Red Cross meeting hears FAFB field director speak
Field Director for Forbes Air Base, William E. Thomas, spoke at the annual Red Cross gathering in Douglas County. He outlined Red Cross work, reported on Kansas chapter achievements, noted 378,000 Kansas Red Cross members and 278,000 Junior members, and highlighted training numbers. Nine directors were elected and directors' terms set. a film on Clara Barton followed the talk.
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FAFB
Red Cross
Forbes Air Base
Kansas
Douglas County
Carl Drake
Lawrence
Arley Flory
Wilton Spings Township
Charles Topping
Kanwaka Township
Henry Brinkman
Jack Starkey
Kenneth Whitenight
Baldwin
C. W. Robinson
Eudora
Ray Long
Wakarusa
Fred Isaacs
Kelvin Hoover
Herold G. Barr Cece
Seine HT
Walter Varnum
W. J. Adriance
Pete Edelbrock
Gene Burnett
E. L. Haynes
Karl Kreider
Earle Patton
Frank T. Stockton
W. C. Boardman
J. R. Edmonds
John Peters
Paul Turner
Hoyt Thomas
Clinton Township
Agnes Molder
Charles Gerstenberger
Clyde Husted
Grant Township
Frank Barnett
Palmyra Township
Lawrence Lamb
Clayton Dark
Lecompton Township
Francis Flory
Marion Township
Charles B. Taylor
Tom Yee
Kanas
Yee
Thomas
Gen
Matthew Ridgway
Korea
Ridgway
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
John Patton
Clarence Schaake
Forrest Springer
W.C. Boardman
A. T. Hodges
C. C. Ragan
Ragan
Lois Snider
Topeka
John Crown
DROODLES: Theatre Ushers Recruit for Popcorn Palaces
Roger Price notes that modern flashlight users are theatre ushers in dim balconies. They wear dog tags with age, rank, and battery expiration dates and receive flight pay and candy-counter training. The piece playfully urges readers to join the ushers with posters that promise seating for all.
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Shers
Radio City Music Hall
West Point
Radio City
Survival City Homes On Atomic Heights Describe Shelters And Utilities
The article lists multiple homes at 4700, 5500, 10500 and at least 15000 feet with furnishings to gauge heat burn resistance of fabrics. Six one story and four two story houses line Atomic Alley. Two homes have eight inch thick reinforced concrete bomb shelters. Electric power complexes with towers transformers and power poles serve those heights. Gas lines operate at one point. Radio gear and a suburban telephone switchboard are installed. Lines are expected to be busy at 5 20 a m come Tuesday.
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Atomic Alley
Memorial Hospital births and residents listed
At Memorial Hospital a list of patients and residents includes George Ogle 200 North St, Jeannette Harding Haskell, Mary Chumann 821 Th St Le Roy Siscoe 775 Walnut St, Roger Caine Sunflower, Donna Thompson 800 Miss St, Alice Peterson 8464 Mass St, A C James 440 Locust St, A H Dula 1330 Tenn St, baby boy Teague 400 Lexington Sunflower, Anita Wilson 746 N 5th St, Leda Scott 727 Ark St, Iris McKinney 1913 O St, Krebs Route 2, Edwin Turner Tonganoxie, Naomi Mitchell and baby girl 1106 Ohio St, Virginia Butler and baby girl Sunnyside, Emma Lewis and baby girl 1445 Prairie St, Ruth Ann Powell and baby boy 140732 Mass St, Mary W Baker and baby boy 5 West Wood Rd, Sandra Powers and baby girl 1130 Ky St, Dorothy Dougan Route 3, Lottie Rist and baby boy Route 2, Alice Pulliam and baby boy 912 Murrow Ct, Marion Olson and baby boy 1410 Prospect St.
