Army Secretary To Give Names In Peress Case
Secretary Stevens will provide the Senate investigation subcommittee with the names of everyone involved in the Dr. Irving Peress case. The panel canceled its planned public showdown with Stevens after a two hour closed door session, and Zwicker’s upcoming appearance was postponed pending Symington’s return from Europe.
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Army
Retary of
Stevens
Senate Investigation Subcommittee
Irving Peress
New York City
Stev
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Subcommittee
Capitol
Sea Mundt
R-Sd
Sen. Symington
D-Mo
Ralph Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Zwicker
Symington
Europe
Roosevelt must pay 1625 monthly in Pasadena custody case
James Roosevelt was ordered to pay his estranged wife Romelle 1625 dollars a month in temporary support for their three children. The judge set 850 dollars court costs and 3500 dollars attorney fees to be paid by Roosevelt’s eldest son.
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Pasadena
Calif
James Roosevelt
Romelle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Purchasing Firm Faces Kansas Tax Fee Charge
The Veterans Purchasing Agency, a Virginia corporation based in Joplin Missouri, is charged in federal court with shipping cigarettes into Kansas without reporting sales to the Kansas Commission of Revenue and Taxation. U S District Atty George Templar says it is the first such action in Kansas. The charges cite a federal law making unreported mail order cigarette sales to taxing states a federal offense.
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Topeka
Veterans Purchasing Agency
Virginia
Joplin
Kansas
Kansas Commission of Revenue and Taxation
U. S
George Templar
Congress
Pincer Attack Presses Huk Rebels Near Mt Banahaw
Philippine forces launched a wide pincers operation against 650 Huk outlaws northeast of Mt Banahaw in an all out drive to crush rebel resistance. The Huks missed a Monday midnight deadline set by President Ramon Magsaysay to accept government surrender terms.
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Manila
Philippines
Mt. Banahaw
Ramon Magsaysay
Kansas Draft Call for 237 Men Announced in April
Maj. Gen Joe Nickell, state selective service director, announced an April draft call of 237 Kansas men. This follows February’s call for 220 and March’s call for 218. contact Andy Hess at Fire Insurance for more details.
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Topeka U
Kansas
Joe Nickell
Selective Service
Marine Testimony Reveals 1950s POW Pressures
A Marine flier testified that most airmen met in Korean War prisoner camps were instructed before capture to reveal information to the Communists. Harris recalled a 1952 El Toro briefing urging POWs to tell the truth, even if it meant betraying details. He described high rates of instructed detainees and stressed the severity of torture by Chinese captors. The court weighs whether Col. Schwable should face charges for a false confession. The piece also covers the Red Cross fundraising drive in Douglas County with a rural kickoff and countywide targets.
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Washington
Walter R. Harris
Frank Schwable
Harris
el Toro
Calif
Korea
Schwable
Red Cross
Robert Mitchell
Baldwin
Robert Wilson
Route
Douglas County
Clinton
Eudora
J. N. Harris
Palmyra
Dayton Van-Tries
Loren Williams
Baldwin Rural
Wilson County
Willow Springs
Philo Beck
Marion
Elmer Rappard
Lawrence
Lecompton
Clayton Dark
C. A. Gordon
Robert. Wolf
George Hedrick
Kevin Jones
Travis Glass
Luther Lopes Trial At Topeka March 22
The trial of Lester Luther former U S District Attorney for Kansas on charges of taking a fee from a private client while in government employment is set for March 22 in Topeka before a federal jury. Nicholas Lopes Luther’s assistant faces similar charges. Both waived jury trials but a jury will be called. Judge Royce Savage of Oklahoma will preside with a special DOJ prosecutor.
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Topeka
Lester Luther
U. S
Kansas
Luther
Washington
Nicholas Lopes
U. S. District Attorney's Office
Grand Jury
Lopes
Lawrence
US Dist
George Templar
Royce Savage
Oklahoma
Department of Justice
Templar
Boy Killed in Car Wreck Near Alma Kansas
Ray Hastings 15 died Tuesday afternoon on a county road when his car went out of control, plunged into a ditch and turned over. He was alone and the son of Mr and Mrs George Hastings who live six miles north. This marked a second family tragedy in under a month after their 14 year old son John died February 7 in a tractor accident. The Hastings family includes four other children.
