May draft call for 19,000 men announced by Defense
The Defense Department issued a May draft call for 19,000 men, 15,000 for the army and 4,000 for the marine corps, bringing total draftees since resumed service in 1950 to 913,430. The army totals now reach 832,000 draftees and the marine corps 81,430, with April matching May at 19,000. The navy and air force rely on volunteers, and the marine corps began drafting last August.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Marine Corps
Defence Department
Air Force
Navy
Government invites bids as steel copper aluminum stock rise
Washington reports substantial metal on hand for new commercial projects in late 1952. Defense Production Administration head Manly Fleischmann outlines relaxed policy to approve most pending industrial and commercial structures. Housing controls remain unchanged and the steel strike could hinder new building plans.
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Washington (P
Manly Fleischmann
Defense Production Administrations
Fleischmann
Henry H. Fowler
National Production Authority
Fowler
Market Report: Hogs and Cattle Traverse Slow Trade
Market news notes limited demand and unsettled prices across livestock with hogs and cattle at Kansas City and Chicago. Slaughter classes slow, steers and heifers uneven, hogs trading 17.00 to 17.40 top with lighter volumes. wheat corn soy prices varied locally as futures drifted amid mixed export schedules and profit taking.
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Chicago
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Colorado
Kansas City Cash Grain
Kansas City UI
L Ewer
Oil Stocks Offer Hint Of Strength On Wall Street
The Day in Wall Street reports a cautious lift from demand for selected oil stocks amid overall weakness. Oil shares such as Standard Oil NJ Gulf and Texas rose about a point at times while the market saw more declines and modest net changes. Volume colored the session at about 1,100,000 shares, below Friday’s levels, as traders watched steel industry labor tensions.
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Wall Street
New York
Standard Oil (Nj
Gulf and Texas Co
Local Hospital Lists Residents and Newborns in Brief
Memorial Hospital and nearby addresses note residents appearing in hospital records. Entries include Margaret Bruce, Dana Morgan, Ruth Cole, Grace Hemmerling, Leona Price, Joan Schmidt, Gladys Lerlam, Leona Braden, Betty Yoher, Gerald Showalter, Frances Denny and baby, Maurice Bell, Joan Coverson, Herman Mis, Hetty Soule, Musick ain baby hoy Galladay, Willard Maichel, Luther Bolton with newborns and arrivals dated Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bruce
Tenn. St
Don Hamlet
Wilma Christie
Ralph Strunk
N. J
Nellie Harris
Barker Ave
Lottie Ward
Dana Morgan
Ruth Cole
Grace Hemmerling
Leona Price
Tenn
Joan Schmidt
DeSoto
Gladys Lerlam
Conn
Leona Braden
del St
Betty Yoher
QO. St
Gerald Showalter
Baldwin
Frances Denny
Maurice Bell
Joan Coverson
Herman Mis
O. St
Hetty Soule
de Sato
Hoy Galladay
Three People Hurt in Two Car Wreck at Thirteenth and New York
At the intersection of Thirteenth and New York streets two cars collided yesterday, injuring three occupants. Anthony of 1345 as inva car drives and Edward Athy of 403 Maiden Lane sustained injuries, with Billy Hill uninjured. Anthony and Athy were traveling north on New York and west on Thirteenth respectively. ages not listed.
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Sis
Opm
P Wilson
Inva
Anthony
Edward Athy
Maiden Lane
Billy Hill
New York Street
Athy
Boxing Clubs Accused in Antitrust Civil Action
The International Boxing Clubs of New York and Illinois, with Madison Square Boxing Corp, face a federal civil case charging conspiracy to monopolize professional championship boxing in the United States. Defendants, led by James D. and Arthur M. Wi, allegedly secured exclusive titles with champions and contenders, controlling arenas and media rights to restrict competition since 1949.
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New York
International Boxing Clubs
Illinois
U. S
Department of Justice
James D
Arthur M. Wi
Chicago
Madison Square Boxing Corporation
Melville C. Charles
Anti-Trust
IBC
New Yorks
Delta Gammas and Pi Kappa Alpha Win Rock Chalk Revue
Delta Gamma sorority and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity topped the third annual Rock Chalk Revue at KU. Sigma Kappa took second in the women’s division and Beta Theta Pi second in men’s. Det Gamma’s skit Bulletin Bluffs spoofed campus departments. Pi Kappa Alpha’s A Tragedy reimagined Aga de Poemaion.
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Delta Gamma Sorority
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
University of Kansas
The
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Donna Hobein
Marion
Dogs in Lawrence Need 1952 Licenses in 60 Days
City Clerk Harold Fisher reminds Lawrence dog owners to buy a 1952 license per animal at City Hall. Rabies vaccination proof required within 60 days before purchase. Dogs must be leashed April to August. no running at large. Also, KU sorority fundraising fashion shows for flood victims set for Thursday and Friday at Strong Auditorium.
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Harold Fisher
Lawrence
Fisher
11Th and
Mass. Sts
Women's Panhellenic Association
University of Kansas Sororities
Strong
Hart- Nield's
Ind. St
Bill Conbay
K.U. Speech and Drama Department
Acacia Fraternity
Sigma Nu_ fraternity
Harzfeld’s
It Takes an Irishman to Tell Of the Irish Soul This Day
A reflective piece on St Patrick’s Day celebrates Irish identity, describing how on this day the Irishman stands taller, hears music in nature, and feels an inner majesty. It portrays being Irish as a deep unity with history, language, art, and a mystic bond with God for 24 hours.
