Lawrence youth faces charge in aunt theft arson scheme
North Bergen police say Fred Carlton 21, a Gettysburg College junior, admitted stealing his aunt's $7,400 to fund marriage plans and setting his family home ablaze to hide the loss. He is to be arraigned tonight on larceny and arson charges. Carlton's grandparents and mother lived at the apartment, where the grandmother Minnie Gruin was nearly trapped in the fire.
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North Bergen
N. J
Fred Carlton
Pat Sullivan
Carlton
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Sullivan
Elsie Gruin
Louise . Carlton
Minnie Gruin
Alaskan war games end with back-and-forth ground unit revival
In a dress rehearsal for a wartime scenario, Anchorage reported a last-gasp counterattack by defending forces regaining ground from attacking units. Operation Dutetfloor saw defenses recapture Ellmendorf air base runways and push the green-uniformed attackers back, as air and land forces contended in final phases after initial attempts to seize Ladd and Eielson bases near Fairbanks.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Ladd
Eielson
Nome
Hot Lunch for Pupils in Kansas Schools
Sixty thousand pupils in 700 Kansas schools ate hot lunches at their schools last year. Miss Gertrude Allen, extension foods and nutrition specialist at Kansas State College, announced the figures. She said lunches eaten away from home are as important as the two meals at home. Lunches through school programs meet from one third to one half of daily food requirements.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Gertrude Allen
Kansas State College
Local Social Notes From North Lawrence and Topeka
North Lawrence residents hosted supper guests and attended the Topeka fair while others visited and shopped in Topeka. A number of families, including the Hubble and Norris households, were mentioned with visits, meals, and a birthday dinner for Jerry Pritchett.
Big Kitty Catches 38 Pound Yellow Cat in Kaw River
Photo by Hank Brown shows Leon Roberts at 1226 Connecticut Street proudly holding a 38 pound yellow catfish caught in the Kaw River east of Lawrence around 7 a.m. Saturday. He held a smaller fish for comparison. Sunflower Ordnance Works employee fished alone without a graft hook, hooked the big fish on a heavy seine line, wrestled it ashore, and injured his hand when the catfish chewed his fingers.
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Hank Brown
Leon Roberts
Connecticut Street
Kaw River
Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Local Social Notes and Wonder Salve Ad
Tuesday evening social details include seating for the Pritchetts Forsheys Hicks Fletcher Gentry and Blank families plus a trip to Quenemo. An old army developed Wonder Salve advert promises relief for itching eczema infections athlete's foot and other skin troubles with a money back guarantee. Available in Lawrence area Rexalls and Cordell Drug Stores and other hometown druggists.
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Jerry, Tommie
Hubert Pritchett
Johnnie
Jack Forshey
Howard Forshey
J. H. Pritchett
Howard Hicks
Capitola Fletcher
Dora Mae Gentry
Kermitt Blank
Quenemo
Lawrence
Crown
Eldridge
Stocita Rexalls
Hound Garner
Cordell Drug Stores
East Side Baptists Accordion Orchestra Performs
An afternoon church rally featured an hour long concert by the accordion orchestra from East Side Baptist Church of Topeka. Mrs Rose Davis, visiting E G Davis home, returned to Hutchinson Monday evening. Mrs Earl Shaw reports her mother Mrs Matthew Wicker is improved and will move to her son’s home in Kansas City Friday for a few days before returning home. Mrs William Saunders and Nancy visited with her mother Mrs J W Bolton. Charles Hayes of Wichita spent...
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East Side Baptist Church
Topeka
Rose Davis
E. G. Davis
Hutchinson
Earl Shaw
Matthew Wicker
Kansas Medical Center
Rosedale
Kansas City
Lore
William Saunders
Nancy
J. W. Bolton
Charles Hayes
Wichita
Local residents notes and social visits in community
A string of social calls and small events as Mrs Pau Fransue visits family then heads home. W F C W members gather in church basements to can vegetables for Newton hospital. Bert Floro and family visit Harry Denewiler. F H Johns attends W S C S anniversary. E P Day visits Topeka fair. Leo and Rose leave for Hot Springs Ark to start a new home. Howard Hicks hosts a birthday toast for Jimmie with family and friends. Willard Kundler funeral in St Joseph followed by visits with related families. Lewis Hodson and daughters visit Hicks family in Crowder district.
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J. C. Calhoun
Overland Park
John Ingalls
Jon Charles
Edsel
Tiptin
Mikie
C. E. Stanwix
G. K. Norris
E. L Norris
Topeka
Edward Hubble
Johnnie
Tucson
Ariz
Ralph Hubble
Felas
Bonner Springs
William Nelson
Margaret Hubble
Billy Allen
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jimmie Tryon
Lois
Arlene
Howard Hicks
Jimmie
Dana
Iva Hicks
Fred Eggert
Burbank
Carl
South Lawrence
Eggert
Walters Palmateer
Walter Palmateer
Carl Eggert
Lillian Cragan
Daugh- Winifred Gulley
Shouse Amy
Harvey Pritchett
Jerry
Pau Fransue
W.F.C.W
Northside
Harry Denewiler
F. H. Johns
W.S.C.S. Dora
E. P. Day
Leo C. Rose
Hot Springs
Ark
Eva
Ada Hicks
Arthur Hicks
Norman
Ed Slevins
iSt. Joseph
Mra. Blain
Willard Kunsler
Blevins
Mr. Blevins
Kundles
St. Joseph
Lewis Hodson
Shirley and Corlyss
Crowder
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Wats Kater
America
Wenter Dairy
iBhotke
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Cook
Cook’s
Kentile
MIT
Cookleener
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