Merchants report cautious shoppers amid early holiday buying
Retailers in Pittsburg Garden City and McPherson note shoppers are selective and cautious this season. Merchants say customers inspect merchandise more closely, buy only when finding desired items, yet expect sales to rise about 16 percent compared with last year. A late November blizzard is blamed for prompting earlier shopping.
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Feyville
Hacoene
Pittsburg
Garden City
McPherson
Kansans Arrive Home From Korea Aboard Gen W F Hase
Four men from the area among 72 Kansans who returned Tuesday aboard the Gen W F Hase, docking at San Francisco, include Sgt. Howard Mess, Setwald of Eudora, and Pfc. Lyle G. Whitted of Baldwin. Seiwald expects to be separated at Camp Carson, having served since Feb 1951 with time in Japan and Korea with the 40th Infantry Division. Whitted, Baldwin High School graduate, served nearly two years, was in Japan then Korea with the 40th, and now returns.
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Korea
W. F. Hase
San Francisco
Sgt
Howard
Setwald
Eudora
Lyle G. Whitted
Bakdwin
Set. McKenzie
Wilma McKenzie
R. I. St
Morea
Japan
Pfe. Hatch
Alice Hatch
Lecompton
Seiwed
Bert Seiwald
Camp Carson
Colo
40Th
Rockhurst College
Kansas City
Pfc. Whitted
L. W. Whitted
Baldwin
Baldwin High School
40Th Infantry Division
Alert J-W Photographer Catches Young Car Thief
Journal-World photographer Rich Clarkson heard the stolen car description on police radio while in his car. He spotted the vehicle, gave chase, and captured the youth as he stopped the car, delivering him to the police station for Juvenile Court custody.
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Charles, Fleberman
N. H. St
Journal- World
Rich Clarkson
Frank Gray
Aerie Relats Involving Two Natives Lelia E Thomas And Wife
A partial notice notes two natives named Lelia E. Thomas and his wife, mentioned in relation to a local matter. The fragment provides limited context about identities and familial ties within a regional record.
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Aerie Relats
Lelia E. Thomas
ARN Appoints Coronee Opera
The text announces the appointment of Coronee Opera as coroner in Dodge City, Kansas, with details mentioning Dr James G Q'Shes in a ceremonial role and noting the coroner position in relation to local government and duties.
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James G. Q’shes
Dodge City
Santa rides 12 car diesel to bring Christmas joy
Missouri City residents witness a Christmas miracle as Santa arrives by diesel train piloted by George Noell with L. L. Ewens impersonating Santa. The Huffman family, nine children plus one more, receive 20 cardboard boxes of gifts and $314 in cash. Neighbors, officers, railroad workers, and 200 visitors celebrate a surprise stop blessed by community effort.
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Missouri City
William Huffmans
Huffman
George Noell
L. L. Ewens
Noell
Wabash Railroad
Ewens
Moberly
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri
Donis Huffman
Annexation Move May Be Altered In City Actions
City actions included bids for two new cars for the engineering department to replace idle vehicles and a stalled plan to revise city ordinances after gathering more cost data. The minutes of the zoning appeals board were approved and the Municipal Committee for Consumers Representation sent a letter. Lawrence is among 142 Kansas cities seeking legal counsel over Hugoton gas price disputes. Westwood Association signaled it would not oppose annexation of their property.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
Jim Wigglesworth
Municipal Committee For Consumers Representation
Lawrence
Kansas Cities
Hugoton Field
Charles Baer
Westwood Association
Kansas Aims for Large Increases in 1953 Farm Crops
Kansas farm goals for 1953 call for big rises in spring seed crops. Wendell Be craft, state chairman of the Production and Marketing Administration, said Kansas’ share of national goals announced by Secretary Brannan includes corn up from 59,840,000 to 88,070,000 bushels, oats 18,142,000 to 20,041,000, grain sorghums 18,536,000 to 51,803,000, soybeans 7,360,000 to 9,615,000, beans 7,360,000 to 9,615,000, flaxseed 38,000 to 52,090. Kansas hay output target rises to 2,682,000 tons from 1,544,000.
