Valentine sentiment tests with six women and a bear
HAL BOYLE reports a playful experiment using a high precision device to measure emotional response to Valentine cards across six women including a housewife and showgirls. Results vary from hot to lukewarm, with a trained Russian bear serving drinks nearby as a bar scene unfolds. The piece ends with a satirical note proposing a surreal stunt involving Stalin and a bear to spark real news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
J. Harry Lange
Hallmark Greeting Card Company
Lange
Valentine
Norms Thornton
Town City
Marshall
Judy Sinclair
Philadelphia
En Lange
Laura
Rita Colton
Old New York
Joe Stalin
Stalin
Newa
Statewide Heart Disease Control Plan Approved in Kansas
Topeka January 15 state wide program of heart disease control approved by the state board of health. Dr W L Cochran of the University of Kansas Medical Center to direct treatment diagnosis and research under State Medical Society guidance. Federal grant of 15000 funds staff of three technicians plus Dr Cochran. Dr Phillip Morgan of Emporia aided. Board seeks to raise local health departments from 16 to 32 by legislative increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
State Board of Health
W. L. Cochran
University of Kansas Medical Center
State Medical Society
Cochran
Phillip Morgan
Emporia
Edgar Steel Seal and Manufacturing annual meeting
The Edgar Steel Seal and Manufacturing company held its annual meeting at 825 Rhode Island Street. S. Charlton was added to the board alongside reelected officers A B Weaver C C Power and others from Lawrence and surrounding areas. The seal operation remains at 623 Vermont Street with officers including A B Weaver as president and C C Power as vice president and secretary treasurer. A plane accident occurred injuring none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Steel Seal and Manufacturing Company
Rhode Island
S. Charlton
A B. Weaver
Sarend F. Rice
D. M. Horkmans
W. H. Andrews
E. S. Westerny
Lawrence
Mayita
Des Rion
Okia
Aes Nee
A. B. Weaver
C. C. Power
Wwtary
Sl Making
Iny Company
Vermont Street
Kansas oil map highlights $200 million industry reach
New three color map by Kansas State Geological Survey shows oil gas and petroleum products dominate state mineral value. Geologist Earl K Nixon notes 1947 output of 100 million barrels oil and 183 billion cubic feet gas, 1948 value over 300 million dollars. Copies available free from University of Kansas survey office or by mail for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State Geological Survey of
Earl K. Nixon
Bernita K. Manfield
Virginia N. Perkins
State Geological Survey
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Veteran Affairs official resigns to lead Emporia college bureau
Lyle W. Hilbert district manager of the Kansas Veterans Affairs office has resigned to become registrar and director of the teachers placement bureau at the College of Emporia. He will depart the state post to take up duties at the Emporia college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hation
Washington
Kansan
Kansas
Poer
Capper Publications, Inc
Capper
Hromtensta
Emporia
Kan
Lyle W. Hilbert
Kansas Office of Veterans Affairs
College of Emporia
Wichita Faces State Debate on Drink Provisions
In Wichita Kansas on January 15 an option bill was sent to the legislature allowing sale by the drink with limited provisions. A council poll of 10 000 showed 73 percent responses. 92.3 percent favored privately owned liquor stores over a state monopoly and 86.3 percent supported sale by the drink. Mull er noted ongoing replies could raise those figures. The measure would permit sales by the drink in qualified hotels clubs and railroad cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Kansas Lean Coo
Muller
Report Choir Vacancies at K U Musical Organization
K Us musical organization invites applications for three base voices in the a cappella choir. Vacancies result from withdrawals by three graduating students. Tryouts with Dean Swarthout by January 20. The choir plans a concert tour and will join the university symphony orchestra during the annual Music Week festival in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Swarthout
Swarthout
University Symphony Orchestra
Australian aid to Britain boosts postwar aid drive
London report says Australia will give Britain eight million pounds sterling to aid European reconstruction. The grant, valued at about thirty two million dollars, is part of Australia’s financial support in the postwar rebuilding effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
University of Kansas launches biophysics lecture series
A University of Kansas program shifts from project notes to weekly biophysics lectures. Dr. Frank Hoecker, associate professor of physics, directs Navy sponsored research on radiation effects in body tissue. Attendance grew from 14 to about 40, prompting the shift to broader lectures.
