Wild Geese Seen North Over Garnett Area
Side Swipes reports geese flying north during mild days and nights around Garnett. Arlene Beachy, 14, daughter of Alvin and (illegible) Beachy, swallowed a grain of popcorn and it lodged in her lower right bronchial tube. She was rushed to University of Kansas Medical Center and the grain removed. She is reported as getting along fine. Vocational agriculture students from 19 high schools joined Ottawa High in a poultry judging contest in the area. S. Bergsma is the vocational agriculture instructor here.
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Garnett
Arlene Beachy
Alvin Beachy
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kas
Ottawa High
Kansas
Bergsma
Reunion draws nearly fifty Warren Black post members
Nearly 50 former members of the Warren Black Post drum and bugle corps are expected at the third annual reunion tonight at the North American hotel. Attendees travel from Emporia Topeka Ottawa and California. Harley Davis the Californian on a visit will join the gathering. The group, inactive since 1938 after a decade of state championships, is led by committee members Dr. L. H. Gilley Guy Snedaker Clyde Cook A. M. Telfer and John Gere. A 6:30 dinner in the hotel dining room precedes an evening of informal visiting.
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Warren Black Post Drum and Bugle Corps
North American
Emporia
Topeka
Ottawa
California
Harley Davis
L. H. Gilley
Guy Snedaker
Clyde Cook
A. M. Telfer
John Gere
Lava Rivers Approach Sea in Big Hawaii Eruption
In Paho a Hawaii two lava rivers from dual fissures and 500 foot fountains move toward the sea. Two million dollars in damage reported as cane fields timber and at least nine homes buried. A 70 home village becomes a ghost town isolated by molten flows threatening Ki lava region. Civil defense zones and evacuated areas expand as lava may reach the sea today.
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Pahoa
Hawaii
Puna
Manhattan
Kilauea
Kapoho
KCP and L Granted Paola Franchise
Paola Kansas city council granted a 20 year franchise to Kansas City Power and Light Company to run power and light services. The prior franchise expired in 1939 and operation continued without one. KCPL will pay 8000 dollars for the white way system and 1800 dollars for two traffic signals with five percent of gross revenue returned to the city as a street lighting credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paola, Kas
Kansas City Power & Light Company
W. H. Moorehouse
Eastern Kansas Utilities
KCPL
Paola
Much Colder Here Tonight
Cold weather moves into the state with light precipitation and snow flurries in the east and south central areas. Lows tomorrow morning around 15 in the southeast and 5 in the northwest. Ottawa's 7 am low was 35 but soon fell. warming is expected in the west and north central regions with highs in the 30s tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
For Sale Old Newspapers 10c Per Bundle
Advertises bundles of old newspapers for sale at 10 cents each from the Herald office.
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Herald Office
Early Spring Storms Sweep Wide Nation Flood Threat Grows
Storms across the nation bring floods to Kentucky and West Virginia while Ohio River rises threaten Wheeling and Pittsburgh. Tornado damage reported near the Tennessee Kentucky line. Indiana and Wabash evacuations continue as arctic air and snow blast the Midwest and Northeast.
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Associated Press
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Meade County
Tennessee-Kentucky
Nashville
Ohio Valley
Central
Appalachians
New England
New York State
Wheeling
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Wabash
Midwest
Ohio River
Plains
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
North Central
Bigger Motors Allow on Kansas State Lakes
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission permits inboard or outboard motors up to 10 horsepower on state lakes, raising the prior limit from 7.5 hp. The commission also lifted size limits on larger waters and on federal impoundments under its supervision, with boating restricted to fishing. The Chili Supper at Martin Community Club takes place Thursday. Martin is southeast of Princeton.
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Martin Community Club
Martin
Princeton
Subsoil in Good Shape for Spring Crops
Franklin county moisture this winter put subsoil in best condition in two years says Don Brown county agent. Wheat barley pasture and alfalfa sowed last fall survived winter well. November was completely dry at Ottawa station but December January February brought 6.61 inches of moisture, 0.68 inch above the four month average of 5.93 inches.
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Franklin County
Don Brown
Brown
Ottawa
Weather forecast and past day climate summary
The forecast calls for a cold wave in the southeast and extreme east with strong northerly winds and limited snow flurries east and south central, clearing tonight. Sunday looks clear to partly cloudy with highs in the 30s and lows 5 to 15 northwest to around 15 southeast. The report lists yesterday’s high 41, low 35, and hourly readings throughout the day, plus records: high 84 in 1910 and low 2 in 1952, river at 95 feet.
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N. W
Nationalists May Abandon Matsu Island
In Taipei and Washington top military talks proceed as Chinese press speculates the Nationalists may quit the Matsu Island group 20 miles from mainland China. A Red raid on a small Matsu island followed by Dulles warning the Reds of no immunity for mainland bases. Top talks continue in downtown Taipei.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
United States
Matsu Island
Chiang Kai-shek
Matsus
Formosa Strait
Sronghold
Matsu
Red China
Matsu Islands
Honolulu
U.S
State Dulles
Dulles
Southeast Asia
Peiping
Tokyo
Tachen Islands
7Th Fleet
Nanchishan
Here
Launch Drive To Eradicate Brucellosis
A Franklin County campaign to stamp out Brucellosis will begin next week led by the Franklin County Farm Bureau. A 1:30 p.m. Tuesday meeting at the courthouse will launch cooperation with state and federal programs to vaccinate four to ten month old heifer calves at no cost to owners if approved. Petitions to secure state and federal free vaccination and to keep Franklin County Brucellosis free will be circulated after the meeting, requiring 75 percent of cattle owners to sign. Ray Cuff of the Kansas City Livestock Market will attend, with talks also set for Lawrence Tuesday night. Brucellosis threatens both cattle and humans, causing undulant fever and other symptoms. vaccination status varies among dairy and beef herds.
