Globe Circler’s Diary Sees Algiers Coast and Med Cruise
The narrative covers Truich clippers turning to tile orders and a Mediterranean run aboard ships under the Jolly Roger, with notes on Algerian towns Bizerte and Algiers. It contrasts urban growth, Casbah life, and postwar political concerns including unions, communism, and foreign influence amid Allied operations. It also recalls air battles near Cape Bon and Junkers remaining in use, while describing Algiers population shifts and urban features.
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Mediterranean
Barbary
Lawrence man elected Nebraska Lumbermen’s Association head
Lawrence residents report Lawrence Memorial Hospital appeals for blood donors to aid a young woman student at Baker University. Two volunteers, William Paden and Nellie Mantey, responded promptly. Selective Service completed sending out draft questionnaires for men born 1922 to 1929.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Red Cross Office
William Paden
Alabama Street
Nellie Mantey
Miswimsippi Street
Haker University
Selective Service Office
Mrs. Mille Heads Field Army for Rat Survey in Lawrence
Mrs R C Mille route 4 appointed chairwoman of a field army of women workers to survey rat problems in Lawrence residential areas. She will recruit 400 captains across 16 districts to mobilize housewives for distributing information. A March 28 meeting at the high school will train block workers and show a health service exhibit on rat control. The men’s group begins work April 18 under Simon Hurwitz.
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R. C. Mille
Mills
Lawrence
Alh City
United States Public Health Service
Simon Hurwitz
Missouri River ice jam conditions ease at key gauges
Weather bureau says conditions on the Missouri River remain broadly stable from Kickapoo Bend to near Atchison with a 16.9 foot stage at the Doonpad and 25.19 at Atchison. Minor changes include a .11 foot drop at Atchison in eight hours and a one inch fall at East Atchison airport amid ongoing flood relief near U S Highway 59.
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Kansas City
Mar
Missouri River
Weather Bureau
Ralph Aldrich
Kickapoo Bend
Forrest City
Int
St. Joseph
Atchison
East
Sugar Lake
Leavenworth
Platte
Agency
Missouri
Window displays invite World Day of Prayer observances downtown
Window displays highlighting the World Day of Prayer invite shoppers to 2 pm Friday services at First Christian church. J C Penney on Massachusetts Street features a manikin with ceremonial Indian attire dedicated to Ruth French a Haskell Institute student. Sommer’s Grocery shows a large poster The World in the Shadow of a Promise designed by Westminster Fellowship and Eather Black KU graduate art student.
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First Christian Church
J. C. Penney
Massachusetts Street
Ruth French
Haskell Institute
Sommer’s
Eather Black
Art Setudent
Woestminster
Man Pleads Guilty to Stop Sign Violation in County Court
Edwin L. Rice of 105 West Fourth Street pleaded guilty this morning in county court to failing to stop at a stop sign. He was fined $10 plus costs. The complaint was signed by Highway Patrolman E. F. Monmau.
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Edwin L. Rice
West Fourth Street
Costa
E. F P. Monmau
Memorial Hospital Patient Roll Call Noted Names
A list of individuals associated with Memorial Hospital includes Larry Lee Akin Route 2 Georg Ackerman Baldwin William Reynolds 414 West Fourteenth Street Mrs Grace Miller Offerie Robert Jennings Kansas City Mo James Yeater Albany Lonnie Landon 846 Maine Street Raymond Nichols 1617 Alabama Street Barbara Hobson Sunflower Mrs Jean ONeill Balding Frank Vaughn 861 Lyone Street Harry Strong Baldwin Mrs Gordon Oswald and baby 730 Illinois Street George Eberhart 343 East Twelfth Street Mrs May Hobson Baldwin Mrs Patricia Notrom 1316 Tennessee Street Mrs Thomas Eweet and baby 742 Maine Street Winona Wannell 714 New Hampshire Street Mrs D W Woodward and baby 742 Rhode Island Street.