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Manhattan
Kansas
Wendell Becraft
Production and Marketing Administration
Becruit
Brannan
Tax Return Aid Offered in Lawrence January Dates
Federal revenue agents will assist with 1952 federal income tax returns in Lawrence starting January 10 at the Post Office, through January 31 on select days. They will also be at Valley Falls January 8 and at Pemasones Court House on January not fully readable, but agents will provide help during the listed dates.
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Lawrence
Valley Falls
Pemasones
Court House
Kiwanis Aid Delivers Gifts to Settlement Children
Kiwanis members fund subscriptions to Pathfinder and Children’s Digest and Disney Magazine, buying pocket knives, toys, clothes, and basic supplies for settlement children. Teacher Conley, a 70 year old former professor, guides the outreach and hopes to publish more poetry. Plans include a phonograph shipment and broader gift distribution via the Spruce Pine route.
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Kiwanians
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Union Pacific
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Wake Forest College
Rochester Theological Seminary
University of North Carolina
University of Chicago
University of Florida
Oklahoma Baptist University
Biltmore College
Asheville
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North Carolina
Ebel
Conley Farms
Poland
Guernsey
Local Birth Notices Include Dozens of Newborns in Sunflower Area
A string of birth announcements lists families in Hagerman Vinland Rhodesd and Sunflower among others. Names include Mrs Dorothy Boardman and twin boys born yesterday at Crescent City and Mrs Ann O’Neal in Sunflower with several new arrivals today. Others note sons and daughters born to Mr and Mrs across Kansas and nearby towns.
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Dorothy Boardman
Robert Robert’ Rhodes
Margaret
Nancy
Seaith
Neath
Hazel Ridwell
Ice on Potter Lake deemed unsafe for skaters
Lawrence Henry Shhenk of the University faculty warns Potter Lake ice not yet safe for skating and urges no venture until authorities confirm safety. Meanwhile concern rises over the French liner Champollion aground near Beirut where Prof. and Mrs. Raymond C. Moore and Prof. John C. Frye, all former Lawrence travelers, were aboard during a summer cruise from Marseilles touching Tunisia and Algeria.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Raymond C. Moore
John C. Frye
International Geological Congress
Algiers
Lawrence
Marseilles
France
Tunisia
Algeria
Oran
Station about ready Emporia construction project
Station work on an Emporia state colonel seed plate is expected to begin early next month. Kansas traffic fatalities are listed in state accident records for 1952 and 1951. A draft has called five men to report January 23 for induction in Gertrude Hal.
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Emporia
Seed Nase Plate
Topeka
Kansas
Rue Args
Cram
Dratand
Gertrude Hal
Midnight Service Will Feature Christmas Music
The annual midnight Christmas Eve service at Trinity Episcopal Church begins tonight at 11. Rev. Robert Swift will be celebrant and Rev. Louis Basso preacher. Miss Mary Ecklund will play the Messiah selections before the service. The vestry choir of twenty will sing Bach chorales from the Christmas Oratorio and the candlelit processional O Come All Ye Faithful marks the communion.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Robert Swift
Louis Basso
Mary ‘Lou Ecklund
Europe
America
Eldridge Pharmacy Sold to Lincoln C S Lincoln
C S Lincoln, formerly with Stowits Rexall, buys Eldridge Pharmacy at 847 Mass. St. and assumes management Monday Dec 29. He buys from Robert S. Brooks, who led the store nine years and will work as a relief pharmacist in several Lawrence drugstores. Lincoln has led Crown Drug Stores in multiple cities and owned others in Ceresco and Lincoln Nebraska. He has been a registered pharmacist since.
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Stowits Rexall
Mass
Eldridge
Robert S. Brooks
Brooks
Lawrence
Lincoln
Crown Drug
Stowits
Miami
Dean McCleave Quits Em poria College
Dr Harold Mc Cleave dean of the College of Emporia has resigned effective January Trustees granted a paid leave for the second semester A new dean will be named in January Luther Sharpe president notes McCleave is brother of Paul B McCleave former college president now minister in Bozeman Montana
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Luther Sharpe
McCleave
Sharpe
Paul B. McCleave
Bozeman, Mont
Car Hood Holes Mistaken for Gunfire in Laurel
A farmer in Laurel, Montana, reported a car explosion scare after bullets punctured his hood. Deputies explained the noise came from fan blades ripping through the hood like a propeller, not gunfire.
