Families Meet On FRA Borrowers Session At Courthouse
The Douglas County FHA borrowers meeting for families who purchased farm homes through the Farmers Home Administration was held today in the FHA county office at the courthouse. 17 families attended, with a review of last year’s business and a luncheon at The Hearth. An afternoon session featured a showing of Over the Rainbow and topic-led discussions. FHA committee members Harvey Booth Baldwin Ernest Prim and Will Saunders chaired the meeting.
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Douglas County Farm Ownership
Farmers’ Home Administration
FHA
Jane Pina
Focal Fha
Harvey Booth Baldwin
Ernest Prim
Overbrook
Will Saunders
Eudora
City approves bids for insulation and heating gear
Council accepted Rhodes Heating and Roofing for insulation at 772 and heating equipment at 300. An armory bond fund of over 1,000 remains from a 15,000 issue voted last spring. Parking meter policy and enforcement were discussed amid meter revenue drops due to bad weather.
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Counell
Rhodes
Eamme
Vermont Street
Lawrence Municipal
Erwin
Melvin Miller
Rhodes Mounthefaring Company
Hartford
Derker
Police
Parsons
Galt
Dalma
Pinning of KU couple described in Chi Omega ceremony
In a Topeka State Journal report reprinted by New Yorker social notes, Ann Cowger and Iph Reed at the University of Kansas celebrate their pinning with a playful pageant. Sisters parade with beans, cards, and a kitten, while the Sigma Chi quartet serenades.
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Inn
New Yorker
Topeka State Journal
University of Kanban
Chi Omega
University of Kansas
Ann Cowger
Topia
Iph Reed
Ralph
Ann
Jane Farrel
Sigma Chi
Bot J Gooper
Sigma Chis
Chi Omega House
Market News at a Glance Faces Mixed Early Action
New York stocks fade while bonds slip and rails waver as uneven trading persists. Chicago wheat and corn soften amid cautious commercial demand. cattle stay steady or slip slightly. Local markets report mixed cow and hog receipts with buyers selective, while Kansas City livestock shows modest moves in vealers and steers.
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New York
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock Sale Sda
Shaunhiter
Strane
Elas Strom
Chater
Innis
Sone
Aden Aed
Dante
Henderson and Fignina Family Remember Loved Ones
Obituary notes express gratitude for kindness during illness and death of Marlie V. Henderson and husband and father, with thanks from the Buchheim and Fignina families. CG. Raymond Vaugch also thanks friends for support and cards.
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Buchheim Family
Raymond Vaugch
Three Wrecks Reported In Local Streets
Three wrecks were reported yesterday involving six vehicles. At 12 02 p m at Mi anionipol street and Jayhawk Drive a left rear fender was damaged on a car driven by A Abercrombile of 1045 Weat Allis Parkway. At 1 15 p m at Twenty First and Tennessee streets damage to a car driven by Herb William Ker avenue and a 1937 C driven by Ken Edmonds of 2060 Louisiana Street was noted. At 5 p m at Sixth and Massachusetts streets Bettimo Trapani of Leavenworth driving a 1946 Plymouth and Ray Hunt of Garnett driving a 1847 Diamond T truck were involved with extensive damage to the car and no damage to the truck.
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Ris Yeaterday
Kou
Archie. Duwana
Ha- White
Indiana Street
Weat
Allis Parkway
Mianionipol Street
Jayhawk Drive
Twenty-First
Tennessee
Plymouth
Ray Hunt
Garnett
Bixth
Massachusetts Street
James Fine
William Cox
Bound Over to District Court in Land Larceny Case
Brian Lancaster pleaded not guilty in county court to land larceny involving a welding torch at the University of Kaneas and was bound over for trial in the February term of district court. Three marriage licenses were granted by the probate court as follows. Raymond Chester Hall and Portia Emina rence. Dean Bohnack and Herbert A. Cies. Lucille Tanner, Kudora, and Lawrence.
