Officer's Trial Nearing Finish
The general court martial of Lt. Jefferson D. Erwin in FT Lewis Washington neared its end as prosecution and defense prepared final arguments on charges of collaboration with the enemy in Korean POW camps. Testimony included claims of pressure from captors and a disputed deposition by retired Air Force Captain Robert Burke.
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Lewis
Wash
Jefferson D. Erwin
Ervin
John T. Birdsel
Toledo
Ohio
Counter Intelligence Corps
Evin
Envin
Air Force
Robert F. Burke
Miami
Fla
Erwin
Burke
Havin
Leslie E. Dixon
Fi. Ord
Calif
Oskaloosa Parade Awards Honor Local Clubs and Historic Vehicles
The Oskaloosa pageant crowned the Study Club for a tableaux of an old time wedding as first place. The Boy Scout troop earned second for its God and Country float, and The Independent newspaper placed third. Ft. Leavenworth museum showcased vintage cars including Gen. Custer's pay wagon. An old buggy bore the slogan One horse power is enough when the sparkin is workin. Indians from Mayetta performed dances on the speaker's platform.
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Oskaloosa Study Club
Boy Scout Troop of
Oskaloosa
Independent
Custer
U.S
Mayetta
Deaths and Funerals in Local Notices
Moses Adcox 51 died in Junction City in March nephew of Mrs. J. C. Bowers 440 Mich Sr. survivors include aunt Mrs. Elizabeth Price San Diego and uncle Earl Monroe El Centro Calif. siblings Minnie Goodwin Marble Elvira Goodwin William Goodwin of San Diego former Lawrence residents. Ira A. Kettering 76 died Wednesday in a Topeka hospital home 1308 Prospect Ave. born Ohio, lived in Lawrence Lecompton about 60 years. member Wesleyan Methodist Church. survivors include three daughters Mrs. C W W Petefish Richland Mrs. Raymond Worley Bonner Springs Mrs. Fred Bingaman Houghton D D a son George Kettering Rock Springs Wyo five sisters Mrs. Clara Cake Wichita Mrs. Etta Morley Independence Mrs. Nora Baller Orlando Calif Mrs. Sylvia Mowery and Mrs. Eva Niggemeyer both California two brothers TeWitt Kettering Boulder Colo Charles Kettering Aspen Colo Funeral services at Rumsey Funeral Home time to be announced. burial Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Moses Adcox
J. C. Bowers
Mich
Junction City
Bowers
Elizabeth Price
San Diego
Earl
Monroe
el Centro
Calif
Minnie Goodwin Marble
Elvira Good Win
William Goodwin
Lawrence
Ira A. Kettering Zira
Alien Kettering
Topeka
Prospect Ave
Ohio
Lecompton
Wesleyan ‘Methodist Church
C. WW
Petefish
Richland
Raymond Worley
Bonner Springs
Fred Bingaman
Houghton
D. D
George Kettering
Rock Springs
Wyo
Clara Cake
Wichita
Etta Morley
Independence
Nora Baller
Orlando
Cat
Sylvia “Mowery
Eva Niggemeyer
California
TeWitt_ Kettering
Boulder
Colo
Charles Kettering
Aspen
Rumsey
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Droodles Celebrates National Aviation Day
A Droodle by Roger Price hints at National Aviation Day with scattered lines about aviation’s role in the economy. The cartoon text references air power, containers, caps, propellers, and even a playful recipe for making noise when arms are held out.
Drive For Recruits Presses Church Controversy In Argentina
Senatorial reports say disobedience actions against priests continue as authorities plan to hand names to church leaders. Officials warn toleration has its limit and promise to renew campaigns against church leaders while maintaining Peron’s pacification policy after the June revolt. Opposition groups blame the regime for stalled civil liberties.
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Peron
Jie
Peronista Party
Albrieu
Radical
Democratic i
Radiation exposure and protective measures questioned by Hal Handaender
Hal Handaender notes a finding with possible considerable importance to humanity and cites ongoing mammal studies. He says it will take years to obtain preliminary data and advises those exposed to significant radiation to avoid conception for several weeks. Mouse experiments show radiation can damage male sperm chromosomes.
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Hal- Haender
Hollaender
Actor Alan Manson Refuses to Name Communist Ties
New York report says actor Alan Manson, once linked to the Communist party, refused to answer House committee questions about party membership invoking the First Fifth and Ninth Amendments. He was the 18th witness to balk at inquiries into show business Communist ties. George Hall acknowledged past card membership and named others in the Midtown party branch.
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New York
Alan Manson
Communist Party
House Un-American Activities Committee
Manson
George Hall
Memorial Hospital Births and Notices Drift Through City
A compilation from Memorial Hospital lists numerous births and family notices: Donna Courter of Valley Falls and Amanda Hulce of Overbrook among new arrivals. many residents including Dorothy Wieneke, Clarence Cropp, Leslie Price, Virginia Howard, Virginia Baker, Natilene Sims, Thomas Kincaid, M. L. Hitchcock, Helen Pickens, Fay Harding, Ethel Weidman, Harry Davis, Elizabeth Duncan, Rosemary Lamb and baby, Lyla Colburn, Ellen Williams, Louis E. Zieske, Edgar Jost, Grace Herz, Idona Bates, and others. Several couples welcomed newborns today including a son for Theeron Pursley and Mrs Henry Robinson with twins, a son for Mr and Mrs Phillip Pine, and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Clarence Snodgrass.
