Oklahoma bank-robber fugitive Matt Kimes hit by truck
In North Little Rock Oklahoma outlaw Matt Kimes, 89, wanted for a Texas bank robbery, was struck by a poultry truck while crossing a street. He suffered serious injuries, had $1635 on him, and later admitted his identity after fingerprinting. The driver, Joe Chamblee, faced a reckless endangerment charge later dismissed.
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Little Rock
Ark
Mat Kimes
Oklahoma
Baptist State Hospital Hare
Kimes
Texas
Joe Chamblee
North Little Rock
Oklahoma Penitentiary
FBI
Dean Morley
Young Chamblee
J. H. Anderson
Chamblee
Anderson
Olaf Alvin Rodgers
Lrst State Bank
Morton
Tex
Ollie Melton
Fred Pair
Morley
Sequoyah County
Beggs
Bert C. Campbell
Campbell
Leo A. Woods
Miami
Okla
Woods
German Camp Commander, Aides Get Prison Terms for Torture
Col. Erich Killinger, 52, head of a German prison camp, was sentenced by a British military court to five years. Two aides, Major Heinz Junge and Lieut. Heinrich Eberhardt, received five and three years. Two other defendants were acquitted. Defense cited age, wife, and three children.
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Wunpertal
Germany
Erich Kilsinger
R.A.F
Killinger
Heinz Junge
Heinrich Eberhardt
Visiting Parents in Lawrence Lt. Jeffries Returns from Pacific Duty
Lt Edwin C Jeffries on terminal leave from the navy visits his Lawrence parents Mr and Mrs J G Jeffries. He served on the staff of military government on Okinawa after duties as communications officer aboard a minesweeper. Previously with Federated Hardware Mutuals in Detroit.
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Edwin C. Jeffries
Navy
Lawrence
J. G. Jeffries
Pacific
Okinawa
Jeffries
Federated Hardware Mutuals
Detroit
Mich
San Diego
No Meeting Tonight at Lawrence Lodge No 6
Lawrence Lodge No 6 AF and A M notes no gathering tonight. John F Mee serves as Master, advancing the lodge activities.
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Lawrence Lodge No
John F. Mee
Adv
Newsprint ceiling price to rise at least five dollars a ton
OPA plans to announce a price hike of at least five dollars per ton for newsprint with a possible higher figure. The increase aims to restore mill earnings to prewar levels and would affect both Canadian and domestic producers. Canadian mills supply about half of U S newsprint usage.
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OPA
Washington
GPA
United States
90000 Are Involved 24 Hour Waterfront Strike
New York December 3 suppling 90000 workers nationwide affected by a 24 hour stoppage as 6000 men quit on the New York waterfront tying up 140 ships. The union says the protest targets slow returns of overseas veterans and misallocation of ships for other uses. No pickets were placed at New York harbor with four men remaining on each ship for security.
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New York
National Maritime Union
C.I.U
United States
New York Harbor
Union
Deaths and Funerals Note Man and Woman in DeSoto
Funeral services for Mrs Harriet Noteman of DeSoto were held at the DeSoto Methodist church with burial in the De Soto cemetery. Mrs Augusta N Crosby, 93, died at 837 Pennsylvania Street Saturday. survived by husband Ernest Crosby and daughter Alberta Crosby. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Harriet Noteman
DeSoto
DeSoto Methodist Church
DeSoto Cemetery
Augusta Crosby
Augusta N. Crosby
Pennsylvania Street
Ernest Crosby
Alberta Crosby
Funeral services for John Mc Ginnis 77
John Mc Ginnis 77 of 232 North Sixth Street died at home. Funeral services are set for 1 30 p m Wednesday at Rumsey funeral home with Rev Gilbert Verian presiding. Burial will follow at Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by wife three daughters Mrs John Hubbel Bonner Springs Mrs L A Wulkhu le Lawrence and Mrs Kenneth Forney Hot Springs Ark five grandchildren one great grandchild and one sister Mrs Clarence Lawrence Excelsior Springs Mo.
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John McGinnis
North Sixth Street
Rumsey
Gilbert Verian
Oak Hill Cemetery
John Hubbel
Bonner Springs
L. A. Wulfkuhle
Lawrence
Kenneth Forney
Hot Springs
Ark
Clarence Lawrence
Excelsior Springs, Mo
Charles Edward Loid Laid To Rest In Maple Grove
Charles Edward Loid died recently and was buried in Maple Grove cemetery beside his wife Bertie Ewing Lown Loid in the family plot of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ewing who have owned it since 1902.
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Charles Edward Lord
Charles Edward Loid
Maple Grove Cemetery
Bertie Ewing Lown Loid
J. H. Ewing
Judge Names Divorces In Douglas County Actions
Judge Hugh Means presided Saturday over contested divorce suits in Douglas County District Court. Decisions included denying Medary L. Christie vs Wanda M. Christie and granting divorces in Edgar W. Pickett vs Rosette P. Pickett Dorothy Eleanor D Dick vs Lawrence Donald Dick Harry E. Marshall vs Ruby J. Marshall and Rudolph H. Ruge vs Orena Ruge.
