Vinland Library Receives Early 20th Century Gifted Volumes
Judge Meann and Mrs. Heinrich announce a substantial donation to the Vinland public library from the late Anna Tenties and other supporters. The gift includes works by famous authors, bakery books, current magazines, and a scarce volume of Quant to the Border Haids, enhancing the 2000 volumes and expanding access for students. The library will preserve items from the 19th century and expects some copies to move to Vinland High School to meet state library requirements.
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Vinland Public Library
Kansas
Meana
Coal Creek Library
Meann
Elma F. Heinrich
Gasona
Faumous Vitis
Dea Dames
Othe
Heinrich
Vinland High School
Kent
Ita
Poat
Einrich
Pougias
Carler
Atudenta
Sig
Creek Library
Anna 2
Trenties
Asthon
Perry Stevens
Tae
George Cutter
Mra
Fred Cutter
Ennesece Street
Waa
Rayeng
Cutter
Grarve Hall
Vinland
Judge Mears
Lawrence Chamber sign and park improvements underway
Visitors will soon see a new highway sign at the Unity farm on highways 24 and 40 in Lawrence, urging tours of KU Haskell Museum of Natural History and Art. Eight new horseshoe courts rise in South Park and white way street lighting poles are being installed along Massachusetts Street, with completion expected before the September 4 to 6 tournament. Temperature reached 81 degrees after a sultry night with a low of 80.
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Chamber of
Elcoming
Kansas
Sirport Road
Lawrence
Will Hayden
K. U
Haskell Institute
Museums of
Natural History and Art
South Park
White Way
Massachusetts Street
Hollywood marriage of Gloria De Maven and John Payne
Hollywood reports the marriage of Gloria De Maven and John Payne is on. Payne described their relationship as two people with continual clashes. The couple retains an interest in Beverly and other listed ventures, with plans to proceed in Beverly.
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Hollywood
UPI
Win
Gloria de Maven
John Payne
Nan
Payne
Beverly
Wastebasket caper hides industrial spying risk
Oklahoma City reports two Chamber of Commerce secretaries run a counter intelligence effort by discarding foreign letters in the wastebasket. The letters from Germany Poland and Czechoslovakia sought industrial data maps and transport information. Army warned be alert for Soviet occupied areas. Since 1946 the flow dropped from three to four daily letters to about that many weekly.
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Oklahoma City
Chamber of Commerce
Beverly Carpenter
Mabel Savage
Chamber
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Army
Libel Dangers and Odd Global Anecdotes
A satirical column by Arthur Bacon cites a libel case about a chimpanzee and lampoons celebrity openings in Hollywood. It cheekily recounts a Washington August divorce suit, a taxi incident, and bizarre international tales from Argentina France and Japan, ending with a humorous fox sighting report.
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Arthur Bacon
Washington
Strancers
Hollywood
Dorothy Lamour
Lassie
Huaband
Coluaitia
S.C
Argentina
la Crient
Franc
Tokyo
Psychiatriete
Rikigo Hirano
Hirano
Admitted Patients at Memorial Hospital Reported
Memorial Hospital admitted a list of patients including Mrs Francen Korb ToManoxie Mrs Ira Bundy address 1333 Ohio street Harvey LeRoy Murphy and Mrs Merle Bodine 17 Indians street Mra Keith Jensen B41 North Third street Mra Gus August Fadora Miss Mary Ann Pappas 1117 Vermont street Mra Marvelle Baldwin and baby Ee 1818 Iiffeete arrest Sirs Helen aby and baby girl Sunflower Bob Hey Baldwin
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Francen Korb
ToManoxie
Ira Bundy
Ohio Street
Harvey LeRoy Murphy
Maine Street
Merle W. Bodine
Indians Street
Keith Jensen
North Third Street
Gus August
Fadora
Mary Ann Pappas
Vermont Street
Marvelle Baldwin
Baby Ee
Helenaby
Bob Hey
Baldwin
Births Reported From Local Homes Repealed Law Cited
Birth notices list new daughters and sons for multiple families including Mr and Mrs C J McMillin in Tinro lp Street and Mrs L A Rollins in Ton ganoxie Route 1. Other births include Mr and Mrs ae Cawley Route 5 and Mr and Mrs Arthur J Stanshaw of Sunnyside. the notices reference a repealed law.
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Mes
C. J. McMillin
Tinrolp Street
Crackdown on Radio Give Away Programs Questioned
Fragmentary text indicates a Washington report on actions against radio give away programs. No clear names, dates, or organizations are readable. The snippet shows garbled lines about a communication team and policy, but specifics are not extractable.
Parking plan moves forward in Lawrence discussion
City officials and business leaders push off street parking to relieve shortages. Five lot project costs are pegged at 150000 with city site use lowering to 9500 for a modern lot. A parking benefit district may levy 3 to 24 percent assessments on adjacent property to fund the remainder.
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Vermomt
Chamber
Lawrence
Zouk
Kansas City
Ottawa
Topeka
Leavesworth
City Plansning Commission
Chamber of Commerce Planning Committee
Questin
Congress to subpoena Peters in deportation case
Washington August 21 The house un American activities committee moved to subpoe na for J Peters once head of the communist underground in the United States. Peters was arrested last October and released on 4000 bond to await deportation decision. Immunity offers are discussed as a possible trade for testimony. Whittaker Chambers labels Peters as the underground leader prior to World War II. The committee plans no hearings next Wednesday but will hear Chambers and Alger Hiss in open session later.
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Washington
House
wn-American Activities
J. Peters
Peters
Watson Miller
Commissionee of
Immigration
Priere
Hut
Nixon
Calif
Salt Miller
Whittaker Chamber
Time Magazine
Chambers
Congress
Reise
Alver Hiss
Hiss
Ten State Department
Ellsworth County GOP re-elects chair and officers
The Ellsworth County Republican central committee re-elected Ned Huycke as chairman at a meeting yesterday. Mrs. Peter Jancu Eck was chosen vice-chairman and M W Holihagen was named secretary-treasurer.
