Lawmaker Hearings Probe Vaughan Case and Pearson Testimony
The Senate committee adjourned after hearing Pearson who linked Vaughan’s intercession with housing policy to a 1948 race track permit. Hoey limited questions about Helis, a Greek-born sporting figure, and Pearson discussed Kansas City investigations and possible campaign contributions. The FBI inquiry was mentioned regarding irregularities and a cabinet office contact.
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Vaughan
Senate
Pearson
Hoey
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Ferther
Helis
Burton
Housing Administration
Tanform
Calif
Mundt
R.5.d
Greece
William Rogere
Kansas City
Department of Justice
FBI
Edward Tamm
FHI
Lawrence Fire, Football, and Fair Notes from the Area
A mix of local observations covers Lawrence life from police presence and road safety to a growing fall fair in Tonganoxie. It notes Stanley Schwahn’s death, KU athletics ties, and a fall turkey price dip with Kansas City markets showing 29 cents a pound for Tom turkeys and a prior 38 cent benchmark.
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Kansas City
Yellowstone Ranger Replogle Talks At Kiwanis Event
Wayne Replogle senior Yellowstone Park ranger and Kansas football coach spoke at Eldridge Kiwanis about the park. He noted 29 years in service and that the five rangers on the staff total nearly a century of work.
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Yellowstone Park
Kiwanis
Eldridge
Wayne Replogle
University of Kansas
Replogle
Irvin Youngberg
Yellowstone Ranger
America
Great Park
Ranger Service
Quarterly Dividend Declared by KanKan Power and Light
Topeka Sept 1 The KanKan Power and Light company today declared quarterly dividends on ten common and preferred stocks payable October 1 to stockholders of record September 16. The per share dividends will be 25 cents on common stock 1.12 dollars on the preferred 412 per cent series and 1.25 dollars on the preferred 5 per cent series. The declaration coincides with distribution of its common stock to the public. With this distribution KP&L becomes an independent utility operating entirely within Kansas.
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Topeka
Kangan Power and Light Company
K. Pp
Kansas
Deaths and Births Listed From Mamorial Hospital
At Mamorial Hospital Robert Gish Baldwin Sara Par sons Baldwin Orville Ingle 1201 Prospect Street Mrs Gladys Graves 1810 Louisiana Street Mrs Soe Anderton 1403 Tennessee Mira Hazel Arnett Sun flower Mrs Doris Standfield and baby 602 Walnut Street Larry Jacobs Basehor Mrs Margaret Steele and baby Richland Route 1 Mr and Mrs FE Hawkins 1128 Connecticut Street a daughter today.
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Robert Gish
Baldwin
Sara Parsons
Orville ‘Ingle
Prospect Street
Gladys Graves
Louisiana Street
Soe
Anderton
Tennessee Street
Mira
Hazel Arnett
Sunflower
Doris Standfield
Walnut Street
Larry Jacobs
Margaret Steele
Richland
Route 1
FE. E. Hawkins
Connecticut Street
Truman to Wrest Hometown Washington
President Truman will travel by air from Washington to Pittsburgh to address the Allegheny county free fair at noon, then fly to Des Moines for an AMVETS convention speech, and finally continue to Kansas City before driving to his Independence home. Mrs. Truman has been visiting there and he plans to return to Washington Tuesday.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
City workmen stall Set Up Sliden Tlayground slides at two parks
The Lawrence Recreation Commission announced today that new slides at Central and Clinton Parks have been stalled by city workers. The slides, similar to those recently installed at South Park, are now available.
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Central
Clinton Parks
Lawrence Recreation Commissions
South Park
Churchill Returns From Continent Visit Smiling
London reports Winston Churchill arrived today after a five week tour of Europe. He attended the Council of Europe conference in Strasbourg and appeared tanned and in good spirits.
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London
Winston Churchill
Council of Europe
Strasburg
Crowds Attend Two Local Fairs Despite Cold Wind
About 1 500 visitors attended the two local fairs last night. Rides games and church groups operated lunch stands as crowds showed an eating mood. Coffee outsold other items with cold drinks nearly empty. The biggest crowd is anticipated Friday night for the three day exposition and horse show.
