Kansans Welcome Ike Aboard In Washington
Weavers of Sanflower flock to Washington as Kansans gather for the inaugural week events. An Abilene home town delegation held two chepol services in lounge cars during the trip. A Kan sas reception at the Shoreham Hotel drew about 1,000 tickets. 1,500 Kansans attended, sharing tea and cocktails and greetings. Kansas officials and lawmakers were present to greet visitors. Kansas headquarters at the Mayflower Hotel buzzed with activity as people sought event tickets. Inaugural ball invitations were oversubscribed with five times as many requests as tickets. Reserved seating for the inaugural parade was available to Kansans.
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Roone
Eisenhower
Carlson
Schoey Eoppel
Kansas
Arn
Mayflower Hotel
Deaths and Funerals Across Several States
Obituaries report Miss Laura O’Hara a 55 year old Haskell Institute science teacher died in Pittsburgh of cancer. Survivors include mother sisters and brothers. Also noted are memorials for Dr. Marshall A. Barber KU bacteriology professor 81 burial at Oak Hill. Arthur Osborne Ridgway 83 former Denver railroad chief engineer. Ernest and J Gould Grover 83 and 75 died within 24 hours in Lawrence region. double service planned. John W. Cordis Southwestern National Bank president dies after months of illness. Includes note on Wellsville and a Navy ship arrival.
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Laura O'Hare
Laura O'Hara
Haskell Institute
Pittsburgh
Miss O'Hara
Haskell
Pennsylvania
Waynesburg
Mt. St. Vincent College
New York City
Columbia University
St. John's Catholic Church
Sophia S. O'Hara
Edna O'Hara
Ella Chorney
Bertha Hart
Long Beach
Calif
Charles W. O'Hara
Washington
John L. O'Hara
Marshall A. Barber
K.U
Rumsey
W. H. Clark
Santa Paula
Barber
Oak Hill Cemetery
Florence Parrott Barber
Arthur Osborne Ridgway
K. U. Engineering School
Lawrence
Denver
Colo
Denver, Rio Grande and Western
Rocky Mountains
Lottie Gilbert
Carl E. Milner
San Diego
Dorothy Murphy
Weeber Hutton Jr
Sarah Stevenson
Ernest Grover
J. G. Grover
Ernest Joel Grover
J. Gould Grover
Convalescent Hospital
No. 6 School
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dale F. Turner
Oak TR Cemestery
Doh W. Cordis
EL Paso
Tex
John W. Cordis
Southwestern National Bank
Union National Bank
Manhattan
Kas
Overbrook
Kansas State College
Manta Ife
Southwestern National
Pa Abs
Rioting Convicts Hold Four Hostages at Western State Penitentiary
Rioting inmates about 1000 strong set fires and caused extensive damage at Western State Penitentiary. They freed guard Frank Daugherty and taunted police as forces of state troopers and officers surrounded the complex. Officials readied a range of actions, but no shots were fired and a peaceful end remained sought despite a $30,000 estimated damage.
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Pittsburgh
Big Western State Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
J. W. Claudy
John S. Fine
Col
C. M. Wilhelm
Harrisburg
Ohio River
Wilhelm
Claudy
William S. Brown
James Malone
Sherif Thomas Whitten
Stephen Adley
Ota
House committees filled by Stough
The Kansas House lists committee chairmen and vice chairmen chosen by Speaker Stough. Republican members dominate top roles with Robert Karr the lone Democrat among leadership. The roster covers Agriculture to Ways and Means with names and districts for each panel.
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Vandotte County
Robert Karr
Girard
Mines and Mining
Republican House
Stough
Leslie R. Thomson
White ‘Cloud
Bert Harmon
Ellsworth
Howard M. Immel
Iola
John W. Brookens
Westmoreland
Orville Walker
Sharon Springs
Lew Henry
Lawrence
Jerome C. Berryman
Ashland
C. R. Mong
Neodesha
George W. Riffel
Stockton
Marion Marshall
Scott
Allan Hibbard
Medicine Lodge
Thomson
Marshall
John Q. Royce
Salina
Emer S. Nance
Oswego
Ernest P. Boles
Liberal
Glenn
Strickler
Ramona
C. E. Hib
Toronto
Bard
Sid Jagger
Minneapolis
Oscar Brown
Bogue
William Avery
Wakefield
Ewing Herbert Jr
Hiawatha
Marrs
John W. Alford
Ulysses
Immel
Ralph Upham
Junction City
H. J. Carr
Concontra
Avery
Alford
Jagger
Herbert F. Laing
Topeka
Brookens Laing
Tion
A. E. Anderson
Scotland
Clark Kuppinger
Traine Village
John H. Murray
Leavenworth
Herman W. Smith Jr
Parsons
Donald C. Lant
Iuka
Warren W. Shaw
Robert Buchele
Howard
Upham
Leroy A. J Mi
Lindsborg
Neal D. Jordan
Nell Renn
Arkansas City
William Ljungdahl
Mento
Bill D. Strange
Shaw
Heizer
Raymond F. Carlson
Morrowville
Robert C. Karr
C. T. Henderson
Atwood
Carlson
Willam F. Hubbard
Hugoton
Herbert
Dick Golden
Goodland
Will Townsley
Great Bend
W. M. Ferguson
Wellington
Russell C. Sites
Grinnell
Townsley
Edward W.beaman
Hoyt
Rules and Journal
Benjamin C. Weaver
Mullinville
Bill_ H. Fribley
Crestline
Oliver D. Rinehart Paola
William D Denholm
Tonganoxie
Jess Taylor
Tribufie
Howard Bentley
Kinsley
Leroy A. Johnson
Memorial Hospital Rural Listings Highlight Newborns and Residents
A long list from Memorial Hospital and surrounding areas notes dozens of individuals and families by name and address. It includes babies born to Mrs. Ruth Hannah and Mrs. Mary Anna Ross, with other newborns and residents from Sunflower Baldwin Oskaloosa and DeSoto. The fragmentary OCR lists households such as Frank Collins, Irene Hirst, Diane Jackson, and Maurice Keys along with street addresses and towns like Sunflower Lecompton and Sunnyside.
