Salvation Army drive in Lawrence tops 12000 raised
Local campaign to fund a new Salvation Army headquarters in Lawrence has raised over 12000 with a goal of 385000. Co chairs Chris Kraft and Glenn Kappelman say remaining 67000 will come from selling the present building and Salvation Army funds. Campaing activity expands into residential areas after Memorial Day weekend with support from Kansas City unit and local businesses.
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Salvation Army
Chris Kraft
Glenn Kappelman
1Th
N. H. Sts
Kraft
Ing
Woodrow Miller
Sue
Lawrence
Iren Morgane Mackrence
Doos
Standard Life Association
Karl Kreider
Hs Clothing Co
Frank L. Brown
EO AL Brooks
Parcela
Tularemia in Alaska Field Study Advanced by Researchers
A four member field party led by Dr Cora M Dower will explore Alaska from Pow Barrow to Mt read up to August end. They will trap rodents, remove ectoparasites, and ship specimens to Dr Bowns for analysis, marking the first detailed tularemia study in Alaska supported by the Air Medical Laboratory at Ladd Field.
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Kansas Universis
Barrow
Alaska
Read
Rathemia
Progres
Owl
Cora M Dower
Kool Xsrus Laboratory
Lef
Ted G Metcalf
Ralph W. Marehell Last Springs
William Thomas Northey
Meadowlands
Minn
Cluff F Hopla
Oklahoma University
KOT Alwanus
Feld Party
Seattle Wash
Millars Air Transport Service
Ladd Field
Fairbanks
Air Force
Alaska Maman
Metcalf
Mitchell
Hopla
Northey
Bowns
Air Medical Laboratory
Downy
K.A
de Metcalf
Alumni Drive Dinner Honors KU New Members Total 148
About 50 participants from a week-long drive for the Alumni Association at Kansas University attended a dinner in Memorial Union. A partial report lists 148 signups for member whip and seven for life, with a 400-member goal. Mrs. George Docking's team led with one life and 30 annual memberships. Lew Rankin's group next with four life and 44 annuals. Paul Smert chaired the event with K U students and faculty providing entertainment and a fanfare of musicians and performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
Memorial Union Building
George Docking
Lew Rankin
Roland Doyce
Paul Smert
Charles Oldfather
Keith Lawton
Charles Kynard
Kansas City
Manuel Jackson
Bob Kraus
Massillon
Ohio
Bert Stueve
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Track Banquet Tonight for KU Track Forces
The Chamber of Commerce hosts a 6:30 p.m. banquet at Hotel Eldridge honoring Kansas University track forces. Coach Bill Easton reviews the season and introduces the 1956 captain.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kansas University Track Forces
Eldridge
Bill Easton
Charley Chan Tackles a Pickle Barrow Mystery in Indy
Gustave Wee runs a pickle factory in Indianapolis and faces a sabotage plot as Mogweet 3 remover contaminates his product. Charley Chan arrives to investigate, takes on the case, and confronts the culprit while aiming to save the business and restore customers’ trust.
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Mr. Television
Charley Chan
Gustave Wee
Indianapolis
Ind
Ghenkin
Charley
Duce
Lawrence City Commission Actions and Proposals Summary
Lawrence city commissioners discussed amendments affecting trailers and business development, agreed to restrict surplus housing sales at Sunflower Village, and authorized lighting plans for White Way streets at about 500 dollars yearly. They approved hospital equipment bids planning, annexed West Heights Primary School site, reviewed sewer assessments, approved 158 064 dollars in claims, and planned a water main extension while delaying a storm sewer decision.
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Sunflower Village
Lawrence
Wigglesworth
Kansas Power and Light Company
White Way
Iowa
West Twenty-Third
Planning Commission
Schwarz Acres No. 2
Roanoke Subdivision
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
West Heights
Schwarz Acres
Hillcrest Third
Boardman and Schaake
Prairie Acres
Cooperative Farm Chemicals Association
Arkansas Street
Man Sues Over 51 Thousand Dollar Vehicle Crash
William Zinn of Eudora files a district court suit against Tom Moss of Kansas City seeking 50,000 for personal injuries and 1,755 for truck damage from a two year old collision near Bronson. The action names Moss as the at fault driver in the accident.
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William
Zinn
Eudora
Tom Moss
Kansas City
Moss
Bronson
RCA Scholarship Named for Kansas University 1935 56
The Radio Corporation of America announces an $800 science and engineering undergraduate scholarship to Kansas University for 1935 56 and to 32 other schools nationwide. The current awardee is Delbert Mo Jones Lyons an honor student in engineering physics. Other Midwest recipients include Iowa State College Indiana Minnesota Notre Dame Purdue and Wisconsin University.
