Veterans contest offers $50,000 Wash Basin farm prize
The Alford Clarke VFW Post seeks a veteran winner for a $50,000 farm in Washington’s Columbia Basin reclamation project. The prize farm, to be awarded May 7 11 1952 during the water delivery celebration, includes irrigation, a three bedroom home, outbuildings, crops, machinery and supplies. Applications available from Post Commander Charley Coffman or committee members Frank Self Willis Bond Kim Saunders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alford-Clarke
Charley Coffman
Contest Committee
Frank Self
Willis Bond
Kim Saunders
Columbia Basin
Grand Coulee
Columbia River
RFC Considers Major Loan for Arizona Copper Mine
Washington reports the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is weighing a loan of about 75 billion to develop a vast copper deposit in Pinal County, Arizona. If approved it could yield up to 140 million pounds of copper yearly, with preliminary talks held with San Manuel Copper Corp., a Magma Copper Co. subsidiary. This would be RFC’s largest loan since World War I and follows a 57.2 million loan approved last month for a northern Michigan deposit. The Arizona project lies about 60 miles from Tucson.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sid
Pinal County
Arizona
RFC
San Manuel Copper Corp
Magma Copper Co
New York
Future Growth of Savings Associations Foreseen
Walter J. Ray, president of the United States Savings and Loan League, spoke at a Miami Beach convention predicting G-Savings and Joan associations will double their business to about $38 billion in ten years. He noted eight million families earn $5,000 annually now versus 1.57 million a decade ago, with population rising 14.4 percent and family units 25 percent. He warned that war baby marriages will surge demands as new family formations reach peak levels.
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Miami Beach
Fla. G
Italian mariners retire on 11 dollar monthly pension
Rome W The man who gave Naly her only speed record for the North Atlantic crossing by ship is now retired on an 11 dollar a month pension. This is the typical pension of about 20 000 Italian merchant seamen who sailed the seas for two decades before retiring. Francesco Tarradotto former captain of the Rex luxury liner tied the Rex across the ocean in 1933 in four days 73 hours and 58 minutes breaking the Bremen record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Naly
Francesco Tarradotto
Bremen
Hospital Birth Announcements From Memorial Hospital
A list of births and new babies shows mothers and locations including Sunflower Eudora Olathe Richland and others. Names include Mrs. Helen Wright Mrs. Elsie Fine Mrs. Edith French and many more with babies boys and girls born at Memorial Hospital area addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Roltf
Sunflower
Helen Wright
Eudora
Elsie Fine
Winchester
Edith French
Linwood
Elsie Sandefur
Sadie Cleland
Tenn
Dale Neal
Nadine Wurtz
Tenn St
Dorothy Trannell
Olathe
City plans off street parking and land talks
Lawrence city manager continues study of off street parking with outreach to landowners. Commission moves to initiate projects at 7th and Vermont, St and N.H., and 10th and Vermont. Bonded 150000 in 1950 to be repaid largely from meter receipts, meters have netted about 40000 so far.
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Jim Wigglesworth
7Th and
St. and
N. H
10Th and
Vt. Sts
Posible
Anaes
Pioneering Concrete Road Builder Dies in Florida
Robert Douglas Baker, 80, who built the world’s first concrete road in Detroit on Woodward Avenue, died in Fort Lauderdale after a heart attack on his boat. A longtime Michigan road-builder, he led the R. D. Baker Co. and Michigan Asphalt Paving Co., and chaired Peerless Cement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Robert Douglas Baker
Detroit
Woodward Ave
Michigan
R. D. Baker Co
Michigan Asphalt Paving Co
Peerless Cement
Auction opens at Jenny Wren Sates Co on Davenport farm
Mr and Mrs C W Davenport start the Jenny Wren Sates Co at their farm two miles west of Lawrence on Highway 40 to hold public live stock sales every Monday at 1 pm. The first sale sold about 90 head of Holstein cattle. Davenport, in the business 27 years, expanded a stone barn to 215 feet as the sales pavilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Davenport
Jenny Wren Sates Co
Lawrence
Highway 40
Davenports
Iowa
R. C. Jackman
Jenny Wren
Davenport
Fireman Clarke to Retire This Year
The City Commission accepted the retirement application of Fireman Frank Clarke a 37 year veteran age 67. Retirement effective January 1 1952 Clarke based at No 2 station will undergo a medical checkup at Lawrence Memorial Hospital this afternoon and likely remain for about a week for observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Clarke
Clarke
No.2
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Tilis
Tunning Reflection Belleville Quail Stun at Lakefront Home
The Ganters, Mr and Mrs Armin Ganter, live in a house with a large picture window facing a lake. Birds are blinded by sunlight reflecting off the lake onto the window, causing them to flee after a stunned pause. The episode mostly yields noise with little else.
