Train collision disrupts Long Island service injuring many
A head on collision between eastbound and westbound trains near Rodeerville Centre disrupted service on the Long Island Rail Road. The accident left passengers injured and trapped in wreckage as officials investigated signals, with buses shuttling commuters around the area and trains detoured via Valley Stream and Freeport.
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Babylon
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Station
New York City
Long Island
New York
Valley Stream
Freeport
Atlantic Ocean
Ida
Pase
Free- Poochville Centre
Open House at KU Co-ops During Coop Week
Faculty members and Lawrence residents are invited to open house at six KU Co-ops from 3 to 6 pm. Co-ops Don Henry Harmon Henley Jayhawk Rock Chalk and Hill host a buffet at Don Henry at 6 pm. John Ine KU economist will speak in Memorial Union. week ends with Harmon co-ops dance Feb 25 from 9 pm to midnight.
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Kensar
Memorial Union
John Ine
K.U
Apeak
Ives
General Education Committee
Co-Opsa
Austin Turney, Jr
Harmon Co-Ops
Local Names List From Memorial Hospital Notices
A long readable fragment lists residents and relatives with addresses including Memorial Hospital and streets such as Louisiana Vermont New J J Ohio Indiana and Oak Hill Road. It mentions multiple families with babies and recent events at Sunnyside Sunflower and Desoto along with Masonic Lodge and Eagles Lodge references and a February 20 meeting time.
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Joyce Leach
Perry
Willetta Franks
Learnard Avenue
George Wolfe
Eudora
Mary Lee Pringle
Ohio Street
Evelyning
Baby
Indiana Street
Esta Giles
Oakhill Road
Eddie Baldz
Vermont Street
Frances Zimmerli
Baby DeSoto
Margaret Ling
Sunnyside
Norma Manning
Sunflower
Veterans recall Bulge film as two hours of life wasted
Lawrence residents recall the Battle of the Bulge in a December screening, seven local veterans recounting a harrowing two hour experience. A hand forged cycle bar from an 1875 model was found by Emily Henry on Route 8 farm, described as four feet long and mounted behind the wheel.
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Bulge
Uis
Wiley Pe
Patee Sonight
Emily Henry
Route 8
Henry
Minneapolis
Mule Decline Grips Kansas Farm Livestock
Kansas livestock totals show mule numbers dropping to an all time low of 14,000 as of January 1, 1950, while horses fall to 206,000. Cattle and calves total 3,627,000, hogs 1,268,000, stock sheep and lambs 336,000, and chickens 15,668,000. Analysis by State Agricultural Statistician H L Collins notes the mule decline since 1923 and the steady high marks for other species.
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Topeka
Kansas
Collins
Kansas Farms
Neise Ang Mbes
Five Lawrence Women Attend KU Mimeograph School
Five women from Lawrence and county offices attended a KU mimeograph school in Extension. Attendees included Mrs M E Endaly from the county treasurer’s office Jean Christian and Dorothy Goodrich from the county clerk’s office Mary Jo Davis from the Lawrence Recreation Commission and Mrs Helen Pokky from the county superintendent of schools office. E J MacFarland noted the program is KU’s first mimeograph school since the war and that 36 persons attended across three sessions taught by mimeograph company representatives.
