Plan Funerals of Tornado Victims in Woodward Oklahoma
Relatives in Woodward Oklahoma begin burial arrangements for the 84 known victims of Wednesday night’s tornado which left 1,000 injured and caused extensive property damage. City leaders vow rapid reconstruction while funeral services are planned as hospitals brace for continued influx of patients.
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Woodward
Okla
Saliona Dene Tor Pias
Oklahome
Lexus
Oklahoma
Adaitionel
dUrec
Higgins
Texas
Glazer
Gage
Oka
Hanhandie
Oeotley
Eetrue Taru
Fost Sivtema
Pemain Ue
Ita
George Trege
Jack Courtney
Ro AL Hoch
Oklahoma City
Amarillo
Dallas
Vorch
Public Safety
Paul Reed
Dent City
Adhonls
R. B. Rossel
Inoka
Neauford H. Jester
Washington
Tom Connally
Tex
Fucene Worley
Court Order Ends Picket Line and Restores Oklahoma City Bus Service
A district court order by Judge A. Bowen Meter dissolved the picket line started by the Oklahoma Transportation Co Brotherhood of Railroad Trainsmen which halted streetcar and bus service yesterday. Today buses and streetcars resumed nominal schedules as the line collapsed and service resumed after 12 hours of paralysis.
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Oklahoma City
Busea Ang
Qanoon Persorna
Parte Transportation System
Oklshoma Transportation Co
Brotherhood of Railroad
Oklahoma Railway Co. Earharn
A. Boven Meter
Hus Daeres
Tne Wis
Military news and wedding notices from wartime era
Report that includes service milestones for Kenneth Jabier and John Cotter, honors for Seaman A Zappale in a Navy crossing of the equator aboard the USS Fresno, and a Uruguay inauguration invitation. Also notes Richard A Barber attending Miss Mary Shaw and William Branton's wedding at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kansas City with Miss Margaret Roe Written Bewits as maid of honor.
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A. Zappale
Clase
Lawrence
Fresno
Zappalo
Montevieda
United States
Thomas Bearreta
Uruguay
Richard A. Barber
Mary Shaw
Incidence
William Coleman Branton
Grace and Holy ‘Trinity Cathedral
Kaneat City
Margaret Roe
Ashington
D.C
Wiles
Baker Relays Invitees Promise Strong 22nd Carnival
Baker University in Baldwin Kansas invites about 200 high school athletes from Kansas and Missouri to the 22nd Baker Relays on April 26. National federation approvals boost entries, with Kansas City and statewide schools planning to compete. Johnson of Lawrence aims for field marks, while Topeka and Wichita East seek to defend or improve their relay standings. Les Warren of Kansas City Me will start the meet.
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Journal-World
Baldwin
Kan
Karl Spear
Baker University
Kansas
Missouri
National Federation of High School Athletic Associations
Missouri High School Athletic Association
Baker
Kansan City
Kansas City
Wyandotte
Shawnee Mission
Argentine
Rosedale
Topeka
Wichita
Lawrence
Ottawa
Johnson
Wichita East
Les Warren
Deaths and Funerals Carrie Cox obituary
Mrs. Carrie Elmira Cox, aged 83 years, died early this morning at the home of son Lee Cox. Funeral services will be held at the Rumsey funeral home at 2 p.m. Tuesday, conducted by Rev. W. P. Ames of Clinton Presbyterian church. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Surviving are two sons Glen Cox of Lawrence and Lee Cox of the home, four grandchildren, one great grandchild, and a brother B. G. Joiner of Independence.
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Carrie Cox
Carrie Elmira Cox
Aon
Lee Cox
Rumsey Funeral Home
W. P. Ames
Clinton, Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill
Glen Cox
Lawrence
B. G. Joiner
Independence
Hindu Leaders Discuss Indian Empire in Radio Interview
WREN broadcasts International Conversation from 2 30 to 2 o clock tomorrow featuring Arden Hooth in a special interview with Dr Chandra Sekhar, Hindu leader who spoke to University of Kansas students earlier this week. The transcription was made Friday night in WREN studios before Dr Chantra Sekhara Uapadure left Lawrence for Kansan engagements. The discussion centers on an Indian view of empire.
