Linguaphone Institute on Speech Patterns Sparks Debate
New York reports a heated discussion as the Linguaphone Institute remarks on how regions sound. Quotes from Ypsilanti, Atlanta, Chicago, and Hollywood reflect local pride and stereotypes about speech, with experts from Agnes Scott College and a British official weighing in on American and British diction.
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New York
Ypzsilanti
Sepeilanti High School
Atlanta
Cal
Ralph McGill
The
Atlanta Constitution
Dale Clark
WAGA
Gooch Aseaciahs
Agnes Scott Colleve
Georgia
Hollywood
PoThe Linguaphone Institute
New Church Location Marks Seventh Day Adventists Move
Lawrence Seventh Day Adventists relocate to a new church at Tenth and Connecticut after buying from United Brethren. Evangelists Larry Ehrhardt and Bill Hadel from Kansas City appear Tuesday and Thursday nights for several weeks. Sunday nights feature Evangelistic Crusade in the Community building with sermons on Hydrogen Bombs and the End of the World, Growing Problems of a Shrinking World, and Prepare or Perish. City police court fines totaling twenty three dollars include fifteen overparking at one dollar, two restricted parking at two dollars, and two fire plug parking at two dollars.
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Lawrence
Seventh-Day Adventists
Tenth and
Connecticut Streets
United Brethren Church Group
Larry Ehrhardt
Bill Hadel
Kansas City
Hospital Births and Injury Report From Memorial Hospital
At Memorial Hospital several births are listed including a baby for Mrs. Beverly Rogge of Sunflower and baby for Mrs. Dorothy Pritchard of Linwood, plus a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert McKinney at 1913 Ohio Street yesterday. A man with lacerations to his right hand was treated at 9236 Indiana Street after an incident at work.
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Lettie Allison
Route 4
Beverly Rogge
Baby
Sunflower
Wade Mitchell
Tonganoxie
Fred Noll
Louisiana Street
Dorothy Pritchard
Linwood
Sue Soliner
Ruby Harris
Eighth Street
Robert McKinney
Ohio Street
Hoover
Perry Kitsmiller
Tennessee Street
Terry Gaskill
Massachusetts Street
Indiana Street
Neeves
Lawrence Lodge No 6 AF and AM Meeting Oct 16
Lawrence Lodge No 6 AF and AM conducts its communication on October 16 at 7 p.m. The agenda includes first degree visitors Bert Chewning and H Varnum, among others, with entries noting attendance by W W and others.
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Lawrence Lodge No
Bert
Chewning
Ratte H. Varnum
Navy recruits score top on entrance exam at Topeka office
About 300 men took the armed forces new entrance mental examination at the Topeka Naval recruiting office. Tommy M. Tomlinson and Wayne Lacey, first to reach 100 percent, both 19 and 21, have high school educations. Navy officers note the average score is 65. After basic training they will choose specialized fields.
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Tommy M. Tomlinson
Navy
Lawrence
Wayne Lacey
Quenemo
Armed Forces
Topeka Naval Recruiting Office
Congress
Tomlinson
Lacey
Tomlinson and
Lawrence Speech Center trains 49 children September 1949 July 1950
During this period 49 children received training at the Lawrence Speech Center. Fourteen were new cases and entered training, 4 were inactive reentries, and 31 continued from the prior term. Cases ranged from severe to slight, with 10 dismissed as corrected or with maximum improvement and 17 terminated with improvement. Sixteen carried forward. 49 in training received progress rechecks and 13 old cases reexamined. 19 new cases were examined prior to training. 35 were Lawrence children. others from Lecompton Baldwin Sunflower Ottawa Wellsville Eudora Tonganoxie and rural Lawrence area. Two KU welfare observers attended.
