Judge Means Aims For Impartial Bench And Private Practice
The article profiles Judge Means born in 1871 in Waukarusa Township, detailing his education across Europe and the United States, military service as a colonel in World War I, and lengthy legal career. It highlights his commitment to impartiality, avoidance of courtroom entanglements with attorneys, and his philosophy echoing an umpire calling as he sees them. His affiliations include Masons, Elks, the Loyal Legion, and the Gold Medal Group of KU Alumni. he is moving from the Courthouse to a new office at 1010 Mass St and will resume private practice while remaining a local figure known as the judge.
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U. S
L . Judge Means
Waukarusa Towsahipaba
Europe
India Viaduct
East Street
Santa Barbara
Calif
Italy
France
Hugh Means
Germany
United States
Quincy
Mass
Chicago
Harvard
K. U
Means
Douglas County
Masons
Knights Templar of
Kansas
The
Elks
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
County Bar Association
Infant James O Bryon Dies in Stockton
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Leonard O Bryon Stockton California dies Tuesday. Father a professor of languages at College of the Pacific Stockton. survived by three brothers Leonard Jr Michael and Patrick and a sister Caileen all at home. Graveside rites set for 2 pm Saturday at Oak Hill Cemetery with Dr John Patton officiating.
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James O'Bryon
Leonard O'Bryon
Stockton
Calif
College of the Pacific
Leonard Jr
Michael
Patrick O'Bryan
Caileen O'Bryan
C. F. O'Bryan
John Kilworth
Lawrence
Oak Hill Cemetery
John Patton
Local births listed for Memorial Hospital families
A community column lists numerous births and names residents at Memorial Hospital and nearby homes in Sunflower Baldwin Loring Garnett and Garnett area. Couples welcome new daughters and sons while parents are identified with street addresses and the note mentions more than 25 000 distinct bird forms.
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John R. Cox
Mass
Charles Dixon
Tenn
Taft faces shift as Senate vote tests unity
The passage describes a clash over a motion during a Senate session involving Taft, party leaders, and several Democratic and Republican senators. Neely and Keowland spar over procedure while Eisenhower’s influence is cited as shaping the rules. The dispute centers on how the chamber should respond to executive and legislative separation.
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Taft
Unio
Senate
Ison Schoeppel
icans—Dult
Hendrickson
Ives
Ruchel
Calif
Tobey
Neely
Seni
Id Eisenhower
Ee Neely
White House
Knowi
Legislators Debate Excess Profits Tax Support
Some lawmakers back the excess profits tax while others, including Rep Mills, oppose it citing inequities. Rep Dingell favors relief for the little man yet may back letting the tax die. Explanations note the tax stacks on top of normal corporate taxes, but the exact number of corporations paying it remains uncertain.
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Mills
Taw
Dingell
D-Mich
Sid He
Reed
Simpson
Revenue Bureau
Cosional
Bootleggers Flood State With Coyotes
Western Missouri counties worry about bounty payments on coyotes and wolves bootlegged from Kansas and Oklahoma. Missouri pays up to 30 for grown coyotes and 55 for pups, while Kansas allows 2. Newton County reports a surge in bounties totaling 10,735 dollars for pelts and 65 pups in io. Barton and Jackson counties also show sizable payouts. Jackson County clerk Ben Nordberg notes Deputy Charles Kemper refuses scalps driving Kansas cars, snipping ears to verify age and limiting payments to scalps under three days old.
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Kansas
Missouri
Oklane
Oklahoma
Newton County
Barton County
Jackson County
Ben Nordberg
Charles Kemper
Goodland
Kas
Mosser Installed as Kiwanis Club President
Russ Mosser was installed as president of the Kiwanis Club at the Eldridge Hotel during the weekly meeting. New officers include Olin NK. Petefish, Mel Huxtable, and Andy Ireland as vice presidents, with Lynn Moore, Forrest Brown, Hal Keltz, and Charles Lacey joining the board of directors. Wiley Mitchell became secretary and Albert Fearing begins another treasurer term.
