Islands for sale lure postwar dreamers to lonely life
Real estate and crown lands officials report a flood of inquiries from would be island owners. Prices rise from 82 000 to 2000 per acre, yet buyers face daunting tasks building homes securing water and power and arranging transport. A good boat is essential as stores are not nearby and isolation is real though sunsets and fishing compensate for the hardship.
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Florida
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Bahamas Information Bureau
Arter
Caspian Plains
Alli
Treasure Island sale by crown aims at settlers and treasure finds
John T. McVutcheon notes the British crown owns many Baharian islands and plans to sell them to serious colonizers who will develop homes and till the soil. The crown offers no income and may allow keepers of found loot to keep items or sell them to a museum for full market value, after reporting to officials.
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John T. McVutcheon
Chicago Tribune
Treasure Island
Crown
Bluebeard
Purdom awaits sentence in bank robbery plea
Hutchinson Kansas March 11 GP Jack Robert Purdom 31 Shreveport La today awaited sentence on his plea of guilty in U S district court to charges of bank robbery and interstate transportation of a stolen automobile Judge Arthur J Mellett who received Purdom s plea yesterday deferred sentence until April 5 at Topeka Purdom was one of three men attracted at Emporia Kan January 25 and held on federal charges in the burglary of a Ramona Kan bank January 10 and with transportation of a stolen car from Juplin Mo to Emporia On March 3 one of the men Billy Boyd Riley 20 Baton Rouge La was sentenced to a 5 0 year term in the Kansas state prison on his plea of guilty at Eldorado Kan to state charges of participation in the robbery of the Benton Kan State Bank The third man Robert Lee Hinton 20 Shreveport has been turned over to Marion county authorities for prosecution on state charges in the Ramona bank burglary Under sheriff Milton Dudley reported at Wichita In other cases before Judge Meljiott yesterday Nolen Yates Digh ton Kan pleaded guilty to a charge of sending lebelous matter thru the mails He was given a two year sentence and probation with the admonition to quit writing letters Mike Moore and Thermis H Engle of Utah pleaded guilty to a charge of driving a stolen motor car from Pree Utah to Dodge City Kan Their sentence was deferred
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Emporia
Billy Boyd Riley
Baton Rouge
Kansas State
Eldorado
Benton, Kan
Robert Lee Hinton
Shreveport
Marion County
Ramona Bank
Milton Dudley
Wichita
Meljiott
Nolen Yates Digh
Girls State Planned at Kansas University in July
The first post-war Girls State will be held at the University of Kansas July 7 to 12 under the sponsorship of the Kansas American Legion auxiliary. About 200 girls from over 49 high schools are expected to attend with Mrs. Willard L. Morss of Howard named the 1947 director. Dr. Ethan P. Allen heads the Bureau of...
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University of Kansas
Kansas American Legion Auxiliary
Willard L. Morss
Howard
National Committee
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Ethan P. Allen
Bureau of
Council debate shapes state governance amid reforms
Local officials discuss upcoming policy changes as debates begin on governing rules. Key figures, including researchers and council members, weigh proposals and potential impacts on state administration. The session signals a broader push for legislative action in the near term.
Newspaper publishers unite to address newsprint shortage
Washington reports Capehart and industry leaders from McCormick Patterson Sun Adler York Times and Gannett back plans to pool newsprint and avoid production cuts. Conference attendees discuss forming a cooperative to stabilize supply amid rising shortages. The session notes concern over veteran unemployment in Kansas and broader relief efforts.
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Washington
Ater Capehart
R-ind
Invita
Hal Capehart
Julius Ochs Adler
York Times
Frans K
Gannett
R. M. Fowler
Repre
Kansas veterans exhaust unemployment benefits total
Through January 25 Kansas veterans have drawn 15,037,028 in unemployment benefit payments. The figure reflects the cumulative payments to veterans statewide under the program.
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Kansas
Buenos Aires Man Seeks Spanish Business Course by Correspondence
A Buenos Aires resident asked the University of Kansas if it offers business and industrial management courses by correspondence in Spanish. Ruth Kenney, head of the correspondence bureau, said no Spanish business courses exist. The Worldwide Claserson bureau serves students globally, with enrollments rising, including new ones in San Francisco and Seattle.
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Buenos Aires
University of Kansas
Ruth Kenney
Bureau of Correspondence
Claserson
San Reisco
Searle
Lawrence
Military operations launch in Greece amid guerrilla activity
The report states government troops in northern Greece launched large scale operations against guerrilla forces with heavy casualties claimed for irregulars. Separate dispatch notes 150000 private shops operating in Poland as Warsaw reports.
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Mar
PLP
Greece
Warsaw 7
Ruecapospolita
Poland
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