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Laurel
Mont
Rent controls lifted in Pratt Kansas by federal action
Washington announces immediate lifting of federal rent controls in Pratt Kansas. James Henderson director of rent stabilization says controls were removed following action by local governing codes officials. Local authorities credit the move to community decisions and regulatory changes.
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Washington
Pratt
Kas
James Henderson
Amya
Truman Lights Christmas Tree at White House
President Truman lights the National Community Christmas tree on the White House grounds in a traditional ceremony. He planned a six minute Christmas message, his last as President, before the 35 foot Norway spruce is illuminated.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Market snapshot Hints Mixed Preholiday Trading
Markets show mixed tones with stocks fluctuating and grains uneven. Cotton prices rise as mills maintain payments while wheat sees light selling and corn edges higher and lower across small different costs. Cattle largely steady with modest gains through the session, top at $38.
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Kansas City USDA Livestock and Produce Prices Report
Kansas City dairy and poultry prices show butterfat at 62 59 and 56 cents per pound. Hogs at 17.60. Eggs graded and standard receipts listed for various weight categories. Cattle calves offerings: 800 cattle, 100 calves, with pre holiday shrinkage and active trade. slaughter steer prices up 25-50, cows up to 25, bulls and vealers affected.
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Kansas City
Beltsville
Livestock
USDA
Rev Bramble Discusses Christmas Significance
Rev Albert F Bramble told Kiwanis Club luncheon at Eldridge Hotel that Christmas matters beyond personal gain, affirming God's faith in humanity and His stake in human life and the earth. He urged focus on divine purpose of the season.
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Albert F. Bramble
Kiwanis Club
Eldridge Hotel
Mr. Bramble
Armed Forces Notes From Presidio and Air Bases
Cpl Jack George stationed at the Presidio near San Francisco is on furlough visiting his sister Mrs Ellen Gentry of 821 N H St Hel as signed to aircraft maintenance with the Army. Richard S Hunter son of Mr and Mrs C W Pollom of 1641 R I St has been promoted to staff sergeant after leaving the University of Kansas in 1951 to join the Air Force. He trained in journalism at KU and at Marysville Mo then led a personnel services office at Brooks AFB San Antonio Texas. He has been accepted for Air Force Officers Candidate School. Sgt Brooks is a Brooks AFB staff writer and authored a booklet on the USAF Security Service. He and Mrs Hunter live at 618 Kayton Ave San Antonio. Cpl Austin Turney son of Mr and Mrs A H Turney of 1501 Pa Lt arrived home from Goeppingen Germany where he served with the 28th Infantry Division headquarters.
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Jack George
Presidio
San Francisco
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Ellen Gentry
N. H. St. Hel
Army
Richard S. Hunter
C. W. Pollom
R. I. St
Sgt
Hunter
University of Kansas
Air Force
K. U
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Brooks Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Brooks
Brooks Afb
Usaf Security Service
Kayton Ave
Austin Turney
A. H. Turney
Goeppingen
Germany
28Th Infantry Division
No Driving Directions Hint in Arkansas Drunk Case
A Hot Springs man told the judge he forgot to read directions on the bottle before arrest for a drink offense. The judge asked what medicine he was taking and the man replied liquor. The judge sentenced him to thirty days.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Regents Reappointed to PERA Board by Governor Arn
Walter Fees of Iola and Lester McCoy of Garden City were reappointed to four year terms on the state board of regents by Gov. Arn.
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Pera
Walter Fees
Iola
Lester McCoy
Garden City
State Board of Regents
Arn
Local animal market notes prices and odd lot counts
Market summary lists calves steers and heifers with weight notes and prices. Wethers yearlings and ewes offered with scarce skins. odd head at 7.00. Prices 92 pounds for yearlings and steers described as available with limited quantities.
Market Ticker Report From Kansas City Open Trading
Grain and commodity prices quoted with various grades and futures. Soybeans beans shorts rye barley feed and corn are listed with bid ask and closing figures. Prices shown include live cattle and other feedstock contracts with high low and close readings across March May and Jig instrumentations.
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K. C. Cash
Kansas City
Mar
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