An Appeal To Women At Republican Conference
Washington Benson, Secretary of Agriculture, urged Republican women to back the administration in defending its flexible farm price support program. The Democratic House voted to scrap the plan for higher rigid supports on base crops, with Senate expected to stay inactive this year. Benson called the House move a backward step and said the department would oppose it. He spoke at a two day Republican Women’s National Conference involving about 1,600 leaders from across the country.
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Washington
Benson
House
Congress
Senate
British frigate visit and Formosa blast report
1 600-ton British frigate Alert arrived in Tokyo for a four day goodwill visit led by Vice Admiral A K Moncrief. A Formosa explosion on a small military ship at Kaohsiung killed forty nine, as shells were being loaded for sea dumping. The British discussed Formosa with Chou En-lai in Peiping, with no further detail provided.
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Tokyo
British Culture Department
Alert
Tokyo Hargoal
Adm. A. K
Scott Moncrief
Far East
U. S. Far East
Taipei
Formosa
Kaohsiung
London
Foreign Office
Humphrey Trevelyan
Peiping
Chou En-Lai
Kansan May Share In Large Fortune
A Dutch court fight over an 18th century will may decide if four American sisters from Kansas Nebraska and Colorado become heirs to a 100 million guilder estate. The case concerns Pieter Teyler van de Hulst’s legacy and conditions tied to Catherina Olt Hoff. The suit was filed for 100,000 guilders and could take years.
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Amsterdam
Holland
John Watters
Waterville
Kas
John Ehlers
Belgrade
Neb
John Huntemann
Kersey
Colo
Peter Larson
Lake Preston
Pieter Teyler van de Hulst
Catherina Olthoff
Robbery Port Charles Rappa Cried After Loss of Cash
Detroit report states 58 year old Charles Rappa cried yesterday after two men robbed him of 5000 dollars. Pepper spray blinded him briefly as the robbers seized a box containing the money and fled to a waiting car.
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Detroit
Charles Rappaport
Pepper
Battle of Lexington Siege Described in 1861 Memoir
Account describes Mulligan and Price forces during the 1861 siege at Lexington. Price’s 12,000 Missouri state guardsmen encroached, water and food shortages troubled Mulligan’s troops, and hemp bale breastworks helped Price break the defense and force surrender. Separate notice covers a Charlotte will declaring a lifelong vow to wife Minnie Lou West.
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Price
Lexington
Mulligan
Charlotte, N. C
William Stacy Moore
Minnie Lou West
Khrushchev Sidesteps Direct Question On Real Power
At a Czech Embassy party last night Nikita Khrushchev dodged a direct query about being the hidden power in Russia. He replied with a smile and offered to discuss it later, while analysts in the West generally regard him as the top leader in Soviet Russia.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Associated Press Cor
Khrushchev
Vote On Postal Raise Passes House After Vote Split
Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma members split on a compromise postal pay raise bill. Democrats for Cannon Car ipahan Hull Jones Karsten Moulder Sullivan of Missouri Albert Edmondson Jarman Wickersham of Oklahoma. Republicans for Belcher Short. Republicans against Curtis George Hope Rees Scrivner Smith. Thirty three representatives absent or not voting.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
House
Senate
Smith
Richmond Club and community notes from a Fortnightly meeting
Richmond Fortnightly club met Friday with Mrs. Ralph Mc Crea. New officers elected: Abe Severns president Frank Dietrich vice president Albert Dunbar secretary treasurer. Various members listed. May 13 guest day set at Mrs. R. S. Gault. Local visits include Dietrichs with daughter in Clinton Mo and others at Goeldner Kuiken home. G.A.R. and Topeka convention attendance noted. Ntne Chicago Tract Society announces Rev B M Dobbie winner of Red Sins Model White. Honor roll and ongoing visits recorded among Princeton and Waverly residents.
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Ralph McCrea
Raymond Wagner
Abe Severns
Frank Dietrich
Albert Dunbar
Mmes
Merritt McDonald
J. L. DeGarmo
Frank Gerhold
Eugene Bump
Virgil Smith
Margaret Edwards
Lawrence Dillon
Sandy” Sims
H. L. Gault
R. S. Gault
R. S. Gaults
Raymond Coleman
Clinton
Veryl Dietz
Garnett
Goeldner-Kuiken
Oma Roberts
Amos Lyon
Princeton
W. A. Nutt
Waverly
Charley Mc. Daniel
Ottawa
Daisy Kinchloe
Hene Hase
Loretta Roeckers
Kenneth Feuerborn
Delores Pickert
Mary Ellen Brock
Mary Tfeuverborn
Sheryl Donaldson
James Mersman
Carmen Gretencord
Dorothy Kipper
Jeanette Kueser
David Wittman
Marjorie Roeckers
Land Merle-Feuerborn
Jennie McDaniel
Josie Atchison
Civil War Reenactment Near Lexington Mo
Spectators line the Missouri River bluffs as 2 780 Union troops clash with Confederates in a re enactment on the 1861 site near Lexington Missouri. About 700 Wentworth Military Academy cadets National Guardsmen and ROTC units will participate marking the 75th Wentworth anniversary and a drive to restore the battlefield site.
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Lexington
Kansas City
Missouri
Mulligan
Missouri River Bluffs
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Richmond
Miss Mabel Chandler
NASH
Walt Disney Productions
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Nash Statesman
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Cross Country
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Peffly Motor Company
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U. S
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North Main
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Douglas Bros
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