Kansas Industries Look to Attract Firms Amid War Spending
M W Watson of Topeka, president of the State Chamber of Commerce, urged Kansas to unite business groups to attract industry, monitor taxation and labor laws, and promote intercommunity cooperation. He warned inflation controls may rise as the U S military budget nears 60 to 70 million annually, while Russia’s moves influence national prospects. Dean Stockton noted higher education expanding into community life. Read the Classified Want-Ads.
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Korea
Kansas
M. W. Watson
Topeka
State Chamber of Commerce
Watson
Russia
U. S
K. U
Dean Stockton
Reach Import High Shows US Trade Gap Narrowing
Washington reports US imports climbed to 819.4 million dollars in August, beating exports for the first time since June 1937. Exports totaled 760.7 million, about 25 percent below last year’s monthly average, with aid programs moving large amounts of military and other goods without charge.
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Washington
United States
U. S
U.S
Court of Appeals Delays Hiss Perjury Appeal Ruling
New York Oct 13 The U S Court of Appeals reserved its decision on Alger Hiss appeal from a five year perjury sentence. A three judge panel heard three hours of arguments from defense and government attorneys. Hiss 46 year old former official was accompanied by his wife Priscilla as he challenged the conviction for denying secrets to Whittaker Chambers linked to a prewar Soviet spy ring. He has been free on $10000 bail since a January verdict. A prior trial ended in a hung jury.
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New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
High Department
Priscilla
U. S. Court of Apce
Chambers
Memorial Hospital Birth Announcements List
At Memorial Hospital several births announced including Myrtle Sutor Baldwin Eugene Robert Oskaloosa Arlene Weilder 920 New Hampshire Street Ethel Colgrove Topeka Jane Lynch Sunflower Rita Westerhaus baby girl Valley Falls Irene Wall Sunflower Grace Bartlett baby boy Sunflower Ralph Hess 2030 Laura Street Pearl Tingle baby Route 6 Lillian Grinter baby boy Route 5 Ardona Adams 920 New Hampshire Street Alice Sale Denver
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Mertie Schwartz
Baldwin
Myrtle Sutor
Eugene Robert
Oskaloosa
Arlene Weilder
New Hampshire Street
Ethel Colgrove
Topeka
Jane Lynch
Bos
Rita Westerhaus
Valley Falls
Dorothy Low Jones
Kansas City
Irene Wall
Grace Bartlett
Ralph Hess
Laura Street
Pearl Tingle
Lillian Grinter
Ardona Admas
Alice Sale
Denver
Local Birth Announcements Across Town Include Several Newborns
Sunflower residents Mr and Mrs George Brooks report twins a son and a ter while Mr and Mrs Robert McKinney of 1913 Ohio Street announce a son today Mr and Mrs Jeve Bates of Lecompton welcome a Tr yesterday Bill Hughes at 1116 Connecticut Street has a son and Orville Tingle Route 6 a son Monday Eee Taylor age 2 at 328 Locust Street received emergency treatment after a fountain pen injury to the eyelid.
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George Brooks
Robert McKinney
Ohio Street
Jeve Bates
Bill Hughes
Connecticut Street
Yester
Orville Tingle
Eee Taylor
Locust Street
La Ne 6 ALF and A.M. eraDaciee 1a
fragmentary OCR item notes a local fraternal group entry with unclear names and dates. reads like a shorthand event reference from a Parish or lodge page. readable phrases suggest a meeting or recognition by ALF and A.M. bodies with unspecified persons.
Time Inc leader to speak at Fraser theatre event
Lawrence Roy-Eersen president of Time Inc will address a convocal tele topo event titled Amecious Stake in Education at 9 am in Fraser theatre. The note mentions tributes to the Australian Aborigine and a quirky line about Kansas football after a close win over Colorado with a humorous quote about scoring.
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Roy-Eersen
Time, Inc
Education
Fraser Theater
Ome & Recenets
Market News A glance at Oct 13 trading floors
Markets show mixed moves as rails hover low, stocks drift and radio TV shares sag. Cattle and hogs vary with high prices. wheat and corn futures edge higher to lower. Kansas City grain and livestock quotes reflect modest gains and softer potato demand across Chicago markets.
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New York
Radio-Tv
Kansas City
USDA
Uinchanara
Milo Pring Ra
Kaffir
Shorts
Idaho Russell and Triumphal Scoreboard Totals
Idaho Russell at $2.50 70, Red River Valley triumphs at $2.15 30, South Dakota Triumphs at $2.30, Wisconsin Chippewas at $1.00.
