News Briefs Mix of local notices and service updates
If you fail to get your Herald, drop by Herald office between 3:00 and 6:30 p.m. include McVey Ambulance. Joe Towner's Amb. Al Williams Florance. Pvt. George TH Swank in Germany for 5th Infantry Division testing. Remainder covers radar check arrests, Good Friday and Easter services at Pomona Methodist, a drunk citation, coyote bounties, new Franklin County Rural Teachers Association officers, Water Works Operator certificate for Carl Nutt Jr, a teacher operation at Ransom Memorial, Ottawa Steel Products company dinner, and Emma Walker convalescing at home.
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Pherk Herald Office
Germany
George TH. Swank
Henry R. Swank
Princeton
5Th
Pvt. Swank
Carl Nutt, Jr
Ottawa
Hospital Notes and Births in Pomona and Wellsville
Hospital notes list admissions including James Boyd Wellsville Mrs Roy Simmons 311 S Sycamore Harvey Crow Pomona Mrs Belle Butolph Pomona admitted Monday and dismissed Tuesday Charlie Watts Route 3 Steven Miller Pomona Births Mr and Mrs Lester Daugharthy 804 S Mulberry son born today weight 8 lb 6 oz Mr and Mrs Lee Figgins 1015 W 7th son born today weight 7 lb 13 oz 0 7 Mr and Mrs John Shenk Rantoul son born today weight 9 lb 6 oz Dismissed Charles Ratliff 507 N Cedar Mrs C C McFann 828 N Cedar Mrs Ruby Crain 832 Cedar Mrs Kenneth O Bannion Williamsburg Mrs Gerald Anderson and baby daughter Wellsville today The last outbreak of yellow fever in the United States was in New Orleans in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Boyd
Wellsville
Roy Simmons
S. Sycamore
Harvey Crow
Pomona
Belle Butolph
Charlie Watts
Route 3
Steven Miller
Lester Daugharthy
S. Mulberry
Lee Figgins
John Shenk
Rantoul
Weight
Charles Ratliff
N. Cedar
C. C. McFann
Ruby Crain
Cedar
Kenneth O'Bannion
Williamsburg
Gerald Anderson
Red Chinese Crack Down on Party Discipline Amid Purges
Peiping radio said the Chinese Communist Party has purged Kao Kang and Jao Shu-shih, accusing them of plotting to seize party and state leadership. It announced new party control committees to strengthen discipline and prevent a recurrence of the antiparty alliance, warning against personal dictatorship and factionalism.
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Tokyo
China
Peiping Radio
Communist Party
Kao Kang
Stalin
Red
Jao Shu-shih
Shanghai
Kao
Peiping
Jao
East China
Red Army
Communist Party of Ching
Democrats Close In On Michigan Capitol Posts
Detroit report says Democrats allied with organized labor crushed GOP comeback in spring election unofficial returns show Gov. Williams party nearly eliminating Republican control of Capitol administrative jobs.
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Detroit
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Capitol
Peiping party conference ends with Mao presiding
The closing session of a Thursday party conference in Peiping saw action taken to purge vicious tendencies. Mao Tse tung, chairman and ruler of China, presided over the proceedings and directed the measures.
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Peiping
Mao Tzetung
China
Five Year Old Safe After Chicago Shootout Incident
In Chicago a five year old boy, held by officers Rufus Randolph and John Porche in a squad car, hid during a gunfight with a suspect. Walter Jones, 34, was wounded after firing on the officers following a cab hold up where $30 was taken. The boy, unnamed, was placed in juvenile care. Cab driver Daniel Paradios identified the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rufus Randolph
Randolph
John Porche
Theman
Hel
Walter Jones
Daniel Paradios
Jones
Dismissal of Third Indictment Against Marteney
The third indictment against Wayne S. Marteney former head of Garden Grain and Seed Co. Garden City is dismissed. It originated from a Topeka grand jury while appeals on other federal indictments were pending and primarily charged postal law violations.
