Telegrapher on the Way Out
Hal Boyle profiles Lustre Delane Phillips and other Western Union telegraphers facing obsolescence as automated systems supplant Morse code. He recalls their nightly clickety clack messages, memories of famous transmissions, and the fading craft's human stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Western Union
Germany
California
Kansas City
Lustre Delane Phillips
Phillips
Hugh
Hue
Dar
Ray
Lustre
Bright
Fair
Juanita
Knights of the Dwingling
Jack Johnson
Jim Jeffries
Reno
Phillipa
Myrna Loy Undergoes Appendectomy In London Clinic
London January 31 The film star Myrna Loy was operated on for appendicitis at a London clinic today. Doctors said the operation was very successful and she will stay about two weeks before convalescing in the south of France. A spokesman said she will return to Britain next spring to discuss making another film with Alexander Korda, and gossip columns claim Loy and her husband Gene Markey may settle permanently in England, though no confirmation was available.
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London
Myrna Loy
France
London Film Productions
Iaid Ahe
Britain
Alexander Korda
England
London Star
Gossp
Mise Loy
Gene Markey
Reed to push three cent Texas Cattle Trail stamp
Aides to Senator Clyde Reed of Kansas said he will introduce a resolution for a Texas Cattle Trail stamp. Publisher C. M. Harger of Abilene requested a three cent stamp to honor the Texas trail whose northern terminus was at Abilene. Abilene officials have adopted a resolution urging continental authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clyde Reed
R.-Kan
C. M. Harger
Abilene
Kan
Reed
Hunting accident kills Kansas City youth near Fort Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas January 31 Russell Bingeli 19 Kansas City Kansas dies after head wound from a hunting accident as his father and two brothers search near Fairmount Kansas he dies in a local hospital according to coroner Ted Sexton.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Russell Binggeli
Kansas City
Ted I. Sexton
Binggeli
Fairmount
Truman Budget to Exact Half From Kansas Budget
Washington Jan 31 Federal budget plans would take 486 008 000 from Kansas, Rep Errot Scrivner said. He noted Kansas income last year totaled 242 185 561 and recalled an old pledge to cut federal spending and bureaus.
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Washington
R— Dent Truman
Kan
Errot P. Scrivner
Congress
Kansas
House Appropriations Committee
Hoover urges restructuring to cut direct White House agencies
Washington reports that Herbert Hoover urged Congress to grant the President power to reorganize the government so fewer than 20 major agencies report directly to the White House. He noted 1,800 total bureaus and listed varying counts for agencies reporting directly to the President.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Congress
White House
Hoover
House Committee
Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Trade Commission
I.C.C
Bill
Administration
Property Owners Association adopts publicity plan in Wichita
Wichita January 31 The Wichita Property Owners association voted 55 to to pursue public invasion by advertising and publicity rather than proceed with a plan of mass evictions. The move aims to enlist sympathy from business professional farm and other groups, said to misunderstand the association's plight.
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Wichita
Kan
Wichita Property Owners Association
Planes collide over Port Washington injure none on big liner
A Pan American World Airways Constellation and a Cessna 140 collide 4000 feet up near Port Washington New York. The Constellation makes a safe emergency landing at Mitchell Field with 33 aboard, none injured. The private plane crashes killing its two occupants Arthur Putting and Eugene Kowalczyk.
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New York
Long Island
Pan American World Airways
Port Washington
N. Y
George Knuth
Constellation
Mitchell Field
Monarch of
la Guardia Field
London
Arthur Putting
Portland
Conn
Eugene Kowalczyk
Middletown
Triple KU Graduates Wed in Ozawkie Ceremony
Three Stember sisters all KU graduates married in a triple wedding at Ozawkie Kansas Jan 31. Donna Jean became Mrs John Meyer Muriel Kathleen wed Shelton Hannig and Beverly Joan wed Oval West Jr The reception hosted about 250 guests with three wedding cakes. Lawrence guests included Dean and Mrs Laurence Woodruff and daughter Susan Mrs G T McNair and Miss Julia Willard among others.