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Idaho
Russell
Minnesota- North Dakota
Red River Valley
Zenith plant gambling ring halted in Chicago
Officials say a Zenith Radio Corp plant in Chicago halted a $350000 yearly gambling operation after a six month probe prompted by wives’ complaints. About 32,000 wagered daily by 5097 workers with six bookies at the site, one man arrested on gambling charges. Debris of plant efficiency and family privations noted.
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Chicago
Zenith Radio Corporation
E. F. McDonald, Jr
Corporation
McDonald
Daniel de Levnards
Charles Touzinsky
Zenith
New Miners Benefits Coal Industry Cost Estimate
Washington October 18 United Mine Workers welfare and retirement fund announced new benefit schedules for totally disabled miners widows and dependent children plus extended hospital and medical services. The program funded by a 150 million annual welfare fund from a 20 to 30 cent per ton royal ity through a signed contract last March 5. Also noted is the oldest insulated house on Broad street Salem Virginia built in 1882 using mineral wool insulation.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
U.M.W
John L. Lewis
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
Mrs Anna E Wilder 88 of 1640 Massachusetts Street died at home. Funeral at St John Catholic Church Monday at 9 AM with Father Howle. rosary at Rumsey Funeral Home Monday at 8 PM. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters, a granddaughter and a grandson. Mrs Ina Shields died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Funeral tomorrow at Funk Funeral Home at 10 AM. burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs Lorraine Lawrence Wilson and Mrs Rose H Malin noted as survivors. Mrs Daisy Manlove reportedly died. funeral plans not set. Multiple relatives survive. service arrangements pending.
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Anne E. Wilder
Massachusetts Street
Oak Hill Cemetery
Ina Shields
Locust Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Funk Funeral Home
O. E. Allison
Lorraine Lawrence Wilson
Lawrence
Rose H. Malin
Long Beach
Calif
Daisy Manlove
Har
Illie Civan
Lake Street
Ointhe Patt
Church of God
Oklahoma student elected national FFA president
Walter Cummins, a 19-year-old Oklahoma A and M sophomore from Freedom, Oklahoma, was elected national president of the Future Farmers of America at the 22nd annual convention. Other new officers were named, and Cummins was installed in a Municipal Auditorium ceremony after livestock judging.
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Kansas City
Walter Cummins
Oklahoma
Freedom
Okla
Farmers of Anetica
Cummins
Robert L. Smith
Buttonwillow
Calif
Hal Davis
Quincy
Fla
Donald Jorgensen
Poke City
Wayne R. Staritt
Catawba
W. Va
Freedom High School
Pennies From Kids in Policy Racket Probe
Philadelphia hosts the senate crime investigating committee led by Senator Estes Kefauver to probe a $100,000,000 annual numbers game preying on school children. Alfred M. Klein estimates the gross take, with witnesses slated including Richard Samuel son of Mayor Bernard Samuel Judge Joseph Sloane Public Safety Director Samuel Rosenberg Police Superintendent Howard Sutton and boxing manager Frank Bliny Palermo among others.
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Philadelphia
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
New York
Estes Kefauver
D.tenn
Alfred M. Klein
Richard Samuel
Bernard Samuel
Joseph Sloane
Common Pleas Court
Samuel H. Rosenberg
Howard P. Sutton
Frank (Bliny) Palermo
Chamion
Ike Williams
Few Communities Take Steps to Keep Rent Holds
Washington reports Pi-Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods says only 184 of 3,000 eligible communities have acted to retain federal rent control beyond December 1. Action required is local resolution or voter referendum, else decontrol will occur January 1. The 184 actives cover about 9 million people and 1.75 million rental units. total areas under control reach 56.5 million people with 8.1 million rental units per 1940 census. Court actions arise from water damage when roof runoff spills onto neighboring property.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Haskell Day Opens With Queen Alice Jefferson Billing
Alice Jefferson is hailed as Haskell queen for Haskell Day events at the stadium. Benches and tables are set before the arched entrance. Dancing teams will perform after the barbecue and again later for the crowd. The event begins at 7 p.m. with fair weather expected and tickets available at Haskell grounds before service.