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Alma
Kas
Ray Hasting
Here
George Hastings
John
Hastings
Mail Through the Years Recalled by Denver Official
Denver official Frank Schmacher, 70, retired general superintendent of mails, recalls the cleverest challenge in five decades of delivering the mail. He describes a letter addressed to Wood, John in Mass delivered to John Underwood in Andover, Massachusetts.
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Denver
Frank Schmacher
Wood
John
Mass
Schmacher
John Underwood
Andover
Massachusetts
Red China Seat at Geneva Berlin Talks May Aid USSR
Senator George W. discusses Berlin and Geneva talks noting Red China’s seat at Geneva could be the USSR’s sole objective, a foot in the door toward UN and possible U.S. recognition. Dulles says U.S. achieved its aims, while Chiperfield cites no recognition of Peiping. Smith reiterates a diplomatic boycott of Red China. Stock market index closes with slight dip.
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Washington
George
D-Gal
Russia
Berlin
Asia
Dulles
United States
Geneva
Peiping
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chiperfield
R-Tll
China
Korea
Indochina
Walter B. Smith
Chicago
Danes Send Charlie McLeod Back to U S as Charlotte
An American woman born as Charlie McLeod in Louisiana has undergone hormone therapy and multiple operations in Copenhagen to become Charlotte McLeod. After a year of treatment and a controversial unofficial early operation, Charlotte plans to return to New Orleans as she recovers, facing ongoing numbness and reliance on a walking stick.
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Danes
Charlie McLeod
U.S
Charlotte
Copenhagen
Louisiana
Charlotte McLeod
Miss McLeod
United States
New Orleans
Christine Jorgensen
Charlie
Oldest Kansan and KU alumna Mary Colley dies at 96
Mrs. Mary B Colley 96 daughter of Mary Bell Grinter died at her Perry home She was born March 4 1858 in Muncie one of 14 children Her uncle Moses Grinter was Wyandotte Countys first white settler She attended KU as a music student in 1875 76 before returning home Funeral set for Perry Methodist Church at 2 PM Thursday burial Perry Cemetery
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Mary B. Colley
Linnie M. Raines
Perry
Mary Bell Grinter
Muncie
Moses Grinter
Wyandotte County
Kentucky
Union Pacific
Kansas
Edwardsville
K.U
Gerald Raines
K. U
Perry Methodist Church
Perry Cemetery
Local banker Charles V. Sorman dies at 84
Charles Victor Sorman, 84, longtime president of the First National Bank of Troy since 1933, died Wednesday at a Rochester Minnesota hospital. He led the Troy financial institution through decades of growth and served the community in civic roles. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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Troy, Kas, Wn
Charles Victor Sorman
First National Bank of Troy
Rochester, Minn
Tremors Hit Wilkes-Barre Area Damaging Homes
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a second tremor in three days damaged hundreds of homes and cracked foundations in a five block area. Police reported no injuries. Woodward colliery workings lie 400 feet underground. Similar tremors Sunday wounded 300 homes nearby. Allentown also felt quakes earlier in the day.
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Wilkes-Barre
Woodward
Glen Alden Coal Co
State Mines
Francis “O’ Case
Pennsylvania
William Hughes
Allentown
Greeley County Declares Emergency Over Blowing Soil
The western third of Greeley County faces blown soil conditions after last Friday's storm. Farmers are urged to work fields immediately as the county commission declares an emergency.
