Mosaic disease not positively confirmed at State College
Claude Li Ki and K State technicians report inconclusive tests on mosaic in wheat from Douglas County. Eastern and western mosaic types differ in range and severity. no cure exists for the western form. Environmental and nutritional factors may influence yellowing, with greenhouse tests needed for exact distinction.
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Claude Li
Tees
Douglas
Kstate
Kansas
Douglas County
Local kerosene blaze causes heavy damage in garage
A kerosene pump ignited during welding at Ed Harris garage on 1102 St yesterday around 4 p.m. No injuries were reported though the garage windows cracked and a large transport truck suffered heavy damage. Fire Chief Paul Ingels estimated the loss, with a burned arm noted in the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Harris
Paul Ingels Garris
Intellor
Deaths and Funerals of L. Duha Dunn in Brush
L. Duha Dunn 7 died April 112 in Brush Colorado. He formerly lived in Lecompton and operated a Lecompton filling station from 1925 to 1940. He was father of Mrs Dora Worley of 829 R I St and husband of the home the surviving relatives include six children, four sons serving in the forces at Camp McCoy, and Betty Jean Worley. Burial and funeral services were held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dohs L. Duha
John L. Dunn
Brush
Colo
Lecompton
Dora Worley
R. I. St
Jim Colorado
Sixjoth Drew
Jack Worley
Camp McCoy
Charles Worley
Robert Worley
Betty Jean Worley
Topekan Wins Tap Prize For Flood Photo
Topeka photographer Harold V. Lyle won first prize in Region 7 of the National Press Photographers Association Britannica competition for his flood scene on the Kaw River. The awards were announced at a three day KU photography school and regional judges included Life Magazine’s Ray Markland and NPPA’s Joseph Costa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold V. Lyle
Topeka
National Press
Phers
Association
Britta
Kaw Valley
Jan Heslop
Aie
The
Desert News
Salt Lakes City
Ulan
William Allen White
University of Kansas
Ray Markland
Picture i
Life Magazine
Joseph Costa
Cairman
Boar of Directors
NPPA
King Features Syndique
Armitage
Quick Magazines
de Ton W. Marvin
Heslop
Evanston
Wyo
Ind
K.U
Cyclopaedia Britannica
Commencement Address At State Teachers College
Dr. Den of Oklahoma will deliver the commencement address at State Teachers College. Dr. David L. MacFarlane, president of the college, will participate in the ceremony with Cross in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporiar
Den
Oklahoma
State Teachers College
David L. MacFarlane
Dent
Cross
Ee Sity
Court Orders Board to Hear Petition by Barbers
The Kansas Supreme Court ordered the state board for barber examiners to hear a petition from barbers in Gray, Ford, Kiowa, Meade, and Comanche Counties seeking a raise in minimum hair cut charges from 50 to 75 cents. Barbers from 15 towns said the board ignored their May 1 request and appealed to the court for a hearing by May 17, noting the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soewy
Kansas
State Board For
Barber Examiners
Southwest
Bart
Gray
Ford
Kiowa
Meadeck
Comanche
Latt
Missouri River flood threatens Weston and Leavenworth homes
Water from a breached levee filled the highway three miles north of Weston and invaded cottages on the lakefront. In Leavenworth the Missouri River rose to flood two streets while workmen clear river drift. the Leavenworth bridges remained open and reservoirs held a three day supply as authorities caution residents to conserve water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri State Fish Hatchery
Jomer Duncan
Kopplin
Duncan
Weston
Missouri River
Leavenworth
Federal
Honor Farm
Platte County
Local Residents Named in Baldwin and Sunflower Areas
A Long list of residents from Baldwin Sunflower Eudora and nearby towns appears with several people identified by full names and addresses. The notice also records two births: a son born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Richard Funk Route 2 and a son born today to Mr and Mrs eo Newman Baldwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Funk
Route 2
Eo Newman
Baid_ win
Teens and Hi Y Name Officers For Next Year
Elections were held yesterday at Liberty Memorial High School for Teens and Hi Y groups. Teens officers include President Lois Edwards, vice-president Shirley Kent, secretary Charlotte Martin, treasurer Peggy Maddox. Hi Y officers include President Frank Slack, vice-president Norman Burnett, secretary Bob Endacott, treasurer Wesley Creamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Memorial High School
Girls' Christian Organization
Lois Edwards
Shirley Kent
Charlotte Martin
Peggy Maddox
Organization For Boys
Frank Slack
Norman Burnett
Bob Endacott
Wesley Creamer
Fugitives Escape Cheatham County Jail in Ashland City
Two inmates fled Cheatham County Jail Friday in Ashland City after prying levers from cell doors. Otis Hutson, 21, one leg on crutches from a recent wreck, and Eddie Beasley, 23, missing an arm from a past accident, are charged with highway robbery and awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland City
Tenn.r
Brice Bradley
Cheatham County
Otis Hutsom
Eddie Beasley
Bradley
Gets State Charter Topeka i Clark's Creek Watershed Association
Junction City group earns non profit Kansas charter from secretary of state with Lee Hornbaker as resident agent to develop water and soil conservation for the area. General Swift says Major Ira P. Swift in Korea reassigned to command Sixth Corps at Camp Atterbury Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Clark's Creek
Swift
Chicago
Fifth Army
Ira P. Swift
25Th Infantry
Korea
Sixth Corps
Camp 1 Atterbury
Ind
Red Amaryllis Display At Local Gas Office
Lawrence news notes a hybrid Amaryllis with deep red blooms in the gas company window belonging to S. M. Amyx. Red Cross volunteers are urged to submit canvass reports and funds to the Community Building office as the drive continues. Also reported are itinerant person day at Liberty Memorial High School, fund contributions split between Cancer Fund and Packages for India, CARE seed and books, early dismissal for Kansas Relays, and George Francis of 900 O. St receiving a commission as second lieutenant in Company H, 237th Infantry, Kansas National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Pitstals
Liberty Memorial High School
Cancer Fund
India
Theansas
George Francis
O. St
Lawrence
237Th Infantry
Kansas National Guard
Acquittal for Lake Charles Newsmen in Gambler Probe
Five Lake Charles American Press journalists including Kenneth Dixon and Thomas Shearman were acquitted of defaming 16 public officials and three gamblers. Judge Bernard Cocke endorsed press rights to criticize officials while noting officials may act as they wish. Dixon’s editorial “Legal Double Talk” targeted local gambling law enforcement.