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Wichita W
Wayne S. Marteney
Garden Grain and Seed Co
Garden City
Topeka
Delay Cuts in Ground Forces Across Senate Hearing
Democratic senators urged delaying planned reductions in Marine Corps and Army ground forces during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on a 35 billion dollar defense bill for the next fiscal year. Secretary of the Navy Thomas defended the Navy and Marine Corps budget, saying it preserves a capable force, while Gen. Shepherd and Thomas agreed to discuss further in a closed executive session.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Formosa
Stennis
D- Miss
Robertson
D-Va
Senate
Navy
Thomas
Formosa Strait
Quemoy
Matsu
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Legion Ball Season Plan for Junior Legion District
Plans were made to start the Junior American Legion baseball season in the district. Representatives from Iola Paola Lawrence Olathe Humboldt and Ottawa met to organize. Other towns include Overland Park Garnett and Ft. Scott with Howard Randall outlining rules. Any boy born on or after Sept 1 1937 is eligible. last year’s players may compete again. Harvey Stephens will manage Ottawa’s team which will wear new suits sponsored by Lloyd Stafford. The Second District tournament runs July 28 31 in Paola and the state tourney August 4 8 in Hutchinson. Training in driving automobiles is noted from the National Education Association.
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Legion
Harvey Stephens
Ottawa Legion Post
Big Wear
Paola
Hutchinson
Ottawa Legion
Lloyd Stafford
Man's Body Found In Car Near Bonner Springs
LEAVENWORTH Kansas. Found slumped over the wheel of a car with a bullet wound in his head. Robert Henry Norton 38 of Kansas City died in a hospital. Norton’s car was found in a ditch six miles west of Bonner Springs with a pistol in his right hand. Sheriff Arden Rhyne said Mrs Norton reported he had been injured earlier when a plane he was moving struck his head.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Robert Henry Norton
Kansas City
Arden Rhyne
Norton
Bonner Springs
Governor Signs School Aid Bill
Governor Fred Hall signed the high school aid bill with top priority during the recently ended legislative session in Topeka. The measure aims to boost funding for secondary education and support curricula statewide.
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Topeka
Fred Hall Haa
Local Markets Wheat And Livestock Prices From A Fragment
Fragmentary local market notes show prices for barley soybeans white corn oats Milo and butter fat with scattered figures. Mentions include 2.40 for Milo per hundred pounds and various unclear values for eggs hens and graded egg quality with reference to car ownership.
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McVey Ambulance
Joe Towner
al Willams Flaurance
Maxine
Aad Keaved Pfc
W. M
Rhoades
Marion S. Rhoades
Korea
Louisburg
Art Jensen
Bob Conaty
Chanute
Pomona Methodist Church
L. Frank Waring
Frank M. Dowell
North Main
Ralph Tawney
F. L. Baxter
Lane
Willard Binns
Franklin County Rural Teachers Association
TA. Fleck
Appanoose
FCRIA
Karl Anderson
Letha Figgins
Spring Creek
Land Norma Huston
Centropolis
Franklin County
State Teachers Assembly
Almira Shuler
Melvin Schwartz
Rantowl
Hazel Bremer
Jim Clarke
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Marie McCarthy
Russell Fosmire
Ottawa Steel Products Inc
Cuba
Caribbean
Charles Rouse
Dave Workman
Emma Walker
N. Oak
Cedar House Nursing Home
Louis H. Dengel
Spinet Pianos
Thii
Music Trades’ Magazine
Saunders
United States
New Orleans
GC. A. Myers & Son
Overbrook
Eas
Ayr
Harold Atchison
Easton Wilson
Lamar Fowler
N.W
Jack Nelson
Nichola Sale Barn
Kaa
Albert Stewart & Son
Harald
Albert
Ben Printy
N. Mate
Marie Marvingt
Paris
Eric Fourcaud
Miss Marvingt
Charm Seventeen
White Patent
Paine
Marteney
Plan Legion
National Education Assn
Mack Electric
Moler
Moler Mae Chappell
First National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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