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WREN
Arden Hooth
Chandra Sekhar
Peries
University of *Kansas
Chantra Sekhara Uapadure
Lawrence
Miss Marthe Peterson to Visit Kansas High Schools
Miss Marthe Peterson, assistant dean of women at the University of Kansas, will tour the state next week to talk with senior girls at several high schools about housing options, sorority rules, and university attendance details. Her itinerary includes visits to Linwood, Mansfield, Arkansas City, Calveridge, Wellington, Wichita, North, Newton, and other schools.
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Marthe Peterson
University of Kansas
Varinna
Miss Peterson
Pan-Hellenic Sociation
Tor High Ache
EU Linradath
Taeaday Mornin Manfield Hich
Arkansas City High School
Calverigh Schon
Wellington High
Wichita Finer
Wir North
Son Leh School
Newton High
Students Improve Reading Habits via Faults in Reading
Over 100 University of Kansas students enrolled in the Reading Clinic seven preliminary tests and were placed in remedial classes to boost speed and comprehension. Eye movement film reveals faulty habits. sessions total four hours, with remedial classes twice weekly for a month. The clinic charges nothing and all who finish improve, some nearly doubling speed and understanding.
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University of Kansas
Truman Flies Home for A Week End With Mother
President Truman departed at 7 10 a m in his personal plane to spend the weekend with his mother in Missouri. He said crises remain as numerous as in Roosevelt's day and noted his third year in office. Accompanying him were Charles G. Ross Matthew Connolly Mign Rose Conway and Major Barry H K Vaughan.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Roosevelt
Charlex G. Rosa
Matthew Connelly
Mign Rose Conway
Barry HK. Vaughn
Missing Rita Mae Skinner Reunited With Parents After Tornado
Oklahoma City April 12 Three year old Rita Mae Skinner injured in the Woodward tornado, with two broken legs, was identified and reunited with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Skinner after two days in hospital. The family had been separated when the storm hit and Rita Mae was moved to Crippled Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. Her grandmother Mrs J Warren, Medicine Lodge, cares for four Skinner children.
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Olahoma City
Rita Mae Skinner
Woodward
Oklamna
Henry Skinner
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Rita Mae
Tornado anniversary recalled in Lawrence Journal World copy
Lawrence residents mark the 36th anniversary of the April 13 1911 tornado which killed two and damaged property including the paper mill and ice plant. The unrest and flood measures at Kaw River, plus local Kiwanis activities and Army recruiting office moves, are noted alongside a vivid reminiscence by Phil Wight about the Journal World’s tornado front page.
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Phil W. Wight
Tennessee Street
Journal- World
Journal-World
Lawrence
Homer
West Lawrence
North
Joe Sullivan
Ethel Wheeler
Journal-World Ovmed
Wight
United States Army
National Guard
J. M. Mot
State National Guard
Alumni secretary Ellsworth to visit alumni nationwide
Monday night Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the University of Kansas alumni association, will leave tomorrow for a two week trip to visit alumni across the country. Stops include Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, New York, Cleveland, and St. Louis where alumni meetings will be conducted.
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Fred Ellsworth
University of Kansas’ Alumni Association
Ellsworth
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
New York City
Cleveland
St. Louis
Records reveal Hitler feared the B 29s during final days
Frankfurt Germany April 12 uP Adolf Hitler feared the American B 29 Super Fortress bomber in the war’s last months and distrusted his own V weapons. Secret wartime transcripts released by U S Army show Hitler telling colleagues January 11 that the B 29 could be Germanys destruction and would soon appear in Europe, alarming him more than Allied armies.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Adolf Hitler
U. S. Army
Hitler
Herman Goering
Et al
Europe
Market News Kansas City Livestock Apr
Kansas City livestock market notes weak to steady week with calves salable and cattle prices mixed. Slaughter steers and heifers steady. cows, bulls, and yearlings show selective gains. feeders steady to higher. week supplies leaner with some premium cattle and odd lots fetching higher prices. Sheep and lambs uneven. chopper demand weak while good wooled ewes and rams show limited activity.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Oy Pachern
Owen
Aklya
Elbse
Juri
Owens
Gawd
Chuieg
Job seeking drops at KSES office in Alva slump
Walter T. Johns reports 494 job applicants for the week ending April 11, the lowest this year, with 4234 unemployment applications filed and 176 World War I veterans seeking compensation. Only 17 applicants were placed with employers as telephone canvassing slowed. Openings exist for 88 men and 31 women.