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Wasnt
University of Kansas
Frank Hoeckl Er
Hoecker
U.S. Navy
Dr. Hoecker
Tr. Hoecker
Widow seeks 100000 in crash suit against Cessna Aircraft
Wichita Jan 15 Mrs Jeanne La Prette widow of a man killed in an airplane crash sues Cessna Aircraft Co Wichita for 100000 in the death of her husband She formerly lived in McAlester Oklahoma and is now a Florida resident The crash occurred near McAlester January 22 1917 and she claims a defective wing caused the accident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Jeanne la Prette
Cessna Aircraft Co
Local Society Notes and Installations Across Town
Residents share visits and celebrations as clubs meet and officers are installed. Mies Mery Neil Lasewell returns from Texas. Relodge offices delayed due to icy roads. junior LC and M C C F members practice. Community members travel, host dinners, move homes, and enrollment plans unfold while illness and absences affect school. Local lodge members were installed in Overbrook.
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Mies’ Mery
Neil Lasewell
O. E. W.emken
Houston
Texas
Janior Lc.c.f
Tower Hall
Matt Hager
G. McClanahan
Effingham
Guy McClanahan
Robert Knorenschild
Topeka
G. L. McCarty
Perry
Bob Mayer
Lalvenworth
John Beckwith
Lawrence
Memphia
Tenn
Naval Training School
Naval Hospital
Olathe
Ning Workers Club
Ruth Bahnmater
Fern Hail
Arlette Glenn
Futton
Ethel Bahnmaier
Martha Mathey
Afrs. Hadl
Evancesteal United Trethren Church Ladies Aid
Erests
ID BR. Slavens
Slavens
Venice
Calif
Len Anderson
Leo
Lara Nace
Mra
Hivia Fulton
Boydston
Raymond Force House
VW. Or
Cramer
Lecompton
Overbrook
Topeka Installation Officers Named for Highland Lodge
Fragmentary text records an installation ceremony with names Vernon Beatty Kenneth Matney S. G. David Noe and others listed as officers and support roles. Mentions grand master Harold James and junior marshall Harold Kanaar with references to Topeka and a water line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brocat du Jee
Laguna
Vernon Beatty
Kenneth Matney
S. G
David Noe
Sanf
Hatch
V.G
Hagen
Pete Baakamaier
Cham D
Harold James
Harold Kanaar
Marshall
Topeka
Pleasant Grove visitors and local moves noted
Mrs Otto Smith and daughter and Missouri kin visit Susan Porter in Lawrence amid pneumonia and heart trouble. Roscoe Daniels heads to Albemarle NC to join wife Joyce and in laws, to help care for ill father. Effie Churchbaugh visits in Lawrence. Indiana bound Wolf family leaves. Roy Deay returns from New Mexico. Local dinners and calls around Lawrence involve Pessy Elston, Lee Isles, and Charles Isles. Kemp Wilson under observation in Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Smith
Missouri
Emmet Porter
Arizona
Susan Porter
Lawrence
Porter
Roscoe Daniels
Albemarle
N. C
Joyce
Miles Rivers
Effie Churchbaugh
Willam Flory
Wolf
Isaac Montgomery
Neva
Marshall Churchbaugh
George Florence
Indiana
Roy Deay
New Mexico
Mia
John Daniels
Carl
Roacoe Daniels
Pessy Elston
Charles Isles
Lee Isles
Leo
Tia
Charles Howe
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Sheewan
Velvet Freeze
Jerome Piano CO
Newton
Jerome
Sore
Rentea
Regeatree Refinitice
Kimball Ealer
Commonwealth Theatres
Granada
OWL Show
Technicole
Paine Cat
WHITE
Patee
The
American Hospital Association
Bill Boyd
Hepalong Cassidy
Silver
Cessna Aircraft Company
Packard
New Hempshire
Canada
N. BL
Pleasant Grove
Reginald
Rapid Transit Co
Arma
Brooklyn
John Wayne
Blue Steel
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Tue
Gene Autry
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