Theodore Dreiser Dead After Second Heart Attack
Prominent American novelist Theodore Dreiser died after a second heart attack fourteen hours after the first in Hollywood. He lived in semi isolation since moving here a century ago and leaves two late novels unfinished. His second wife Helen was at his side. his first wife Sarah Osborne White died in 1942.
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Bollwood
Theodore Dreiser
America
Helen
Sarah Osborne White
St.Louis
Terre Haute
Ind
John
Sarah Dreiser
Theodore
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Carrie
Jennie Gerhardt
Dreiser
Russia
Stoic
Hall Brothers Begins Bonus Check Distribution
Hall Brothers Inc. starts year end bonus checks for over one third of its staff at 739 Massachusetts Ave. Kansas City. Charles S. Stevenson says employees with over three months will receive a share of profits. The changes include a $100 monthly minimum and two weeks vacation after one year. Mrs. Mary Jane Fargis will distribute the checks as the plant closes Dec 31 and Jan 1 for New Year.
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Lawrence Vratch
Hall Brothers, Inc
Assachusetts
Charles S. Stevenson
Kansas City
Stephenson
Stevenson
Mary Jane Fargis
Eudora Dimity
Boy with bullet in brain airlifted for mercy flight
Donald Weeks 19 of Brownell Kansas was hit in the head by a rifle charge while hunting with five companions at Walker Field. He was flown by Army plane to Fitzsimons General Hospital Denver for an operation to try to save his life. Weeks is the son of Mr and Mrs John Weeks.
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Hays
Kan
Donald Weeks
Brownell
Walker Field
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Denver Cole
Denver
Weeks
John Weeks
J. H. Baker
LaCrosse
Xan
New Court House Envisioned Here
The article recalls Lawrence as the county seat of Douglas County for 45 years and outlines the 1902-03 development of a new county building. It notes site selection at Quincy and Massachusetts, architect selection by Cuthbert and Sargent, and a cornerstone ceremony with a copper box containing newspapers and Kaw flood reports. County commissioners named were B F Hoskinson J C Watts and A J Parnell.
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Lawrence
Altho
Douglas County
Thecompton
Morrow
Lawrence National Bank
Quantrill
8Th
Vermont
Court House
Quincy
Massachusetts
J. B. Wallis
J. G. Haskell
F. C. Gunn
Kansas City
Cuthbert and Sargent
Topeka
C. A. Smart
B. F. Hoskinson
J. C. Watts
A. J. Parnell
Lost a gun battle in Tulsa Oklahoma
Six year old Homer E. Abbott, a Tulsa automobile dealer, was found shot to death in his office after an apparent gun battle with hijackers. Abbott was shot through the head and leg and still clutched a .45 pistol. four shells lay on the office floor and a wallet was missing.
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Tulsa
Okla
Homer E. Abbott
Abbott
Lee Welch
Tony Benson
Benson
Eternal life symbol used in 29th division arched pattern
A Korean symbol appears as the roonad pattern for the blue-and-gray shoulder arch of the 29th division. The mark is identified as the sign for eternal life.
Truman cautious on atomic secret disclosure
President Truman favors a step by step disclosure policy for atomic energy secrets and calls for testing inspection methods before sharing know how with nations except Britain and Canada. Secretary Byrnes plans to discuss with Truman on the Williamsburg while Senator Vandenberg signals security guarantees. The Moscow communiqué urged four point agenda for an international commission under the UN. Four points include exchange of scientific information, control to peaceful use, elimination of weapons, and safeguards with inspections. In Bridgeport five children aged one to nine died in a house fire suspected to be caused by Christmas tree lights.
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Washington
Truman
Moscow
International Atomic Control Commission
Missouri
Mr. Truman
United States
White House
Deartment
Britain
Canada
Byrnes
Williamsburg
Vandenberg
Michigan
Republic
State Department
International Commission
United Nations Organization
World Security Council
W S C S Meeting And LocalMilitary Moves At Fairview
The W S C S of Fairview church will meet at Mrs James Denhams home on Wednesday January 2 at 2 oclock Assisting hostess is Mrs Chester Howard Lt Col and Mrs S M Fletcher and their sons Robert and John left Thursday to settle in Provo South Dakota Colonel Fletcher returns from Italy and becomes commanding officer of Black Hills Ordnance depot The family lived at 1920 Rhode Island street Also notes on Kate Roberts tea in Kansas City and local dances and military movements of Fred Rumsey and Sgt Carl Mettner Jr more holiday travel and visits by Mettner Weatherby and Stoland families.
