Manhunt for Cook Across States Amplified By Reports
FBI and local police pursued a suspected killer named Cook across Oklahoma New Mexico Texas and California. Reports linked sightings in Vaughn N M Cherryvale Kansas and Pittsburg with a 1947 Chevrolet bearing Oklahoma plates while police warned to shoot if necessary and roadblocks were set on southern California routes.
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Texexz
Oregon
New Mex
Kansas
FBI
Cook
New Mexico
Vaughn
N. M
Clovis
N.M
California
Oklahoma
Cherryvale
Albert Clark
Smithheld
Clark
Pittsburg
Zoplin
Oklaoma
F.B.I
Houston
Texas
Halt
E. A. Moroaec
Milwaukie
Robert H. Dewey
Seattle
Guard Against Panic Urges Calm and Action
In Wichita on January 9, Arthur H. Stotley, president and publisher of Parade magazine, warned Kansas Oil Men’s Association members to act to Ford against panic amid fears of the Korean setback. He urged cool heads and continued freedom to act intelligently to ensure future productivity.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas Oil Men’s Association
Ford
United States
Arthur H. Stotley
Parade Magazine
Motley
Stepmother of Al Jolson Dies in Washington
In Washington on January 59 the stepmother of Al Jolson died at her home shortly after learning her famous stepson had died last October 24. George Jolson, half-brother, recalled her devoted interest in Al’s career and said the family had always expected weekly letters from Jolson.
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Washington
al Jolson
Local residents listed at Memorial Hospital yesterday
Names and addresses include Mrs Maude Lindley 938 Rhode Stand Street Robert Carder 905 Connecticut Street Effie Rob rts 1285 New York Street Edward Klinkenberg Tonganoxie Henry Morris 1830 Brook Street Mrs M Clark and baby girl Sunflower Mrs Yvonne Cote 40 Winona Street Robert Ridley Kode In Fee Se Mage Diets Me and Mrs Willis Holmberg Di Soto a daughter yesterday
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Maude Lindley
Rhode Stand Street
Robert Carder
Connecticut Street
Effie Robrts
New York Street
Edward Klinkenberg
Tonganoxie
Henry Morris
Brook Street
M Clark
Yvonne Cote
Winona Street
Robert Ridley
Kode
Willis Holmberg
di Soto
Lawrence residents witness family ties and travel tale
Mrs Glen Gillilan told of a first cousin pictured in the news and a 7000 mile Holy Land trip with audience with the Pope. She noted her kinship to Bur ton Tan of Baldwin and described frequent visits and shared memories with Qatar as Sh y' erint. Judge Frank Gray expresses concern over a jail sentence carried out by an absent deputy showing 10 days in empty court.
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Glen Gillilan
Holy Land
Quinn
Burton Tan
Baldwin
Frank Gray
Tooke
Streets The 51 resurfacing plan and city council actions
Council discussed street resurfacing and safety limits on unloading gasoline with representatives from Standard Oil and Phillips Petroleum. No action on the ordinance. other items approved include a street light, sewer relocation, and highway 40 right of way price offers. Additional costs approved for underground conduit, ammunition, parking meter equipment, and minor claims.
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Art Johnson
Standard Oil Company
Lawrence
Charles Davis
Kansas City
H. T. Markey
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Ohlo
Difference Oil Companies
Stratford
High Drive
West Hills
West Lawrence
ArtPorizea
Conrad McGrew
Art Weaver
Forroperty
Water Department
Cateers
Dames Postma
Lathio Re B. Reed
Sam Ferguson
Tom Parker
F. A. Resell
R. C. Burger
Oliver Beaman
Ed Elam Henry
Clayton Krehbiels Sang On National Broadcasts
Clayton Krehbiel and Mrs. Krehbiel sang on two national broadcasts during a Christmas vacation in New York. He earned a tenor solo on a choral number and later joined the Robert Shaw Chorale for NBC Symphony Orchestra duties. The Shaw Chorale serenaded Toscanini at their Riverdale home.
