Former Nazis Arrested In British Occupation Zone
In a British led sweep six ex Nazis were arrested in the Ham and Duesseldorf area under occupation law. The British foreign office said the group spread anti Western propaganda threatening the West German government and Allied policies. Notable detainees include Werner Naumann Gustav Scheel and a former SS official Zimmermann. Charles Feeney faces excommunication summons in a separate matter.
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Ham
Duesseldorf
Fish
London
Sohieiics
Rebl
Britain
Ivone Kirkpatrick
Werner Naumann
Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Goetbels
Gustav Scheel
Reich
Galeiter
Salzburg
Austria
Herr Zimmerman
Synopsis of the North American Microtine Rodents
The University of Kansas Museum of Natural History published a 12 page booklet entitled Synopsis of the North American Microtine Rodents. Dr E Raymond Hall and Dr E Lendell Cockrum are authors. Cockrum formerly KU zoology instructor. The muskrat is the largest microtine rodent and fur trapping yields over 30 million dollars yearly in the United States. Oregon leads with 14 species, Kansas has four, and Florida has two. The study discusses practical measures for annual fur harvest and crop protection.
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United States
University of Kansas Museum of Nature
E. Raymond Hall
E. Lendell Cockrum
University of Arizona
Cock- Tum
K. U
America
Oregon
Florida
Kansas
Car Killings Claim Muncie Man in Wyandotte County
A Wyandotte County highway crash left Willis Christman, 31, of Muncie Kas dead after a car driven by Frank Briscoe, 39, Kansas City Kas struck him on Highway 32 west of here. It marked the county’s fourth traffic fatality in three days.
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Kansas City
Kas
Here
Wyandotte
Willis Christman
Muncie
Frank Briscoe
Kansas Farm Bureau offers cash prizes for safety posters
The Kansas Farm Bureau invites 4 H and rural Kansas students to enter a safety poster contest. Prizes range from 10 to 1 dollar across two age groups 9 to 13 and 14 to 18, judged 25 percent for workmanship 25 percent for design and 50 percent for safety message. Entries due by March 1 mailed to Kansas Farm Bureau Office Box 519 Manhattan.
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Kansas Farm Bureaus
Sons and Daughters of Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas Farm Bureau
Manhattan
World Wheat Markets Must Be Kept Carlson
Topeka Senator Frank Carlson urged U S negotiators to demand higher min and max prices in the international wheat agreement as renewal is debated in Washington on January 30 He warned subsidies could burden the budget but cautioned that expanding production to meet needs could backfire if markets fail to be retained and Congress should fund watershed programs in Kansas.
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Topeka
Frank Carlson
U. S
Washington
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Congress
Kansas
Carlson
Great Numbers of Czechs Lose Food Ration Cards
In Vienna the Czechoslovak government says many upper and middle class citizens lose food ration cards as part of a reorganization of food and clothing distribution. Radio Prague calls it the first step in a nationwide overhaul due to a collapse in rationing. Prague reports show meat bread milk and eggs unobtainable on ration cards and long lines with no food.
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Austria
Czechoslovakia
Thousans
Radio Prague
Prague
Talk of Gambling for Kansas City
Kansas City Crime Commission director Wayne S. Murphy says rumors persist of efforts to legalize gambling in the city. He cites sources and recalls a former Kansas gambling group led by Binaggio that dominated rackets during that era. The local gambling scene reportedly shrank after a federal grand jury estimated the annual take at about $34,000. The Kansas City Fee Commission remains a research body of about 100 businessmen.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Charles Bina
Binaggio
Kansas City Fee Commission
Gicinto Freed on Initial Hallowe en Robbery Charge
Charles V. Gicinto, 31, Kansas City, was freed on charges of taking part in a 6000 dollar Halloween theft at the H. O. Peet home. A district court jury reached a verdict in 62 minutes after receiving the case on Wednesday.
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Basi
Charles V. Gicinto
H. O. Peet
Gicinto
Kansas City
Ferry Collision Near Statue of Liberty Injures Dozen
A Staten Island ferry carrying about 1,900 passengers crashed into a freighter near the Statue of Liberty in dense fog. At least 11 were injured as the ferry, Gold Star Mother, freed its bow from the American Veteran and made harbor. A second collision occurred between American Leader and Chickasaw in lower New York harbor, with the American Leader badly damaged. The Esso Wilmington ran aground in the fog as Coast Guard warned.
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New York
Staten Island
New York Harbor
U. S
Manhattan
American Leader
Waterman Steamship Lines
Chickasawa
Coast Guard
Esso Wilmington
Miller elected president of Lawrence Real Estate Board
Clarence A. Miller, 1820 Ind. Sr., was elected president of the Lawrence Real Estate Board at the annual meeting held Wednesday night at the Castle Tea Room. Officers named include Eugene L. Doane as vice president, E. J. Coy as secretary treasurer, and Robert P. Harrison and E. J. Simmons as directors. Miller succeeds Simmons as president.
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Clarence A. Miller
Ind. Sr
Lawrence Real Estate Board
Castle Tea Room
Eugene L.doane
E. J. Coy
Robert P. Harrison
E. J. Simmons
Miller
Young Abilene Parents Die In Auto Wreck
Mr and Mrs Howard Eggleston both 19 and parents of a month old son were killed in a collision on Highway K-15 south of Abilene late Thursday night. Walter F Potter, driver of an oil transport truck, said he was pulling onto the highway when the Eggleston car struck the truck. Potter was uninjured. Coroner Ray Danner said Mrs Eggleston was killed instantly and her husband died about 30 minutes later. their car was demolished. The infant son was at the home of Mrs Eggleston’s parents at the time.
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Howard Eggleston
Walter F. Potter
Highway Patrol
Eggleston
Potter
Ray Danner
Eggles
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