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Tribune
Kas
Greeley County
Local Man Crashed Between 2 Trucks
AUBURN Neb five hours after he was pinned between two trucks Melvin P Marcus about 30 Lawrence Kas died Wednesday Marcus driver for Prucka Bros Transportation Co was between trucks discussing fuel pump trouble when his truck rolled back pinning him Officials said Marcus had recently moved to Lawrence from Kansas City Kan family address unavailable at press time
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Auburn
Neb
Melvin P. Marcus
Lawrence
Kas
Marcus
Prucka Bros. Transportation Co
Kansas City
Slight Temperature Dip North Kansas Thursday
TOPEKA A minor cool front will bring partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures to northern Kansas Thursday with mild conditions elsewhere Forecaster Tom Arnold says Wednesday night lows range from around 35 in the northwest to 40 elsewhere Thursday highs from the 50s in the north to 75 in the far south No precipitation in the 24 hours ending 6 am Wednesday Overnight lows ranged from 31 in Topeka to 39 at Concordia
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Olathe
Goodland and Hill
City
Concordia
Thursda
Ated
Bismiarek, Na Chere
Amontan Tl
Letty Mest
SAS
Mig Sad
New York
Bas Aithle Yi
Washington
School Investigates Ottawa Music Trip Misconduct
Liberty Memorial High School officials moved to discipline roughly 300 students after reports during a Ottawa music festival trip of liquor taken to hotel rooms. Superintendent W. D. Wolfe and LMHS Principal Neal M. Wherry said five boys are being questioned as investigations proceed to determine the extent of involvement.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Ottawa
W. D. Wolfe
Neal M. Wherry
LMHS
Wherry
Missing 14 Year Old Farm Youth After Crash Near Lawrence
A 14 year old Douglas County youth named Robert Farmer disappeared after a car crash near Washington Creek Church about 18 miles southwest of Lawrence. Deputies say he fled the wreck with heavy vehicle damage and was last seen in Lawrence, described as five feet eight inches tall, 135 pounds, brown hair and eyes, wearing blue jeans and a tan shirt. The search continues as authorities verify sightings and assess any injuries.
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Douglas County
Washington Creek
Lawrence
Chappel
Billie
Farmer
Sherrif Billy Hodson
Lawrence High to open new gym with Atchison game Saturday
Lawrence High School will unveil its new gymnasium this Saturday night as the Lion basketball team hosts the NEAL champion Atchison Redmen in a league game. A 6:30 tipoff follows a 2:40 prelude, with tickets on sale at 2:20 p.m. Thursday for both the Atchison and Topeka games. The dedication includes a student march, a ceremonial player, the Star Spangled Banner, and Phog Allen as honorary referee.
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Lawrence High School
Lion
Atchison Redmen
Kansas
14Th
la. Sts
Atchison
Topeka
Lawrence High
Ma Sts
Lawrence
Neal Wherry
Albert Fr. Bramble
First Methodist Church
R. Wayne Nelson
Dro Fo (Phog) Allen
Kansas University
Neal Cage
Jack Eskridge
K. Uo
Allen
19Th and
Ind. Sts
Man of Year Award Named for J D King in Lawrence
J D King 34 year old Commonwealth Theaters manager in Lawrence was named Man of the Year by the Lawrence Jaycees at Bosses Night in the Hotel Eldridge Crystal Room. Lew Rankin received the Key Man award. John W Crutcher Kansas state senator spoke to about 160 attendees. King credited his team and community, and noted Lawrence as a wonderful place to live and work.
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Dale Sillix
Lawrence
Journal-World Photo
J.D. King
Commonwealth Theaters
Lawrence Junior Chamber
King
Loreal Jaycee Organization
Crystal Room
Eldridge
Lew Rankin
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co
Jaycees
John W. Crutcher
Kansas
Hutchison
Lyman Wiley
The
Wilby
Dale Turner
Glenn Kapperlman
Granada Theater
Clinton, Mo
Europe
Commonwealth
Baxter Springs
Stanley Schwahm
S41
Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Rotary
Rankin
Jaycee
Blood Drive
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Andy Hess
Red Cross Fund
Jack Miller
Bob Docking
Kansas City Red Cross
Wdaf-Tv
Luther-Lopes
Red China
Mary Colley
Kansas U
Troy
Lion Gym
Man of Year
Jaycee Award
J. D. King
of Commerce
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