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Franklins County
Franklin County
Farm Bureau
Court House
Kansas
Texas
Clarence Keith
Franklin County Farm Bureau
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Lawrence
Bang
Ottawa
No More Free Range In Franklin County
Franklin County will ban livestock running at large under a county resolution adopting the state herd law. Effective March 31, owners must confine cattle horses mules sheep and swine to designated properties to curb wandering stock amid recent complaints.
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Franklin County
Franklin
Fanklin
Program By Girl Scouts Observance At Eugene Field
Girl Scout week opens with a Brownie Scout tea at Eugene Field school auditorium tomorrow at 3 p m to celebrate Adventures in Scouting. Mrs R A Anderson will give devotions. Troops from Garfield Lincoln Hawthorne Eugene Field Sacred Heart and others present numbers in crafts homemaking music dancing nature health and safety sports and games dramatics and international friendship. Each troop contributes to the Juliette Low World Friendship Fund. Final number is Taps. Refreshments served by the Girl Scout Council.
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Eugene Field School
R. A. Anderson
Garfield School
Lincoln
Eugene Field
Hawthorne
Sacred Heart
Garfield
Juliette Low
Garnett Police Judge Resigns After 1950 Appointment
Garnett Kansas police judge Gwinn G. Shell resigns after serving since August 1950. No successor announced yet. Lamb Ambulance Phone 380.
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Garnett
Kas
Gwinn G. Shell
Lamb Ambulance
Women Held After Robbery Osawatomie Kas
Two Kansas City women Erma Cox and Lou Phillips entered an Osawatomie grocery and stole about 530 dollars. They were caught in Paola within 30 minutes with accomplice Alvin Crane. Officers recovered 261.75 cash and a 200 dollar check. They were bound over to district court in 3000 dollar bonds. Crane awaiting county court hearing next week.
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Osawatomie
Paola
Erma Cox
Lou Phillips
Kansas City
Alvin Crane
al Farrar
Tom Piyonka
Bill Bennett
Crane
Air National Guard units to train in Casper Wyoming
The Kansas Air National Guard's 127th Fighter Bomber Squadron and 137th Maintenance and Supply Squadron will train at Casper Wyoming from July 10 to 24, as announced by Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell Kansas Adjutant General. Hamburgers, 6 for $1. Dutchmaid, T3-¢-21.
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Topeka i
Kansas Air National Guard
Casper
Wyo
Joe Nickell
Kansas Adjutant General
Jane Russell Face Sparks Court Battle Over Torso Rights
Court fight centers on ownership of a torso used in an RKO film advertisement. Lyn Jones sues RKO for invasion of privacy over a composite body modeled from four California models, seeking temporary injunctions and damages. Justice Benvenga set trial for the suit with no date yet, while the city of Garnett prepares for elections with three posts involved.
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New York
Jane Russell
Lyn Jones
Garnett
Queens
RKO
Board of Education
Miss Russell
R. E. White
Miss Jones
J. E. Durkin
Gwinn G. Shell
James B. Hayes
Veslis
TS C-Atterday
State Supreme Court
Mario Zamparelli
Zamparelli
California
Felix C Benvenga
Senators Probe Stock Tip Schemes Tied to Winchell
Senate investigators examine about 20 cases of rapid stock gains traced to tips and rumors from media figures. McCormick of the American Stock Exchange cites Amurex Oil losses and a surge in Pantepec Oil following Winchell tips. Fulbright says the committee may call witnesses if a link to profit emerges.
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Washington
Senate
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Banking Committee
Walter Winchell
Edward T. McCormick
American Stock Exchange
Winchell
Amurex
McCormick
Pantepec Oil Co
New York
U.S
Pantepec
Death Ends Crime Spree in Green River Wyoming
Officer defies threats to end a 16 hour crime spree by killing ex convict Melvin Henry Gray 27 with a shotgun blast through a house window. Gray had earlier killed one man wounded three others and kidnapped a 17 year old youth. Deputy Sheriff Ed Phillips was wounded. Kemmerer marshal Frank Kulinski killed and others injured. A hostage Evanston attendant Robert Durrant avoided harm as the siege concluded.
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Green River
Wyo
W. G. Sherman
Union Pacific Railroad
Melvin Henry Gray
Gray
Gus Kalivas
Wyoming
Kaliyas
Sherman
Ed Phillips
Rock Springs
Phillips
Frank Kulinski
Kemmerer
Frontier
Here
Albert Maffei
Don Wagner
Evanston
Robert Durrant
Civil War Vet Is Home Again
Civil War veteran Albert Woolson 108, sole Union survivor, is back home in Duluth after eight days in hospital with lung congestion. He appeared content, sipping coffee and smoking a cigar, telling friends he was feeling just fine.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
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Olathe
Tom Pivonka
Kcp&l
State Lakes
Stanley
Steamer
Animal Shelter
E. E. Hill
Hill
Herald
Bob Leonard
Girl
Casper, Wyo
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