Truman Defends U S Air Power in Korea Address
President Truman told the 35th Division reunion in Springfield that the U S Air Force in Korea can bomb the enemy at will within territory he controls. He warned against cutting defense budgets while Russia may plot new Koreas abroad, and outlined recent gains in air and naval forces as well as tank production. He spoke at Shrine Mosque with veterans of 1918, noting he avoided square dancing due to age.
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Springfield
Sen
Taft
Russia
Truman
Korea
U. S
Navy
Air Department
France
129Th Field Artilery
35Th Division
Sunflower Ordnance Awards Honor June 4 Ceremony
At Sunflower Ordnance, awards were presented June 4 by Commanding Officer Col. Don Hoffman for Army Efficiency Awards. Recipients and amounts included Hugh J. Freeborn $50 for extra ballistic grains, Vernie A. Thornton $10 for truck use to Kansas City, Adolph Deplue $20 for pedestrian lanes, Harry C. Downs $10 for parking lot safety costs, Marvin L. Crawford $10 for road traffic signs, William H. Tyler $10 for parking lot bumper marking, with other recent-month awards to Virgil D. Ireland $10 for luminous guard clothing, Ross T. Sherwood $10 for a bell in the scale house, Theron E. Cole $50 for quick change cam assembly, and Edward T. Lange $10 for tow truck use.
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Ordnance Sinally
Don i. Hoffman
Army
Army Department
Hugh J. Freeborn
Vernie A. Thornton
Kansas City
Adolph Deplue
Post Engineer
Harry C. Downs
Marvin L. Crawford
Beloved Boss Who Saved Scio Pottery Nationwide Famous Leader Dies
Scio Ohio mourns Lewis P. Reese who built a 342 million dollar pottery from a small capital base and transformed it into a large white dish maker. He gave employees profits via Christmas bonuses totaling over a million, including 705 thousand for 827 workers the year before a 1947 fire. Reese, 58, died in Pittsburgh after a kidney ailment and heart disease. He had sought to turn the business over to universities to create a profit sharing plan but was turned down. His brother George said the pottery will continue as best as possible.
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Reese
Pittsburgh
Virginia Durban
George
the Pouery
Senate Passes Farm Bill With 1 Percent Billion Aid
The Senate approved over 1.1 billion dollars for farm programs for the coming year, sending the measure back to the House where it had trimmed 115 million from the Senate total. Key debate centered on trimming 100 million in soil conservation payments for next year, with Sen. Anderson pushing the cut and Sen. Russell defending current levels.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Agriculture Department
Congress
Anderson
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
The
Farm Bureau
National Grange
Finuneus
EU Etinntis
Aiken
R-Vt
Commodity Credit Corporation
Fear of centralization cited by Senator at Kansas courthouse
Sen Carson R-Kasi criticized a steady move toward centralization of government at Sumner County's new $650,000 courthouse dedication. He warned of rising taxes and deficits threatening the republic, noting federal receipts could reach 100 billions in taxes for 1953 and urging no extra burden except in war.
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Wellington P
Carson R-Kasi
Carlson
Abilene
Sumner County
Washington
Eisenhower
Harrowing Kansas City Route Train Tragedy
A Missouri Pacific streamliner on the Omaha to Kansas City run struck a car near Hiawatha killing two women, then hit a truck killing its driver. Engineer Hugh M. Herbst 65 of Kansas City reported missing a car earlier. Victims included Mrs F P Ruhl and Mrs Fred Youngman 75.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Hugh M. Herbst
Kas
Missouri Pacific
Hiawatha
Anecar
F. P. Ruhl
Ruhl
Fred Youngman
Sigma Kapna Sorority
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Earl F. Jenkins
Airman and His Wife Charged in Check Fraud
FBI charged airman Staff Sgt. Ronald M. Carpenter and George Molino Sanchez with swindling more than $2,000 in Dependency allotments by posing as spouses. Sanchez was arrested in Corpus Christi Texas on morals charges, Carpenter at Travis Air Force Base California. Sanchez collected as Mrs Carpenter and split the funds with Carpenter.
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Denver
FBI
Lick
George Molino ‘Sanchez
Corpus Christi
Tex
George C. Burton
Ronald M. Carpenter
Travis Force Base
Fairfield
Calif
Burton
Sanchez
Carpenter
Taft Man Protests Concordia Kansas Delegation Split
mM-State Senator M V B Van De Mark charged Eisenhower leaders in Kansas with promoting majority rule while Taft backers say proxies were rejected. He denounced rank hypocrisy and led a Taft rump delegation after a local meeting split. The Sixth District convention seated the Taft faction, but the Topeka state convention later backed the Eisenhower delegates.