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Carns
Bomb output under tight security cited by congressmen
Representatives Jackson and Price said the United States produces a substantial number of atomic bombs but only the resident knows the exact totals. After touring Los Alamos Hanford and other sites they praised the Atomic Energy Commission while opposing air force plans to move Boeing operations.
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Seattle
United States
Jackson
Hanford
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Force
Boeing
Weehita
Kan
Price
Alaska
Aleutians
New Stucco Front Planned for 711 Massachusetts Street
Mrs Mamie Tuttle 1140 Rhode Island street owner of buildings at 711 and 713 Massachusetts street said a new stucco front will be added to the second and third floors and the first floor repainted by September 15. Mortar will be removed steel lathing installed and cement applied. Workmen began on the top of the building Tuesday. Mrs Tuttle recently bought the properties from the George Spears heirs.
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Mamie Tuttle
Rhode Island Street
Toll Massachusetts Street
Tuttle
Massachusetts Street
George Spears
Marquette Plans 75th Pioneer Day Celebration
Marquette Kansas plans a 75th anniversary Pioneer Day on Saturday expected to draw about 4000 people. Highlights include a public barbecue parade dances contests and other entertainments with Mrs H K Bruce serving as Pioneer queen. Residents have brightened the town with pioneer costumes and beards.
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Marquette
McPherson County
H. K. Bruce
Rural Electrification Chief Harry Slattery Dies at 62
Washington obituary notes Harry Slattery, 62, longtime government official and former head of the Rural Electrification Administration. Slattery served from 1932 to 1944 and earlier worked with Gifford Pinchot and as assistant secretary of the interior in 1938–39.
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Washington
Harry Slattery
Rural Electrification Administration
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Interior
Joint Chiefs to Visit Alaska for Defense Survey
Secretary of Defense Johnson announced the joint chiefs of staff will depart Washington Tuesday to inspect military installations in Alaska. The group includes Gen Omar Bradley and Adm Arthur Struble, with a ten day planned visit to study mutual defense issues after a European tour.
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Military High Command
Alaska
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
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Joint Chiefs
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Navy S
Air Force
Europe
Omar Bradley
Air
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
J. Lawton Collins
Arthur D. Struble
Naval Operations
Louis Denfeld
Rail freight offices to close Saturdays in six day week
Railroad freight offices serving Lawrence will close to ship or receive orders under carload size on Saturdays. The six day week schedule continues for carload shipments while passenger ticket offices remain open daily. The change stems from the 40 hour work week for non-operating railroad personnel that took effect today.
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Lawrence
BE. P. Addy
Santa Fe
John Robinson
Union Pacific
Early Kindergarten Enrollment Surges in Lawrence Schools
Enrollment figures from five of six Lawrence schools show 199 kindergarten students and 81 new upper grade students, about 8 percent of the 230 expected. Schools Cordley McAllaster New York Pinckney Woodlawn report counts with plans to finalize on September 6. Lincoln expected around ten kindergarten enrollees.
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Kinsdergarten
Lawrence
Schoos
Lincoln
Cordley
McAllaster
New York
Pinckney
Woodlawn
11 Crewmen Killed in Danish Vessel Collision
The Danish steamer Nevada collided in fog with a channel dredging barge off Hals Barre near Aalborg. Eleven crewmen aboard the barge were killed and six were injured in the crash.
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Copenhagen
Nevada
Hals Barre
Aelborg
Revoking of License in Hands of Issuing Power
City Attorney Charles Springer explains who revokes a drunken driving license in a police court case. He says the issuing power, not the court, handles out of state licenses, while the record is sent to Topeka for action and California authorities notified. Kansas law requires mandatory revocation for Kansan convictions.
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Charles Springer
C. M. Voelker
Motor Vehicle Department
Topeka
Lehman to Decide Racing New York Senate Seat
Senator Dulles weighs a run for New Yorks special Senate seat. Lehman former New York governor announced his candidacy. The winner would serve Wagner term through January War. Labor Day decision from Dulles expected around September 5.