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Lake Charles
Laim
Frisiay
Bernard Cocke
Kenneth Dixon
Thomas Shearman
William Hugh Shearman
James Norton
Carter George
Dixon
Melvin Wetherill
Wetherill
Calcasieu Parish
Tudge Cocke
Sanitary Engineering Meet Opens at Kansas University
Eighty engineers registered for the second annual Conference on Sanitary Engineering at the University of Kansas. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy welcomed attendees as John R. Baylis Tr., Hayse H. Black of Cincinnati and A. B. Middleton of Philadelphia spoke. The event is sponsored by Kansas professional engineers, the States Division of Sanitation, and University Extension. A related Kansas Relays visit is planned for Memorial Stadium tomorrow.
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University of Kansas
Franklin D. Murphy
K. U
John R. Baylis
Chicago
Hayse H. Black
Cincinnati
A. B. Middleton
Philadelphia
Professional Engineers of Kansas
Division of Sanitation
State Board of Health and
University _ Extension
Memorial Stadium
U S Army in Germany To Lose Free Servants
Bonn report says the U S high commission will cut 45 million dollars annually from army bills in Germany. Non commissioned officers to generals lose thousands of free servants as special excursion trains cheap rail fares and army club privileges are abolished. The change follows a clash between the State and Defense Departments over occupation privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Germany
U. S. High Commission
State Department
Defense Department
Mother and five children die in Pennsylvania fire
In Huntingdon County a mother Mrs Helen Banks and her five children Donna Mae Mary Catherine Althea Margaret Bonnie Lou and Carol Ann died in a Mapleton Depot fire. Firemen said the father Robert a railroad laborer started the blaze by lighting a stove and left for work.
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Huntingdon
Mapleton Depot
Helen Banks
Donna Mae
Mary Catherine
Althea Margaret
Bonnie Lou
Carol’ Ann
Robert
Pennsylvania Railroad
New Freight Increases For Rails in By May 2
The newly authorized railroad freight rate increases will go into effect May 2, with grains rising May 17. The rail industry completed the filing of notices with the Interstate Commerce Commission, setting those effective dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Uf
Interstate Commerce Cerna
Lindquist to visit Indian schools and missions on southwest trip
E G Lindquist plans a month long journey visiting Indian schools and missions in the south west and Pacific coast. He will speak at the 50th anniversary of Sherman Institute Riverside California and represent the National Council of Churches. He will also attend meetings with the Society for Propagating the Gospel among Indians in North America in Boston in May, marking the society’s 165th anniversary and his 25th year as field representative. Former Lawrence residents McKinley H. Warren Frank Jennings and Ray A. Busden are noted as current officers or members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. E. Lindquist
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Phoenix
Cook Training School Board of Trustees
Chilocca
Oklahoma
Sherman Institute
Riverside
California
Lindquist
National Council of Churches
Westertt
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Society For Propagating the Gospel
North America
Boston
Pioneer Society
Lawrence
McKinley H. Warren
K. U
Haskell Ymca
Frank Jennings
First Baptist Church
Ray A. Busden
Plymouth Congregational Church
New England Society
Missionary Society
America
Relays heat and high school meet fill Kansas Stadium
Kansas Relays finals begin with 120 yard hurdles as Kansas Track Captain Bob DeVinney and Jack Greenwood compete. Coffeyville queen Lucy Liebert will be crowned as 1,500 athletes from Kansas high schools contest the 48th annual Interscholastic Relays at Memorial Stadium with about 1,500 prep athletes and 2,000 spectators in attendance.