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Ozawkie
Kan
Paul Stember
Donna Jean Stember
Muriel Kathleen Stember
Beverly Joan Stember
University of Kansas
Donna Jean
John Meyer
Quincy
Muriel
Shelton Hannig
Terre Haute
Ind
Beverly
Oval West, Jr
Kansas City
Edwin F. Price
Westley Foundation
The
Corbin Hall
Frances Adams
Lela
Okla
Price
Lawrence
Dean
Laurence Woodruff
Susan
G. T. McNair
Julia Willard
Mary Yarison
Notre Dame Ground Game Sets New Rushing Record
South Bend reports Coach Frank Leahy's 1948 Notre Dame eleven piled up 3,194 rushing yards on 599 plays in ten games, surpassing the 3,137-yard mark set by the 1943 team in 618 rushes.
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South Bend
Ind
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Start A New Business Coffeevire Kan Jan 31
Forty five Sinclair Refining Co sales dept members will open a marketing terminal in Coffeevire Kansas Tuesday as the local refinery is dismantled.
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Coffeevire
Kan
Sinclair Refining Co
Nebraska names Glassford as new head football coach
Lincoln Neb Jan 31 A New England devotee of the Tformation William Biff Glassford is appointed Nebraska's head football coach succeeding Patsy Clark. Glassford 35 formerly coached at New Hampshire for three years and will earn 10000 dollars annually with an open inquiry into assistant coaches.
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Lincoln
Neb
New England
William “Biff
Glassford
University of Nebraska
University of New Hampshire
George
Patsy) Clark
Illinois
Nebraska
Allied airlift resumes full Berlin operation after fog
Berlin January 31 news reports the allied airlift completing its 220th day of operations as heavy fog paused flights for two days. U S air force officials say planes began gliding into Berlin airports at three minute intervals this morning with all loading bases in western Germany on full schedule.
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Berlin
Jan
U. S. Air Force
Germany
Kansas Educator William Cottle Receives Doctor of Education
William Cottle, assistant professor of education and counsellor in KU's guidance bureau, earned the Doctor of Education degree at Syracuse University in New York. He joined the Kansas faculty in 1947 after working at the Syracuse guidance center.
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William Cottle
Guidance Bureau
University of Kansas
Syracuse University
Syracuse
N. Y
Cottle
K. U
Guidance Center
Medical Miracle at Baker Veterans Hospital in Martinsburg
More than 50 TB patients at Baker Veterans Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia rebuilt their bodies after thoracoplasty. Exercises begin 24 hours after surgery with daily progress from bed to standing and weight training within months. Massages supervision and nurse-led rehabilitation accelerate recovery in a landmark World War II era vascular therapy program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Baker Veterans Hospital
Thoracoplasty therapy aids recovery at Baker hospital
Dr. T. S. Jennings notes the new muscle training method shortens hospital stays for tubercular patients at Baker, enabling many to return to work within a year. Thoracoplasty, once feared, is now sought by veterans who would not have tolerated it before.
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Pital
Baker
T. S. Jennings
Four Year Old Rides 12 Miles on Rear Bumper
Ottawa Kan Jan 31 A four year old boy Johnny Irvin rode a car rear bumper for twelve miles while his cousin Rose Knoblock also rode briefly. The father sped toward Williamsburg before being stopped by a truck driver who witnessed the stunt. The child was unharmed. A separate item notes a new shorthand and typewriting class at Lawrence Business College starting Feb 7 with enrollments due Feb 5.
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Ottawa
Kan
Johnny
Irvin
Rose Maurie Knoblock
Jack Irvin
Williamsburg
Rose
Lawrence Business College
Star President Dies at 73 in Washington
CP Fleming Newbold president of the Evening Star died suddenly at 73 in Washington. He led the paper since 1948 after succeeding Frank B. Noyes who died last month. Newbold joined as a clerk and rose to VP and manager before becoming president. He is survived by two daughters and four grandchildren.
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Washington
Cp—Fleming Newbold
The
Evening Star
Newbold
Star
Frank B. Noyes
Noyes
the Star
John Norris Legenire
Aiken
S. C
James Bush
St. Louis
Widow of former lieutenant governor dies in Topeka
Mrs. J. W. Grayhill, 70, died in a Newton hospital Saturday night. Funeral services will be held later today in Topeka for the widow of a former lieutenant governor of Kansas.
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Newton
Kan
Topeka
Kansas
J. W. Grayhill
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Watson
Arlen van Gaasbeek
Biff” Glaseford
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