Early Chanute shop remembered in Wilmington letter
A letter from Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Donaldson of Wilmington California recalls the Chapman shop on East Main in Chanute about 1910 named Chapman Chanute as a vendor. It notes staffers Conzo Justice later Glen Hedge pianist and former Chanute workers Ruby Hayes and Hazel Harden Dorf Bush.
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Chapman
East Main
O. L. Donaldson
Wilmington
Calif
Chanute
Donaldson
The
Tribune
Conzo Justice
Glen Hedge
Ruby Hayes
Dale Schouser
Long Beach
Hazel Hardendorf Bush
Kansas City
Kas
Miner Trapped In Deep Mine Near Ely Minnesota
Grim iron miners dug 1300 feet underground as rescue teams fought to reach Joe Glinsek 48 trapped for 32 hours after a shaft cave in at Oliver Mining Co Pioneer Mine. Two of three entombed miners Albert Marolt 41 and Toyvo Hill 55 were pulled out unharmed and praised rescuers.
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Ely
Minn
Oliver Mining Co
Joe Glinsek
Albert Marolt
Toyvo Hill
Glinsek
Typhoon Louise Devastates Niigata in Final Blow
Typhoon Louise struck Niigata City causing a large fire after a short circuit ignited 45 mph winds fanning flames through downtown. The disaster left 1,200 buildings burned, ~100 acres incinerated, and thousands homeless with injuries reported as officials counted 31 dead and 253 injured as Marge formed southwest of Towa Jima.
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Hokkaido
Japan
Louise
Marge
Towa Jima
Chanute FFA Officers Lead At Leadership School
Chanute FFA officers will attend a leadership school at Fredonia with two sessions an afternoon and a night. Charles O. Carter Jr. notes contests on opening ceremonies and general FFA information. McCune will discuss reporting FFA activities and attendees include Kansas State College representatives and the state FFA president.
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Chanute
Farmers of America
Fredonia
Charles O. Carter Jr
Fredonia High School
Marion Bailey
Lester Hole
Paul Johnson
Charles Reaves
Parade Climaxed by Festival Parade and Events
The three day Fall Festival nears its end with a Main Street parade at 1 pm weather permitting. Prize winners include 4 H livestock projects led by Jack Chapman and amateur acts. a festival queen was crowned by Mayor Charles Rice.
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Masonic Temple
Sandra Mills
Charles Rice
Memorial Build
Four Injured in Head on Collision Near Yates Center
Four Chanute residents were hospitalized after a head on collision between two cars on a county road near Yates Center. C A Davies age 76 and his son F E Davis ages - injuries included knee ear and lacerations while Berthoz 18 suffered head and chest injuries and Carolyn Fuller 17 fractured the right shoulder and collar bone. Cars badly damaged front sections and all injuries were not serious.
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Chanute
Yates Center
Woodson County
Jack Kress
C. A. Davis
Lincoln
C. A. Davis Pipe & Supply Co
F. E. Davis
Gary Berthot
Wayne Berthot
Carolyn S. Fuller
Willard Fuller
N. Evergreen
Davis
Berthot
Miss Fuller
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Berthoz
Kress
Hamilton pleads guilty to resisting arrest at police HQ
Rex Hamilton pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and intoxication after a scuffle at the police station during booking. The incident left a glass partition shattered. he received 60 days in county jail. Floyd Everly also jailed 30 days after pleading guilty to intoxication.
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Hamilton
Rex Hamilton
Denman
Howard Carder
Clifford Mc‘Coy
Floyd Everly
N. Evergreen
Keas Drilling Co Granted State Charter
Keas Drilling Co Chanute has incorporated to engage in leasing and drilling for oil and gas. Co L Keas and Kenneth C Keas are resident agents for the firm with authorized capitalization of 250000 dollars.
