20 Jay Grid Alums Sign for Big Clash Slated on April 16
Twenty former Kansas University players sign on for the Alumni versus Varsity Old Timers football clash set for April 16 marking the end of spring practice. The roster features Gene Vigna telli Dick Knowles Bob Forsyth and Ray Ifans among others with alumni coaches and multiple ex-Big Seven standouts. The series has won three of four since postwar renewals.
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Jay Grid
Big Clash
Kansas University
Gene Vignatelli
Dick Knowles
Bob Forsyth
Bomemmbers
Dave Schmidt
Steve Renko
Kansas City
Ray Ifans
Jerry Taylor
Don’ Aungst
Garen Fiss
Duluth Afb
Bill Mace
Olathe Fish School
Bob Handa
Francisco 49Ers
Wint Winter
Wally Rouse
Bill Schaake
Abilene High
Dick Rossman
Morris Kay
Wayne Woolfolk
Chet Gibbons
Gwinn Henry
Harold Patterson
Montreal Alouettes
Attorney General Promises Probe Of Sullivan County Mess
Missouri Attorney General John M. Dalton said there is a mess in Sullivan County and pledged the investigation would continue despite political pressure. Special assistant Clare Magee resigned amid claims of political interference. Two regular assistants were en route to Sullivan County to carry on the probe.
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Jefferson City
John M. Dalton
Sullivan County
Dalton
Clare Magee
Hutt
Magee
Ten
ROTC Cadets to Attend Camp Carson Six-Week Session
Eighty-one Army ROTC members from Kansas University including three from Lawrence depart for Camp Carson Colorado for a six week training session from June 25 to August 3 Lt Col Justice Neale professor of military science and unit commander notes the Lawrence attendees are Lewis Phillips Biggs and Denis Lardner sons of local residents.
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Kansas University
Lawrence
Camp Carson
Colo
Justice Neale
Lewis Phillips
A. W. Philips
St. Lawrence
Biggs
L. J. Biggs
Denis Lardner
D. B. Lardner
Miss. Si
Fire causes smoke damage at North College Hall
Fire at North College Hall caused by a cigarette and match in a wastebasket. Smoke damage estimated at about $200. Fire Chief John Miller reported the blaze started when a cigarette was lit and the match discarded into the wastebasket.
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North College Hall
10Th and
Ohio Sts
John Miller
Puzzling Doodles and Wild Tales From a Noted Saint
The fragmentary text recalls dramatic and improbable feats tied to a Saint figure, mentioning a series of injuries and stunts like diving from cliffs and being run over. It hints at a chaotic cinema or stage setting with exaggerated acts and a deflated sense of reality.
Proclamation Declares Kansas Clean-Up Week in 1955
Governor Fred Hall proclaims April 18 to 23 as Clean-Up Week to promote good housekeeping and fire safety across Kansas. Citizens in leadership roles, businesses, and schools are urged to participate and support a state-wide cleanup program to protect families, homes, and resources.
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Kansas
State of
Fred Hall
Topeka
Construction of a cofferdam and underwater shaft pour
The passage describes driving steel sheet pilings to bed rock to form a rectangular cofferdam, excavating mud sand and rock, filling the bottom with concrete via tremie method to 12 feet, sealing, then pumping out water. Workers then construct forms and pour a shaft beneath water, anchoring it to the seal, and finally raise the sheet piling once the shaft reaches above water.
Portrait of Phog Continues to Dominate Speaking Circuit
Lonborg downplays pursuit of Phog as a sought after speaker with a jam packed schedule beyond basketball season. Allen, honored with a Cadillac from admirers when the field house was dedicated March 1, contrasts his own car to Phog’s famed Cadillac.
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fContinuen
America
Lonborg
Allen
Gloria Baker to present senior organ recital
Gloria Baker of St Joseph Missouri will give a senior organ recital at 3 30 pm Sunday in Hoch Auditorium. A student of G Criss Simpson associate professor of organ and theory her program includes Bach Vierne Hindemith Marcello Stamitz Krebs Dallier Holins and Sowerby pieces in a varied classical program.