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Ellsworth
RUSSIANS SEIZE 4 IN RENEWED RAIDS
Reported raids involved Russian forces with officers Kotskov and Col. Jelisarov. Both were said to be away for the weekend as renewed talks were planned for Monday. The air lift continued despite weather with 2900 tons moved in 24 hours and a C-74 Globemaster delivering heavy equipment to a new French sector airfield. Western Germany faced full food via air bridge while Dresden reported Saxony officials meeting about a food catastrophe. A Russian offer to return two Americans was rejected after admissions of guilt. A four power meeting in Moscow failed to materialize amid currency talks. western diplomats may meet Molotov today.
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Kotskov
Alexander Jelisarov
Jelisarov
Kurerx
Dresden
Saxony
Farmere
Heidelberg
U. S
Moscow
Praterday
Aitch
Krem
Germany
Erlin
V. M. Molotov
Crew member operated on aboard Williamsburg cruise
A crewman from Fresno California, William W Janssen engineman third class, was successfully operated on for acute appendicitis aboard the USS Williamsburg during President Truman and his yacht cruise. He was to be taken to a hospital at Patuxent Naval Air Station Maryland after emergency surgery aboard the ship. The Williamsburg had left port and anchored near Blakistone Island in the lower Potomac river.
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Washington
President Truman
Williamsburg
White House
Charles G. Ross
William W. Janssen
Fresno
Calif
Truman
Patuxent River
Chesapeake Bay
Janasen
Patuxent Naval Air Station
Blakistone Island
Potomac River
Estate to Universities Seeks Funds for Education
New York Aug 21 Eugene Higgins once called the citys most eligible bachelor died at 89 leaving an estate of about 000 to four universities Columbia Yale Harvard and Princeton The will directs each universitys income be used for education research not for building construction or general expenses including university expenses
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New York
Eugene Higgins
Columbia
Yale
Harvard
Prince’ Higgins
Earlily
University
Qupenses
Seventeen Die As B-29 Crashes At Smoky Hill Air Base
Rapid City South Dakota August 21 seventeen men died when a B 29 crashed and burned just after taking off from Smoky Hill air force base near Rapid City. Lt R W Bryant named four victims as C M Thorp R K McClurg R L Mason and P J Cubille all members of the 22nd bomb group. A board of officers opened an investigation to determine the crash cause the first fatal one since the base was reactivated in April 1947.
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Rapid City
S. D
15Th Air Force Base
Here
Smoky Hill Airforce Base
Salina
Kan
R. W. Bryant
C. M. Thorp
R. K. McClurg
Tech
R. L. Mason
P. J. Cubille
Bryant
Smoky Hill
Saling
Thomas Siegler
Jefe Encines
Lawrence
Tietz
2&M
Siedler
Kansans pass CPA exams 71 members admitted to practice
Twelve University of Kansas students and faculty members, among 71 overall, recently passed the state CPA examination. Dr Leonard Axe announced that all have been admitted to practice. Included are faculty members Joe R Small and Alvin M Tuohine. Most student passers are graduates this year, with names from Lawrence to Wichita and El Dorado to Norwich.
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University. of
Kansans
Achnos of Business
Leonard Axe
Schonl
Kansas Certified Public —Accountants
Joe R. Small
Alvin &. Tuohine
Richard Z. Kirkpatrick
Lawrence
George W. Beck
Hutchingen
William FE. Rene
Banana City
Robert A. Page
el Dorado
Charles T. Hornbuckle
Sunflower
Carroll EF. McCue
Mound Valley
Hilly K. Beachman
Wichita
Robert M. Pemberton
Muncie
J. Glen Hahn
Norwich
Kenneth A. Fleming
Will Enter Canada Montreal Quebec Aug 21
Twenty Estonian migrants who arrived in a small motor-driven schooner at Quebec a week ago will be allowed entry into Canada an immigration department spokesman said today in Montreal Quebec.
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Canada
Montreal
Que
Quebec
Immigration Department
U S Joint Chiefs Meet At Naval War College
A gathering of U S joint chiefs of staff at the Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island is expected to conclude Sunday. Rear Admiral Allan E Smith says staff heads will return to Washington by dark Sunday after talks with Secretary Forrestal. The chiefs discuss weapons and gunrider issues in strategic air warfare with Gen Hoyt Vandenberg present fresh from the Berlin airlift and Forrestal briefing Canadian defense chiefs.
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Newport
RK. I
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Naval War College
Allan E. Smith
Washington
Defense Forrestal
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Berlin
Forrestal
Defense Department
Injury grants hope of normal sight for Irene McDermot
Irene McDermot an 11 year old Victoria resident faced possible blindness from glaucoma. She traveled to Los Angeles where surgeons performed a pioneering operation to remove the ailment. The operation was funded by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Irene's father Martin McDermot is a mill worker.
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Tins Angeles
Aug
Irene McDermot
Victoria
Li. C
Gaunsrer
Martin McDermot
Lena
Irene
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
McNermot
Livestock and produce prices drop in Kansas City market notes
Kansas City reports wheat corn futures and assorted produce prices with numerous figures for butter poultry and eggs. cattle calves and sheep quotes show declines versus last Friday with feeders steady to lower and beef cattle weaker. hogs and livers listed with varied bids and regional notes.
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Kansas City
Colorada
Ely
Reddy
Colorado theater figures in state policy discussion
Officials debate state theater funding and regulations as lawmakers review among fiscal measures. The discussion centers on distribution of mediating support and potential impacts on venues, employment, and cultural access.
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