Ford offers job security plan to CIO workers
Detroit News reports Ford Motor Co offers the CIO United Auto Workers a job security plan tied to a 55 million dollar fund, aiming to meet the union's guaranteed annual wage demand. The proposal echoes earlier partnership prosperity ideas and could ease talks as the union postpones a strike pending further consideration.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Hot Moist May Weather Details From 1909 Record
Posey reports May 1909 temperatures ranged from 45 to 88 degrees with a high on May 6 and a low on May 8. Mean temperature reached 68.05, while last year’s May averaged 61.18 and the record low is 58.43 in 1917. The month had 56.45 percent cloudiness and 6 clear, 10 cloudy, 15 partly cloudy, 7 rainy days and seven thunderstorms.
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Posey
First Summer Concert Friday in South Park
The first of the summer band concerts will be at 8 p.m. Friday in South Park. Senior and junior high pupils plus a few adults form the band under Charles Kassinger. Younger musicians will begin later. The city schools sponsor the program. The program includes Star Spangled Banner March Waves of the Danube Humoresque Champions on March Abide With Me The Gypsy Baron Vienna Life Dixie Patrol.
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South Park
Charles Kassinger
Smith
Holmes
Ivanovici Humoresque
Dvorak
Sirmula
Vienna Life
Dixie Patrol
Meacham- Koster
Polio Vaccine Cases in U S Reach 116 Total
The Public Health Service reports 116 post vaccination polio cases in the United States, with at least 42 paralytic cases among family and other contacts of vaccinated individuals. Two new cases were added, in Oregon and Virginia.
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U. S
Washington
Public Health Service Today
Oregon
Virginia
Hall Commutes 18 of 128 Inmates at State Penitentiary
TOPEKA Gov. Fred Hall granted sentence commutations to 18 of 128 inmates whose executive clemency applications were heard April 28. Five applications were passed and 105 denied, with the governor issuing the clemency decisions from the hearing results.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
Droodles by Roger Price and the old boxing tie in
A humorous note recounts Roger Price crediting Bob Olin the former boxer who once ruined a New York restaurant. The author recalls Chicago YMCA boxing days and a famed rear view punch, joking about future restaurant ownership with a boxing career.
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Bob Olin
N. Y
Noy
KU Endowment Sees Record Gifts and Housing Plans
The KU Endowment Association reports rising gifts and bequests pushing funds toward the $2 million level. Major bequests include Loren M. Gensman’s approximately $87,000 for the Law School, while the Watkins trust declines due to drought. Housing moves include Sunflower Apartments purchase and plans for faculty housing on campus land as study considers rental housing for staff.
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Murphy
Youngberg
Kansas University
Greater University Fund
Whico
Youngbere
Greiter University Fund Advisory Board
Association
Loren M. Gensman
K. U. Law School
Watkins Trust
Kansas
Watkins
School of Medicine
K.U
Lawrence
Officials Add New Name To Udall Storm Victims
Disaster officials added Ila Lavone Mangram to the Udall tornado victim list in Kansas. She is the mother of Sylvia Ann Mangram and Michael Ray Mangram, previously listed among May 25 storm dead. The official fatality total remains 77 for Udall and Oxford after removing a duplicate listing for William A. Atkins and Bill Atkins.
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Winfield, Kas
Ila Lavone Mangram
Udall
Kas
Sylvia Ann Mangram
Michael Ray Mangram
Oxford
William A. Atkins
Bill Atkins
Malone Joins State Revenue Study Advisory Panel
Malone, director of Kansas University Bureau of Business Research, is hired as a consultant to the Legislative Council committee studying the state's revenue system. A three person advisory panel to be named by Gov. Fred Hall will aid the effort. Malone begins immediately, remaining half-time at KU until Feb. 1, 1956, then returns full-time.
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Paul Malone
Bureau of Business Research
Kansas University
Legislative Council
Fred Hall
Malone
K. U
University
Centennial at Holton pageant scheduled in June
Holton plans a centennial celebration for June 9 10 and 11 with a historical pageant on Thursday and Friday nights Director of the pageant is Mrs Virginia Reichart who staged the centennial pageant last autumn at Valley Falls.
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Holton Holton
Virginia Reichart
Valley Falls
Boeing reports field upgrades keep B47 Bombers combat-ready
Work crews at Forbes Air Force Base and two other Strategic Air Command bases modify B47 Stratojet bombers on site to reduce downtime. Boeing says the partial field program updates aircraft toward a configuration similar to new Stratojets, with work done in two eight-man teams. In a separate item, Wanda Lee McCartney, 28, of Topeka, is jailed in Douglas County on a charge of concealing mortgaged property linked to the Topeka slaying case.