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Gloria Baker
St. Joseph
Hoch
Miss Baker
G. Criss Simpson
God
Bach
Vierne
Hindermith
Marcello
Deficiency Measure Introduced by Topeka House Panel
A Topeka deficiency measure seeks funds for state needs through June. Rep. Robert Anderson. league funding denied for this year. amounts cover various departments and courts. A study resolution on a business and trade regulation commission was debated. a bill allowing marriages for some mentally disabled children was killed 51 to 2.
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Topeka
House
Ways and Means
Robert Anderson
Ottawa
League of Kansas
League
Anderson
Department of Administration
District Court Salaries Fund
Executive Council
Governor's Department
Grain Inspection Department
Savings and Loan Department
Supreme Court
Adjutant
General's Department
Civil Defense
Legislative Council
James Pratt
Colby
Glenn Strickler
Ramona
Local Births and New Arrivals Listed Across Kansas Addresses
Memorial Hospital reports numerous births and registrations from Haskell Okeman and surrounding areas. Notable entries include babies born to Mary Winters and baby boy at 912 W Bth St, Catherine Houk and baby girl on Route 2, and Vernelie Spearman with baby girl at 1034 Mise St. Other notices record families such as Mr. and Mrs. George Hallenbeck and Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Ross welcoming a daughter in DeSoto today.
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Steve Lindsay
R. 1
Erna Corey
Ark
Judy
Frye
Eudora
Ernest Seidel
George Hallenbeck
Route 4
Robert M. Ross
DeSoto
County Teachers Meet in Municipal Building
The Douglas County Teachers Association will meet at 9 p m Saturday in the Municipal Building to discuss Guidance. Mrs Doris McMichael a psychiatric social worker at the Bert Nash Mental Clinic is arranging a program that includes Mrs Lela Myers mental health director for the State Board of Health and Dr Ben Lewis psychologist at the Nash Clinic.
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Douglas County. Teachers’ Association
Municipal Building
Ltd
Vt Sts
Doris McMichael
Bert Nash Mental Clinic
Guest Recital by Edward B Gammons at Kansas Memorial Carillon
Edward B Gammons, director of music at the Gorton School in Gor ton Massachusetts, will present a guest recital at the Kansas University Memorial Carillon at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. He has served as carilloner at Wellesley College and has concert experience in San Francisco. He is also an organ designer.
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Edward B.gammons
Gorton School
Gorton
Mass
Kansay University
Wellesley College
Wellesley
San Francisco
Calif
Burglarino Hits Bay Area Catfish Outfit
A break in at a Bay area fishing business yielded about two jars of catfish worth around 50 dollars and other gear. Police note a similar recent theft at the same site with fishing equipment taken.
Picnic to Be Filmed in Hutchinson Broadway Locals Say
Independence Chamber of Commerce official Walter McVey Jr reports playwright William Inge told him in New York that Hutchinson Kansas will host the filming of Picnic. Director Joshua Logan preferred Hutchinson for production reasons and Russia will star in the movie.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Independence
Walter McVey Jr
Independence Chamber of Commerce
William Inge
McVey
Inge
New York
Joshua Logan
Logan
Russia
Broadway
Little Sheba
New’ York
Eisenhower Denies Squirrel Interference at White House
President Eisenhower told Bernard Baruch he did not order squirrels on the White House putting green. The pair joked about putting, with Baruch betting he can sink a putt from the green edge, as Eisenhower described enjoying putting and approach shots on the South Lawn.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
New York
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Bee Spares
Lawrence club quiz sparks jokes on authors and births
In Lawrence a Wednesday night quiz among local young women sparked confusion over authors of 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea and Robinson Crusoe. The exchange linked Walt Disney with Jules Verne and Daniel Defoe, while noting Dr Allan Roy Dafoe and Jean Hersholt in pop culture. Horned rabbit exhibit at the Natural History Museum was announced, with virus details and museum specimens. Eighty nine ballots were voided in a Lawrence primary, up from 24 in 1953, amid seven-name ballots and votes for more than three candidates. Michigan State students visiting KU and Lawrence arrived for campus tours. A Salvation Army drive request was reviewed for up to 35000 to fund a new building at 10th and N Streets. Spring arousal teased by law students on Green Hall steps as robins and warming weather begin.
