Storm disrupts town transit with heavy snow delays
Lawrence reports worsening storm with partial 50 percent AI from town residents. Mise Elects Lin diesperger nurse attendance at Lincoln School. Nearby intercity lines see resumed service by noon as snow slows mail handlers and trains. Extra buses deployed, 12 in service at noon, to ease peak loads and school runs.
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Mise
Lindiesperger
Lincoln School
Kansas City
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Senta Fe
Manhattan
Topeka
J.J Wilson
Beet 2 Members of the Koved tociam Inet
Two members of the Koved organization were reportedly involved in an Inet related incident. Details are scant in the readable text, with no clear names, dates, or locations provided. Further context is unavailable.
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Beet
The
Koved! Tociam Inet
Kansas City Live Stock Market Reports and Weather Snippet
Old Kansas City market notes detail cattle, calves, hogs prices with bids uneven and feed prices, plus a brief livestock sales recap. Weather notes report storms and a market pause with hay, alfalfa, rye, and straw arrivals. Also mentions stock market activity in New York and a Kansas director death in Independence.
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Kan
Kansas
City
Fert
Oklahoma City Rail Crews Face Daily Noise and Safety Concerns
Community reports on engineers and conductors near the 36th street crossing raising questions about daily diesel whistle noise and safety. A church bulletin mentions daily scripture readings discussed during commutes with local clergy noting the AAB line workers and residents worry about disruption and hazard.
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Okisheena City
el Fitch and
Pitts
E. Latham
Sir Okishoms Rae City
Nsw
Klahoma City
Mra
Wolf Hunt Planned by Mesper Community Club Saturday
A wolf hunt will start at 10 a m at the Hesper school house, organized by the Mesper Community club. Relph Votan states transport will depart Eudora high school at 9:30 a m. The drive covers 25 square miles with boundary lines along Walter and Howard Thoren farms and the lower Ordnance Works. Rifles will be restricted and land will be served by the club at the school after the drive.
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Mesper Community Club
Hesper
Relph Votan
Eudora High School
Walter Farm
Howard Thoren
Ordnance Worka
Mar
Vitt Farm
Votaw Haale
Thet Rifles
Riots in Durban Prompt Massive Refugee Crisis
In Durban South Africa authorities stamp out racial violence after five days of rioting. 1,400 regular troops patrol streets alongside police to keep order as thousands of Indian refugees remain in camps. Red Cross reports about 36,000 Indians in 12 camps and estimates up to 40,000 in 46 camps across Durban and surroundings.
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Durban
South Africa
Inn
Red Cross
Air Accident Blamed for Wichita Plane Crash
Wichita Kan Jan 18 Accidental operation of the master switch that cut off all engines was blamed for the crash yesterday of a Beech Aircraft Corp twin engine experimental plane. Co pilot Joe Nathan Drum 28 was killed. Three other employees aboard were injured none critically. The company said the master switch was inadvertently operated in the excitement of the crew while trying to extinguish a small fire in the electrical system after takeoff.
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Wichita
Kan
Moith
Beech Aircraft Corp
Joe Nathan Drum
Ie Company
Malatt to Speak at Chicago Economic Conference
University of Kansas Chancellor Deane W. Malatt will headline the sixth annual Chicago chapter Chartered Life Un iters conference. He will address America the Profligate in Illinois on Wednesday evening.
Divorce suit filed in district court this morning
A suit for divorce was filed in district court this morning by Fran con M. LaCas against R Late. The filing lists multiple local residents and addresses as part of the case background, including Oscar Late and others in various towns.
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Francon M. LaCas
Czech refugee Odlezilik joins KU history staff
Dr Otakar Odlezilik, twice fleeing Czech terror under Nazis and Communists, is appointed visiting professor of history at the University of Kansas for the spring semester. He will teach three courses Soviet Russia in European Affairs Southeastern Europe in Modern Times and Central Europe in Modern Times and may give public lectures on his experiences and familiar subjects.
