State moves to wrap up its case against William Heirens
Chicago August 7 The state moved to indict 17 year old William Heirens on murder charges for the killing of Mrs Josephine Ross and tied his confessions to the Suzanne Degnan and Frances Brown cases. Heirens testified in detail about the three killings, 29 burglaries and assaults, as jurors prepared to hear the grand jury true bill. Officials expect a life sentence with no parole.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Josephine Ross
Vesraay
Ross
Altho
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Wilbert Crowley
Heirens
Hellenes
North Side
Rerm
Plan to Remodel Halls For Women at University
Remodeling of women's residence halls at the University of Kansas will begin once bonds and insurance documents are drawn. Foster, Carruth, and Templin halls will be renovated to provide housing for women students, with Carruth and Templin adapting from former men’s scholarship halls.
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University of Kansas
E. C. Beal
School of Architecture and Engineering
Foster
Carruth
Templin
University
Marie Miller
Templin Hall
Beal
Carruth Hall
Misa Miller
KU Abnormal Psychology Class Visits Topeka Hospital
Dr. James C Coleman leads University of Kansas students on a field trip to the Topeka state hospital. Dr. M L Perry supervises a clinic demonstration as patients receive treatment and confinement observed in two wards.
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University of Kansas
James C. Coleman
Topeka State Hospital
M. L. Perry
Perry
Coleman
Incumbents Back in County and State Races
County returns show Carlson leading for state treasurer by a wide margin over W L White with Turmer trailing. In governor race Harry Woodring led Democratic voters while Goodwin carried lieutenant governor and Mosier won insurance in some counties. Hagaman won Douglas County in the GOP lieutenant governor contest.
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A. J. Cripe
Pittsburg
Britain Keeps Iran Oil Interest Alive in Development Note
London reports Britain informs Tehran that security in Iran must allow Persian oil to play a full part in local and world economies. The foreign office cites oil field labor unrest as prompting the statement and notes Anglo-Iranian Oil losses estimated around 360,000 tons.
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London
Britain
Iran
Tehran
Foreign Office
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Start War on Bindweed Begins in Douglas County
County weed agent Eben Anderson announced an alloted 14 tons of sodium chlorate will be used to combat bindweed. Over 60 farmers requested chemical treatments on their properties, with about 500 pounds needed per farm funded by county and state.
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Douglas County
Eben Anderson
Anderson
Evening summer recital closes Lawrence music session
Lawrence University summer session activities end with a Tuesday evening recital by advanced students of voice piano violin cello and ensemble. Edward C. Anderson 84 of 920 Louisiana spoke of a 70 year transportation cycle from cart to car. Ice deliveries eased Lawrence shortages as 50 pound blocks were delivered to homes.
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Edward C. Anderson
Lawrence
Louisiana
Journal-World
Maine Street
H. C. Thornton
American Service Company
Hagaman Leads With 7555 Margin In State Races
The report shows Hagaman ahead by 7555 votes with Mosier and Herington at 29143 and 16589 respectively. Other candidates on Republican and Democratic tickets ran unopposed in various statewide offices including state auditor attorney general and justice positions. Prohibition and socialist parties contested some state offices but had no opposing candidates.
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Luan
W. W. Harvey
Ashand
Charles L. Ryan
Manhattan
Robert 3. Davis
Robert B. Rosencranse
Pittsburg
Raymond Briman
Topeka
John C. Hughes
Hutchinson
Justice Supreme Court
Leo W. Mills
Yates Center
Harry C. O'Reilly
Strong
James W. Lowry
Atchison
Murray H. Hodges
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
Obituaries list Emner P. Merrick of Emner P Merrick age 50 death at Oklahoma City Tulsa region. Survived by wife Geneva Merrick daughter Marcheta Murphy Linda son Robert sister Mrs S S Lawrence and brothers S B Merrick T H Merrick R L Merrick. Funeral at Funk's Chapel Thursday 10 AM. Burial Oak Hill. Also Mrs George Hunter 37 dies Memorial Hospital. Survived by husband George Hunter father Frank Wa sister Mrs Ralph Purcell. Funeral 2:30 PM Thursday Rumsey Chapel. Burial Oak Hill. Mrs William Snavely 67 dies at 1005 New Jersey Street. Survived by husband six sons Elgin Manuel Clifford William Jr Jack John two daughters Ella Gibbs Minnie Taylor Josephine Priesmeyer and 16 grandchildren. Also two brothers John Stone and Jim Stone and two sisters Mary Dillon and Sarah White. Burial plan to be at Rumsey Funeral Home.
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Emner P. Merrick
Vermont Street
Lawrence Memorial
T. H. Merrick
R. L. Merrick
Oklahoma City
George Hunter
Barker Avenue
Memorial Hasital
Frank Wa
Ralph Purcell
Fort Scott
Rumseyuneral
Harold Hamilton
Oak Hill Cemetery
William. Snavely
William Snavely
New Jersey Street
Rumsey Funeral Home
Snavely
Elgin
Manuel
Clifford
William
Ella Gibbs
Kansas City
Minnie Taylor
Stover
Josephine Priesmeyer
Kan
John Stone
California
Jim Stone
Colorado
Mary Dillon
Warrensburg
Sarah White
Allenville
The Hotel Lost Nothing Except All of Room Keys
Centreville Maryland reports a 20 room hotel with no keys after 1943. Owner A J Epstein explains keys vanished during wartime return. says dishonesty is absent and nothing has been stolen.
