City approves sewer bonds and street projects
City council sold bonds totaling 41790 to George Baum Co of Kansas City as the low bidder with a 1 percent premium. The issue funds pavings on Nineteenth street and an alley on 11th block, Tenth street widening, and a joint bond for Nineteenth street and alley work. Council also rezoned West Side Presbyterian church site on Maine Street for a new church and approved other street, alley, and park improvements.
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George . Baum Com. Qn
Kansas City
Bight
Estes and
Y. Topeks
Barret Fitch
Com- Er
Kanaag City
Lucas and Waeckerie
Zehner Company
Karsa City
City National Bank and Trust Company
Stern Brothers and Oomper
City Planning Board
Board of Zoning Appeals
West Side Presbyterian Church
Maine Street
Hille
Louisiana
Missouri
Pentastranis
Delaware Street
Tenth Street
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Wallace F. Tuttle
Burveyor
City Properties Committee
Clinton Park
David J. Higgins
F. F. Bien
K. A
Graduate Incudent
Hien
Leland H. Young
James Pootme
Lathrop Ft. Read
Richard Martin
Sam Ferguson
Thomas B. Parker
Sam Fergueon
Burgert
Glasgow
Oliver Beaman
Elam Anderaen
Use Soil Program To Manage Delaware Basin Floods
May 30 report states Rep Cole from Kansas discussed a soil conservation plan with Delaware river basin officials to control floodwaters. The proposal would unite districts under a regional board spanning Jefferson Atchison Jackson Brown Nemaha counties to implement conservation treatment. Also noted is the death of William H Harrett at sea aboard the Queen Mary while traveling to visit relatives in South Wales.
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Washington
Cole
Kan
Kansas
is _ Cole
Delaware River Basin Organization
Claude Brey
Raymond Wegner
Glenn Lehman
Delaware River Group
Toether
Jefferson, Atchison, Jackson, Brown and Nemaha
Southampton
England
Cunard
White Star
William H. Harrett
Los Angles
Harrett
South Wales
Memorial Hospital Names Several Individuals Today
A list from Memorial Hospital Mra includes Laverna Hall New Wampahite athet Mie Cue May Aintth WE Delaware ebert Mente y Milea Shallow Water Mra Breda Primo Mabtwin Mie Melty Mackie Conned Grote y Bret Mormon Giewiness Mrs Alta Blegere and baby Roote et Bra Kathrine Noonan Perry Bobby Giah Eudora James Joan Eudora Henwie Kenny Shaver 1731 Indiana Street Me and Mrs Gordon Chapprt West Twenty-Third Street oo daughter today.
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Mra
Laverna Hall
Vdd
New Wampahite
Athet
Mie
Cue May Aintth
WE Delaware Ebert
Mente Y Milea
Shallow Water
Mra Breda
Primo
Mabtwin
Melty Mackie
Conned
Grote
Bret Mormon
Alta Blegere
Baby
Roote Et Bra
Kathrine Noonan
Perry
Bobby Giah
Eudora
James Joan
Henwie
Kenny
Shaver
Indiana Street
Gordon Chapprt
West Twenty-Third Street
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Thaddie Zimmerman Ward
Mrs Thaddie S Zimmerman Ward died May 22 at her Canyon City home after a long heart ailment and a hip fracture from a fall. She was born Lillie Coates in Douglas County and left a husband a daughter Ada a granddaughter and two great grandchildren. She was sister to the late Mrs Charlies Conger and daughter of Mrs Wilfred in of Lawrence.
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Wilfred In
Lawrence
Nineteenth Street paving plan debated at city council
Lawrence council discussed widening Nineteenth Street to 30 feet for traffic to the new K U fieldhouse. A bond ordinance was approved and work set to begin soon. If traffic proves heavy a restriction option may be used and planning commission will review fieldhouse entrances. Memorial Day horse show moved to June 11 due to rain at Municipal Stadium.
