Legacy Site Pays Homage to General Funston Near Iola
The 1955 legislature allowed the State Historical Society to accept land five miles north of Iola on US Highways 59 and 169. The 126 by 186 foot lot includes a story and a half frame house and outbuildings to be preserved as a memorial to General Frederick Funston. In Emporia, Ottawa University grads Pat Sands and Carl Haney will join the high school coaching staff next season. Sands becomes track coach and will assist in basketball and football, replacing Jim Bell who moved to Topeka schools. Haney will lead the Emporia basketball program after Jerry Waugh moved to Lawrence. In California, C K Pearson’s motorcycle crash near the finish line left him disqualified as his bike did not cross the line, with George Everett winning the race and Jack Schlagman taking second money.
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State Historical Society
Oyhoud
Frederick Funston
Iola
U. S
General Funston
Ottawa University
Emporia High School
Pat Sands
Wellsville
Emporia High
Sands
Jim Bell
Bell
Topeka
Emporia
Carl Haney
Haney
Spartan
Jerry Waugh
Lawrence
Gardena
Calif
C. K. Pearson
Ottawa Traffic Toll Reaches Eighty After Three Crashes
The Ottawa death toll for the year rose to 80 after three city crashes yesterday. At Fifth and Cherry a 1951 Buick driven by George Hopkins and a 1941 Chevrolet driven by Daniel Showalter collided, with Showalter fined $10 for failing to yield. A 1954 Nash driven by Larry Boyd collided with a 1950 Packard driven by James Huddleston on North Main, causing about $100 damage to the Packard and $75 to the Nash. The final crash on Second and Main involved Billy Burnett in a 1947 Ford and Herbert Johnson in a 1953 DeSoto. Burnett was charged with failing to yield, pled not guilty, with trial set for Thursday. Damage was about $100 for the Ford and $125 for the DeSoto.
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Ottawa
Cherry
Buick
George Hopkins
Hamblin
Chevrolet
Daniel Showalter
Tremont
Showalter
North Main
Nash
Larry Boyd
Kansas City
Packard
James L. Huddleston
Boyd
Main
Ford
Billy E. Burnett
Burroughs
DeSoto
Herbert Johnson
Burnett
Prominent Negro Publisher Dead
Chester A. Franklin, 74, owner and publisher of the Kansas City Call, a leading Negro newspaper, died early today of a heart attack. He founded the Call in 1919 and remained active in its publication. Franklin, a trusted friend of Harry S. Truman and associate of Alf Landon, was a civil rights advocate. He is survived by his widow Ada C. Franklin.
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Kansas City
Chester A. Franklin
London surgeons use Orion cloth tube to replace diseased artery
London doctors report replacing a diseased artery with a tube of Orion cloth. The item mentions a Mother’s Day dinner priced at 80 cents and a phone number 380 for Lamb Ambulance, with a 50-59 notation and a 129-c-11 reference.
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London
Truman 71 and Groundbreaking for His Library
Kansas City observes Harry S. Truman turning 71 with plans to break ground for the 1.75 million dollar Truman library in Independence. He will turn the first spade at the ceremony, celebrate with a birthday dinner, and note that work comes first as scholars await access to papers.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
United States
Kansas City
Truman
Tour of Kansas Shows This Area In Good Shape
State official Ben Kiefer from Ottawa reports moisture and crop conditions are favorable in Franklin county and surrounding areas. Wheat in western Kansas appears worse, with some fields plowed, while good snow and recent rains boosted prospects for corn and other crops. Grasshopper invasion fears exist in the southeast, but timely control is possible. extension reports note no major grasshopper numbers in Franklin county.
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Franklin County
Ben Kiefer
Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Kiefer
Emporia
Wichita
Colby
Garden City
Dodge City
Salina
Agriculture Department
Washington, D. C
Department
N. L. Manwaring
Commodity Stabilization Service
Washington
Gerald Tiechner
Foreign Agriculture Service
Keifer
Drouth
Extension Service
End of Rail Strike Seen After 57 Days
The 57 day Louisville and Nashville Railroad strike in 14 states appeared near settlement as negotiators in Washington worked on arbitration terms. Explosions damaged railroad property in Kentucky and Alabama and another in Chattanooga hit Southern Bell circuits. A broad basis for ending the walkout was reported, with final details to be set later today.
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Louisville & Nashville
Lkely
Washington
Kentucky
Alabama
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Chattanooga
National Mediation Board
Bond Votes In 2 Cities In Ottawa Area May Elections
Osawatomie faces 295000 for a new elementary school and 105000 for high school repairs and extension, voting Tuesday. Gardner plans May 28 votes on 100000 for waterworks improvement linking to the Naval Air Station and 5000 to acquire land for a city park.
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Ottawa
Osawatomie
Gardner
Meek
Naval Air Station
Gardner Lake
Navy
Air Base
Mass Protest by Catholics in Buenos Aires Broken Up
Mounted police dispersed a large Catholic mass march through Buenos Aires after a service at the Metropolitan Cathedral. Police reports say about 40 marchers were arrested and one officer injured amid clashes on Florida and Corrientes Streets as crowds chanted pro church slogans.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Florida Street
Theater
Corientes Street
Argentine Congress
Carlos Garcia Cuevas
Ures
Anjand
Peron
the Hage Assembly
Our Church
Jesus
Divorce Petition Seeks Division of Community Property
ALICE Texas Mrs Isidora Ruiz filed for divorce from Miguel Ruiz stating they married in 1902 and separated in 1908 and now seek division of community property. The Herald office notes the item appeared in a bundled old newspaper clipping.