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Shaw Chorale
Krehbiel
Shaw
Arturo Toscannini
Riverdale
Toscanni
N.B.C. Symphony
Princeton to Honor James Forrestal with Research Center
Princeton University plans a James Forrestal research center to study aeronautical engineering propulsion and related fields for the armed forces. Groundwork begins in spring on an 800 acre New Jersey site adjacent to the campus, funded by a $1.6 million Rockefeller Institute purchase.
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New York
Princeton University
James Forrestal
New Jersey
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Alte Ini
County approves beer licenses for Belcher Bluebird Inn and Lois Moorman
County commissioners grant permits for three beer licenses: Belcher, Bluebird Inn on Highway 4, and Lois Moorman at Lois' Girl, 620 West Twenty-Third Street. Arthur Raymond Watkin fined $100 plus costs in county court for running a light out of place and chimney work near homes. note mentions Europe bound travel.
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County Sioners
Belcher
Bluebird Inn
Highwsy 4
Lois Moorman
Lois
West Twenty-Third Street
Arthur Raymond Watkin
University of Kan Concert Band to present winter concert
The 125 piece University of Kansas concert band led by Prof. Russell L. Wiley will perform at 8 tomorrow night in Hoch Auditorium. Tommy Levitt and Dale Moore will be soloists with cornet and baritone respectively, joining works by Shostakovich Prokofiev Mendelssohn Wagner and Tsch Tsikor.
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University of Kan‘gas
Hoch Auditorium
Russell L. Wiley
Malotte
South Pacific
Levitt
K. U
Moore
Olathe High School
Midwest
Revention
Hutchinson
K. U. Band
Fine Arts
Hoch
I Romain Gipnien
Jokollett
Sadie Dale
Igor
Idle assembly lines mark Fairchild strike in Hagerstown
Union pickets block the gates at Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp after a walkout idling 5,200 workers and stopping C-119 Pack aircraft production. Dispute centers on a proposed automatic progression pay system versus the company's merit based raises. About 1,000 workers are admitted for essential upkeep as talks stall with no return to bargaining.
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Hagerstown
Fairchild Aircraft
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Auto Workers
Ralph Houk to Speak at Father Son Banquet
Ralph Houk, former catcher for the New York Yankees, will speak at the Plymouth Congregational church father son banquet tomorrow night at 6 15. Houk, a Lawrence High graduate, joined the Yankee farm system in 1939, served as a major in World War II, and returned to play for the Beaumont Texas League team before reaching the parent club in 1947.
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Ralph Houk
New York Yankee
Plymouth Congregational Church
Lawrence High
Houk
Yankee
Europe
Beaumont
Yankees
Kansas City Blues
Bing Crosby Celebrates 20 Years In Show Business
A CBS radio tribute marks Bing Crosby’s twenty years in show business. His mother Mrs Harry Lilis Crosby will appear as a guest on the program from 10 to 10 30 p m Eastern Time. The cast includes Bob Crosby Amos and Andy Judy Garland Louis Armstrong Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Jackson Mary Martin and others from Hollywood.
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Bing Crosby
Harry Lilis Crosby
E.S.T
Grosner
Hob Hope
Amos and Andy
Judy Garland
Louis Armstrong
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Bob Crosby
Ne Fitzid
Jackson Mary Martin
Hollywood
Navy to Call 47000 Reservists for April to June
The Navy announced that 47,000 enlisted reservists will be ordered to active duty during April May and June with the updated quota increasing by 32000 from the prior month. The moves aim to bolster forces for the coming three months.
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Washington
Navy
Allies Strike In Central Korea As Wonju Falls
Report details fierce fighting as Allied forces withdraw Wonju after a two day clash north of the rail hub. MacArthur cites seven Chinese armies deploying into central Korea while refugees describe conscription and frontline use of raw troops, with civilians largely unarmed.
