Austere bachelor leaves a fortune in Kansas City will
Ralph George Baldwin a reclusive 80 year old who lived frugally in a rented room died July 4 and left a million dollar estate to cousins distant relatives and friends. The will filed in probate lists 75000 cash with the rest in stocks. The largest bequest of 250000 goes to cousin Willard W Wiley of Mission Kansas who helped care for Baldwin. Baldwin grew up on a farm near Ottawa Kansas and after inheriting it around 1910 he invested in stocks and in the 1920s ran a bicycle shop in Kansas City. He never sold stock and the 1929 crash gave him buying opportunities. He cooked his own meals and wore one patched suit for years.
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$30 Million Fire Destroys Rubber Supplies in Clarksburg
A warehouse blaze in Clarksburg West Virginia destroyed crude rubber stored by General Storage Co and eight other buildings. Officials estimate the loss at 30 million with security limits on exact figures. Investigators tentatively blame welding sparks for the fire.
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OPS Force Will Be Cut In Half by September
Washington The Office of Price Stabilization will cut staff by half by September due to reduced funds. About 5,450 of 9,000 field employees and 700 of 2,500 national headquarters staff will be dismissed. District offices in 13 cities will merge with regional offices.
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Witness in Grain Fraud Case Describes Debts and Debtors
In Amarillo Texas a grain fraud trial features witness Stanley Wesinsky, former bookkeeper for Henderson Grain and Seed Co. of grand city. He details debts, bank cover funds, and grain sales as part of the alleged conversion of Serene into Henderson’s own use. Final arguments and judge’s charge forthcoming.
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Ren City
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Serene
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Henderson
Mani
Strain of Seeing Democracy In Action Knocks Wilbur Out
Wilbur Peeble writes his wife after attending a national convention. He describes the exhaustion, the chaos of access to Ike, and his own collapse in a hospital ward. He notes the strain of watching democracy, the unusual patients around him, and jokes about conventionitis and political life.
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Dog Catches Beaver in Montana Near Flinthead River
In Columbia Falls Montana a cocker spaniel chased a beaver into the Flinthead River and caught it. The dog bit the beaver causing a broken rib as the beaver swam away. Local details are partial due to damaged text.
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Here
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175 Million Years of History of Man at KU Museum Display
A Kansas University Museum of Natural History exhibit traces human evolution from Paleocene primates to Cro-Magnon man. Curated by Carlyle S. Smith with staff, the display features skulls such as Notharctus and Java Man, the Peking skulls, Neanderthal skeletons, and Cro-Magnon figures detailing migration, tool use, and cultural development.
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Dyecie Hall
Carlyle S. Smith
George Young
Russell Camp
Sam Dickinson
Asia
Java
Jaa Bene Dubois
Fragmented note on human races and ape skulls
The text discusses skill in clay modeling painting and sketching and states that twenty five million years ago four human races appeared Mongolid Negroid Caucascid and Australoid. It mentions skull charts comparing human and ape skulls and notes the brain as the large portion of the human skull and the small gray matter portion in apes.
Traffic check nets 400 cars inspected near Union Pacific
About 400 cars were inspected Friday evening by officers from the Police Department, Sheriff's Office, and Highway Patrol at the south approach to the Union Pacific underpass in North Lawrence. Southbound vehicles were stopped and checked for license plates, licenses, and defects in headlights and taillights. The ten-officer operation lasted about an hour and a half. State Highway Patrolman Carl Gray and Captain E. P. Mooman reported 20 cars with light defects found and four arrests made.
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Union Pacific
North Lawrence
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E. P. Mooman
Fares of Fire Save Pinckneyville Couple and Dog
A Southern Illinois couple credits their dog and a 3 year old Spitz mix named Fritzie with saving their lives during a night fire in a mechanical cooler near Fritzie’s sleeping area. The Linus Troys, living in Pinckneyville, awoke after the dog barked and neighbors helped carry the fire outside, sparing them and their grocery store.
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Pinckneyville
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Fritzie
Trizie
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