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University’ Extension
K. U
M. E. Endaly
Jean Christian
Dorothy Goodrich
Mary Jo Davis
Lawrence Recreation Commission
Helen Pokky
E. J. MacFarland
Extension Bureau of Institutes and Conferences
KU. 1
Pergone
Ren. Z
Deaths and Funerals List Local Residents
Edward Knabe of Eudora Route 2 died at his daughter's Milford home this morning. Alfred Montgomery Goodrich aged 75 died early this morning at his Lecompton home after his wife’s death about a month earlier. Surviving are four daughters and two sons. Funeral at Lecompton Evangelical United Brethren church Tuesday at 1 with Rev. Kel l o gs in charge, burial in Lecompton cemetery. Frederick L. Hartman, 77, of 213 Lincoln Street, died Thursday. funeral Monday at 1:30 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Rev. R. W. Albert officiating, burial in Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Richard R. Jones, 87, died Thursday. funeral Monday 3 p m at Rumsey funeral home, Rev. H. M. Sippel officiating, burial in Hubbel Hill cemetery, pallbearers named. Surviving relatives include his son Eli Jones and three daughters with various addresses and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Edward Knabe
Eudora
Route 2
John Melisinger
Milford
Alfred Montgomery Goodrich
Lecompton
Wesley Crady
Oaklawn
Ill
P. P. Merchant
Topeka
Clifford Berry
Tarzana, Jr
W. C. Thompson
San Antonio
Texas
Goodrich
Elmer Goodrich
Los Alamos
Lecompton Evangelical United Brethren Church
A. 0. Kellogs
Mpton Cemetery
Frederick L. Hartman
Lincoln Street
Trinity Lutheran Church
R. W. Albert
Memorial Park Cemetery
Alfed Heck
Fred Kloepper
F. D. Walters
RW. Scott
George L. Anderson
Obed E. Thompson
Richard R. Jones
Rumsey
H. M. Sippel
Hubbel Hill
Tonganoxie
Elmer Olson
William Snoddy
Clarence Wilson
Dewey Wilson
Ernest Wilson
Clifford Harper
Eli Jones
North Third Street
Florence Hol Hngeworth
South Gate
Calif
Anna Fearing
Myrtle Lam Fi Jones
Siedington
Ington
Kansas City Livestock Markets Report Sighted
AP dispatch from Kansas City notes cattle and hog prices with mixed moves. Steers steady to weak, heifers up to 50 cents, cows mostly higher, vealers and stockers firm, and feeding classes showing gains as buyers assess value. Shorter shipments and varied load prices are reported across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanasep
Wanaas
Ap-Ur Tal
Churchill Favors Talks With Reds in UK Election Push
London feb 18 Winston Churchill defies Labour censure by urging high level talks with Russia on atomic bomb control outside the United Nations. Attlee replies in a broadcast. Churchill rails against a "monster state monopoly" and promises tax cuts if conservatives win. Bevin counters that Britain can rely on Marshall Plan aid until 1952. One Manchester seat postponed after candidate death.
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London
Cph
Winston Churchill
Britain
West
Russia
Labor
Clement Attles
United Nations
Bis Party
British Broadcasting Corporaon
Attlee
Labor Party
Chequers Court
Ernest Bevin
Edinburgh
Scotland
Churchill
Bevin
United States
Chartwell
Att- Tee
America
Stafford Cripps
Glasgow
Osa Side
Industrial
Manchester
Ward Lascelles Fleming
Fleming
Suspend Liquor License Free Deliveries Bring Crackdown
Topeka reports Kansas Distributors Inc Emporia wholesale firm has liquor license suspended for 15 days starting February 20 Control Director Arthur A Herrick announced the action citing free liquor deliveries to five retailers in violation of the control act. Al Becker president and Clyde C Glandon secretary treasurer testified they were unaware of the deliveries. Duane C Morrow named field underwriter for Mutual Life Insurance in this vicinity replacing Ed Roach transferred to Wichita office.
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Topeka
Kansas Distributors, Inc
Emporia
Control
Arthur A. Herrick
Herrick
al Becker
Clyde C. Glandon
Duane C. Morrow
Illinois Street
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Wichita
Morrow
University of Kansas
Ed Roach
Ambulance Responds to Bear Creek Flood Claim of Strangling
In Canton Mississippi on February 18 an ambulance rushed to Bear Creek to aid a man reported strangled. On arrival the crew found the man in no strangling danger but stranded by flood and called a wrecker to pull him free.
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Canton
Miss
Bear Creek
Here
Strang
Experts Seek Use for 20 000 000 Acres of Wheat Land
Washington Feb 18 experts debate handling 20 million acres slated to leave wheat production as exports falter. Government contemplates limits, with farmers encouraged to convert excess land to livestock feed. Proposals include marketing wheat for human food at higher prices while using extra acres for feed, supported by studies showing breed-up risk minimal.
