Intimidation Rum Spurs Senate Probe on Foreign Project
The Senate investigations subcommittee widens its probe into a Pakistan grain storage contract dispute involving the Agricultural Construction Co of Los Angeles Tacco and the Columbian Steel Tank Co. The case centers on bid amounts and alleged intimidation of FOA official Howard P Morrigan as Stassen plans to reopen bidding.
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Washington
California
Senate
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Harold E. Stassen
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stassen
Pakistan
FOA
Tacco
Tacc
FDA
V. C. Pettit
Taco
Congress
Thefts of morphine at Lawrence Memorial Hospital probe continues
State and local investigators pursue an armed robbery at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in which morphine tablets were stolen. A supervisor, a nurse, and a nurse's aide were held at gunpoint before the suspect escaped. Police say the culprit likely came from outside the city and a similar crime may recur."}
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
John Hazelet
Lawrence
Hazelet
Astate
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Pinckney Pre School Roundup Sponsored by PTA
The Pinckney Pre School Roundup starts at 2 30 p m Monday in the school gym with tea to follow. Mothers of children entering kindergarten in the fall are urged to attend this information meeting. The New York PTA meets for the last time this year at 7 30 Thursday in the school. The program includes installation of officers and a circus presented by kindergarten pupils. The McAlister PTA meets at 7 30 p m on April 21.
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Pinckney
PTA
New York
Anta-all How To Make Ants Feel Unwanted
A playful spoof article from the Schwine Kitzenger Institute offers steps to deter pantry ants. It suggests polite removal, then aggressive methods such as jamming and trapping, followed by poison powder to drive ants away and deter future visits.
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Schwine-Kitzenger Institute
Anta
K U Professors Reflect On Careers And Future
Longtime Kansas University officials including Stouffer Davis and Jones discuss retirement plans and the university’s growth. Each reflects on their happiest times at K U, the idea of enforced retirement at 70, and hopes for a stronger faculty and wider lifetime impact on students.
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Stouffer
K. U
Davis
Kansas
Harvard
America
Jones
K-U
Baker U English chair resigns for Humboldt State College
Dr Clarence J Kulishek chair of English at Baker University Baldwin resigns at term end to join Humboldt State College Arcata California. He joined Baker in 1948 from Seattle and authored several literary criticism articles in national journals. The National Geographic Society notes tag hide and seek and blind man's bluff as world known games.
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Clarence J. Kulishek
Baker University
Baldwin
Humboldt State College
Arcata
Calif
Kulisheck
Baker
Seattle
Wash
National Geographic Society
Fake Admiral Arrest Sparks Uniform Fraud Case
Federal agents arrested 52 year old longshoreman Arthur Hunt on charges of illegally wearing a rear admirals uniform. Hunt admitted the stars were from a motorcycle jacket and said he wore the ribbons as campaign looting to impress a prospective employer.
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New York
FBI
Arthur Hunt
Hunt
Uni
Gorman's Inc Considers Lawrence Store Move
Gorman's of Kansas City may locate a Lawrence store after buying Sterling Furniture. Sterling stock valued at 50 000 moved to Gorman's German owner Bernard Firestone arranged the deal. Sterling, founded 1907, suffered a 1954 fire loss of 50 000 and had remodeled after the blaze.
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Gorman's Inc
Kansas City
Lawrence
Sterling Furniture Co
Gorman’s
910
Mass
Sterling
C. J. Eriksen
Eriksen
Furniture
Firestone
Deaths and Funerals Passages of Charles E Pitts and Lela Smith
Charles E Pitts a retired Presbyterian minister of East Orange New Jersey died at home after a long illness He and his wife lived in Lawrence during the 1940s He is survived by his wife three daughters and a son Mrs J M Osma of 1001 Me St Funeral services and burial will be in Richmond Lela Smith of Richmond Missouri died Friday night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital She visited her sons Sherman and Thomas Smith of 1216 Prospect St and became ill Surviving relatives include two more sons Raymond of Oregon and Hugo of Richmond Mo three daughters Evelyn Kennedy of Yakima Washington Belva Jeffers and Mary O Dell of Richmond a brother Jim Warren Excelsior Springs Missouri a sister Myrtle Foley of Florida Twenty grandchildren and two great grandchildren Also funeral services and burial will be at Richmond.
