Cats Earned Love of World’s Great Cats
New York column argues cats inspired esteem among historical figures from Mohammed to Florence Nightingale. It quotes poets and writers such as Loti, Poe, James, Hugo, and Dumas, praising felines while noting biblical ambivalence toward cats and dogs. The piece celebrates cats as patrician, curious, and affectionate, warning against dog-only bias and urging tolerance for both animals.
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Loti
Allan Poe
Lafcadio Hearn
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Henry James
Thomas Hardy
Samuel Butler
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Micetto
Antonio Sacchini
Cate
Joverz
Michael Joseph
Joseph
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Gautier
Baudelaire
Zola
Bryan
Dumas
Paria
Shewd
Montaigne
James Mason
Britain
United States
Florence Nightingale
Alwaye
GE Show "House of Magic" Coming to KU Hoch Hall
General Electric's "House of Magic" science show, seen by over 13 million in 15 years, will visit the University of Kansas next Friday. Dr. Donald G. Wilson of the electrical engineering department says the program explains modern science entertainingly with performances at 4 pm and 8 pm in Hoch Auditorium. The show, named after Floyd Gibbons, draws on lab research and has drawn praise from audiences, including service members during WWII. The public may attend without charge.
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General Elecric
House of Magic
University of Kansas
Donald G. Wilson
Hoch Auditorium
Floyd Gibbons
G. E
Dr. Wilson
Danny Makes a Snow Man Come Alive
A boy named Danny, ostracized for his missing leg, builds a snow man and dreams of friendship. As peers pelt him with snow, a sunlit fairy appears on a light beam and promises to make the snow man real, offering Danny a trusted friend.
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Danny
Danny Getx
Denver mother dies after cross country iron lung voyage
Dorothy McKenna 28, who drew national sympathy by traveling in iron lungs across the country for polio relief, was found dead in her Denver home evening yesterday. Her husband John tried to revive her with a respirator. doctors cited a relapse after the exhausting 1800 mile trip and ongoing respiratory trouble. Judy, their 4 year old daughter, was with relatives in Oklahoma. The route included Pittsburgh Dayton Springs Kansas City and Salina. The cause of death remains undetermined by physicians. The Remi city Reims note appears as an unrelated historical fact.
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Dorothy McKenna
John
Medford Lakes
N. J
McKenna
Air Force
Far East
Judy
Oklahoma
National Association For Infantile Paralysis
Pittsburgh
Dayton
Spring Aih
Kansas City
Salina
New bid to renew world wheat pact set for Jan 25
Washington reports a fresh effort to agree an international wheat pact will be held January 25. Nations under the UN Food and Agriculture Organization are expected to participate. The plan would replace a failed 1949 attempt backed by President Truman, setting price bands and allocating a large U.S. market share for 65 years Bowen.
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State Department
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United States
United Kingdom
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Australia
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India
France
Belgium
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Luxenbourg
Brazil
Plan Stowe Address at KU Convocation
Teland Stowe foreign correspondent and author will speak at a KU convocation December 14 on America and the Chinese Dilemma. A 22 year foreign correspondent, Stowe won a 1980 Pulitzer for Paris reparations coverage and the Young plan, earned the Sigma Delta Chi medal for Norway 1940, and was honored by Missouri School of Journalism for war reporting. He has led the Chicago Daily News foreign staff for nine years and is allied with Dean Burton W. Marvin.
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Teland Stowe
University of Kansas
Stowe
America
Paris
Norway
School of Journalism
University of Missouri
Chicago Daily News
Burton W. Marvin
William Allen White School of Journalism
Chicago
Grass fires scorch six homes. no property loss reported
Firefighters battled six grass fires Saturday at residences on Ohio Illinois Rhode Island New Jersey Michigan and Arkansas streets. Alarms ranged from 9:55 a.m. to 4:07 p.m. with no injuries or property loss.
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Ohio Street
Ilinois Street
Delbert Gerstenberger
Rhode Island Street
New Jersey Street
Albert Daniels
Michigan Street
Jess Brooks
Arkansas Street
Plan KFKU Celebration Delays Remodeled Studios Opening
Plans for KFKU celebration progress as remodeling nears finish. The station marks its twenty fifth anniversary and the new studios opening with an official 9 to 10 p.m. broadcast from Hoch Auditorium on January 18. Mildred Seamans, program director, said students and townspeople will be invited to attend.
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K.F.K.U
Mildred Seamans
Hoch Auditorium
British Ford on display at Morgan-Macks due Friday
A new British made Ford car set to be shown Friday at Morgan-Macks Motors. Three models planned Anglica a two door sedan Prefect a four door sedan and Thames a one quarter to one half ton truck. Prices range around 1430 to 1470 with expected 32 to 35 miles per gallon. The car resembles a Continental look but lacks full streamlining. Ford dealers plan to service these small cars as Britain seeks higher export income replacing slower domestic output.
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Morgan-Mack Motors Company
United States
Les Morgan
Ford
Ford Baby Car sales target in America
Approximately 12,000 of the baby Fords have been shipped to America and the company hopes to maintain a sale of at least 4,000 cars a month for the remainder of the year. The stock in the English company is partly public, with the balance owned by private investors.
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America
Couple Reunited After Sixteen Years In Arkansas City
In Arkansas City Kansas Miss Katina Dimitreoutu arrived from Athens to wed Mike Perdaris a restaurant operator who came from Greece in 1932. Their romance began in Greece sixteen years ago with wartime separation and resumed after his return from service. They plan a wedding within a week.
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Kan
Greece
Katina Dimitreoutu
Athens
Mike Perdaris
Perdaris
United States
Mise Pimitreoulu
U.S. Army
Wit
To Manage Iola Nine Tula Kan 1949 Hiring
Dec 6.1 Winlow O Johnson from Topeka Owls has been hired to manage the Tula Indians in the Kan Oklahoma Missouri league for 1949. Johnson, a Burlingame native, was approved by the Cleveland Indians with whom Tol has a working agreement. He succeeds Al J Reitz who led the club the past three seasons.
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Kan
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Topeka Owls
Tula Indians
Johnson
Burlingame
Cleveland Indians
Tol
al J. Reitz
Kansas Liquor Control Council backs six point program
Wichita Dec 6. Kansas Legal Control Council endorses a six point basic program for liquor control as legislators and editors receive a mimeographed list. It calls for legal sale for home use and licensed venues, strict liquor timing, temperance through education, and opposition to out of state interests. asserts the prohibition mob remains powerful and must be curbed to protect Kansas interests.
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Kansas Legal Control Council
Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Real Control Council
Leuer
Eitizen
Oour State
Kansans
Kan— San
KU Amateur Radio Club To Test Message Network
The University of Kansas amateur radio club with 36 members in its second year will set up message boxes around the campus for student use. Messages will be transmitted to other clubs for forwarding to points in the United States and abroad. Foreign messages must be directed to the contacted person.
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United States
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Electrical Engineering Laboratory
All-Students Council
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