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Washington
Dulles
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Lehman
Robert F. Wagner
Senate
Themis F. Dewey
Wagner
Demerats
Nater Ives
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Finley pleads guilty in county court over no rear light
Robert Finley of Sunflower pleaded guilty in county court to driving without a rear light. Judge Frank Gray fined him ten dollars plus costs. Deputy P Wig Jones picked him up near Pleasant Grove on highway 69 early yesterday as a cattle truck sideswiped his parked trailer of furniture.
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Robert Finley
Sunflower
Frank Gray
Finley
P. Wig Jones
Pleasant Grove
Eudora Man Seeks Preliminary Hearing After Bogus Check
Delbert Reusch of Eudora asked for a preliminary hearing in county court after being charged with giving an $800 counterfeit check to Lawrence Wilson for a truck. Judge Frank Gray set the hearing for September and ordered $759 bond. Reusch remains in county jail in default of bond.
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Delbert Reusch
Eudora
Lawrence Wilson
Frank Gray
Reusch
Milk price hike in Lawrence tied to dairy support formula
Local distributors announce a one cent per quart rise in milk prices effective immediately in Lawrence. Grade A pasteurized and homogenized milk rise to 19 cents a quart, cream products up by a similar margin, with cottage cheese at 19 cents for a 12-ounce carton. The increase follows a 45 cent per hundredweight boost in the government support formula, with seasonal adjustments and related price moves in nearby cities noted.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Lawrence
Frugel-Jayhawk Dairy Nets
Lawrence Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream Company
Golden Crest Dairy
Chamney Dairy
Simon Hurwitz
Lawrence Sanitary Firmh
Dairies
Hurwitz
Kansas City
Topeka
Campaign Planned for Polio Relief Fund Drive
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced a new fund-raising drive to combat a nationwide polio epidemic. About 10 million dollars is needed, and the campaign may launch this month to support epidemic relief. Basil O Connor, foundation president, said over seven million dollars was spent on new cases this year and eight million dollars remaining may be exhausted by November first.
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New York
National Foundation For
Basil O'Connor
Foundation
Four District Game Supervisors Appointed in Kansas
Pratt Sept 20 29 in the Kansas forestry fish and game commission new game cover restoration program state director Dave Leahy announced four district game management supervisors. They are Tom Galie Beloit Oliver Gaswint Enterprise Wayne Trimm and Max Stone Manhattan all wildlife management graduates. They will be assigned districts soon and will partner with the soil conservation service county agents 4 H clubs and other conservation groups.
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Pratt
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Dave Leahy
Tom Galie
Beloit
Oliver Gaswint
Enterprise
Wayne Trimm
Max Stone
Manhattan
Soil Conservation Service
Leahy
Marriage license totals rise in Douglas County August
The Douglas County probate court issued 45 marriage licenses in August with 23 applicants from Lawrence. In July 34 licenses were issued, including 24 Lawrence applicants.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Markets at a Glance in New York and Kansas City
Market news from New York and Kansas City notes broad stock gains and steadier bonds with rising receipts. It covers Chicago wheat and corn shifts, hogs up to 23 cents, dairy and poultry price ranges, and livestock receipts outlook for tomorrow with cattle and calves shipments and prices in Kansas City.
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New York
Chicago
Cate
Ao Livestock
Kansas City
Severage Bend
Seqider Road
Market Reports Duel Across Alfalfa and Prairie Sectors
Alfalfa prices steady with high quality demand while prairie listings drag with limited cars on track. Wall Street advances on select issues lifting overall market. oil, railway, chemical, and specialty stocks in demand as several major firms see gains. Illinois and national grain notes include potato prices and regional russet benchmarks.
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Wall Street
New York
Lochcod
Alths
Standard Oil Stores
Allied Chenal
du Pont
Santa Fe Southern Railway
Teamland Western Air
Younkstown Sheet
Stuntrich
Douglas Aircraft
Schenles
Ula
Vhone
United Gas Car
Philip Morris
American Woolen
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