Soviet Party Plans First Congress in 13 Years
Moscow dispatch reports the Communist Party announcing a Congress on October 5 to inaugurate a sweeping reorganization and a fifth five year plan. The new Presidium will likely match or exceed the Politburo in power, with statutes emphasizing discipline and vigilance while aiming to strengthen suppression of enemies abroad.
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Union
Communist Party
Phe Party
Moscow
Tnei
Central Committee
Sncre
Politmre
Communist
Henry J. Haskell, longtime Kansas City Star editor dies
Henry J. Haskell, 78, editor of the Kansas City Star, died after complications from a virus infection. A Star staffer for 34 years, he led the editorial page since 1910 and served as editor from 1928, also as director and vice president. He won Palts prizes in 1933 and 1944. his son Henry Jr. is foreign editor. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Kansas City
Henry J. Haskell
Kansas City Star
The
Star
Haskell
Henry Haskell Jr
Ohio
Henry Haskell
Congregational Church
Jay
Kansas City Board of Trade votes against market extension
Directors of the Kansas City Board of Trade rejected a proposal to extend market sessions by a half hour daily from Monday to Friday. The action followed a Tuesday vote after noting the Chicago Exchange extended hours. Warren E. Root, president of the Board of Trade, reported that directors favored keeping current hours.
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Kansas
City
Kansas City Board of Trade
Chicago
Missourians showcase unbeaten run in regional Legion finals
Cape Girardeau hosts the regional American Legion Baseball tournament where the Missourians remain unbeaten in the double elimination format. Altus suffered a loss to Cape Girardeau and, on Tuesday night, rallied late to defeat Topeka, knocking them from contention. Local stock market notes follow with a brief ad entry.
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Cape Girardeau
American Legion
Altus
Topeka
Ari Leade Loattus
Shades of Abilene in Topeka duel on downtown street
In Topeka two men fought a pistol duel on a downtown street near Fourth and Quincy. Shots were fired. no one was hit though two cars were damaged. Police arrested Paul Culton and Norman Brown on charges of discharging firearms within city limits. An old grievance over a gambling game sparked the shooting.
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Anoinaed Pras
Topeka
Fourth
Quincy
Paul Culton
Norman Brown
Sherts
Nixon Tackles Truman Era Issues at Hampton Beach
In Hampton Beach New Hampshire Senator Richard Nixon challenged Governor Adlai Stevenson and others on Truman era policies. He urged keeping Dean Acheson as secretary of state and supporting the Brannan farm program while advocating federal control of tidelands. He condemned city bosses and touted Eisenhower as a labor friendly outsider likely to win 40 percent of union votes in November.
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Hampton Beach
Richard Nixon
Adlainson
Truman
Dean Acheson
Stevenson
Nixon
Steven
Dwight
Eisenhower
Sen
East
Fifth Army Chief Views 95th Division at Ripley
Maj. Gen. John C. Smith deputy commander of the Fifth Army inspected the 35th Division in field training at Camp Ripley Minnesota on Wednesday. He reviewed the honor guard from the 138th Infantry St. Louis and the field training of the Kansas and Missouri National Guard Division. Smith leads a three day visit with Kansas newsmen arriving for home town unit tours and a parade set with Governors Forrest Smith of Missouri and Edward Arn of Kansas.
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Camp Ripley
Minn
John C. Smith
Fifth Army
138Th Infantry
St. Louis
Kansas
Missouri National Guard
Smith
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Edward Arn
U Battle Casualties Rise in Korea Report
Washington officials released the Defense Department weekly summary showing total U S battle casualties in Korea at 115,373, an increase of 688 from the previous week. The report lists 20,618 killed in action, 58,589 wounded, and 12,819 missing.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Defense Department
Ine Totai
Moyer Selection May Be Re-elect As State Chair
Gov. Arm y gave support for renewing G I Moyer as Republican state chairman at the party council session next Tuesday. Crawford County Republicans urged returning the job to a non paying basis. Moyer, who left a state tax post for the chairmanship, may be opposed by Huck Boyd though Boyd denies seeking the post. The state officers also include Pearl Josserand, W R Hagman, and John McCuish.
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Topeka
Army
G. I. Moyer
Crawford County’ Republican Central Committee
Pittsburg
Moyer
McDill (Huck) Boyd
Phillipsburg
Arn
State Committee
State Tax Commission
Pearl Josserand
Johnson
W. R. Hagman
Pittsbury
John McCuish
Newton
City approves emergency ordinances to authorize construction funds
Lawrence city commission adopted three emergency ordinances Tuesday to authorize funds for construction under contracts awarded last week. Measures include issuing $8,300 in temporary notes for sewer work in Countryside Addition and along North Sixth Street, $42,000 in temporary notes for paving Stratford Road and nearby streets, and $20,000 in general improvement funds. Mayor Kraft sought to allow first and second readings on the same day.
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Lawrence
Chris Kraft
North Sixth Street
Lyons
Lincoln Street
Stratford Road
Eighteenth Street
Tennessee
Louisiana
Maine
Alabama
New York
New Jersey
Ohio Street
Twenty- Third
Kansa
Adlai Osbornes Name Origin Tied to Lord Audley
The Iola Register reveals a family tale linking Adlai to the name Adlai Osborne via Col Alexander Osborne and Lord Audley. A letter from 1976 recounts how Osborne changed his son’s name to honor Audley, tying Adlai to Audley in a historical surname shift in North Carolina before the Revolution.