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Kansas
Bob DeVinney
Jack Greenwood
Misa Lucille Liebert
Coffeyville
Livestock prices Mixed as Hogs Sheep Test Market
In New York Railroads and steel shares led a Friday stock rebound from a mixed early tone. Hog prices show uneven handling with No 1 and No 2 offerings quoted around 15.7 to 17.0 per cwt and several lots at higher fat weights. R sow and stag prices weaken while sheep remain small in supply as buyers test market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Steels
Conoco completes Franz service station remodel grand re opening
Lawrence Conoco marked the second of three remodeling projects with a grand re opening at the Franz Service Station at 9th and N Streets. L. E. Stuart Ben Benson and Mel Franz reported a strong turnout and high gasoline sales potential despite Easter break for University of Kansas students. Over 5 000 invitations were sent for the event as Conoco plans further modernization across 300 stations in 100 districts.
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Lawrence
Conoco
Franz
9Th
N. H. Sts
Missouri
Kansas
Buchelm Conoca
19Th
Mass. Sts
Ind
L. E. Stuart
Kansas- Missouri
Franz Station
Ben Benson
Bath
Kansas University
Mel Franz
Stuart
Benson
Faulkner Relays Team Member to Speak at Church
Abilene Christian College athlete Paul Faulkner of Abilene Texas will speak Sunday night at 8 at the Church of Christ 1501 N H St His talk titled Running the Christian Race precedes his javelin event and title defense in pole vault The final lecture in the Fifth Annual Lawrence Lectures series began Monday with Don Morris of Abilene Christian College giving Christian Education for couples Local high school students are staying with church families led by Rev W Taylor Carter for the event
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Paul Faulkner
Abilene
Tex
Abilene Christian College
Church of Christ
N. H. St
Faulkner
theroreWis
Don Morris
Cople
W. Taylor Carter
Thompson wins Legion oratorical contest in Kansas City
Cliff Thompson of Kansas City won the American Legion oratorical contest Friday for Section C, comprising 12 Midwestern states, after winning the Kansas regional at Omaha with a speech on Our Constitution Insurance for Liberty. Also, the Fairmont Improvement Association will meet April 22 at 7 30 p m at Howard Hargrove 1225 Prairie Street for officer elections. Records indicate silk industry existed in China before 2000 B C.
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Kansas City
Cliff Thompsson
Kas
American Legion
Mid-West
Thompson
Kansas
Omaha
Fairmont Association
Fairmont Triprovement Association
Howard Hargrove
Prairie St
Fairfax
Belmont Additions
New Store Manager at Montgomery Ward in Junction City
Elmer E. Whitchurch becomes the Montgomery Ward store manager in Junction City arriving from Junction City where he has worked 28 months with the firm. The 29 year old native of Beaver attended Colorado University and served four years in the Navy in the Pacific. He has a wife and 4 year old son and will relocate family once a home is found. Whitchurch is active in Kiwanis Christian Church AMVETS and the local Country Club.
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Elmer E. Whitchurch
Junction City
Montgomery Ward
Lee Nmemerling
Varfarnia
Whitchurch
Topeka
Beaver
Colorado University
Boulder
Pacific
Ife
Michael
Anatomy Professor Quits For Federal Agency Post
Dr Samuel W Lesher longtime anatomy professor at the University of Kansas resigns to join the U S Department of Agriculture Division of Animal Husbandry as a histochemist and embryologist in a poultry research lab. He will report May 5 to East Lansing Michigan to study X ray effects on hatchability and chick sterility. He earned a Ph D at the University of Washington and taught at Oregon State College and the University of Illinois. The Lesher family lives near the Watt place north of the Lawrence Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Lesher
University of Kansas
Lesher
University of Washington
Stattle
Oregon State College
Corvallis
Ore
University of Illnois
Champaign
Watt Place
Lawrence Country Club
Lawrence
50 Year Prison Term For Kidnapper In Federal Case
Campbell an ex-convict pleaded guilty in Federal Court Friday to kidnapping a 12 year old Jasper Missouri girl. Judge Albert A Ridge sentenced him to 50 years. He was arrested in San Antonio Texas February 13 and returned for indictment. FBI said he abducted Miss Flasta Lyons daughter of a Jasper tavern owner and took her across state lines into Kansas. She was recovered in Webb City Missouri the next morning.
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City
Warren Lee Canal
Los Angeles
Jasper
Albert A. Ridge
Campbell
San Antonio
Tex
FBI
Flasta Lyons
Kansas
Webb City
Market News At a Glance From Kansas City Markets
Market news shows stocks advancing led by rails while bonds demand remains firm. Hogs move higher with gains near 25 to 40 cents and tops around 17.50, and wheat and corn show weakness with liquidation and limited shipping. Local Kansas City prices list eggs butter poultry and cash grain with varied class prices and futures quotes for wheat corn oats and soybeans.
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Kansas City
Cards of Thanks for Kindness and Sympathy
Lula Lotz thanks friends for cards flowers and calls during illness Your kindness and sympathy are deeply appreciated The Had t Family thanks relatives neighbors and friends for cards flowers and acts of kindness at the death of their son Pfe Lester Stahl Thanks chaplain Forbes Air Base and American Legion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Lula Lotz
Pfe
Lester Stahl
Forbes Air Base
American Legion
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