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Belleville, I
Armin Ganter
Tests on Flood and Upland Soils Show Varied Fertility
Deal Six county agent reports 23 soil tests across Big Springs Rock Creek North Lawrence Kaw county sand and Eudora revealing flood soils differ from upland soils with nitrogen lower lime content high silt normal phosphorus and potassium low in sandy flood lands.
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Deal Six
Six
Big Springs
Rock Creek
Lawrence
North Lawrence
Eudora
Markets at a Glance From Kansas City and Chicago
A garbled market roundup from Kansas City and Chicago notes cattle receipts with beef and hog prices, grain values, and livestock totals. It mentions local market highlights, including broker activity, livestock shipments, and an Oyster supper by the Douglas County CPA with a meeting to follow at Budland Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Cpa
Budland Hall
Ebenezer's Descendants Have Tough Time of It
A seedy man narrates how a family cursed by miserliness repeats Christmas folly. A former Ebenezer Scrooge-like figure inherits wealth, spends wildly on Christmas, then goes broke. The tale ends with the man facing perpetual Christmas and poverty, while a bum thanks him with merry Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer
Recruiters Urge Draftees to Check Enlistment Options
Army and Air Force recruiters in Douglas County urge men ordered to preinduction physicals to discuss enlistment prospects. M/Sgt. Jack Urbanek says about 50 men must report this month and some may join Air Force or qualify for cadet or officer programs in the Army before being drafted. High school graduates can still apply for training. delays before physicals can hinder processing. The Army offers 2 to 6 year enlistments, with eight Air Force slots open at the Mass Street station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Air Force
Jack Urbanck
Douglas County
Urbanek
Jack Dodd
Mass
Theft at church site racks up third break-in in months
Police report the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 1201 Vt. St. was broken into last night for the third time in three months and $10 was stolen. Burglars entered through a basement window they broke out. G. R. Norris of 1025 Conn. St. filed the report. The Rapid Transit Co. also reported a stolen battery checker worth $20, believed taken yesterday morning.
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Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Vt. St
G. R. Norris
Conn
the Rapid Transit Co
City League splits into two 8-team rounds
The Basketball Commission divided 16 city teams into two 8 team leagues for a single round robin and post season. Top four from each league enter a main bracket while others go to consolation playoffs. Leagues feature Eagles First Baptist Fritzer Jayhawk Fritzer Service Gallaphers Stables Sunflower VEW Westvaca and American Legion DeSoto Comets Eleventh Street AC Gravitts Haskell Humpties Lawrence Sanitary Winter Chevrolet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basketball Commission
City
Eagles
First Baptist
Fritzer-Jayhawk
Fritzer Service
Gallaphers
Stables
Sunflower
VEW
Westvaca
Lawrence League
American Legion
DeSoto Comets
Eleventh Street AC
Gravitts
Haskell, Humpties
Lawrence Sanitary
Winter Chevrolet
Divorce Suit Filed for Marily Duschl and John Duschl
The divorce action of Marily Duschl from John B. Duschl has been filed with the clerk of Douglas County District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marily Duschl
John B. Duschl
Douglas County District Court
Deaths and Funerals of William Wyatt and Reginald Bailey
William Wyatt 84 died at his home 1338 Tenn St. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. He came to Lawrence in 1929 from Montgomery City Mo. was a farmer and member of St Lukes AME Church. Survived by wife Ella Ponder Wyatt six daughters two sons two sisters two brothers three steps and many grandchildren. Also noted is the death yesterday of Reginald King Bailey at Garfield Hospital Washington DC. Services Thursday at 12:30 pm at Gawlers Chapel Washington followed by private interment. Bailey son of the late N H Bailey lived many years in Lawrence. KU alumnus AB 1912, long with U S Geographical Survey. Surviving wife Hortense Culley and two sisters remain.