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Russ Mosser
Kiwanis Club
Eldridge
Mosser
Olin NK
Petefish
Mel Huxtable
Andy Ireland
Lynn Moore
Forrest Brown
Hal Keltz
Charles Lacey
Wiley Mitchell
Hank Brown
Albert Fearing
Lawrence Club
McLouth
Walter Schoene
McLouth Club
Yancey County
N.C
Lost Cove School
Lost Cove
Tornadoes Hit Arkansas Alabama Areas Damaging Homes
Small tornadoes touched down in Alabama and Arkansas early Thursday, injuring two people and damaging more than twenty homes. In Macedonia Arkansas twelve miles north of Warren two were hurt when a twister struck around 2 am. Bond was set at seven thousand five hundred dollars for David K. Fleagle a parolee facing burglary and larceny charges in County Court.
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Talladega
Als
Alabama
Arkansas
Macedonia
Warren
Ark
David K. Fleagle
Hutchinson Reformatory
Fleagle
Saeed Jan
Gma Nu
Emory Road
US Banks See Earnings Rise As Big Giants Grow
U S banks report stronger earnings on higher loan volumes and deposits amid improving profits. Eighteen leading banks now hold about 45.9 billion in deposits, with Bank of America topping the list at nearly 8.5 billion dollars in resources. Other top depositors include National City, Chase, Manufacturers Trust, Guaranty Trust, and several New York and Chicago institutions. The total covers roughly one fourth of all bank deposits in the nation per the Federal Reserve.
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Jy Bam Dawson
New York
Sogkholder
Ldt
Federal Reserve System
Bank of America
Sancisco
National City
Chase
Manufacturers Trust
Guaranty Trust
First National
Continental Tunnels
Chicago
Bankers Trust
Chemical Bank
Security First National
Los Angeles
Hanover
Re York
Melton of
Pittsburgh
National of Detroit
First National of
Boston
Bank of Manhattan
Irving Trust of
Cleveland Trust
American Trust
San Francisco
Near 50 50 split continue page one government loan
The article explains government loan repayment dynamics for stored wheat, noting storage costs about eight cents per bushel and a price delta of 16.5 cents. If farmers sell and repay the loan plus storage, a 24 cent per bushel loss results. PMA reports 645 warehouse loans and 11 farm stored loans. Douglas County holds 276,222.53 bushels in warehouses and 13,364 bushels on farms. Warehouse stored wheat value is 3640,643.05 and farm stored value is 31,
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PMA
Douglas County
Kansas Food Institute Opens At University Of Kansas
Eighty restaurant and hotel owners from across Kansas gather at the University of Kansas for the first annual Kansas Food Institute sponsored by state associations and the University Extension. The three day program features demonstrations in meat, salads, baking, menu planning, gravies and sauces with instructors from Cornell and Denver. Local attendees include James E. Koch and Mrs Koch, Jack Garrett, Lou Silvi, S L Tomlinson, Marian F McBride and others.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
Kansas Food Institute
Kansas Restaurant Association
Kansas Hotel Association
Univerity Extension
Memorial Union
Eldridge
M. J. Getto
Harold A. McLaughlin
Ft. Scott
Jeremiah J. Wanderstock
Myrtle H. Ericson
Cornell University Hotel School
Matthew Bernatsky
Denver University
Lawrence
James E. Koch
The
Kansas Hotel and Restaurant Inspection Board
Koch
Jack Garrett
Hotel
Lou Silvi
8. L. Tomlinson
Marian F .McBride
Haskell Institute
Explosion at Shell Oil plant kills four workers
An explosion at the Shell Oil Company's 10 million dollar plant in Kansan killed Ralph Rabb, a plant supervisor, J B Harvey, N W Beard, and two other tractioning operators instantly. Three more men were injured, and another hurt during firefighting. A 10 by 12 foot section of a heavy steel tank was blown out, with volatile gas extracts released and a fire brought under control about two hours after the blast.
Storm Wrecks Ships Off San Francisco in Pacific Rescue Urgency
A Swedish tanker with a crew of 40 broke in half during a storm near the North Pacific. Eleven men were rescued from the stern, eight from the bow, and 21 in a lifeboat drifted. The British freighter King Edgar and a Panamanian vessel San Tadespo drifted helplessly, while the Cynthia Olson jettisoned cargo and steered for San Francisco. Avanti sent SOS. position 28.11 N 132.03 E places it northeast of Okinawa.
