Indignant Imposter Quits Texas Prison Job After Exposure
Huntsville Texas O B Elis general manager of the Texas prison system identified an employee as an imposter Canadian physician who had performed major surgery on the battlefield He quit after being confronted with magazine articles about Ferdinand Waldo DeMara Jr who served as surgeon in the Canadian armed forces The man 36 claimed degrees from Peabody University University of Texas and Georgia and left after a fellow employee found a three year old article detailing the Canadian impostor with photos matching the employee The manager noted the man appeared capable and did his work while employed but left following the confrontation
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Huntsville
Tex. i
O. B. Elis
Texas
Elis
Ellis
Ferninand
Waldo DeMara, Jr
Joseph C. Cyr
Peabody University of Nashville
Tenn
University of Texas and
Georgia
Elila
1 Percent Million Donated For Kansas Education
A Kansas State Chamber of Commerce survey shows more than 1.5 million dollars donated by business and industry to Kansas colleges and universities in the 1954-55 year. Gifts include endowments, grants, and scholarships with over 1,300 contributors. Kansas University’s specific totals remain undisclosed.
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Kansas
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
Kansas University
Ir- Min Youngberg
Endowment Association
K.U
Ford Foundation
Wright Chosen for Kansas Council Nomination Panel
Dr Erik Wright a KU psychologist and director of the Kansas University Psychological Clinic is named to the nominating committee of the Kansas Council for Children and Youth B W Tucker a government center research associate becomes executive director Rev Charles A Smith of Wichita is named president of the group
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DE. Wright
Erik Wright
Kansas University Psychological Clinic
Kansas Council For Children and Youth
B. W. Tucker
Governmental Research Center
Charles A. Smith
Wichita
Gift subscription warms former Law rence resident this Christmas
An ad suggests sending a Journal-World gift subscription to a former Lawrence resident as a thoughtful Christmas gesture. The message centers on gifting joy and preserving connection through the newspaper service during the holiday season.
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Lawrence
Journal- World
Adv
Droodles and a Mysterious Christmas Tree Purchase
A landlady buys a Christmas tree from Dr. Schwine for a small price. The doctor markets trees across the neighborhood but guards his supplier location. The narrator observes his shortcut through Central Park on the East Side and is warned by the doctor. Mrs. Goonsgarten trims the tree amid odd, unclear exchanges and odd phrasing about food items.
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Goonsgarten
Dr. Schwine
Central Park
AF Probe Details Escape From B47 Bomber Crash
An Air Force inquiry into a BAT jet bomber crash near McPherson Kansas on October 4 found three men escaped through the bomb bay at low altitude about 5 000 feet. Two ejection seats failed or were not armed and observers seat also malfunctioned though a third ejection position worked. Officials cited varying ejection seal types and operator error as factors, with ongoing study to improve escape procedures and equipment.
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Washington
Air Force
McPherson
Kas
Kenney Joins Vickers Cagers After KU Career
Bob Kenney former Kansas star forward and 1952 U S Olympic team member joined the Vickers entry of the National Industrial Basketball League for his first workout today. Coach Geng Johnson expects him ready for the game against Phillips at the University of Wichita fieldhouse with Kenney a 6 2 forward and noted his prior Air Force service and Pan American title.
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Wichitaf
Bob Kenney
University of Kansas
Vickers
AAU
Kenney
Geng Johnson
Phillips
U. S
Mexico City
K.U
Nina Bowman Bequest Creates Student Loan Fund at KU
A $1000 bequest from the late Nina Claire Bowman to Kansas University funds a new student loan program. The Nina Bowman Student Loan Fund will be administered by the University Committee on Aids and Awards with priority to Latin and language majors. The KU Endowment says loans total 819 worth 73,042 dollars since Sept. 1, many short-term loans repaid.
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Nina Claire Bowman
Kansas University
Irvin F. Youngberg
Kansas University Endowment Association
Bowman
New
the Unity
Columbia University
New York City
Nina Bowman
University Committee On Aids and Awards
Endowment Association
Joana
Car strikes parked truck causing $100 damage
A car driven by 19 year old Dean Kelley of 1345 Ohio Street hit a parked truck in the alley west of Massachusetts Street in the 700 block. Damage was estimated at $100. No injuries were reported.
