Justice Dept. delays cited in Detroit war fraud case
Subcommittee hears charges that the Justice Department bungled a 1944 case against Norman E. Miller and Associates, including six counts of fraud and a $36,000 civil recovery attempt. Documents claim prolonged delays, multiple defense-attorney changes, and FBI resistance to proceeding, with J. Edgar Hoover noted for objections to delaying tactics.
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Washington
Collir
Justice
Department
Collier
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Safety concerns as holiday near and KU football opener
State, county, city and Kansas University offices close for holidays with essential services until further notice. Most businesses and post office follow holiday schedules on Monday with adjusted hours. Downtown Thursday nights extend to 9 pm, while other days open 9 am to 4:30 pm. Kansas University football team begins 1952 fall workouts with coach J V Sikes planning two heavy drills Monday before the September 20 season opener against Texas Christian University at Memorial Stadium.
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City
Kansas University
Sheriff's Office
Munday. J
Lawrence
Sja. m
J.V. Sikes
Texas Christian University
Memorial Stadium
Taft Committee Publishes Foreign Policy Campaign Plan
A Republican committee chaired by Sen Taft issues a 116 page program highlighting foreign policy as the top issue for the election year. Ge e H. E. snith directed the pamphlet on behalf of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. The document also highlights corruption in government spending civil rights and Republican records in Congress.
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Washington
Sen. Taft
Gee H. E. Snith
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Taft
Divorce Suit Filed and Local Births at Memorial Hospital
Fragmented oblique OCR lists names of births at Memorial Hospital in Sunflower and surrounding towns including Mrs. Grant Smith Laura Lee Thorea and baby, Mrs. Jeanne, Msiphil Sininyside, Reba Hollieay, Le Rora Sanders with baby, Rita Thled Parwidge, Frank Bennett Sunflower with a son, plus a note that Lorene E. Silvers filed for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deve Worte
Sunflower
Chris
St. Paz
Grant Smith
Laura
Lee Thorea
Titus
Sef Smith
Anc
Deery
Roun
Chery
Stalions
Glen Ste"ans
Allot
Drespeet
GQ teagner canley details three fallen soldiers
Cpl Carl A. Pugh Jr from Merriam Pfc Dale K. Smith from Norwich and Pfc William H. Wyatt Jr from Douglass are listed in a memory notice. The item notes their names and ranks as part of a casualty roster.
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Teagner Canley
Carl A. Pugh Jr
Merriam
Dale K. Smith
Norwich
William H. Wyatt Jr
Douglass
Southwestern Bell trims Kansas phone waiting list
Southwestern Bell said in a Kansas report that the waiting list fell to 7,669 from 14,500 since WWII. New installs in early 1952 reached 13,600, with 462,059 telephones in operation statewide. Spending totals touched nearly 10 million in seven months, with plans for 9 million more this year and about 20 million in 1953 to upgrade service after a 4.725 million annual rate hike.
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PEKA
Southwestern Telephone Co
Kansas
Hays
Garden City
Winfield
Southwestern Bell
Kansas Corporation Commission
Telephone Company
Truman preps for whistle stop speech trip
President Truman readies a Labor Day tour schedule as he travels by train to Milwaukee for a major speech at 8 40 p m CST and plans to return to Washington Tuesday night He declined to name targets for talks or discuss platform themes and defended Dean Acheson amid Legion pressure while confirming no secret Korean settlement plan exists and that news coverage keeps the public informed.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Milwaukee
American Legion
Dean Acheson
Legion
New York
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Tex
gust-Acheson
Young Boys
Kelley
Legionnaires
U. S
Acheson
Adial Stevenson
Texas
Sparkman Opens Vice Presidential Campaign in Mendenhall
Senator John Sparkman of Alabama opened his vice presidential bid in Mendenhall Mississippi with a broad defense of the Democratic platform. He argued the party includes free people with diverse beliefs and highlighted the party's work for the nation while avoiding a direct civil rights discussion before a Deep South crowd estimated at 3 000 to 5 000.