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William Wyatt
Tenn
Wyatt
Lawrence
Montgomery City
St. Lukes
Lovie Gaines
Vera Oakley
Kansas City
Laura Clark Johnson
St. Louis
Jack Wyatt
William
Simon Wyatt
Wellsville
Rosie Suttles
Lottie Les
Aaron Wyatt
Montgony City
Tra Wyatt
Reginald King Bailey
Garfield Hospital
Washington
D. C
Gawlers Chapel
Bailey
N. H. Bailey
Delaward St
Universe of
Kansas
U. S.geographical Survey
Reginald King Bailey,Jr
Westmont
University of Kansas
Hoxtense Culley
Scott County
Mra
Emil Heck Re-Elected President of Association
The Kansas Association of Soil Conservation supervisors urged integrating watershed treatment and soil conservation into Kansas flood control. Emil Heck of Lawrence was reelected president, with Clarence E. Brown of Collyer as secretary. Cunningham of El Dorado and Marr of Esbon were named to the state committee and also elected to two-year terms on the State Soil Conservation Committee alongside Williams, Throckmorton, Christy, and Sykes.
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Wichita
Kansas Association of Soil Conservation Supervisors
Kansas
Edward F. Arnands
Congress
Emil Heck
Lawrence
Clarence E. Brown
Collyer
C. Cunningham
el Dorado
Bernard Melia
Ford County
Stanley Marr
Esbon
Cunningham
Marr
State Soil Conservation Committee
Deans
L. C. Williams
R. I. Throckmorton
Kansas State College
Don Christy
State Board of Agriculture
Scott City
Fred Sykes
Salina
Must Have Union Approval To Cut Christmas Bonuses
The NLRB ruled that a regularly paid Christmas bonus is part of workers wages and cannot be cut without union bargaining. The decision backed CIO United Auto Workers locals against Niles-Bemont Pond Co. of West Hartford, citing in good faith bargaining as ongoing wage-related action.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Abe Murdock
Godli Nm
CIO
United Auto Workers
Niles-Bemont Pond Co
West Hartford
Form a Science Club at New York School
A science club has formed in intermediate New York School with 33 members. Officers are Peter Romero president Sonny Garcia vice president Jimmie Irrland secretary Denny Johnson reporter and Lawrence Sinks treasurer. Sponsors are Mrs Ethel Gwin and Mrs Helen Chewning. Program committee includes Lowell Craig Connie Ramirez and Marilyn Spencer. The bird feeder group is John Hines Omer Buck and Joe Romero. They meet every other Wednesday at 3 15 pm. The next meeting on December 12 features Fay Brown city fireman speaking about birds and building bird houses.
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New York
Ethel Gwin
Helen Chewning
National Audubon Club
Peter Romero
Sonny Garcia
Jimmie Irrland
Denny Johnson
Lawrence Sinks
Lowell Craig
Connie Ramirez
Marilyn Spencer
John Hines
Omer Buck
Joe Romero
Fay Brown
Air Force Pvt William Lothholz Begins Basic Training
Pvt William R. Lothholz, 25, enlisted in the U S Air Force on Nov 24 and is now at Sheppard Field Texas for basic training. Son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Lothholz of Eudora he graduated Eudora High in 1944 and has since farmed. Lennie S Bundy Fireman Apprentice USN returned to the U S from Korea aboard USS Bryce Canyon after seven months in the Western Pacific. Bundy resides Route 2 Tonganonie.
