Defense of Neff Opens with Character Testimony in Re Trial
Wellington Kan Nov 26 George Neffs defense against dual murder charges began with character witnesses. Former rural school teacher and Wellington mayor W M Murphy testified Neffs reputation for peace and lawfulness was good though acknowledging a long adulterous affair with Neffs sister in law. Prosecution later disclosed poison found in Mrs Neffs vital organs and the defense expects further testimony from Dr Ray Brewster of Kansas University.
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Wellington
Kan
George Neff
Witneenen
Perth
W. M. Murphy
Neff
Prairie Creek
George
Jessie Neff
Maayor
iNeff
Murphy
Kenneth Wynn
Olevia Wynn
Kenneth
Harold Goodwin
Wichita
Wynn
Ed Rooney
Topeka
Kans
Thanksgiving jail dinner and Christmas kettle sights in Lawrence
In Lawrence three county jail inmates were served a Thanksgiving dinner featuring chicken and dressing corn sweet potatoes a salad celery ice cream and fruit. A Salvation Army kettle appeared in front of First National Bank with two booths planned for tomorrow in the 800 block. Captain Lewis A Forney noted no quota yet for Lawrence. High school football scores showed Hays 20 Lions 14 after 925 calls to The Journal World for the score.
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Salvation Area
First National Bank
Lewis A. Forney
Lawrence
Rence
The
Journal World
Yeaterday
Haye
Wheat and grain markets show mixed futures and cash prices
Wheat futures ease while corn oats and rye move with modest changes. Kansas City vise shows steady livestock prices with cattle hogs and sheep trading near prior levels. Local market notes list cash grain and poultry prices alongside hay and potato figures from Kansas City and Chicago exchanges.
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Giance
New York
Chicago
Atrone
Kansas City Endorses Tuttle Creek Reserve Plan
A review of the Kansas basin water plan endorses control measures for the Big Blue river region. The plan adds Millard and Perry reservoirs and nine town protections, with public hearings set for Opel on December 16. The $64,000,000 Tuttle Creek project envisions a 53,000 acre lake 12 miles north of Whattan.
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Kansas City
Tuttle Creek
Blue River
Manhattan
Paul D. Berrigan
Ieer
Kanansx Basin
Millard
Perry
Opel
Tuttle
Eacre
Whattan
Big Blue River
Lawrence High Football Team Returns From Kanopolis Dam Tour
Lawrence High School football players toured the Kanopolis dam and reservoir on their way home from Hays after facing the St. Joseph Cadets. Principal Neal Wherry said the group would have an 8 3 p.m. lunch in Manhattan and expected to arrive in Lawrence at 6 p.m.
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Liberty Memery
Kanopolis
Lawrence
Hays
St. Joseph
Tax payments rise to 18,992.95 awaiting deadline surge
County treasurer Roy Flory reported tax receipts increased by about 900 dollars on Wednesday to 18,992.95 for the day. He warned the rate remains insufficient to avert a last minute rush at the windows as taxpayers rush to meet the December 20 deadline for 1048 taxes.
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Roy Flory
Cabinet session reviews foreign affairs with Marshall notes
President Truman and his cabinet held an hour long session on foreign affairs. Secretary of State Marshall dominated the discussion and briefed the cabinet on the international situation including Europe and China. No decision or details were disclosed at the press conference.
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Washington
Truman
Marshall
Donaldson
United States
Chiang Kai Shek
Publish New Facts on Spain Russia Talks Revealed
Washington reports that the United States Britain and France will publish new documents on Spain Russia negotiations with Nazi Germany. Three volumes will cover the prewar Hitler Stalin pact to divide Poland, interventions in the Spanish Civil War, and Franco's relations with Hitler from 1936 to 1939.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Prisoners Killings and Jail Break Thwarted Secrets
Chicago dispatch reports one prisoner killed and eight surrendered after nine inmates tried to escape Cook County Jail by climbing a 22 foot wall. Sheriff Walsh suspended three guards for failing to count heads. three prisoners were caught sawing through walls. Also mentions Delta Sigma Theta library book review tea at St Luke A.M.E. church and a federal payroll cap set by Budget Director Webb reducing the next quarter total by about 53,800.
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Chicago
Cook County
Elmer Michael Walsh
Si Chapter
Delta Sigma Theta
St. Luke A.M.E
Lois Branch
Marie Vickers
Anna Payne
Edna Riley
Gwendolyn Singer
Mothers
Washington
James E. Webb
Colorado murder suspect admits he's an emotional sort of a guy
Boulder and county jail quotes show 19 year old Joseph Walker describing himself as emotional while facing charges of stabbing and bludgeoning 18 year old Theresa Foster to death. District Attorney Hatfield Chilson said Walker claimed Foster’s body was dumped in a creek and blamed a blond, chubby man for the killing. Trial likely after January. Walker said he was born in Murray and his father died when he was four months old.
