Jefferson County swindlers held after punchboard caper
Thomas Martin Henderson and his wife Etta O. Henderson of Paris Texas are jailed in Jefferson County Oklahoma City jail at Oskaloosa in a punchboard swindle case tied to a Kansas spree. Authorities say the couple and others operated a concession with a 1941 Ford Fordor packed with multiple license plates. The report notes earlier Fox grocery incident and the pair were arrested after moving a con show into Atchison. The case links to a yearlong investigation across several states.
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Thomas Martin Henderson
Etta O. Henderson
Paris
Tex
Jefferson County
Oskaloosa
Kansas
Charles N. Fox
Missouri
Atchison
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Fox
Clarence Bliesner
Memorial Day Services At Centenary Church And South Park
Members of Spanish War veterans American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars and their auxiliaries attend Memorial Day services Sunday at 10:50 a m at Centenary Methodist church. Union services gather at South Park at 8 p m with assembling groups at 7:45 p m and colors to be shown. Summer session at Lawrence Business College begins June 5 for 12 weeks with enrollments accepted through June 3.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Women’s Relief Corps
Centenary Methodist Church
South Park
The
Lawrence Business College
Memorial Day Services at Washington Creek Church of the Brethren
A memorial service will be held at Washington Creek Church of the Brethren next Sunday May 28 at 2300. Rev Ralph Hodgen pastor announces church idle School opens May 29 with classes 9 to 1130 in the morning for all Washington Creek community youths. The church council will meet June 4 at 230 p.m.
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Washington Creek
Church Council
Unions an irritation in war production says GM chief
Charles E. Wilson, president of General Motors, told the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce that unions are “an irritation in war production” and warned that conditions in Detroit verge on industrial anarchy. He urged unions and leaders to convert to the war effort and criticized past union campaigns against executives.
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St. Louis
UPI
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Rand
Detroit
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
Notices recount Elmer E Marshall of Vallejo California grave in Sacramento beside wife and daughter while Lawrence kin A A Marshall and W E Marshall survive. Edward Brune dies age 84 in Salem Oregon with wife and sons George and Clarence and brother George of Lawrence. Katherine Grob dies south of Eudora age 56. services at Friends church Hesper. Herman Pasewark dies in Kansas City Kansas age 77. services in Eudora and Kansas City. Evelyn J Turner dies at 26. funeral Funk Chapel Maple Grove. Arthur A Garrett funeral postponed. Dodderidges in town. sons Bill and Bob majors in armed forces.
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Elmer E. Barshall
Lawrence
Elmer E. Marshall
Vallejo
Calif
A. A. Marshall
W.E. Marshall
Masonic Lodge
Sacramento
Edward Brone
S. Edward Brone
Salem
Ore
George W. Brune
Newark
N. J
Clarence E. Brune
Palo Alto
George Brune
Woodburn
Katherine Duncan Grob
Eudora
Friends Church
Hesper
W. W. Garrison
Grob
Edward H. Grob
Pvt
Ralph Grob
England
Paul
Carl Grob
Mildred Beecroft
DeSoto
Jess Duncan
Bonner Springs
Mae Bradley
Imlay
Nev
Hlerman Pasewark
Herman Pasewark
Kansas City
Kan
Eads Funeral Home
Minnesota Avenue
Eudora Cemetery
Evelyn J. Turner
New Jersey Street
Funkchapel
Maple Grove Cemetery
Lawrence T. Turner
Camp Livingston
Lary and
Gwendolyn Turner
Henry Harding
Harry A. Dodderidge
Washington, D. C
Kenneth C. Dodderidge
Sunflower Ordnance Works seeks 2200 new workers for powder lines
Production schedules for rocket propellant powders prompt Hercules Powder Co and Sunflower Ordnance Works to recruit 2,200 additional workers. C R Higgins and W L Ellis inspect facility, urging locals from high school graduates to housewives and teachers to apply for 24 hour operation. Starting pay is 73 cents for women and 83 cents for men with rapid advancement possible. Approximately 400 housing units remain at Sunflower Village with dormitories and full services for single workers nearby.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
C. R. Higgins
Hercules Powder Company
W. L. Ellis
Hercules
Wilmington
Del
Army
Navy
Sunflower
Higgins
Sunflower Village
FPHA
Walgren
Eee Geet
KU Housemothers Fund $50 Scholarship From Donations
Housemothers of all organized houses at the University of Kansas voted $50 for the annual scholarship at a Monday meeting led by president Mrs Dead Alt. The scholarship is funded by housemother contributions and will be awarded by the University Scholarship committee. Their activities include Red Cross work and selling stamps and bonds at Weaver's department store booth. This year they made 45 patchwork quilts for Bundles for Bluejackets and scrapbooks for servicemen and invalids to be sent to Fort Winter General hospital.
