Norway's Toasts Get Foreigners in Trouble
Hal Boyle reports on Norway's skaaling, a harsh toasting ritual that forces guests to salute neighbors between sips of aquavit. The custom, seen as social glue, can leave newcomers with severe hangovers and a strong immunity to future rejections, while Norwegians insist on shared drinking to avoid solitary overindulgence. Oslo nightlife thrives but enforces strict drunken driving penalties, with jail time for intoxicated drivers.
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Hal Boyle
Oslo
Norway
United St
Brooklyn
Portland
Ore
Tananyika
Guatemala
Mrs. H. K. Ebright To Leave Hospital Soon
Baldwin correspondent for the Journal-World for over 20 years Mrs. Ebright is expected to return home in two or three days after a slight infection prompted observation at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She plans to resume news gathering duties and remains alumna adviser for Alpha Chi Omega.
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Homer K. Ebricht
Lawerence
Baker University
Baldwin
Journal-World
Ebright
Laker
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Straish
Ehright
Alpha Chi
Boy Js Picked Up Here
12 year old Bob Sales, escapee from Kansas Boys Industrial School in Topeka, held by police. Home in Leavenworth, previously interned for wrecking a freight train and shooting street lights. Held at police station for Industrial School authorities. In Memoriam notice for Jacob Nibarger, dated 1945. McPherson County AAA reports 37 bushels of M414 wheat sold under scent bonus plan from April 22 to May 25.
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Bob Sales
Kansas Boys’ Illustrial Schene
Topeka
Sales
Leavenworth
Union Pacific
WicPherson
Kan
McPherson County
B P W Club to Hear of Outstanding Club Year
The Lawrence Business and Professional Women’s club will report June 4 at 8:30 at the Hearth reviewing a year noted for 15-plus community projects and near doubling of membership. Members from diverse professions support causes from Cancer Control to overseas relief while funding educational loans for girls.
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Lawrence Business and Professional Women's Club
Mary Neustifter
Cancer Control Fund
Red
Chine Nurses’ Fund
Tuberculosis Association
Victory Clothing
K.P. W
Europe
Lawrence B. P. W
Lawrence
Ning
P. X
Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Youthful Composer With Lawrence Roots Broadcast Debut
Peter Michaels a 16 year old with Lawrence lineage will perform his 8 part a cappella piece on the Fred Waring show. The composition won first prize in a national high school song contest and is inspired by Kipling. He has written more than 40 pieces in two years and focuses on choral music while preparing for this broadcast.
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Peter Act Aeles
W. Ot. Flintom
Lawrence
Flintom
R. C. Dis
Belle Dix
George Edwards
Kansas City
Gertrude Edwards
Michaels
Dix Edwards
Edwards-Ludwig- Fuller Jewelry Company
Kansas
Young
Peter Michaels
Kipling
Fred Waring
Chanute Attorney James A. Allen Dies in St Louis
James A. Allen, 61, Chanute Kansas attorney and senior partner of Allen and Dunham, died at Barnes Hospital in St Louis after a long illness from leukemia. A former president of Victory Life Insurance Co of Topeka, and of the First National Bank of Chanute, he led Neosho county Republican committees and the Kansas State Bar Association in 1923-24. A Baker University and Columbia Law School graduate, he had long served in regional legal and civic roles.
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St. Louis
James A. Allen
Chanute
Kan
Barnes Hospital
Lukemia
Allen and Dunham
Victory Life Insurance Company of
Topeka
First National Bank of
Allen
State Bar Association
Neosho County
Decrease in Unemployment Claims Tied to Holiday and Rail Strike
At the Lawrence unemployment office 601 claims were filed for the week ending June 1, down from 788 the prior week. Manager Walter T. Johns cited Memorial Day closure and Thursday postponements, with the rail strike disrupting mail and delaying some processing into next week.
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Lawrence
Walter T. Johns
Johns
Root elected president of Kansas Wesleyan University
Dr. Herbert Jackson Root, pastor of College Hill Methodist church in Wichita, was chosen president of Kansas Wesleyan University Salina board of trustees announced. He succeeds Dr. E Morrow who resigned. Root formerly preached at First Methodist church in Salina and is a graduate of Rhode Island State College.
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Salina
Kan
Herbert Jackson Root
College Hill Methodist Church
Wichita
Kansas Wesleyan Universe
Root
E. Morrow
Veteran Civil Indian War veteran rests at Wichita hospital
Charles Wingrove aged 101 from Clay Center Kansas rests in the Veterans Hospital Wichita. Born January 6 1845 at French Creek West Virginia he is believed to be the last survivor who witnessed General Robert E Lee surrender at Appomattox April 9 1865.
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Charles Wingrove Labove
Clay Center
Kaw
Veterans Hospital
Wichita
French Creek
W. Va
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox
Efforts to Avert Shipping Strike Briefly Renewed
Washington June 1 maritime leaders and ship operators plan another push to avert a strike set for June 15. President Truman warned he will use the army navy and coast guard if needed to keep merchant shipping running as unions press for a 40 hour week and higher pay. The Labor Secretary urged quiet negotiations and both sides avoided inflammatory statements while seeking a peaceful settlement.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
Coasts Guard
Harry Sridges
Joseph Curran
Committee For Maritime Unity
Schwellenbach
Secretary of Labor
Labor unions and ship operators in stalled maritime talks
A tense standoff in which a negotiator pledges to break any maritime strike and threaten unions, while American ship operators resist settlements. Union members plan to attend a labor department session tonight to continue seeking an agreement despite harsh rhetoric. A noted column card teases the classifieds with a Lost and Found entry and a sugar theft case in Lyons. Loura Raan, 25, waived preliminary hearing and was bound over for grand theft related to cane sugar removal from Carey Salt Company warehouse. bond set at 500 dollars.
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Ments
Labor Department
Eent
Lyons
Kan
Loura Raan
Carey Salt Company
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