Hoffman rises as Eisenhower campaign power broker
Paul G Hoffman, now leading business outreach for Eisenhower, rivals Dewey Lodge Duff and Carlson as potential outside supporters chief. As former ECA administrator, Hoffman hosts ties with Eisenhower and could become a future cabinet pick, possibly secretary of state, if the general is elected.
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Jack Bell
Washington W
Paul G. Hoffman
Eisenhower
Hoffman
Gen. Eisenhower
Hoff
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Senators Lodge
Massachusetts
Duff
Pennsylvania
Carlson
Kansas
Walter Williams
Seattle
Wash
Arthur Handenberg Jr
Citizens For Eisenhower
Economic Cooperation
ECA
Dal
Lodger
Paris
Deaths and Funerals Reported in Local Notices
Local notices list multiple deaths including Mrs Martha Trierweiler of Terre Haute Ind and Mrs Sarah Nurwitz of Topeka with long illnesses. Survivors include spouses, children, siblings, and extended relations. services set in Indiana and Kansas venues. Additional obituaries mention Fred C Smith of Lecompton with church membership and several relatives. burial plans follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. Funeral details and speakers noted for Mrs Alive May Sale and Mrs Elizabeth Wilson with church services and burial arrangements. A church announcement covers a Baptist service and Masonic lodge event with schedule and contacts.
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Fred C. Smith
Lecompton
Lafayette
Ind
Evangelial United Brethren Church of
Mary Smith
Fred W
Joe
Frank
Wichita
Mary Sehauer
Wheeler
Martha McFarland
Lex Anpetes
Calif
Hath
Topeka
Clarence Hi
Lecomptons
Lizzie England
Toreka
Pearl Karnes
Torreka
Rose Larisan
Kansas Cis
Alter May Sale
Robert
Virgil Sale
Wieward Sale
Dene Sor
Cole
Lewis Sale
Lawrence
Velma Cunningham
John Keller
Avola Cayton
Herington
Edith Waller
Coffeyville
William Payne
Raymond Payne
Rumsey Funeral Home
Henry V. Collins
Oak Hill Cemetery
Elizabeth Alice Wilson
Linwood
San
Any Wilson
Daugh
Ora Coleman
Madera
Goldie Schlink
Tongsnoxie
Adlen Lewis
Ida Chance
Birdie Orrick
H. Tennington
Hammond
Baptist Roureh
Blonidiy
LC. Penningten
Huriad
Mt. Sydney Cemestery
Linvenod
Community Building cooks for Coon Hunters event
Twenty coons are being cooked today in the Community Building kitchen for the Douglas County Coon Hunters Association spring dinner and program at 6:30 tonight. Plans are made at Mrs. Carl Hess home for the 32nd annual Engineering Exposition on April 4. Members and families bring covered dishes. an orchestra will play for the dance after the meal.
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Douglas County Coon Hunters Association
Carl Hess
Ala. St
University of Kansas School of
Missionary Miss Rathke to Speak at K U Gamma Delta
Miss Louise Rathke of Ambur India will address the K U Gamma Delta chapter tomorrow night in Lawrence. A Luther an deaconess and hospital staffer on furlough in America, she will discuss Ambur Hospital expansion plans as part of Lutheran Ladies Mission Society projects. The event at the Lawrence Municipal Building begins with a student supper at 5 30 p m and formal presentation around 6 30 p m with public invited.
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K. UU
Gamma Delta
Louise Rathke
Ambur
South India
Miss Rathke
Bethesda Lutheran Hospital
Lawrence
America
Emporia
Emporia State College
Winners Named in Ninth Grade Play Ticket Contest
Prizes for the Junior High Ninth Grade play Hans Brinker were awarded yesterday. First place went to Virgil Harris, a seventh grader. second to Martha Crosier, a ninth grader and cast member. third to Marie Herren, an eighth grader. Prizes were editions of Hans Brinker of the Silver Skates, donated by Mrs. Domenico Gagliardo of Lawrence.
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Hans Brinker
Instreek
Virgil Harris
Martha Crosier
Marie Herren
Domenico Gagliardo
Lawrence
Teaching and Library Service
Students Exhibit At State Engineering Exposition
Kansas Oklahoma Missouri and Nebraska students invited to a multi department engineering exposition in Marvin Hall with 38 student made exhibits. The event runs 10 am to 4 pm on Friday and 9 am to 9 pm on Saturday with a front door entrance. Theta Tau professional fraternity operates the exhibit and Sigma Tau awards a trophy for the best display. Civil Defense and Wright Field exhibits highlight defense and aviation. Moving model city from Civil Engineering and new airplane engines feature from Mechanical and Electrical departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nebraska
Marvin Hall
Theta Tau
Civil Defense Board
Civil Engineering Department
Air Force ‘Rotc
Wright Field
Mechanical
Electrical Engineering
Lady Precious Stream at LMHS draws big laughs again
The LMHS Junior Play Lady Precious Stream returns tonight at 8 oclock in the Liberty Memorial High School auditorium with the same lively cast. Sharon Tripp stars as Precious Stream, while Robin Love plays the gardener Hiesh Ping Kuci, Judy Cotton appears as the Amazonian princess, and Marianne Anderson and Allison Lockard provide stage “props” in a witty performance praised for timing and ensemble energy.