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San Francisco
Atut
King Edgar
Santadespo
North Central Pacific
Cynthia Olson
Oregon
Avanti
Globe Wireless
Pacific
Okinawa
Kyushu
Servicemen Readjust After Overseas Tours and Transfers
James Ralph Banks returns Monday to Sewart Air Force Base Tennessee after a full furlough at his parents home in Lecompton He leaves January 16 for Wilmington Delaware to join the Second Tow Target Squadron Cpl Milliken recently from Germany with the 28th Infantry Division served in special services and as a guitarist in the Army show Around the Town He and his quartet toured the American and French zones of Germany He is headed to Topeka after visiting Lawrence and will stay with relatives at home Milliken thanked readers for Christmas cards mentioning the Journal World servicemen list Howell H Alligood enlists in the 442nd Troop Carrier Wing at Olathe Air Force Reserve Training Center He will train two days monthly with the 442nd Maintenance Squadron.
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James Ralph Banks
Sewart Air Force Base
Smyrna
Robert A. Miliken
Cpl
Milliken
Germany
28Th Infantry
Seventh Army
Cpl. Milliken
Liberty Memorial High School
K. U
Howell H. Alligood
442Nd
Air Force Reserve Training Center
Olathe
Jury panel deadlocks in UMW workers case in Kentucky
A federal court jury in Pikeville Ky reported no verdict after deliberations in a case charging 12 men with using threats to coerce United Mine Workers members to join. The case was reassigned to the April term. Four United Mine miners were on trial.
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Pikeville
United Mine Workers
United Mine
Lawrence News Roundup Mixes Drive, Skating, and Local Notes
A Lawrence Journal-World survey notes advance gifts totaling 31 371 by Ben Barteldes and Simon Hurwitz for the 1553 March of Dimes. items include gifts of 25 or more from Omens Company and other downtown supporters. Also covered are skating safety at Potter Lake with KU officials warning of unsafe ice and signage, plus a stray quote about campaign letters and a KU employee letter. A photo gift to the Lawrence Historical Society honors Rev James Griffing, first pastor of the First Methodist Church here, with his portrait placed in the Municipal Building museum.
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Ben Barteldes
Simon Hurwitz
Omens Company
Ton
Journal-World News
Jay Ieter
Pica Tepes
Son & KU
Journal-World
Potter Lake
Joe Skillman
University of Kansas Traffic Department
Cali
Potter
Skillman
Henry Shenk
KU. 460
K.U. 380
James 8. Griffing
First Methodist
Lawrence
Lawrence Historical Society
A. E F. Woestemeyer
Griffing
Historical Museum
Doerfler bid wins fuel conversion work at Smokey Hill base
Doerfler Construction Co of Oklahoma City led by bid Thursday as the apparent low bidder for a fuel conversion project in Camp Philips Housing at Smokey Hill Air Base. The firm offered $293,776.50 versus a government estimate of $333,074.
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Salina
Doerfler Construction Co
Oklahoma City
Wos
Camp Philips
Smokey Hill Air Base
Dutch Liner Klipfontein Wrecked Off Mozambique Coast
The 10,555 ton Dutch liner Klipfontein was wrecked and sank north of Lourenço Marques Mozambique on Thursday, taking about 45 minutes to go down. All passengers were believed to be safe according to reports reaching here.
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Durban
South Africa
Lousenco Marques
Mozambique
STOCKS AND COMMERCIAL LIVESTOCK SUMMARY
Kansas City market notes highlight cattle veal hog and sheep activity with mixed bids and pricing alongside grains and feedstuffs. Nearby futures show modest gains for wheat corn and oats while milk butter and poultry terms appear with varied weights and grades. The Dayla and Wall Street report emphasize railroad stock strength and broad market fluctuations with 1.8 million shares traded. A благодарность note from the Harris/Grothaus families thanks friends for condolences and support.
GOP Will Ask Byrd to Keep Senate Committee Chair
Senate Republicans said they will urge Democrat Byrd of Virginia to remain head of the Byrd economy committee. Bridges and Millikin voiced support, Byrd hinted he may stay if asked, though he did not seek the post. Byrd retained chair during the prior Republican period and when first appointed.
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GOP
Demo Byrd
Washington
Senate
Sen
Byrd
Virginia
Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate Republicans
Sen. Millikin
Colorado
Senate House
Leopold Seeks Parole After 28 Years In Prison
JOLIET Ill. Leopold H Nathan Leopold thrill slayer seeks parole after 28 years in prison. He appeared before the parole board in a clean shaven uniform, presenting a 1952 report noting 3 000 x ray pictures made of 1 674 inmates and staff, arguing the board should grant release. He was imprisoned for the slaying of a Chicago teenager and could be called before the board on Thursday.
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Joliet
Nathan Leopold
Leopold
Chicago
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