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Radio Corporation of America
Kansas University
RCA
Delbert Mo Jones Lyons
Midwest
Iown State College
Indiana
Minnesota
Notre Dame Purdue
Wisconsin University
Deaths and Funerals Charles F. Wilson 56 Topeka man
Charles Francis Wilson 56 of Route 9 Topeka died Tuesday evening in a Topeka hospital. Lifelong Lawrence Topeka resident born January 22 1899 at Stull buried Mount Hope after services at Seabrook Congregational Church in Topeka. Survived by wife three daughters one son three sisters and seven grandchildren. Funeral arranged by McMichael Memorial Home.
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Charles Francis Wilson
Topeka
Lawrence
Wilson
Stull
Seabrook Congregational
Washburn Rural High School
Jayhawk Construction Co
Seabrook Congregational Church
Elmer E. Erickson
Mount Hope Cemetery
McMichael Memorial Home
Fenn Wilson
Rose Garrison
Upper Darby
Charlene Smith
Maumee
Ohio
Connie Wilson
Francis O. Wilson
Ora Baldwin
Ethel Hartman
Lecompton
Mary Milliken
Williamsburg
KU Civil Engineers elect fall campus leaders
Civil engineers select Philip Altimari of Atchison KU student as president for the fall semester of the KU student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Edward Grandle of Pittsburg is elected vice president with Darrell Webber Norton as corresponding secretary Jerry Davies of Kansas City as recording secretary Burl Alpart Paola as treasurer and Kenneth Vaughn Yates Center as alumni secretary.
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Philip Altimari
Atchison
Kansas University
K.U
American Society of Civil Engineers
Edward Grandle
Pittsburg
Darrell Webber
Norton
Jerry Davies
Kansas City
Burl Alpart
Paola
Kenneth Vaughn
Yates Center
Kansas Wesleyan Honors Dr. Albert H. King at Commencement
Dr Albert H King former head of Douglas County rural schools will be honored at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina next weekend during the commencement events He served as dean of Liberal Arts and education department head at Wes leyan and held acting president and vice president posts He was named to the Kansas State Board of Education in 1941 and represented Kansas colleges at the NCAA in 1917 1930 1935 and 1940.
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Douglas County
Kansas Wesleyan
Salina
Albert H. King
Alice Ulrich
Norborne
King
Indiana
Baker Uniersity
Baldwin
College of Liberal Arts
Wesleyan
Payne Ratner
Kansas State Board of Education
Kansas Athletic Council
Kansas
National Athletic Association
Kansas City Athletics
Memorial Hospital Names Patients and Residents Listed
A hospital listing at Memorial Hospital Lee Schwinley and addresses outlines patients and residents across towns including Clyde Baldwin Tonganoxie Eudora Sunflower Baldwin Oskaloosa and Sunflower. Names include Charles Bowers Margaret Evers Lorene Cobb Deborah Smith Sharon White Stella Smith Mary Kay Sherwood Mary Low Walker Pear Jones Richard Davenport Harold Mosser Clara Schrader Alice Bran hard Evelyn Athey Nellie Evans William Patrick Underwood and Kenneth Froehlich plus others.
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Lee Schwinley
Charles Bowers
Me. St
Margaret Evers
Prairie Valley
Kenneth Froehlich
Clyde
Lorene Cobb
Prairie St
Deborah Smith
May E. Gatewood
Elm St
Mary Kay Sherwood
Kind. St
Mary Low Walker
Pear) Jones
Me St
Richard Davenport
Lyons St
Harold Mosser
Eudora
Mary Rockers
Baldwin
Clara Schrader
Oskaloosa
Alice Branhard
Locust St
Evelyn Athey
Lincoln St
Nellie Evans
Conn. St
William Patrick Underwood
Sunflower
Baby Explorer Pontiacs Hazards Alarm Sears Family
Mrs Rufus Sears of Pontiac Michigan says her 2 year old son Mike crawled into a clothes dryer and appeared through the glass door while his older brother William watched. She recounts racing to the unit and stopping it before harm.
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Pontiac
Mich
Rufus
Sears
William
Mike
County Traffic Fines Assessed in County Court
Robert C. Sims of Missioni was fined ten dollars and court costs Tuesday in County Court for passing in a no passing zone.