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Frank Collins
S. St
Chi Galloway
R. I. St
Robert Hafferkamp
Lulu Turner
N. Y. St
Elmer Jeffries
Valley Rd
Sunflower
Irene Hirst
Til. St
Jessie Miller
Anna Hiddlebaugh
Linwood
Ethel Irene Hadl
Theresa
Sue Wright
Ala. St
Martha Fink
Clifton Hill
Rosalee Kessler
McLouth
Larry Haider
O. St
Lou Vella Buck
Ella Arkle
Eudora
Diane Jackson
Susan Marie Tripkos
Aqueduct. Rd
Charles Martin
Lecompton
Ross Cole
Tenn. St
Alex Ramsey
Mass. St
Imogene Metz
Ada Hill
Ruth Hannah
Oskaloosa
Mary Anna Ross
DeSoto
Shakuntala Shrikhande
Sunnyside
Carol Hunn
Maurice Keys
W. 14Th St
Bernice Schear
Mich. St
Ella Yoder
Prospect St
Helen Schmidt
Baldwin
Campbell
Schools Plan Special Setup For Inaugural Viewing
City pupils will mostly stay in class until 10 30 am on Tuesday then watch the presidential inaugural events on television. Many elementary rooms will loan TV sets. some schools have their own. About 160 New York School pupils and 720 at Junior High will go to the Granada Theater to view the ceremonies from 10 30 to noon as guests of Commonwealth Theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Wolfe
Wolfe
Pinckney
New York
McAllaster
Woodlawn
Lincoln
Lillian Webster
Cordley
New York School
Granada Theater
Commonwealth Theaters
Liberty Memorial High School
Theeight City
Junior High School
Mel Allaster
Wallington GIs Plead Innocent in Spy Indictment
Otto Werber and Kurt Ponger, naturalized Austrian born Americans studying in Vienna, pleaded innocent to a federal indictment alleging they spied for Russia as part of an espionage ring directed from the Soviet Embassy. Judge Holtzoff set March 2 for trial. bond set at 50000 each. Investigators questioned other Americans in U S occupied Austria. Noikov named in sealed indictment. Divorce suits filed for Hazel Jenkins and Irma Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallington
U. S
Otto Verber
Kurt Ponger
Vienna
Alexander Holtzuff
Oran H. Waterman
Justice Department
Austria
Holtzoff
Werber
Ponger
Russia
Yuri V. Noikov
Journal World circulation climbs with new record highs
Lawrence residents learn the Journal-World’s paid subscriptions reach 8,598, up 389 from last year, with more farm and city subscribers than ever. The paper notes 3,596 paid subscribers would stretch 134 miles if houses stood eight to a block. Local sports excitement follows Kansas and K State games as 233 calls report outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal- World
Journal-World
Kansas City
Topeka
Lawrence
Glee Club and Orchestra to Perform at K U Concert
The glee club and orchestra will perform at 8 30 p m Saturday March seven in Hoch Auditorium at K U as an extra attraction of the K Concert Course. The famous radio and television musical company will join the coast to coast tour not seen since 1937. Bernadine Read, KU graduate, will sing chorus specialty numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Hoch Auditorium
K. U
Radio and Television Musical Company
Bernadine Read
Mental Health Talk at Liberty Memorial High School
Dr. Austin Adams, Wichita psychiatrist, will speak on The Nature and Treatment of Mental Disorders as the third lecture in a series at Liberty Memorial High School Tuesday at 7 30 in Room 9. Series sponsored by Lawrence Adult Education and Kansas University Extension with a $1 charge per class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Adams
Wichita
Liberty Memorial High School
Lawrence Adult Education
Kansas University
Adams
Baylor University College of Medicine
Waco
Tex
Menninger Foundation
Winter Veterans Hospital
Topeka
St. Elisabeth National Navy Medical Center
Washington, D.C
Edward H. Hashinger
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Milton Kirkpatrick
Greater Kansas
New Staff Members At Haskell Institute Announced
Two new staff appointments are reported by superintendent Solon G. Ayers at Haskell Institute. Rupert H. Thompson of Lindsey Oklahoma will replace English teacher Virginia Wilder who resigned two months ago. Wilder leaves for Pierre South Dakota to become girls adviser at the Indian school there. Dorothy Daniels of Lawrence acted as interim English teacher after Wilders departure until Thompson arrives. Floyd M Mansell Jr will join as boys adviser at Tinker Hall arriving from Davenport Oklahoma where he taught social science. He previously taught two years at Bacone Junior College Indian school at Muskogee Oklahoma.
