Shawnee Mission Favored To Win the Loop Crown
Shawnee Mission dominates early non conference play with a 4-0 mark and five players over six feet tall. Lawrence, Atchison, Leavenworth and Argentine battle for league position as the Northeast Kansas League opens with Ottawa at Shawnee Mission and other key matchups.
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Shawnee- Mission
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Atchison
Shawnee-Mission
Northeast Kansas League
Tall Shawnee
Cyclones
Indians
Shawnee Mission
Ottawa Lawrence
Shawnee
Wally Beck
Mark Rivard Ith
Jack Eastman
Grey Jim Simono
Mth
Mick Trenhy
Lyle Highfill
Neal Wyrick
Harold Reade
Northeast
Southwest
Wyandotte
Topea
Ed Iner
Redman
Effingham
Hiawatha
Ing
Whnning Alshtind Park
Ttawa
Loa
Olathe
Chanute
Parsons
Jeurney
Oklahoma City Debates Liquor Issue At Sack Session
Oklahoma legislators opened the 1949 session weighing repeal and liquor sales. Sen Tom Jelks proposed a state liquor monopoly while Tulsa representatives urged a public vote to strike prohibition. Both bills unlikely for early action, pending petition drive momentum and governor Turner’s balanced budget message.
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Oklahoma’ City
Oklahoma
Senate
Tom Jelks
Chickasha
House
Tulsa
James C. Nance
Purcell
Roy J. Turner
December Street Death Toll in Shanghai Reaches 4727
Shanghai reports 4727 deaths in December due to cold and hunger on icy streets, with benevolent societies noting 379 children among the dead. Many children abandoned as families faltered in shelter and food. Grippe epidemic also hits France with rising sickness though no deaths yet. Paris sees one in five ill.
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Shanghai
Benevolent Societies
Paris
Public Health Ministry
France
Metz
Local man dies remembered for public service
Died yesterday. He was born east of the present site of Chanute October 23, 1864. Surviving are his widow and a son, W. Marcus Ferbee, who is city finance commissioner.
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Chanute
W. Marcus Ferbee
Haskell Varsity Edged By St Joseph Junior College Team
St Joseph junior college defeated Haskell Varsity 56 to 43 on Haskell’s court in last night’s game. Earlier season meetings had St Joseph winning 50 to 48. Box score excerpts show Jones, Freemont, and Bushrhead among scorers as the readable lines indicate a low scoring transfer of points.
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Atchison Tourney
Ottawa
Highland Park
Mustangs
Roy Baker
Rosedale
Wyandotte
Atchison
Haskell
Shawnee Mission
Ard
N. EF. K
Lawrence
St. Joseph
Calquintet
Haskel Varsity
Missourians
Joseph
Prazier
F Jones
Freemont
Bushrhead
Louis TS
Some Bowl Games Under Fire at NCA A Meeting
San Francisco January 5 29 Bowl games that commercialize college football drew the ire of N C A A president Karl Leib of the University of Town. The association and affiliated groups moved toward curbing postseason games with a survey led by Victor O Schmidt of the Pacific coast conference. Leib supported bowls under Rose Cotton Sugar and Orange like Shrine east west game. The American football coaches association debates the platoon system as season ends.
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San Francisco
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Karl Leib
University of Town
Victor O. Schmidt
Pacific Coast Conference
Dr. Leib
Shrine
American Football Coaches’ Association
Clemson Coach Wonders About Missouri Weights
Clemson coach Frank Howard reflects on Missouri weighings and Walker Cup stories from Winged Foot. The piece recalls past U S and Britain teams, weight misprints at the Gator Bowl, and honors for Dillard and Musial in a year-end sports roundup.
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Clemson
Missouri
New York
Winged Foot
Avant
United States
Jegdera
Johnny Goodman
Scotty Champbell
Johnny Fischer
U.S
Hector Thompson
Jack McLean
Cecil Ewing
Britain
Sin
Hig Seven
Dave Armstrong
Walt Kennedy
Frank Howard
Oward
Don Faurot
HurdlER is honored Harrison Dillard comeback pick
Harrison Dillard named athlete of the year for 1948 marking the hurdler’s standout comeback. The Baldwin Wallace star won the 100 meters at the London Olympics after failing to qualify in hurdles, shocking fans nationwide and breaking a long streak.
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New York
Harrison Dillard
Baldwin Wallace
Jeff Dillard
BM Porter
Dillard
Theft of 2600 Dollars At Smoky Hill Base
A non commissioned officer is under suspicion after $2600 vanished from the Smoky Hill Army Air Base payroll safe. Lt Ralph Bryant, base public relations officer, said the money disappeared Monday when paychecks were issued to service members returning from holiday leave. The suspect has not been seen on the base since New Year’s Eve. name not released.
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Salina
Kan
Smoky Hill Army Air Base
Ralph Bryant
Bryant
Tax receipts up 16 percent in 1948 Kansas revenue report
Kansas revenue and taxation commission reports 1948 calendar year collections at 80,168,326.30, up 16 percent from 1947 which had 69,040,690. First half of current recall shows 36,971,060.90, about 8 percent higher than the same period last year. Fred Horn chairs the commission and announced the figures yesterday.
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Topeka
Kansas Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Fred Horn
Commission
Horn
Kansas Edges College for 57 Victory
Pounds wine scored 2 points as Kansas defeated College of Empyria 57 to 0 last night. Noted play opened conference action with a strong home win.
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Keansas
Harold
Pounds
Kansas
College of Hmperia
McPherson Clears KNEX Radio Station Debut
McPherson Kansas first radio station KNEX began broadcasting after a weekend delay in final inspections of the station and equipment. The launch marks a new local communications outlet for the city.
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McPherson, Kan
McPherson
KNEX
National Ice Hockey Popular in England at Turn of Century
At the turn of the 20th century ice hockey was a popular pastime in England, reflecting the sport’s growing appeal and the era’s leisure culture among enthusiasts and emerging clubs.
Kansas Pioneer Dies in Chanute Event
William Manfred Barhoe, 84, longtime Chanute resident and former city commissioner, dies. Barhoe is credited as Neosho County’s first white child born, marking a historic local lineage. Funeral arrangements pending with details released by the county obituary desk.
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Kansas
Chanute
William Manfred Barhoe
Neosho County
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