California man confesses to Wilma Allen murder
Arthur Ross Brown, arrested in San Francisco on federal charges, confessed to the kidnapping and killing of Wilma Allen, 34, wife of Kansas City dealer William R. Allen Jr. Palm prints on Allen’s car matched Brown’s, FBI said. He faces Dyer Act and related interstate transport charges.
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San Francisco
Arthur Ross Brown
Pacific
FBI
Wilma Allen
Kansas City
Brown
Washington
Colder Weather Forecast Deepens Statewide Cold Wave
A fast moving storm front brings a sharp cold snap across Kansas elevating warnings in the northeast. Topeka records fall from 61 to 39 as a 184 mph jet wind aloft accompanies the cold front. Dallas? No. (Note: To maintain accuracy, use only provided entities. the text references Kansas, Topeka, Goodland, Pittsburg, Garden City, Olathe, and Denver with Wyoming and Colorado context.)
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
P. N. Bland
Eland
Mercury
Goodland
Pittsburg
Garden City
Olathe
Mrs Wilma Allen case ties Kansas City to Wyoming suspect
Police here posted information from Sheridan Wyoming about Arthur Ross Browning a 30 year old man wanted on flight to avoid prosecution for allegedly shooting Deputy Sheriff Willard H Marshall at Sheridan and Browning allegedly confessed the Kansas City murder to FBI agents in San Francisco. Browning is the suspect in the Aug slaying of Mrs Wilma Allen formerly Wilma Cookus. The Kansas City widow was once a junior college student in Chanute.
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William Allen Jr
Kansas City
Wilma Cookus
FBI
Brown
San Francisco
Wilma Allen
Mrs. Allen
Chanute
Clarence Moody
Moody
the Tribune
Miss Cookus
Moodys
Burlington
Hawk-eye Ga
Zette
Cookus
Iowa Soap Company
William Aillen Jr
Billy
Bobby
Bulletin Board
Arthur Ross Browning
Allen
Sheridan
Wyo
Browning
Wyoming
Willard H. Marshall
Teachers Appreciate Courtesies Extended By C of C
Buford Fisher reports Kansas Teachers Association convention drew about 2500 educators to Chanute. The Chamber aided housing for visitors and 86 meetings were held. A US 169 highway meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. at Tioga Hotel. Spring Farm Show dates will be announced soon.
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Fisher
Kansas Teachers Association
Buford Fisher
Chamber of Commerce
Carl Pate
Chamber
Clarence Sievers
The
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka Kansas
Topeka traffic fatalities listed by the State Accident Records Section cover the last 24 hours with totals to date showing 154, 529 in the period 1055-486 and related figures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Brown Confesses Slaying in San Francisco
Briefs from Kansas City report Arthur Ross Brown confessed to the murder of Mrs Wilma Allen in San Francisco yesterday. The Kansas City Crime Commission had offered a $10000 reward and Marion Rhoddes noted no clear leads yet as records are checked.
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Kansas City
Arthur Ross Brown
Slain Woman Suspect Searched For Cheap Lodging in St Joseph
Arthur Ross Brown, confessed slayer of Mrs Wilma Allen of Kansas City, was in St Joseph last Wednesday night seeking a cheap place to sleep. Ted Inman of Railway Express identified a newspaper photo as Brown who asked where Skid Row was and wanted a one dollar room. He said he needed a cheap hotel.
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Allen
Johnson
Kas
FBI
Brown
Kansas City
Jean
ST. Joseph
Arthur Ross Brown
Wilma Allen
Ted Inman
The
Railway Express Inc
Inman
Bike Car Collision Injures Teen Minor Scrapes
Jerry Clifford McCune a 15 year old from 903 South Lincoln sustained minor skin abrasions after his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Mrs Carl Haight at Sixth and Evergreen about 7 50 this morning The bike’s gas tank tire and the car front bumper were damaged Police said McCune was north bound on Evergreen and Haight was turning left from Sixth The boy was taken home with the damaged bike by Carl Haight assistant police chief Lige Matlock reported
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Jerry Clifford McCune
S. Lincoln
Carl Haight
S. Evergreen
Sixth
Evergreen
McCune
Matlock
Tribune Delivery Help Line
If you do not receive your Tribune call the number 17 between 5 30 and 6 30 pm including Saturdays for assistance.