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Colorado
Boulder
Colo
Joseph Walker
Theresa Foster
Coloco
Bank
Eleanor
Beecot
Hatfield
Walker
Chilson
Murray
Passengers on Queen Elizabeth face austere voyage
Southampton reports 1500 passengers stranded aboard the Queen Elizabeth after the East Coast dockworkers strike. Settlement of the strike allows sailing to New York next Sunday, though many travelers are broke after a long layover. Mrs Helen Bennett, returning to Kansas with three children, hopes to be home soon as ill kids recover.
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Southampton
England
New York
Cunard
White Star Lines
Elizabeth
Helen Bennett
Coffeyville
Kan
America
Barbara
Betty Ann
Nag
Roger
Chinese Red Army Moves Southward
The report notes Chinese Red Army advancing south amid global tension. In a related line, leaders like Spaak and Sophoulis are described grappling with governments amid political standoffs. A Greek premier survives a heart attack while Tojo’s pending execution looms.
Deaths and Funerals for Wilson and Ewing
Funeral services for Robert M. Wilson 27 Eudora will be held at Rumsey Funeral home Saturday at 2 50 burial in Memorial Park with an American Legion squad in charge He is survived by wife Alice two children Robert Edward and Janice Jane one brother Walter Milone N Y and three sisters in Seattle Detroit and Detroit An all night burial follows for First Lieut Allan Roderick Ewing killed in action in Luxembourg December 24 1944 His wife Elizabeth Jean Ewing survives along with his parents Mr and Mrs AB Ewing and a brother Roger Ewing 1605 Tennessee Street The service is at Oak Hill Cemetery Monday at 1 with Masonic Lodge number 6 in charge He was buried in Grand Faille Cemetery in France before return and was twenty three at death
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Robert M. Wilson
Eudora
Rumsey
Memorial Park Cemetery
American Legion
Wilson
Grand Island
Nebr
Alice E. Wilson
Robert Edward
Janice Jane
Walter Wilson
Milone
N. Y
Virginia McKechnie
Dorothy Carrier
Seattle, Wash
Shirley Taft
Detroit
Allan R. Ewing
Oak Hill
Allan Roderick Ewing
Luxemourg
H. G. Barr
Masonic Lodge Number 6
Lieutenant Ewing
Grand Faille
France
Rikabetl
Jean Ewing
Allan Od
AB. Ewieo
Seine Hugh Randall
North Third
Raymond Crews
Kansas City
Roger Ewing
Tennessee
A. Ewing
North
Memorial Hospital Patient and Address List Names
A memorial hospital list includes Lavona Neal Sunflower Juanita Assel Indiana street Lila Botts Tonganoxie Darlene Moore Kansas City Shirley dol Baldwins Howard Turner McLouth Flovid Stumbo Route 5 Carol Ann Leeman Connecticut street Naomi Hardesty Illinois street Georgie Fine Connecticut street Wynona Dingman Alabama street Charles Mills North Seventh street Rachel Wilson and baby Linwood Emmett Richter Oskaloosa Mabel Glass Tennessee street Helen Snyder Kentucky street Clarence Wobjoy New York street Mabel Packard Kentucky street Rebecca Fairchild and baby 1346 New Hampshire street
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Lavona Neal
Sunflower
Juanita Assel
Indiana Street
Lila Botts
Darlene Moore
Kansas City
Shirley [Dol
Baldwins
Howard Turner
McLouth
Flovid Stumbo
Route 5
Carol Ann Leeman
Connecticut Street
Naomi Hardesty
Illinois Street
Georgie Fine
Wynona Dingman
Alabama Street
Charles Mills
North Seventh Street
Rachel Wilson
Baby
Linwood
Emmett Richter
Oskaloosa
Mabel Glass
Tennessee Street
Helen Snyder
Kentucky Street
Clarence Wobjoy
New York Street
Mabel Packard
Rebecca Fairchild
New Hampshire Street
Birth Reports for Mr and Mrs Bowers New Jersey Street
Mr and Mrs O L Bowers of 1317 New Jersey Street welcomed a baby boy yesterday. The arrival adds a new member to the local family in the quiet residential block.
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O. L. Bowers
New Jersey Street
Pollard pleads innocent in baby’s first degree murder case
William N. Pollard pleaded innocent to a first degree murder charge in the fatal beating of a 21 month old child. He was arraigned before Judge David W. FitzGibbon in the court of criminal correction and returned to jail after entering the plea.
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St. Louis
William N. Pollard
David W. FitzGibbon
Court of Criminal Correction
Pollard
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