The Fight Goes On editorial on Tuttle Creek dam
The Letters column continues the debate over the Tuttle Creek dam appropriation. Proponents praise flood control and water storage benefits, while opponents fear pork-barrel spending. The editorial argues the project pays for itself through flood prevention and water storage, with memories of past floods used to justify continued support.
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Tuttle Creek
Blue Valley
John Martin
Arkansas River Valley
Paris fashion reports signal new lines and bold hats
After reviewing Paris shows the writer notes the demise of the H and A lines, the rise of a Y line, and an Oriental year without strict hareem looks. Christian Dior complains of tunics and hips while praising fuller shoulders and tall hats that balance mad dog coifs amid male reactions.
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Aving
Paris
Hattie Carnegie
Christian Dior
Dior
Budget Hearings on Civic Agenda Prompted by Complexity
The notice outlines upcoming budget hearings for city county and school district budgets. It notes the documents are difficult to explain, says no demand has emerged to cut services, and states budgets may be lowered but not increased. It invites attendance for those who see waste or wish to oppose or praise.
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Nje&st
CPA
Warren
Letters Park Barrel and Turtle Creek Dam Debate
Doris Velen protests the Hoover Commission water report critique of the Turtle Creek Dam project and Corps plans in the Kansas River Basin. She argues the program costs billions and risks prime farmlands, urging Kansans to protest tax money being diverted to controversial reservoir and levee projects amid political resistance.
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Corps of Engineers
Blue Valley
Kansas
Turtle Creek
Hoover Commission
Wolman
Howson
Veatch
Kaw
Doris Velen
Cleburne
Singer Warren on Voice Power and Discipline
Leonard Warren, renowned as a top dramatic baritone, discusses the primacy of the voice, ego, and discipline. The Bronx-born Met star reflects on humility, constant study, a simple life, and the responsibility of a God given gift while tracing his rise from fur trade to La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera.
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New York
America
Jane Russell
Marilyn Monroe
Leonard Warren
Warren
War- Ten
la Scala
Milan
New York Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera
Radio City Music All
Metropolitian
Lear
Convict Walks Away From Prison Farm With Parole Pending
Salem Oregon reports Donald Neal Ware 21 fled from a work detail at the state penitentiary farm annex just as his parole status and potential freedom offered. Ware, serving a one year term for forgery, had been on parole since May 2 while authorities sought employment for him.
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Salem
Ore
State Penitentiary Farm Annex
Donald Neal Ware
Prayer for Today From The Upper Root to Thou Art the Man
A devotional prayer invites personal reflection on confession and forgiveness. It asks God to extend peace, guide repentance, and use believers in service through Jesus Christ. The text repeats phrasing and centers on individual accountability before divine judgment and mercy.
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Man
Pryer
God
Jesus
Convict Gets Life Term Following Prison Death
William R. Hoover of Kansas City aged 24 was sentenced in Clinton Missouri after pleading guilty to first degree murder tied to the September 22 Missouri prison riot. He received life imprisonment and two 10 year terms on related arson charges.
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Clinton
William R. Hoover
Kansas City
Missuri
Senator George Will Be a Candidate Again
Washington reports Senator George Will, a Democrat from Georgia, has told friends he plans to run for the Senate again next year and is not pursuing any State Department post. The statement signals a continued bid after prior terms.
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George
Washington
Sen
D-Ga
State Department
Senate
Garden City Telegram Publication and staff lines
Garden City Telegram announces staff roles Advertising Manager Stuart Aubrey Rick Dalton and M W McFarland as Mechanical and Commercial Superintendents Stella A Austin Business Manager and Russell Elliott. AP news service is credited and subscription rates are listed for multiple counties and outside Kansas.
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Stuart Aubrey
Rick Dalton
M. W. McFarland
Russell Elliott —.W
Stella A. Austin
Cencenaere Er SE Neat
Associated Press
Cryptic crossword style puzzle results and clues
A late era newspaper cryptogram puzzle shows clues with mixed definitions and wordplays. It lists numbered entries for synonyms, phrases, and cryptic hints including names like Harpo, Lahr, and Gardiner Lauder, plus references to 1000 B C era whales and a King Features Syndicate distribution note. The text ends with Yesterday's Cryptoquip answer and a long encoded grid.
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Harry Gardner Lauder
Roaming Lahr
Mies
West Point
B.C
Distaff Side and Family News in Garden City
Local notes report Martha and Alton Foster counting two pairs of children before their fifth, a birthday for library custodian C R Plottner and other community birthday tributes. A reader recounts a drought joke from an Illinois farm cousin about rain finally arriving in two weeks.
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Martha
Alton Foster
Alton
C. R. Plottner
Garden City
Washington Merry Go Round Little Appropriation Sneaks Through
A $2,200,000 appropriation slipped into Congress at the last minute for an aluminum plant at the Dalles Oregon. Backed by ex Governor Tom Dewey and the Harvey Aluminum firm, the plan sought a guaranteed government purchase contract and tax write off plus a new power line. Secretary McKay resisted, and the money was killed in conference after Senate approval and House scrutiny. The episode highlights lobbying, partisan friction, and shifting health funding debates as Congress battled over other budget needs.
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Washington
Congress
Tom Dewey
New York
Dewey
Harvey Machine Company
Los Angeles
Lawrence Harvey
California
Harvey Company
Dalles
Ore
Columbia River
Booneville Dam
Booneville
Harveys
James F. Nickerson
Roosevelt
NRA
Harvey
McKay
Senate
House
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Joe Evin
Tennessee
Wright Patman
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