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Concordia, Kas
M. V. B. van de Mark
Kansas
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
van de Mark
Cloud County
Republican Committee
Eisenhower
Taft
Hays
Topeka
Ed Burge
Punchboards Declared Illegal by Kansas Supreme Court
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that selling punchboards is equivalent to selling lottery tickets and thus illegal. It overturned Reno County Judge Hettinger’s ruling, stating punchboards function as gambling devices and are lotteries under Kansas law.
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Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
F. B. Hettinger
Reno
Supreme Court
Kansas
Shriners Parade Highlights Ottawa Ceremonial Honoring Dr Henning
More than 730 Shriners and wives are expected Saturday for Abdallah Shrine ceremonial in Ottawa honoring Dr J R Henning. Gov Am will ride in a car with Henning, a mile long parade is planned with Arab temples from Topeka Mirza Pittsburg and Leavenworth represented. Franklin County Shrine Club hosts. In gas blast at 717 Mass St Lawrence restaurateur Ralph Gemmell suffered burns lighting a hot water heater, treated promptly, bandages remain on four fingers, no business damage.
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Ottawa
Abdallah Shrine
Leavenwyorth
J. R Henning
Gov. Am
Dr. Henning
Arab
Topeka
Mirza
Pittsburg
Moira
Leavenworth
Abdullah
Franklin County
Ralph Gemmell
Lawrence
Mass, St
Gemmell
Eisenhower open to meeting Stalin for peace
General Eisenhower said he would consider arranging a meeting with Premier Stalin if it would promote peace but deemed East West differences non negotiable while the Soviet Union suppresses free government. He urged work and sacrifice to secure peace amid a broad press conference and public queries on war powers and relations with Alger Hiss.
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Enhower
Stalin
Soviet Union
U. S
Supreme Court
Congress
Eisenhower
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Mr. Hiss
Moreau to Hear Dispute As Commissioner in NPA
Dean F. J. Moreau of the University of Kansas Law School will hear his first case as National Production Authority Region 9 commissioner next week. He travels to St. Louis on Monday to review an inventory dispute, returns to KU on Wednesday, then heads to Washington for a conference on June 23 to 25. The Moreaus will then visit Philadelphia New York and Cape Cod before returning to Lawrence in July.
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Dean F. J. Moreau
University of Kansas Law School
National Production Authority
Region 9
St. Louis
K. U
Dean Moreau
Washington, D. C
National Production Authority Commissioners Conference
Washington, D.C
Moreaus
Philadelphia
New York
Cape ,Cod
Lawrence
Maybe Santa Claus Abandoned It
In Quincy Massachusetts an old fashioned two seat sleigh weighing 300 pounds was found atop the ridge pole of city hall at daybreak Saturday. No one could explain how it got there. The ridgepole is about 50 feet above ground. Firemen found no signs of tackle or a ladder and said the sleigh was too large to have reached the top through the sky light.
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Quincy
Mass
City Hall
Funds Grow For Kansas City Nitrate Plant Project
Consumers Cooperative Association of Kansas City has surpassed six million dollars in a sixteen million dollar nitrate fertilizer plant venture east of Lawrence on Highway 10. The drive relies on 10 year 4 1/2 percent and 20 year 4 1/2 percent certificates with 6,900 farmers and other investors across a nine state area.
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Consumers Cooperative Association of Kansas City
Lawrence
Highway 10
Journal-World
CCA
Howard A. Cowden
CAA
Defense Production Administration
CPA
Cowden
Allied jets blast nine MIGs in week of air battles
Allied jet fighters shot down nine Communist MIGs over the past week and damaged four more with no losses in aerial combat. An F-80, a T-6, and a B-26 were reported lost to anti aircraft fire or mission issues. On the ground, U N infantrymen halted Chinese advances near Chorwon as Eighth Army described Friday actions as light along the 155 mile front.
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Seoul
Korea
Air Force
U. N
Chorwon
Eighth ‘Army
Taft Offers Compromise On Delegations Spurned By Eisenhower
Taft proposed a settlement on rival GOP nominating delegations including 38 Texas 16 Louisiana 17 Georgia and five Mississippi delegates. Eisenhower campaign managers rejected the plan though Eisenhower said it sounds good. Texas leaders and national committeeman Zweifel reacted differently.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
South
Eisenhower
Ohio
Texas
Louisiana
Georgia
Mippi
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
Jack Porter
Houston
GOP
Henry Zweifel
Ft. Worth
Oak Ridger barber offers free pickup and delivery for boys
Oak Ridge barber Glenn Moses announces starting Monday a free pickup and delivery haircut service for boys. He will pick up a child at his home, cut hair to instructions, and return him, charging one dollar for the haircut.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Oak Ridger
Glenn Moses
Colby Electrician Fatally Burned Working On Power Line
A city electrician, 29, Bill Harper, was fatally burned after contact with a live power line while working on a Fri day assignment. Authorities say the incident occurred during routine maintenance near Colby.