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Alice
Tex
Isidora Ruiz
Miguel Ruiz
High Court Dismisses AOUW Suit in $110000 Action
Kansas Supreme Court upheld Shawnee County District Court ruling dismissing Atty. Gen. Harold R. Fatzer’s suit seeking $110,000 recovery from the Ancient Order of United Workmen. The court held the building on state tuberculosis sanatorium grounds at Norton belonged to the AOUW, not the state, and rejected lobbying-law critiques of Wesley Roberts, former GOP chairman.
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Topekaw
Harold R. Fatzer
Order of United Workmen
Kansas Supreme Cowl
Matzer
AQUW
Norton
High Court
Shawnee County District Court
Patze
Wesley Roberts
Aouw
Roberts
GOP National Committee
Kansas
Holton
Kas
Supreme Court
Fatzer
Nine Graduates At Princeton High School Exercises
Princeton High School plans May events with Leroy Hood as speaker for commencement May 19. Baccalaureate May 15 features Rev. Leo Sandon, with Rev. Robert Todd assisting. H.S. Breithaupt to present diplomas. Clifford E. Broyles to present eighth grade graduates. All-school dinner May 20. Graduating list includes Bill Baxter and nine others. eighth grade grads listed.
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Leroy Hood
Ottawa High School
Princeton High School
Princeton
Leo Sandon
Princeton Methodist Church
Robert Todd
Princeton Christian Church
H. S. Breithaupt
Clifford E. Broyles
Princeton Community Club
Bill Baxter
Lois Bones
J. Jay Breithaupt
Jim Cannady
Marian Lantz
Marjorie McAuliffe
Frances Pointer
Buddy Schaub
Bud Welch
Janice Brockus
Sheryl McBride
Larry Reekie
Herbert Jansen
John Sweet
Roy Pointer
Don Janssen
Carolyn Roush
Mary Whiteford
Jobs A Blow To Democrats
Washington reports Republicans claim a jobs gain could undercut Democratic hopes in the 1956 campaign, while Democrats argue April civilian employment at 61.7 million masks unemployment in many areas. A Labor and Commerce joint report shows unemployment down 200,000 to about 2.962 million as the nation includes 27 places.
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Washington
Labor and Commerce Departments
Government Halts Polio Vaccine Program Nationwide
The government ordered a pause in mass antipolio inoculations pending a safety review of current vaccine lots. Surgeon General Scheele announced the halt after a night of expert sessions on vaccine manufacture and testing, with some states already delaying campaigns and vaccine stocks running low in several areas. Michigan urged continued vaccination, while Oakland County scheduled no shots today.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Michigan
Albert Houstis
Oakland
Scheele
Houstis
Rain Spreads Across Ottawa Area With Widespread Drops
Ottawa saw spotty rain last night and this morning totaling about 0.08 inch at the official station of John P. Kelsey in North Ottawa and 0.17 inch this morning. Rain was heavier in the south part of town. Reports from surrounding towns varied with amounts from trace to nearly an inch, some with hail, as skies began clearing and a fair weekend forecast emerged.
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Ottawa
John P. Kelsey
Mana
Ottawa University
C. P. Burrows
Plarold Staadt
East Fifteenth Street
Rockwood Acres
Homewood
Council Crove
Emporia
Gridley
Chanute
Walnut
Burlington
Garnett
Worden
Olathe
Bonner Springs
Tonganoxie
Valley Falls
Topeka
Salina
Concordia
Wamega
Weather Bureau
Vwestern
Weather forecast and polio vaccine update
Mostly clear skies with decreasing clouds across the west this afternoon and into tonight. High around 80 Sunday, 40s to 50s tonight. Polio vaccine safety debate continues as a six‑member medical panel drills into methods after Shipments were halted. A Detroit boy develops symptoms 11 days post dose, and public health officials await Sunday findings before resuming inoculations.
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Culter Laboratories
Detroit
Parke, Davis & Co
Public Health Service
Scheele
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Jonas Salk
Pittsburgh
The
Health Service
To Let Contract For Osage Lake In Osage County
The Forestry Fish and Game Commission announces bids for a new state lake in Osage County to be let May 18 at the Department of Administration offices in Topeka. A second contract for a caretaker's home at Woodson County State Park will also be let with bids due on letting day.
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Forestry, Fish and Games Commission
Osage County
Department of Administration
Topeka
Woodson County State Park
State House
Atchison girl finds multiple rare clovers in yard
Barbara Laurie, 20, read an AP dispatch from Richmond about a girl finding a six leaf clover. She searched her front yard patch and quickly unearthed one six leaf clover along with four five leaf clovers and six four leaf clovers. She believes good luck will come.
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Atchison
Barbara Laurie
Associated Press
Richmond
Barbara
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