Ismailia Siege Deepens as British Raid Expands
In Ismailia Egypt on January 22 British troops routed hundreds of Egyptian families from the Arab sector. An American nun Sister Anthony was buried in a British military cemetery amid the violence. U S consul Lamar Mulliner said no eyewitnesses could confirm the shooter’s origin. Soldiers found 7 000 rounds of anti aircraft ammunition in a Moslem cemetery tombs. Thirteen guerrillas were captured after a graveyard clash. one Egyptian guard was killed later. A new dawn search by the 16th British Parachute Brigade expanded purges of the Arab quarter.
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Sister Anthony
Lamar Mulliner
U.S
Cairo
Mulliner
U. S
Ismailia
Narcotics Slave World Entraps Growing Number of Youths
A Washington report describes a hidden narcotics realm claiming 50,000 adults and children as prisoners. The piece warns this vile system lures youth with fleeting pleasure, spreading from major cities to possibly any town and schools, with efforts outlined to combat the junkie trade.
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Washington
United States
New York
Chicago
D. C
Detroit
Cleveland
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Congress Seeks Major Cuts in Year’s Budget
Washington reports a waves of economy demands from Congress after President Truman’s peacetime budget of 85.44 billion dollars. Cuts up to 14 billion were urged to prevent a deficit, but party leaders warned travel toward such savings is unlikely amid ongoing spending allocations and national security needs.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Canutes
House
Hthaar Publican
Martin of
United Nations Charges of Grabs for Military Advantage in Korea
The United Nations charged Communist negotiators with attempting a grab for military advantage in Korea and denying individual rights. Rear Adm. Libby rejected force repatriation demands and said voluntary repatriation would not be accepted. The subcommittees made no truce progress but worked on POW safeguards. Jets attacked rail lines as weather limited ground fighting.
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Munsan
Korea
R. E. Libby
Reds
al Tha
U. N
U.S
North Korea
Twelve more names on 1949 Kansas tax list published
A Federal notice lists seven hundred Kansas income taxpayers for 1949 from the Laserenes area and beyond who may share in Uncle Sam’s refund. Taxpayers or those who know listed individuals should contact Lynn Brodrick at the Wichita IRS office. Final refunds depend on checks and mail return rules. Names include Vernon DL, William McClintock, Robert Wallace, and others from communities and institutes.
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Kansas
Laserenes
Sam
Lynn Brodrick
Kansas Codertar
Wichita
Postal Afas
General Accounting Office
Rectom
Leo Ibis
Ma- Vernon
Clatert
Oskaloosa
Roberta Reed
Was Pa
St. Laawrence
Henry L. Simpson
Suse
St. Ts Tener
Robert Wallace
Haskell Institute
Lawrener
Emperor Hirohito Calls for Eternal Peace and Work
Tokyo January 22. From the dais where he once announced Japan’s war aims the emperor urged the Japanese people to work for eternal peace. Lawmakers bowed as postwar Diet prepared to gain power when a peace treaty is ratified and Japan again becomes sovereign. He spoke of duties to develop national peace and harmony and expressed gratitude for friendship and assistance since World War II.
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Tokyo
Dais
Japan
Hirohito
Vo Emperror
Bitter Cold Wave Clamps Kansas As Temperatures Plunge
A bitter cold wave swept across Kansas with winds 20 to 40 mph and temperatures dropping over 40 degrees from highs. forecaster Tom Arnold warned winds would ease tonight but lows would fall further reaching well below normal across the state, with readings as low as 20s to single digits in some areas.
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Topeka
Tom Arnold
Helmy
Narsas
Gms
Wichita
Goodland
Chanute
Kansas
Olathe
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Wade
Yair Toncane
M. da
Chicago
Denver
Fort Worth
Havre
Mont
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Washington
Zoning Debate on 6th Street by City Planning Panel
The Lawrence City Planning Commission meets at 7 30 tonight at the City Mall to discuss Class D business zoning for a stretch along W sixth Street affected by the Highway 40 relocation. The area spans 150 feet on each side of 6th Street from Missouri to California, including parts of several adjacent blocks. Members of the public may attend to speak.
