Illinois Backing Eisenhower Despite Stevenson Draft Talk
Former Sen. C Wayland Brooks told Gen. Eisenhower Illinois will back him in November even if Democrats draft Gov. Adlai Stevenson. Brooks noted the Illinois delegation favored Taft at the GOP convention but pledged wholehearted support for Eisenhower. Eisenhower also announced staff appointments including James Hagerty as press secretary and Arthur Vanderon as executive assistant.
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Chicago
Wayland Brooks
Eisenhower
Illinois
Adlai Steverson
Brooks
Republican National
Sen
Taft
Iulinois
Stevenson
Hubert ©. Schmidt
Schmidt
Maurice Houghland
Houghland
Jemry Cabot Ladge
Massachusetts
Denver
Ladge
Senate
Thomas EH
Dewey
New York
James
Hagerty
New Yorker
Arthur H. Vanderson
Tate Senatorchigan
Frank Carlson
Kanssas
Thomas E. Stephens
N. Fred A. Seaton
Nebraska
Kilene
Kan
Taft Arrives in Canada For a Summer Vacation
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio arrived by private plane in Pointe-au-Pic Quebec for a summer vacation. He said the week had been hectic and planned to relax for two to three days in Washington before joining Mrs Taft and the children for a stay through Labor Day. The Tafts are guests of Mrs W P Sample at a cottage that burned down April 28.
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Pointe-Au-Pic
Quebec
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Sen
Taft
Washington
Mrs. Taft
W. P. Sample
Mental Hospital Talks Open in Topeka Today
A week long conference series on Kansas mental hospital issues opened in Topeka under the state welfare department. Welfare director Frank Long said the meetings will unite national leaders in mental health with Kansas officials to plan and improve hospital care and treatment for patients.
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Topeka
Kansas
state @cial welfare department
Frank Long
Gid
State Hospital
Long
Hospital Births and Names From Memorial Hospital Listings
Memorial Hospital announces births and names across the area. New babies include a boy for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gress in Limwood, a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Orville Allen in N Y Street, and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Norman Walker Route 5. Other families listed include Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lawellin of Eu dora with a daughter and Mrs. Ruth Dushua hack with a baby boy.
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Zelma Muldrow
Wis. St
Philip Comstock
Betty Henderson
Sunflower
Jun
Linwood
Sue Wright
Colonial Court
Clarence Bliesner Jr
Mass
Marie Beckley
Agness Tuff
Baliwin
Wilma Carpenter
Beatrice Tucker
Okemah
Okla
Ronald Robb
Ruth Dushuahack
Tenn
Christy Sims
N. J. St. EdgcCoy
N. J. St
Haley Tille
Walter ‘Killian
Charles Gress
Limwood
Norman Walker
Route 5
Gary Lawellin
Eudora
Orville Allen
N. Y. St
George Mrkonic
Ky. St
U S Backs Increased Aid to Yugoslavia
Defense officials reported to Secretary Robert Lovett on a Yugoslav air program and military support. The assessment praised training and troop morale while noting limited arms and the readiness of Yugoslav forces amid the wider Cold War alignment.
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Bled
Commuunist
Yugoslavia
Ameri If
Pet Jpilantes
Otter
Rankine
Vacellent Sha
U.S
Brank C
Robert Love
U. S
Postcards to Request That Voters Register
The Lawrence League of Women Voters sent postcards to over 200 Lawrence residents urging them to register. Cards targeted those 21 or older, naturalized citizens with final papers in the last year, and recent movers regardless of current registration status. A League member will be at the city clerk's office Wednesday 3 to 9 p.m. to congratulate registrants and provide a voting procedure pamphlet.
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Lawrence League of Women Voters
Lawrence
Fred Smithmeyver
Smithmeyer
League
Kansas
Leavenworth Children Tour Lawrence and KU
Nearly 100 youngsters from Leavenworth will visit Lawrence and the University of Kansas Tuesday. Organized by KU public relations and extension officials with local commissions, the tour runs all day starting with lunch at South Park at 10 a.m. The group will view the Natural History and Art museums Memorial Stadium and the firsthouse site at KU and drive past Haskell Institute.
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Leavenworth
Lawrence
University of Kansas
K. U. Public Relations and Extension
Lawrence and Leavenworth Nation Commissions
South Park
Lar Heeb
K. U
Haskell Institute
Citizens Committee for Schools to Meet Tonight
A meeting of the Citizens Committee for the school building program will be held this evening at Sal Liberty Memorial High School. The gathering includes representatives from civic bodies and clubs and the Parent-Teacher Associations to discuss inter district financing, taxation, housing and sites for new elementary schools as birth rates rise.