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Donna Thompson
Miss. St
Alice Peterson
Mass. St
A. C. James
Locust St
A. H. Dula
Tenn. St
Teague
Lexington
Sunflower
Anita Wilson
N. 5Th St
Leda Scott
Ark. St
Iris McKinney
O. St
Valerie’ ‘Krebs
Edwin Turner
Tonganoxie
Naomi Mitchell
Ohio St
Virginia Butler
Sunnyside
Emma Lewis
Prairie St
Ruth Ann Powell
Mary W. Baker
Westwood Rd
Sandra Powers
Ky. St
Dorothy Dougan
Lottie Rist
Alice Pulliam
Murrow Ct
Marion Olson
Prospect St
Operators Post. Another Good Week for Oil
Operators posted another good week on Kansas oil and gas records, noting 95 new wells started and 102 completed. Among completions, 36 oil wells produced 11,993 barrels daily, 15 gas wells flowed 151,699,000 cubic feet daily, with 45 dry holes, 2 old wells worked over, 2 abandoned locations, and 2 salt water disposal wells. For the week ended Friday, 42 oil wells tested in prorated areas yielded 15,297 barrels a day, and 2 gas wells tested produced 1,498,000 cubic feet daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Oil and Gas
State Conservation Division
Bandleader Henry Busse Dies of Heart Ailment
MEMPHIS Tenn Henry Busse nationally known orchestra leader and trumpet player died of a heart ailment at a hotel. He was 61 and a resident of Los Angeles. Busse brought his orchestra to Memphis to play for a convention dance and was credited with originating the muted trumpet after starting with Paul Whiteman's band. He stayed with Whiteman for 10 years before forming his own orchestra.
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Memphis
Tenn
Henry Busse
Busse
Los Angeles
Paul Whiteman
Whiteman
10 Per Cent Set On Stock Buying
Washington D C investors must post at least 70 percent cash to buy stocks as the Federal Reserve Board raises margin requirements to curb credit use amid a rising market. The move, the second in four months, followed a January increase from 50 to 60 percent. Market reactions forecast a dip at reopening and partial recovery later. Margin accounts show margin debt at a 24 year high with $2.652 billion owed to brokers and $1.957 billion in loans to brokers and dealers in major markets. Senate witnesses urged higher margins to cool the boom and avert a bust.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
New York
Chicago
Senate Banking Committee
University Band Concert At Hoch Auditorium Sunday
The Kansas University concert band presents its spring concert Sunday at 3 30 p m in Hoch Auditorium directed by Prof Russell L Wiley with Raymond H Zepp as assistant. Featured works include Pageant by Persichetti Chorale and Alleluia by Hanson and Celebration Overture by Creston with solos by trombonist Warren George and mezzo soprano Carolyn Craft. A trumpet trio from Marysville Rolla and Cedar Vale performs along with Rimsky Korsakov trombone concerto and Bizet Habenera.
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Kansas University
Hoch Auditorium
Russell L. Wiley
Raymond H. Zepp
Vincent Persichetti
Chorale
Howard Hanson
Paul Creston
Warren George
Herbert L. Clarke
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Bateson and Mr Dalsing
Mrs Minnie Mae Bateson 80 died at her son Benjamin Bateson’s home in Tonganoxie. Lifelong Leavenworth County resident with three grandchildren. funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Christian Church of Tonganoxie Rev Ralph Erwin officiating. burial Hubbel Hill Cemetery. John Orville Dalsing 57 of 624 N 5th St died Friday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. Veteran WWI. survived by wife Clara Louise Dalsing two daughters and four sons, plus siblings. Funeral 9 a.m. Wednesday at St John’s Catholic Church with Msgr George Towle. burial Mt Calvary Cemetery. Rosary 8:30 Tuesday at Rumsey’s chapel.
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Minnie Mae Bateson
Benjamin F. Bateson
Tonganoxie
Leavenworth County
Christian Church of
Ralph Erwin
Hubbel Hill Cemetery
John Orville Dalsing
N. 5Th St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Liberty
Smiley Plumbing Co
Topeka
Clara Louise Dassing
Richard Payne
Ethelreda Dalsing
Clarence Dalsing
U. S. Air Force
Lake Charles
Herman Dalsing
St. John’s Catholic Church
Msgr
George Towle
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Rumsey
Petroleum Exhibit Rated Best at KU Exposition
The petroleum engineering display at the Engineering Exposition was judged best Friday night by a committee of 10 engineering students. Dean T. DeWitt Carr presented Ronald Justice, McPherson, chairman of the exhibit, the Sigma Tau trophy this morning in the dean's office. Second place went to the mining and metallurgical display and the mechanical engineering displays tied for third.
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T. DeWitt Carr
School of Engineering
Ronald Justice, McPherson
KU Graduate Charles Zimmerman Develops Plying Platform
Charles Zimmerman, a 1929 KU School of Engineering graduate, owns the basic patent on a new plying platform featured in a national magazine. He has also developed several other airplanes including the flying pancake fighter plane.
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Charles Zimmerman
K.U
Zimmerman
School of Engineering
K. U
Kansas Relays Weekend Buzz Hits Lawrence Crowd Control and News
Lawrence police managed crowds for the Kansas Relays while three Missouri visitors slept in a car after reporting by a Haskell night watchman. A Wichita visitor was arrested for drunkenness. A mass polio vaccination program for first and second graders starts Monday in three Lawrence schools and Lone Star with four medical teams. Weather stayed humid and breezy with 70s overnight and showers forecast for Eastern Kansas. Wes Santee aimed for a 1500 meters time and a 4 minute mile as Relays events unfolded, while his wife Donna Lou awaited the possible birth of their baby during the anniversary weekend.