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Nho
Boeing Airplane Co
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Forbes
Boeing
Air Force
Lawrence
Clarence
Boots) Shields
Douglas County
Billy Hodson
Wanda Lee McCartney
15Th St
Sterling
Colo
John Miller
Curtis Shoop
Albert Roy Miller
Shoop
Miller
McCartney
Hodson
Shawnee
Donnelly Scholarships Awarded to 21 Seniors
Donnelly scholarships totaling amounts from 80 to 300 have been awarded to 21 high school seniors for 1955 56 attendance at Kansas University. Recipients include Elizabeth Allen Carla Robison and Bernice Schear of Lawrence and students from New York Wyoming Korea Leavenworth Newton Topeka Olathe Emporia St Paul Manhattan and other cities.
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Arlene Cushing
Bay Ridge
N. Y
Kathleen Fiske
Cheyenne
Wyo
Kwang-Riul Han
Inchon City
Korea
Marilee Johnson
Leavenworth
Reta Lehmann
Newton
Elberta Nite
Montezuma
Joyce Rea
Branson
Monte Johnson
Celia Rodriguez
Kansas City
Dana Seacat
Emporia
Jane Thorne
Topeka
Richard Umstattd
Evelyn Updike
Olathe
Gary Watson
Gaylord
Ind
Julian Westhoff
St. Paul
Carolyn Wilcox
Bonner Springs
Kozo Yamamura
Ashiya
Japan
Joy Yee
Manhattan
Big Weekly Paper Editor Sought in Forgery Case
Great Bend Kansas officers search for 6 foot 365 pound weekly editor Bob Hattings 27 charged with forgery and uttering checks against the Great Bend Herald-Press. County Attorney Robert Southern filed the charges after his disappearance Monday night following four months as editor. Detected in Wichita and Kansas City, investigators pursue leads as Herald-Press manager reports 13 cashed checks over 1200 dollars and 20 stolen from the office. Hattings formerly sun editor and part owner of a Los Angeles suburban weekly.
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Great Bend
Kas
Kansas
Missouri
Herald-Press
Bob Hattings
Robert Southern
Hattings
Larry Prince
Wichita
Kansas City
Two Children Rescued After Car Drops Into Canal
In Schuylerville New York a mill worker left his two children in a car that rolled 10 feet down a slope and plunged 12 feet into the Champlain Canal. Passersby Jeri Mayer and Rollie Haley opened doors and pulled Wayne Jr three and Christine 18 months to safety. Both children were uninjured. Police say the boy likely pressed the car controls.
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Schuylerville
N. Y
Wayne Weidman
Champlain Canal
Jeri Mayer
Rollie Haley
Wayne Jr
Christine
New York
Young Wayne
Haircut prices rise in Lawrence shops
Regular haircuts in Lawrence barber shops have increased to 1.25 dollars from 1 dollar this past week. Some shops now charge 1.50 dollars for crew cuts, marking a notable uptick in local grooming costs.
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Lawrence
New Posts Assigned Benedictine Priests
Atchison Kansas Abbott Cuthbert McDonald announced new Benedictine priest assignments from St Benedicts Abbey. Move highlights include Patrick O Shea to St Malachys Creston Iowa Leo Ortman to Sts Peter and Paul Seneca Kansas Fidelis Forrester to St Johns Burlington Iowa Fabian Harshaw trades with James Downey Atchison Damian Beeding to St Josephs Atchison Michael Carroll to St Anns Effingham George Spiegehalter to US Navy chaplain Waunakee Wisconsin Gerald Mesmer to athletics faculty Atchison Arthur Sullivan named chemistry professor and lay brothers master Anthony Bellman moved to college faculty Edmund Pusch to Nauvoo Illinois as Benedictine Sisters chaplain.
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St. John’s
Burlington
Iowa
Fabian Harshaw
St. Benedict's Parish
Kansas City
Kas
James Downey
St. Benedict’s Parish
Atchison
Damian Beeding
Maur Hill High School
St. Joseph's
Michael Carroll
George Spiegehalter
U. S. Navy
Benedictine
Waunakee
Wis
Gerald Mesmer
Canada
St. Benedict's College
Arthur Sullivan
St.Benedict'’s Monastery
Anthony Bellman
Edmund Pusch
Sts. Peter, &. Paul
Seneca
Benedictine Sisters
Nauvoo, Ii
HospitalBirths and Local Families Welcome Newborns
Memorial Hospital reports births and family notices including Mrs. Lillian Smith at 416 WW St and Mrs. Mamie Allen Route 1 among others. Several couples welcomed daughters and sons this week, with births noted for Harriett Hamm, Leander Hamilton Jr, and Charles Oldfather among others.
