Birthday notices and local society items in Ottawa area
Family celebrations for Dr. George W. Davis mark his 87th birthday amid visits from relatives in Town Falls and Lake-of-the-Forest. Ottawa leaders note the city’s centennial preparations while store hours shift to 5 pm in July and August. A Beaumont promotion for Howard J. Sutton ties to Gulf States Utilities. Ottawa Junior High hosts a sea themed party. student council cleans up afterward. Local educators judge festival entries in Erie. The Seventh Last Words cantata is set for Good Friday. Corinthian Lodge No. 12 plans a dinner for Negro Masons at North American Hotel.
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George W. Davis
Paul White
Eliabeth Searl
Jackalyn
Town Falls
San Antonio
Tex
Albert Kiesow
Lake-of-the-Forest
Bonner Springs
University of Kansas
Beaumont
Gulf States Utilities
Howard J. Sutton
J. W. Sutton
S. Sycamore
Sutton
Fof
Ottawa
Norris Burke
Princispal
Ottawa High
Swing Kings
Junior High Student Council
Bud Gollier
Corinthian Lodge No. 12
Negro Masons of
Pene
District Legion Convention to Draw 500 Plus
More than 500 American Legion and Auxiliary members are expected for the Second District convention in Ottawa March 26 and 27. Housing is full. private rooms are scarce with about two dozen still needed. A parade on Main Street begins at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, followed by a banquet at Memorial Auditorium with Prof. E. C. Buehler of the University of Kansas. Sunday features a Memorial Service and district officer elections for next year.
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American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Harvey Stephens
Legion
Ottawa Legion Post
George Medlock
Medlock
Kansas State Employment Service Office
Main Street
John Gere
North Main
E. C. Buehler
University of Kansas
Armory
Woodie
Woods
Memorial Auditorium
Miami
Fla
Keith Brecheisen
Garnett
Floyd McGrey
Mound City
Youth Faces Death Penalty in Massachusetts Case
Kenneth Chapin, 19, convicted of first degree murder in the September killings of Lynn Ann Smith, 14, and Stephen Goldberg, 4, faces the death penalty as his attorneys seek appeals. The jury did not recommend clemency, and sentencing was deferred to allow defense time to file further motions.
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Springfield
Mass
Kenneth Chapin
Hampden County
Massachusetts Electric Chair
Chapin
Lynn Ann Smith
Stephen Goldberg
Goldberg
Smith
Ture
Lynn Ann
Massachusetts
Charles Fairhurst
Sparkles
N. Main
Lost Nite
Goss
Weather forecast for the region turns colder this weekend
Partly cloudy this afternoon turns colder northwest and north central. Tonight mostly cloudy and colder with snow flurries in the north. Sunday remains mostly cloudy and considerably colder with occasional snow in the west and north and occasional rain in the southeast. Lows 15 to 20 northwest to the 30s southeast. Highs 20s to 30s southeast.
Back To KP For US Troops In Japan
In SENDAI, Japan the Army orders all units to fire Japanese kitchen help. Lt Gen Thomas F Hickey says units must be ready for effective field operations. Do it yourself KP back to Lamb Ambulance Phone 380.
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Sendai
Japan
U. S
Thomas F. Hickey
Fire Bomb Used in Attempt To Wreck Telephone Cables
In Atlanta a fire bomb found in a street manhole aimed at destroying underground cables during the Southern Bell strike. The gasoline device failed when a wick ignited but fell apart. Police tie sabotage to the strike, though the union denies involvement. Cables were cut or damaged across Alabama, Georgia, and nearby states, with dozens of incidents and warnings reported in several cities.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephones Co
CLO Communications Workers of America
Alabama
Wetumpka
Belectic
Bell
Montgomery
Ala
Macon
Griffin
Memphis
Tenn
Abbeville
Biloxi
Miss
Birmingham
Fred Guice
Southern Bell
Jackson
Ask Reports Of Other War Conferences
Senator Knowland presses for publication within a year of official reports on Tehran and Potsdam conferences. State Department says plans to publish Yalta, Potsdam, Tehran, Cairo reports shifted due to world reaction. Additional papers on China relations also to be released. Truman era white paper defended U.S. policy toward China.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Tehran
Potsdam
Senate
Russia
Joseph Stalin
State Department
Yalta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Stalin
Europe
Iran
Truman
Churchill
Clement Attlee
Germany
China
Truman Administra
Tian
U.S
Speakers Set for Religion in Media Conference at Ottawa
A conference on religion in radio and television at Ottawa University announced adds speaker R Dean Goodwin of the American Baptist convention and Baptist officials Roy Madsen director of TV radio work in New York will headline. Other participants include R Edwin Brown and Rod Cupp. Registration starts 9 30 with university staff Ruth Lathrop and W D Bem mels inviting interested listeners. W C Coleman of Wichita is also a noted guest. Brown will demo high fidelity gear Monday night in the university auditorium open to the public with no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa University