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Haskell Stadium
Lawrence
Haskell
Haskell Grounds
Dentists Gather for Abrasive Technique Talk in KC
100 DENTISTS HERE continues as Dr. Carl W. Sawyer of Kansas City Western Dental College outlines a new abrasive technique not yet using a revolving instrument. Other speakers include Dr. Clifford S. Kile on denture fitting and leadership shifts within district dental societies.
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Carl W. Sawyer
Kansas City Western Dental College
Clifford S. Kile
Hutchinson
Kansas
Harry H. Cook, Jr
Topeka
First District Dental Society
C. A. DeWolf
Garnett
John Albers
Lawrence
Newell C. Feeley
Popeka
C. A. Scrivener
Ottawa
John C. Patton
Emporia
Shawnee man pleads guilty to open bottle charge
A Shawnee man on Route 1 pleaded guilty in county court to possessing an open bottle of intoxicating liquor after the seal was broken in his car. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
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Eeark
Legarth
Shawnee
Route 1
Card of Thanks for Hazel Vogler
We thank friends for kindnesses during the sickness and death of Hazel Vogler. Phil Vogler and Sisters.
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Hazel Vogler
Phil Vogler
Cook School Draws Large Crowd in Lawrence Event
About 2,200 women attended a Lawrence Hardware cooking school and style revue in the Community Building. The program opened with a 20 minute style show by Johnson's dress shop and Stork Haven, followed by a 90 minute cooking demonstration led by Mrs. Anne Pringle and Mrs. Anne Peterson. Larry Suttles served as master of ceremonies, door prizes were awarded, and attendees praised the event as entertaining and well spent.
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Lawrence Hardware and Home Appliance
Johnson's Dress Shop
Stork Haven
Anne Pringle
Kansas Public Service Company
Home Economist
Anne Peterson
Kansas City
Larry Suttles
Newton
Iowa
Bill Brewer
The
Hardware Company
Lawrence
Eldon Smith
New Jersey Street
Ernest Bigsby
Haskell Avenue
East
Marriage License Issued in Lawrence
A marriage license was issued yesterday by probate court to James Edward Bemmerman and Martha M. Boles both of Lawrence. The bride and groom are 20 years old.
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James Edward Bemmerman
Martha M. Boles
Lawrence
Hubbard Pleads Guilty to Running Stop Sign
Ralph Benton Hubbard pleaded guilty in county court to running a stop sign. He was fined $10 and costs.
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Ralph Benton Hubbard
Stock Market Slides In Early Trade On Radio TV Setbacks
New York October 13 A slow decline muted an early slight recovery as trading volume reached about 2 000 000 shares. Radio television stocks led losses amid FCC color TV order confusion with CBS and rivals tumbling later Newsprint shares rose on Powell River price hike 10 a ton. Major decliners included Admiral Philco Radio Chrysler and Coca Cola among others while gains came from Studebaker Goodrich Distillers Seagrams Safeway Northern Pacific and Fox.
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New York
Federal Communication Commission
Columbia Broadcasting System
C.B.S
Radio-Tv Group
Powell River Co
Vancouver
Admiral Corp
Philco
Radio Corp
Zenith
Motorola
C.br
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Admiral Corp Jam Airlines
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Beth Steel
Container
Deere & Cortias
Pentary
Gen Foods
Gen_ Motors
Kennecott
Penney
Sears-Reel Radio Corps
Bureau
Court of Appeals
Memorial Hospital
ALF
A.M. Eran Daciee 1A
University of Colo
Carolyn Zimmerman
Liberty Memorial High School
Tommy Ryther
Stanton Ball
Grid
Miss Zimmerman
Linda Connor
Ryther
Joan Leonhart
Connor
Miss Leonhart
Dean Pontius
Phil Endacott
Gagilardo Clarkson
Hay Market
Hay
Prairie
Colorado
Zenith Balls Corporation
Broad Street
Salem
Anna E. Wilder
Mrs
Daisy Menlove
Walter Cummings
Senate Crime Group
Peery
Alice Jefferson
COOK
Gheet Metal Shop
Gurners
Temperature Equip. CO
Hearst
Eoooooage
Pai
Wall Street
Downs Travel Service
Mass
Lean
Karl Kreicer
Mor
FARM
Andy C. Hess
Auto Wrecking & Junk Co
the Oak Lodge
U. S. Highway 59
Decker-Keys Agency
Warren Decker
Myron
West
Douglas County
Building & Loan Assn
Henry T. Jost
Vickers Gift Shop
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