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Nineteenth Street
K. U
Spotness
Municipal Stadium
John Brand
Hilltop Riding Club
Col Lemuel Stoopnagle Dies in Boston Home
Frederick Chare Taylor, radio and film wit Col Lemuel Q Stoop is dead from a heart ailment. The 12 year old comedian died yesterday at the New England Kapital boxpite. Taylor, who rose in radio with Budd Hulick after a network disruption, later starred on Yankee Network Town Hall Varieties and Quixie Doodle Contest. He served in World War One and wrote scripts and magazine pieces. He is survived by his widow Kay Bell Taylor. funeral plans incomplete.
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Rosten
Frederick Chare Taylor
Lemuel Q. Stoop
New England
Buffalo, N. Y
Taylor
Mutual
Buffalo
Puerto Rico
South Norwalk
Truman to Seek Funds to Arm 14 Nations
President Truman plans to ask Congress this week for about 1.1 billion dollars to finance American military shipments to 14 foreign nations. The request mirrors last year’s 1.245 billion package for 13 friendly countries, with about 1.1 billion for Atlantic Pact members Britain France Italy Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg Norway Denmark and Portugal and the remainder for Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Ion Press
Britaain
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Denmark
Portugal
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Soviet grain deal hinted with Western turnout noted
Soviet offer to negotiate a large scale grain shipment to the West Geneva appears in a United Nations briefing. The proposal, described as favorably received by U S government circles, follows talks with Swedish and Swiss officials and allies in Europe. Local details remain unclear and phrasing suggests tentative consensus ahead of formal talks.
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Geneva
Switzerlland
United Natio Economia
Sweden
Constantin
USM. R
Supreme Court
Wichita Man Dies by Self Inflicted Wounds
Fifty two year old Jobs M Wiley died of self inflicted wounds in the basement of his home in Wichita. Elmer Lemingsley left a note saying his health was failing and he did not want to be a burden to anyone.
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Wichita
Jobs M. Wiley
Wey West
Elmer Lemingsley
Farmers Face A Storage Problem In Kansas City
Grain storage in Kansas City is critically tight with total stocks higher than a year ago, driven by failed export bids and limited rail cars. New steel bins at Baldwin and near Haskell Institute were built for corn, not wheat, leaving farmers anxious as government and private storage costs persist.
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Butell
Kansas City
Kanssa City
TM. A
Haldwin
Haskell Institute
Commodity Credit Co Ftom
Bowersuck's
Kaw
Jackman Sai
Snan
Jackman
Britain and Canada tighten lid on Fuchs spy probe
London and Ottawa sealed a tight secrecy blanket as intelligence chiefs pursued the Kisus Fuchs atomic spy case. Officials refused comment while Canada-wide speculation grows that Ottawa may revive 1946 spy trials amid talks of expanded anti espionage actions and linked disclosures.
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London
United States
Arony
Kisus Fuchs
Fuchs
Russi
Orawa
Ont
Canada
Britain
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Cars Crash in Storm Near Pittsburg Kansas
Pittsburg Kansas residents report two women killed and four injured in a head on collision of two cars on a rainy U S highway near Pittsburg. The fatalities are Frances Shuonele and Moedeame Kersans, both from nearby areas, while Myra Stinone, Mary Stina Artin, and Margaret Stina are among the injured. Seven students from Mileburg State College were involved or affected.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Yeaterday
Mere
Mary Stina Artin
Daiter
Margaret Stina
Lbe
Edwant Fh Navta
Oy ‘Ochm
Vyneila
Mop Kan
Mileburg State, College
Fire Rages North Bay Area. Homes Evacuated After Explosions
A fire in North Bay Ontario raged uncontrollably causing explosions that drove residents from their homes and darkened the sky. In Wichita, Roy Catfin, 67, died while helping move a seat when a deadly incident occurred.
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North Bay
Ont
En Ollat
Xcorne
Moose Mover
Wichita
Roy Catfin
Training to our school for blind relief jobs
Fragmentary OCR suggests a notice about training to positions with advancement potential at a school. The readable text is garbled and lacks concrete names, dates, or locations. No clear individuals or organizations can be confirmed for a precise summary.