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Haskell Institute
Solon G. Ayers
Rupert H. Thompson
Lindsey
Okla
Virginia Wilder
Thompson
Wilder
Haskell
Pierre, M.D
Dorothy Daniels
Lawrence
Floyd M. Mansell Jr
Davenport
Tinker Hall
Bacone Junior College
Muskogee
Market News Compact Trade Notes From KC
Market news from Kansas City highlights current receipts and grade A produce. Details are partial due to damaged text but indicate ongoing sales and market activity for fresh commodities.
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Kansas City
185 Attend Banquet Douglas County School Board Dinner
Douglas County school board members and teachers gathered for a Saturday evening dinner at the Community Building. County Commissioners Elmer Ousdahl and Charles Banning attended, along with Guy V. Keeler from the County Extension. Principal speaker was Leeeler on Parents Pedagogues Paradoxes. Students from Bay High performed under Helen Tharp. Gifts were presented to host committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas” County
Elmer Ousdahl
Charles Banning
Guy V. Keeler
The
Coventy
Nee Extension
Eeler
Bay
Helen Tharp
Baldwin
Carol Ann Austin
Ellen Lewis
Marilyn Wintermantel
Rosalee Cortright
Nancy Jo White
Melba Reeves
Diane Whitley
Patsy Spear
Ann Lawler
Terry Grey
Jessie Fenton
Douglas County Teachers Association
Amiran Berg
Robert Randel
Ibba Stauffer
Li Man Hill
Mae Turner
George Wacker
Katharine Kelley
Betty Smith
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Lofflin Transfer Reassigns Gambles Manager to ONeill
Henry Lofflin, Gambles store manager for five years, is transferred to the O’Neill Nebraska location. He will move with his wife and daughter in February. Robert Beguelin named temporary manager of the Lawrence store after nine years with Gamble. A minor fire at 10 St shed causes no damage. no other fires reported. Nitrogen is a colorless odorless gas, a widespread element.
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Robert L
Amy
S. M. Amyx
Locust St
Alamogordo
N. M
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Salina
Amyx
England
Charles Amyx
Navy
Carl Amyx
Army
Billy Amyx
Merchant Marine
Henry Lofflin
Gambles
O'Neill
Nebr
Robert Beguelin
RT. St
Lawrence
K.U
Gamblea
John Miller
Wheat and Livestock Markets Mixed in Kansas City and Wall Street
The market overview lists grain futures and livestock activity in Kansas City with bids steady to lower, noting Wheat at 2.37 for March and corn around 1.53, while cattle and hogs show slow trading and varied prices. In New York, the stock market exhibits a split, with some sectors down and others up, volume about 1.5 million shares amid indecision and mixed leadership in railroads, aircrafts, chemicals, and other groups.
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C. Cash Grain
Kansas City
I. C
Kansas City i
USDA
Wall Street
New York
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Wellsville Soldier Home Co
Wesley D. Skilling
Wellsville
Far East
P.O. Elk
Casey” Rice
Frank Daugherty
Claudy Early Monlay
Stouch
Bane
Memorial Hospital
Bradford Powell
Henry Collins
Sulta
Hazel A. Jenkins
Irvin A. Jenkins
Irma F. Davenport
Howard A. Davenport
Ralph A. Engemann
H. X. Engemann
Lt Engemann
Second Infantry
Marine Barracks
Camp Pendleton
Korea
Bobby Babcock
Ft. Leonard Wood
Camp Stoneman
John R. Campbell
Adan
Elizabeth Campbell
Kodiak
Adak
Alaska
Fred Waring
William C. Rice
Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
Rice
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
W. H. Rice
LMHS
Kari Kreider
Funk
Mass
N. H
Rane
Mural School
Lofflin
N.Y
Che
Allied Chem
Allis Chainen Am Tel & Tel
Anacon Cop
Atchison
Beech Aircame
Beth
Boeing Airp
Bran Airweiner
Chrysler
Seach
du Pont
Greyhound
Kan City
Sou
Kan Pw & Lt
Lion Gil
Lone St
Martin
McKess & R
Mid Cent
Avia
Ohio Oil i
Phillips Pet
Adio
Reyn
Sears Roeb St Jos
Sincair Oil
Sta Texas Co
Steel
George Hedrick
Massachusetts St
Charltons Insurance Agency
Connie McGrew
Leane
Teme
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