Revolt in Union Stirs Toledo Labor Conflict
In Toledo the 125 workers at a dues collection office set off a strike on Tuesday protesting domination by Richard Spanes Sr and leaders including O Ballard and Howard Seren. The quarrel involved replacement of two women, scabs in the plant, and a threat to mock the council. Lazette, leading about 60,000 unionists, urged Reuther to intervene. Reuther promised a committee headed by Emil Maszey to address the Toledo dispute.
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Eall Toledo
Richard Sores
O. Ballard
U.A.W. Reg- Prairee
Howard Seren
Mabigari
Richard Spanes, Sr
Teledondustries Union
Elfen
Lazette
Lagette
Reuther
Toledo
Emil Maszey
U.A.W
Lawrence News Highlights At KU And Local Events
Lawrence reports include Supt Wolfe noting no formal tiews for Liberty Memorial school, speculation on football coaching moves at KU, Jerome K Beatty named a distinguished KU alumnus for 1950, Dean Carr outlining strong job demand for graduates, Phi Gamma Delta food poisoning recovery, Benton mural studies at KU architecture display, and Marionette class from Maud Ellsworth University planning four plays for area children.
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W. D. Wolfe
At Liberty Memorial
Echeoil
Maud Ellsworth
Lawrence
Two districts merge to form new regional school system
Rangeline and Esselsier districts consolidate into a single Range-E excelsior system. The merger unites former Range School and Excelsior districts, which have operated separately for over 70 years. Local leaders Robert, Harry Strong, and M. E. Excelsior were noted among county veterans of education.
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Umrel de
Excelsior
Camber 77
I Bes Bow
Ine
Wer Sayances Batt
Robert
Harry Strong
M . E. Excelsior
Rangeline
K U Alumni Citations Recognize Distinguished Careers
The Kansas University alumni association votes 87 citations since 1941 for notable graduates. Dr. Roy G. Hosking, class of 1905, will receive his long-delayed award next month after roles at Harvard and in Massachusetts. Others named include Solon Summerfield and Juan Nakpil, with several recipients deceased before presentation and some posthumous or pending attendance at commencement events.
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Mae
Freak L
Gourd Foo Ae Dionally
Wesel
Clase
Lew Besa
K. U
Roy G. Hosking
Harvard University
Massachusetts
Deane W. Malott
Solon E. Summerfield
Palm Springs
Calif
Milton Cummings
Juan F. Nakpil
Manila
P. I
Summerfield
Raymond Clapper
Mew Major at K U Course in Journalism Sequence
The course will prepare journalism students for employment in women's departments of newspapers magazines industrial publications and public relations. Women may choose home economics journalism and complete the sequence by their junior year with admission to journalism in the junior year and finish in the final two years.
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Soos
Apy
Les Bees Sommes
Wadie
Dean Marvin
College of Libere Arts
Ont
Aioe Ee
Af Journaliem
New York May 16 Market and Livestock Updates
AP dispatch reports at New York and Kansas City wheat corn and grain prices, with cash grain gains and losses. Kansas City livestock receipts forecast. cattle calves and hog prices mixed to higher. sheep and lambs show gains in places, with steady to higher beef cattle markets and varying hog demand.
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New York
Coston Bigher
Nanne i
Northweer
Kansas City
Konese
Wansae City
Kansas
Earse
Chicago potato market report shows mixed arrivals and prices
Chicago market notes USDA arrival data and shipments with Idaho Russet and California long whites. Prices list Idaho Russet varieties at 4.05 and California long whites at 3.28, while stocks appear moderate and markets weaker for certain items with steady demand in others.
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Chicago
USDA
Idaho
Wheat Markets Edge Higher Amid Mixed Grain News
Market notes show a cautious session with grains fluctuating and stocks mixed. Wheat futures steadied, corn and oats pricing varied as traders weighed domestic demand against external factors amid ongoing market uncertainty.
Research talk links civilian brains to national defense
Col Edward F. Kempe, KU military science chair, told Kiwanis at Eldridge Armed Forces Week that civilian research drives national defense. He said war outcomes hinge on civilian development, citing railroads aiding Civil War armies and WWII advances in radar, aircraft, amphibious gear. He noted thousands of R D projects and the need to collect and apply knowledge efficiently, with evaluation sharpening lessons from World War I and II.
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Edward F. Kempe
Army R. 0. T. C
University of Kansas
Kiwanis Club
Eldridge
Kumpe
Kampe
National and State Officials Visit Lawrence Farm Credit Office
Three national and state farm credit officials toured the Lawrence office of the National Farm Loan association. I W Duggan governor of the Farm Credit Administration in Washington D C and Fred Merrifield and A J Troup from Wichita met with local leaders R S Filkin Omar O Browning and Fred W Schrader to discuss farm credit matters.