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Brian Lancaster
University of Kaneas
Raymond Chester Hall
Portia Eminarence
Dean Bohnack
Herbert A. Cies
Lucille Tanner
9. Kudora
Lawrence
Local Memorial Hospital Lineup and Addresses
At Memorial Hospital Mn Minnie Shaw Linwood Mrs Hertha Gentry route 1 William man 2235 East Drive Mrs Gatewood 701 Elm street Mrs Pauline Jede Perry Joe Wright McLouth Baby boy Swan 536 Ohi street Let Smth Lone Star H L Williams Sunfigner Charles Fowl Overbrook Mrs Pauline Perry Mrs Frances Walden and baby 37 Connecticut street David Markley Baliwin Fouts 1
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Minnie Shaw
Linwood
Hertha Gentry
Route 1
Williamman
East Drive
Gatewood
Elm Street
Pauline Jede
Perry
Joe Wright
McLouth
Boy Swan
Ohi Street
Smth
Lone Star
H. L. Williams
Sunfigner
Charles Fowl
Overbrook
Pauline Perry
Frances Walden
Connecticut Street
David Markley
Birth notices and meeting notes from local paper
Birth reports announce that Mrs George Wampler has a daughter. The text also notes a St Mire W Parsons time and a second section Fellowcraft Team Re supper. Visitors welcome with names Charles E. and Harry T. Craig mentioned.
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George
Phones In Northwestern Kansas Back into Service
Kansas City dispatch reports Southwestern Bell restored nine long distance lines hit by the storm in northwestern Kansas. Several towns were cut off yesterday. service is already back in some communities and expected to be fully restored, except Sharon Springs, by noon or tonight.
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Kansas City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Kan
Sharon Springs
Calls for pruning government waste and reform
A regional briefing outlines calls to prune federal programs, curb spending, and streamline agencies. Advocates urge Congress to grant tighter budgets, sunset ineffective mandates, and accelerate permit processes to boost efficiency and reduce deficits.
Pruning Push for Permanent Authority to Reorganize Government
Washington on January 25 urged Congress to grant President Truman permanent authority to reorganize executive departments to reduce duplication and waste. Warren told the House committee on executive expenditures the current system is a crazy quilt of inefficiencies and extravagance. In Salina Kansas Virgil Baer resigned as athletic director and head football basketball and track coach at Kansas Wesleyan University effective at term end, said university president Herbert Jackson Root.
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FAVORS TRUMAN PLAN
Averell Harriman said President Truman's proposal to aid underdeveloped areas aligns with Western Europe plans for Africa. Britain France Belgium and Portugal in Paris meetings outlined metal food and material production development in Africa with the Netherlands as a participant. Officials said the plan will also boost the Economic Cooperation Administration and its survey across eight countries fitting the True tan plan.
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Economic Cooperation Administration
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German Reds Form Little Politburo to Run Berlin
Berlin January 25 report that the Socialist Unity Party in the Soviet occupation zone forms a little politburo with co chairmen Wilhelm Pieck and Otto Grotewohl and Friedrich Ebert named as eastern Bore ing lord mayor to head the body. The move aligns with Cominform and marks a step toward Moscow style machinery and ideology with a cadre of little secretaries to be chosen by states. A separate note mentions a meeting of the Douglas and Franklin County Dairy Farm Record Association in Ottawa to plan a new organization serving more farmers.
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Douglas and Franklin County Dairy Farm Record Association
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Meers Slew and Market Shifts Highlight Week
Widespread trading notes show moderate to strong activity in cattle with steer prices rising to 26.00 and above on several loads while sheep and lamb markets remained robust with higher quotes and numerous shipments. grain and futures in Kansas City report wheat gains and Wall Street shows light easing after declines in early sessions.
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Cigs
Frisco Railway Jump Sparks Stock Dividend News
Frisco Railway leads a market move as dividends are announced on the first day after the new company takeover. Several major names appear in the list including Central Motors, Chrysler, Firestone, Woolworth, Caterpillar Tractor, and Du Pont among others, with notes on American Tobacco and Santa Fe also referenced.
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Jy Superior
Calfornia
Missing Corp
Sivadierep
Cootyear Aneticar Telephone
Paramount Pictures
Cal
Truman Proclaims National Freedom Day Beginning 1949
President Truman declared February 1, 1949 and each following February as National Freedom Day. The observance commemorates the 1868 proposal of the anti slavery amendment, with Congress authorizing the annual observance last June 3.
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Truman
Congress
Deaths and Funerals in Douglas County Area
Multiple obituaries describe deaths and funeral plans for Anna Anderson 43 of 503 Alabama, John Dodder Overbrook, Margaret McCall 72 of Fayetteville, Elmer E Brown 86 long-time Douglas County resident. Services set at Bowser Lee Rumsey Overbrook Rumsey and Williamstown cemeteries. survivors listed.
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Alabama Street
Ninth Street
Margaret McCall
Fayetteville
Ark
Rumsey Funeral Home
George C. Fetter
Underwood Cemetery
Williamstown
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