Voter Registration Push Affects Douglas County Election
Students drive registration efforts as county eyes a high turnout for the presidential race between Stevenson and Eisenhower. Lawrence voters face a bond issue of 391,000 for Municipal Airport improvements, with 63,126 from the Civil Aeronautics Administration contingent on local matching funds.
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Douglas
U. S
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lawrence
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Alarms Reported Across City With One Serious Fire
Ten fire alarms were logged over the weekend with one major fire destroying a one story frame house at 1223 Brooks St. owned by G A Mair. Total damage estimated at 850 dollars. Five grass fires indicated continued dryness and six other alarms included gas line trouble and minor incidents. No injuries or insurance.
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Brooks
G. A. Mair
W John Miller
Ind
Poehler Mercantile Co
E. Bth
Fred Shirk
Lincoln St
Lawrence
Prairie St
Ernest Harris
J C Fishback Killed In Highway 75 Crash Near Sabetha
John C. Fishback, 62, of 1819 Kentucky, employee of Hercules Powder Co., died Saturday afternoon when his car hit a bridge railing on Highway 75, 12 miles southeast of Sabetha. Ants Otis Bower, 33, rooming at 1220 North Street, Sabetha, injured, serious condition at St Antony Hospital. Fishback veteran of World War I and member of Western Star Lodge. Survived by wife Florence, two daughters Helen Hawkins and Mary Townsend, two sisters Bessie Dunlap and Elizabeth Pichard, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services to be announced.
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John C. Fishback
Hercules Pow‘der Co
Highway 75
Sabetha
Anas Otis Bower
Bower
St. Antony
Hercules
Fishback
Lawrence
Western Star Lodge No. 1
Florence Fishback
Helen Hawkins
Mary Townsend
Bessie Dunlap
Reno
Nev
Elizabeth, Pichard
Chicago
Market cattle steady as calves unevenly lower in early trade
Prime vealers opened steady while bids faded for killing calves. Steers and heifers showed slow, uneven demand with last week’s tone. good stockers and feeders ranged 18.00 to 25.50. Hogs were 45 to 50 lower. choice 21.90 to 20.00 per cwt. Lambs and ewes mixed, with few Western lambs offered and overall slow trade.
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Bali
Everal
Seven City Accidents Reported With One Injury
Seven traffic accidents occurred in the city over the weekend with one injury. Richard Key, 77, suffered cuts and bruises in a 7:15 am crash at Sixth and Mo. Key rode as a passenger in James Dowdy’s eastbound car. total damages listed at 300. Other incidents included a 8:00 am collision on Tih and Ky with Edwards and House, plus three more on Saturday and two on Sunday with various drivers and damages ranging from 15 to 200 dollars.
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Richard Key
Mo. St
Mo. Sts. Key
James Dowdy
N. H. St
Lucas Fleer
Key
Dowdy
Fleer
Sixth Street
Fleet
Maine Street
Tih
Sts
Burk Edwards
Vt. St
Roy House
Lyons St
Edwards
House
J. W. Keefe
Topeka
Charley
Avey
Oak Hill St
7Th
N. H. Sts
13Th St
William C. Wheeler
G. W."lein
Ward St
Wheeler
Span American War Veterans elects Dittman president
Frank Dittman of Neosho was elected president of the four state Spanish American War Veterans at the close of the group’s annual convention Sunday. State vice presidents named include A. Strahl of Beasho, Oklahoma. H. S. Martin of Hot Springs, Arkansas. and Charles Rains of Wichita.
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Pittsburg
Frank Dittman
Neosho
Organization of
Oklahoma
Arthur Strahl
Beasho
H. S. Martin
Hot Springs
Ark
Charles Rains
Wichita
Armed Forces Return After Mediterranean Duty aboard USS Baltimore
Benjamin F Schrengelist USN completed six months duty in the Mediterranean aboard the heavy cruiser USS Baltimore and visited Lit Yugoslavia. Marriage licenses issued in Probate Court include Rich Scott Secrest 23 and Betty Ann Slater 19 of Pleasanton. Ernest Baker 61 and Ethel Jennie Halderman 57 of Toronto. Charles F Scott 19 and Bestie Craya Karpy 20. and Carol Joyce French 16 of Lawrence. Elks No 505 set for Wednesday meeting with a stag ginger event.
