St Patrick Day Revels and Local Notices in Ottawa
Ottawa residents marked St Patrick Day with vivid green dress and quirky displays as local officials, teachers, and businesspeople wore shamrocks and green accessories. District updates include Franklin County deputy assessors reporting progress toward the May 1 completion, vehicle year data availability, Kayette members hearing an Irish speaker, and a resident detailing lawn care and sod practices for the holiday.
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Ottawa
Andrew B. Martin
Ottawa University
Ireland
J. T. Morrisey
John Marcy
the Herald
Tommy Ruble
Henry A. Parker
Leroy Hood
K. A. Elben
The
Herald
Raymond Warner
City Hall
George W. Davis
Vivian Harder
Carrie Davis
Ann Jensen
Esther Garrison
St. Patrick's Day
Bob Conaty
Guy Potts
Dean Driscoll
Driscoll
School Census To Begin Soon In District 30
Henry A. Parker superintendent said the annual school age census will count persons ages 5 to 20. This year Mrs. Don Huls will lead with Mrs. George Spears assisting as attendance officer. Census starts immediately and must be completed by July 1.
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Don Huls
George Spears
Henry A. Parker
Parker
Ottawa officials weigh trash disposal plan and fees
City officials discussed garbage handling at last night’s meeting. Mayor Robe urged action on the dump by the Marais des Cygnes river and a new system with proper trash trucks and a landfill. They considered a citywide charge via water meters, about 3800 meters, at $1 per month to fund disposal, with a report from City Attorney Gleason and no final plan.
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W. W. Robe
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa
A. C. Richeson
J. R. “Duke” Cheney
Bob Luce
Commission
Kenneth Andrews
Douglas Gleason
FBI To Probe Wire Cutting Amid Southern Bell Strike
The FBI joined union and company officials in investigating vandalism during a four day Southern Bell strike across nine Southeastern states. Damages mounted as negotiators sought a new contract for about 50,000 workers. The FBI's involvement followed a cable serving government offices in West Palm Beach being cut. CIO district director W A Smallwood urged strikers to aid in preventing vandalism.
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Atlanta
FBI
Southern Bell Telephone Co
West Palm Beach
Fla
W. A. Smallwood
CIO Communications Workers of America
Senate Bills Pay Increase Fails In Senate Vote
More than a dozen bills passed yesterday in both chambers but the Senate rejected raising lawmakers pay from 5 to 10 dollars a day and expense allowances from 7 to 20 dollars daily. Senator Howard Adams led the motion to kill the pay upgrade as it won 16 to 15. The Water Resources Committee also rejected Senator Vernon Stroberg's proposal to overhaul water appropriation laws.
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Pekaw
Senate
House
Howard Adams
Maple Hill
Senate Water Resources Committee
Vernon Stroberg
Newton
Confusion In Peress Case Prompts Senate Probe
Washington Senator Mundt says the Senate investigation reveals an unconscionable confusion in Army handling of the Irving Peress case. He cites criticism from Senator McCarthy that a Communist mastermind at the Pentagon may be influencing Pentagon actions.
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Washington
Mundt
R-Sd
Senate
Army
Irving Peress
St. Patrick’s Supper
Emerald
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Pentagon
Peress
End of World War II Ahead of Chiefs of Staff Projection
The combined chiefs of staff warned that war with Germany might end by July 1 1945 and Japan by 18 months after Germany's defeat. Germany capitulated May 7 1945. Japan followed August 14 1945 eight days after the first atomic bomb.
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Washington
Hope
Yalta
State Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Germany
Japan
United States
Combined Chiefs
Five Killed In Car Truck Crash Near Clinton Conn
Five men died early today when a car crashed into a trailer truck on U.S. 1 near Clinton Connecticut. State police cited high speed and a curve failure. Driver Thomas H. Van Epps, 26, of Old Saybrook, who led as a stock car racing champion at the New London Waterford Speed Bowl, was among the dead.
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Clinton, Conn
U. S
Thomas H. van Epps
Old Saybrook
New London
Quiet death for anti nudist bill in Kansas legislature
In Topeka the anti nudist bill faces a quiet death as the Hygiene and Public Health Committee has not acted and will not meet again this week. The bill is set to die when Friday’s deadline passes, with House consideration of other measures proceeding.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ernest Boles
House
Yalta Papers Publication Fails to Quiet Controversy
The State Department released the half million word U S document record of the Yalta meeting despite objections from Winston Churchill. Roosevelt agreed to concessions to Stalin including new strategic positions in the northwest Pacific and a larger Russian role in Manchuria. The record also shows tensions over postwar Poland and Ukraine seats in the United Nations. Some omissions were noted for security or to avoid offense. Churchill withheld consent to publication.
