Burris Named District Engineer for Kansas Sanitation
N Jack Burris of Lawrence has been assigned to the fourth Kansas sanitation district covering Douglas and surrounding counties as district engineer. Burris, KU graduate and longtime sanitation office worker, will bas e in Marvin Hall at KU. Metzler notes recent district appointments aim to improve service while keeping local officers in charge of day to day duties.
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N. Jack Burris
Oread Avenue
Kansas Sanitation District
Douglas County
Dwight F. Metzler
Sanitation Division
State Board of Health
Burris
Sanitation Department
Kansas
Lawrence
K. U
Marvin Hall
K.lu
Metzler
North Central
Dowdle City
Woenfield
Kansan
Tv de
Shar
Wiel
Board of Health
Ong
Eallegee
Stockpile of Arms Boosts North Korea Invasion Effort
Washington reports a UPI analysis tracing North Korea’s war push to a large Russian armaments stockpile left after occupation. The buildup, supported by surplus Soviet materiel, suggests Pyongyang anticipated US involvement and depended on heavy ammunition and tanks to sustain a peak offensive five weeks into the Korean War. The piece links Moscow’s strategy in World War II to current supply chains guiding the North Korean assault.
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Washington
UPI
Russia
Republic of
South Korea
North Koeans
United States
North Korea
Air Bomb Plotter Guilty In California Case
Santa Monica Calif August 4 049 For placing a gasoline bomb aboard an air transport his wife and two children were among 18 passengers John Henry Grant an aircraft engineer was convicted of six counts of attempted murder by a jury that found he tried to kill three crew members and his family The bomb set to explode over the ocean between Los Angeles and San Diego went off prematurely no one injured Sentencing set for September 1 with potential 26 years on each count Grant claimed he made no device and sought probation The case arose amid debts marital strife and an insurance beneficiary arrangement involving his wife and a $25000 flight policy
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Santa Monica
Calif
Aue
John Henry Grant
Grant
Los Angeles
San Diego
Jim
Fencineer Wre
Airésearch Manufacturing Company
Dough Aircraft Cooperation
Amerigin Airlines
Runaway Train Kills Three in Cheyenne
An unmanned diesel locomotive raced downhill in Cheyenne causing a collision with a switch engine and killing three crew members Albert Chambers engineer Thomas Harris fireman and G R Crago switchman. A fourth man was injured as the derailed cars and damaged cab were cleared. The runaway reportedly reached 40 to 44 miles per hour after brakes failed and the engine struck a freight car and embankment near Borie Junction, with a survivor hospitalized.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Kilitte
Cheervers
Sll
Albert Chambers
Thomas E. Harris
G. R. Crago
Union
Helle
Wye
Borie
Vrs
Union Pacific
Paritin
Birth of Timothy Diterverst and twins for Beinkman family
Amy di Upy Hellywed reports the birth of Timothy Diterverst and a set of twins to Paul Beinkman, a furniture manufacturer, and his wife. The couple welcomed two additional boys, bringing the family to five children with ages listed as eight and seven months.
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Amy
Crain
Phe Dee Siss
Sever-Paudd
Timothy Ditervesterd
Paul Beinkman
Furniture Ferfacturer
Dallas youth killed in truck fall on Dallas Ave
Wilfates 17, of Dallas, died after wind toppled a load of crates from a moving truck. He fell from the vehicle, sustaining multiple skull injuries, and was killed in the incident on Dallas Avenue.
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Dalas
Ave
Wilfates
Dallas
Wil- Biv
North Korean War Material and Strength Estimates Shift
Military officers caution against claiming large Soviet supplied materiel reaching North Korea amid blockade and air strikes. They note North Korea’s early stockpiles and movement south with the initial invasion, while U S estimates revise red army tank counts and North Korean manpower from initial figures to about 200,000. Read the Classified Want Ads.
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North Korea
Russia
United Nations
Red Army
State Department Cancels Paul Robeson Passport
Washington reports the State Department canceled Paul Robeson's passport citing his actions not always serving the United States. Robeson, known for frequent international travel and praise of communists, refused a request to relinquish his passport, leaving him unable to depart the country as officials voided the document.
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State Department
Paul Robeson
Washington
United States
Robeson
Russia
Department
Immigration and Diplomatic
Army district engineer says Hulme Construction submits low bid
The Charles Hulme Construction Co of Great Bend submitted the lowest bid of 364675 dollars for levee work near Parkville Missouri announced by the army district engineer in Kansas City.
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Kansan City
Army District
Charles Hulme Constriction Company of
Great Bend
Parkville
Savings Bond Sales Sag In First Month of War
Washington reports July sales of Series E war bonds at 517.59 million, up from 377.81 million in July 1943, with cash-ins at 367.89 million. The July 1949 cash-ins topped purchases by 50.30 million, and year-to-year buyers exceeded cash-outs by 94.37 million.
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Washington
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70Th Ave
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Tne LeBlanc Corporation
LION
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Harry
Marion Foster
Atlantic City Steel Pier
Miss Foster
Samson
Delilah
Lerewennorr
Pasteur
Pasteuur
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Lee Colman
Timmerman and Son Hardware & Sons
Eudora, Kansas
Kansas Power and Light Company
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