Kansas City Star Founded in 1880 by Nelson
The Kansas City Star Company founded in September 1880 by William R Nelson is listed as owner and publisher. Office address is Kansas City Missouri with mail to The Kansas City Star Kansas City 17 Mo. Subscription rates show morning evening and Sunday delivery at 30 cents weekly and 1.30 monthly by carrier. mail rates 40 cents weekly within Missouri and Kansas, 50 cents weekly elsewhere, 95 cents weekly foreign. Entered as second class matter under the 1879 act.
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Kansas
United States
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Highteenth Street
Grand Ue
The Star Circulation Figures May 1948 Summary
The Star reports May 1948 circulation by edition: Evening daily 368,764. Morning daily average and Sunday figures listed. Weekly Star average 441,241. The notice specifies reproduction rights for Associated Press content and historic postrace pricing for different page counts.
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The
Star
Osage valley flood plan faces organized opposition
In Osage valley the joint state federal flood control plan for Osceola reservoir faces organized landowner opposition. The plan shifts from a single large reservoir to multiple closer to flood sources with soil conservation aims to boost farming. The program enjoys broad support from officials and is about to be tested in Congress.
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Osceola
Missouri
Army
Osage Valley
Osceola Reservoir
Garrison
North Dakota
Osage
TVA
Congress
Do People Read Long Party Platforms in Elections
The Star notes Taft favors a lengthy detailed platform while other Republicans push for brevity. It cites 1932 Democratic economy platform that quickly faded after inauguration and 1912 Progressive platform as a long covenant with the people. The piece questions reader engagement beyond opening paragraphs.
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Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
The
Star
Supreme Court Keeps Veterans Insurance Dividend Plan Alive
A Supreme Court reversal of a federal ruling preserves the Veterans administration life insurance dividend program. The Chicago appeals court had warned that guaranteed ten year payments could multiply face values, risking billions in funds and threatening the low cost insurance scheme for about 18 million veterans. Dividends timing and amounts depend on active policies and continued funding.
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National Service
United States Court of Appeals
Chicago
Veterans Administration
Bic
Congress
VA insurance windfall delayed by tangled records
The text notes that many veterans will collect more under GI policies but payments hinge on resolving a bottleneck. A House subcommittee found in April that VA insurance records remain muddled, risking distrust among millions of veterans until records are fully corrected to ensure timely disbursement.
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House
Subcommittee On
Veterans Affairs
We Are Not Alone Says Truman On East West Split
In a Berkeley weekend address President Truman emphasized that the global divide since the war is between the Soviet Union and the free nations, not merely a U S versus Soviet clash. He urged Americans and policymakers to recognize the two ways of life at stake and warned against inept handling of key issues that could damage Western unity and leadership.
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Calif
Truman
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
Jim
Western Europe
Freedom
New Democratic
Palestine
Europe must live up to American expectations in ECA support
Walter Lippmann argues Europe must meet U S expectations as ECA funds and policy face a crucial six month test. He warns that a general policy overhaul will come with the next administration and Congress and urges European leaders to show audacity and faith to sustain this unprecedented program.
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Europe
U.S
Senator Vandenberg
ECA
Hoffman
Vandenberg
Congress
Department of State
Martin-Taber
Attlee
Cripps
Bevin
Schumann
Rene Mayer
Bidault
U S Activity in Reviving Japan Stirring China Antagonism
The piece analyzes anti American student reactions in China to U S plans to revive Japan. It notes the Chinese government cracking down on demonstrations while Moscow shows no move to recognize a separate Chinese Communist government. It cites Stuart’s warnings, internal Chinese debates, and the impact on North China and Manchuria amid a broader civil war scenario.
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Japan
China
James D. White
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John Leighton Stuart
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Russia
Nanking
Manchuria
Joseph Stalin
Mao
Moscow
State Department
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Shanghai
Legislative Yuan
United States
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Far Eastern Commission
U.S. A
Britain
Mao Tzetung
Communist Brass
Hsu Hsiang-chien
Nieh Jungchen
New Remedy for Tick Borne Fever Spreads to Alleghanies
Indiana doctors Dr Hascall H Muntz and Dr Irwin Salkin report in the Indiana State Medical Association Journal on a scarce tick borne illness spreading from the west to the Alleghanies. The study notes many child patients and suggests paba as treatment, with lower mortality after its use.
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New York Times
Indiana
Indiana State Medical Association
Hascall H. Muntz
Irwin Salkin
Indiana University Medical Center
Indianapolis
United States Public Health Service
Bitter Root River
Montana
Montz
Salkin
Tickborne spotted fever symptoms and likely habitats
The text notes ticks favor hilly, weedy, or brushgrown areas as harboring sites for spotted fever. It warns the disease is often misdiagnosed as measles or meningitis. Fever and rash appear two to twelve days after tick bite, with chills, headache, bone and muscle pain, and a rash that becomes spots resembling tiny blood blisters.
Woe for Bidault In Ruhr Decision
Georges Bidault faces a shaky bid to survive as France's foreign minister by convincing the national assembly he led a protracted diplomatic effort on international Ruhr administration. British and French officials dispute his claims, while Socialist leaders press Bevin and the Labor party to align with French policy, leaving Bidault politically exposed as public opinion tilts away.
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Pertinax
ARIS
Georges Bidault
France
National Assembly
Ruhr
Foreign Affairs Ministry
Bidault
State Department
Foreign Office
Washington
London
Morgan Phillips
Labor Party
Socialist Party
Germany
Ernest Bevin
Phillips
Bevin
Marshall
Moscow
Clay
Murphy
Bonfire in the Evening Poem Fragment
A fragment from August Derleth in The Lyrie speaks of a bonfire at dusk. The imagery centers on smoke, cedar, and a hidden solitary heart, hinting at a voiceless voice that speaks to the wild heart through the flames.
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August Derleth
Lyrie
Stagey mix of notes on sport, travel and local life
Fragmentary column covers golf tournament moments, aviation talk, and social vignettes. It mentions a sizz eagle, plans for a plane faster than sound, reactions to European aid, a Truman stance, farm notes with calves weaned and peas canned, and a historical note on Kansas City’s first trolley in 1885 with a brief tech history.
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Kas
Hester Potter
Worl
Kan
Sas City
United States
John C. Henry
Kansas City
Broadway
Thirty-ninth Street
Linwood Boulevard
Hunter Avenue
Henry
Fifth Street
Kansas City Electric Railway Company
Question Box recalls first Broadway trolley car
The Star's Answer Desk answers traffic questions and recalls that the first trolley car ran on Broadway. The reader F. H. asks how long ago that occurred, and a concise historical note is provided.
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Star
Broadway
F. H
Republican convention braces for tight nominating speeches
The convention plans limit speeches to ten minutes each. Anxiety rises as speakers hurry back from bold rhetorical frontiers to identify a decisive "man who" before the deadline. Some suggest delaying college graduations by twenty five years for seasoned squads, a thought for later schools. BILL VavcHis.
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