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W.S.C.S
Fairview
James Denham
Chester Howard
S. M. Fletcher
Robert
John
Provo
S. D
Fletcher
Italy
Black Hills
Rhode Island Street
Virginia Winter
Marilyn Smart
Shipman Winter
Kansas City
Roy A. Roberts
Kate Roberts
Kansas City Country Club
Miss Winter
Pat Penney
Leroy Robison
Wichita
Pi Phis
Thetas
Fred Rumsey
C. B. Rumsey
Lawrence
Seattle
Guam
St. Louis
Carl Mettner, Jr
Washington, D. C
C. W. Mettner
John R. Mettner
Herbert W. Weatherby
Judy
Nancy
O. O. Stoland
E. S. Weatherby
Camp Phillips 2000-bed hospital urged for veterans use
Salina mayor J H Moore Jr telegraphed Senator Capper urging the 2000-bed Camp Phillips Kansas hospital, surplus to army and VA, be used for veterans for two years. Capper would refer the plea to VA officials who say 40 000 beds are borrowed from other services while new hospitals with 44 000 beds await completion in two years. Moore argued the air conditioned facility has modern utilities and fire sprinklers and would cut wasteful spending.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Camp Phillips
Kansas
J. H. Moore, Jr
Salina
Senator Capper
Army
Capper
V.A
Moore
Paul R. Hawley
Navy
Congress
Inactivation of the 41st Division in Japan
The 41st infantry division known as the Jungaleers will be inactivated in Japan on New Year's Eve by war department order. Allied headquarters announced the veteran unit, the oldest with extensive overseas combat, is being broken up to speed the return of its high point men to the United States. Commanded by Maj. Gen. Jens A. Doe, the division mobilized in 1940 and reached the Pacific in 1942.
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Tokyo
Pacific Northwest
Buna
New Guinea
Zamboanga
Philippines
Japan
War Department
Allied
Pacific Theater
Calloway Found Not Guilty In Ball Room Incident
Cab Calloway of the Hi De Ho band was declared innocent of intoxication and resisting arrest after police said an argument began when he tried to enter a public ballroom in Kansas City. Police Judge Earle Frost dismissed the case.
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Kansas City
Cab Calloway
Earle Frost
Deaths and Funerals Eva Greenwood and Rebecca Fuhs
Eva Lois Greenwood of Kansas City a former University of Kansas student died Christmas morning at Osawatomie. Graveside services were today at Oak Hill cemetery at 2 PM. Surviving relatives include her mother and sister of Joliet Illinois. Rebecca Jane Fuhs aged 76 died at home in Eudora. Funeral will be Monday at 2 PM from St Paul Evangelical Church with Rev Karl Baur in charge. Burial in Eudora cemetery. Surviving relatives include four daughters two brothers eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Eva Lois Greenwood
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Osawatomie
Oak Hill Cemetery
Jollet, Ir
Rebecca Jane Fuhs
Eudora
St. Paul Evangelical Church
Karl F. Baur
Eudora Cemetery
Millie Roche
Flossie Schellack
Hazel Selzer
Baldwin
Lois Durr
Rev Charles A Engvall Resigns for Niagara Falls Post
The former minister of the Unitarian church in Lawrence resigns from the First Unitarian church in Manchester New Hampshire to accept a call as minister of the First Unitarian church in Niagara Falls New York. Lawrence schools will reopen Thursday January 8 after a two week Christmas holiday. State patrol reports roads in this area nearly free of snow and ice.
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Charles A. Engvall
Unitarian Church
Lawrence
First Unitarian Church
Manchester
N. H
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Lawrence City
City bans wild west horseback rides in parks
Cook County commissioners rule that riders in the forest preserves must own a license and ride a licensed horse. Licenses may be revoked for 30 days to a year if riders gallop through the preserves endangering hikers and pedestrians.
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Curb City Cowboys
Chicago
Cook County Forest Preserves
Coast Guard Returns to Treasury Control on New Year
President Truman announced the coast guard will shift from navy to the treasury department effective January 1. The service has been under navy control since November 1, 1941, but an executive order publicized by the White House said navy operation is no longer needed.
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Coast Guard
Treasury
Washington
Truman
Treasury Department
Guard
Navy
White House
Divorce Suit Filed by Marjorie Meinke Against Harry Meinke
Marjorie Channel Meinke filed for divorce from Harry Melvin Meinke in Douglas County District Court yesterday. The action seeks legal dissolution of marriage and related relief.
