Enrollment Figures Signal Kansas Education Boom
Editorial notes Kansas colleges show large gains with Wichita University at 5380 students up 20 percent, Fort Hays State 2300 up 253 percent since a decade ago, Bethany 77 percent. The piece argues the trend will yield skilled farmers, engineers, teachers, doctors, and leaders, and calls for solutions to funding and capacity while emphasizing potential benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita University
Fort Hays State
Bethany
After All The Old Life By ELM Ends Railroad Era
The Caseville Exeter Missouri railroad, four miles long with no turntable or roundhouse, has closed after decades of service hauling fruits and farm products. Once a modest line with a passenger coach and freight cars, it faded as diesel took over and traffic declined. The bygone era prompts reflection on other vanishing staples from grocers to trolley cars and soda fountains, though few miss these old items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caseville
Exeter
Cassville
Elocution class plans and local society notes
Auld Lang Syne reports 83 years past as Mrs W L Parkinson prepares to start a elocution class for young ladies. The Weekly Republican relays Ellsworth anti death toll and Ottawa High School literary societies organize with officers and new members across Gamma Sigma and Beta groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Parkinson
Weekly
Republican
Elsworth
Ellsworth
Cal Fisk
Hiram Diggins
West Second Street
Ottawa High School
Periclean
Clarence Weedman
Lloyd Moise
Hazel Boyle
Lionne Bingaman
Garry Gates
Mabel Wilson
Gertrude Hunt
Genevieve Shubert
Colletta Mayden
Helen Staadt
Opal Toney
Winston Easley
Myrtle Barnes
Melva Crawford
Mildred Cole
Irene Dugger
Mary Mort
Bertha Gilley
Mildred Stilliwell
Forest Leonard
Plummer Good
Orvil Shoemaker
Robert Madden
Davis Elder
John Staadt
Lawrence Clark
Harold Hill
Cyrus Hughes
Gamma Sigma
Chas
Lawrence
Helen Marshall
Dorothy Preshaw
Raymond Pendleton
Harold Shaner
Cecil Briscoe
Frances Burney
Mary Cole
Alecia Cramer
Frank
This and That Schoolboy Racket
A fragmented column notes sly promoters recruiting teachers to sell denial damage insurance and asks who will recruit a boy to knock out teeth for a share. It muses on democracy misperceptions, insect resistance, church membership, Supreme Court retirement, and quirks of midcentury life.
Demise Of Indonesian Rhinos Blamed On Lovesick Romeos
Jakarta reports the Indonesian rhinoceros is near extinction, blamed on poachers seeking horn used as an alleged love potion. Only about 16 individuals remain, with orangutan and Komodo dragon also endangered due to poaching and smuggling between Borneo, Singapore, and other regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakarta
Indonesia
Africa
Tjibadak
Rhino River
Java
Borneo
Sumatra
Singapore
Child violin prodigy Heifetz gains early fame in New York
Concert violinist Jascha Heifetz, famed since childhood, drew acclaim in his New York debut at age 17. He began playing the violin at age three and quickly established himself as a premier virtuoso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jascha Heifetz
New York
Memorizing Bible Gems Encouraged by Dr Crane
An exhortation favors memorizing quotations from the Bible and poets to enrich speech and character. The author cites John 14 1 3 and urges readers to memorize at least 25 quotations from scripture, Franklin, and poets, noting benefits for public speaking and moral formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel P
Philip
Germany
U. S. Army
John Erskine
H. W. Beecher
Goethe
Benjamin Franklin
Crane
Hopkins Syndicate
Melott
Television Listings Night of Sept 20 Channel Guide
Last minute changes limit accuracy for Thursday listings. NBC 5:00 On the Trail 5:34 Dinah Bhore 5:45 News 6:00 News 6:59 Big Picture 7:33 Theatre 8:00 Video Theatre 8:50 Video Theatre 9:00 Groucho 9:30 Dragnet Weather Playhouse Sports 10:20 9:30 Wed Mostly KMBC WDAF 6:00 News 6:30 Morgan Beatty 7:00 KMBC News Rae are Funny 3:30 WDAF Conversation KMBC Music Hall 9:00 WDAF News 8:30 KMBC Dorsey WDAF Star.