R. Dean Goodwin
Roy Madsen
New York
The
Baptist Convention
R. Edwin Brown
University of Kansas
Rod Cupp
Ruth Lathrop
W. D. Bemmels
W. C. Coleman
Wichita
Brown
Wet Weather Spreads Across South And Border States
The Associated Press reports wet weather in parts of the South and northern border states with a rain belt from northeast Texas to the Gulf States. Nashville and Dallas saw the heaviest rainfall around an inch. Light snow along the Canadian border and showers in the southern Rockies. In New York a 4 year old boy, Walter Adams Jr., leaped from a Brooklyn window and landed in a snowbank unharmed, telling his frantic parents I played superman. Kansas traffic penalties and St Patrick’s supper listings appear in brief notices.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Gulf States
Nashville
Dallas
Canadian
Rockies
New York
Atlantic
Walter Adams Jr
Brooklyn
Walter
Superman
Water and tax bills clear before deadline in Kansas legislature
In Topeka, water rights measures governing subsurface irrigation moved forward in both chambers with injunctive relief and eminent domain for high priority users. A four bill package eliminated the ten mile truck tax replacing it with higher fees while a sales tax location bill would apportion about 115 million dollars over 21 years, including funds for counties, high school aid, and Chanute tuberculosis hospital needs.
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Topeka
Senate
House
Harvey
McPherson
Sedgwick
Wichita
Vernon Williams
Equal Beds
Water Resources Board
Fred Hall
Chanute
Couple Reunites After Police Intensive Search Ends
A Missouri couple, Lorna Woodring and her 9 month old baby, returned home early ending an intensive police search thought to involve a kidnapping plot to flee to Canada. Robert Woodring Jr., 21, a suspended officer, apologized saying it was a terrible mistake.
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ST. Louis P
Missouri
Canada
Robert Wood‘ving Jr
Poiceman
Ferguson
Lorna
Madison
Wis
Robert Woodring Sr
Woodring
St. James
St. Louis
Good Crop Year Ahead From Government Outlook
Washington reports an Agriculture Department briefing on farmer planting plans and climate factors for the coming year. Total acreage near last year’s 354 million, but crop patterns shift due to government programs. Drought fears ease with recent rains though irrigation water limits in the Southwest remain a concern. Corn oats barley sorghum potatoes sweet potatoes dry beans and hay rise. spring wheat flaxseed rice tobacco peanuts and sugar beets forecast to fall due to planting and marketing restrictions.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Youths From Topeka Charged After Break-Ins
Three Shawnee County youths, Jack Sprangler 17 Jimmie Corher 15 and Danny Felton 20, faced two counts of breaking and entering in county court after being returned from Franklin County. They admitted entering Happy's Grocery and Cheney's Grocery early yesterday and were apprehended in Cheney's.
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Topeka
Franklin County
Jack Sprangler
Jimmie Corher
Danny Felton
Shawnee County
Happy's Grocery
Cheney's
Kansas May Get Some Moisture
Parts of Kansas may receive moisture tonight with little potential for heavy amounts. Snow flurries are likely in the north, with occasional snow in the west and north and occasional rain in the southeast tomorrow. Colder weather moves in today and into Sunday. Chanute and Salina report light drizzle and fog elsewhere. Ottawa low 32, high 52 yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Chanute
Salina
Ottawa
Red Build-up Discounted By Sources At Formosa
TAIPET Formosa sources say reports of a Communist buildup opposite the Ma ft su Island are discounted. Observers doubt transfers of Red jets to bases in Fukien or Manchuria participation. No imminent threat to Matsu Quemoy. only desultory shelling and quick air attacks disperse armed junks in the area.
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Taipet
Formosa
Maftsu Island
Rukien
Matsu
Quemoy
Manchuria
Fukien
Optimistic Over Ending Rail Strike
An air of cautious optimism marked talks in Nashville as negotiators from Louisville & Nashville Railroad and union leaders eyed a possible face-saving agreement to end the 14-state stoppage. Few expect a final settlement today, but both sides reportedly find some common ground on core issues.
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Nashville
Tenn
Louisville & Nashville
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Hazen Richardson
S. Martin Brockway
Erie
Kas
Mineral Belt League
Richardson
Brockway
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Univer
Vin
Santa FE
S. T. Thornton
Williamsburg
Gridley
Thornton
Herald
Lamar Phillips
Lamb Ambulance
Sen. Knowland
Associated Press
St. Patrick’s Supper
Emerald
Herald Office
Boots
E. E. Hill
Bob Leonard
Lorne
Shawnee Co
Vatican City
Pope Pius NI
Middle East
Vatican Palace
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