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Marjorie Channel Meinke
Harry Melvin Meinke
Douglas County
Bataan Survivor Killed in Love Triangle Shooting
Capt. Eugene Dale a 27 year old Bataan survivor died at Roosevelt Hospital from gunshot wounds after a struggle over the love of model Fay Hancock Miller. Capt. Archie B Miller 25 estranged husband of Miller was held without bail on felonious assault as the shooting unfolded yesterday. Assistant District Attorney Edward Murphy called the incident a typical triangle affair.
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New York
Eugene Dale
Bataan
Roosevelt Hospital
Archie B. Miller
Edward Murphy
Fay Hancock Miller
Dale
United States may bolster China forces to Manchuria
Shanghai December 29 UPI Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer said plans are under consideration to move additional Chinese armies to Manchuria and to increase U S army personnel in China to 12 000 15 000 with 3 000 4 000 more from America. He cited aid to Chiang Kai shek and repatriation of Japanese as key aims.
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Shanghai
UPI
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
China
Manchuria
America
Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking
United States
Wedemeyer
Washington
Employment Service reports job referrals and openings
The U S Employment Service listed 59 men and 44 women referred for work in the week ending yesterday, with 29 men and 19 women hired. Total applicants were 932 (557 men, 375 women), including 231 veteran applicants. 41 more veterans applied than last week. Openings totaled 39 women and 15 men, many for domestic work, with most positions paying below local wage scales.
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U. S. Employment Service
Harry R. Barnard
The
Employment Service
U.S.E.S
Lawrence
Douglas County
Armed Services
General Lee named deputy supreme Allied commander in Mediterranean
Lt Gen John C H Lee is appointed to succeed Lt Gen Matthew B Ridgway as deputy supreme allied commander in the Mediterranean theater. Ridgway moves to represent the U S army general staff on the UN military staff committee. Maj Gen Carter B Magruder succeeds Lee as commanding general of the services of supply.
Unclear European Theater Brief Mentions Ma Bxuder Aid
The fragment notes a role for Ma Bxuder as Lee's chief of staff in connection with the European theater. No further context or events are provided in the readable text.
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Ply
Ma Bxuder
Lee
Navy backs Truman plan to unify armed services
The Navy will help draft a bill to unify the armed forces under a single civilian secretary as urged by President Truman. Senate Military Committee chair Elbert D. Thomas said a bill reflecting the proposal will be ready when Congress reconvenes on January 14, with Rear Admiral Arthur Radford and Major General Lauris Norstad representing the Navy and Army respectively.
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Washington
UPM
Navy Department
Elbert D. Thomas
Dutah
Navy
Truman
Thomas
Senate’ Military Committee
Congress
Arthur Radford
Lauris Norstad
Army
Hill
D-Ala
Austin
R-Vt
Market News Kansas City Livestock Report
Kansas City cattle and sheep markets show mixed gains and firm demand as slaughter steers and heifers rise up to 25 points, dairy and feeder categories range with varied loads and weights, calves and yearlings move at mid to high teens, and lambs and ewes post modest to strong advances. egg and butter prices also noted for the Kansas City produce section.
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Kansas City
USDA
Wall Street Roundup Stocks Weaken as Liquor Lifts Trading
The Day In Wall Street New York Dec 29 AP notes liquors again spurred the market with bullish adjectives while most leaders held back. About 500000 shares changed hands as tax selling and the automotive strike stalemate shaded dealings. Leading movers included National Distillers and Bethlehem. laggards included U S Steel and General Motors.
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Wall Street
New York
Wall
Railway and steel firms cited in transport notes
A brief summary notes engagements involving major firms such as Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Youngstown Sheet and Tube Montgomery Ward U S Rubber and McNaughton in a listing of corporate names connected to a transportation and industry update.
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Ern Railway
Baltimore and Only
Youngstown
Montgomei
U. S
Thanking Neighbors and Friends for Support
Acknowledgments express gratitude from Mrs. Marion Strong Mrs. Mary Fo Mrs. Edith Moore and Veryl Baker to neighbors friends relatives and hospital staff for flowers cards letters and expressions of sympathy during fires bereavement illness and recovery in Topeka and Lawrence areas.
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Mary Fo
Edith Moore
Topeka
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U. S. China
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Chrysler Corp
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My Kennecott
Wah National Dairy
N. A. Aviation
Packard Motor
Radio Corp
Sears, Roebuck
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Walen Vernon Verre
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Randy Brook and His Orchestra
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