Cattle Losses Mount as Haylift Efforts Expand Across West
Army led relief and air drops move to feed cattle hit by severe cold and floods. Nebraska reports 320 million dollars in cattle at risk while Wyoming and Texas also face losses. Nevada drops forage to save sheep and cattle. snow, sleet, and freezing rain disrupt the southern states with several fatalities.</S>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Wyoming
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Idaho
Dakotas
Montana
South Dakota
Arizona
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Florida
Georgia
Arkansas
Warren Ark
Sey
King gains sentence reduction in Baldwin arson death case
Eldon King, sentenced in Douglas county on February 36 1936 to 50 years for arson deaths of his wife’s mother and grandmother, received a Saturday clemency reduction at the Kansas penitentiary in Lansing. The 80 year term was cut to 30, making him eligible for parole after ten years of the modified sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Lansing
Frank Carlson
Eldon King
Douglas County
King
Grace Hansam
Sara Cine
Baldwin
French Friendship Train event planned in Kansas City
Kansas City reports a public program marking the French Friendship Train with a pressing invitation for a 6 p.m. program on Saturday February 12. The press notes that the train of 49 French boxcars is expected to arrive in New York around Wednesday aboard the cargo ship Magellan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Preach Pe Cn
Schedteive
New York
District of Columbia
Memorial Hospital Names Several Residents and Babies
Memorial Hospital lists residents and patients including Kerry Thomas Baldwin Amelia Hornberger Marguerite Petty Ada Bagby Irene Waddle Caro line Grover James Wells Elmer Schiller May Gatewood Walter Meuffels and baby Eudora Mark Reid baby Mer riam John Cook Genevieve Cragoe Warren Grover Nell Anderson Jerry Thomas Eris Darlene Harbaugh Clara Coe Harold Breshears and baby Louise Wiedemann Donald Putthoff and baby Nannie Badsky with multiple street addresses in Baldwin Sunflower Tonganoxie and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerry Thomas
Baldwin
Amelia Hornberger
Marguerite Petty
Sunflower
Ada Bagby
Richland
Irene Waddle
Tonganoxie
Caroline Grover
Vermont Street
James Wells
North Fourth Street
Elmer Schiller
Indiana Street
May Gatewood
Elm Street
Walter Meuffels
Eudora
Mark Reid
E. W. Jones
Merriam
John Cook
Genevieve Cragoe
Warren Lee Grover
Kentucky Street
Nell Anderson
Massachusetts Street
Jerry Thomas
Eris Darlene Harbaugh
Arkansas Street
Louise Wiedemann
Donald Putthoff
Mias Nannie Badsky
Louisiana Street
Local Birth Announcements From Several Families
Mr. and Mrs Breshears at 647 Arkansas street welcomed a son yesterday. Mr and Mrs James Carroll at 1622 Kentucky street reported a daughter last Saturday. Mr and Mrs Kamp Schroeder Route 4 announced a daughter. Mr and Mrs M L Jackson at 447 Ohio street welcomed a daughter yesterday. Mr and Mrs Brown at 1206 Pennsylvania street reported a daughter. Mr and Mrs Beebe Perry announced a daughter yesterday. Mr and Mrs Ulrich of Tonganoxie welcomed a son today. Mrs Beulah Jackson of 1182 Ohio street was treated yesterday after injuring her finger with a crochet hook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Breshears
Arkansas Street
James Carroll
Kentucky Street
H. W. Kampschroeder
Route 4
M. L. Jackson
Ohio Street
George Brown
Pennsylvania Street
Ae Carl Beebe
Perry
B. F Ulrich
Tonganoxie
Beulah Jackson
Emer
Lawrence Starlings Spark Neighborly Debate in City
Miss J A Messer of 1605 Rhode Island reports starlings as clever and intrusive near homes while others claim they disturb feeding stations. A Paper Mill steam whistle valve broke this afternoon, halting its signals. Church attendance rose yesterday due to cold weather and a special collection.
