to chisel through a 14 inch brick wall into a liquor warehouse and took 12 cases of 100 proof whiskey plus four bottles of champagne. They also absconded with radio transmitter and power supply equipment from the oil firm.
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Topeka
Hall appoints Helen Nickell to State Board of Social Welfare
Gov Hall fills vacancy on the State Board of Social Welfare appointing Mrs Helen Nickell wife of State Sen I E Nickell to serve the unexpired term ending April 1 1956. Nickell noted as first woman appointed to a major state board in years and she has been active in civic and fraternal groups while serving as secretary to her husband during the legislative session.
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Topeka
Helen Nickell
I. E. Nickell
R-Smith Center
State Board of Social Welfare
Fred Hall
Blake A. Williamson
Kansas City
Williamson
State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
Nickell
Hall
Republic Precinct
Sen. Nickel
Senate Public Welfare Committee
Ex-Model Ruth Ellis Faces Hanging at Holloway
Ruth Ellis 28 a former model and mother of two lost her clemency bid. She will be hanged at Holloway Prison at 9 a m Wednesday for shooting her lover David Blakely after he jilted her. Ellis told visitors she was content to die.
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London
Ruth Ellis
Holloway
West May Be Blamed For Reds False Hope
Senator H. Alexander Smith of New Jersey told the Senate that Russia may be inflating relations with the Soviet Union and may be backing false expectations regarding Red tensions.
False hopes at Geneva blamed on West in sparse Big Four talks
Smith of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warned the Soviet must not distort the conference's purpose as the Geneva talks yield few tangible results at the Big Four conference.
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Geneva
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Demo Backing Expanded Military Reserve Plan In Senate
Sen Thurmond of South Carolina joined Defense officials at a Senate Armed Services hearing to back Eisenhower’s push for a stronger peacetime military reserve with compulsory training. He opposed Sen Russell’s alternative offering a 400 dollar bonus to volunteers in reserve units. Thurmond argued patriotism cannot be bought. Russell said his plan avoids repeated recall and builds a reserve by incentivizing service.
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Washington
Sen
Thurmond
D-Sc
Eisenhower
Senate
Defense Department
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
Dga
Marine Corps
The
Reserve Officers Assn
Ranger Hamer Dies
Austin Texas Ranger captain Frank Hamer who helped stop Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died last night at age. He took part in the 1934 ambush that ended the outlaw duo on a Louisiana road.
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Austin
Frank Hamer
Texas Ranger
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Louisiana
Senate Confirms Wilber M. Brucker as Army Secretary
The Senate approved Wilber M. Brucker to be secretary of the Army by voice vote. This confirms the nomination and moves him into the top Army post.
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Washington
Senate Today
Wilber M. Brucker
Army
Firebug Likely On Loose Prompting City Lockdown
In Atlantic City authorities fear a firebug is loose and ordered an over fire drill and heightened inspections. Citizens were urged to remain vigilant as investigators review the incident and assess potential risks.
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Atlantic City
Night Police Guard at 23 Negro Churches After Mystery Fires
Night police guard details show 23 Negro churches under protection after a string of mystery fires. One church was destroyed and another damaged in the unrest, with investigators probing motives and suspects.
Police Chief Grounded, All Tires Punctured
An angry caller reported that someone punctured all tires on his car. Police officers L G Fryer and A Douglas responded and found the complainant to be Miami Police Chief Walter Heacley.
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Miami
Fla
L. G. Fryer
A. §. Douglas
Walter Heacley
Wall Street Narrow Trading Amid Moderate Volume
Trading at New York focused on select issues as the market moved in a narrow range. The day showed small gains and losses with a volume around 2.4 million shares, compared with about 2.45 million on Friday.
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New York
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