Fundraising Funesia at McAllas School Friday Night
McAllas School hosts a Funesia Friday evening at 7:29 to raise funds for library books records and other needs. Mrs James Koch chairs the program featuring country store bingo a pond moving pictures performed by the school orchestra and a candy sale. The event includes acts by Hill Biling Dun and a quartet Noted Men from Kappa Sigma with Bill Sapp Eddie Green Woodie Keller and Ken Wonde Davis.
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McAllas
James Koch
Kappa Sigme Fraternity
Bill Sapp
Eddie Green
Woodie Keller
Heb Wonde Davis
Ken
There Oughta Be A Law Cool Drink Fountain Gift
The Business and Professional Woman's Club of Lawrence Miss Esther Norman president donated an electrical drinking fountain to the Community building lobby. The $200 fountain, installed to aid athletic events, was funded by proceeds from a February 20 bridge and bingo party and is part of civic betterment efforts.
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Woman's Club of
Lawrence
Esther Norman
Ohio Street
Roland Roney
Route 3
Frances Jolly
Tennessee Street
Kates Shalleletic
Bess Foster
Jesse Hamilton
West Point of the Air Proposal Sparks Uproar Across States
In Washington on March 16 discussions rise over a proposed air force academy likened to military training centers. State lawmakers push for southern California and Texas sites, with Kansas leading contenders including Wichita while Oklahoma favors Altus and Frederick. Congress may authorize but defer site choice, while the Air Force remains silent on final location.
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Washington, Mare
Nisais
Peope
Defense Secre Ie Forrestal
Armed Services Committees
House
Senate
Texas
California
Kansas
Reusie Kan
Wichita, Kan
Wintehinsen
Kats Renresen Smith
Chase
Winfield
Ford
Kerra
Enid
Wilson
Okla
Wickersham
Altus
Frederick
Missouri
Sedalia
Kem
R.-Mo
Christopher D. Texas
Vance Dinally
Ewn Donough
Calif
Arizona
Patten
Ariz
Davis Monthan Field
Tucson
Clovis
Congress
Air Force
Sit
Trumanites versus Southerns Fray in Congress
Washington March 14. President Truman and his Democrats face a split in Congress as Southern Democrats and Republicans align to block civil rights and Wallgren’s NSRB nomination. Senate vote 7 to 6 against Wallgren. House rent bill faced changes. meters in Independence set a new parking income record.
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SY ¢Amer Marlow
Washington
Mar
President Truman
Congress
Truman
Florida
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resoureea Board
House
Senate
Democratic Rty
N.S.R.B
Oklahoma Liquor Tax Proposal Stirs Oklahoma Legislature
Die-hard wet forces in the Oklahoma Legislature push a 15 percent tax on whiskey, led by Tulsa representative Richard Oliver. A House committee tentatively moved to kill the proposal as a repeal measure faces stiff opposition, while organizers gather signatures to put the issue on the ballot. Oliver cites Mississippi’s tax revenue to argue for easing enforcement, noting a similar measure once died in Oklahoma two years ago.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Richard Oliver
House
Senate
Cheeria
de Fiat
Ptten
Mississippi
Missisippi Ton
Oliver
M Sippi
Justice of Peace Plans Installment Marriage Fees
Indiana justice of the peace Rebect smith promotes marriage by charging fees on an installment plan. He claims every man should marry and jokes about a penniless bridegroom. His district spans about 15 000 people across coal mining communities.
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Indiana
T’a
Justice of the Peace
Smith
Fire damages Mayo hotel room in Topeka blaze
A Topeka hotel fire destroyed most of Representative Vern Mayo's political and personal correspondence in his room. Mayo and his wife were away when the blaze started, thought to stem from a wiring defect. Hotel staff moved belongings to another room. smoke and water damaged items, raising cleaning costs.
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Topeka
Mayo
Vern
Garden City
Maye
Was A Native Kansan Wichita Kans Mar 16
Elisberry Martin a native Kansan aged 9? died yesterday. He was a son and resident of Wichita for more than 50 years. He served as cashier of the Kansas National Bank twenty years before retiring in 1917, marking a long local financial career.
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Wichita
Kan
Elisberry Martin
Yestent
Kansas Nai Bank
French Propose a Swap Over German Territory
Paris reports France has offered a swap of some occupied German territory with the Americans. The French seek to transfer territory to the United States in exchange for concessions in the postwar arrangement. Local officials have not confirmed specific parcels or terms.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Partition plan to redraw German states under France and Britain
Article notes a proposed deal dividing Württemberg and Baden between Germany and France, aiming to give Württemberg to one side and Baden to the other. At present the two states are divided between powers, with plans reflecting a significant redraw of regional boundaries.
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Wurttembere
Baden
France
Belgium Announces Pact Agreement With United States
Belgium foreign ministry said it notified the United States of its agreement to the Atlantic defense pact terms. Premier Paul-Henri Spaak will sail on the Queen March 26 to sign the pact ington.
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Brussels
Belgium
U. S
Paul- Henri Spaak
Local crash injures none in midtown incidents
Three cars and a motorcycle were involved in two minor collisions reported to police in the evening. No injuries were reported. One crash on West Eighth Street near the WREN occurred at 5:25 PM. Patrolman Lee Cox investigated. A second wreck at Ninth and New Hampshire streets involved Foster and Vallee with Sgt. Ralph Hube reporting.
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J. A. Tugele
Igan Street
Danvy Yates
Modern Cattle Rustlers Mar 15 Theft Report
A report notes cattle rustling on March 15 involving a theft from John Brentari. Details about suspects or location are incomplete in the readable text.
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CP Ue
Cate
John Brentari
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