Railroads Plan Merger Creating 5000 Mile System
Norfolk and Western and Nickel Plate approve a merger plan to form a system with about 5 024 miles of track from Virginia through Illinois to New York. Exchange would be 45 Nickel Plate shares for each N and W share giving Nickel Plate about a fifth of the merged company. Merger contingent on a connecting link, likely via Pennsylvania Railroad between Columbus and Sandusky, 111 miles. Joint statement says potential savings and better service, final figures await planning.
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Norfolk and Western Railroad
New York
Virginia
Illinois
New York State
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N&w
Stuart T. Saunders
F. S. Hales
Nickel Plate
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Ohio
Sandusky
Norfolk and Western
Virginian Railway Co
Humboldt Pastor Reassigned at Kansas Conference Meeting
The Rev Gene Taylor a Methodist minister in Humboldt was re assigned as pastor at Humboldt during the Kansas Conference meeting held in Pittsburg and concluded last week. Attending were Mr and Mrs Leslie Lehman and Mrs Taylor and Mr Lehman served as lay leader Thursday. A Saturday visit from Mr and Mrs Jack Mize and son Robert occurred en route to Albuquerque New Mexico.
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Gene Taylor
Kansas
Pittsburg
Taylor
Leslie Lehman
Lehman
Humboldt
Jack Mize
Robert
Mazie Morris
Fay Harrison
Albuquerque
N.M
Gleaners
First Baptist Church
Ray Middendorf
Marvin Wellcome
Carl Pullman
A. A. Frischenmeyer
Chanute
Pasadena
Calif
Marineland
Disneyland
California
Indiana
Orville Mason
Lyndell Mosley
Winds and Rain Lashes Southwest States
The Associated Press reports powerful winds and heavy rains sweeping the Southwest with showers and thunderstorms from the Ohio Valley to the Western Plains. Wind gusts reached 45 to 60 mph in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle with rainfall accumulating to notable depths.
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Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Western Plains
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Kansans Vote In Congress
Kansas members supported and opposed recent roll calls in Washington. In the Senate Carlson and Schoeppel backed a merchant mar ine subsidy bill. Carlson supported and Schoeppel opposed a fishing vessel aid bill. both opposed a wheat acreage cut bill. In the House Avery and Rees supported wartime tax extensions and debt limits. Breeding George Hargis and Smith opposed. The note ends with gambling chips from Monte Carlo being legal tender in Monaco shops.
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Carlson
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Rees
Breeding
George
Hargis
Smith
Monte Carlo
Monaco
Hulda Parker Chapter Meeting and Local News Briefs
Hulda Parker Chapter 385 announces a stated meeting Tuesday June 14 at 8 pm with Friendship Night and district aide honors followed by refreshments. Russell Anthony Kern enrolled at William Jewell College Liberty Missouri for a summer institute for teachers. Army S4 Lewis M Dorris recently participated in Operation Bayonet Blue in Germany. Dick Markham returned to work after injuring his middle finger at a linotype machine. If Tribune is missed, call 700 after 6 pm.
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Thelma Bilackston
Ethel Sullivan
Sec'y
Russell Anthony Kern
S. Evergreen
William Jewell College
Liberty
Army
Lewis M. Dorris
16Th Infantry
Germany
Dorris
Baumholder
Fort Riley
Marion L. Dorris
Erie
Dick Markham
Highland
the Tribune
Markham
Army Engineers Office at Emporia to Head Dam Projects
AP reports an Army Engineers office is opened in Emporia to serve as headquarters for appraisers and land acquisition reps tied to the John Redmond and Council Grove dams. Redmond dam work proceeds on the Neosho near Burlington and plans are under way for the Council Grove reservoir northwest of Emporia on the Neosho.
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Emporia
Army Engineers
John Redmond
Council Grove
Redmond
Neosho River
Burlington
Neosho
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