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Charles E.pitts
Charles E. Pitts
East Orange
N. J
Lela Smith
Richmond
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Sherman Smith
Thomas Smith
Prospect St
Raymond Smith
Oregon
Hugo Smith
Evelyn Kennedy
Yakima
Wash
Belva Jeffers
Mary O'Dell
Jim
Warren
Excelsior Springs
Myrtle Foley
Florida
Brahms Requiem Next Sunday at Trinity Church
The Trinity Episcopal Church choir will perform Brahms Requiem sung in English with orchestra at 4 p m Sunday. Dr Elin Jorgensen conducts the choir and G Criss Simpson plays organ with a long listing of choir members and vocal sections.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Brahms
Elin Jorgensen
G. Criss-Simpson
Theo Ericcson
Connie
Eichelberger
J. P. Hesler
Elizabeth Townsley
Susai~ Woodstuff
Elaine Tuggle
Robert Zillcox
Judy Anderson
Judy Cotton
David Hagar
Clayton Krehbiel
Edward Nelson
William Paden
Georgette Spears
James Wortham
Corlett Cotton
Harry Hunt
Jerald Stone
Edward Kindley
Warren Alexander
Fred Bisshopp
Charles Braswell
Bob Ellsworth
Ned Magrath
Charles 1Oldisthers
Labor Strikes Hit CIO CWA Waves Across Nine States
News Strike continues as law enforcement joins the investigation of the derailment. CIO CWA walkouts affect nine states with an undetermined number of union workers striking. Nearby Birmingham authorities end a 25,000-strong sympathy walkout, while cables are cut in Atlanta Birmingham Rome and connections to Miami Key West Havana are disrupted. Wildcat rail walkouts threaten Bethlehem Lackawanna and Ford stamping plants, with about 400 railway workers involved.
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CIO Communications Workers of America
Southern Bell Telephone Co
CIO United
Atlanta
Birmingham
Rome
Miami
Fla
Key West
Havana
Cuba
Southern Bell
Beon
CWA
South Buffalo
Buffalo
N.Y
Bethlehem Lackawanna
Ford Motor Co
Bethlehem
Ford
Brotherhood of Railway
Plant Expansion Plans Contingent on Water Use
Officials weigh whether to use remaining funds for sewer expansion or water facilities after one summer without restrictions. If demand rises, two spare filter boxes at the new plant could be added and a main extended to 8th and Ky. Sis. at an estimated 160000 dollars, with capacity doubling to 14 million gallons daily in future by adding two more sedimentation basins at about 200000 dollars.
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Pace 2
8Th and
Ky. Sis
Orchestra Entertains at Topeka State Hospital
The K Sharps dance orchestra led by Jim Neihart entertained patients at Topeka State Hospital Friday night under the Douglas County Red Cross Chapter. Members included Russell Settle David Gustafson Max Lucas Floyd Chronister and Pamela Beezely with Mrs Eugene Smallberg and Mrs Ralph Wilson as hospital entertainment chairs. After the United States purchased the Danish West Indies in 1917 the territory was renamed the Virgin Islands.
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K-Sharps
Jim Neihart
Topeka State Hospital
Douglas County
Red Cross Chapter
Russell Settle
David Gustafson
Max Lucas
Floyd Chronister
Pamela Beezely
Eugene Smallberg
Ralph Wolfson
Hospital Entertainment
Ped Cross
Nippon Landslide Kills Up To Sixty In Sasebo Japan
Torrential rains loosened soil as landslide roared into Sasebo killing as many as 60 people. Police reported 15 to 25 houses buried, with 200 rescuers pulling three alive. Western Japan floods wiped bridges and damaged railways as officials warned of more slides.
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Tokyo
Sasebo
Japan
Asebo
Neasaki
Metropolian
Kyodo
Kyushu
Honshu
Hodges Returns To KU Alumni Grid For 1948 Season
Lawrence native and former KU football tackle Warren Hodges, 32, has rejoined the KU Alumni grid squad, aiming to play before a three year Army deployment to Greece. Hodges, assigned to Ft. Leavenworth, says he chose to return now before potential ineligibility.
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Warren Hodges
Kansas University
Lawrence
K. U
Modges
Greece
Army
Hodges
Command and General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Topeka men face murder charges after alleged shooting
Two Topeka men are charged with murder for an incident in which Shields was shot during an attempted robbery. The report also notes a colorful turquoise airplane seen over Lawrence piloted by Marvier Srn a former KU football player and Beech Aircraft employee visiting for a KU Alumni game.
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Topeka
Shields
Lawrence
Marvier Srn
K.U
Small
South
Alabama
Beech Aircraft Corp
Wichita
CAA
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Family in Lawrence Loses All Possessions to Fire
A Lawrence family lost all possessions when their home burned Friday evening. Lloyd Reusch, returning from shopping, found the house gutted. Fire Chief Miller tied the blaze to faulty wiring, with damage around $1 200 to the Gauck home. A second fire later at Archie Morris’s 1205 E 13th St. caused little damage.