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Lillian Smith
WW. St
Charles Gorham
Mamie Allen
Beatrice Davison
Elm St
Frances Sparks
Eudora
Robert M. Cohen
Given Ct
Billie Began
Ohio St
Arlene Davenport
Vt. St
William Olin
Mass. St
Kay McNichol
Ky. St
Russell Houk
Jeffrey Quinsey
Dollie Price
N. Y. St
Howard Cox
Linwood
Charles Reynolds
Barker Ct
Merritt Musick
Leander Hamilton Jr
Ala. St
Charles Oldfather
Route 5
New Doctor at DeSoto joins medical practice
Dr. M. W. Robbins of Peculiar Missouri has moved to DeSoto to engage in general medical practice. DeSoto has been without a resident physician for some time.
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M. W. Robbins
Peculiar
DeSoto
Eight Named Trustees For Baker University Eight Named Trustees For Baker University
Eight new members were elected to Baker University’s board of trustees for four year terms at the Kansas Methodist Churches conference held in Fairway near Kansas City. The gathering, with ministers and lay delegates, will conclude Sunday after pastoral appointments are announced by Bishop Dana Dawson of Topeka. New trustees: Carl Butell Baldwin banker Virgil Reeves Baldwin merchant Ernest Mehl Kansas City Star sports editor Rev John J Clinton Ottawa Rev Judd Jones Chanute Dr Herbert B Cockerill Linwood Boulevard UMC Kansas City Mo Everett R Filley Texas Oil Co vice president New York City and Dr Joseph W Thompson Kirksville Mo.
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Baker University
Baldwin
Kansas Methodist Churches
Old Mission Methodist Church
Fairway
Kansas City
Dana Dawson
Topeka
Baker Board
Carl Butell
Virgil Reeves
Ernest Mehl
The
Kansas City Star
John J. Clinton
Ottawa
Judd Jones
Chanute
Herbert B. Cockerill
Linwood Boulevard Methodist Church
Everett R. Filley
Texas Oil Co
New York City
Joseph W. Thompson
Kirksville
Salvation Army Campaign Nears Quarter of Goal in Lawrence
The Lawrence Salvation Army drive for 35000 to build a new headquarters has reached about 15000, officials said. A planning meeting was held this morning with another session slated for next week. Publicity chair Warren Leshman announced a 2500 pre campaign gift from Elizabeth Cox along with several 100 plus donations from the Lawrence National Bank, Winter Chevrolet, F H Roberts, Firemen's Relief Association, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Allen, Warren Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs. H C Brinkman, Arthur Bryan, Philip Ernst Sr.
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Lawrence
Firemen’s Relief Association
Richard Allen
Warren Zimmerman
H. C. Brinkman
Arthur Bryan
Philip Ernst Sr
Deaths and Funerals of John H. Blevins in Oskaloosa
John H. Blevins died at his home in Oskaloosa on Wednesday at age 101. Born in 1853 in Mintonville Kentucky, he moved to Jefferson County at age nine. Survived by daughter Ellen Langley of Denver, sons Ed Blevins and Bill Blevins, 242 Perry Sr., and 31 grandchildren, 55 great grandchildren, and 23 great great grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Hampton Funeral Home, with burial at Buster Cemetery.
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John H. Blevins
Oskaloosa
Mintonville
Jefferson County
Ellen Langley
Denver
Ed Blevins
Perry Sr
Bill Blevins
Hampton Funeral Home
Buster Cemetery
Death of Neuval L. Houseworth in Leavenworth
Neuval L. Houseworth, 48, died after a collapse at home on 1339 Del Street. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He worked for Rhodes Roofing Co. Surviving spouse, parents, three sons, three step-children, two sisters, three brothers, and five grandchildren are named. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Neuval L. Houseworth
del. St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Rhodes Roofing Co
Marie Houseworth
Pa. St
Ivan Eugene Houseworth
Los Angeles
Edward LeRoy Houseworth
Carpenter pleads innocent after jail escape
Kenneth Carpenter, 42, former FBI ten most wanted, pleaded innocent to two counts of bank robbery in U S District Court. He asked for medical attention for a mastoid ailment. Judge Arthur Mellett set the trial for next Monday.