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Denta
J. A. Messer
Rhode Island Street
Lawrence
Stalin Willing to Meet Truman Reported in Crux of Talks
Reports from multiple sources indicate Stalin is willing to meet Truman as tensions rise over Chiang Kai-shek and Kuomintang officials on a communist war crimes list. In Shanghai Li Tsung Jen arrives from Nanking seeking peace efforts with the communists while Paraguay’s government changes hands in a bloodless coup. In Topeka, William C. Porterfield, 73, former educator and merchant, dies after a two month illness. he previously led Washburn Rural and Hoyt high schools and ran a funeral home and furniture store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Red Radio
Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang
Li Tsung-Jen
Shanghai
Lunghwa
Paraguay
J. Natalicio Gonzalez
National Assembly
Raimundo Rolon
Gonzalez
Colorado Party
Topeka
William C. Porterfield
Washburn
Hoyt
Deaths and Funerals in Linwood and Nearby Areas
Long obituary list detailing deaths in Kansas towns including Linwood and Tonganoxie. Charles H Hicks, 87, of Linwood, longtime farmer and 69-year resident, survives with wife Mary and ten children, 15 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren. funeral at Linwood Methodist Church. Other notices include Mrs Mattie Howard, 81, Idaho Falls, burial in Memorial Park. William Chalmers Hill, 90, Lawrence, funeral at Rumsey. Flora Fincher Olney, Phoenix. Mrs Sarah Hostetteruire, 90, Tonganoxie. Mrs Dan Flory, 73, Route Willow Spicer church service in Seven ary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Hicks
Linwood
Hicks
Mary C. Hicks
Garrett Hicks
Charles Hicks
Lawrence
Elmer Hicks
Harry Hicks
Kansas City
Misa Jessie Hicks
Lucille Riley
Kate Anderson
Norman Thomas
Methodist Church
Allen Baumgartner
Schubert Funeral Home
Mt. Sydney
Mattie Howard
Idaho Falls
Ida
Funk Chapel
G. Barr
Memorial Park Cemetery
William Chalmers Hill
Convalescent Hospital
Samuel Hill
Charles Hill
Howard Hill
Arthur Hill
Sacramento
Calif
Blanche Mole
Dewayne Hiddlespon
Rumsey Funeral Home
H. M. Sipe
Clinton Cemetery
New Atomic Bombs Power Race Expands Lead
The commission reports continued momentum in atomic energy, noting increased production of fissile materials at lower costs and the ability to build more weapons and nuclear reactors. It emphasizes restraints on data, the need for mass production, and the potential industrial power from atomic energy, while promising a separate report to Congress on the topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Eniwetok
Congress
Dismissals Ordered in Oklahoma State Agency
Four state employees were handed dismissal letters in Oklahoma City after Gov. Roy J. Turner ordered firings following Democratic criticism from Rep. J. D. McCarty. The four include Ethel Smith, McCarty’s sister, and all work at the Board of Public Welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State
J. D. McCarty
Roy J. Turner
McCarty
Turner
House
Detroit
Ethel Smith
Board of Public Welfare
Jay Lee
E. M. McCarty
Plane seeds hungry birds in Ford County area
A seed lift for hungry birds began Saturday when a plane piloted by Roy Mahon scattered 1,000 pounds of mile maize on snow between Bucklin and Cimarron and at Haines Lake and the Ford county lake. The Ford County Fish and Game Association funds the flights and will continue as long as needed. Grain collection is supervised by John Pressnes, a director on the association’s board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Kan
Roy Mahon
Bucklin
Cimarron
Haines Lake
Ford County
Ford County Fish and Game Association
John Pressnes
Association
KU Professors Tour Carter Oil Laboratories in Tulsa
Professor Charles Weinaug of KU petroleum engineering and Professor Donald Wilson of KU electrical engineering were guests at Carter Oil in Tulsa Oklahoma. They joined educators and scientists for the opening and inspection of the new Carter Laboratories and a celebration banquet. Wilson noted KU engineers had been employed by the firm in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Weinaug
University of Kansas
Donald Wilson
Carter Oil
Tulsa
Okla
Weinaug
Wilson
Carter Laboratories
K.U
Engineer to present paper at I E E winter meeting
Melvin Cottom of the University of Kansas electrical engineering department will present a technical paper on Electrical Noise at the Sliding Attends Topeka Meeting at the Institutes general session in New York City on January 31. Edward F E Anderson of 639 Vermont street visited Topeka for the Native Sons of Kansas annual meeting and met Sen Arthur Capper and Gov Frank Carlson at the state house, speaking Swedish with the governor.
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Melvin C. Cottom
University of Kansas
Institute of Electrical Engineering
New York City
Cottom
Topeka
Edward FE. Anderson
Vermont Street
The
Native Sons of Kansas
State Historical Building
Sen
Arthur Capper
State House
Frank Carlson
Wall Street
New York
Santa Fe
Miinois Central
Gulf Oil
Mission Corp
Commonwealth Edison
Kennecott
Phelps- Dodge
Johns-Manville
Owens-Tilinoia
U. S. Gypsum
U.S. Farm Homes Lacked Running Water in 1947
In April 1947 it was reported that about two thirds of American farm houses still lacked running water. The finding highlights rural infrastructure gaps and ongoing modernization needs affecting agricultural communities nationwide.
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U.S
Mrs Clayton Dies In Lawrence After Illness
Mrs Ross H Clayton OS longtime Lawrence resident died yesterday after a two week illness at 2121 Barker avenue. widow of Ross Clayton former superintendent of the Lawrence Paper company box factory. she was active in Republican party affairs and headed party HQ. member of First Methodist church Eastern Star Quivira club and the Masonic Temple. survivors include three daughters, her mother two sisters two brothers and four grandchildren. funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at the Masonic Temple with burial in Memorial Park cemetery.
