Layoffs Continue On Nation's Rails Amid Coal Strike
Pittsburgh reports on the second day of a national coal mine and rail stoppage led by John J. Lewis. About 62,000 rail workers face layoffs this week while miners may extend closures until Mitchell Day. State unemployment claims rise as work continues in some regions.
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Trial moves fast in Roy Godbey death penalty case
Oklahoma City March 15 The defense opens its main batteries to spare Roy Godbey from the electric chair after a 21 witness day. The 37 year old ex convict admits shooting Attorney Farm Proct but argues insanity from 17 years of false imprisonment. The trial opened yesterday with rapid proceedings and a jury qualified for the death penalty.
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Roy Frank Godbey
Attorney Farm
Jefferson County
Atika
Godbey
McAlester
Little Six League One-Act Play Festival March 18
Six Little Six League schools present one act plays at Eudora school on March 18. Admission is small. Schedule lists Spring Hill at 7:30 p.m. De Soto Springs 8:30 p.m. Eudora 9 p.m. Baldwin 9:30 p.m. Wellsville 9:30 p.m. with titles Overtones Poor Maddalena and Ruth.
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Gardner
Spring Hill
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Maddalena
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Franklin County Chosen for 1949 Traffic Check
Ottawa Kan March 15 Franklin county designated as typical Kansas agricultural county for highway traffic count to be conducted in 1949. Engineer E O Chapman says figures will support state highway department federal aid project applications. Checks will cover main highways secondary roads county roads and arterial streets in Ottawa.
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Kan
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Kansas Hightems Commission
Franklin County
Kansas
State Highway Department
Federal Bureau of Roads
Highway Department
Walter White Faces Setback in Civil Rights Fight
James Marlow reports on Walter White of the NAACP whose civil rights push loses momentum as southern filibusters threaten a key vote. White, once hopeful and conv():
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Genne
Senate
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Truman
Congress
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Tate
Ellender
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White
Lucas
Ilinois
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Marriage License Granted to Kath and Editor Couple
Glenn A Kath aged 33 from Wellscillr and Ethel Mable Editor aged 31 from Ruderai were granted a marriage license yesterday by the probate court.
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Glenn A. Kath
Wellscillr
Ethel Mable
Ruderai
Gladiolus bulbs offered at bargain prices
An advertisement lists 60 gladiolus bulbs for $1.00 with prize winning varieties in multiple colors, guaranteed to bloom. Offers 120 bulbs for £2.00 and 180 bulbs for 62.75, promising safe arrival and satisfaction.
Heavenbound Harpist Returns From Earthly Trip
An elderly man named John tells a surreal tale of heaven and earth duties. He recalls motor cars, a grandson on a tractor, a misdirected harvest, and a government check. The tale ends with angels praising his tan as he plans another long journey.
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John
Washington
Mises
Kansas City
Spain
Germany
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New Fest
Nobody in the Skeletal Chair Harp Legend
John Nobody sits in a skeletal chair as hands sweep across his harp and he keeps his gaze upward never looking outward again, a stoic mythic image.
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John
Rush files for mayor trigger March 22 primary
Charles Rush filed as a candidate for mayor just before the deadline Saturday necessitating a primary election on March 22 in Manhattan Kansas.
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The Champ S boss in lifeless Pennsylvania coal towns
A profile of union leader The Champ in western Pennsylvania coal towns where miners are quiet and reluctant to speak. The article portrays Lewis’s commanding, smiling portrait with a cigar as crowds stay home during a planned two week pause in mining amid debates over safety, pay, and unemployment.
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Pennsylvania
Union Main Works
Lewis
Champ
Return to Earth Stuns a Harpist
Ey HAL BOYLE reports a whimsical tale set in 1897 near Peculiar Missouri where John, a harpist in heaven, pleads for a two week Earth vacation to escape homesickness. Aloha, a heavenly chorus, and a mission proceed as misfired numbers and a fading robe punctuate the comic exit toward Earth.
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Ey Hal Boyle
New York
Peculiar, Mo
Metropolitan Life assets back $39.96B in life and annuity promises
Assets totaling 8.59 billion include over 90 percent in statutory reserves for policyholder obligations. A surplus of 533.93 million remains, about 6 percent of obligations, available against epidemics, economic shocks, or unforeseen events. The assets guarantee $39.96 billion of Metropolitan Life in force and the payments of 448,394 annuities, six million-plus certificates in event of accident or illness.
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