Birthday tribute marks Prof Stevens eighty five years
An afternoon gathering at Snow Hall celebrated Prof W C Stevens on his eighty fifth birthday. The botany department hosted the event with colleagues, former colleagues, and friends, noting his long career from assistant to full professor and his leadership as department chairman. Presents and a scroll honoring sixty guests highlighted the celebration of a life devoted to botany and university service.
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W. C. Stevens
Botany
Snowhall
Altho
Stevens
Eldridge
Stevna
Snow Hall
University
Green- Bourne
Sherwood
Mee
Wia
Torofessor Stevens
Junior class presents Bake Night skit at Liberty Memorial High
Members of Lib erty Memorial High School junior class hosted a morning assembly featuring the skit Award Night It Baked Potato Idaho written by Fred Six vice president of the student council. Officers include Paul Coker president Charles Haverty vice president Barbara Rays secretary Mary Jewett treasurer and Nob Whaley student council representative Principal Ralph Graber opened with the Pledge and announced tonight's Olathe Lawrence basketball game and tomorrow's Promotera game versus the K.V.S. team followed by student and visitor parties.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Idaho
Fred
Paul Coker
Charles Haverty
Barbara Rays
Mary Jewett
Nob Whaley
Ralph Graber
Olathe- Lawrence High School
K.V.S
Eg Ae
Congress Urged to Form Policy of Atomic Control
Washington reports urge rapid atomic energy policy action as Hickenlooper presses for deliberate, effective legislation. Senate inquiry into espionage in Canada and the Soviet data case follows Byrnes assurances that no US officials are implicated. The atomic energy committee continues hearings on bills to establish a control commission and guide future development.
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Congress
Washington
Con.gress
Hicken Noper
R-Ta
Senate
House
Hickenlopper
Moscow
Canada
Byrnes
Senate Atomic Energy
State Department
Talk on Brotherhood by Rev Theodore A Aszman at Kiwanis
Rev Theodore A Aszman spoke at the Kiwanis Club for Brotherhood Week in Lawrence, noting 13 years of observance. He urged living and working together across races, criticizing white treatment of Indians, Negroes, and Japanese Americans, warning against anti Semitism and color consciousness, and stressing brotherhood as costly but essential.
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Theodore A. Aszman
Kiwanis Club
Brotherhood
Lawrence
Aszman
Icvig
Assman
Mr. Aszman
Hitler
Russia
United States
Deaths and Funerals In Lawrence Area Passages
John William Allison of Linwood, 82, died yesterday at Lawrence Memorial hospital. Funeral at Linwood Community church tomorrow at 2 30 p m with Chaplain Franklyn R. Barry officiating. Survived by wife Emma, two sons Fred E. and Alf M., two daughters Virgil Johnson and Rowena Sullivan and Lillie Hayden. Lillie Hayden died yesterday in Lawrence with a Bowser Lee mortuary lying in state and funeral plans pending. She leaves brother Elijah Williams, sister Missouri Porter, eight nieces and two nephews. George Siler, former Lawrence resident, died in a Chicago hospital. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p m from Rumsey funeral home in Lawrence, burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Surviving: two daughters, a son, two brothers, no sister.
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John William Allison
Linwood
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Linwood Community Church
Franklyn R. Barry
Emma Allison
Fred E. Allison
Trinity
Texas
Alf M. Allison
Virgil Johnson
Vuola
Rowena Sullivan
Lillie Hayden
New Hampshire Street
Bowser-Lee Mortuary
Elijah Williams
Lawrence
Missouri Porter
St. Luke's Ame Church
George Siler
Chicago
Rumsey
Burin
Oak Hill
Hatchery Owner Sends Chicks to U S Officials
Richmond Ind Feb 22 William Lathrop a local hatchery owner irked by government requests to cut flock sizes sent 3000 baby chicks to federal officials to see their actions He delivered 1000 chicks to President Truman 1090 to Secretary Clinton Anderson and 1000 to Governor Ralph Gates in three shipments Each shipment had ten boxes of 100 chicks Producers fear overproduction this spring and many dealers canceled orders due to government signals of surplus.