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Washington
Agriltures Department
Kasnas State Experimental Station
Mrs Postlethwaite Dies. Kansas City Resident Was KU Alumna
Mrs R H Postlethwaite aged 75 died at Cresthaven convalescent home in Kansas City Missouri after a two month stay. She suffered a stroke last October and had lived in Mankato before moving to Kansas City three years ago. She was mother to four sons and a daughter, all KU graduates, including Kenneth Postlethwaite editor of the Daily Mail at Nevada Missouri and others who became artists and lawyers. Bert Hirschfeld of the Cincinnati Mohawks scored two goals in ten seconds against Indianapolis.
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R. H. Postlethwaite
Cresthaven
Kansas City
Hannibal
Mankato
University of Kansas
K. A
Kenneth Postlethwaite
Nevada
Daily Mail
K. U
U. Memorial Association
Carl Postlethwaite
Journal-World
Don Postlethwaite
Law
St. Francis
Ruth Lawless
R. C. Postlethwaite
Chicago
K. WU
Elizabeth Engel
Mira
FE. R. Porterfield
University
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Bert Hirschfeld
Cincinnati Mohawks
American Hockey League
Indianapolis
Household Hints From a Past Era
Household hints cover grapefruit as a top food source, celery marks used in stews, toaster safety on circuits, roasting meat with no water in an uncovered pan, and baking asparagus with chicken or turkey in cream sauce. Also notes on lamb or pork chops pan broiling and a brief remark on ventriloquism as an ancient art practiced by wandering magicians.
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Thamin Co
Jefferson County Basketball Tournament Opens In Perry Fieldhouse
Wood county hosts the Jefferson County basketball tourney at the Perry fieldhouse with all games in the evening on Wednesday Friday and Saturday. Neighborhood Circle meets at the Max Rolin home due to illness. members recite the Lord’s Prayer and honor Mrs. Champion on her 60th wedding anniversary.
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Jefferson County
Perry
Mra
Marcel Rolla
Max Rolin
Marcel Rolin
Aung
Valentines
Arlene Garer
Mildred Petri
Miax
Joyce Hollingsworth
Sunny Valley Home Demonstration Unit
May Smith
Wal Love
Stults
Mra Witherspoon
Heck
Valenti
Will ‘Valley Grove Community Club
Ruth Ward
Russell
Valentine Dox
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Lena
Rodeerville Centre
Goont
Neye Arks
K. N
Memorial Hospital
Ona Ross
Louisiana Street
Eddie Bald
Tanya Cooper
New J. J Street
Mra. Mi 6
Fide May Burgess
Oakhullay Burgess
Mildred Early
New Hampshire Street
Vernon King
Frank Whipple
HIRTH
Ralph Longanecker
Dany Brune
Richard Carter
H. Roberts
Lawrence Lodge No
A. F
A.M
Bert S. Chewning
W. M
Walter H. Varnum
Boe
Eagles Lodge
Ihem Worthy
Lawrence
K. U. Mimeograph School
Alred M. Goodrich
Richard BR. Jones
Feehass
Barsine &Dd
Leeds
Halter Brock
Titan
Gen Motors Ag
Kennetoit HS
Mont Ward
Ina
Egypt
Cairo
Desert
Fara
River Styx
Berlin
Berliner Anseiger
Soviet Zone
Communist Party
Johannesburg
South Afri
Union
Rhodesia
South West Africa
Thomas Kincaid
Frank Gray
Donald Smart
San Francisco
Ur— Tasker L. Oddie
Postlethwaite
Ken Postlethwaite
Toe, Eyitl v
Woodstock
Law Kence
Atta. MN
Maxine Lindley School
Phelps, Lawrence Loan & Finance Co
T. Murl Beal Accounting and Tax Service
New Lawrence National Bank
General Plumbing
Eet Sa
Walt Sneegas
Bellinger Electric
Sperry Lawrence
Lindbergh Insulating CO
E. Gik
Kan
Tour Decter
Rumsey Funeral
Fee
CR Rumsey
Fred Rumsey
Oscar Rumsey
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