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Citizens Committee
Sal Liberty Memorial High School
Clibs
Presented Paper on Housing in Chicago
Dr Jack Baur associate professorialogy at the University returned from Chicago after attending the annual institute of the Society for Social Research He presented a paper on Estimation for Demand for Planned Housing The report was prepared by Community Studies Inc of Kansas City for the City Planning Commission of Kansas City Dr Baur serves as a consultant on research methods for Community Studies
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Jack Baur
Chicago
Institute
the Society For Social Research
Baur
Resea
Community Studi Inc
Kansas City
City’ Planning Commission
Wind damages trees at St Marys Cemetery
A Sunday afternoon storm tore down a tombstone and damaged several trees at St Marys Cemetery in Pittsburgh. Most damage was broken limbs, with a couple of large trees toppled. The storm dropped a half inch of rain, with more overnight.
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Pittsburgh
St. Mary's Cemetery
Deaths and Funerals in Liberal and Emporia
Word came today of the death of Mrs. G. E. Dollaff about 90, who had lived with a daughter in Liberal. Funeral services are expected in Emporia Thursday with burial at Waverly. Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Aldrich, who died Saturday at her daughter’s home, were held this morning in Princeton with Rev. Harold G. Barr presiding.
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Mattle Aldrich
Mattie Aldrich
Charles Bayles
Miss. St
Princeton
Harold G. Barr
Cablegrams alleged by Morse show China lobby pressure moves
The Justice Department will investigate cablegrams alleging Chinese Nationalist diplomats sought to sway U S policy. Senate Morse, who first raised the matter in April, cited 24 cables claiming efforts to influence officials toward China. The State Department referred the probe to Justice for lack of internal capacity.
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Washington
Justice Department
State Department
Justice
Sen
Morse
R-Ore
Senate
U. S
E. Morse
Chang Kai-shek
China
Midwest Music Camp Concert Delights Hoch Auditorium
The fourth weekly concert at Midwest Music Camp drew sizable crowds at Hoch Auditorium, KU. Gene Johnson played flute with the chorus under Clayton Krehbiel andLeonard Moore, and Ruth Henry performed Mendelssohn with notable polish amid humid strings. The evening featured Grainger, Malotte, Verdi, Rhachaturian, Hindemith, and Harris works, with Paul Yoder conducting the finale band numbers.
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Hoch Auditorium
K. U
Gene Johnson
Clayton Krehbiel
Leonard Moore
Brahm
Dawson
Tchaikovsky
Wiley
Kahlman
Sam
Percy Grainger
Harkstow Grange
Malotte
Carolyn Craft
Verdi
Rhachaturian
O Ballet
Mr. Moore
Kansan Universities Hosts Two Conferences Enrollment Surges
Over 140 people attend two University of Kansas conferences today. Fifty six enroll in the Life Insurance Marketing school set to finish Friday while eighty three join the Credit Bureau and Election Management Institute which ends Saturday.
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University of Kansas
Credit Bureau and Election Management Institute
Hazel Dawson Heads West With Ellsworth Companions
Miss Hazel Dawson leaves Sunday for Ellsworth to join Miss Mabel Lineback and Miss Marian Brookover. They will drive to the west coast, expect to be gone a month. Maurice Abele returns to Phillips Petroleum in Bay City Texas after a visit with his parents. Milam Jane Seales from Manteau will visit her aunt Miss Carol Dunn before traveling to Garden City to stay with her grandmother Mrs. Inez Duna for the summer.
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Hazel Dawson
Ellsworth
Mabel Lineback
Marian Brookover
Hutchinson
West Coast
Maurice Abele
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bay City
Tex
Leon G. Abele
Milan Jane Seales
Mante
NW. Or
Carol Dunn
Garden City
Inez Duna
Mrs Irene Ons Dies Wife of Pittsburg Editor
Mrs Irene Simons aged 45, wife of Kenneth Simons, news editor of the Pittsburg newspaper, died Sunday night after a six month illness. She is survived by her husband and two daughters. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon.
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Pittsburg
Irene Simons
Kenneth Simons
Pitsburg
Ra Light
County Finishes Two Road Projects In Baldwin Area
County forces completed two road jobs with Ray C. Ogden announcing on Saturday. One project ditching and building a new road bed over a 10 mile stretch in Baldwin, the other a reseal of 1 mile of road east of Baldwin.
