New Fire Truck Enhances Lawrence Department Readiness
Fire Chief Paul Ingels says the new American LaFrance aerial ladder truck boosts Lawrence fire protection with a 10 inch water tank 200 foot hose supply and booster pump. The unit, bought in 1945 and costing about 20000, replaces an ineffective older ladder truck and will be crewed by two firefighters at scenes.
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Ma Gets Her Brood Ready for Easter in Tulsa
Eva Kirkpatrick, known as Ma, tends to 137 children in 14 rooming houses in Tulsa. She outfits bonnet and dresses for Easter Sunday school and has long run a weekly class, reflecting years of work to provide housing for families with children.
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Deaths and funerals in Kansas area noted
John Thomas Glenn aged 3 died at St Francis hospital Topeka after residence near Lecompton. Funeral Monday 2 pm at Glenn church with Rev Frank McClellan. burial in Eeton cemetery. Mrs Sarah C Myers of Harrisonville Mo dies. services Monday in Kansas City. David Calvin O Neal dies at 64. funeral Tuesday 1 30 pm at Ramsey funeral home, Oak Hill Cemetery. survivors listed. Ed Tryon and John Tryon of Lawrence among survivors. multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren noted.
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Eton Cemetery
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C. J. Knox
Oak Hill Cemetery
George Alfred O'Neal
Hutchinson
Chester O'Neal
Lulu Brown
San Bernardino
Calif
Local VFW Bowlers Win State Tournament
The local Veterans of Foreign Wars post won the state telegraphic meet against other posts across Kansas. The Lawrence team will represent the state at the national tournament in Puebla Colorado in April. Members include Mike Ferraro Hill Oitn Nean Allen Ton Wetzel and Frank Hicks.
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Lieutenant Davison Receives Navy Air Medal Citation
Lt. Harry Edwin Davison of Wichita receives a permanent citation for the air medal from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. Davison, son of Ben Davison of Baldwin, earned the award for operations against Japanese forces in the western Pacific from February 12 to March 30, 1945, completing five anti shipping and patrol missions before his release to inactive duty. He was coached at Harper High School before service.
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Baldwin
Secretary of the Navy
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Pacific
Harper High School
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Judge Gray
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday in the office of Probate Judge Frank R. Gray to the following couples Raymond R. Drennon 24 Topeka and Mary Ida Wallace 19 Mt Auburn Ta Estas Beatty 40 and Minnie Harlan 53 both of Ottawa Robert L Stevens 3 Oskaloosa and Mildred L Julius 23 Axtell Nebr
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Frank R. Gray
Raymond R. Drennon
Topeka
Mary Ida Wallace
Mt. Auburn
Estas. Beatty
Minnie Harlan
Ottawa
Robert L. Stevens
Oskaloosa
Mildred L. Julius
Axtell
Nebr
Legislature Revises Driver Licenses and Judge Pay Proposals
Lawmakers approve a driver license bill increasing fees and exams for initial licenses, with administration by the state highway commission. A concurrent resolution seeks a constitutional amendment to allow salary increases for supreme and district court judges, to appear on the 1948 general election ballot alongside prohibition and pay questions.
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Lawrence plans free Fourth of July fireworks return at KU stadium
Lawrence merchants move to resume the annual free Fourth of July fireworks show at the KU stadium interrupted by the war. A committee will organize soon to arrange the event. The prewar display drew huge crowds with tens of thousands likely viewing again. Also in Lawrence notes, the Garden Club meets Friday April 25 at E. Rice Pheps’s home for gardening and beautification discussions. Kaw River readings at Koversock dam show 14.8 ft at noon and 14.3 ft yesterday afternoon.
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Weather and rainfall flood notes sweep across Kansas
Rainfall across streams swelled overflows from the Marais des Cygnes watershed with Ottawa at 24.4 feet and forecasts of 26 to 27 feet. Reports across Kansas list La Cygne 3.15 inches and numerous readings from Garnett to Lecompton, Wichita to Concordia, noting wind damage and a 77 degree high in Coffeyville while last night’s low dropped to .31.