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Centreville
A. J. Epstein
Gran ad a theater to stage KMBC Brush Creek Fol lies shows
KMBC radio entertainers present three Granada theater performances Thursday afternoon and evening featuring western hillbilly and swing dance music. Robert Coffey nine suffered facial injuries from a horse kick at home and was treated at Lawrence Memorial hospital with good condition reported.
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KMBC
Brush “Creek Follies
Granada Theater
Deferred shipments of American soldiers families to Germany
The U S Army announced that shipments of some American soldiers wives and families to Germany have been deferred due to a housing crisis in the American zone caused by displaced persons and Germans. Most affected are veterans with 90 days or less in service. Some lines mention deaths and an accident with a man named Wilbur Revell and four surviving children.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Tegra
Tractor Acciden
Kan
Wilbur Revell
Markets at a Glance New York August 7
Stocks steady in quiet relief rally while bonds show narrow moves. Cotton gains on mill buying and short covering. cattle prices mixed with higher spots and steady cows and bulls. Kansas City livestock report notes slow demand with weak feed stock values and scattered gains for calves and heifers.
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New York
Trong
Kanese
City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Jaycee to Sponsor Horse Show Refreshments and Programs
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor refreshment concessions and program sales at the Hill Top Riding Club horse show at Haskell Stadium on August 25. The Jaycee Board of Directors voted to support these concessions and will run a fund drive to fund street markets with profits added to the street marking fund. Wayne Harris leads the refreshment committee, Harold Schwartz heads program sales, and John Chaney runs the street marking fund drive.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Haskell Stadium
Hill Top Riding Club
Jaycee Board of Directors
Eldridge
Jaycee Group
Wayne Harris
Harold ‘Pete’ Schwartz
John Chaney
Personal notices of travelers and locals in Lawrence
George Luckan Leslie Downing Lester Hadi Gerald Hadi and La Vern Hadi vacationing in Colorado visited Ed Henik in Yuma and head to Colorado Springs Don Dixon and Patty left for Colorado Edward and Mrs Terrell of Washington D C visited J and Mrs Johnston then Tulsa and Overbrook before Lawrence trip Mrs Claude Terrell a teacher at Enterprise school attends county institute at Johnston home David A Seamans discharged from navy returns to Lawrence from Great Lakes and Chicago Divorce Suit Filed Leslie R Gibler vs Mae Irene Gibler filed in Douglas county district court.
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George Luckan
Leslie Downing
Lester Hadi
Gerald Hadi
la Vern Hadi
Colorado
Ed Henik
Yuma
Bonnie Henik
Denver
Colorado Springs
Don Dixon
Patty
Edward Terrell
Washington, D. C
Ellis T. Johnston
Tulsa
Mr. Terrell
Claude Terrell
Overbrook
Lawrence
Enterprise School
County Institute
Johnston
David A. Seamans
ETM
Navy
St. Louis
R. L. Seamans
Ohio Street
Great Lakes
Navy Pier
Chicago
Livestock and grain market snapshot from Kansas City and Midwest
Feeder cattle priced by grade with good and choice lots leading at 20 to 25 per hundredweight. Hogs and sheep show mixed demand as local buyers report steady to slower activity. Wheat and corn futures hover near prior closes while hay markets in Kansas City hold steady to firm for top alfalfa and prairie grades.
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Enadt
Kansas City
Kansans City
Kansas City Hay Market
Prairie
Market and commodity notes from Kansas City and Wall Street
In Kansas City, egg and poultry prices and grain values listed with various totals and weights, including butterfat grades. In New York, Wall Street mixed with irregular early trends, late-session gains in many leaders, and broad activity around major industrials and transportation stocks.
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Euck
S& Steel
Youngstown Steet
General Motora
Chrysler
Santa Fe
Great Northern Railway
Union Pacifiic
Northern — Pacific
Pennsylvania Railroad
Standard Gas
Weils Sprecet
Wanadlworth
Curtiss-Wright “A
American Woolen Preferred
Schenley
Hiram Walker
Certainteed
In Memoriam for Cpl Ray Stanley Dissinger
Poem style tribute remembers Cpl Ray Stanley Dissinger who died August 6 1943 at Dutch Harbor Aleutian Islands. Message from his mother Mrs Florence Stanley Dissinger notes missing him and vows reunion under the grassy hill with readers listed as radiosight workers Company L 58th Infantry and Douglas County friends.
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Cpl Ray Stanley Dissinger
Dutch Harbor
Aleutian Islands
Radioland
Company L
58Th Infantry
Douglas County
Florence Stanley Dissinger
Thanking Friends for Kindness After Mother's Death
We express gratitude to many friends neighbors and relatives for kindness and assistance during my mother s illness and death. Signed by Mr and Mrs Harry Denewiler Mr and Mrs Hobart Neill Mr and Mrs Vernon Beatty Charley Albert David Paslay.
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Harry Denewiler
Hobart Neill
Vernon Beatty
Charley, Albert
David Paslay
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Joe Gaitskill
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Hees
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Washington
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Wall Street
Close Chance Am
T&a
At&sf
Chrisier Corp
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Eay
Motors
Abte
Gen Foods
Oliver Transue
N. J
Phelps
Lawrence Loan & Finance CO
Culligan Soft Water Service
R. L
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Slofoot Rube
Pete Cowboy
Louw
Millie
Sue
WM. Gargan
Pat O’moore
Forrest A. Jackson
Bill’s Grill
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Lawrence National Bank
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