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Lawrence
Winona Avenue
Haskell
Missouri
Wichita
Douglas County
Lone Star
Church of the Brethren
Cordiey School
East Heights
McAllaster School
Kansas
K. U
Wes Santee
Memorial Stadium
Bill Easton
Santee
Donna Lou
Wes
Young Republicans elect KU leaders at campus event
Ted Ice, a junior from Newton, is elected chairman of the Young Republicans at the University of Kansas. Virginia Delp, from Merriam, is vice chair. John J. Knightly, a Hutchinson freshman, is secretary. Richard Billings of Russell, a sophomore, becomes treasurer. Executive member at large is Donald F. Rowland of Ellis, with all students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences involved.
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Ted Ice
Kansas University
Newton
Young Republicans Club
K. U
Virginia Delp
Terrydale Road
Merriam
John J. Knightly
Hutchinson
Richard Billings
Russell
Donald F. Rowland
Ellis
Local Man Struck by Truck in Lawrence
A 14 year old Lawrence man identified as George Ogle was struck by a southbound two ton truck while crossing North Second Street Friday night. He was reported in good condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital with head lacerations multiple broken ribs and internal injuries. Driver Harold Johnson 43 of Kansas City KS said he slowed and blew his air horn but could not avoid the collision near the north city limit shortly before 8 pm.
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Lawrence
North Second Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
George Ogle
N. 2Nd St
Ogle
Harold
Johnson
Kansas City
Kas
Ogie
Allen and Murphy to Address Alumni Meetings
Dr. Forrest C. Allen will address an alumni gathering at 6 30 p m Tuesday at the Country Club in Leavenworth. He will speak. On Friday Chancellor Franklin D Murphy will speak at 6 30 p m in the LeChateau Restaurant St Louis Mo to alumni.
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Forrest C. Allen
Country Club
Leavenworth
Allen
Franklin D. Murphy
St. Louis
LeChateau
Scouts to Plant Six Oaks at 4-H Fair Grounds
At 4 30 Monday afternoon Troop 3052 of the First Methodist Church will hold a tree setting ceremony at the 4 H Fair grounds. They will plant six pin oak trees south of the lake as the start of a picnic grounds improvement.
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First Methodist Church
Class to Visit K. C. For Accounting Systems Trip
Kansas University accounting systems students will visit Kansas City Missouri Thursday to study business machines in operation within company accounting systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Kansas City
Editors Elect ASNE Leaders At Annual Meeting
Kenneth MacDonald of the Des Moines Register & Tribune was elected ASNE president succeeding James Pope of the Courier Journal. Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Tulsa Tribune becomes first vice president, Virginius Dabney of Richmond Times-Dispatch is second vice president, George Healy Jr. of New Orleans Times-Picayune re-elected secretary, James R. Wiggins of Washington Post and Times-Herald treasurer. New board members named are Fred Christopherson of Sioux Falls Argus-Leader and Charles A. Guy of Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
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Washington
Kenneth MacDonald
Des Moines Register & Tribune
American Society of Newspaper Editors
James S. Pope
Louisville Courier-Journal & Times
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Tulsa, Okla
Tribune
ASNE
Virginius Dabney
Richmond, Va
Times-Dispatch
George W Healy Jr
New Orleans Times-Picayune
James R. Wiggins
Washington Post
Times-Herald
Society
Fred C. Christopherson
Sioux Falls
S. D
Argus-Leader
Charles A. Guy
Lubbock
Tex
Avalanche-Journal
Relays Parade Winds Through Speed Through the Ages Theme
Crowds lined the main thoroughfare as floats and groups moved for about 45 minutes in clear wind. Santee rode a clock-horse, Delta Upsilon showcased a cowboy float, and KU ROTC led with the band. Coronation for Relays Queen Mary Coe Carter set for 3 p.m. as Santee races against time. Angels in Air Force ROTC uniforms drew cheers, wind teasing their outfits. Engineering Exposition at KU attracted an estimated 35,000 visitors, surpassing last spring's record.