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Donna Courter
Valley Falls
Amanda Hulce
Overbrook
Dorothy Wieneke
Clarence Cropp
Tenn. St
Leslie Price
Walnut St
Virginia Howard
Mass
Virginia Baker
Natilene Sims
Thomas Kincaid
Mass. St
M. L. Hitchcock
Baldwin
Helen Pickens
Tonganoxie
Fay Harding
Tenn
Ethel Weidman
N. J. St
Harry Davis
Tenn. “St
Elizabeth Duncan
Perry
Rosemary Lamb
Eudora
Charles Arthur
Lyla Colburn
Elm St
Ellen Williams
Louis E. Zieske
Edgar Jost
Learnard Ave
Grace Herz
Sunflower
Idona Bates
Oskaloosa
Theeron Pursley
Elmwood St
Henry Robinson
Pat W
6Th St
Phillip Pine
M.r. St
Clarence Snodgrass
Ohio St
Lawrence Weather Sees Little Change in Temperatures
Forecast repeats little change in temperatures with no rainfall mentioned. Lawrence moisture deficit grows as August rainfall totals 0.78 inches against a 4.27 inch monthly norm. By mid August only 19 inches have fallen this year, below 25 inches at this date in 1954, a drier year overall.
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Lawrence
Hows Lever
Two Local Troopers To Head New Patrol Districts
Lawrence Highway Patrol announces six new districts effective Sept 1. Trooper Eldon Miller will move to Mankato and Trooper Wayne Grindel to Council Grove from the Lawrence office, joining new posts at Fredonia Augusta Anthony and Ulysses. Miller and Grindel both joined in 1953 and have mainly run driver license exams.
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LawrenceHighway
Tom Glasscock
Eldon Miller
Mankato
Wayne Grindel
Council Grove
Fredonia
Augusta
Anthony
Ulysses
Lawrence
Rence
Airat
Miller
Sen
Ohio St
Grindel
Eudora
Glasscock
Kansas University
Girls weapon carriers in New York gang wars
Two dozen girls were reported acting as knife and gun carriers for rival teenage gangs in a Brooklyn street fight. Police broke up a 50 boy battle. one youth suffered stab wounds. Girls hid zip guns knives and clubs, passing them to boys and retrieving them when police arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Guatemala Chief Urges Central American Union
President Carlos Castillo Armas urged a definitive union for economic development and protection against communism. He spoke at the first formal meeting of ODECA, in Antigua, with foreign ministers from Guatemala Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua and Costa Rica to complete the organization and elect a secretary general.
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Antigua
Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Organization of Central American States
Guatemala City
Honduras
el Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
ODECA
U S Aims to Expand Isotope Distribution Worldwide
Dr Willard Libby of the U S Atomic Energy Commission announced plans to increase the distribution of radioactive isotopes to foreign nations and consider price reductions He cited the materials as delivering industrial savings measured in hundreds of millions to billions of dollars globally through their ray emitting properties
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Geneva
United States
Willard Libby
U.s.atomic Energy Commission
Local youth seized with rifles in Centennial Park
A Lawrence boy was apprehended Wednesday using a rifle and shotgun in Centennial Park and handed to Juvenile Court by police, investigation continuing into the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Centennial Park
Radiation tests boost disease resistant wheat and oats
Minnesota crop scientists report encouraging results using atomic energy radiation to develop rust resistant wheat and oats. Dr W M Myers says some plants show resistance after thermal neutron and X ray exposure, potentially speeding variety discovery by years. Japanese Agriculture Minister Ichiro Kono plans U S visits late this month to study farming methods and trade options, with a schedule including Knoxville Kansas State College and Hutchinson Farm Cooperative visit.
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Davis
Calif
University of Minnesota
W. M. Myers
Department of Agronomy
Minnesota
American Society of Agronomists
Myers
White
Washington
Ichira Kono
Agriculture Department
Kono
Party of Six
New York
South America
Knoxville
Tenn
Manhattan
Kas
Kansas State College
Hautchirson
Farmers Cooperative Commission
Federation of Cooperatives
Hutchinson
Laboray
Warm Welcome Is ee Attempt to Get Fine For Russian Farm Group
The Agriculture Department will host a formal welcome to a 12 member Soviet delegation led by Vladimir Matskevich. Secretary Benson will privately meet the official group and host a luncheon as conferences with department chiefs are planned for Monday morning and afternoon openings. The Russians have traveled through several states and Chicago during their U S tour.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Benson
Vladimir Matskevich
Russia
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
California
Chicago
Restraining order bars school picketing in Fort Scott
District Judge Harry W. Fisher issued a temporary restraining order halting picketing by the International Hod Carriers Building and Common Laborers Union Local 312 AFL at a 22 ream elementary school under construction in Fort Scott. The order, sought by Hunter Lundberg General Contractors of Manhattan, lasts until Sept. 9 and led to withdrawal of pickets.