Market Summary: Cattle and Hog Prices Edge Lower At Kansas City
Early pre-holiday trading sifts through livestock including cattle 30 and calves 100. Hog bids ease 25 lower from Thurs averages with top around 21.10, while steer prices drift 30 cents lower. Cattle and calves offerings are light, limiting test. hogs slow to 25 lower, occasional steady tones amid uneven demand.
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Italy
Great Britain
A. C
Kansas City
USDA
Army cpl keeps regiment in touch during Korean flood
Cpl. Donald B. Gentry son of Mr and Mrs Ted Gentry at 1008 Miss Lt worked day and night with three companions to run a company size switchboard after high water washed out the 17th regiment communications. They stayed at the post over 92 hours until full service was restored as waters subsided. Sgt. Marion Clemings on 20 day furlough left Baldwin for return to the Tucson air base. First Lt. Alan F. Asher returned from Ft. Leavenworth to rejoin the law firm after discharge Aug. 15. Cpl. Gerald F. Bodin, son of Mr and Mrs W T Bodin, among 1263 Army personnel due to arrive Monday from the Far East aboard Pvt. Joe P. Martinez. Bodin has 16 months overseas two in Japan and Korea. He graduated Liberty Memorial High School in 1949 and entered service Oct 18 1950.
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Donald B. Gentry
M Ted Gentry
Gentry
Marion Clemings
C.F. Clemings
Baldwin
Tucson
Ariz
Alan F. Asher
Ft. Leavenworth
Army
Judge Advocate's Office
Asher
Law
Asher, Gorrill
Gerald F. Bodin
W. T. Bodin
Far East
Joe P. Martinez
Cpl
Bodin
Japan
Korea
Liberty Memorial High School
Grain dealer Rob Roy Roth dies in Wichita
Rob Roy Roth, 7- Rob Roy Roth partner in Roth Grain Co and former president of the Wichita Board of Trade, died at his home on Thursday. He came to Wichita from Coffeyville in 1908 to work in wholesale grain with his sister Adele Roth. Survivors include his widow Alissa Minnie Patterson Coffeyville and Adele Roth. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday with burial in Mission Mausoleum, Wichita.
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Wichita
Rob Roy Roth
Roth Grain Co
Wichita Board of Trade
Coffeyville
Adele Roth
Alissa Minnie Patterson
O1 Mission Mausoleum
Preeldest
Wichita Board of ‘Trad
Watch presented to Lawrence Legion supporter Fisher
Harold Fisher longtime leader of Junior American Legion baseball in Lawrence received an engraved wrist watch at a Kansas City All-Star game ceremony. He has served as scorekeeper and officer for six years, with praise from Legion Manager George Starkey for keeping the program running. A 28 collection funded the new watch, presented Wednesday night at Municipal Park. Also noted are university parking lot upgrades and a playful incident with a three year old hipster who quoted five languages, a trio of polio victims reported in good condition, a new housing office director at the Chamber of Commerce, and Jake Calhoon Pueblo Cole’s 10 day jail sentence for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Fisher
American Legion
Lawrence
Kansas City
Municipal Park
Fisher
Legion
George Starkey
University of Kansas Medical Center
Clifford’ Witt
Betty Wyatt
Jerry Vogel
Route 5
Politico Lovellette to Pick His Deputy in Lawrence Visit
Former Jayhawker star Lovellette and wife Sally arrived in Lawrence Thursday night and stayed with Deputy-Sheriff Dale Chappell’s family. They planned to visit until Monday, with Clyde reporting for Phillips sales work Tuesday. Lovellette will also join the Phillips Amateur Athletic Union basketball squad and begin practice in October, juggling games and regular work.
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Phillips
Lawrence
Lovellette
Phillips ‘Amateur Athletic Union
Republican Will Fill Senate Term to January
Gov John Lodge appointed William A Purtell a Republican to the Senate vacancy caused by Democrat Brien McMahon s death. He will serve until next January and is GOP nominee for the full six year term to face Democrat Palian Benton in November. A permanent successor will be elected in November to finish Mc Mahon s term.