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Dean Kelley
Ohio St
Massachusetts Street
Deagens of Lawrence residents jsolve the Christmas gift problem
Lawrence residents find a practical solution to gift giving as they negotiate subscriptions and gift cards during the holiday season. The Journal-World notes how subscribers use e cards with each order to simplify gifting.
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Deagens
Lawrence
Xenca
the Journal-World
Radio News Clinic Attracts About 30 Attendees
About 30 persons are expected to attend the third Radio News Clinic at Kansas University, scheduled January 7. The two day event is sponsored by the William Allen White School for Journalism, Public Information radio and television committee, and University Extension. Speakers include Max Falkenstien of WREN Topeka, Dean Burton Marvin of the Journalism School, Richard Garrett of the Topeka Weather Bureau, and Bruce Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Lare
William Allen White
Aid Boost Data At White House
White House records allegedly show congressional leaders were informed in advance of a plan to seek 4.9 billion dollars in new foreign aid. Officials concede the message did not fully register with many, as a Dec 13 briefing ended in confusion. Secretary Dulles called it a genuine misunderstanding while stressing the total spending rise would be modest over the current year.
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Washington
White House
Defense Wilson
Dulles
Burden Employe Injured In Pipe-Cleaning Incident
An employee of the O. L. Burden Construction Co. escaped serious harm when a large pipe fell across his legs during a pipe cleaning operation. Bob Ray Horn, 19, of Sand Springs, Ohio, was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment but released after X rays showed no broken bones. The doctor described severe bruising but noted no fractures.
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O. L. Burden Construction
Perry
Bob Ray Horn
Sand Springs
Ohio
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Marriage license issued in Topeka court
A marriage license was issued Wednesday from Probate Court to William Rogers 35 and Ruth B Myrick 38 both of Topeka marking the formalization of their intent to wed in the near future.
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Probate Court
William Rogers
Ruth B. Myrick
Topeka
Son of Adlai On Way to Chicago in Crash
A highway crash near Elkhart injured John Fell Stevenson 19 and killed two Harvard classmates, William Stanley North 19 and William C. Soyden Jr 19. Stevenson, son of Adlai Stevenson, rode in the ambulance with his father and Adlai Jr. The driver Frederick Gill 29 of Detroit faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide after the front seat collision with a passing truck.
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Goshen
John Fell Stevenson
Harvard
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Adlai Jr
Gill
Elkhart
Eisenhower
Estes Kefanger
D-Tenn
Stevenson
Passavant Hospital
Young Stevenson
General Hospital
William Stanley North SQ
Lake Forest
William C. Soyden Jr
Four Die in Brooklyn Apartment Fire Reported Blaze Causes Deaths
NEW YORK. An early morning fire in an eight unit Brooklyn building left four dead including 82 year old Margaret Murphy and 22 year old Eileen Best with her children Ruth and Joyce. Fire officials say a cigarette started the blaze in a wastepaper basket full of Christmas wrappings. Ten people were evacuated by ladder and a 13 year old girl Julia Hynea was carried down by firefighter Edward Douds as flames touched her hair.
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New York
Brooklyn
Margaret Murphy
Eileen Best
Ruth
Joyce
Julia Hynea
Edward Douds
Local Births and Admits Listed at Memorial Hospital
At Memorial Hospital admissions include Mrs Olina Carney and Mrs Ethel Jennings among others with addresses across Kentucky Missouri and Kansas. Births include Mr and Mrs John Handley’s son on Wednesday and Mr and Mrs William Wood’s daughter today. Immediate relatives named include Handley Wood Evrieson and many listed household entries.
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Olina Carney
Ky, St
Ethel Jennings
Hillcrest Rd
Betty Runn
Moundview Dr
Bertha Bermudez
Garfield St
Henrietta
Slusser
Hichland
Neva
Ketchum
Mich. St
Marha Dirk
John Lawrenz
Mary
Pal Brizendine
R. I. St
Eva Sawtelle
Tenn
Walter Kirkwood
Kansas City
Vinita Sturgeon
Harold McCaferty
McLouth
Russell Hamlin
Lecompton
Marjorie Durant
Nancy Hubert
May Evans
Marilyn McNulty
Tonganoxie
Russell Calvert
Wiliamstown
Joshua Clevenger
John Handley
William Wood
del. St
Paul Evrieson
10 European Objects Put On Display at Kansas U
Ten objects acquired last summer in Europe were displayed this week at the Museum of Art, Kansas University. Edward Maser, director, bought the works during a research tour, expanding German sculpture and 16th to 18th century Italian paintings and bronze. The collection includes a gilded St Peter, an Arno landscape, a posthumous Piero Capponi portrait, gilded corner consoles, a bronze evangelist from Certosa di Val’ d’Ema, a Perseus rescuing Andromeda porcelain group, an 18th century gilded console table, a bronze group, and a Chippendale card table.