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LMHS
S. I. Hsuing
Lawrence
Liberty Memorial High School
Sharon Tripp
Precious Stream
Wang Yun
Don Nease
Hiesh Ping Kuci
Robin Love
Judy Cotton
Marianne Anderson
Allison Lockard
Margaret Mary Green
Madam Wang
Vernon Bet
Wei
Neal Smoyer
Ruth Roney
Beverly Leonhart
Golden Stream
Silver Stream
Lucie Anne Barton
Lois Edwards
Betty Carter
Shirley Beaman
Betty Hoffman
Marian Seele
Ma Ta
Duane
Estes
Kiang Hai
Carol Clifton
Wild Goose
David Harr
Harald Harvey
Mary Patton
Anl Ruth Lee
Liberty Memorial High Team Competes In Poultry Judging
LMH Liberty Memorial High School sent a four member poultry judging team John Gray Ed Bouton Elmer Gray and Merle Schneck to the Ottawa East Central Kansas judging contest hosted by the Ottawa FFA chapter sponsor Bill Essick from Lawrence FFA. A three member LMH team will be chosen to represent at the state contest in Manhattan April 28 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gray
Ed Bouton
Elmer Gray
Merle Schneck
Liberty Memorial High School
Kansas Poultry
Ottawa
Future Farmers of America
Bill Essick
Lawrence
Alcoholics Anonymous Is No Cure Says Member
A Lawrence AA member argues AA is not a cure but a path to sobriety one day at a time. The article recounts concerns about willpower, shares personal stories from members, notes the group meets on Massachusetts Street, and cites 120,000 members worldwide with 12 steps boiled to five core actions.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
AA Group
P.O. Box
Survey Targets Seed Demand for Grasses and Legumes
A nationwide survey under Agricultural Mobilization committees aims to estimate future demand for adapted grasses and legumes. Emmet Wemer, Kansas Mobilization Chair, notes need for high yielding pastures to curb erosion and boost livestock feeds. The effort involves seedsmen, state committees, and aims to project 1953 needs and five year requirements to 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet Wemer
Kansas Mobilization Committee
Memorial Hospital Births and Names List
A long hospital notice lists newborns and mothers at Memorial Hospital in George Born Eudora. Entries include baby boy or girl names with mothers and street addresses such as Route 2 Lecompt DeSoto Baldwin Sunflower 312 Lincoln St. and several other pairings with surnames like Smith Wilson and Wiggins.
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George Born
Eudora
Elizabeth Jost
St. St. Lewis
Churchbaugh
Gladys ~ Holloway
Lecompt
Charles Hoffman
June Smith
Flossie Smith
Imogene Martin
Pa. St
Fig Moutsanides
la St
Helen Wallace
DeSoto
Dott Price
Effice Smith
Mary Lesch
Elizabeth Coffee
Sunflower
Augusta Johnson
Conn, St
Kate Spalding
O. St
Fliza
Wilson
Maple St
Therona Reet
Maxine Revenew
R. 1
Fern Welland
Baldwin
Marilyn Davison
Lincoln St
Shirley Flory
Bantyne Waldo Goldman
Nebraska to Have a Taft Writein
Part of a multi state update notes Taft’s withdrawal from New Jersey after Governor Driscoll backed Eisenhower. A Wisconsin congressman floated a combined Eisenhower Taft ticket for unity, while a Democrat convention in Maine aims to nominate delegates and Mississippi’s MacArthur speaks on states’ rights from the Jackson capitol steps.
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Taft
New Jersey
Driscoll
Eisenhower
New York City
Wisconsin
Alvin E. Konski
Maine
Trumat
Mississippi MacArthur
Mississippi
Jackson
Expansion Drive for Lutheran Missions Nears Climax
A $10 million expansion program for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod nears its climax on March 23 across about 5000 congregations. Funds support 14 colleges and seminaries, a new senior college, and a global mission push including $3.5 million for world missions. Led by Dr. John Baur, the drive emphasizes expanded facilities and new mission stations in the Americas.