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National
Truman Nominates Butterworth Ambassador to Sweden
President Truman names W Walton Butterworth of Louisiana as ambassador to Sweden, though he currently serves as assistant secretary of state for Japanese affairs. H Freeman Matthews of Maryland, then ambassador to Sweden, is nominated as assistant secretary of state to oversee the political desk pending confirmation. Wichita reports city officials plan a May 28 conference with Attorney General Harold Fatser of Kansas on gambling law enforcement. date set by Mayor Earl Kuke.
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Truman
W. Walton Butterworth
Louisiana
Sweden
Butterworth
H. Freeman Matthews
Maryland
Wichita
Atta
Harold Fatser
Kansan
Earl Kuke
Memorial Hospital Births and Associated Names Listed
At Memorial Hospital the acknowledgments include Pharie Hite from Sunflower Linds Sager at 1657 Missouri Street and Mae Carr from Emmett Mra, with Furenia Larcom at 346 Michigan Street and Miss Donna Stevens at Baldwin. Also listed are Allie Krome and a baby girl, Sunflower Dorie Margaret Grammer at 421 Elm Streets Mee, Helen Bleaser at 2330 Vermont Street, Mrs Mautine Heimbrock and baby Wren in apartments, Mrs Lucile Robtereen Baldwin, Mrs Ola Read 445 Tennessee Street, L M Dewers at 1900 Louisiana Street, Eleanor Dendo 933 Missouri Street, dackie Elmere Overbrook.
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Sunflower
Linds Sager
Missouri Street
Mra
Mae Carr
Emmett
Furenia Larcom
Michigan Street
Donna Stevens
Baldwin
Allie Krome
Dorie Margaret Grammer
Elm Streets
Mee
Helen Bleaser
Vermont Street
Mautine Heimbrock
Wren
Lucile Roberteen
Ola Read
Tennessee Street
L. M. Dewers
Louisiana Street
Eleanor Dendo
Dackie Elmere
Overbrook
Johnsons Welcome Daughter At 828 Ariensee Street
Mr and Mrs J S Johnson announce the birth of a daughter yesterday at their home on Ariensee Street.
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J. S. Johnson
Ariensee Street
Ill Grant 70 treated after thumb severed by power saw
Lecompton resident Ill Grant, 70, was treated in the emergency room yesterday after his right thumb was severed in a power saw accident. He received medical care and remained under observation.
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Grant
Lecompton
Senate Agriculture Committee Approves Penalty Bill for Quota Exceeders
Washington May 18 The senate agriculture committee approved a penalty bill targeting wheat and corn growers who exceed marketing quotas. The penalty would be 50 percent of the parity price per bushel for corn as of August 1 and for wheat as of May 1 in the production year. The agriculture department noted Congress unintentionally removed a prior penalty provision and stressed the need to correct this.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
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Arihee schedules tours for governor bid in Republican race
Edward F Arihee former supreme court justice plans week long travel in his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor. May 22 schedule includes attendance at the Republican National convention in Wichita with four day stays in McPherson and nine congressional district towns. The second advanced student recital at Strong Hall drew a small enthusiastic audience, omitting Theodora Fricason due to illness.
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Allpreme Court
Edward F. Arihee
Hia
Goverton
Wichita
McPherean Ane Vieita
Strong Hall
Theodora Fricason
Deaths and Funerals Sibert A Helwig Former Lawrence Resident
Sibert A Helwig a former Lawrence resident died in a Bay City Texas hospital. He worked as a contractor in Lawrence about 30 years ago before moving to Texas ten years ago. The obituary notes his wife Emma of Sweeny Texas four sons Earl Harry Harry and one daughter Reuta survived with other extended kin listed.
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Lawrence
Bay City
Tex
Aexse Aban
Wertz seeks Republican nomination to Kansas Supreme Court
Topeka May 18 Justice William J Wertz of Wichita announced his bid for the Republican nomination to a full six year term on the Kansas Supreme Court He was appointed March 1 after Edward F Arn resigned to run for governor Wertz is 54 a veteran of both world wars and had previously served as Sedgwick county district judge Sedgwick county attorney for two terms and one term in the state senate
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CPN
William J. Wertz
Wichita
Kansas Supreme Court
Wertz
Edward F. Arn
Supreme Court
Sedgwick
Junior High Orchestra And Band Plan Concert
Lyle Work announces tomorrow afternoon concert by the junior high school band and orchestra for fourth to sixth grade students. Seats will be available in the high school auditorium for parents and friends. The program opens at 2 45 p.m. The program:
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Lyle Work
J.H.S. Work
Southern Asia Expert to Address K U Journalists
Phillip Talbot, a leading Southern Asia expert, will be introduced by Chancellor Deane Malott at K U tomorrow. The convocation in Fraser theater will feature his talk titled Eleventh Hour in South Asia with events including class lectures and a dinner with Dean and Mrs Burton W Marvin of the journalism school.