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Tribune
Football Winners Named in Tribune Contest
Jack Harrold of Galesburg won first place in The Tribune football contest for last week. Other winners include Mrs Martha Mitchem, J. E. Davis, Fred A. Stewart, and Russell Corbitt. Winners receive tickets to the Blue Comets first home basketball game as no varsity football games remain.
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Jack Harrold
Galesburg
Tribune
Martha Mitchem
J. E. Davis
S. Highland
Fred A. Stewart
S. Garfield
Russell Corbitt
S. Malcolm
Blue Comets
Eisenhower Takes Long Walk at Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower, fresh from a September heart attack, walked nearly a quarter mile around his Gettysburg farm in crisp autumn weather. He then called in secretary Ann Whitman for dictation after the tour of his acres as he eases back into duties. In Kansas, Gov. Fred Hall departed for New York City to address the National Republican Club tomorrow.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Ann Whitman
Topeka
Fred Hall
New York City
Naional Republican Club
Powers reject Soviet calls to cut troops in Germany
The Western powers late today refused Moscow's demand to reduce foreign troops in Germany and opposed a nonaggression pact between East and West military alliances in Europe.
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Genevap
Germany
Europe
Bank of Commerce ties remodel to 61 years of progress
The Bank of Commerce announces completion of a remodel marking 61 years in operation. A public inspection will run 2 to 8 p m Thursday, with officers and directors greeting visitors. The project doubles usable space, adds an auto drive in, and follows the January purchase of the Vernon McCune building.
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Bank of Commerce
Neil Bolen
S. Evergreen
Ben L. Garvin
R. B. Garvin
S. Western
Tribune
Bank of
Vernon McCune
Williamson Jr. Commutation Changes In Topeka
Franklin Williamson Jr. of Chanute serving a Neosho County term for grand larceny was among 16 inmates granted sentence commutations by Gov. Fred Hall. His sentence, set at 1 to years on December 20, 1950, was changed to 5 to 15 years. An additional 56 clemency requests heard October 27 were denied, with five others approved.
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Franklin Williamson Jr
Chanute
Neosho County
Kansas Penitentiary
Fred Hall
Associated Press
Topeka
Williamson
$926,070 Contract For Canal in Kansas
Secretary of Interior McKay announced a $926,070 contract to Bushman Construction Co. of St. Joseph Missouri for eight miles of the Courtland Canal near Loveland Kansas. The canal is part of the Bostwick Division of the Missouri River Basin project irrigation effort reaching 85,813 acres along the Republican river in Nebraska and Kansas.
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Washington
McKay
Bushman Construction Co
St. Joseph
Courtland Canal
Loveland
Kas
Reclamation Bureau
Bostwick Division
Republican River
Nebraska
Kansas
Russian Archbishop's Visa Is Cancelled
The United States cancelled the visa of Russian Archbishop Boris to visit the United States. The State Department said the action followed Soviet demands that Boris act indefinitely as head of an American church. The move appears to block a proposed visit to Russia by American priest Rev. Louis Dion.
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Washington
Mrs. Lewis Newland Returns Home After Visit
Mrs. Lewis Newland of San Leandro California returns home after a week visiting her sister Mrs Walter Wright at 1602 St Ashby and other friends and relatives.