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Walt Disney
Daniel Defoe
Tor
Dionne
Gard
Jean Hersholt
Jules Verne
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dr. Dafoe
Cuy
Harold Fisher
Fisher
Salvation Army Board
Eppecess
Salvation Army
Chest Bords
Community 7 Chiet Board
Pew
10Th and N. Sts
Ady
the Salvation
Avis Alread
Douglas County 4-H Plans Saturday Tree Planting Day
Douglas county 4-H Fairgrounds on East Nineteenth Street will host a Saturday tree planting with groups from county 4-H clubs and 10 other organizations taking part. County Commissioner Emer Ousdahl reports most clubs will participate as work crews dig holes on the 38 acre grounds and prepare for planting, with groups bringing or ordering trees from nursery stock.
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Douglas County
4-H Fairgrounds
East Nineteenth Street
Emer Ousdahl
Ousdahl
Fairgrounds
Hugh Means
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Tractor Day at Modern L P Gas Building
The first Lawrence Modern Tractor Day will run Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at 400 E. 23rd St. Sponsored by Lawrence Tractor and dealers, the event invites all to view displays and exhibitions, including power tool demos. A free buffet supper is planned at 6 p.m. and at 7 p.m. a magic barrel from the American Petroleum Institute will be shown, containing examples of the 500,000 petroleum compounds used in pesticides plastics inks explosives toys fertilizers and refrigerants.
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L.P
E. 23Rd St
Lawrence Tractor
American Petroleum Institute
Paganini Quartet to Perform Final Chamber Concert
The Paganini Quartet will present a concert at 8 p.m. Monday in Strong Auditorium. The group, named after Nicolo Paganini, features Temianka, Rosseels, Foidart, and Laporte. They play Stradivari instruments over 200 years old and have appeared across the United States and Canada.
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Paganini
Henri ‘Temlanka
Gustave Rosseels
Charles Foidart
Lucien Laporte
Nicolo Paganini
Stradvarius
United States
Canada
Temianka
Rosseels
Foidart
Laporte
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence area and beyond
Obituaries list Mrs. George Anna Ulm Ehly of Amarillo died March 17 at home after moving to Lawrence in 1896. Hermon Brown of Palo Alto, born in Lawrence, died March 36 in San Jose. remembered as a horticulturist and father of Leland H. Brown. Fred C. Winslow of Farmer City died at 77 after visiting Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Charles William Houk of Stull died of a heart attack in his store. services set at Stull Evangelical United Brethren Church. W Steve Mullies of Pleasanton, WWII veteran and former Meredith Hotel manager, died at 63. services in Worland, Missouri, with arrangements through Torneden Chapel.
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George Anna Ulm Ehly
Ehly
Amarillo
Tex
Lawrence
Brand
Sarah Ulm
C. G. Coe
Wilburn Parks
Asheville
N. C
Merle Ulm
Kansas City
Ralph Ulm
Topeka
Joe. Lim
Hermon Brown
Palo Alto
Calif
San Jose
Brown
Santa Clara County
Leland H. Brown
Leland Stanford University
Charles
Harriet Bell Brown
California
Gilroy
Lillian Grover
Jay Grover
No. 6
Salisbury
Rhodesia
South Arica
Ross Randall
Monterey Park
Professor Brown
Fred C. Winslow
Farmer City
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Leslie Tupy
Barker Ave
Carl D. McConkey
Tupy
Funk-Cooper-Warren
Charles Wiliam Houk
Charles William Houk
Stull
Belvoir
George Houke
Frank Houk
Rudy Houk
Harvey Houk
Albert Houk
Richland
John Houk
Garden Grove
Rose Kraft
Mary Stull
Stull Evangelical United Brethren Church
Robert Hays
Steve) Mullies
Pleasanton
Veterans Hospital
Wadsworth
Meredith
Ruth Arnold
Ellen Miller
Max Miller
Baptist Church
Worland
Torneden ‘Chapel
County Court Fines John D. Cleland for Stop Sign Violation
John David Cleland of 1425 Tenn. St. was fined $10 and court costs in County Court on Wednesday for running a stop sign.