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Iola
Adlai Ewing
Stevenson
Illinois
Audley Ewing Stevenson
Angela Scott
Iola Register
Scott
Eliza Nn Ewing
Turner Stevenson
Capt
H. A. Ewing
Lucius Winchester
Ewing’s. Winchester
Iredell County
North Carolina
Ewin-Stevenson
Charlotte
Adlai Os
Borne
Adlai
Osborne
Alexander Osborne
Col. Osborne
Audrey Osborne
Col.Osborne
Lord Audley
England
Col
Adlai Osborne
Family Love Bridges War Curtain With Tiny Gift
A Philadelphia girl receives a shiny three wheeler from her father, held as a Korean War prisoner for years. Lieutenant Nicholas J. Leamon, a Bridgeport, Pennsylvania native, was captured in 1950 and listed as alive in 1951. His wife Beatrice Leamon pins a ceremonial check from the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce on the home front at their longtime separation.
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Philadelphia
Donna Maria Leamon
Beatrice Seamon
Army
Nicholas J. Leamon
Bridgeport
Korea
Associated Press
Leamon
Greater
Ft. Lewis
Bank of Washington State
J. Harry Labrum
Chamber
Fatzer Reverses Opinion On Party Council Recess
Topeka legal reversal sets back Democratic plan to recess party council meetings next Tuesday and reconvene Saturday. Democratic nominee Charles Rooney argued the tactic to access better hotel rooms. Attorney General Fatzer said the prior guidance was erroneous and the law requires councils to meet on the last Tuesday in August to draft platforms. Rooney questioned enforcement and hotel room needs, while Fatzer stressed the clear legal obligation.
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Topeka
Harold R. Fatzer
Charles Rooney
Tursd
Roorey
Falzer
Democratic Party
Rooney
Fatzer
Dick Fatzer
Fateer
Britons Recall Ice Tea Tour Of American Life
London guests from the 2000 mile SE and Canada tour report a nation of mountains of food, well dressed women, and Americans who drink tea with ice. Albert Dennis notes milder weather makes American women’s attire lighter and more attractive, while George Gwynn is impressed by hospitality and fast traffic.
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London
SE. S
Canada
J Cockneys
Britain
America
Albert C. Dennis
California
Dennis
States
George James Gwynn
Egor
Weather shift cools western Kansas. scattered storms forecast
Forecaster Tom Arnold reports cooler air entering Kansas with northwest readings about 10 degrees lower. Most of the state will not feel the chill as the mass passes north. cooler west and extreme north Wednesday night into Thursday, with central and northeast also cooler and some isolated storms. Highs 85-90 in north, 90s south. lows 60s northwest to 70s southeast. Notable highs: Hill City 103, Garden City 102, Dodge City 100. lowest 67 at Garden City. Scattered showers yielded trace amounts at a few towns.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Arnold
Mercury
Hill City
iGarden
Brazil Quintuplets Do Well Despite Premature Birth
From Sao Paulo reports by the Associated Press state a 3 year old woman gave birth to girl quintuplets in Sao Carlos. The babies, each under three pounds, arrived within three hours. Doctors say they stand a good chance of survival. parents named Jose Albano, 38, and Maria.
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Prac
Local golfers set for Lawrence City Invitational finals
One hundred three local golfers advance to the Lawrence City Invitational finals at Lawrence Country Club. Fred Frey of the chamber announces championship and four flights with prize prizes for top scores. The 26 hole championship will run Saturday and Sunday with 18 holes each day. Qualifiers include T V Smith N L Schweitzberger Jim Large and Charles Oldfather among others.
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Lawrence City
Fred Frey
Chamber of Commerce
Frey
Lawrence Country Club
Aflight
Ither Flight
Crewnet
Eity
Ier
T. V. Smith
N. L. Schweitzberger
Jim Large
Charles
Oldfather
New Site Hosts 22nd County 4 H and FFA Fair
Douglas County 4 H and FFA members started a three day fair at a new East Nineteenth Street grounds amid intermittent cloudiness. Officials predicted a record turnout with home economics booths photo contests and junior leadership projects drawing strong participation. Livestock entries were expected to top 1205 head though hogs were barred due to vesicular exanthema.
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Douglas County
4-H
Denis
Fairgrounds
Deal Six
Caroll Crowgey
Spa
CE Catilietee
Planes Smash Reds on West Coast of Korea near Pyongyang
U S Fifth Air Force and carrier jets hit a Communist ammunition and troop area about 25 miles northwest of Pyongyang. Eight targets were struck, four by navy pilots and four by air force fliers. Early reports claim 58 buildings demolished or damaged and heavy explosions. Eighth Army notes casualties on Bunker and Siberia Hills near Panmunjom were high in a week ending Aug 14, with overall quiet on the front otherwise.
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Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Navy
Pyongyang
Eighth Army
Biss
Bunker
Siberia
Panmunjom
Warfless
Scars of a Marine on Korea War Front Raise Hope on Hospital Ship
A 19 year old Marine sergeant aboard a hospital ship near Korea recounts losing his sight after a grenade and mortar blast while leading a counterattack on Siberia Hill. He describes crawling wounded through darkness, prayers, and a medic guiding him back to friendly lines before medical evacuation.
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Korea
Wounde
Siberia
Joe
Butters
Siberia Hill
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