Farwell grain dealer convicted of converting government grain
Federal court jury found C. M. Henderson 61, a Farwell Texas dealer and former mayor, guilty on 47 counts and innocent on six after two hours forty-five minutes of deliberation. Henderson’s Farwell firm entered receivership December 27 while he owed large grain quantities to CCC and the Garden City company. The case involves misused government grain and related bankruptcy after a Garden City bankruptcy. Sentencing pending a defense motion for new trial.
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Amarillo
C. M. Henderson
Farwell
Tex
Henderson
Garden Grain and Seed Co
Garden City
Kas
R- D
Settle
U. S
Commodity Credit Corporation
Henrson
GE Lamp Division Officials Named in Kansas Power and Light Notice
Department of General Electric lists Guy G. Harper lamp division GE Mrs Eugene W Hailey Mrs Forrest Springer Max Johnson and Neal Thompson illuminate engineer all of Kansas Power and Light Co.
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General Electric
Guy G. Harper
Lamp
Eugene W. Hailey
Forrest Springer
Max Johnson
Neal Thompson
Kansas Power and Light Co
Named to Faculty Haight named assistant professor at KU chemistry
Dr Gilbert P Haight Jr receives appointment as assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Kansas announced by Chancellor Franklin D Murphy He is a former Rhodes scholar to Oxford and has served at Georgetown Washington D C A Seattle native he earned a Stanford AB with distinction in 143 and studied at Princeton University for three wartime Manhattan projects
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Gilbert P. Haight Jr
University For Kansas
Franklin D. Murphy
Haight
Rhodes
Oxford University
England
Georgetown University
Washington
D. C
Seattle
Wash
Stanford University
Princeton University
Manhattan
Prof
First KU field trip for mining students planned
The University of Kansas Mining and Metallurgical Engineering department schedules a 10 mile first annual field trip for advanced students. Led by Prof. Rhe, at least 32 will tour 16 mineral plants from Lawrence to Colorado sites including a salts plant, gypsum mines, smelter and mill, oil shale, zinc and other mines. Possible Denver visits to mint or manganese Co. await confirmation. Prof. Rose aims to make it a required graduation course.
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University of Kansas
Rhe
Lawrence
Wilde
Salts Company
Bfulchinson
Sun City
Colorado
Publo
Cresson
Victor
Rifle
Gilman
Leadville
Climax
Denver
Pottery
American Manganese Shet Co
U. S. Mint
One Armed Man Rescues Three From Lake Elsinore Tragedy
In Elsinore California six siblings drifted on a raft in Lake Elsinore after a wind sent their raft adrift. A one armed man, Joe Kuperwitz, 50, saved the three youngest as the others perished. He dove in near the raft and pulled three into his boat before another slip occurred.
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Elsinore
Calif
Lake Elsinore
Joe Kuperwitz
Kuperwitz
Nephew of Local Woman Reported Killed in Korea
Mrs. W. R. Adams learns her nephew MM of Kansas City Missouri died in Korea on the Fourth while serving with the 45th Division on Baldy Mountain. He had two years in the army and overseas a year. He would have returned home today. Sgt L Hhommedieu had visited Lawrence with his father's sister, Mrs Adams, and family. Surviving relatives include his parents, two brothers R L Lhommedieu of Platte County Missouri and Duane L hommedieu at home, and three sisters Mrs C V Beaman Mrs F L Gatewood and Yvonne Lhommedieu, all of Kansas City or the home.
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W. R. Adams
Korea
M. F. 1 'Hommedieru
Kansas City
45Th
OM Baldy Mountain
Army
Sgt. L/Hommechen
Lawrence
Adams
R. L. L'Hommedieu
Platte County
Missouri
Duane L'Hommedieu
C. V. Beaman
F. L. Gatewood
Yvonne, L'Hommedieu
FBI Taking Ballistics Test in Wetmore Slaying
In Wetmore Kan sas Brown County officers report 49 year old James Turner was killed by .22 caliber bullets fired through a screened kitchen window. Mrs Maude Rolfe 74, a farm widow, was wounded in the hip. Burglary suspects took Turners .22 rifle a week earlier. Ballistics tests are being conducted on bullets recovered from Turners body.
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Wetmore
Wan
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
James Turner
Turner
Maude Rolfe
Rolfe
Brown County
POW CAMP COMMANDER NAMED FOR KOREA SLOTS
Brig. Gen. Haydon Boatner who shattered a mutinous stance of Communist prisoners on Koje Island last month was appointed commander of all prisoner of war camps in Korea.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Haydon
1Ruill Boatner
Koje Island
Opening Sunday Demonstration Home Shows Modern Lighting
Open house at Park Hill housing development features the Kansas Power and Light Co illumination system. GE light-rendering fixtures remote control wiring and wall switches control all lights from bedrooms. Decor and furnishings by local firms and experts, with Miss Margaret Sanders assisting. Open 12:30 PM next Sunday.
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Park
Sas Power and Light
Weakley Furniture Co
Weaver
Brune Plumbing, Heating, and Electrical Co
Don Alexander
Weavers
Kansas
General Electric
Frity Elvig
Fline
Tiin
Margaret. Sanders
Harpeint
BLS. Davis
Graybar Electric Co
L. Bweeney
FBI Conviction Rate 97 Percent in 1952 Figures
Washington reports the Justice Department noted 97 percent of persons tried in FBI cases during fiscal 1952 were convicted. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said 6,006 convictions occurred, with sentences totaling over 22,600 years plus life terms. A separate May 1952 note records Mars coming within 30 million miles of Earth.
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Jast Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J. K Hoover
Mars
Earth
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