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Richmond
Ind
William Lathrop
Truman
White House
Clinton Anderson
Washington
Ralph Gates
Indianapolis
Lathrop
Army recruiter Hooper to visit Lawrence week of Feb 25
Beat Sgt Maynard A Hooper an army recruiter based in Topeka will open a temporary office at Lawrence Post Office during February 25 to March 2 to enroll volunteers for service. In Kansas City a Kansas kernel report notes a red corn kernel removed from the lung of 17 month old Billy Casper son of Mr and Mrs Charles Casper of Junction City.
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Maynard A. Hooper
Topeka
Lawrence
Red Army
Long Kansas City
Kan
Billy Casper
Ed Charles Casper
Junction City
Lawrence Chamberbacks Blue Cross plan enrollment meeting
A Lawrence gathering of business and civic groups promoted the Blue Cross hospital plan. Stuart A. Campbell outlined the community enrollment for five or more employees and a future rollout for individuals. Representatives from local medical, banking, Kiwanis, Rotary, and university groups attended.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas Hospital Service Association
Blue Cross Service
Stuart A. Campbell
Blue Cross
Kan- Tsas
Douglas County Medical Society
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Banks
Kiwanis, Co-Operative and
Rotary Duration
Army University of Kansas
The
World Company
Chris Kraft
Serrfice
Campbell
Topeka
Manhattan
Kansas
American Hospital Association
United States
Canada
Kansas Blue Cross
Kansas Medical Society
Veterans Return Home From War Service in Europe and Pacific
Armed Forces C Roger Allen Jr arrives home with discharge from Fort Logan after five months in Belgium and Germany and a Pacific transfer last August. Clifford Reynolds, on his way to Fort Leavenworth for discharge after 33 months in service, logged time in Hawaii Tokyo and the Pacific, plans to reenter KU studies next fall. Paul L Florance arrives home from Camp Chaffee after three years of service including battles in the Bulge and deployments in Europe and France.
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C. Roger Allen, Jr
Roger Allen
Indiana Street
Fort Logan
Colo
Allen
United States
Tokyo
Army of Occupation
Belgium
Germany
Pacific
States
Clifford Reynolds
Clarence Reynolds
Seattle
Fort Leavenworth
Hawaii
K.U
Paul L. Florance
J. C. Schreyer
New Jersey Street
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
England
Holland
Poland
France
Kansas Color Press
Liberty Memorial High Ool
Boys State to hold victory session in June at Wichita North
The American Legion Boys State will meet June 17 at Wichita North High School with 500 delegates, up from 400. Bert Hedges, the managing director, announced the increase as Legion auxiliary officials aim to revive Girls State alongside the citizenship program. Last year’s event was canceled due to travel restrictions.
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Wichita
Kan
American Legion
Wichita North High School
Bert Hedges
Hedges
Legion Auxiliary
SGT Hicks Re-enlists After Death March Siege
SGT Irvin L. Hicks, 26, Wichita Kansas, who took part in the Bataan to San Fernando death march and was liberated from a Japanese POW camp, has re enlisted in the regular army. He recently returned home to Kansas City Kansas and was granted 194 days recuperation before re enlistment.
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Kansas City
Kan
Irvin L. Hicks
Wichita
Bataan
San Fernando
Hicks
Rocket expert 18 killed in explosion tragedy
Dr. John Brittain, director of research on explosive projectiles, was to travel to the United States as a rocket expert for the commission of scientific investigations. He was killed in the incident just before his planned departure this week.
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John Brittain
United States
Brittain
Ecommission of Scientific
G O P Stand Urged by Kelland at Western Meet
At a regional Western Republican leaders conference in Salt Lake City on February 22, Clarence Budington Kelland urged the party to declare its conservative stance explicitly. The Arizona Republican committeeman warned that Republicans have failed to win public trust by repeating that they can improve on Democratic failures.