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William R. Lothholz
U.S. Air Force
Sheppard Field
Texas
Oscar Lothholz
Eudora
Eudora High School
Lennie S. Bundy
USN
United States
Korea
Bryce Canyon
Western Pacific
Bundy
Tonganonie
Cards of thanks for Denise Marie Bell and Albert Noever
The Bell and Noever families express gratitude for sympathy, floral offerings, and support after the loss of Denise Marie Bell and Albert Noever. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Bell, Mae Noever, Inez Stone and families, and Kenneth Norver and families convey thanks to friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denise Marie Bell
Marion Bell
Albert Noever
Mae Noever
Inez Stone
Kenneth Norver
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Rich Farm Prize
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Columbia River Basin
Memorial Hospital
Mise Louise Vannergriff
Ky St
Fred Peterson
Charles Eisenmann
Oskaloosa
Ogg Coffman
Ruth Flink
Martha Houk
Mary Merrill
Ohio St
Jay
DeTar
Spring Hil
Anna Camp
A. J. St. Birs
Geneva Hutcheson
Dela. St
Mersey Jaimer
N. J. St
Betty O'Connor
Richland
Rachel Williams
Joan Thing
Dread Ave
Catherine Brubaker
E. 11Th St
Acacia Lodge
A. F
A. M
Robert 3. Mounsey
Marion A. Barrow
Adv. Ee
Chester A. Spray
V. M. O. Wright
Martha DeVigier
Long Beach
Calif
Roland DeVigier
Quarizaire
Ariz
Paris
Notre Dame Cathedral
6Th and
Calif. Sts
California St
The
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Leona Bond
Larry Taylor
Robert Stump
Vinton Fischel
Lauraine Mulally
Blanche Lefman
Robert Campbell
Winnie Macon
Naomi Perdue
Lewis Noble
Wayne Nelson
George Hulteen
Karl E. Richardson
Cecil M. Luse
Ruth Elbrader
Robert C. McCoy
Stanley Dial
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John R. Riley
Mary Swift
Jack E. Todd
Lewis C. Meuffels
Florida
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Lecompton
Red Cross
Charles
Martin
Re Pe Tue
Nedded Caudle
Truman
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Mr. Caudle
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Charlie” Oliphant
Charles Oliphant
King
Byrnes
Teitelbaum
Bert E. Nester
Hollywood
Nester
Caudle
Jess Larson
General Services Administratio Oliphant
George J. Schoeneman
Joseph Nunan
Internal Revenue
Justice Department
King D-Calif
Byrnes R-Wisel
Teapot Dome
Harding
Albert Fall
N. Lawrence
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York
Faty
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Hermiid
Shaehe
Watimaie
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Ann Aimuhe
Artane
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Peea
Cat
Dee
CAPE
Ana
Diy
Rishow
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Hei
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Dave Foseh
Ellen Moueliane
Faye
Sinmchter
Kansay
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Kanena
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Chicago
Wall Street
Tee
F. Cad
Tayert
Retow Lassen Loney
Phil Loame
Cuye
TSR
Mengna Dakein
Wilieton Aff
Monta
Dakota
Steels
Motorola
Adr
Ariesieien Telephone
Ihe
Dialee
Virginia-thirclina Chemical
Groottrich
Aa Tavus Corse
Fede Chipper
American Coviatiti
Jon Chumical
Bondeber Steel
Beret Motore
Seyios-Tsuemed
CPA
Clare Chane
Airiien
Connie En Deere
Bert Sand
Muroey
Penney
Nina
Lee
Jtscan
Scrooge
Ebentzer Scrooge
Willan Wyatt
Reginald K. Bailey
Fupils
Arthur F. Donovan & Associates Investments Management
Cal” L. Miller
Baltimore
Kansas City, MO
Lela
St Temperature Equip Co
Reeves
Mississippi
Wolferman
Dairy Queen
Sewice
Cad Noland Insurance
Farmers Way
Bremer Ins
AGCY
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