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Larry Lee Akin
Georg Ackerman
Baldwin
William Reynolds
West Fourteenth Street
Grace Miller
Offerie
Robert Jennings
Kansas City
James Yeater
Albany
Lonnie Landon
Maine Street
Raymond Nichols
Alabama Street
Barbara Hobson
Jean O'Neill
Frank Vaughn
Lyone Street
Harry Strong
Gordon Oswald
Illinois Street
George Eberhart
East Twelfth Street
May Hobson
Patricia Nostrom
Tennessee Street
Thomas Eweet
Winona Wannell
New Hampshire Street
D. W. Woodward
Rhode Island Street
Birth Reports For Mackie and Weston Families
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Mackie of Council Grove and Anton welcomed a son yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. John Weston of Route 11 had a second child today.
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T. S. Mackie
Council Grove
John Epee
Alabama Street
John Weston
Kansas 1951 Legislature Tackles School Laws and Officials Pay
Kansas lawmakers consider a concurrent resolution directing a thorough study of existing school legislation. A new senate bill would raise governor pay to 10 000 and other offices to 7000 6000 annually starting 1951 terms.
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Topeka
Mar
Kansas
Senate
Committee On Education
Legislative Council
Thoro
House
Rupit
Senate Education Committee
Lloyd Ruppenthal
McPherson
Education Committee
van Rob
Second of Cities
Riverside Community News and Social Tidbits
The Riverside community hosts a March 1 event at Enna Rowing Hall with attendees listed, a March 8 club meeting at 7:30 with planned program by Sunflower 4-3 and Community Traders, and a pie supper at the hall. Births include a son at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on February 22.
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Mroosadt
Carl van Halcen
Artis Springer
Wit
Brace
Tatlin Devinn
Air
Lawrence Mms
Suzanne
Ilke
Mer
Lawrener Shark
Hong Arid
Ebwer Husted
Stanley Ma
George Luster
Minersian Club
Enna
Ligty Springer
eMilford Oswald
Lawrence Annnanen
Lawrence Metorat Hospital
Masdalveon
Mary Tno Tauris
Carrie Erice
Henkers
Buneerleaon
Mary Jim Springer
Helen ¥ Thompson
Lloyd Mite
Morlen
Anna Wiley
Pritts Wi
Dan
Mienet
Claris &Pringer
Parkin Melman
Alife Koehler
Excelsior Springs
Tim
Lawrence Memorial Knox
Berniece Wikeins
Christy Springer
Kit Thempean
Suday
Clarris Springer
Garden City to rebuild elevator after October fire
The Garden City Cooperative Exchange plans reconstruction of its Lowe elevator destroyed by a October fire. The new concrete structure will hold about 20 000 bags and aim for completion by the summer harvest. Escaped on crutches a 75 year old man fled a burning two room home in Ne aty. Public officials note safety concerns after the blaze.
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Garden City
Kan
Garden City Cooperative Exchange
Lowe
Chetopa
Mar
John L. Atkinson
Neaty
Borni
Romeo by mail case shocks nation in lonely hearts scam
Grand Rapids authorities charged Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck with murder after they confessed to luring women through lonely hearts clubs to steal and kill. The killings included Delphine Downing and her 20 month old daughter Rainelle, with bodies found in Michigan and New York. Prosecutor McMahon said the pair traveled coast to coast exploiting unsuspecting women for money.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Romeo
Aworthy
Balding
Raymond Mar
Linea Fernandez
Ace Martha Beck
Roger C. McMahon
McMahon
Delphine Downing
Rainelle
Here
Narby Byron Center
Grand Rapids
New York
Ozone Park
Queens
Fernandes
Beck
South
Middle West
Mia
Downing
Mahon
Moniv
Mub
Arteria
Fernandez
Thrus Correspondence Club
Pensacola
Fla
Lonely Hearts
Truman rent control extension faces Democratic opposition
President Truman asks for a two year extension of broadened rent controls but faces opposition from Democrats at both ends of the capitol. Senator Sparkman opposes a 24 month extension yet supports continuance to June 30 next year and will hold hearings as banking subcommittee chair. Existing controls expire at month’s end. Chanute FFA team wins invitational poultry judging with 65 participants from nine southeast Kansas towns. Richard Reinhardt of Chanute tops individuals. Color blindness discussed as either acquired or congenital.