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Czechoslovakia
University of Kansas
Otakar Odlezilik
Deane W. Malott
Odlozilik
Russia
Europe
KU Graduate Gilmore Honored at Guanajuato Plant Dedication
Frank J. Gilmore, KU graduate and Lawrence high school alumnus, was guest of honor at the dedication of the Gilmore Electric plant in Guanajuato Mexico. A plant was named for him for 45 years in the Mexican power industry. he retired last year. He is brother of Gertrude Gilmore of 700 Ohio Street and received a 60 year gold medal from the KU Alumni Association last spring.
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Frank J. Gilmore
Lawrence High School
University of Kaname
Gilmore Electric
Guanajuato
Mexico
Gilmore
Gertrude Gilmore
Ohio Street
K. U. Alumni Association
Kansas cattle on feed estimated at 260000 head
Topeka January 18 The number of cattle on feed in Kansas for market as of January was estimated today by the federal and state departments of agriculture at 260000 head This is 90 percent higher than the estimate a year ago but about 10 percent below the 1943-47 average Higher 1948 feed crops increased feeding leading to larger numbers
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Topeka
Kansas
Departmente of Agriculture
Bank clerk from Burlington faces misapplication charge
Pat Dicker, 21, a bookkeeper at Farmers State Bank near Deerdee, is arrested on misapplication charges involving about 3700 dollars. Bank examiners found the shortage over the past six months. Dicker, employed nearly two years, was jailed after a Saturday arrest at his Westphalia home. Countywide 4-H party planned for Friday at the Lawrence Community building starting 8 p.m., per county agent Deal Six. Mrs. W. T. Douce, Red Cross executive secretary, sprained her wrist in a fall near the Red Cross office and was taken home to 1909 Vermont Street.
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Burlington
Kan
Pat Dicker
Farmers State Bank
Dedeerie
Iba
Hart County
Jorney Frank
Forbes
Dicker
Westphala
Rence
Deal Six
Six
Mra
W. T. Douce
Douglas County Red Cross
Red Cross
Vermont Street
Exhibition of student art lent to two high schools
Training in art displays work meant to spur focus on a high school project. Miss Maud Elleworth of Kansas University calls the exhibit unusually good for high school students. Subjects include sports events, gym activities, swimming, chorus, girls at a mirror, street play, portraits, and outside scenes like farming and a roller coaster.
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Maud Elleworth
K. U
Eilaworth
Two Accidents Reported In City Traffic Today
Two traffic crashes were reported to police involving five vehicles. The first occurred at 8:45 a.m. at Ninth and Vermont, causing minor damage to a tarn cab driven by D. Harding and a car driven by J. R. Pulliam on Michigan Street. The second happened at 12:08 p.m. on Tennessee Street at Fourteenth, when a Rapid Transit bus driven by Gail Slack collided with a car driven by Donald Pervis after the other driver failed to stop.
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Vermont
D. Harding
Michigan Street
J. R. Pulliam
John Davis
Gail Slack
Connecticut Street
Tennessee Street
Donald Pervis
Route 4
Fourteenth
Tennessee Streets
Payton Introduces Bill to End One Cent Gas Tax
Topeka January 18 CPA bill would end the one cent gasoline tax four months before expiration. Rep John F Payton Sheridan county Democrat introduced the measure in the house of representatives. It was the only bill submitted in the lower branch that day amid calls for more bills from Speaker Dale Bryant. Also noted plan for a new KU art course Great Artists to be offered spring semester with Dr John Maxon teaching a three hour credit class for non art majors.
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Topeka
CPA
House of Representatives
John F. Payton
Sheridan County
Payton
Dale Bryant
Bryant
House
University of Kansas
John Maxon
Museum of Art
Tyrone Power and Lin Christian to Wed in Rome
Friends of actor Tyrone Power and Lin Christian today received an announcement that they would marry in a Rome church on Thursday January 27. The note confirms the couple’s wedding plan and specifies the ceremony location.
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Linds
Rome
Tyrone Power
Lin Christian
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