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Topeka
Keas Prilling Co
Chanute
Co. L. Keas
Kenneth C. Keas
USC freshman coed to compete for 100000 on TV hypnosis show
Pat Morris a 19 year old USC freshman, will appear on NBCs Truth or Consequences next Friday. Hypnotist Arthur Allen will try to break her free from a chair while 100000 in cash sits on a table. She will live at the Statler Hotel with Betty Goody as her companion.
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Hollywood
University of Southern California
National Broadcasting Co
Arthur Allen
Pat Morris
Jack Bailey
NBC
Columbia Broadcasting System
Miss Morris
Statler
Los Angeles
Betty Goody
Hollywood Women's Press Club
Chanute Odd Fellows Visit Walnut Lodge
Thirteen Chanute Odd Fellows members visited Walnut lodge on a Thursday night meeting with a luncheon following. Dale VanMeter received the initiatory degree. Walnut lodge plans to attend a meeting here Wednesday night bringing two candidates for second degree work. Attending from Chanute were Arthur Coonrod Emery Duffield Ira Hubler Nathan Hole John Waltermire H M Wilmoth Louis Garrison Carl Kimble Charles Pulliam Lester Marts Dale Oshe Harry Lewis and T L Baker.
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Chanute Odd Fellows
Walnut Lodge
Dale VanMeter
Walnut
Arthur Coonrod
Emery Duffield
Ira Hubler
Nathan Hole
John Waltermire
H. M Wilmoth
Louis Garrison
Carl Kimble
Charles Pulliam
Lester Marts
Dale Oshe
Harry Lewis
T. L. Baker
Appeal Dismissed in Scheidegger Case
Kansas Supreme Court dismisses Henry Scheidegger appeal in a case of making false entries. Scheidegger, former Jackson County treasurer, was sentenced nearly a year ago to not more than seven years and released on a $2000 bond after failing to file a supporting brief.
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Topekap
Henry Scheidegger
Jackison County
Kansas Supreme Court
Scheidegger
State Board Sells Bonds To Finance Armory Here
The Kansas Armory Board sold 270000 in bonds to fund National Guard armories at Hays Coffeyville Russell Chanute and Wellington. The 20 year bonds at 3.15 percent will be retired from armory rental revenue. Zahner & Co Kansas City Small-Milburn Co and First Securities Co all of Wichita purchased the issue.
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Pekarp
Kansas Armory Board
National Guard
Hays
Coffeyville
Russell
Chanute
Wellington
Zahner & Co
Kansas City
Small-Milburn Co
First Securities Co
Wichita
Exile in Tangier for Morocco Sultan Departs Rabat
Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arfa left Rabat and flew to exile in Tangier after weeks of resisting French pressure. He named a cousin to supervise crown affairs as the protectorate struggles edge toward peace and limited self rule.
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Rabat
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arfa
Tangier
President Eisenhower Signs Two Acts in Hospital Return
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, recovering from a coronary thrombosis, signed two state department appointment lists in his hospital room marking a cautious step back toward duty. Sher man Adams opened a Denver base office to coordinate the President’s gradual return to activity as doctors report a good night’s sleep and stable vitals.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Denver White House
Adams
Lowry Air Force Base Administration
John S. Doud
State Department
Foreign Service
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Dulles
Howard M. Snyder
Howard
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Actor James Dean Dies in Car Crash
Hollywood reports actor James Dean died in a head on collision in California while en route to a road race. He was 24 and a noted sports car racer. The crash involved a car driven by 23 year old Donald Turnipseed who sustained minor injuries.
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Hollywood
James Dean
Caleb
East of Eden
Paso Robles
Calif
Marlon Brando
Salinas
Dean
Robert Frances
Willie Keith
Burbank
California Highway Patrol
Donald Turnupseed
Tulare
Highway 466
Highway 41
Turnipseed
California Polytechnic College At
San Luis Obispo
Idle Land Plan Aims to Curb Farm Surplus
Chicago report notes farm bureaus nationwide urged to study setting aside acres for re fertilization to reduce excess production and stabilize markets.