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Kansas City
Kas
Kenneth Carpenter
FBI
U. S
Arthur Mellett
Mellett
Ethyl Official Speaks at Kiwanis on Gas Regulation
Jack Downs of Ethyl Corporation addressed the Kiwanis Club at noon on the Supreme Court ruling upholding regulation of natural gas producers. He argued independent producers cannot gamble and urged amending the law to lift federal controls. a bill is being prepared. Craig Irwin of Topeka attended as Kiwanis lieutenant governor.
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Jack Downs
Ethyl Corporation of
Kansas City
Kiwanis Club
Supreme Court
Downs
Craig Irwin
Topeka
Kiwanis
England Rail Union Plans Strike Offers
A union go-between committee seeks peace in Britain's nationwide rail strike now in its fifth day. Prime Minister Eden convened his Cabinet to consider government moves as a second major walkout hits about 20,000 dock workers across seven sea ports. The TUC backs peacemaking via its General Purposes Committee while Scottish coal miners press for higher pay and emergency measures aim to shield essential services.
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London
Britain
Eden
Union Congress
TUC
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Parking problems loom in downtown Lawrence meeting
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce parking and traffic committee met Wednesday and discussed 800 block Massachusetts Street arcade plans and parking options for 700 and 900 blocks. Several committee members skipped the meeting due to anticipated parking scarcity. Meanwhile Red Hogan, former Kansas University quarterback, won a golf title and welcomed a daughter with wife Helen Ward of Coffeyville.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Massachusetts Street
Williams
Red) Hogan
Kansas University
Hogan
Kansas City
Lawrence Country Club
Red
Helen Ward
Coffeyville
Miami
Jayhawk Motors Opens New Headquarters in City Block
Jayhawk Motors has moved into a new $45,000 sales and service building at 1040 Vt. St. opposite its Used car lot and three blocks south of the former site at 702 Vt. St. H. B. Krimminger, partner and manager, says carpenters are finishing final work and an opening is planned in about two weeks. The contemporary structure features a glass walled showroom at the front and a 70 by 100 foot shop area behind it.
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Jayhawk Motors
Vt. St
H. B. Krimminger
Carpenters
Lone Star Road collision near Lawrence causes $800 damage
Damage estimated at $800 from a Wednesday crash eight miles southwest of Lawrence on Lone Star Road. Drivers were John Phillip Metskey, 39, Route 5, and Othel H. Sipe, 33, Clifton, who received tickets. A second crash Wednesday at 7th and Miss. Streets involved Joseph Herman, 31, Stratford Road, and Louis A. Wulfkuhle, 60, Me. Street, with $100 damage.
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Lawrence
Lone Star Road
John Phillip Metskey
Route 5
Othel H. Sipe
Clifton
Miss. Sts
Joseph Herman
Stratford Rd
Louis A. Wulfkuhle
County Court Fines For Stop Sign and Registration Violations
Two individuals were fined in County Court on Wednesday. Chris Oscar Divich of 1645 Tenn. St. was fined $10 and costs for running a stop sign. Everett Robert Farmer Jr. of 1104 Pa. St. was fined $5 and costs for no current registration and fictitious license plates.
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Chris Oscar Divich
Everett Robert Farmer Jr
Pa. St
Japan Birth Rate Drops From 1947 Peak
The birth rate in Japan has declined from 34.3 per 1,000 population in 1947 to 21.5 currently, marking a significant demographic shift and aging population trend.
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Japan
Market Rally Pushes Wall Street Higher Across Sectors
The New York market advanced after three days of hesitation with about 2.6 million shares traded. Stocks rose 1 to 3 points led by steels, motors, railroads, aircraft, distillers, and building materials, while tobaccos steadied after yesterday's decline. Notable gainers included A S Steel, Chrysler, Goodrich, Deere, Boeing, Lockheed, Du Pont, Pan American Airways, and Loew's.