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Benjamin F. Schrengelist
USN
United States
Mediterranean
Baltimore
Lit
Yugoslavia
Rich Scott Secrest
Betty Ann Slater
Pleasanton
Ernest Baker
Ethel Jennie Halderman
To- Reka
Charles F. Scott
Beste Ie Craya i Karpy
Garol
Joyce French
Lawrence
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence and Nearby Areas
Mrs. Merie Kelley formerly of Lawrence died Sunday from injuries in an Oct. 5 auto wreck near Vona Colorado. She and her husband, both Sunflower Ordnance Works workers, had lived at 1040 A.T. St. in Lawrence before moving to Menlo. Mrs. Kelley died in a Burlington hospital. funeral plans were not yet finalized. Francis Gregory 52 of Kansas City, died Saturday and his services were held this afternoon at R. A. Fulton Chapel with cremation. Wyandotte High School faculty served as honorary pallbearers. Gregory was vocational guidance director and son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gregory Route 4. Harry Earl Eudaly 63 of 938 Mo. St. died Sunday evening at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He operated Eudaly Brothers garage with brother W A Eudaly from 1920 to 1936. Survived by wife Flossie, brother W A Eudaly 2015 Learnard St., sisters Mia Rosie King Lawrence and Cora Wilson Santa Ana Calif. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Rumsey Funeral Home with Oak Hill Cemetery burial. Reverend H. M. Sippel to conduct.
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Merie Kelley
Lawrence
U. 5
Vona
Colo
Kelley
A.T. St
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Menlo
Burlington
Francis Gregory
Kansas City
R. A. Fulton Chapel
Wyandotter High School
Gregory
Wyandotte High
Fred Gregory
Route 4
Harry Earl Eudaly
Harry, Earl Eudaly
Mo. St
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Law
Eudaly Brothers
W. A. Eudaly
Flossie Eudaly
Learnard St
Mia
Rosie King
Cora Wilson
Santa Ana
Calif
Rumsey Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
H. M. Sippel
KU Freshman Transferred After Eye Injury in Lab Blast
Miss Margaret Allen, KU freshman, sustained a left eye injury when glass perforated her eyeball in a chemistry lab explosion last Tuesday. She was moved today to KU Medical Center in Kansas City for specialized eye care after staying at Watkins Memorial Hospital in Lawrence. Her condition is described as good as doctors arrange further treatment. Also, the Student Council officers convention at Liberty Memorial High School has been postponed until next Monday with representatives from about 25 Eastern Kansas schools expected.
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Margaret Allen
University of Kansas
K.U. Medical Center
Kansas City
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Hospital
Kansas City Hospital
Liberty Memorial High School
Kansas
KU Card Mixup Lands Five Students on Probation
Five University of Kansas students two men and three women faced disciplinary probation for the rest of the academic year after being caught transferring their university ID cards to outsiders to try to gain admission to a football game. The incident occurred amid high student attendance and crowded stands, with Pinkerton guards confiscating the cards.
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University of Kansas
All
Fe Colorado-Isanens
Bul Wilson
Memorial Stadium
Colorado
Pinkerton
Munstiles
Wilson
K.U
Oklahoma University
Memorial Hospital births and residents listed in Sunflower area
A long list from Memorial Hospital notes births and residents including Betty Cox Sunflower Richard Dubetsky Wichita Bertha Cooper Wichita John O'Brien McPherson Claude Brown Monte 1333 R 1 St Monte Joel Evans De Soto Myron Smith Route 1 Juanita Sorenson Lecomton Patricia Kitchen Lyndon Hazel Miles 512 Alabama St Hic Gillihan Sunflower Wayne Elmore 1815 Me St Robert Corder 708 Me St Matt Graf 904 Louisiana St Edward Funk Route 2 Annabelle Kitzhaber Sunny side Dorothy Easum and baby Route 5 Glendena Hastings and baby girl 728 O St Helen Stetson Sunflower Jean Teagarden and baby boy 1244 R 1 St Mary Heine Richland Route 2 Baby girl Bowman Route 1 Juanita Klinkenberg and bat boy Tonganoxie Ruth McWade and baby boy Sunflower Roy Cox Merriam Joel Evans De Soto Gaylord Schneck Route 1 Ernest Leary Route 2 Mira Betty Annis and baby girl 2006 R 1 St Ethel Armstrong Baldwin Edwadean Binkley and baby girl 917 E 12th St Patricia Kitchen De Vores Stecher and baby boy Osage City Georgia Hayes and baby boy Sunflower Patricia Eder and baby girl 1223 Pa St Wayne Elmore 1815 Me 5S Marian Schroeder 1220 Joy Campbell and hats bow Oskaloosa Mr and Mrs LeRoy Mullin 539 Ala Stason Sunday
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Betty Cox
Sunflower
Richard Dubetsky
Wichita
Bertha Cooper
John O'Brien
McPherson
Claude Brown
R. 1
Monte
Joel Evans
de Soto
Myron Smith
Route 1
Juanita Sorenson
Lecomton
Patricia Kitchen
Lyndon
Hazel Miles
Ala
Hic Gillihan
Wayne Elmore
Robert E. Carder
Matt Graf
Edward Funk
Jennie Crowder
R. I
Alan Endacott
Annabelle Kitzhaber
Sunnyside
Dorothy Easum
Glendena Hastings
O. St
Helen Stetson
Jean Teagarden
R. I. St
Mary Heine
Richland
Girl Bowman
Juanita Klinkenberg
Bat Boy
Tonganoxie
Ruth McWade
Roy Cox
Merriam
Monte Joel Evans
DeSoto
Gaylord Schneck
Ernest Leary
Mira
Betty Annis
Ethel Armstrong
Baldwin
Edwadean
Binkley
12Th St
DeVores Stecher
Osage City
Georgia Hayes
Patricia Eder
St. Wayne Elmore
Marian Schroeder
Joy Campbell
Osk
Group Elects Officers Harold McLaughlin Heads Restaurant Association
The Kansas Restaurant Association elected Harold McLaughlin as president at its three day Wichita convention. Other officers include Dale Forren of Emporia as vice president J A Wolf of Wichita as secretary treasurer and directors George Curtis Salina T V Reid Ulysses Jay Sallars Topeka Paicla Berley Gene Martin Manhattan Nelson Holdeman Goodland and C L Robinson Iola for two and three year terms respectively.