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Robert C. Sims
Missioni
Advisory Group Reviews Cutter Vaccine Licensing
A House Commerce Committee hearing questioned polio vaccine licensing records with Asst. Secretary of Welfare denying such claims. Welfare officials outlined a 28 million dollar federal fund plan for free vaccine for 13.35 million children and explained state allocations. Cutter vaccine cases totaled 60 paralytic outcomes among vaccinated individuals, with ongoing tests and statements from Cutter Laboratories and the Public Health Service. Basil OConnor said the foundation expects vaccine quantities to cover second shots for primary recipients by June 30.
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Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Cat
Cutter
Kicin
Td-Ny
House
Roswell Perkins
Secretary of Welfare
Kiein
Many
Welfare
Hobby
the Health Service
Eli Lilly Co
Indianapolis
Wyeth, Inc
Marietta, Pa
Scheels
Calif
U.S. Public Health Service
Scheele
Basil O'Connor
National
Founda_tion
Ito
Seconnd-Praders
Hall orders study to reduce road hazards nationwide
TOPEKA OP Gay Fred Han calls highway commission to reexamine the state's road building program and to declare reasonable speed limits at intersections where needed. Eight of Rockefeller Center elevators in New York rise 65 floors in 137 seconds.
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Topeka
Fred Han
Highway Commission
Commission
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Davidson Says He Will Not Quit Medical Board Now
Dr. O W Davidson of Kansas City said he would not resign as secretary of the State Board of Medical Registration and Examination until a successor is appointed. Gov Fred Hall declined reappointment over ties to Blake Williamson and a welfare board dispute. Davidson cited loyalty to 130 medical students awaiting exams in June and 9 and to about 3 500 licensed physicians, plus support from the Kansas Medical Society delegates.
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Kansas City
Kasuh
O. W. Davidson
State Board of Medical Registration
Fred Hall
Dr. Davidson
Blake Williamson
State Board of Social Welfare
Medical Registration Board
Hall
Williamson
Welfare Board
Davidson
Hail
Murray Foldy
Hays, Kas
Medical Board
House of Delegates
The
Kansas Medical Society
Hutchinson
Markets At a Glance: Grain and Livestock Mixed
Kansas City market notes show wheat firmer with gains trimmed near close, corn and r barley prices varied. Livestock brisk, cattle and hogs mixed but overall higher on calves and spring lambs, while milo and kafir quotes edge higher. Wall Street advances on aircraft and rail stocks. aluminum and other industrials follow.
Divorces Filed In District Court As Cobb And Perry Suits
Divorce suits filed Tuesday in District Court name Lyle W. Cobb from LaRane Cobb and Katherine Perry from Thomas H. Perry. Expressions of thanks accompany notes of hospital stay and memorial messages for Earl David Athey who died May 25 1952.
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Lyle W. Cobb
LaRane
Cobb
Katherine Perry
Thomas H. Perry
Earl David Athey
Cornerstones yield odd finds and local notes from Lawrence
Old Lawrence cornerstone openings reveal coins, records, and a champagne bottle from an Elks Lodge in Salina. KU football star Dick Bloney returns from Norman after a brutal collision with Buddy Leake that left him unconscious. Leake was ejected. A raincoat joke greets a mail carrier. KU athletic facilities move to Allen Fieldhouse may finish by mid June amid commencement. Legion Poppy Sale seeks auxiliary volunteers for downtown Lawrence Saturday.
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Lawrence Old High
Elks Lodge
Salina
Kansas University
Dick Bloney
Norman
Okla
Augusta
L.A
Buddy Leake
Bloney
Kansas
Leake
Floyd Temple
Oklahoman
Kansas University Athletic Department
Robinson Gymnasium
Allen Fieldhouse
K.U
Drunk Driver Sentenced in Wamego Court
August Dinger of Wamego received a $300 fine and a 30 day jail term in County Court on Tuesday for driving under the influence of liquor. The report notes the U S uses more total electric power than any country but has lower per capita use than Norway or Canada.
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August Dinger
United States
Norway
Canada
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Homer EB Clark
Constant Construction Co
Kansas Construction Co
Dick Williams
Miller Furniture Co
Kansas Public Service Co
Ernst_and Sons Hardware
Anderson
John Kilworth
Bit Bodin Fnr
Sanders Motor Co
Underwood and Sons
Frivz Co
Forrest
Allen
Earl Martin
J. C. Penney
Yerren Lesh
Bart Thompson
Reuter Organ Co
Esther Williams
Bora Raton
Probers
Washington
Mella Hart
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Hart
Army Quartermaster Corps
Robert F. Kennedy
Brotheof
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Carmine Bellino
Eugene Hart
Chicago
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Westfield
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Westy
Divorch
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W. D. Childs
Memoriam
Massachusetts Street
Florence Gibson
Cialomat
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Everley
Douglas County State Bank
Bank of Friendly Service
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