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Washington, Mar
Truman
Sparkman
Congress
Senate
Chanute
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Millie Hackley
Mrs Millie Hackley aged 81 died at Figg path at Saw age from Howard. She was a member at St James AME Church. Survived by children Lawrence and Bowser Lee and a nephew. Burial and service details not specified.
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Millie Hackley
North Path
Howard
St. James Ame
Crarch
Chan Hacker
Witham
Heckey
Seac
Ca Hackley
al! Lawrence
Bowser Lee
City to grade dirt streets as weather permits
About 100 North Lawrence property owners packed the council room to hear City Engineer J C Harper explain that dirt streets will be graded when possible and that all-weather surfacing depends on owners petitioning and paying paving costs. Mayor Parsons promised Locust Street resurfacing.
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Lawrence
City Hall
J. C. Harper
North Lawrence
James H. Parsons
Locust Street
Lew Henry
Council Streets Committee
Reports of mistreatment of Liberty Memorial High School girls
Police investigate multiple incidents at Liberty Memorial High School where an unidentified man followed girls into rest rooms and made improper remarks. A school employee obtained the suspect's car plate, and officials arrange a plan to prevent further incidents.
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Liberty Memorial High School
C. A. Bliesner
E. J. Logsden
E. L. Novotny
Neal Wherry
Logsden
Board of Education
Chicago Wheat Firm At Close On Short Receipts
Kansas City and Chicago markets show mixed grain and livestock activity with heavy receipts, higher cattle and hog prices, and futures moving with spot limits. Wheat and corn directions vary, while butter and poultry rates reflect regional demand fluctuations and supply shifts.
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Kanaan City
Kansas City
Mehit
Ted Atum
Kellogg's All-Bran doubles money back offer
An advertisement promises relief from constipation by eating Kellogg's All-Bran daily. Consumers are urged to mail the empty carton to Kellogg’s in Battle Creek, Michigan, for a double money back refund after ten days.
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Kellogg's
Kell Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wall Street Opens Mixed as Trading Slows After Early Support
New York March 2 Investors marked down fractions at the open, with turnover slow by recent standards. General Electric, Caterpillar, International Paper, American Can, and Southern Pacific led the list as traders weighed early gains against broader market caution.
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Wall Street
New York
Mit
Te- May
Hicher
Dar
General Moyers
Cldrich
Séars-Roebu
Caterpillar Travtor
American Thone
Two Freight Trains Collide Near Leavenworth
A northbound Missouri Pacific and a southbound Chicago Great Western train collided at Cochrane siding three miles south of Leavenworth. Seven cars derailed delaying service to Kansas City. A fireman aboard the Missouri Pacific was slightly injured and taken to a Kansas City hospital. name not released.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Here
Kansas City
Chicago Great Western
Cochrane
Missouri Pacific
Train Wreck Causes Delays as Locomotive Sustains Minor Damage
Six cars were badly splintered with one leaping tracks and no train dived into an adjacent field. The Missouri Pacific locomotive was slightly damaged and several trains were delayed by the pile up. Both linen detoured over Burlington tracks between here and Kansas City as crews cleared wreckage. Card of thanks from Mr and Mrs Leo Dyer and Arthur Smith family expresses gratitude for kindness and sympathy after bereavement.
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Missouri Pacific
Burlington
Here
Kansas City
Flowere
Bob
Leo Dyer
Arthur Smith
Betty
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Nebraska Lumbermen Merchants Association of Nebraska
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B.C. Mille
Rat Survey
Memorial Hospital
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Pat Kenneday
Basketball Association of America
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Ferguson
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Nat Imstlilers Penney
Howick
Gene Kelly
Judy Garland
June Allyson
Mickey Rooney
Perry Como
Fred Macmurray
Frank Sinatra
Valli
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Lawrence Transfer End Storage Company Inc
Phelps
Lawrence Loan & Finance Co
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Stan Schwahn
Jesse James
Patee
Aac Piano CO
Technolanie
Authorized Kimball
Lew
Law
Union Bus Depot
Mass
Overland Greyhound Lines
Southwestern Greyhound Lines
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