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Iowa’s most married man retrieves sixteenth wife
Cedar Rapids Iowa April reports J F Williams 65 whose wife 60 was found at Union Station after a day long search. He had married her October 4 in Kansas City after a mail romance. Williams has thirteen prior marriages and this is his sixteenth reunion follows a quarrel over breakfast.
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Leonard Bruce
Easter Visit Notices Roll Through Lawrence Area
Mr and Mrs Bob Evans arrive from Pareens to spend Easter in Lawrence while traveling the state for the Kansas Board of Health C Boardman returns from Turon after an all electric show Mr and Mrs Kent Balyeat head to McKinney Texas for a wedding returning Sunday Mr and Mrs Bob L Brooks Easter guests in Lona Elm with Mrs Brooks parents Miss Ardis Mabe arrives to spend Easter with her parents Mr and Mrs Olin Mabe Mr and Mrs Tom Yue depart to spend Easter with Mrs Yue family in St Joseph Missouri Mrs Beulah Wilkins of Oklahoma City is a guest over Easter of cousin Mrs H G Barr Luncheon guests at the Barr home include Mrs Barrs sister Mrs A J Walkup and daughters Alphaba and June of St Joseph Missouri Mrs Donna Sue Landrith of Kansas City plans to spend the weekend at home Fred Gray Roy Curtis and How ard Longanecker all members of the Washington Creek school board attend the legislative sessions in Topeka yesterday Campbell Martin a patient at Winter General hospital spends Easter at home on Route 6 Conrad Curtis spends Easter vacation from Catholic high school in Topeka with his parents Mrs and Mrs Roy Curtis Mrs Kelvin Hoover has returned from Kansan City called by illness of her mother Mrs E A Benson she will return tomorrow Grace Light has arrived from New York City to spend Easter week at her home
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Topeka
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Grace Light
New York City
Centenary Methodist Church Service Notes
Centenary Methodist Church at Fourth and Elm North Lawrence with minister Herbert C Brockman. Morning worship features Bermon the Jester The Resurrection on Life and offertory solo I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from the Meese Sink sung by Joan Vick. Youth Fellowship includes Bartara Brockman and leniler. Evening worship Sermon The Eternal Triumph. Monday 7-6 Men and Brotherhued Boy Scout dinner in the annex.
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Red Cross Board Meeting Set For Monday
The Douglas county chapter American Red Cross holds its regular monthly board meeting Monday at 4 p.m. in the chanter room of the Community Building. Chapter chairman H. C. Brinkman will preside.
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They Set a Good Table in Early Tennessee Home
Magazine article by Alberta Wilson Constant, published in Header's Digest from Southwest Review, recounts a typical day’s meats in her Tennessee home in the early 1900s. Mrs Constant, wife of Ed S Constant of Independence Missouri, formerly Oklahoma City, studied at Oklahoma University and wrote reviews, plays, and articles.
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Slayings at Christ Episcopal Church Seeks Suspect
In St. Joseph Missouri police say the latest suspect will be taken to the Christ Episcopal church basement murder scene today. John A Frank a 58 year old sexton was killed in the church. The suspect was arrested in Kansas City and brought to jail after fingerprint review raised doubt on his link to the crime. Capt Edward Burke of the identification bureau leads the probe.
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Government Plans Milk Storage in Atchison Cave
Atchison Kansas April 5 government storage chief GR Deivert V Case announced five hundred carloads of powdered milk would be moved to the underground limestone cave as a large scale natural storage facility. Case said the government may fill the cave with its commodity this year.
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Market News Bengals City Livestock Report Apr Update
Market news for Kansas City livestock shows mixed cattle receipts with steer trade around 24 dollars per cwt, heifers and cows varying by grade. hogs steady to higher with feeders mixed. butter and poultry prices posted small gains. overall activity softer with several shipments noted and regional price spreads.
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Local Market Notes and Stock Ticker Brief
Market brief with scattered quotes shows Tel Co trade movement and price changes in a crowded late edition. Includes numbers and abbreviations for stocks and market indices, reflecting a compact snapshot of today’s activity.
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