Communists Lead Affray in Japan
Protesters led by a communist group clashed with police on Memorial Day in Tokyo as anti American sentiment dominated a labor rally. Police prevented a red led demonstration from taking the plaza used for American troop observances. Sanza Nozaka, a top Japanese communist, addressed the crowd urging people to seize the government.
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Japan
Cominform, International
Cominform
Muffer
International Impetaliam
General MacArthur
Tokyo
Tokyo People's Democratic Front Preparatory Committee
Vlaxa
Wan Sanza Nozaka
People’s Plaza
People's Plaza
Get Tough Court Drive Sends 18 to Jail Today
Detroit May 30 1950 U Memorial Day will be remembered by TR Detroiters. They break jail sentences of five to fifteen days today convicted of speeding reckless driving or drunken driving. Another 60 day sentence by court order. Key brought to 137 the number sent to jail by Traffic Judge John D Watts in his get-tough campaign that began after a weeks warning a month ago.
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Detroit
U—Memorial Day
South Korea Holds First Self Conducted Election
In Seoul 6 million voters faced a poll for 210 seats as 2,144 candidates stood after last minute withdrawals. Official broadcasts predicted major disruptions by the north did not occur. police crackdowns left communist elements leaderless. This marks Korea’s first self conducted election in its long history.
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New Nations Assembly
North Korea
Pyongyang
Teithteda J
Korea
Seoul
Kore
Lawrence girl wins Barnard College scholarship
Miss Aen Nelson daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward G Nelson 613 Tennessee Street has been awarded a 900 pound scholarship to Barnard College New York City the women s undergraduate division of Columbia University She will enroll this fall as a freshman at Barnard aged 18 after graduating from University High School in February She plans to study dramatics to gain background for future work in theatre and will leave Lawrence September 23 to arrive in New York Miss Nelson participated in University Players production of Our Town and held roles in pep club Y Teens and Student Council alternate in high school
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Aen Nelson
Edward G. Nelson
Tennessee Street
Barnard College
New York City
Columbia University
Barnard
Miss Nelson
University High School
K.U
Peredit
New York
Nelson
Topeka
University Players
Thornton Wilder
Ann
Lawrence
Plane Crash Drowns Seattle Couple Near Dam
In Seattle on May 20, Nick Yanick president of Tow er Construction Co. and his wife died when their plane failed to gain altitude after takeoff from the Lake City area near the Light Roaster dam. Their two boys, Miles and Day, survived. The aircraft sank 80 feet in Ross Lake as witnesses blamed downdraft or mechanical failure.
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Seattle
Comny
Ross
Stalf Patrol
Nick Yanick
Lake
Ces
Seattle Cite
Washington
Miles
Day
Yanick
Tower Construction Co
Lake City
New Map of The Baseher Quadrangis Released
The Corps of Engineers with state and federal geological surveys completed a new topographic map series covering northeastern Kansas. The Baseher quadrangle near Leavenworth Wyandotte counties is drawn at 2 5/8 inches per mile with contours every 10 feet. Copies cost 20 cents and are available from the U S Geological Survey at Denver Federal Center or the State Geological Survey.
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Kangas
Eestern Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Corpa of Engineers
Cotionary
Feder- Geological
United Tes
U. S. Geological Survey
Denver
Federal Center
Colo
State Geological Survey Oo
Officials Schedule Three P M A Meetings Next Week
Production and Marketing Administration officials will hold three district sessions in the coming week. Hutell says Ottawa hosts Friday for general wheat and loan problems discussion. June 3 in Topeka covers 1951 wheat allotments and 1950 corn acreages. June 6 in Ottawa covers CCC loans and CCC bin supervision.
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Ottawa
George Hutell
Topeka
Commodity Credit Corporation
C. Cc. C
Card of Thanks We Wish to Thank Friends and Relatives
Edith Landis expresses gratitude for the beautiful flowers and cards received during her hospital stay to acknowledge the support from friends and relatives.
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Mra
Edith Landis
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Ann Nelson Lawrence
Will Stade
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Lawrence Business College
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Utah
Zion
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Union Pacific
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Los Angeles
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Wion Sacific Railroad
C. Manley
Merle McKineey
Lawrence Memorial CO
Norman Endacott
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