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Hugh Means
Douglas County District Court
Mary Eleanor Davis
Caldwell Davis, Jr
Thomas J. Shannon
Dorothy Shannon
Means
Medary L. Christie
Wanda M. Christie
Edgar W. Pickett
Rosette P. Pickett
Dorothy Eleanor D Dick
Lawrence Donald Dick
Harry E. Marshall
Ruby J. Marshall
Rudolph H. Ruge
Orena Ruge
KU Bacteriology Staff Present Papers in Topeka Meeting
Three members of the University of Kansas bacteriology staff presented papers at the Missouri Valley branch meeting of the Society of American Bacteriologists in Topeka. Prof. Noble P. Sherwood society president, Mrs. Barbara Russell, and Daniel J. Tennenberg spoke.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
Missouri Valley
Society of American Bacteriologists
Noble P. Sherwood
Barbara Russell
Daniel J. Tennenberg
Nurse Becomes Patient Miss Harriet Fish at Lawrence Memorial
Miss Harriet Fish a nurse at Lawrence Memorial hospital has been a patient in the hospital since last Thursday.
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Harriet Fish
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Weather and police notes from Lawrence area and Anderson county court
November rainfall in Worden area measured .47 inch, 1.73 inches below normal. Yearly total to December 1 stands at 44.59 inches versus normal 32.53 inches. Jack W. Cheek resumes police work after Seabees service. George Snyder retires from active duty. Judge Hugh Manns and Court Reporter Mrs. Ethel High open December term of Anderson County District Court in Garnett.
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Worden
Walter Schwarz
Jack W. Cheek
Seabees
Hawaii Islands
First Clase
George Snyder
Cheek
Hugh Manns
Ethel High
Garnett
Anderson County District Court
Douglas
Leavenworth
Eudora Bridge
Kaw River
Wakarusa
Casey Rice Returns to County Engineer Office
Casey Rice resumes duties in the county engineer's office after two and a half years with the Seabees. Dr. F C Phog Allen KU coach will lead a basketball clinic at Rockhurst college field house in Kansas City Missouri on December 12.
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Casey Rice
The
Seabees
F. C
Phog) Allen
University of Kansas
Rockshurst College
Kansas City
Warning Message Sparks Hearings On December 7 Attack
The hearings open with promise of probing the failure to deliver a critical navy message to fleet commanders including Admiral Husband E. Kimmel. General George C. Marshall is slated to testify after committee counsel announced the schedule.
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Lucas
Sherman Miles
Army Intelligence Division
Marshall
George C. Marshall
Army
Gearhard Gesell
Navy
K U Concert Program Blanche Thebom In Hoch Auditorium
Mezzo soprano Blanche Thebom appears at Hoch Auditorium as part of the University of Kansas Concert Series in Lawrence tomorrow at 8 20 p m. The program includes works by Haydn Schubert Rachmaninoff Halevy Bernstein Kost a Rondel of Spring and a J S Bach homage among others with multiple arias and songs from Orpheus and Charles VI.
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Blanche Thebom
Hoch Auditorium
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Cara Speme
Joseph Haydn
Franz Schubert
Rachmaninoff
Talac
Serge Rachmaninoff
Leonard Bernstein
Frank Bibb
Enlistments Rise in Kansas Recruiting District
Kansas City report shows 2,550 men aged 17 to 35 enlisted or re enlisted in November in the Kansas recruiting district. The district covers all of Kansas and 12 Missouri counties. Lt. Col. Francis J. McGowan notes 5 percent have prior military service.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Francis J. McGowan
Missouri
McGowan
Maj Olmstead visits kin then back to Longview
Maj Fred S Olmstead of Longview Washington spent yesterday in Lawrence visiting his sisters Miss Marcella Olmstead and Mrs Mildred De Roin before traveling to New Orleans and De Ridder Louisiana then to Los Angeles to see his nephew Noble De Roin. He will resume duties as superintendent at Long-Bell lumber Co. after military service.
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Fred S. Olmstead
Longview
Wash
Lawrence
Marcella Olmstead
Mildred de Roin
New Orleans
de Ridder
Los Angeles
Calif
Noble de Roin
Major Olmstead
Long-Bell Lumber Company
Harold Schweitzberger
Harvey McDaniel
Paola
Martha Foster
A. I. Decker
San Francisco
William J. Decker
Decker
San Francisco Chronicle
Donald K. Edmondson
Las Vegas
Nev
Kelso-Turner
Stewart Avenue
Edmondson
Army Air Forces
Eugene Messinger
Messinger
Leslie Messinger
Kansas City
Kan
Arthur Cording
Galena
Cording
W. T. Courtney
Eby McKale
Howard
McKale
Sam Carter
Jonathan B. Carter
Wilson
Tommy Shaw
Shepardstown
West Va
Courtney
Wayne F. Shaw
Ryland Ferguson
Sam Ferguson
Memorial Hospital
Roger Allen
Fritz Company
Cards Awarded 243 Persons for 80 Percent Food Handlers
Two hundred forty three individuals from sixteen Douglas county food handling establishments received 80 percent attendance cards from the Lawrence-Douglas county health unit. The firms will soon receive state board of health display cards, including Gilkersons Cafe Dina A Mite Cafe Jayhawk Creamery Rov Lawrence Market Eldifège Pharmacy Cooke's Grocery Halloway Phillips Grocery Haake Institute KU Cafeteria and others. Eisenhower Begins Work as Army Chief of Staff After Illness and Hospital Rest.