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Walter T. Johns
KSES
Johns
Ineul
Easter Weekend Notices From Eudora Residents
Eudora residents spent the holiday weekend visiting family and friends across towns including Sarna Lawrence Gardner and Wellsenle. Easter dinners featured guests from Tacoma Kaw Valley and Kansas City with social gatherings at homes of the Evans and Treuts families. Local events included a birthday dinner in Dedinan, plans for Poppy Day observance, and the Kaw Valley Unit of Legion Auxiliary meeting with prizes awarded.
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Thaver
Eudora
Apa
Tull
Arena
Aecen
Hess All Dragstore
Tate Hoa
Waite
Church Street
Chariie Trewn
Gardner
Mro
Marti
Abel
Kansas
Urutawick
Mite
Qurr
Gua Evander
Judy
Evander
Hettin
Max Moo Meader
Eta
Mirvite
Liteaun
Venter Cirrarnty
Kredt
Mell
Pela Nise
Frigide
Budark
Ciardyer Wi Witney
Retariel
Manion
Cain
Mtv
Woerren Morey
Wana
Mint
Riiitay
Mendora
J. L. Holliger
JW. Finllieter
Kansas Ciy
Hollister
Mra
Frank
Karen
Kanena
Holliater
Kaw Valley Unit of Legion Auxiliary
Dtre
Nora Trets
Ar Dulig
Bicycle theft report near Haskell Stadium
Marvin Pohl reports a red bicycle stolen from Haskell Stadium last night. The bicycle has a front wheel carrier basket and was taken to the sheriff's office.
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Marvin Pohl
Vermont Street
Haskell Stadium
Pohl
Douglas County Tuberculosis Board Meets Monday at 4
The Board of the Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association will convene at 4 o clock Monday afternoon in the office of treasurer C Lane to discuss association matters and financial oversight.
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T.B. Board
Douglas County Tuberculosia and Health Association
Stock Market Wrap and Death Notice Feature
Apr 12 stocks show mixed close as market overall declines with fractions dropped from early gains. Also memorial obituary honors cherished sister and daughter remembered by family, describing her loving nature and lasting companionship.
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Vaart Po Shut
Charles E. Shut
Mi Citia Atteel
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Atchenya Teaboat Center
Great Laken
Kenneth Paul Jabier
Tink Mra
John J. Cotter
Waldwin
Fort Wrage
Japan
Plass
Kenneth ix
Judg Advocate
Bind Airborne
Towinee
HINDU
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State
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Renchman
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Louvre
Sane
Fred Cox
Western Union
Grandview
Harry S. Truman
Kiwanis Club
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J.Q
Ralph Graber
Robert Wood
Bennett Smith
Lypt F. K
Novotny
Chamber of Commerce
Kaw
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Main Street
Santa Fe
J.C. Harper
Gilbert
Dees
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Central Park
Fuhrer Hitler
New York
Wall Steel
Mhiway
Thrasen
de Breeia
Motors
Lanala
Ant Aude
Pranent
Mrs
Ray Love
Pawie
Rees
Phelps
Lawrence Loan & Finance CO
Howard Rothwell
Decker-Keys CO
Mass
L.t.harrisco
Bill's Grill
Ms Cagney Bee
Nanas
Granada
NIST
The
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Boo Mins
Wright Way
Earl Wright
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