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Wall Street
New York
A. S. Steel
Chrysler
Goodrich
Montgomery Ward
Deere
Oliver Corp
Boeing
Lockheed
American Telephone
du Pont
Liggett & Myers
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pan American Airways
Loew's
Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices Stated at Kansas City Market
New York stocks report from Kansas City shows cattle at 500 head and calves 100 with slow to weak demand. Good to choice heifers 18.50 to 21.00, cows 11.00 to 13.00, canners 9.50 to 11.00, bulls 14.00 down, centers 18.00 to 21.00. Hog slaughter 1,000 with fairly active trade. weights 180 to 240 pounds 18.25 to 18.75, 250 to 265 pound butchers 17.75 to 18.25, load 312 pounds 16.25, sows 12.50 to 9.5? 95.00, under 330 pounds 15.25. Sheep 1,000 spring lambs strong 50 higher, old crop not established, ewes steady, spring lambs 21.50 to 23.00, slaughter ewes 3.00 to 4.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
USDA
Kansas City Up Wheat and Produce Prices Report
Kansas City markets show unchanged to lower wheat prices across grades with No. 2 hard at 2.37% to 2.77% and No. 3 at 2.36% to 2.75% per unit. Corn ranges from 1.52 to 1.62 with mixed and yellow varieties. Soybeans quoted around 2.44 to 2.48. Oats hold at 0.72 to 0.82. Poultry, eggs, butterfat, and hogs listed with current market rates. KC produce includes eggs, butter, poultry, turkeys, ducks, and geese with varied prices by grade and weight.
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K. C. Cash Grain
Kansas City
K. C
Beltville
Shale Buildings Stand Nevada Atom Explosion
After a nuclear blast at Survival City Nevada May 5 only two houses remained structurally intact. Both buildings used an expanded shale lightweight concrete block and precast concrete products studied by Kansas University Geological Survey. Buildex Inc Ottawa was among five firms testing damage to various residence types. The report noted minor damage to the one story lightweight shale block and to the one story precast concrete houses. The porous Buildex aggregate offers high strength lightness and heat and sound insulation and is replacing some steel in construction.
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Survival City
Nev
Kansas
Geological Survey At Kansas University
Bulldex Inc. of
Ottawa
Silversmithing Workshop at Kansas University
Kansas University hosts a week long workshop titled Silversmithing and Jewelry Making for the Small Shop aimed at junior and senior high school teachers with limited craft facilities. Instructor William H. Shaw will cover no solder methods and toolmaking with enrollment capped at 30. Fees are 22.50 with dorm housing at 2.50 per night and classes in Bailey Annex studios. Sponsors include the KU design department and University Extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Carruth
O'Leary
Bailey Annx Studios
William H. Shaw
Shawnee Mission High School
Kansas City
Pakistan Talks End Karachi Treaty Talks Concluded
Officials announced that talks on a friendship commerce and navigation treaty between the United States and Pakistan have concluded. A final draft has been sent to both governments for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karachi
Pakistan
Kansas U Grad Named City Manager of St. Louis Park
Tom Chenoweth, a 1930 industrial engineering graduate of Kansas University, is appointed city manager of St. Louis Park Minnesota. He previously served as city manager of Hutchinson and earlier as assistant city manager of Kansas City under L P Cookingham.
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Hall
Droodles
By Roger Price
Sonlllinn
K.U. Endowment
Sunflower
11Th and
Mo. Sts
K.U. Endowment Association
Olin Templin
Templin
Irving Hill
Dean Templin
Flora Boynton
Wichita, Kas
Donnelly
Memorial Hospital
Arthur Carder
Williamstown
Norma Knapp
Rex Wayne Knapp
Aqueduct
Arlene Price
Marjorie Williams
Verne Wise
Glynda Foust
Mont. St
Harold Massey
Florence Mooney
Ruby Pritchett
Alma Sedore
Harriett Hamm
N. J. St
Clara
Gaines
Betty Cavender
Mary Jane Abney
Miami Beach
Fla
Mary
Salvation Army
N. L. Houseworth
Carpenter
K. C. Ethyl
England
Lone Star
N.Y. Stocks
K. C. Livestock
Admiral
Allied
Allis
Am Motors
Am Tel & Tel
Anac Cop
Pri O
Allas Pdr
Bald Lima
Beech Aire
Beth Steel
Boeing Air
Bran
Airwi
Dayton
I'g
Eagle P
Food Mac
Flec
Gen Motors
Gulf Ou
Lion Oil
Lone Shem
Martin
Whee
Ry McKess & R
Tex
Mont Ward
Nat Biscate Satepenra
Nat Distill
Nat Gy
NY Central
Ohio Oil
Penney JC
Pa RR
Phill Pet
Uu Plough
Proct & G
Radio Cp
Reyn
St Jos
Sears Rock
Sinclair O
US Steel
Bk Das
Nevada
Lal «Aare
Ll Farmers Insurance Exchange Truck Ins Exchange & Fire Insurance Exchange
District Safes & Claims Office
Andy” Anderson
Schubert Funeral Home Ambulance Service
New Hampshire
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