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Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Santee
Kansas University Rotc
K.U. Band
Mary Coe Carter
Angels
Air Force Rotc Angels
K. U
Eldridge
K.U
Artmed Robbery Probed At Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Police Chief John Hazelet said several leads were checked and discarded in the investigation of an armed robbery at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on April 15. About 10 grains of morphine were taken at gunpoint from the acting supervisor. A Wichita man once considered a suspect has been cleared. He and two others were arrested south of Kansas City. two are jailed in Franklin County on unrelated charges. Investigators pursue possible links to narcotics thefts in Kansas and Missouri.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
John Hazelet
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Hazelet
Kassas City
Kansas
Franklin County
Missouri
Haskell pupil charged in city burglary and grand larceny
A 17-year-old Haskell Institute student, Vernon Noah Bryant, was formally charged in County Court with burglary and grand larceny for a break in at the Chief Lunch on 23rd St. and Barker Ave. Bryant is jailed after not posting a $1,000 bond. Preliminary hearing set for 3 p.m. next Friday. Two younger pupils who admitted involvement were turned over to Haskell authorities.
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Haskell Institute
23Rd St
Barker Ave
Vernon Noah Bryant
Haskell
Drunk Driver Thompson Sentenced in County Court
Elmer Andrew Thompson of 322 Ind. St. received a 30 day jail term and a $300 fine plus costs in County Court on two counts of driving under the influence of liquor and two counts of transporting an open bottle.
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Elmer Andrew Thompson
Ind. St
Richard Allen Society Spring Show Promises Big Night
Richard Allen Society of St Luke's AME Church presents its annual spring production The Big Show Off at 8 Monday evening in the Community Building. The show spoofing The Big Pay Off features fashions and talent numbers with participants from Kansas City Topeka and Shreveport. Lead roles go to Mary Ann Mathews Verdis Ross Wilburt Crockett and Claude Wright. Jesse Milan of the Lawrence city schools faculty narrates the fashion show and the Charles Kynard Combo provides music.
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Richard Allen Society of
St. Luke’s
Shreveport
Jesse Milan
Lawrence City Schools
Charles Kynard
KU Student Top Man At West Point Debate
Hubert Bell of Atchison was selected Friday as the best speaker in the West Point invitational debate tournament at West Point New York. He scored 1043 of 1200 points as KU partner John Fields of Kansas City helped the team reach the final round among 16 two man teams after 34 teams began the event. This marks KU's second year competing. last year Bell and Bill Arnold of Salina won first place.
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Hubert Bell
Atchison
West Point
N. Y
K. U
Bell
John Fields
Kansas City
Bill Arnold
Salina
Fire crew clears false alarm at KU dorm under construction
Lawrence firemen responded to a reported blaze on the third floor of the large Kansas University dormitory under construction at 10th and St Streets Friday night. It proved to be an oil flare used by a workman. Fire crews also cleaned gasoline from the street at 7th and Mass Streets from a Latridge car in Leavenworth.
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Lawrence
Big K.U
10Th and St. Sts
7Th and Mass, Sts
James D. Latridge
Leavenworth
Westwood to Present KU Senior Recital
Shirley Westwood of Atchison soprano will give a senior recital at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Strong Auditorium, Kansas University. A student of Reinhold Schmidt, she has sung with the A Cappella Choir and taken part in opera workshop performances. Judith Tate of Seneca will accompany.
Market News Wheat and Grain Prices and Poultry Rates
Market report lists wheat at 2.08, oats 0.70, kafir 2.30, corn 1.40, soybeans 2.30. Poultry prices include hens under four pounds eight cents, over four pounds sixteen cents, cocks six cents. Butterfat at .48 and .51, Kiggs thirty, Hoggs sixteen dollars.
KC Produce and Livestock Prices and Changes
Kansas City market notes show produce items with varied prices and USDA cattle and sheep results. Butter and poultry prices listed alongside live cattle and lamb figures, noting weekly declines for steers and heifers, with stockers and feeders mixed and lambs weaker.
Market Report on Sheep Hogs Prices for Slaughter and Feeders
The auction notes shorn lambs 89 to 109 pounds at 17.50 to 18.50 per pelts for No 1 and 2, 122 pounds at 16.50, good aged shorn slaughter ewes 3.50 to 6.00. Hogs show barrows and gilts 50 to 75 lighter, sows 50 to 75 lower. barrows and gilts 195 to 260 pounds 1.25 to 17.00. feeders 130 to 160 pounds 16.25 to 16.50. sows 375 to 550 pounds 13.50 to 14.50.
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K. C. Livestock Weekly
Kansas City
USDA
Indecent exposure reported near university streets
A woman student at Kansas University reported to police early today that a young heavy set man was guilty of indecent exposure about midnight near 11th and Missouria Street.
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Kansas University
Miss. Sts
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