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Wichita
Kansas Restaurant Association
Harold McLaughlin
Dale Forren
Emporia
J. A. Wolf
George Curtis
Salina
T. V. Reid
Ulysses
Jay Sallars
Topeka
Paicla Berley
Gene Martin
Manhattan
Nelson Holdeman
Goodland
C. L. Robinson
Iola
Baldwin Bird Club Program at Baker University
The Baldwin Bird Club begins its second program in the fee series Wednesday evening at 7 30. Mrs Ivan L Boyd speaks on Know Your Ducks and a Kansas Forestry Fish and Game film The Realm of the Wiki will be shown. The meeting is in Mulvane Physics Lecture room on the Baker University Campus Baldwin.
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Baldwin Bird Club
Ivan L. Boyd
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game. Commission
Mulvane
Beirece
Baker University
Baldwin
Wires Cross in Lawrence Campaign Appeals
Lawrence residents received mixed campaign pleas from Democrats and Republicans as state leaders urge fast large gifts. Postcards tied to Nixon support note personal thanks from Dick Nixon while a separate appeal targets big donations to contest Republican funds. Local lottery reports and theater volunteers also appear alongside hunting season notes and a tall castor bean plant on display at the Journal World.
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Lawrence
Washington
D. C
Nixon
Journal World
Jim Mills
Lincoln St
County Court Fines For Traffic Violations In County
Benny Lee Thomas was fined five dollars and costs in County Court Saturday for passing in a no passing zone. Carlos Gammill was fined twenty five dollars and costs this morning for reckless driving. Citizens Meeting Tonight at Liberty Memorial School library at eight discuss a proposal to build more school buildings in Lawrence.
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Benny Lee Thomas
Carlos Gammill
Prison Riot Shocks Trenton State Prison Wing No 7
About 20 knife wielding convicts barricaded a prison wing in a two hour riot at Trenton State Prison Sunday night. Officers fired machine gun rounds to break the barricade injuring two inmates with ricocheted bullets. Three guards held as hostages were rescued unharmed. The rebels, described as desperate long term inmates, returned from dinner and attempted to saw through to freedom but failed as makeshift saws broke. Acting Warden McCorkle cited efforts to gain sympathy for segregated men amid prior riots.
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Trenton
N.J. W
Trenton State Prison
Rhodes Scholarship Tests Open at Kansas for Juniors and Seniors
University of Kansas announces Rhodes Scholarship eligibility for male U.S. citizens aged 19 to 23 on Oct 1, 1953. Candidates must be unmarried and have at least sophomore standing by application time, with official KU endorsement required. Applications due Nov 1, 1952. preliminary selections Dec 10 and final selections Dec 12, 1952.
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University of Kansas
Rhodes
J. H. Nelson
Rhodes Schoemnie
K.U
Nelson
Eldon Fields
Walter Sandelius
William Gilbert
U.S
Rooney Campaign Expands to Fourth and Fifth Districts
Democratic candidate Charles Rooney moves into the Fourth and Fifth Congressional Districts this week. He planned a Ford County speech in Spearville Monday night and tour stops across Finney, Scott, Lane, Ness, Barton, Kiowa, Butler, Harvey, Chase Counties with speeches in Greensburg El Dorado and a Trainmen’s convention in Emporia.
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Topeka
Charles Rooney
Ford County
Spearville
Finney County
Garden City
Scott
Lane
Ness
Barton
Kiowa
Greensburg
Buller County
el Dorado
Harvey
Chase
Emporia
Italy reports building the first jet dirigible
The Giornale D Italia reports Italy has built the world’s first large jet propelled dirigible. The ship is 184 feet long and 42 feet in diameter with 14 successful test flights. It notes the US plans much larger jet dirigibles but they remain in the drawing board. Speed and crew details are not provided.
