30 Jul 1947
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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1947
Page
1
The Forecast Kansas City and Vicinity notes partly cloudy and cooler conditions with a low in the mid seventies. Tomorrow will be fair and cooler with a high near 90. Humidity at 6 30 a m 59 percent, 1 30 p m 33 percent. Barometer steady to rising. River stage today 10.3 feet, down 3.8 feet. No precipitation in the last 24 hours.
A charter list designates 107 members named by Delos Johns as general chairman. The document outlines the executive committee composition and assigns leadership roles within the organization.
The group to convene at 3 30 PM at City Hall aims to launch a new campaign. Members plan to discuss strategy, outreach, and next steps as they organize public support and coordinate local involvement.
An executive committee of 107 civic leaders led by Delos C. Johns announced a September drive to collect 43,000 signatures for a Jackson County charter petition. The group, meeting on the City Hall's 14th floor, includes Mayors from eight towns and numerous local officials, with nationwide backing to broaden support.
Tulsa on July 30 reports 23-year-old former Army pilot Bill Han has shelved a transworld flight plan after failing to secure political support and essential funding. AP notes the project is paused due to financial obstacles and lacked backing from sponsors.
Article notes the youngest son of the Duce, Romano ine, ready to work as an accountant to aid his widowed mother Donna le. He passed his final exams at the Gianbattista Della institute yesterday while reflecting on his duty and the family’s need.
The mercury rose to 106 degrees at 2 p m in Kansas City, a new date hot record surpassing the former 102 set July 30, 1935. A cooling trend is forecast with a high near 90 degrees tomorrow as a northwest front approaches tonight, bringing clouds but no rain locally. Weather officials expect Friday to reach about 88 degrees with possible scattered showers in the region.
President Truman will be principal speaker at the opening session of the American Legion national convention on August 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Legion national commander Paul H. Griffith announced today.
Los Angeles Public Library board postponed the appointment of a librarian for one week. Harold L. Hamill of Kansas City remains the top candidate on a trio recommended by the civil service commission for the Librarian position.
Dr. Leroy A. Calkins head of obstetrics at the University of Kansas Medical Center married his secretary Miss Virginia Kyger yesterday afternoon at her parents home 2124 West Sixty-ninth street. They are on their wedding trip.
Douglas Chandler, 58, a former Baltimore writer, was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined $10,000 for treason in his wartime service as a Nazi radio mouthpiece.
Mrs Juan D Peron wife of Argentina's president swims on vacation in the Riviera resort. Her party says she sought a 1900 model bathing suit but found it unavailable and chose a modest 1947 one piece.
Ford Motor Company said it would suspend most manufacturing operations tonight through the end of the week and lay off 22,000 employees due to a strike at Murray Corporation plants in Detroit. No plant closure notice reached Ford’s Kansas City assembly plant by noon today.
At 1 am on Independence Avenue 632 Elmwood Miner 21 suffered a shoulder cut after his car struck W L Vinard 4419 Independence parked car and pushed it against a tree. Miner was treated at General hospital and charged with careless driving.
Bernard J. Duffy, president of the Kansas City Terminal Railway, announced the third escalator serving the Union Station track level will be ready by the weekend. Eight total escalators are to be operating by September 1, following two that opened yesterday after a ribbon ceremony. The escalators transport passengers 23.5 feet between waiting room and tracks, replacing the former 44-step climb.
Navy veteran James Quest, 21, who dated five TWA hostesses, slashed his wrist and left a suicide note after a bout of despair sparked by unrequited love. He stopped the bleeding with a tourniquet, slept on a parkway, and was found with a bloodstained car near Fifty-first and Main. Police Lieutenant Welch offered advice to the lovelorn as Quest faced repeated rejections and dramatic emotions.
The 23 year old Ruth Edmonds daughter of Rev Donald Grey Barnhouse won a divorce from Dr Francis Charles Edmonds Jr after alleging extreme mental cruelty. She sold corsages on the Reno courthouse steps to pay expenses while establishing Nevada residence and noted two children and property custody were settled in a sealed agreement.
Elmer J. Cousino a 61 year old Detroit resident painted a broad white stripe across a sidewalk crossing near his home after five months of complaints about cars blocking it. Police did not intervene and motorists began stopping at the line, clearing the crossing. He called it the psychology of the thing.
William Oliver a 28 year old city fireman from 3940 Jackson avenue remained in critical condition today at General hospital after the train incident. The condition of Oliver was reported as serious with concern for his recovery.
Pesky the raccoon, object of a long chase at Armacost Motors Inc on Baltimore avenue, was finally trapped atop the building in a wire cage. Porter Phillip Henderson set the clever trap after approaching company president Robert S. Armacost. The animal fought the capture, snarling in captivity, and the incident ended with Pesky secured in a rooftop cage.
Attlee discloses to Laborites plans to reduce Britain's military commitments. The disclosure highlights postwar defense realignment, signaling a potential shift in overseas obligations and domestic security policy. Parliament and party members weigh implications for NATO and global strategy.
A drastic program of economy reportedly receives a vote of confidence. The report notes government measures affecting Greece and Italy and signals political backing amid austerity efforts. Strong entities referenced include Greece, Italy, and the government.
London reports a Socialist source says Prime Minister Attlee told Labor MPs Britain will cut military commitments in Germany Italy and Greece amid an economic crisis. He outlined rapid troop withdrawals from Northeast Italy’s Venezia Giulia and Greece with major reductions in occupation forces in Germany.
Jerusalem July 30 AP Irgun Zvai Leumi said two British sergeants kidnapped July 12 were hanged in a forest near Natanya as reprisal for the Acre prison executions. Violence flared as soldiers and police hunted the area. two British soldiers were killed by a mine near Hadera. Hagana conducted an all night search and Haifa curfew was lifted.
Los Angeles July 30 Howard Hughes claims Senator Brewster of Maine offered to halt his wartime contract investigation if Hughes would merge TWA with Pan American Airways. Hughes cites a February 1947 Mayflower hotel luncheon scheme and presents four questions to Brewster about the alleged bribe and the involvement of Juan Trippe.
Glenn L. Martin testified before the Senate war investigating committee that at least thirty B-29 bombers were prepared to carry atomic bombs by the war’s end. The Baltimore manufacturer noted Omaha plant construction and the need for special bomb-bay floors to fit the aircraft for atomic missions.
About 2,500 Nashua textile workers will be discharged as Nashua Manufacturing curtails production and transfers operations to the South. Royal Little, president of Textron, Inc., cited inefficient operation and high labor costs as making competition impossible.
Hughes states that Brewster pressed for cooperation with Pan American to avoid a formal inquiry. The disclosure centers on corporate ties and potential influence on regulatory review, signaling a strategic move to ease scrutiny.
An executive calls the unification plan a blackmail tactic that treats T. W. A. stockholders unfairly, arguing the proposal lacks equity and blindsides investors while promising broader control by the consolidating group.
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