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Washington
Yalta
State Department
Winiston Churchill
Dulles
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Japan
Roosevelt
Northwest Pacific
Manchuria
Stalin
Churchill
United Nations
General Assembly
Poland
Baltic
Black Sea
Russian
Crimea
Tehran
Nazi Germany
Germany
Europe
United States
Hiroshima
Jothers
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Far East
Humphrey
D-Minn
Republican Party
France
Scattered Rains Foreseeable Across Eastern Kansas
Weather bureau predicts scattered showers in eastern Kansas tonight into tomorrow. Ottawa reports sprinkles with measurable rain near Chanute at 0.06 inches. showers observed at Wichita, Augusta, Wellington, Emporia and Pittsburg. Ottawa’s dawn low was 34 degrees, with yesterday’s high also 34.
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Kansas
Ottawa
Chanute
Wichita
Augusta
Wellington
Emporia
Pittsburg
Thirteen Die in Overnight Home Fires Across States
Overnight fires across New York and Tennessee claim five to eight lives in Bridgeport Nashville and McAlester. A mother and three children die in a Bridgeport blaze believed started by a kerosene heater. In Nashville five family members perish in a frame home fire with doors blocked. In McAlester a physician's wife and three children die in a two story house fire. only the doctor survives.
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Bridgeport
N.Y
Nashville
Robert Moore
Barbara
Wayne
Michael
Mcalester
Oklai
Ben. T. Galbraith
Oklahoma City
Kitty Galbraith
Krank
Jere
Sarah Ann
Ernest Rogers
Weather forecast and past climate notes from today
Cloudy this afternoon and tonight with showers and scattered thunderstorms in the east. Friday partly cloudy in the west and mostly cloudy in the east with showers extreme in the east Friday morning, colder east. Low tonight 20s northwest to 45 50 southeast, high Friday in the 40s. Yesterday high 46, low today 34. Record high 85 in 1901, record low 3 in 1906. River at 15 feet.
Seven motorists cited for old license tags display
Highway Patrolmen Art Jensen and Bob County cited seven motorists for displaying outdated 1954 tags. Some had bought 1955 plates but not attached them. Citations list Fred Hughes Rantoul Willard Rodgers Ottawa Gayle Counselman Wellsville Etta Pearson Otta wa Arlie Shirley Topeka B P Carver and Gerald O Daniel Topeka. Shirley charged with license suspension. Johnson cited for operating outside 25 mile radius without KCC authority.
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Art Jensen
Bob County
Fred Hughes
Rantoul
Willard Rodgers
Ottawa
Gayle Counselman
Wells Ville
Etta A. Pearson
Rt. 3
Arlie C. Shirley
N. Main
B. P. Carver
Gerald A. O’daniel
Topeka
Carver
Justice Court
Baldwin
Milo Harris
Shirley
L. H. Johnson
Lawrence
KCC
Johnson
Charged With Wife's Murder In Kansas City Case
William F. Smith, 32, a truck driver, was charged with murder in the shotgun death of his 30 year old wife in Kansas City. Smith denied the shooting as Joe H. Swinehart said the couple had been separated for five weeks until recently.
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Kansas City, Kas .P
Wiliam F. Smith
Smith
Joe H. Swinehart
Wyandothe County
Senate bill funds school aid and Chanute hospital
TOPEKA high school aid in its first year and funds to finish the Chanute tuberculosis hospital are provided in a Senate bill. It earmarks 115 million in sales tax over 21 years, with 26,051,000 for education next year and 6,500,000 for high school aid. The plan funds a Chanute hospital bid total of 996,875 and allows up to one million for hospital completion.
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Topeka
Southeast Kansas
Chanute
Senate
Fred Hall
House
Senate Education Committee
Chanute Hospital
Robert Anderson
Ottawa
Ways and Means Committee
Social Welfare Department
Anderson
Welfare Department
General Fund
Paul Wunsch
R-Kingman
Damaged Cars Out Of Spite
A Wichita Falls woman set fire to her husband s late model car and pickup last night because he would not let her drive them She also bashed the truck windshield with a baseball bat Officers jailed her on arson charges noting she appeared slightly irritated during the incident
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Wichita Falls
Tex
For l
Churchill condemns Yalta papers as unofficial copies
London questioned the Washington release of the Yalta records as not an agreed official transcript. Churchill warned that public publication could hinder future conferences and urged consultations on texts during the conferees' lifetimes. The debate touched on Hong Kong, Korea, and trust in Big Three diplomacy.
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Washington
Yalta
Crimea
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Hong Kong
China
U.S
Foreign Office
U. S
House
London
Labor Party
Aneurin Govan
Korea
Far East
Wall Street
Daily Mail
Eden
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Conrad Gastrocks
John Woodsum
Bryan
Stewart
Fred Myers
Woodsums
Stewarts
Franklin County
Bruce Spears
Spears
Franklin
Ottawa High School
Robert Rice
S. Cedar
America
Elmer S. Bennett
E. 9Th
Mamie Dick
Willow
St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick’s Day
Lamar Phillips
Bob
Herald Office
Goss
Bernard Brockway
Clara Brockway
Elaine
Donald
James
Moore
House of Commons
Aoe Union
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