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Europe
Museum of Art
Kansas University
Edward Maser
Peter
Arno River
Florence
Piero Capponi
Giovanni da Bologna
Divorce Suit Filed in District Court
Marian Maxine Williams files a divorce petition against Roy Earl Williams in District Court on a Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Marian Maxine Williams
Roy Earl Williams
County Court Fines Mary Louise Seufert for Wrong-Way Drive
Mary Louise Seufert of Tonganoxie was fined 10 dollars plus costs in County Court on Wednesday for driving on the wrong side of the roadway.
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Mary Louise Seufert
Youthful Japs Gift Turkey To General In Japan
Two Japanese youths visiting Sendai presented Maj. Gen. E J McGaw commander of the 1st Cavalry Division with a 25 pound home grown Christmas turkey. They said they wanted to improve Japanese American relations and rode back in the general s sedan after the meeting.
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Sendai
Japan
E. J. McGaw
1St Cavalry Division
Beamine Boys
Probe on for Killer Of Wichita Resident
Detective Lt. Joe Klopper said police asked Washington authorities to check fingerprint files on a Pennsylvania tip that might identify Jim Ross 7 year old trash hauler. A stash of over 517600 in coins and currency was found in the unheated dirt floored garage where his body was found. The autopsy ruled death a murder from beating and a .38 bullet to the lungs. Mrs Gardner of Upper Darby Pa speculated the dead man could be her missing brother a grandson of Senator Ross. Authorities noted the description matched the deceased Wichita man seen in poverty before the money cache was found.
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Wichita
Joel Klopper
Washington
Pennsylvania
Jim Ross
Ross
Murter
Wepper
James Touise
Gardner
Upper Darby
Klepper
Deaths and funerals mark Lawrence area obits
Marie F Steinbring 84 died at home on West 4th Street and was born in Germany. Survived by son Albert William, daughters Louise Langenderfer and Emma Beurmann, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Rumsey Funeral Home, burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Lilburn Jackson 77 died at home on Maple Street. Survives wife Carrie, son John, daughter Lu e y onia, all at home. John W Knoche 85 Paola resident died at daughter Marie Gelly’s home in Paola. Survived by wife Katharine, daughter and two grandchildren, two brothers, three sisters. Funeral 1 30 pm Saturday at Wilson Funeral Home Paola. Family requests no flowers.
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Marie F. Steinbring
Maria F. Steinbring
4Th St
Germany
Lawrence
Frederick Steinbring
Albert William Steinbring
Louise Langenderfer
Kansas City
Emma Beurmann
Route 1
Lilburn Jackson
Maple St
Leavenworth
Union Pacific Railroad
First Baptist Church of
North Lawrence
Carrie Jackson
John Jackson
Luevonia Jackson
John W. Knoche
Paola
Marie Gelly
Katharine Johanning Knoche
Ferme
Douglas County
Fred Knoche
Frank Knoche
Emma
Amelia Knoche
Gus Broeker
Wilson ‘Funeral
County sales tax totals stay up over last year
Kansas retail trade in October rose 2.3 percent from the prior year with total collections of 3,632,489. Douglas County led gains at 9.7 percent as state totals reach 37,157,544 for ten months, up 7.9 percent, with a statewide 12 month total of 45,010,440 and continued strength in eastern and southwestern Kansas amid turnpike construction wage effects.
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Kansas
Kansas University Bureau of Business Re
Douglas County
Kansas Turnpike
Rural School Fire Saves Seven at Thayer Newlands School
Mrs. Mary Greer a rural school teacher fed seven students to safety seconds after a gas line explosion engulfed the Newlands school yard five miles north of Thayer. The 16 inch gas line break sparked the blaze but no one was injured. The fire destroyed the school building and damaged surrounding grounds. German trains have telephones linked to the German system.