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United States
Asia
Deane Malott
K.U
Fartlings School
Political Science
Fraser Theater
Talbot
India
South Asia
Memorial Union
Burton W. Marvin
K.U. Journalism School
An Marvin
Chicago Daily News
Home Garden Club Meeting Highlights and Pasadena Show
The Home Garden club gathered at Miss Mary Dillard's home with 20 members. Mrs Frank E Jones presented floral pictures including Pasadena's annual flower show and pageant from 1889, Forest Lawn cemetery photos, and ideas from Lawrence acones. Refreshments followed and the next meeting is planned for June 7 with Margaret Mun Michigan atioet.
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Mary Dillard
Frank E. Jones
Pasadena
Calif
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Glendale
Lawrence Acones
Margaret Mun
Michigan Atioet
Infant in incubator at Rancom Memorial Hospital
Infant born May 18 at the McDowell home near Onawatomie weighs 1 pound 12 1/2 ounces. The baby, Connie McDowell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilfred McDowell, is reported doing well in an incubator as physicians note weight loss of 4 1/2 ounces but good condition.
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Aho
Rancom Memorial Hospital
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Wilfred McDowell
Onawatomie
McDowell
New Courthouse Cornerstone Ceremony in Oswego Kansas
A large crowd attended formal ceremonies for La Bette county's new courthouse. The three story building replaces the old courthouse built sixty years ago, with construction cost about 380,000 dollars.
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Oswego
Kan
LaBette County
May Protest Soviet Move Involving East Germany Police
United States Britain and France plan separate protests to Moscow over Russia’s actions forming east German police unit. Likely démarches announced in Washington and London as Western powers seek firm stance amid Cold War tensions with Moscow.
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United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Russia
Messenger of Peace Endorsed by Local Pastors
Lawrence churches largely support the film Messenger of Peace which opens tonight for a three day run at the Jayhawker theater. Starring John Beal as Pastor Armin Ritter, the Lutheran Layman's executive secretary served as advisor. Ministers of other Protestant faiths approved the picture before release, and Rev Norman Brandt calls it a Christian outreach to entertainment.
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Jayhawker
M of Peace
John Beal
Armin Ritter
Moline Sed
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Mark Cadle
Norman Brandt
Messenger of Peace
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Cadle
Around The World in Bed at Lincoln School Friday
Lincoln P.T.A. presents a play titled Around The World in Bed at Lincoln School 708 Elm Street North Lawrence Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Cast features Lincoln P.T.A. members and musical numbers by present and former Lincoln School pupils.
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Elm Street
North Lawrence
Lincoln P.T. A
Ples of Guilty Bretherton Pleads Guilty in County Court
Paul E Bretherton of Kansas City pleaded guilty today to a charge of driving under the influence of intoxicating beverage. Judge Frank Gray fined 100 dollars and costs, suspended his driver’s license, and imposed a 20 day jail sentence. Bretherton was charged by highway troopers near Ora on Highway K 10.
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Kansas City
Frank Gray
Brotherton
Ora
In Memoriam Ledgers We Remember a Husband Partner
In memory of a husband and partner, partner and spouse mourned by wife children and many friends. The message expresses enduring love and remembrance, with lines of affection and sorrow for the loss and ongoing presence in memory.
CASE IS NEARING END In Topeka murder trial
May 18 closing arguments began in the first degree murder trial of Robert Anderson a 19 year old army sergeant from Oakland California. He is accused of killing Misa Irene Gilbert a 33 year old basket factory worker on January 4 after meeting in a Topeka tavern. The state contends Anderson stabbed and then dragged her body with a car. The case may not go to the eight member jury before tomorrow morning. The state asked for first degree murder conviction but did not set a penalty. The law provides death by hanging or life imprisonment.
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Kan
Robert Anderson
Oakland
Calif
Ous
Anderson
Misa Irene Gilbert
Fort Riley
Kaw
Burglary at DX Service Station Probed by Sheriff’s Office
Burglars broke into the DX service station west of the Twenty third and Louisiana intersection last night, north side of Twenty third street. Sheriff’s forces report several packages of cigarettes and a few pennies as the only losses. Also a card of thanks from Mrs. F Floresce McElroy Vergne Dale expresses gratitude for cards and letters received during illness.
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Jeck
Twenty-third and
Louisiana
Twenty-third Street
F Floresce McElroy Vergne Dale
Marriage Licenses Issued to Ao and Barbara Cottrell
A marriage license was issued by the probate court to Ao a marriage license holder from Sedan aged 21 and Barbara J. Cottrell aged 19 from Teving. The record notes the couple slated for nuptials in the local area.
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Tisaght
Ogleabes
Sedan
Barbara J. Cottrell
Teving
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