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Rome, ii
Giornale D'Italia
Italy
United States
Giornale 'D'Italia
Elected at Emporia KU staff divid es library sections
Two University of Kansas staff members were elected section chairmen at the Kansas State Library Association meeting in Emporia. Hazel Anderson, the law librarian, will chair the new special law library section, and Frank Long, KU assistant director of libraries, will chair the college and university section. Both will join the KSLA council. Edith Clubb was struck by a truck, sustaining cuts and bruises at the alley entrance behind Hotel Eldridge and was treated at Memorial Hospital.
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University of Kansas
Kansas State Library Association
Emporia
Hazel Anderson
Special
Frank Long
K.U
K.s.la
Edith Clubb
Ky. St
Eldridge
Raymond Dockery
Clubb
Lawrece Memorial Hospital
Garner backs full Democratic ticket in Texas note
A hand written message from John N. Garner in Dallas indicates he will vote the Democratic ticket from top to bottom. The former VP's public dabble returns to politics as Texas Democrats aim to keep Adlai Stevenson in line. Rayburn released Garner's note ahead of Eisenhower's Texas visit, drawing praise and criticism.
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Dallas
John N
Cactus Jack
Texas
Adtai Stevenson
House
Rayburn
Gueners
Garney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Garner
Alvin H. Lane
Ben Guill
Eisenhower
Garner
Local social notes highlight Lawrence visitors and church events
OsKaloosa reports fifteen Mathers League members from Lawrence visiting Mrs Eva Gaskill and Mrs Ina Worswick for a dessert luncheon and social. Mr and Mrs Alfred Baker and Danny of Topeka visited Dr and Mrs D M Stevens and attended the Presbyterian church anniversary dinner. Mr and Mrs Charles Fox visited Lawrence on Sunday with daughters and in law. World Wide communion was held at the Methodist church led by Dr Gordon Thompson with next Sunday youth planned service and choir anthem. Max Engle and family visited Morill relatives at the church anniversary event.
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Mathers League of
Lawrence
Rete
Eva Gaskill
Ina Worswick
Elit
Frank.Jones
Ray Engle
Morrill
Presbyterian Church
Max Engle
Methodist Church
Gordon Thompson
Alfred Baker
Danny
Topeka
D. M. Stevens
Charles Fox
Free Book on Arthritis And Rheumatism
An enlarged 44 page booklet titled Rheumatism is offered free to readers who request it from The Ball Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri. The pamphlet promises non surgical non medical treatment and claims 33 years of success, noting an obligation upon sending for the book.
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Ball Clinic
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Cattle Market Sees Large Stock Run Amid Drought Pressure
The IK C market reports a big stock run with no marks broken, signaling a strong on hand total near 40 000 head. Trade notes Monday run matched last week as drought drives early slaughter, with Kansas City paralleling Omaha in heavy arrivals and potential price shifts if rainfall returns.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Market Summary From Kansas City and Local Prices
Local market notes show Wheat at 32.14, corn at 1.50, soybeans at 2.68, and varying butterfat and egg rates. Kansas City produce lists eggs by grade, butter and poultry prices, plus fats and hogs at 18.25. Cattle and calves totals appear with fed stock prices and ongoing trade activity, noting higher costs on grass and mixed bidding trends.
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K. C
Kansas City
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Lawrence Fire Department
Basles
J.C. Fishback
Otis Bower
Sabeths
Claud Brown
Juanita Sorensen
Lecompton
Stull
Journal-World
Ine Main
Bill Had
Ky, St
W. E. Grover
E. 19Th St
9Th
Hadl
Barry Green
Tenn. St
Henry Yahn
R. 1.St
Green
Yahn
Aeateklent Em
Lyons Sts
E. M. Hales
Hardin Tucker
N. 2Nd St
Hales
Armed’ Forces
Edige No
A. M
Sojourners Welema
Walter B. Sncegas
W. M
Walter H. Varnum
B. P
Elks No
Westnesday
Sth
Remi
Casey" Rice
Ady
Merle Kelley
Francis Gregory Rites
K.C. Hospital
Memorial Hospital
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LeRoy Mullin
Stason
Restaurant Association
Liberty Memorial High School Chorus
R. Wayne Nelson
Noble Can
Music Department
Nelson J
Deal Six
Recreation Office
Journal- World
Jack Armstrong
Mass
Allan Woolard
LMHS
Oskaloosa
Fera
Arison
IK. C
USDAI
National Real Estate Board
Vought, Ward & Nicholls
A3rd Street
Kenneth T. Barnaby
York City
George Hedrick
Massachusetts St
Church OF God
James L. Haguewood
Ontario
Canada
Presiment Ampany Real Estate
D Mass
Poons
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