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Douglas County
Lawrence-Douglas County
State Board of Health
Topeka
Gilkersors Cafe
Dina-A-Mite
Jayhawk Creamery
Lawrence Market
Eldifége Pharmacy
Cooke's Grocery
Halloway & Phillips Grocery Haake! Institute
K.U
Lawrence-Douglas County Health
Dement Wrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence City Water Department
Golden Arrow
Martin’s
Eudora
Market News Markete at a Glance New York and Kanaag City
Market news reports mixed cattle and hog activity with cattle steady to 50 cents higher and hogs fairly active near higher prices. In New York trading bonds were steady while aviation and rail sectors led gains. corn and rye held stable as nerves over ceiling rules weighed, with hogs reaching top around 14.80 and cattle up to 18.00.
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New York
Commission House Bay
Chicago
W. W. Gerstenberger
Farm Bureau
Hugh Boyce
Charlie Banning
Journal-World Market Basket
Livestock Market Report from Rancas City
Cattle availability broad across classes with medium and low good steers steady while top grades rise up to 15 higher. Heifers and cows steady to higher with varying feed and market demand. bulls and yearlings bought sparingly by major packers. Sheep slow and uneven with natives and wheat pasture lambs around 14 to 14.5 for good to choice quality.
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Kanaag City
Kanaan City
USDA
Smuchter
Rancas City
Kans City Grain and Market Updates in Late Fall
Kansas City dispatches report wheat and corn prices by grade with car counts and unchanged tones, plus futures in wheat and corn. Hay receipts, alfalfa and prairie, and prices in Kansas City and Chicago markets are included, with oddments on potatoes and eggs. The Day In Wall Street notes aviation stocks leading a broad market rise and lists top performers and notable movers.
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Kansas City
Card of Thanks from Luella Hultz
I thank friends for cards flowers and visits during my illness.
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Luella Hultz
Christmas Cheer Bonds War News Echo Across Douglas County
Local notes feature wartime canning plant gains under Stokely-Van Camp with Bill Pendleton as manager and 11 million pounds of meat produced, plus 7 million pounds of potatoes. Weather, harvests, bridges, and drought details follow, alongside KU sports, county officials, and community events.
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Bill Pendleton
van Camps
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Matt Kimes
Wang Mon
Charta
Arso
G. I. bin
New Dulles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Dee
Prairie
Ap-Usda
U. S
Idaho
Colorado
Red McClures
Nebraska
Biss
U.S
Minnesota
North Dakota
Bliss
Wall Street
Ransfers
Pan- American Airways
American Airlines
Aviation Corporation
United Aircraft
Chrysler
General Motors
Hudson Motors
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Montgomey Ward
Du_ Pont
Engineers Public Service
Goodrich
Loew
Paramount Pictures
American Telephone
N.Y. Central
Great Northern
Douglas Aircraft
Anaconne
J.C. Penney
Standard Oil
N.J
T&t
Ate&sf
Beth Steel
Chrysler Corp
Coca-Cola Peres
du Pont de
Elec
Gen Foods
Hercules Pond Ld Johns-Mann
Kennecotte Peewee
Montgom Ward
NOA Avia
Packard Mtr
Penney Ja Sears-Roeb
Tex Co
Niseesse
U_S Steel Co
Alqrners’ Woonder
Fpassiea
Robert Alda
George
Jayhawker
Lawrence, Kansas
War Fund
Jim Parsons
Banner County
Ernest Clifton
Ross Channel
Blackie Sanders
Fatso Goering
Massachusetts Street
Clifton
Berchtesgaden
Hermann
Sunflower Ordnance
K. U
Phog Allen
Warrensburg
Phog
Charlie Black
Ruppert Stadium
Missourians
Gear and
Bertuzzi
Wayne Hird
Eud Schmidt
Lawrence High
Chalmer Woodard
Dodge City
Kingman
Rody Skinner
Chet Skinner
Pete Underwood
New Mexico
Betty Grable
Dolly Sisters
Frank Carlson
Eunice
Itchy
Dick Tracy
Santy Claus
Dinty Moore
Lyle Arme
Uncle Sam
Robert Haggart
Maritime Service
Ray Nichols
E. H. Lindley
Pop
Devoe
Wagoner
Mass
Etter AG
Theva Hunen
Lady ‘Alpagora
Massachusetts
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