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Lawrence
Lloyd Edward Reusch
Ark St
John Miller
Henry Gauck
Miller
Archie Morris
E. 13Th St
Douglas U N Banquet Monday Night at K U
The Douglas County UNESCO council holds its annual dinner at 6 15 p m Monday in the Kansas Room Memorial Union Kansas University. Rev Oscar E Benny Kansas City minister and state UNESCO chairman will be speaker. Benny, a Rus sian native, came to the United States as a youth. His wife is Helen Lindquist of Lawrence.
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Douglas County Council
The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Kansas
Kansas, University Memorial Union
Oscar E. Benny
Kansas City
State Commission For Unesco
Benny
Russia
Helen Lindquist
Lawrence
Worthwhile Reading in The Christian Science Monitor
An advertisement promotes The Christian Science Monitor with Envin D Canham offering national and international news features. It invites readers in Boston to subscribe by mail using a coupon for a world class daily newspaper.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
Envin D. Canham
Boston
Dione Mystery Item Report From Local Ledger
A fragmented line hints at a local record from the city directory or notice page. readable bits point to a place name in the area and a dated entry referencing a transaction or action recorded by city officials. Further details are unclear.
County Council to elect officers at Monday meeting
County officers will be chosen for the coming year at Monday’s session. Entertainment will feature the Pi Phi sorority quartet and a German band formed by foreign students at KC Chavton Crasier 1.
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Pi Phi Sorority
Bam
KC Chavton Crasier 1
Memorial Hospital Births and Addresses Parade
At Memorial Hospital names and addresses appear with births and events. Implied entries include Imogene Hilton and baby, a daughter born Friday, and a daughter born today to Donald Grob and spouse at 1820 Ohio Street, plus numerous residents listed by street and town.
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Ivan Wooderson
Forest St
Donald Grob
Ohio St
Market News Kansas City cattle prices slide unevenly
udays market recap shows slaughter steers down to 100 under last close and cows mostly 4.00 lower. Vealers and kill cattle mixed with load lots at 120 loaded fed steers and prime categories. Feeder steers steady to strong with varied weights, heifers high to average, cows and bulls moving in narrower ranges.
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Kansas City
USDAY
Market Prices and Livestock Quotes Trade Summary
The notice lists livestock prices by category including calves steers yearlings and heifers with ranges from 14.00 to 24.00 for feeders and 17.00 to 20.00 for yearling cattle. Sheep lambs and hogs show declines with bulk barrows and gilts 17.00 to 75 and sows 14.00 to 15.00. Wheat oats kafir and poultry prices appear with regional market data and butteregg values. Canada caribou herds decline due to wolves disease and forage scarcity.
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Canada
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Adv
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W. L. Bunten
Godiland
Rice Memorial
B. A. Green Co
Methodist
Bunten
Nelson P. Horn
C. E. Kulisheck
Baker U
Gorman
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Danish West Indies
Virgin Islands
Nippon
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Vt. Sts
American Legion Baseball Committee
C. J. Posey
Weather Bureau Cooperative Observer
Mercury
Clarence L. {Boots} Shields
James Collins
Sat
Merle McClure
Roy Bledsoe
Donald Andrews
State Patrol
Eldon Miller
Carl Gray Jr
Gene Haley
Low Man
Charley Brown
Farmers Insurance Exchange Truck Ins
Exchange & Fire Insurance Exchange District Sales & Claims Office
Andy” Anderson
Norway Street
U.S. A
Adonitor
Memorial Hospital
Natalie Nesmith
Charles T. Russell
Verona McClelland
Sunflower
Johnson
Alice Pulliam
Murrow
Bertha Halstead
Tonganonie
Edna St. John
Cread Ave
Sadie Powell
Tonganoxie
Margaret Carlberg
Hor. I. St
Imogene Hilton
Larry Freeman
Robert Lea Pierson
Sid Ala
Sheila Zook
Perry St
George Stauffer
Helen Cobb
Ward Ave
Kyt Berry
Ohio Sty
Christine Kraft Lecompton
Cline Weary
Walnut St
DeSoto
Betty Mary
Baby Has
McLouth
K.C. Livestock
Sflowers
Insurance Company
Decker-Coy
Agency
Warren Decker
Bud Coy
Himsey
Funeral Home
Fred W.rumsey
Indiana
K.cr. Nelsonl
QSCAR
B. Rumsey
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