Ottawa needs tourist promotion says editor at length
Editorial urges Ottawa to spotlight local historic sites to attract travelers. Notes burial grounds of Jotham Meeker and John Brown, East Wilson street, Indian history, and other Ottawa landmarks as missed opportunities. Seeks better promotion as tourism driver amid growing road travel and motoring culture.
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Midwest
Ottawa
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
East Wilson Street
Dodge City
Boot Hill
West
Jotham Meeker
Tony Jones
Meeker
John Brown
After All Breakfasts Amid Morning Myths and Marital Roles
A narrator recounts breakfast routines among married friends, noting variations in who rises, who prepares meals, and who supervises children. He reflects on assumptions about wives waking early, hair, house dresses, and shared morning duties, acknowledging exceptions observed in urban dining.
This and That Mental Meanderings and oddities in 20th century life
A stream of observations touches on the 100th anniversary of the Dred Scott decision, future anniversaries, airline mishaps, word origins, a torn roof on a propjet flight, magazine declines, springtime duties for a mother of four, political instincts, and an Oklahoma City rainmaking contract worth $40,000.
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Dred Scott
Supreme Court
Oklahoma City
Auld Lang Syne at KU Young Talent Contest
Mary Louise Beltz took part in the annual young musical talent contest at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. The event was sponsored by the Kansas Federation of Women’s Clubs music department. Beltz sang Aus Meinen Grossen Schmeizen with Howard Doman as pianist. C A Smith of Wellsville was named district deputy grand master of Masons A F and A M, succeeding Barlus Romstedt. Ottawa sports fans cheered a 205 pound Lancaster farm boy who landed a blow on Jack Dempsey in an exhibition bout before Dempsey KO’d him.
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Mary Louise Beltz
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs
Miss Beltz
Ottawa
Lancaster
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Homewood Claims Egg Center Title in County History
Fifty years ago Homewood claimed the county egg center. Two stores took in 29 cases of 30 dozen eggs each, totaling 870 dozen and paying farmers $113.10. Joe Pritchard worked as a machinist in Fairview Oklahoma Orient railroad shops. Ottawa University beat Emporia State Normal 35 to 14. Sand Creek road near Eight Mile Creek was blocked as high water washed out the bridge.
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Homewood
Joe Pritchard
Fairview
Okla
Orient Railroad
Ottawa University
Emporia State Normal
Sand Creek
Eight Mile Creek
Local Radio Listings Chronicle Evening Schedule
Last minute program changes create gaps in Oakland Theatre listings with 6:00 to 10:00 blocks. Programs feature News and Entertainment across WDAF KCMO KTJO FM and WNAF with Bob Sanders, Amos and Andy, Bob and Ray, Philo Vance, and Open House.
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KCMO
Morgan Beatty
Bob Sanders
Robdt
Lewis
Ktjo-Fm
Sparta
WNAF
Amos
Andy
Fredrikson
Ikcmo
Bob and
Ray
VIDAF
Eee
Beatty
Kcio
Robt
Q. Lewis
People
Philo Vance
Newa
WDA
World Tonight
NBC
CBS
ABC
Dr. N. Ventor
Laure! and Hardy
Namie Tune
Sheriff Brothers
Wyatt Earp
Dane Wyman
Red Sketton Theatre
Lombardo
Navy
Wu Theatre Studio
Riley
Fromtier Dr
Bludloy
Garry Movare
Right Godfrey
Dr. N
Ventor
Laurel and Hardy
Xavier Cugat
Christian
Tonight Studios
Price Spiral Sparks Odd Bits Of Popular Knowledge
New York humor column reveals a string of quirky facts about everyday life. It notes body element value, red schoolhouses, Denise Lor, bird toe grips, flying bats, subway pun, wooden nickels, and a host of trivia on malaria, ancient rulers, and common appliances.
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Yare
Denise Lor
Wealth and pearls in a tax era quip by Col Busch
The passage contrasts luxury items like hand untouched jewelry and cultured pearls in cans with a $100 billion annual tax bill. It notes even distributing taxes among 170 million people falls short for a newborn to have a silver spoon, suggesting $600 at birth. It cites Col Adolphus Busch on wealth and beer consumption limits.
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America
Col. Adolphus Busch
Subscription Rates in Trade Area By Mail
One month 85 cents. Three months 2.40 dollars. Six months 3.75 dollars. One year 7.00 dollars. Rates apply to mail subscriptions in the trade area.
Sylvia Sage column answers birth certificates and careers
Readers ask where to obtain birth certificates and the cost, with guidance to contact state vital statistics bureaus. Advice notes Kansas roughly $1, others vary. Also suggests career guides from Vocational Guidance Manuals and American Vocational Association. Covers subscriber issues with Town Journal suspension and possible magazine offers, advising persistence and contacting Farm Journal, Inc. for resolution.
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Sylvia Sage
Rachel
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Kansas
Bomb Shelters Are Expensive and Limited Protection
Washington Federal Civil Defense Administrator Val Peterson told a House subcommittee that a nationwide nuclear shelter system would cost over 32 billion dollars and protect about 60 percent of the population. He urged joint federal local responsibility and questioned a Navy Laboratory estimate of 99 percent protection from a 38 billion plan, saying a smaller result is likely with significant losses in war. Shop with Ottawa merchants.
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Washington
Federal
Civil Defense Administration
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
House
Congress
Navy
UAW Charge Reinstated By Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court reinstated, 16 to 3, an indictment claiming the United Automobile Workers funded political broadcasts with union funds for 1954 campaigns via WJBR-TV Detroit. The ruling overturns Judge Picard which had dismissed the case as a matter of law.
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Supreme Court
United Automobile Workers
Wjbr-Tv
Detroit
Congress
Frank A. Picard
Justice Department
District Court
Justice Frankfurter
Reed
Burton
Clark
Harlan
Brennan
Douglas
Warren
Justice Black
Frankfurter
Picard
Kansas Attorney General backs severance tax on oil and gas
Atty. Gen. John Anderson said a proposed severance tax on oil and gas would be constitutional as an excise tax. Sen. Howard Immel asked if mineral classes affect constitutionality and Anderson indicated the provision does not apply to excise taxes. He planned to issue a formal opinion as debate in the Senate Taxation Committee continues.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Howard Immel
R-Iola
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Immel
Anderson
Prayer for Forgiveness and Wholeness in Christ
A devotional prayer pleads for God's forgiving grace to open minds and hearts. The speaker asks eternal God to cleanse sins and make believers whole again through Christ. The tone is supplicatory and communal, seeking spiritual renewal.
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Christ
Irish Bulls To New York
Fifteen purebred Irish Aberdeen Angus bulls shipped from Shannon Ireland to New York for about 20000 dollars. Purchased by W Houghton of Queenstown Maryland for an American herd. Officials say Ireland aims to boost cattle exports to the United States challenging Scottish breeders.
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Shannon
Ireland
New York
W. Houghton
Queenstown
United States
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