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John David Cleland
Tenn. .St
Building Permit Granted to G L Pistorius in Mississippi
A building permit was granted to G. L. Pistorius, 1729 Miss Street, for a $500 house addition in the city. The approval confirms authorization to modify existing structure per local codes and zoning. The project details include scope of addition and anticipated completion timeline as filed with the building department.
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G. L. Pistorius
Miss, St
MacArthur Denies Yalta Ties Fueling Debate
MacArthur disavowed any link to the 1945 Yalta conference and said his views would have opposed bringing Russia into the Pacific war at that late date. The remark sparked questions over diary accounts by Forrestal and conflicting recollections cited by Whitney and Millis, while Senator Lehman noted MacArthur’s role in shaping wartime policy.
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Yalta
Erence Pepets
Russia
James V. Forrestal
Navy
MacArthur @s
Courtney” Whitney
Mac
Forrestal
Whitney
MacArthur
Walter Millis
Washington
Herbert H.sacart
D-Ny
Pacific
Lehman Sai
Markets At a Glance Rebuilds Lead Stocks Higher
Markets at a glance show stocks higher amid a continued recovery. Bonds steady as rails and industrials improve while cotton and oats hold with small changes. Wheat mixed, corn trades light. Hog prices rise about 50 cents to a top of 18.00, cattle steadies with steers and heifers topping 29.50.
KC Livestock Market and Wheat Corn Prices
KC market report shows cattle Calves steady with loads at 1150, fed steers 26.00, heifers 16.00-20.50, yearlings 24.00, canners 10.50-12.50. hogs slow with barrows and gilts 25-? lower, sows 25-50 lower. sheep slaughter lambs steady to strong. Wheat 69 cars up 14-14.5%, corn mixed 1-4% higher, Milo 2.37-2.39, butter 0.43-0.51, eggs 0.29. Wall Street gains widen. Motors lift with Chrysler earnings up, GM and others rise.
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Admiral
Allied Cha
Bee Ulm Am Motors Allis Chay
Atchison
Bald Lima
Beech Aire
Beth Steel
Boeing Air
Bran Air
Chrysler
Dayton
du Pont
Eagle
Én Motors
Lion Oi
Martin Glace
McKess & R
Mont Ward
NY Central
Penney JC
Plough
Proct & G Radio Cp
St. Jos
Reyn Met
Ue Schenley
Sears Roeb
Sinclair O SR
Socony Vac
Stoke van C Tx UN Pac
US Steel
uUls Wesig
Kansas City
Nea Jusda
K. C. Cash Grate
Milo ‘Thaize
Kafir
Kan sas University Symphony concert Sunday night
The Kan sas University Symphony Orchestra directed by Russell L. Wiley will perform at 8 pm Sunday in Hoch Auditorium. The program includes Merrilyn Coleman singing Voices of Spring and Ruth Henry performing the first movement of Tschaikovsky Concerto. Also on the program are Brahms Academic Festival Overture Caucasian Sketches and Rachmaninoff Second Symphony.
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Kansas University Symphony Orchestra
Russell L. Wiley
K.U
Hoch Auditorium
Wiley
Eet Smith
Ark
Merrilyn Coleman
Frankfort
Johann Strauss
Ruth Henry
Winfield
Ippolitoy Ivanov
Rachmaninoff
Maser Gets Research Grant for European Study
Edward Maser director of the Museum of Art at Kansas University has received a two month summer grant to study art objects in Europe. He will spend a month in Florence and eight weeks in Germany and Austria. The grant, from the University Endowment Association, supports research and an upcoming 28th century display. Dean John Nelson heads the grants committee. CARD OF THANKS We thank friends for flowers cards and kindness after our loss. The Ray Ogden family.
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Edward Maser
Museum of Art
Kansas University
Europe
Maser
Florence
Italy
Germany
Austria
Endowment Association
John Nelson
In Memory of Anna Miller Adams
In loving memory of Anna Miller Adams who died March 24 1921 Her smiling pleasant face is a pleasure to recall She was kind and beloved by all Sadly missed by her daughter Mrs Cw Anderson
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Anna ‘Miller
Adams
jAnd
Cw. ‘Anderson
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