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Lawrence Speech Center
Lawrence
Lecompton
Baldwin
Sunflower
Ottawa
Wellsville
Eudora
Tonganoxie
University of Kansas Social Welfare Dertment
Section Hand Arrests for Drunken Driving
Santa Fe section hand Matthew Barnett pleaded guilty in county court to drunken driving and open bottle charges. Judge Frank Gray fined $100 and sentenced 30 days in jail on the first count and $50 plus costs on the second. Obie Crane also pled guilty to a drunken charge and received 10 days in jail. Police arrested them near the Santa Fe rail yards yesterday around 2 PM.
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Matthew Barnett
Santa Fe
Frank Gray
Obie Crane
Gray
Court orders man to pay tal insurance ams to wife
In Victoria British Columbia a prosecutor notes gratitude from a wife after her husband was called to court and ordered to pay insurance costs. The report highlights the unusual appreciation amid legal proceedings and the impact on families.
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Victoria
B. C
UPI
Tal Insurance Ams
Progress and Influence of Women in Lawrence Club
The Women's Club of Lawrence highlights advances by Bess and related professions as it shapes civic life. William J. Turner, Mayor of Lawrence, oversees initiatives and supports club efforts to expand social and professional roles for women in the city.
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Women's Club of
Lawrence
William
J. B. Turner
Daring British Commando Raids Hit North Korea East Coast
Two British Royal Marines conducted night raids on North Korea near Kyongsong and Songjin, destroying a railroad tunnel and two bridges with 40,000 pounds and two tons of explosives. U.S. Navy support included destroyers H A Bass Wantuck and Lt. E P Smith. No casualties were reported.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Siberian
C. T. Joy
Naval
Far East
U.S
U.S. Navy
Kyongsong
Chongjin
Songjin
E. P. Smith
H. A. Bass
Wantuck
Smith
Admiral Joy
Meeting of Churches At Clin ton for Douglas County
The Presbyterian church at Clin ton will host the Douglas County Council of Churches and Christian Education meeting next Sunday October 22 A basket dinner will be served at noon All churches are urged to send representatives and contribute to a fund supporting missionary work in unchurched areas of Kansas Lawrence churches should contact Sam Ferguson Other county representatives include Ray Hoffsomer Donald Rappard Mrs Homer Clark Walter Gersten berger Arden Ott Eudora serving a second year as president Mrs Terry Crall secretary Eugene Leary president Milton Vogel state secretary
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Presbyterian
Clinton
Douglas County
Northwest
Ray Hoffsomer
Donald Rappard
Homer Clark
Walter Gerstenberger
Arden Ott
Eudora
Terry Crall
Eugene Leary
Milton Vogel
Topeka
Dangerous Inmate Sought After Brutal Detroit Attack
Detroit Oct 14 A police report says James Allen 26 escaped from Stoseph's retreat Dearborn and is sought for questioning in a savage metal club attack on six people including women and children. Dearborn police call him dangerous and a nationwide pickup order is out. Six hospitalized four women a boy and a girl serious skull fractures reported.
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Detroit
George Kimball
James Allen
Stoseph
Dearborn
Kimball
Allen
Kansas Team Tops National Five State Competition
Kansas leads a five state meet with Arkansas finishing second and Louisiana fourth. Individual scorer Gene Hawkey of Hess ton and Norvel Deschner of Hal stead are noted among top performers as Newton hosts the event.
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Accots
Ohlasomstah
Kansas
Newton
Gene "Hawkey
Hesston
Missouri Battleship Hammers 150 Tons of Shells on Korean Coast
Washington reports that the battleship Missouri dropped 150 tons of shells on targets along Korea's east coast near Tanjon and Chongjin. The bombardment hit railroad yards bridges rail facilities port facilities and industrial sites while planes from Task Force 77 destroyed vessels and rolling stock from Wonsan to Chongjin.
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Washington
Missouri
Tanjon
Korea
Chongjin
Siberian
Helena
Mitsubishi Iron Works
Songjin
Worcester
Naval Task Force 77
Wonsan
Shostakovich to Compose Symphony for Kuibyshev Plant
London reports that Dmitri Shostakovich will write a new symphony praising a giant hydroelectric plant at Kuibyshev and honoring Prime Minister Stalin, with work about to start. The notice notes at least 80 animal diseases also affect humans.