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Lewis Newland
San Leandro
Calif
Walter Wright
St. Ashby
Pipeline Case Starts Monday
The Kansas Corporation Commission hires Martin Dell Carey Brown and Brabets to defend against a federal suit by Sinclair Pipe Line and Sinclair Crude Oil. The case opens in a three judge court next Monday in Topeka over planned sales of two Sinclair pipelines from Paola to Humboldt and from Eureka to Humboldt.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Hutchinson
Sinclair Pipe Line Co
Sinclair Crude Oil Co
Harry Snyder Jr
Commission
Martindell, Carey, Brown and Brabets
KCC
Federal District Court
Sinclair
Atty
Harold R. Fatzer
Sinclair Oil
Kansas
Producers Pipe Line Co
Iola
Paola
Humboldt
Eureka
Eureka-Humboldt
Couple Pushing Car Killed in Missouri
A man and woman pushing a stalled car were struck and killed by a truck near Stewartsville Missouri. Victims were Thomas Leroy Rhodd from White Cloud Kansas and Alice Clara Thunder 34 of Soperton Wisconsin. The truck carrying 12 head of cattle was driven by Dav Winslow 55 of Hamilton Missouri per highway patrol.
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ST. Joseph
Stewartsville
Thomas Leroy Rhodd
White Cloud
Kas
Alice Clara Thunder
Soperton
Wis
Dav! E. Winslow
Hamilton
Rabid Bobcat Shot By Neighbor After Attack
In Stanton Kentucky a shotgun broke the rabid bobcat’s grip on 15 year old Raymond Tharpe. He suffered facial and body cuts and powder burns and will receive anti rabies shots. Neighbors Millard Pelfrey tried to free him, then shot the cat through a floor crack after the animal grabbed a dog and ran under a house.
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Stanton, Ky
Raymond Tharpe
Young Thorpe
Millard Pelfrey
Pelfrey
Polio Cases Rise to 257 in Kansas This Week
The Kansas polio tally reaches 257 with five new onsets reported this week. Last year at this time the count stood at 697, reflecting a sharp year over year drop.
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Topeka
Kansas
Graham Details Bomb Rigging That Killed 44 Aboard United Flight
Graham a 23 year old forger described rigging 25 sticks of dynamite with a timing device to explode on a United Airlines DC6B near Longmont Colorado killing 44 people including his mother Daisie E King. He admitted killing his mother for her 37500 flight insurance which was invalid due to her not signing. He faced state and federal charges and described packing the suitcase with the bomb at Stapleton Airport and watching the plane depart.
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Denver
John Gilbert
Jack) Graham
U. S
Donald E. Kelly
Daisie E. King
Stapleton Airfield
Spenard
Alaska
Helen Ruth Hablutzel
Gahram
Graham
David Stolberg
The
Rocky Mountain News
Goodby
United Air Lines
Longmont
Colo
UAL
Joint study on airline security ordered after Colorado crash
The FBI and the Civil Aeronautics Administration ordered a joint study on protecting commercial airliners from sabotage. After meeting with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and CAA Administrator F. B. Lee they considered preventive actions including baggage screening and devices to detect explosives in luggage following the November 1 United Air Lines crash in Colorado.
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FBI
Civil Aeronautics Administration
United Air Lines
Colorado
J. Edgar Hoover l
CAA
F. B. Lee
Denver jail tightens security over Graham case
Denver County Jail increased precautions as John Gilbert Graham, 23, confessed to placing a home made dynamite bomb on a United Airlines flight on November 1. The disaster killed 44 aboard and Graham’s mother, who was insured for 37 500. Warden Gordon Dolliver said a caller warned of a mob trying to take the jail.
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Denverp
Denver
John Gilbert Graham
Graham
United Air Lines
Gordon Dolliver
Declliver
Farmers Are Guests Of Kiwanis Club Night Meeting
Buford L. Collins from the federal crop reporting service spoke at a Kiwanis Farmers Night at the Tioga Hotel. More than 85 attended as Collins noted 11,000 fewer farmers than five years ago and praised cooperation in crop reporting. He showed a film on report methods and stressed the importance of forecasts. Clarence Sievers led the agriculture committee.
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Kiwanis Club
Tioga Hotel
Buford L. Collins
Topeka
Jess Olson
Altoona Collins
Dick McMinimy
Bob Olson
Altoona
Tribune
Department of Agriculture
United States
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Farmer - Kiwanis
Collins
Pittsburg
Kiwanis Agriculture Committee
Clarence Sievers
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Dean Foster
Bill
Clifford Deay
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William R. Allen Jr
Percy Wyly I
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Frank F. Young
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