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Chicago
German student praises US friendliness and relief aid impact
Walter C. Arnold a German exchange student spoke at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church about his impressions of the United States. He praised American help from the Marshall Plan and noted Germany’s poverty and refugees while detailing life in West Germany and his Fulbright sponsorship.
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Germany
Walter C. Arnold
West Germany
Ray Neal
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Tribune
United States
Arnold
Barston
Ural Baptist Seminary
Kansas City
U.S
World Council of Churches
Fulbright Commission
Stuttgart
Switzerland
Tuberculosis Clinics Need Expanded Services in Kansas
Dr Joseph B Stocklen leading an out of state team urged Kansas to widen TB clinic coverage and tighten laws to commit patients to institutions until disease control is achieved He presented preliminary observations at the Kansas Trudeau Society and Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Association conference in Topeka.
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Topekap
Kansas
Joseph B. Stocklen
Cleveland
Stocklen
Kansas Trudeau Society
Kansas Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Dissolve Picketing Restraining Order
The Kansas Supreme Court rejected a labor union request to dissolve a restraining order against picketing near Hill Packing Co. The CLO United Packinghouse Workers Local 178 had challenged the Shawnee County District Court authority, claiming federal labor law coverage. The court found the union has other remedy at law.
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Topeka
Shawnee Quaunty District Court
Kansas Supreme Court
The
Hill Packing Co
CLO United Packinghouse Workers Local 178
Supreme Court
Another Greenlease Bill Found at Coffeyville
FBI found a new ransom bill, a $20 note from Condon National Bank Coffeyville Kansas, among currency shipped to the Tenth District Federal Reserve Bank. About half of the $600 000 ransom paid to Bobby Greenlease’s kidnappers remains missing since the 1959 capture and execution of Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady.
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Kansas City
Greenlease
FBI
Condon National Bank
Coffeyville
Kas
Tenth District Federal Reserve Bank
Bobby Greenlease
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown
Peron Romance Details and Loot Reported in Argentina
Buenos Aires reports say Argentina plans action against wartime enrichments linked to Juan Peron. Federal police disclose letters to a 16 year old girl and jewelry valued at 23000 dollars with 22000 in cash found at her home.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peon
la Razon
Eduardo Lonardi
Peron
Nelida
Nelly) Haydee Rivas
Eva
Isabel del Guillen
Weekend weather outlook for Topeka and region
Varied clouds with a cool weekend forecast across Kansas. Low temperatures expected in the mid forties to fifty, with highs in the lower seventies. Some light rain reported in the southwest. Altamont and Oswego logged trace amounts, while other locations recorded minor totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Southwest
Altamont
Oswego
Coffeyville
Independence
Columbus
Wichita
Man Held For Theft Here In Ramsey Liquor Robbery
A Kansas City man Ted Dudley admitted burglarizing the Ramsey Liquor Store Thursday night. Police Chief Tom Morehead said the theft totaled over $1,000 in high grade whiskeys. Dudley, about 45, has a long criminal record and was linked to the case by local patrolmen.
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Kansas City
Ramsey
Tom Morehead
Ted Dudley
Charles Record
John Leroy
Reading
Lee Montgomery
Neosho County
Morehead
Dudley
Former Pittsburg Woman Killed in New Mexico Crash
In a two car collision 25 miles north of Espanola last night an Albuquerque printer and his wife died instantly. Victims were Mr and Mrs George T Griffin 54 an employee of Albuquerque Publishing Co. Mrs Griffin was the former Ethel Baird of Pittsburg Kansas. Four occupants in the other car were not injured.
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Espanola
Albuquerque
George T. Griffin
Griffin
Albuquerque Publishing Co
Ethel Baird
Pittsburg
Kas
Court halts Chicago rail strike after hours of action
A federal court issued an order that stopped a locomotive engineers strike against a major Chicago switching line moments after it began. The action halted the disruption of freight traffic in the area.
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Chicago
Inter Railroad
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Mike Sparks
Janice Prather
Debbie Prather
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Lyle Luman
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Idle Land
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U. S
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Edgar Faure
Faure
Jules Moch
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Greco
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