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London
Dmitri Shostakovich
Kuibyshev
Stalin
Radio Moscow
Homecoming Day at Eudora Methodist Church Observed
Eudora Methodist will hold Home Coming Day on Sunday October 15 with Captain Creek congregation joining. Guest speaker Dr Gordon Thompson of Ottawa First Methodist. features include junior opening at 10 am, musical numbers, basket dinner, 2 pm fellowship with reminiscences, evening Epworth League and male quartet from Baker college. Regional Children’s Conference to be held Oct 17 in Ottawa with local teachers attending.
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Eudora
Circle No. 1
W.s.8.s
Arthur Ott
Baker College
Baldwin
Children's Work Committee
The
Kansas Council of Churches and Christian Education
Federated Church
Ottawa
Registra
Community events and visits noted in Topeka and Lawrence
A listing of morning panel discussions, age group meetings, a fellowship lunch, and a 4 pm film strip concludes a day of church related activities with leaders named from Topeka and nearby towns. Various visits to veterans hospitals con by Melville and Pflegers are described along with social gatherings in Lawrence and Topeka.
Cattle and stock market notes from October report
Regional cattle market results show varying changes with steers and cows unevenly steady to lower, hogs and sheep also easing slightly from Friday levels. Wall Street summary notes a broad market selloff, with tech and radio television shares leading the decline and a partial rebound later. In memory, a memorial note honors Alice Powell, died 23 years ago.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
UCSDA
Iowa
Colorado
Wall Street
New York
Motors
Alice Powell
Jaki
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Seys Bre Ln “Sy
Seventh Day Adventists
Tenth
Connecticut
Memorial Hospital
Mamie Chase
Lyons Street
Haskell
Fran McDonald
Haskell Alumni Association
Independence
Gallup
N. Mex
Anna E. Wilder
Meeting OF Churches
County Council
Clayton Skenandore
Bulls
Wamego
Indians
Skenandore
Herman Smunr
Anions
Hydroelectric “Symphony
Nineteen Hundred and Now
Daisy Ames
Dorothy Akin
Carrie Forsythe
Hazel Harrie
Akin
Margaret Westerhouse
Dorothy Wilson
Florence Clestables
Hattie Harris
Elizabeth Neil
Minnie B. Edelbrock
May Adams
Dorothea Oleson
Eugene Griffin
Oliver Deay
Edwin Burgess
Co. M. Williamson
Glenn Wilson
Abel
Ben Nels
John O'Berg
City
Egge
Atand
Jeane Whit White i
Java Reserve
Federal Communications Commission
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
Hudson
Admiral
Emerson
Zea Radio Corp
Nith
Motorcie. C.B
U.S. Steel
U. 3
J. J. Case
Weatinghouse Electric
Kennecott Copper
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
Standard Oil
N. J
U. S. Gypsum
Kaiser-Fraser
Electric Nd
Share
Cree Petroleum
Consolidated Mining and Smelting
Cities Service
Bunker Hui and Sullivan
Solar Aircraft
South Penn Oil
Tung Soi Lamp
Neptune Meter
St.wrence Corp
Dominion Steel and Coal
Chicago and
Southern Air Lines
Aspinook
New York Stacks
Caan Admiral Corp
Alrjines
Beth Steel
Container
Gen Motors
Intary
Kennecott
Mont Ward
Penney
Sears- Roe
Soc-Vac
Ind
Steel Uu
Woolworth
Memoriam
REET
Frank Sullivan
Petrard
Star ‘Cmeeoreel
Umber Ays
ICE Company
Phese
Westergren
Kohler Plumbing Fixtures
Bing
Lawrence Transfer Storage CO
New Hampshire
Bill Villee
Rankin Drug Co
Hone
Homer
Phelps - Lawrence Loan & Finance Co
Galion
Howard Pine
Senest
Stacers
Rumsey Funeral Home
C. B
Rumsey
Fred Rumsey
Oscar Rumsey
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