Miracle Leather Promises Dry Feet In Wet Weather
A new waterproof leather treated with a chemical agent reportedly sheds rain and slush while remaining breathable. Tests at Battelle and a New York plant show leather samples endure hours of bending and days in water with excellent results. Brown Shoe Co. and others explore commercial use, aiming for a lighter alternative to rubbers and galoshes.
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Wall Street Journal
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Brown Shoe Co
St. Louis
Battelle
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Benson assures farmers on price support programs
Secretary of Agriculture Benson promised that price support programs will be carried out to prevent a sharp drop in prices. He said no major changes are expected in the next several months due to consumer income, noting weak inflation, abundant supplies, and weaker foreign markets for wheat and cotton.
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Benson
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Jon Benson
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Aiken
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Smith Urges Congress to Stand Against Pressures on Aid
Washington congressman Wint Smith warns against pressure groups shaping federal tax dollar appropriations. He denounces foreign aid as lavish and calls for abolition of many programs, claiming 200000 Americans could return home to work as taxpayers.
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Congress
Wint Smith
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Moon Heads Attorneys Association Leaders
Morris Moon of E Dorado Butler County attorney and 1953 president of the Kansas County Attorneys Association led the annual meeting. Other officers chosen Wednesday include Dale Saffels Garden City as vice president and Constance Brown Council Grove as secretary treasurer.
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Topeka
Morris Moon
E! Dorado
Butler County
Kansa County Attorneys Association
Dale Saffels
Garden City
Constance Brown
Council Grove
Scrivner praises prayer in future policy
Washington Representative Scrivner of Kansas argues in his weekly newsletter that President Eisenhower’s use and belief in prayer augurs well for the nation’s future. He says the United Nations lacks success due to absence of prayer in meetings. He cites Benjamin Franklin urging daily prayers to reduce friction and factionalism in the constitutional convention.
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Washington
Rep
Scrivner
R-Kas
Eisenhower
United Nations
Benjamin Franklin
Group inspects KU training grants study tour
A three day study of KU’s foreign student orientation program was conducted this week by a group holding National Association training grants. Assistant dean of men and foreign student advisor Donald Alderson led the tour from Monday to Wednesday. Visitors included Philip Sorenson of Kansas State College Manhattan Mrs Mary Heaton of the University of Missouri and Walter Hahn of the University of Utah.
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Donald Alderson
Men and
Foreigh
Philip Sorenson
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Mary Heaton
University of Missouri
Walter Hahn
University of Utah
El Dorado Petition Seeks End to Rail Horn Blasts
A petition filed with City Clerk Fred Brooks asks El Dorado to bar Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe from using air horns and bells except in gross emergencies. Norman M. Rehe led the effort, 31 residents signed. City investigates jurisdiction under state statutes and ordinances before possible action.
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Fred Brooks
Missouri Pacific
Santa Fe
H. E. McMillen
Norman M. Rehe
McMillen
FBI Posters Circulate for KC Bank Robbery Suspects
The FBI sent out wanted posters coast to coast for Louis Sturgis and Virginia Iser tied to the Rosedale State Bank robbery in Kansas City Kas. The Jan 21 heist netted 48907 dollars in currency. Two men and two women suspected. J Edgar Hoover warned both suspects are armed and dangerous. The other two, James C Fahnestock and his wife Billie, were found shot dead in Kansas City last Sunday.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Louie Sturgis
Virginia Iser
Rosedale State Bank
Kansas City
Kas
J. Edgar Hoover
FSI
Sturgis
James C. Fahnestock
Billie
K U Carillon Recital Sunday At Antwerp Cathedral
Ronald Barnes leads a University carillonneurs recital Sunday from 3:00 to 3:30 featuring Br Welish Folk Song by Pereigal Price Brahms eighteenth centumilion arrangements by Joannes de Cruytters plus Couperin BetCroxa study and Minar fi Crimson and the Flue at Antwerp Cathedral dating 1745
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Pereigal Price
Joannes de Cruytters
Antwerp
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Pittsburg Enrollment Reaches Higher Spring Term Total
Ninety more students are listed in the enrollments after two days for the spring term at Pittsburg State Teachers College than at the same period a year ago. Officials say the trend points to an enrollment well above the average expected for the term.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg State Teachers College
Caution on Tax Cuts and Debt Funding from Treasury Aides
Treasury undersecretary nominee Folsom and deputy Burgess are viewed as leaning toward cautious tax cuts and a balanced budget. They may advocate long term debt funding, with higher interest rates and broader economic effects. Folsom backs sales taxes in deficit times, Burgess favors transforming short term debt to longer maturities and rate hikes.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Marion Folsom Sa
Wendolph Burgess
Folsom
Song
Eastman Kodak Co
Committee For Economic Development
the Treasury
Burgess
National City Bank of New York
Congress
Plan to curb inflation and stabilize economy
A proposal lists five measures: raise government security yields to 3 percent or more, boost yields on savings bonds, urge the Federal Reserve to supervise the money supply without keeping money too cheap for borrowing, and aim for a future gold standard after major currencies become freely convertible.
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Vernment Securities
U. S
Federal Reserve System
France 1953 budget passes on first reading
The French National Assembly approved Premier Rene Mayer's 10.7 billion franc budget for 1953 on first reading. The budget totals 3,751,000,000,000 enter, equivalent to about 10.7 billion dollars, and was reported from Paris.
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Paris
National Assembly
Rene Mayer
Shame Cards Number 857 In Wichita
In Wichita during a 24 hour period 857 motorists received shame on you cards instead of normal tickets as part of crime prevention week. The cards urged cooperation to halt violations while speeding 47 illegal turns 35 running stop signs 37 traffic signal violations 19 jaywalking 30 overparking 600 and other 3. Officers bypassed the card in four cases for more serious offenses and arrests.
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Wichita
Nations Exchange Club
Farm program must meet two situations says Hope
Rep Hope of Kansas declared in Wichita that the nation’s farm program should be flexible enough to cover normal needs and defense requirements. He urged broader price support methods and warned it must adapt to either full war or peacetime flexibility.
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Wichita
Hope
R-Kas
House Agricultural Committee
Kansas
Senate appearances urged for cabinet members to answer questions
Senator Kefauver urged in Washington that cabinet members be invited to come before the Senate at least every two weeks to answer questions.
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Washington
Emporia lawmaker cites flood hero in medal ceremony
Kansas man Arthur Combs 30 of Emporia received a bronze medal from the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for heroism during the 1951 Cottonwood River flood. He and two others tried to free Ernest Lindamood, 71, from a capsized boat at the packing plant, but Lindamood died. The draft also notes Rep Bolling urging early hearings on flood insurance legislation through private and government reinsurance avenues.
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J. Arthur Combs
Rt. 3
Emporia
Kas
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Kansas
Combs
Ernest V. Lindamood
Em- Doria
Lindamood
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Linda Mood
Kaaba
Mecca
Washington
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Bolling
D-Mo
Missouri Compressman
Wolcott
D-Mich
House Banking Committee
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