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Fort Scott
Harry W. Fisher
International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union of America
AFL
Hunter-Lundberg General Contractors, Inc
Manhattan
Easterly wave watched east of Miami for tropical storm formation
Weather observers track a disturbance about 1500 miles east of San Juan and roughly 2500 miles east-southeast of Miami. So far no signs of tropical storm development, with about one in ten easterly waves achieving tropical storm status.
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San Juan
Pla
Russian Historian Says Reds Need Recognition
Soviet historian Evgeny Zhukov urged in a Moscow radio broadcast that the United States cannot afford to ignore Red China. He argued a major world power on the Asian mainland must be acknowledged by Washington.
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London
United States
China
Moscow
Evgeny Zhukov
Us.s.r. Academy of Sciences
Ransacked Home. Cash Missing After Break-In
Police report Mrs. William Hadley home at 401 La. St. ransacked between 3 and 5 p.m. Wednesday while she was away. Scattered clothing, but only $26 in cash from a billfold was taken. Nearby, no other items reported disturbed. An unidentified person is being sought.
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William Had
la. St
Coast Guard cadet clears mother of subversive ties
Gaston Coast Guard officer candidate says his mother Mrs Jeanne Griser of San Francisco acted from humanitarian motives in her ties with labor and peace groups. He claims she did not know the groups were cited as subversive, and notes his mother’s innocence. He graduated UC Berkeley in 1954 and earned a civil engineering degree.
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Washington — N. Pierre
Gaston
Coast. Guard
Coast Guard Officer Training School
New London
University of California At
Berkley
Coast Guard
Market report shows mixed agricultural and stock trends
Grain and livestock prices show slight shifts with hogs up to 17.40 and cattle top at 24.50. Kansas City reports steady calf to slaughter categories and mixed hogs and sheep activity. Wall Street notes a small gain with range bound moves and 1.6 million shares traded as railroads steels and aircraft lead sectors.
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Riigger
K. C. Livestock
Kansas City An
USDA
Wall Street
New York
State Weather Forecast Promises More of the Same
The weather bureau reports little change with mostly fair skies through Friday. Overnight and daytime temperatures vary across the state from the 60s to the 90s, with highs Friday near the 90s and cool overnight lows around 60s.
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Kansas
Weather Bureau
Pittsburg
Garden City
Dodge City
Wichita
Hil City
K U Geologists To Lead Dodge City Conference
Three members of the State Geological Survey staff at Kansas University will lead a field trip in Southwestern Kansas on Oct. 14 with director Danial F. Merriam and Dr. J M Jewett and Norman Plummer as leaders. They arrive Oct. 13 in Dodge City to study rock exposures along a route through Ford Clark Comanche Barber Kiowa and possibly Meade and Gray Counties focusing on rocks aged 60 to 200 million years and oil activity in the area.
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State Geological Survey
Kansas University
Kansas
Danial F. Merriam
J. M. Jewett
Norman Plummer
Dodge City
Ford
Clark
Comanche
Barber
Kiowa
Meade
Gray Counties
Dodgers rout Giants as Hoak and Fortilo spark 85 win
Brooklyn Dodgers scored all runs in the first four innings and pounded starter Jim Hearn and five relievers for 13 hits in an 85 victory over the New York Giants. Don Hoak hit a home run and single while Carl Fortillo added two run scoring singles.
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NEW York NW
Brooklyn Dodgers
Jim Hearn
New York Giants
Don Hoak
Carl Fortilo
Quick-Procedure Okayed For Firing U S Workers
The U S Court of Appeals ruled that agencies may use a quick procedure to dismiss workers on charges of inefficiency. Agencies may apply Lloyd LaFollette Act procedures rather than the 1950 Performance Rating Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U-5
Court of Appeals
Building Permits Issued by Wallace Hicklin
Bldg Inspector Wallace Hicklin issued permits for new homes, add ons, and remodels including J. H. Hardister at 1603 W 21st St for 12000, Moore Associates for 2421 National Lane 9000, remodeling at 215 W 6th St 500, Walter Lemon 2101 Ohio St 360, O L Miller 819 Greever Terr 10000, 1551 Md St 11000, Mrs Newel Housworth 1339 Te St home addition 500, E Arthur 736 N 5th St remodeling 1000, P De Olmstead Raney Drug Store 309 Mass Ave 2500.
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Wallace Hicklin
J. H. Hardister
W. 21St St
Moore Associates
National Lane
6Th St
Walter Lemon
Ohio St
OQ. L. Miller
Greever Terr
O. L. Miller
MD. St
Mra
Newel Housworth
Te. St
E. Arthur
N. 5Th St
P. de. Olmstead
Raney Drug Store
Mass, &T
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