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New York
Trish
St. Patrick's Day
Peret
God
Texas Christian labeled toughest NCAA foe for Kansas
PHOG LANDS ONE reports Coach Allen calling Texas Christian the tournament’s toughest outfit as Kansas faces TCU in Municipal Auditorium and waits possible multiple games across days. He praises athletics role in youth, cites Endacott and Waldo Bowman as success stories, while Rotary hosts the event with Larry Heeb presiding.
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Kansas City
Texas Christian
Kansas
Munici
Allen
St. Louis
New Mexico A and M
TCU
NCAA
Peters
America
Paul Endacott
Larry Heeb
Dr. Allen
Carl Drak
Lawrence youngsters aid in weekly Reader items and bowling feat
In Lawrence a Gwen Alc letter and a Donald Broyles poem appear in a junior Weekly Reader. Ulysses doubles team Wilson and Grantham bowled three 263 games for a 789 total, earning a National Bowling Association plaque. Red Cross drive nears 11 475. progress slowed after steady daily totals. Pupil events include a Deaf School program at Liberty Memorial High and Easter baskets from the Hap Arnold Air Society ROTC unit.
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New York School
Gwen Alc
Rtalph Altice
Conn. St
Donald Broyles
Howard Broyles
Kansas Women's Bowling Association
Pladium
Lawrence
Ulysses
B. Wilson
I. Grantham
National Bowling Association
Red Cross
Hap Arnold Air Society
Air Force Rotc
Auto license sales dip as 1952 tabs inch closer to last year
Douglas County Treasurer Minnie Eudaly reports 8,557 sets of 1952 auto license tabs and 2,036 truck sets sold by Saturday, near 1951 marks though earlier sales lagged. Late purchases incur a $1 fine, rising 50 cents per month. fine increases to $1.50 by April. Ancient Carthage at its peak had 1 million people.
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Douglas County
Minnie Eudaly
Carthage
Deaths and Funerals of Wyandotte Pioneer Morasch
Fred William Morasch 85, father of Mrs Fred Hurrelbrink Baldwin, died yesterday at Wyandotte. Morasch an early day settler in Wyandotte County with a trading post with the Indians in the Quindaro area. He was the oldest member of the Delaware Masonic Lodge at White Church. A building contractor and farmer, he is survived by his daughter and two sons Floyd Morasch Kansas City and Joseph E Morasch Kingsville Mo, and 18 grandchildren.
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Fred Wiliam Morasch
Fred William Morasch
Fred ,Hurrelbrink
Baldwin
Wyanotte
Joseph E. Morasch
Kingsville
Ottawa 4-H Groups Win Seven Ribbons at Festival
Douglas County 4-H clubs earned one blue ribbon three red and three white at the regional Ottawa festival. Mary Emily Booth daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Bonth of Baldwin won blue for pie crust demonstration. Red ribbons went to Four Leaf Clover Club for Bobby Sox Worden Workers accordion trio and Rainbow Club folk game team. White ribbons to Kanwaka Club for model meeting Vinland Valley vocal trio and Jane Anderson of Clinton Busy Bees for promotional talk.
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Douglas County
Ottawa
Mary Emily Booth
Harvey Bonth
Baldwin
Palmyra
Four Leaf Clover Club
Worden Workers
Rainbow Club
Kanwaka Club
Vinland Valley Vocal Trio
Jane Anderson
Clinton Busy Bees Club
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Gov't
Roas Springs
New York 7
Memorial Hospital
Willard Maichel
Luther Bolton
WK. J. St
N.Y. Sts
Monte Gene Cox
Jane H. Sample
Marion H. Manion
Humboldt
Joann Elizabeth Ilardy
Samuel 1D. Ferguson
Dorothy G. Stringhard
Artur L. Planner
Helen May Bond
Wiliamon
Lecompton
Douglas
James Barney
Kanwaka Corner
Bawrehce Large No
A.M
Masons
Walter B. Sneegas
M. Walter
Adv
Mary Lou Jukes
U. St
Joseph Cotten
Hollywood
Phil Morris Playhouse
United States Public Health Prince
Topeka
USPHS
Atomic Electricity
Delta Gammas
Pi Kappas
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraterni
John Welsh
Dean T. DeWitt Carr
Engineering School
Phog
School For the Deaf
Olathe
Assembly At
Liberty Memorial High School
Egicx
Investment Co
KARL _KREIDER
East
Holmes and Peck Insurance
George Hedrick
Massachusetts St. Eastern
Banrat. Fitchs Co.,Inc. Investment Bankers
Baltimore Ave
Manston City
Midwest Stock Exchange
B. P.O. Elks
Stag
Dick, Packa
Ruler
Admiral Me Am Airlines
Am Tel & Tel
Atchison Tyx
Beth Stl
Braniff Air
Chrysler
Tdboug Aire du Pont
Elec
Gen Foods
al Sf
Gen Motors
Pw & L
Ward
Equip. CO
N. A
Andy C. Hess
6Th & Vermont Real Estate
R.C.A
Hoffman
Funk
Charlton Insurance Agency
CALL
Insurance Building
Post Office
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