Weather and local notes from Garden City Coop tour ends with White House letter
Forecasts missed rain while Elihu predicted it for the week. Garden City hosts a Coop open house with 100 business attendees, coffee, and a speech by Co-op president Ralph Gross. A White House envelope prompts reflections on a Peace Corps offer and a President call-in.
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Elihu
Allman
Garden
Kansas
Garden City
Chamer of Commerce
George Voth
Coca-Cola
Ralph Gross
Friend
White House
Pierre Sallinger
JFK
Peace Corps
Finney County Commission meets as board of equalization
The Finney County commissioners convene this month as a board of equalization. The session runs Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the courthouse commissioners room.
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Commission
Board of Equalization
Finney County Commissioners
Veteran Wallace Bruce Delivers Kansas Memories in Holcomb
Wallace Bruce, veteran actor and comedian, and his Wallace Bruce Players performed at Holcomb High Auditorium sponsored by the Lions Club. The troupe, traveling Kansas for eight weeks, drew 300-400 students and parents. Bruce recalled early show business days and noted a decline in traveling acts since the 1920s. He has performed since 1919 and current cast includes Bert Dexter and Shirley Willis.
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Bob Greer
Holcomb
Wallace Bruce
Kansas
Holcomb High Auditorium
Lions Club
Bruce
Topeka API
Kansay
Death Log
LaCrosse
Greigfield
Cherokee
Okla
Hutchinson
Opera House
Garden City
Windsor Hotel
J.C. Penney
A. H. Burtis
Eddie Foy
Jillian Russell
State Theater
Garden
Milburn Stone
Burrton
Kan
Stone
Dor Adams
Bruce Grade
Chill Willa
Bert Dexter
Shirley Willis
Dexter
Spotty Thunderstorm Rainfall Across Southwest Kansas
A line of hit and miss storms moved through southwest Kansas Wednesday afternoon and evening, yielding up to 14 inches in a few spots but little in many areas. Reports noted mixed moisture, with towns like Sublette and Meade receiving minimal rainfall, while others along a Finney-Haskell corridor saw measurable totals.
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Kansas
Garden City
Sublette
Willis Blume
Satanta
McDonald
Ulysses
Hugoton-Moscow
Johnson
Johnson Pioneer
Harold Anderson
Plymell
US 83
Walter Randell
Pierceville
Finney-Haskell
Gale Randell
Copeland
Gray County
Montezuma
Meade
Spanish American Vets in Spotlight at White House Reception
Washington AP The White House hosts a reception for two Medal of Honor winners from the Spanish American War, Charles D. Roberts and John Davis, the earliest recipients among 234 honorees. Davis earned his MOH for bravery off Cienfuegos Cuba May 11 1898. Roberts won for El Caney July 1 1898.
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D. Roberts
Chevy Chase
Navy
Cmdr
John Davis
St. Petersburg
Fla
Davis
Marblehead
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Roberts
el Caney
Washington
Audie Murphy
Alvin York
Famé
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
Arthur J. Jackson
Jackson
Marine Corps
Guantanamo Naval Base
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Hospitalized After Collision In St Catherine Hospital
Two Garden City residents are reported in satisfactory condition after a one car crash at 12 47 am on East Hackberry. Passengers Mrs Jerry Tackett and Leo Molloway were admitted with injuries while driver Leonard Douglas was treated and released. The car struck a telephone pole and tree on the John Wampler property.
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St. Catherine ‘Hospital
Jin
E. Hackberry
Jerry Tacket
Leo Eugene Molloway
Leonard Douglas
Douglas
John Wampler
W. E. Hackberry
Everest Assaults Hindered By Radio Blackout On Summit Bid
AP dispatch from Katmandu notes a radio blackout delaying word on American climbers attempting the final 1,400 feet of Mount Everest amid bitter wind and thin air. Camp Six at 27,800 feet readied for a May Day summit bid while weather stalled the first assault team and the mission in Port au Prince warned of possible new repression as Haiti’s Duvalier regime faced international pressure.
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Nepal
Mt. Everest
Camp Five
Camp Four
Camp Six
Port AU Prince
Halti
Haiti
Francois Duvaller
Duvalier
Dominican Repubiic
Hispaniola
Organisation of American States
Santo Domingo
Red Cross Swim Program Opens Enrollment for Summer
Enrollment for Red Cross swimming classes opened today and runs until May 24. Miklred Hope, chapter executive secretary, urged parental enrollment at the Red Cross office, 317 North Seventh. Classes include beginners through senior life saving with no charge. age and grade requirements apply. Mrs. Doug Tedrow will supervise the program.
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Red Cross
Miklred Hope
North Seventh
Doug Tedrow
Street Closure At Railroad Crossing In Garden City
Thirteenth Street between Sun Stake and Fulton will be closed to traffic for about ten days to two weeks to allow street leveling across the railroad tracks. Similar work has been finished on 11th Street, according to Garden City manager Deane Wiley.
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Thirteenth Street
Sunstake
Fulton
11Th Street
Deane Wiley
Garden City
Garden Notes Dandelion and Crabgrass Thrive Despite Rain Shortage
Garden Sass reports a lack of rain did not hinder dandelion and crabgrass crops, with weeds flourishing as soil stayed dry and sunlit conditions persisted across the plots.
House of Commons Loses Sir Winston Churchill
London AP reports the House of Commons loses its greatest figure as Sir Winston Churchill announces retirement due to health after a 60 year career. He will not stand in the next general election but remains an MP until Parliament dissolves.
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House of Commons
Sir Winston
London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Hove
Commons
Churchill
Woodford
Ile
Neville Chamberlain
District Judging School Planned in Finney County
About 475 4-H members from Finney County are registered for the annual district home economics judging school Saturday at the 4-H Club building. Registration runs 9 to 10 30 a.m. A general assembly at 9 30 a.m. precedes judging. Three divisions clothing foods and home furnishings will be judged with top three high point winners earning medals. Finney County 4-H Club Council will run a food stand.
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Kanaas
Anual
Hlome Economics
Elsie Bramien
Home ‘Economics
Finney County 441 Club Courell
Painting sets auction record as old masters rise in New York
The 17th century artist Frans Hals painting The Merry Lute Player sold for 600000 at Parke Bennett Gallery in New York, a record for Hals and the third highest for an American auction. London dealer Edward Speelman bought by phone, likely for private English collector, as auction cleared in four minutes. The sale total reached 1280500 for the 24 works from Oscar H Cintas collection.
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New York
Franz Hala
Parke
Bennet Gallerieg
London
Edward Speelman
Speelman
England
Louis J. Marlon
Silentee
Oscar H. Cintas
United States
Cintay
John R.shempson
Parke- Kernet
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