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Ray C. Ogden
Board of County Commissioners
Baldwin
Truman Signs Bill to Expand Federal Home Mortgage Program
President Truman signed a law expanding government financing for home mortgages. The act allocates 1.395 billion dollars for federally insured mortgages and adds 900 million dollars for the Federal National Mortgage Association to create a secondary market. It authorizes 400 million for FHA insurance, 50 million for housing in defense zones, 40 million for community facilities, and 5 million for Alaska housing. Savings and loan associations may buy mortgages from distant properties beyond 50 miles from their offices.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Housing Programs
Federal National Mortgage Association
Governmet
Ase
FHA
Alaska
Savings and Loan Associations
No Steel Settlement Stalemate Deepens in Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers officials say the industry peace offer is unsatisfactory as a 43 day strike continues. Industry leaders proposed a watered down union shop and other undisclosed ideas, but no formal union response is given. A union source called the proposal obviously unsatisfactory. Top steel executives left the city after a fruitless meeting with Murray.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Murray
Soldier of the Week honors for Wiggins in Korea
Cpl. Theodore D. Wiggins 21 of Route 3 was named Soldier of the Week in Korea. He joined the Army in April 1950 and has been in Korea since October 1950 with Headquarters Company 21st Transportation Medium Port. He will receive a two day pass and is eligible for Soldier of the Month and a five day leave to Japan. Second Lt. Richard K. Jones leaves for Camp Atterbury. Pfc. Donald Donoho, wounded June 21 in Korea, undergoes third surgery in Dos doshka, Japan and expects to return home soon.
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Theodore D. Wiggins
T. R. Wiggins
Route 3
Korea
Cpt. Wiggins
Japan
21St Transportation
Raymond Donoho
Locust St
Donald Donoho
Donoho
Modosaka
Pfc
Music Camp Students Present Rotary Program
Six Midwest Music Camp students performed a mixed vocal and instrumental program at a Rotary Club meeting held at the Eldridge Hotel. Camp director Prof Russell Wiley introduced each soloist including Ruth Jean Henry Winfield violinist Emason Greer Pittsburg pianist Merrilyn Coleman Frankfort soprano Jerry Hart Warsaw Mo bass baritone Mary McGill Sterling cornetist and Shirley Brown Lees Summit dle pisni.
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Rotary Club
Eldridge Hotel
Russell Wiley
Ruth Jean Henry
Winfield
Emason Greer
Pittsburg
Merrilyn Coleman
Frankfort
Jerry Hart
Warsaw
Mary McGill
Sterling
Shirley Brown
Lee's Summit
Dle
Markets At a Glance and Local Blood Drives
Rayl Stoe ready, most fractions lower, liquidation and hedging. Chicago wheat higher, heavy flour business. Corn lower, sixteen blood donors sign up for Bloodmobile visit today and 22. Recruiting centers reopen tomorrow in front of Gibbs Clothing Store and Weaver's.
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RAYL
Stoe
Liquidation & Hedging
Chicago
Downtien
Gibbs Clothing Store
Weaver's
Lawrence Underpass Floods Prompt Pump Rescue
Rainy Sunday left an underpass in Lawrence with a foot of water until a street department worker activated the automatic pump. A new addition to the Lawrence historical collection at the city building was a long-used plow from 1870 donated by George Neal’s community and reconditioned by Hank Horrell of Vinland. Walter Varnum, custodian, noted growing gifts and the archive’s Thursday open hours from 2 to 4 pm.
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Union Pacific
Lawrence
Sid
Douglas County
George Neal
Fo’munity
Nk Horrell
Vinland
Horrell
Walter Varnum
Ottawa Resident Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. W. H. Church, 92, longtime Ottawa resident, died Sunday night after a lengthy illness. She arrived by three children, Mrs. J. William Colley of Tulsa, Mrs. H. Griffith of Oberlin, Ki, and Roy B. Church of Ottawa. She was a member of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Her husband was killed in an automobile accident in 1940.
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Ottawa
W. H. Church
J. William Colley Tulsa
H. Ggiffith
Oberlin
Roy B. Church
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Wall Street Mixed As Market Closes Lower On Gains Slipping
The Day in Wall Street reports a cautious session in New York with prices fluctuating about two points, higher stocks leading while oils faltered. Volume was light at around 1.5 million shares after Friday’s 1,040,000, and major sectors including steels, motors, and railroads showed better activity, oils slipping late amid selling. Card of thanks from Mrs. Joseph F. Lesch and family mourns the loss of their husband and father.
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New York
io—County
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