Quiet Again in Egypt
Cairo reports order restored after violent rioting as British troops and Egyptian police guard British establishments. A student and labor groups committee urged calm but condemned the firing on demonstrators. A British army communique said troops fired to safeguard lives of personnel amid attacks on military and civil facilities.
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Cairo
Egypt
City of Houston Faces Complete Tieup by Striking Workers
Houston officials accuse workers of lockout tactics as the Building Trades Council pledges a citywide tieup of water, sewage disposal, fire and police departments, traffic signals, and the gas plant starting at 5 p.m. today. The mayor and labor leaders clash over threats, while union president O L Duncan posts bail on violence charges alongside six others.
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Houston
Tex
Houston Building Trades Council
Otis Massey
A.F. of L
O. L. Duncan
Justice of the Peace
Measure Washington pension aid plan announced
Sen. Myers of Pennsylvania announced veterans administration support for a bill to raise the present pension limit of 100 dollars a month to war widows. The plan would grant 104 dollars to a widow with four children and 169 dollars to those with nine, with scaled increments of 50 for a widow and 63 for a widow with one child plus 13 more for each additional child.
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Washington
Sennator Myers
D.-Pa
Veterans Administration
Landon warns lack of thought endangers democracy
In Tulsa on February 2 1936 CR All Landon former Kansas governor and 1936 Republican nominee warned that a slow rot of ideas threatens popular government. He cited tempered skepticism and rising racial hatred and warned against militant groups by force and fear targeting churches and denominations amid a push toward class consciousness.
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Tulsa
Oklo
All M. Landon
Kansas
Topeka
Kan
Chamber of Commerceublic Affairs
Landon
Washington
America
Congress Still Favors Ban on Peace Time Draft
Washington reports that the House pushes for an international agreement to outlaw compulsory military service in peacetime. Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. said hearings on his resolution will proceed next Wednesday and Thursday, despite President Truman's skeptical remarks and opposition within the chamber.
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Washington
House
Congress
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
United States
Martin
Truman
Untitled regional notices mix with wartime dispatches
Fragmented OCR notes include political, military, and social items with arrests in a terror plot, visits by officials to southern Korea, and crowd reports from Ottawa. The text also records church gatherings, farewells, and dinner guests, with scattered names and places such as Buenos Aires, Ottawa, and Worden.
Unemployment Estimate Reduced at Mt Oread
Henry Werner dean of student affairs places the Lawrence estimate of unemployed men students on Mt Oread at 300 today, a sharp drop from 500 at the semester start. Werner notes the decline reflects improved employment prospects for students in the area and university programs.
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Mt. Oread
Henry Werner
Local Social Notes Highlight Kansas City Visitors and Ottawa Guests
Bethel Captain and Mrs. Fred Me and families of Kansas City spent in the GC. Chik hae, Charles Simmons were s dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lyte of Ottawa. Mr. de Mrs. Albert Calling moved last week to Aurora. Edith White of Wichita was visiting in the Alfred Sebinite home. Raymond Gehrle, Elaine and Alan Klemen were Sunday dinner guests.
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Fred Me
Kansas City
Apent
Chik Hae
Charles Simmons
Fred Lyte
Ottawa
Albert Calling
Aurora
Mis
Edith White
Wichita
Alfred Sebinite Hom
Mia
Raymond Gehrle
Elaine
Alan
Klemen
Kansas City Livestock Market News Brief
AP report from Feb 22 summarizes cattle markets with calves and yearlings steady to uneven, cows weaker and veal offerings scarce. Sows and hogs steady to firm. feeder cattle mixed but generally steady. slaughter cows and bulls near steady levels with prices reflecting regional demand and pasture outlooks.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas
Receipts Reported for Various Farm Goods
An AP data filing lists receipts dated Feb 1 for livestock and produce including hens, leghorns, turkeys, ducks, and other items. Totals show 114731 receipts with several itemized prices such as 39.37 for a white duck and 5 for a hens.
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Enn Valies
Expe Randers Oat
Receipta
Lee’ Biure Springs
Drollera
Pocaters
Tomachi Ducks
Guiness
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