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Lawrence
LMHS Students Rally for March of Dimes Drive
LMHS raised about $1060 in a March of Dimes drive with student council leaders Richard Butler and Robert Preston coordinating efforts in homerooms. E J Logsdon’s on the job training class led with $43.80, H C Stuart’s American government class was close behind at $42.96, while teachers contributed alongside students and local businesses added smaller gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palio
Richard Butler
Robert Preston
E. J. Logsdon
Jagrees
Capital Finance Co
Stock Market Index Update Opens Year Slipping, Mixed Signals
New York on January 2 reports closing averages with the GU stocks at 102.1 and a new 1951-32 high of up .2. Trading notes indicate uneven activity as markets consider openings for evenings and Sundays. Local listing includes Jales Food Center at 2nd and Line.
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New York
Jales
2Nd & Line
General Declines to Enter Illinois Primary
General Douglas MacArthur asked to withdraw his name from the Illinois Republican presidential primary after wiring a notarized withdrawal request from New York. State officials said the action is procedural. MacArthur’s aide said the general had not approved his name being entered and would withdraw where he has any say. Taft and McCarthy weighed in on the state department investigation and MacArthur’s position.
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MacArthur
Illinois
Springfield
Douglas A. MacArthur
Mlinois
New York
Fan Barrett
Election Department
Col
Lawrence Bunker
New Hampshire
Bunker
Hos
Taft
McCartt
Wis
Alt
Wisconsin
McCarthy
State Department
Three Yeager Children Die in Kansas City Fire
In Kansas City Kansas a fire killed three Yeager children aged 3, 2, and 5 after they were left homeless by last summer’s floods. A weeks old boy suffered critical burns. authorities cited a faulty kerosene heater as the likely cause while the mother was away telephoning neighbors. The youngest was saved by the grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Clay Yeager Jr
Fred Yeager
Vickie Jo Yeager
Claxton Yeager
Larry Yeager
Million Peso Bank Heist Rocks Juarez In Open City Raid
An armed gang robbed El Banco Nacional de Mexico in Juarez as it prepared to open, fleeing through the town in a loot laden truck. The raid left about one million pesos ($115,000) missing, with tommy guns rifles and pistols used but no shots fired. The attackers vanished into the border city just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.
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Juarez
M Jan
el Banco Nacional de Mexico
Rio Grande
el Paso
Tex
Taft narrowly escaped crash on icy Wisconsin highways
In Madison on January 22, Senator Taft's car skidded on ice ten miles south of Madison, spun twice, and stopped facing the opposite direction just inches from an oncoming semi-trailer. The Republican presidential hopeful described the moment as frightening but fortunately resolved without injury as the party continued its two day Wisconsin tour.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Sen
Taft
Here
Fox acquires control of Western Union Telegraph Co
John Fox a 45 year old Boston financier has obtained control of Western Union Telegraph Co according to the New York Journal American Fox reportedly owns 165000 shares about 1344 percent with calls on more shares and his associates hold the rest Fox plans no change in management and would resist any interference from Walter P Marshall the company president
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Associated Press
New York
Western Union Telegraph Co
John Fox
Boston
New York Journal-American
Western Union
Leslie Gould
Journal-American
Fox
Gould
Walter P. Marshall
Body Seen At Kaw River Bridge Spurs Night Investigation
Police investigated reports from Donald F. Hopkins who said two men stood at the Kaw River Bridge railing near North and South Lawrence with a lifeless object last night. A beige car, possibly brown or tan, was seen parked by the bridge sidewalk. The description of the men was unclear and no body was found. The inquiry continues as authorities seek to determine if a body was dropped and whether a missing person exists.
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Kaw River
North
South Lawrence
Donald F. Conn
Hopkins
John Ingalls
Plymouth
Masonic Lodges to Meet Here for District Session
A district meeting of Masonic Lodges will be held here Thursday with lodge members from Lawrence Baldwin Eudora Tonganoxie Linwood Lecompton Perry and De Soto attending. A school for Masonic officers and workers will be directed by E Glenn Robison of Gridley. William D Denhalm of Tonganoxie is district deputy grand master. The meeting opens at 1 30 p m Thursday with a dinner in the evening and another session after the meal.