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Hartford
Conn
John Lodge
William A. Purtell
Senate
Brien McMahon
Purtell
West Hartford
GOP
Senpalian Benton
Mc [Mahon
Mc Mahon
Salem Mercy Plane Brings Home Grief Stricken Father
Tech Sgt. Charles R. Buggy of Winnebago Nebraska stepped from a Coast Guard mercy plane near Salem Massachusetts returning from Bremerhaven Germany. He reunites with a family torn by polio illness and surgery as he travels toward Sioux City Iowa to reach his suffering kin. The story notes his World War I service and his two children affected by polio.
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Salem
Mass
Nebraska
Coast Guard
Tech
Charles R. Buegy
Winnebago
Neb
Alexander Patch
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Bremerhaven
Germany
iBuggy
Dulles Urges Patriotism Against Government "Termites"
John Foster Dulles told Amvets in Grand Rapids that patriotism must rise within all levels of authority as the nation faces atomic and hydrogen war. He warned that termites in government threaten the edifice built by ancestors and urged loyalty beyond party lines.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
John Foster Dulles
Amvets
Republican Party
Communist Party
Dulles
Truman
Eisenhower
Coleman Rites and Other Obituaries
Funeral services for Mrs. Fanny Coleman will be held Saturday at 2 30 p m at Funk's Chapel with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Lt. William W. Combest will have services at 10 a m Tuesday at Rumsey Funeral Home for a plane crash death near Ashiya Japan. Surviving relatives include wife Jane and mother Renna Combest. Mrs Leona M Brown of Williamstown, 42, died at work. causes unclear. She is survived by husband Charles, daughter Lila Lee Elliot, mother Nellie Goeffert, several sisters and brothers, and a grandson Bobby Elliot. no funeral arrangements yet. Mrs Liza E Edmonds of Lawrence dies. funeral 2 p m Monday at Rumsey with Memorial Park burial. survivors listed.
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William M. Combest
William W. Combest
Ashiya
Japan
Rumsey
Dale Turner
Memorial Park Cemetery
Jane Topping Combest
Route 4
Renna Combest
Topeka
Leona M. Brown
Williamstown
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Raymond Tate
Lawrence
Brown
Charles Brown
Lila Lee Elliot
Nelslie Goeffert
Perry
Tate
Tempa Zirger
Los Angeles
Calif
Rosemary Clampitt
Carson City
Nev
Claude Goetfert
Kansas City
Kan
William Goetfert
Mountainburg
Ark
Archie Goetfert
Ft. Dodge
Lica
Liza E
Rumsey Funeral Home
Memorial Park
Pansy Lee
Walter Hall
A. D. Schick
Ray Edmonds
Earl Edmonds
Melvin Edmonds
Dmec
Dmec Edmonds of Lawrence, Cleason Edmonds of the Home, and Kenneth Edmonds
Baldwin
Route 2
Ernest Bickner
Winfield
Interstate Fair and Rodeo opens in Coffeyville
The annual Interstate Fair and Rodeo in Coffeyville opened Friday with exhibitors competing for 37,500 in prizes. The event will run through September with contests and showcases across multiple grounds and arenas.
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Coffeyville
Farm Product Prices Steady Through July to August
Washington reports farm product prices unchanged from mid July to mid August despite drought damage. Changes varied by commodity with poultry dairy hogs small grains hay potatoes reported as weak while cattle calves several fruit crops and sweet potatoes showed weakness.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Watchtower Convention Set for St Joseph in September
Howard S Sawalich of the local Watchtower Bible and Tract Society will speak at a Watchtower Convention in St Joseph from September 5 to 7. A number of members of the local Jehovahs Witnesses group will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard S. Sawalich
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society
St. Joseph
Jehovah's Witnesses
Traffic court fines for speeding and stop sign
James Ross of 732 Conn. St. was fined 20 dollars for speeding in police court this morning. Normal of Topeka was fined 15 dollars for speeding. Lee Myerson of W871 Ala. 5t. was fined 15 dollars for speeding. Julius Speicher of Topeka received a 10 dollar suspended fine for failing to stop at a stop sign.
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James Ross
Conn. St
Normal
Jones
Topeka
Lee Myerson
Julius Speicher
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