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Colby
jKas
Bill Harper
City Electrician
Lawrence 1952 Building Boom Sets New County Record
Five months into 1952 Lawrence's building activity shatters records with Willard Larkin issuing 20 permits in May valued at 145 150. Among them 16 permits for new dwellings totaling about 135 500 push year to unprecedented levels, with five month total permits valued at 1 887 845 surpassing 1950 high and edging past 1951 figures. Numerous homes and extensions listed with values from 500 to 12 000 reflect ongoing construction surge citywide.
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Lawrence
Willard Larkin
Ing
Thea
la, Sts
8Th
Wt. Sts
Mo. Sts
Inspector Larkin Uits
E. L. Terneden
Summit
Robert R. Sexton
R. E. Phelps
Kapfer
James Rissma
J. C. Dyer
Howard Moore
A. M. Underwood
Lee Cox
Fred Kahn
C. F. Son
Ark
M.A. Logan
Fred Biall
Wilfred Fudaly
Barker
Homer N. Nelson
William Tenn
H. T. Smith
Prospect
Mrs. Stevens
Prairie
Leland L. Stewart
Conn
Hatfield and Jackson
Edna Nightingale
Maple Lane
Rosa BR
Warm Weekend Forecast for Kansas Cities and Plains
Forecaster Richard Garrett predicts a warm weekend across much of Kansas with cooler northwest regions. Fair to cloudy skies, local afternoon thundershowers in the northwest, low 55 to 56 in the west and around 70s east Saturday night. Sunday highs 80s to 95s, reaching 90s to mid 90s in the southeast. Peak readings: Leavenworth 91, higher temps in North Dakota and Texas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Leavenworth
Mercury
North Dakota
Presidio
Tex
Cooller
Ham
Fort Worth
Kaiswa
AnRars
Vyark
Laos
State Architect Resigns From Kansas Post
TOPEKA Charles Marshall state architect for seven years submitted his resignation to Governor Ann effective August 31. He plans to enter private business after leading the state building program begun under Carlson. A native of Atchison and Kansas State graduate, Marshall was named state architect in 1945 by Gov Schoeppel after ten years as assistant architect.
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Topeka
Charles Marshall
Ann
Marshall
Carlson
Atchison
Kansas State, College
Schoeppel
Change in Soviet Ambassadors Shocks Washington
Moscow named Georgi Zarubin, former ambassador to Canada during the 1946 spy ring exposure, as its new envoy to London. Alexander Panyushkin, the outgoing ambassador, heads to New York for voyage and a new appointment. Veteran diplomats say there is little evidence of a shift in Soviet policy toward the United States.
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Wallington
Moscow
Georgi Zarubin
London
Canada
Zarubin
Alexander
Panyushkin
State Department
New York
Potatoes Shortage Affects Lawrence Restaurants
Lawrence restaurants face potato shortages amid rising prices and rumors of peeled potatoes sold at high cost. Some outlets report limited peeled or ready peeled fry potatoes, with cooks using a safe solution to prevent drying and discoloration as supply remains tight.
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Lawrence
Artior
Blue phantom fires on motorists in central Illinois
The blue phantom, a sharpshooter on Timingis highways, fired at four drivers Friday causing one injury. State police widened a 70 mile search area across Central Illinois as the recent wave of shootings rose to eight motorists shot at. George M. Cushing of Pontiac was hurt with a cut right arm when the assailant in a blue sedan opened fire ten miles north of Bloom Winston.
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Decatur
Tl Um
Illinois
George M. Cushing
Pontiac
City Art Studio to Open Monday for Lawrence Youth
The annual Summer Art Studio begins at 9 a.m. in Old High southeast building with 339 enrolled. registration starts Monday at 8 a.m. through July 3 Monday through Friday junior high through high school may attend with classes in weaving spinning painting and more under director Mrs Ed Wood and staff.
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Nume Mer
Lawrence
The
Recreation Commission
Old High
Junior High
Kentucky Sts
Eaily
Ed Wood
Eli Wood
Barbara Friesen
Dorothy Saunders
Frances McClery
Jane West
Shirley Brown
Misa Jazel Dawson
F. S. Deem
Liberty Memorial High School
G. C. Gillum
Jayhawk Plunge
Howard Stringham
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Defense Dept Lists 106 New Casualties in Korea
The Defense Department identified 106 additional battle casualties in Korea on Saturday. The new list names 22 killed, 78 wounded, and six injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
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