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Han River
Wonju
Korea
MacArthur
Eighth Army
Suwon
Jet Plane Shocks Becoming Routine in Los Angeles
Los Angeles January 9 jet plane shocks are becoming routine with another explosion reported by neighboring communities yesterday. The blast, likely caused by a jet plane diving over El Segundo or Hermosa Beach, prompted thousands of anxious calls to fire departments. Air force officials cite sonic booms from aircraft breaking sound barriers as the cause, noting no damage was reported.
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Los Angeles
el Segundo
Hermosa Beach
Air Force
Market News From New York and Kansas City Livestock Trade
Market at a glance shows wheat and corn activity with prices steady to firm. Kansas City market reports a mixed bag for cattle hogs and poultry with demand varying by grade and weight, futures directions unclear amid regional supply shifts and seasonal factors.
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New York
Feiirene
House
Senate
Hay Market Report and Wall Street Summary
Kansas City hay market shows no change with alfalfa holding strong and prairie steady on All grades. In New York, the stock market hit a new high for 1950 amid heavy trading and profit-taking, with limited upticks and a three million share pace effort.
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Kansan City
Siew
SNC
Taft and Truman Clash Over Defense Posture in Congress
Taft argued Congress has little say on mobilizing large ground forces for Europe and urged focus on air and sea power. Truman, delivering the state of the union, backed aiding friendly nations and kept North Atlantic security central, signaling no retreat from rearming abroad while promising negotiations with Russia. Wherry’s resolution would bar further ground deployments to Europe pending congress policy.
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Pwe
Europe
Truman
Congress
North Atlantic
Russia
Wherry
Brittania's Sword Stolen In Second London Mystery
London detectives probe the theft of a four foot bronze Britannia sword from a girdle on a statue near Waterloo Place. The sword follows the Coronation Stone mystery at Westminster Abbey, with Scotland Yard shifting to the new case as details remain unclear.
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London
Gada
Chumley
Flrat
Brittania
Britannia
Lord Clyde
Ministry of Works
Waterloo
Pall Mall
Lon
Scotland Yard
Westminster Abbey
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Carrie Jones 92
Mrs. Carrie Jones 92 died early this morning at her home 1841 Kentucky Street She came to Lawrence from Nickelville Ky in 1878 and had lived at her present address 68 years She was a member of the Ninth Street Baptist church niece Mrs Edith Wilburn all of Lawrence a nephew James Bivens Washington DC five great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren
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Carrie
Carrie Jones
Kentucky Street
Lawrence
Nickelville
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Edith Wilburn
Rence
James Bivens
Washington, D.C
Inquest Planned After Aspen Student’s Death
Ralph Smith, 27, a 1948 KB U. graduate, was found hanging in an abandoned Aspen building ending a vacation. Sheriff Johnson said the death appeared self inflicted but autopsy and inquest were pending. A nylon cord and a nearby box were noted. Gordon Bangs, 26, a native of Amarillo, Tex., worked with Smith at the naval station at Chink Lake, Calif., en route to California after Christmas. Textbooks on guided missiles were found in Smith’s room. The St James A M E church will hold a chicken supper tomorrow at 6 in the church basement.
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Aspen
Colo
Your Navy
Ralph Smith
KB. U
Leonard Johnson
Smith
Johnson
S Gordon Bangs
Amarillo
Tex
Naval Station
Chink Lake
Calif
California
Ralph W. Smith
Florence
Kon
Bangs
Te Banga
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Topeka
Herbert Clarke
Dale Moore
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National Conference of Christians and Jews
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Lakin
Charles Stough
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Henry Kolling
Morganville
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McLouth
Joe Catren
SER
Ant-At-Arms
M. W. Baker
Howard Bentlay
Republican Caucus
Myles Stevens
House Democrats
H. W. Hickert
Bird City
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Scott City
Robert C. Karr
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Tea Caucus
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Schubert Falls
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C. Manley
Merla McKinney
Lawrence Memorial CO
Norman Endacott
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