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Thayer, Kas
Mary Greer
Newlands
Thayer
Nebraskan Charged With Slaying Wife
Lincoln forester Darrel Parker, 24, is charged with first degree murder in the December 14 strangulation death of his wife Nancy, 22. County Attorney Elmer Scheele says Parker confessed after claiming she refused his advances and he staged a rape scene to mislead investigators. The case proceeds to a jury to determine guilt and punishment.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lancaster
Elmer Scheele
Lincoln City
Darrel Parker
Parker
Nancy
Scheele
Nebraska
State Capitol
Seheele
Derby Woman Asks Court To Set Aside Marriage
A 20 year old Derby woman Sharon Boucher known as Sharon Stott filed in Sedgwick County District Court to annul her Dec 3 marriage to Carl Stott claiming coercion by her parents Roy and B purher of Derby and that threats physical violence were used to force the union. Attorneys refused to comment before trial.
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Wichita
Derby, Kas
Sedgwick County
Sharon Boucher
Sharon Stott
Carl Stott
Roy Bourher
Derby
Stott
Tle
Printing delay hits Journal World on Wednesday
A mechanical failure delayed the Journal-World Wednesday print by about two hours. Staff and carriers stayed on duty, with parents helping deliver papers as repairs finished late in the afternoon. Local humor and music events filled the day despite the setback. Quail stamp sales in Douglas County rose nearly a third from last year. The Layton home for the sightless family nears completion with free paint from local stores. Douglas County jury panels are excused until Jan 3 unless notified. Turnpike condemnation appeal by Pendleton et al. postponed indefinitely.
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Journal- World
Journal-World
Jess Layton
Conn. St
Painters Local No. 2
A. L. Martin
The
Union
Douglas County District Court
Lucille Allison
Kansas Turnpike
Laura S. Pendleton
Motor Overheat Damages Washing Machine at Emery Road
Firefighters were summoned Friday evening to 1130 Emery Road where a washing machine motor overheated. No other damage was reported.
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Emery Road
Markets At a Glance Stocks Rise Amid Mixed Bonds
New York markets show gains for a second straight session as aircraft stocks lead, with the Dow and rail shares posting modest advances while bonds drift lower. In Kansas City, livestock and grain reports reveal firm hogs and mixed grains, with prices for cattle and calves mostly steady.
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New York
Kansas City
KSDA
Talks Halted After Obscene Language During Negotiations
Talks at Westinghouse Floaters Corp ended after a charge that Union President James R. Carey used an adult material reference about Westinghouse negotiator Robert D. Blasier. Blasier said decency and seriousness could not be preserved. Carey declined comment on the accusation. The UE strike begun Oct 17 idled 44 plants. a second UE strike on Oct 26 affected 10 more, totaling 11,000 workers represented.
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Piptsburgh
Westinhouse Floaters Corp
Ahyuptly
Afrt-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
James R. Carey
Robert D. Blasier
Westinghouse
Grames R. Carey
Blasier
Reunion
Carey
TUR
United Electrical Workers
Lausche Announces Bid for Ohio Senate Nomination
Gov. Frank J. Lausche of Ohio says he will seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in the May primary. The 60-year-old veteran, nicknamed the "wonder boy" of Ohio politics, told reporters little beyond delivering a brief statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
White storekeeper acquitted in Va murder case
In Heatusville Virginia Ira D. Hinton Jr a 44 year old white storekeeper was acquitted of murdering Howard Bromley a 23 year old Black laborer after a 24 minute Northumberland County Circuit Court deliberation. The firing occurred Nov 5 at Hinton's country store near the Northumberland Lancaster line. The prosecution argued Bromley was shot as he fled the store. the defense claimed the shot was accidental during a struggle.
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Heatusville
Northumberland County
Ira D. Hinton Jr
Howard Bromley
Hinton
Bromley
Northumberland
Lancaster County
Neck
Virginia
Bramley
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Kansas U. Aids Student Loan Fund
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Blaze
N.Y
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Kansas U
Kansas Southern Methodist
Charles Kassinger
Lawrence High School
Lawrence High
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