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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1956
Page
1
The Herald outlines drouth relief counties with FHA administration details. It lists church meetings at Tri County Holiness Association and Free Methodist services led by Rev Cundiff, with a noon covered dish. It notes speakership by Prof B Smith Haworth, Chicago study plans for North Central Association, and various local personnel updates.
Lost item report lists Mary West at 118 South Poplar as claimant. Incident details incomplete in the fragment. no further names, dates, or locations observable.
A red and white 26 inch bicycle was stolen and later recovered. Another theft involved a Schwinn bicycle from a high school yard and was recovered after a public sale. Fire school attendance, traffic accident details, tax judgments, and a Rotary meeting on CROP programs are reported with local names and places.
Paula Hitler now Paula Wolf says she will write memoirs to correct postwar distortions about her family and brother Adolf. She hopes a Munich court will soon declare Hitler dead and allow possession of keepsakes held by the Bavarian state.
California visitors Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Bowlby of San Jose, former Ottawans, arrived today and are staying as guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Paine. Franklin County Dental Society elected Dr. John Thornburg as president and Dr. C. O. Nauman as secretary treasurer at last night’s meeting. Mrs. Pauline Duyck spoke on dental examinations for schoolchildren. Fay Cole of Princeton is a patient at Santa Fe hospital in Topeka.
Senate probe chief Senator McClellan announces the committee is nearly finished with its lobbying investigation. He cites scant cooperation from the Eisenhower administration the public and the press and notes only 42 of 96 senators responded to a questionnaire. Limited hearings may follow as the panel seeks to uncover weaknesses and improve the law.
Aylene M. Wright, 25, of Maize Kansas, died in a crash northwest of Wichita when her car struck a cement culvert. The county coroner reported a fractured skull and broken neck as the cause of death, and she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wright.
A sequence of October sale dates for auctions across Kansas includes Charles Hagen near Clinton. Roberts Market Sale on East 11th Street in Lawrence. Overbrook Livestock Sale in Overbrook. Washington Creek Church Sale near Globe Store. Mrs I B Sinclair seven miles northeast Ottawa. Rudy Haulk Estate eight miles west of Lawrence. Leonard Morgan and Shaw & Ross auctions in Wellsville area.
Auction listings show sales across several towns with dates in October. William Tyson near Melvern on Oct 13, August Meyer at Aliceville on Oct 15, Kruger Estate near Waverly on Oct 15, Crabb's Welding Equipment at Homewood on Oct 19, and Homewood Church Auction on Oct 26. Albert & Bane and Stewart & Son advertise contact routes in Ottawa area.
Maurice Winfred Hamilton, aged sixty four, longtime resident near Richmond, died suddenly at 9:30 a m while working on his farm. Born March 27, 1866, in Terra Haute Indiana, he lived near Richmond 55 years, remained single, and attended the Baptist church. Survivors include nieces and nephews, notably Mrs. Cecil Mathias who has lived with him. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p m at Lamb Funeral Home. Burial in Highland Cemetery.
Hospital notes list John Sutton of Princeton and Mrs Chester Woodrum with a Tuesday admission. Also admitted is Mrs Vivian Bearly of Parker and births recorded for Mr and Mrs Jewell O Dell at 832 is Cedar with a son born today weighing 17 pounds 3 ounces. Dismissals include Mrs Willis A Gilliland of 724 Cleveland and Charles Franklin Le Valley of 846 Willow today. A cooking note suggests adding whole cloves allspice bay leaves and peppercorns to water for simmering a smoked boneless pork shoulder butt.
Democrats moved into a commanding lead in Alaska's general election returns. They led all six territorial offices and 18 seats in the Territorial House, while Republicans led five of seven Senate seats on early tallies. The swing came from populous districts with Fairbanks showing Republican strength in the Senate. National figures cautioned Alaska's vote may not indicate national trends.
In Federal real property in the US the Army Navy and Air Force hold the largest dollar investments while the Department of Justice has the smallest.
Chiang Kai-shek urged Nationalist forces to train harder to recover the mainland and avenge 1949 defeat by the Reds after reviewing Taipei's largest Double 10 parade. He lauded U S assistance and promised a new charter to end Communist totalitarianism in all its forms.
Tohn Warren Edington, 19, of Ottawa, and Dixie Ann Mattox, 20, of Burlington, obtained marriage licenses.
Jayhawk Farms of Little River Kansas won both the grand champion and reserve grand champion Yorkshire prizes at the Pan American Livestock Exposition held in Dallas yesterday.
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