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University of Kansas
Dead Alt
Red Cross
Weaver
Winter General Hospital
Missing in Action Kansans Named in War Dept List
Washington May 26 536 soldiers were listed by the war department as missing in action. Among them are S/Sgt. Ross E Rutland of Hiawatha route 4 Central Pacific area and S/Sgt Robert Ly Allin of Kansas City European area. Others include Capt Wyeth C Everhart Gypsum First Lt Edwin K Fuller Wichita First Lt Ernest R Newell Manhattan route 3 Col Robert T Crowder Lawrence S/Sgt Kenneth P Davis Sterling Second Lt Nolan E Dressler Lebo Sgt Levin J Gearhart Everest S/Sgt Patrick A Marnell Parsons S/Sgt Louis H L Spatz Salina in various theaters.
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Washington
War Department
Central Pacific
Ross E. Rutland
William C. Rutland
Hiawatha
Robert Ly Allin
Kansas City
Wyeth C. Everhart
Gypsum
Edwin K. Fuller
Wichita
Ernest R. Newell
Manhattan
Mediterranean
Robert T. Crowder
Audra C. Crowder
Lawrence
Kenneth P. Davis
Sterling
Nolan E. Dressler
Lebo
Levin J. Gearhart
Everest
Patrick A. Marnell
Parsons
Louis HL Spatz
Salina
Drowning Warnings and Local News From Lawrence Kansas
Lawrence readers are urged to warn youths about water dangers along the Kaw river and ponds as drownings recur in eastern Kansas. Sheriff Skinner notes dogs at large remain under quarantine while a tire theft attempt was deterred at 720 Mississippi. The city budget seeks $800 in private contributions for summer recreation, and local homes change hands as the Eby family sells 705 Maine to the Roys and moves to 1720 Indiana in 30 days.
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Kansas
Rody Skinner
L. E. Eby
Indiana Street
Alice Casteen
Ebys
Maine Street
Vernon Roy
Wartime notices From families and servicemen
Armed Forces updates report son Sc Raymond Eberhart arriving safely in North Africa and visiting Oran. Mrs Barrett learns her husband, wounded at Admiralty Islands, returned to unit as private first class. Cpl Brightwell stationed in India. Ten Lawrence men begin naval indoctrination at Great Lakes with aptitude tests for future service. Cpl Charles Alexander of Ft Bliss on furlough in Lawrence.
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George Eberhart
Sc. Raymond Eberhart
North Africa
Oran
Army Infantry
Raymond J. Barrett
Admiralty Islands
Pfc. Barret
O. BE. Barrett
Elm Street
Grantville
Topeka
Barrett
Retha Fine
Missouri
Lawrence
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Naval Service
Mark A. Wiesselman
Mississippi Street
James W. Nason
Fred W. Rumsey
West Hills Parkway
Thornton A. Hemphill
East Nineteenth
Leo M. Martell
Barker Avenue
John D. North
Hickory
Adryn
Grover
Kentucky Street
Earl R. Crumer
Elmwood
Dwight Stanton Olinger
Louisiana Street
Richard Higgins
Locust Street
Cpl
Charles Alexander
J. W. Alexander
Corporal Alexander
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Japan reveals aerial weakness over Pacific routes
U S Pacific Fleet reports heavy raids on Marcus and Wake islands with Montgomery’s task force delivering 148 tons of bombs to Marcus and 150 tons to Wake. No Japanese planes appeared at Wake, while Marcus suffered losses and air defenses remained weak after nine months since its last hit.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Pacific
Tokyo
Marcus
Wake Islands
Alfred E. Montgomery
Wake
Chester W. Nimitz
Montgomery
U. S
Central Pacific
Lagoon
Wheat and livestock futures and market notes from Kansas City May 26
Market roundup reports futures for wheat and rye with open interest of 34.079 million and 37.175 million bushels. Hog, cattle, and sheep inventories listed with prices and holds. Cash grain and local potato market updates provided along with Chicago and U S potato and eggs pricing notes.
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Kansas City
Ap-Wfa
Market Update and Grain and Poultry Prices
Local markets show mixed readings with eggs and poultry listed by price and grade. New York stocks rose on the day buoyed by Park and Tilford and distillers firms, with transfers around 600000 shares as participants weighed earnings and war news.
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Wall Street
New York
Park and Tilford
Schenley, Distillers Corporation
National Distillers
Tilford
Market News Markets at a Glance May 26 New York
Stocks hold at new highs with steady quotes, bonds mixed and investment issues in demand. Rye futures rise on rye use plan for industrial alcohol. Chicago grain shows mixed wheat and strong rye, while oats and barley shift. Wheat futures rally on rye mandate. corn, oats feature modest moves. trade dull in hogs and cattle with price dips noted.
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New York
Chicago
Chicago Grain
War Production Board
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