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Ross H. Clayton
Lawrence
Barker Avenue
Ross Clayton
Lawrence Paper Company
Quivira Club
Hill City
Fort Hays State Teachers College
Masonic Temple
H. M. Sippel
Memorial Park Cemetery
Manhattan
George W. McVey
J. B. Kuska
Colby
W. W. Korb
Frank Mildhexter
James O. McVey
Butte
Mont
Edwin Logsdon
James H. Parsons
Everett Stith
Ottawa
C. T. Hough
Worthy H. Horr
J. Neale Carman
Vivien Webster
E. F. Abels
Walter J. Keeler
E. L. Treece
Market News: Wide Quiet Trading Across Markets
New York reports stocks drifting down while bonds mixed and grains subdued. Kansas City livestock prices show slow cattle trade and uneven hogs with steady to lower bids. cash grain lists small mixed movements for wheat corn oats and milo amid a dull market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Usnay
Vata
Bos
Jobless Claims Jump as Hiring Drops in Kansas
Unemployment compensation claims rose by 50 to 352 in the Kansas State Employment Service area for Monday through Saturday. Hiring through the office fell to 27 from about 44 in recent weeks. Eleven job openings were listed at the office on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas State Employment Service
Car stolen in 1948 Frazer found in Booneville
Charles Schneck of route 2 reported his 1948 Frazer stolen early Saturday on West Sixth Street. The car, which police say was in running condition, was located Saturday night in Booneville, Missouri, and he will leave Wednesday to retrieve it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schneck
Route 2
West Sixth Street
Booneville
Hutchison to Meet Lawrence Officials on Weed Plan
To Plan Weed Program J L Hutchison assistant state noxious weed supervisor of Topeka will be in Lawrence Wednesday to meet with the county commissioners and with Eben Anderson county weed supervisor to map Douglas county's noxious weed control program for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Hutchison
Topeka
Lawrence
Eban Anderson
Douglas County
Storm relief duty spurs truck company from Ft Riley
A truck company from Ft. Riley departed Junction City for storm relief in snowbound Nebraska, ordered to Alliance area by Fifth Army HQ. In related notes, Delbert C. Richardson returned to Kansas City from Salina with a stolen 1941 Ford recovered in Lawrence last week, the car stolen December 23.
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Junction City
Kan
Ft. Riley
Nebraska
Alliance
Neb
Fifth Army
Delbert C. Richardson
Louisiana Street
Salina
Lawrence
March Of Dimes collections rise at two theaters
The Jayhawke er and Varsity theaters raised funds for the March of Dimes last week totaling 400 dollars. Boy Scouts contributed to the drive. Ted Huntsman, theater manager, said a box would be placed in each lobby for further gifts this week. The theater take plus 85.50 from county employees at the courthouse brings the county total to 8,299.40. Vinton Warner, drive chairman for the Douglas county chapter, announced the update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jayhawkeer
Varsity
Ted Huntsman
Huntsman
Harold Beck
County Register of Deeds
Court House
Pusches
Vinton Warner
Douglas County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Regular session of Battery A held at Sunflower
Battery A TASKh Field Artillery Battalion will hold a far semi monthly meeting tomorrow night at Sunflower per Captain William W. Gaw. Topics include orientation and characteristics of the eight inch gun led by Lt Leon Sanders and drills ceremonies and inspection led by Gaw. Lt Col Marion B. Norland invites inquiries about vacancies in the unit at the Standard Life building Eighth and Vermont streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taskh Field Artillery
Sunflower
William W. Gaw
Leon Sanders
Gaw
Marion B. Noland
Standard Life
Eighth
Vermont Streets
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Fioht
Eldon King To
Memorial Hospital
Stalin
Truman
Charlies H. Hicke
F. H. Olney Ward
Flora Fincher Olney
Phoenix
Ariz
Sarah McGu
Sarah Hostetter
Uire
Ohio
Leavenworth
Frances McGuire Robinson
Friends Church
Mount Muncie
Dan Flory
Willow Spic Echurch
Tuesda
Sevenary
Claude F. Flory
Whittier
Dallas
Tex
Hardeut
Oklahoma
West
Jack Onslow
White Sox
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Chicago Americans
K. U
Tappan
A L. G. Carter Maas
Commercial Springs
Farm-Run Springs
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Missouri
Pepsonalite
Ean
Cuenie — Automobile
Andy C. Hess
Ins Ins
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Agey
Lawrence Loan & Finance CO
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Shipmisite
Ateady
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Tose Utilities
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New Hudson
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Chiropractic
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