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Tomorrey
Lutheran Church’ Es
Lutheran Mission
John Baur
Valparaiso University
Osklaloosa Community Notes From Local Chamber and Church Event
In Oskaloosa the Chamber of Commerce executive board named members Vern Hindley Maw Engle Harvey Stash Don Simon Walter Briel Elmer Stoner. Presbyterian Aid program featured Esther Hundley Mary Sharkey Hindley piano duet Patty Gardner Verna Hundley Otho Haynie with a student quartet and several musicians. Funeral held for Hugh Loren McGehee 87 with burial at Pleasant View. Mumps and measles caused student absences. Mr and Mrs Will Thompson received news of their daughter Wilma Salisbury and grandchild via cable.
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Chirmbercof
Vern Hindley
Maw Engle
Harvey Stash
Don Simon
Walter Iliel
Elmer Stoner
Our Town
Presbyterian Aid
Esther Hundley
Mary Sharkey
Hindley
Patty Gardner
Verna Hundley
Reading
Otho Haynie
Velma Newell
Elma Dryden
Shirley Noble
Barbara Hampton
Eva Jean McNish
Marjorie Swover
Shirley Rogers
Nancy Peppard
Jane Beach
Wanda Walker
Netra Winans
Maralyn Keeling
Jonnie Dunbar
Verna Handley
Dorothy Trapp
Amillee
Birdie Alexander
Hugh Loren McGehee
Ashurch
Stephen Yemm
Kate Morrow
Alice Parker
Ailee Henry
Pleasant View
Hattie May McGehee
Orville
Merritt
Edyth Powell
Topeka
Mr. McGehee
Oskaloosa
Wil! Thompson
Wilma Salisbury
Stock market holds steady amid steel dispute turmoil
In a quiet New York session the stock market stayed fairly steady as steel industry labor disputes created uncertainty. Trading volume was about 400,000 shares, with steel issues drifting lower and motors and railroads showing mixed, less pronounced moves.
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New York
Market News Kansan City Livestock Prices and Trends
Kansas City market notes show cattle futures and weekly variations with mixed bag of steers, heifers, cows, and bulls. Prices slide for choice and prime steers while stockers, feeders steady to easier. hogs uneven and lower at heavier weights. lambs steady with slow week, Kansas fed wooled lambs and trimmed markets detailed. Produce prices for eggs, butter, and dairy listed amidst regional data.
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Kansan City Livestock
Kansas City
USDAI
Colorado
Chosen
van Henn
Sicaly
Kansas
Texas
Phelps Lawrence Loan Makes Plea to Mr Jones for Payment
A historical notice urges Mr Jones to settle all bills by securing a loan from Phelps Lawrence Loan and Finance Company. The message stresses urgency and financial aid as a remedy to unpaid obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jones
Phelps -Lawrence Loan
In Memoriam Mrs Anna Peters and Tribute Card
In loving memory of Mrs Anna Peters who died March 23, 188. Her memory lingers in our hearts with patience kindness and truth. We think of her daily. Sadly missed by her children. Card of thanks expresses appreciation for flowers and cards sent after the sister Nevada's passing.
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Anna Peters
Nevada
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W. A. Dunn
Locust St
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Terre Haute
Sarah Hurwitz
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Simon
Sam Hurwitz
Russia
Rebekah Lodge No. 218
Hadassah
M. J
Pearl DeVine
Joe Hirewitz
Norman Hurwitz
Sadie Fogel
Chicago
Baptist Church
Arthur A. van Sickle
Chincell AM Deer
First Baptist Church
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Hskell Institute
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Sedgwick
Wyandotte
Franklin
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Miami
Johnson
Red Cross
J. W. Murray
American Red Cross
K. U. Engineering
K. U. Gamma Delta Chapter
Hang Brinker
Biep
Oskaloona
Lee W. Hudleston
First National Bank of
Jere Kimmel
James Kriss
West Hills
Alcoholics Anonymous
Memorial Hospital
Ray Wiggins
Route 5
Gene Russell
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Lutheran Missions
Osklaloosa
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Japan
Salisbury
Ft. Leaverworth
Etna
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Doug Aire Te du Pont
Eastin
Elee
Gen Foods
Gen Motors Mae Goodyear
Penney
Phillips Pet Radio Cp
Sears
Iba
Bremer Insurance Agency
Raed Ree
Meli
Memoriam
N.E. Catlin
Equip. CO
Andy C. Hess
Standard
Biog. Ath & Vermont Real Estate — Loans
Holmes and Peck Insurance
East Tir
Decker-Coy Agency
Warren Decker
Franz Conoco Service
New Hampshire
Conoco
Fred W. Rumsey
Oscar B. Rumsey
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