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NBC
Dinah Bhore
Big Picture
People's Choirs
Dragnet Weather Playhouse Playhouse
Sports
KMBC
WDAF
Morgan Beatty
Kmbc—Dorsey
Wdaf—Stara
ABC
CBS
Bill Hickock
Preston Adial Stevenson
Flicka Frontier M.D
Annie Oakley
Playhouse
Highway Patrol Playhouse
Arthur Murray
Des City Detective
Lone Ranger
Rob Cummings
San Francisco
Cmax
Ciimax Crunch
Des Climax
Bankaroo
Kangaroo
Garry Moore
Dr. S. Ventor
Hapy Horne
Jimmie Pierson
Dr. N. Ventor
Tridle Bisher
Boug, Edwards
Annie Vai
Doug Fdowards
Crusader Secret Journal
Big Story Playhouse
Crossroads
Hollywood
Elizabeth
Radio Lineup Framed For Friday Sept 21 Schedule
The listing shows KMNBC Jazz at 9 30, WDAP Town Tall at 9 30, KMBC Dilson Show at 10 00 with baseball on KMBC, WDAF Fan Club at 7 30 and 8 00, WDAP Boxing at 10 09, WDAF Sports and WDAF Job Clinic, followed by WDAP News and KMBC Dilson Show Want Ads Pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KMNBC
WDAF
WDAP
KMBC
Dilson
Dilson Shor
Truant Alligator Returned To Zoo
OKLAHOMA CITY Alfred the truant alligator was found in a nearby lake after three days at large. zoo curator Bob Jermi shot a spear gun and with two men hauled the 8 foot 250 pound reptile back to Lincoln Park Zoo, where workers secured him in his pen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Alfred
Lincoln Park Zoo
Bob Jermi
Zoo
Jenni
Mobility Shift: Almost 3 Million Move Each Year
An article notes that nearly three million people relocate to new homes annually, reflecting broad migration trends. It discusses urban and rural shifts, housing demand, and potential impacts on communities and services.
Subscription Rates in Trade Arena By Mail
Reader notices show subscription rates by mail with different durations. Rates for outside area include one month three months six months and one year. Price figures are cut off in the snippet but indicate annual and multi month options.
Gas Tax Refund Deadline for Kansas Farmers
Gas refund deadline near as Kansas farmers are reminded by Internal Revenue Director F Koehler that claims for the federal excise tax on gasoline used for farming must be filed by October 1, 1956. Form 2240 is required, with records to verify gallons purchased after 1955 and used on the farm through June 30, 1956, plus any used by custom operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas F. Koehler
Internal Revenue
Kansas
Internal Revenue Service
Koehler
Internal Revenue Office
South Main Street
Wichita
Missouri prison to make soap in new factory
Jefferson City officials unveiled a soap factory that could reach 750000 pounds yearly in chips bars or liquid. State law allows use by prisons or sale to state institutions but not sale to private markets. The item hints at broader benefits amid discussions of public programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Missouri
News From Central Princeton Social Notes
Friday guests of the George Stankards included the Moodys from Myra Washington Sacramento and Pomona plus Eaton of Portland who returned after 50 years away. Central Princeton residents hosted visitors from Chicago Waynesburg Ohio and Haigler Nebr segments note reunions and local trips with multiple family connections and trips to Hutchinson Garnett and Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stankards
Myr
Charlie Moody
Mica, Wash
Clarence Moody
Sacramento
Calif
Harry Lantis
Charlie Lantis
Pomona
Jesse EB. Eaton
Portland
Ore
Jing Cook
Eaton
Central Community
Kansas
C. W. Martins
Elias New
Chicago
Cleve Roush
Waynesburg
Ohio
Frank Hahner
Coleen
Shawnee
John Hahners
George Slankards
Rex
Bob
Moody
Forest Park
Marvin McCurdy
Mike
Lynda
Olathe
Jim Cook
Slankard
Moodys
Russell Retter
Lawrence
Kenneth
Orie Williams
Charlie Williams
Haigler
Nebr
Russell Retters
Williams
Retter
Willians
Garnett
Living Cost Hike Embarrasses GDP
Prices rise to a record high fueling political damage to the Eisenhower administration. Officials debate inflation containment while signaling continued growth. The Fed boosted the discount rate to 3 percent, aiming to temper borrowing and price pressures amid ongoing industrial expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Latin American Envoys Invited to Kansas City Show
Latin American ambassadors to the United States have been invited to the American Royal Live stock and horse show in Kansas City. The invitation came at the request of Mayor H Roe Bartle and Kansas City’s Commission for International Relations and Trade. The event is set for October 19 and 20 with expected attendance from nearly all envoys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Kansas City
State Department
H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City Commission For International Relations and Trade
Plan For Speech By Stevenson In Wyandotte County
Plans are under way for Adlai Stevenson to speak in Wyandotte County on Thursday September 27 at 12 30 pm from the front steps of the county courthouse. Democratic chairman Jack Dear said tentative approval was received from the Democratic National Committee in Washington. Stevenson is set to address Kansas City Missouri the night before on September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kas
Adlai Stevenson
Jack Dear
Wyandotte ‘County
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Stevenson
Wyandotte County
Fleming Linked Penicillin Discoverer Also Found Lysozyme
Sir Alexander Fleming, famed for penicillin, is credited with discovering the antiseptic lysozyme. The antiseptic substance occurs in both raw egg whites and human tears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Fleming
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Sae
Central
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15Th St
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Stewart & Son
Kansas State Bank
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