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Lawrence, Baldwin
Eudora
Tonganoxie
Linwood
Lecompton
Perry
de Soto
Aml
E. Glenn Robison
Gridley
William D. Denhalm
Kansas minerals top 405 million in 1951 output milestone
Kansas 1951 mineral output valued at 405.3 million dollars, a rise of about 21 times from a decade ago and outpacing 1950 by over 25 million. Oil and gas fuel the gain with 150 pools discovered, while nonmetallics and metals show growth amid weather-related slowdowns in sand, gravel, cement, and stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State Geological Survey
University of Kansas
Geological Survey
Tnnals
Htive Agreementing
Statis Petroleum
Cne
Mother of Boxer Socks Win
A red haired woman, Mrs Charles Elliott, rushed the ring and struck the bout winner after Rich Keeling, 145 pounds, knocked out Bill Redford in Louisville. Elliott, mother of Redford, apologized as spectators watched the unintended protest unfold.
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The
Associates Press
Louisville
Rich Keling
Charles Eliott
Keeling
Bill Redford
Elliott
W Spalding Dies At His Home In Lawrence
W Spalding dies by midnight at his home 70 O Street after a two year illness. A lifelong Lawrence resident born February 26 1865 in Bloomington Illinois he came here with his parents at age seven. He married Kate M Corence October 12 1887 they would have observed their 65th wedding anniversary next October. He is survived by Kate Spalding and daughter-in-law Mrs Arthur Spalding Sr of DeLand Florida two grandchildren Dr Mary Spalding and Arthur Spalding Jr and two great grandchildren.
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O. St
Bloomington
William and
Elizabe Spalding
Lawrence
Seventh Street
Mississippi Street
Spalding
Lawrence Busi
Columbia
S. C
Arthur Spalding, Jr
Faure Wins Confidence Vote in Parliament
Paris January 22 Premier Edouard Faure secured solid backing from the National Assembly for his stance on Tunisia and self government in North Africa. In his first appearance with his new cabinet he faced renewed protectorate troubles as the vote tally stood 138 to 6 to 220 on the first count.
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Paris
Edgar Faure
National Assembly
Tunisia
Protectorate
Poco the Prolific Lass Poco cat owner Miss Davenport records
Poco the long haired white Angora, owned by Miss Cora Davenport of 1621 N H St in Lawrence, is renowned for producing 84 kittens since 1942. The cat, with one blue eye and one yellow eye, typically has three to five kittens per litter, never more than five or fewer than three, and raises them in a basement box before bringing them upstairs to roam.
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Poco
Cora Davenport
N. H. St
Lawrence
Miss Davenport
Liberty Memorial High School
Paco
North Lawrence
February term of Douglas County Court to be quiet
The February term of Douglas County District Court presided by Judge Hugh Means opens Monday February 4 with motion days and jurors summoned. Twenty two criminal cases and over a hundred civil suits are on file though only a small portion may go to jury. The term lacks major cases but includes City of Lawrence versus Dr C R Albright over parking tickets and a second suit Harry Lescher versus the city over parking meter pricing.
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Douglas County District Court
Hugh
Robert Coleman
Johnnie “Mississippi’' Jackson
Lee Elwood Cray
City of
Lawrence
C. R. Albright
Albright
Harry Lescher
Lescher
Rexall Building Bought By Two Kansas Citians
Fred R. Herger and his sister Elizabeth H Delaney of Kansas City completed the purchase of the Rexall Building at 847 Mass St from Louise O Wiedemann's estate. The second floor will be remodeled for professional offices while the ground floor remains a Rexall store. The buyers also own nearby commercial properties and note Lawrence as a valued investment.
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Fred R. Herger
Elizabeth
H. Delaney
Kansas
Rexall
Mass. St
Louise O. Wiedemann
Delaney
Lawrence
Herger
Massachusetts
Goodrich Tire
Davis
Hanna
Loren Leslie Herger
University of Kansas
University
Fred R. Heryer
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Ben Whitebrant
U.S. Narcotics Bureau
Whitehead
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NEW U. N
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LMHS
Mary
MacArth
Gen. MacArthur
Monroe
Temporary Home Inc
Sen. Taft
Funk
Aaa
Kaw Bridge
Kansas Minerals
Oil and Gas Lead
Michael V. DiSalle
Senate
Ohio
W. Spalding
W. E. Spalding
Hage
Rexall Building
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