School Board Urged to Open Meetings and Budget Disclosure
The Central Labor Union urged the Board of Education to end executive sessions and provide full budget details. It called for genuine salary negotiations with teachers, uniform working conditions, and limits on principals pressuring staff. The six amendments were approved by the CLU after discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education Showla
Central Labor Minion
Delos C. Johns
Board of Directors
American Federation of Labor School Committee
Central Labor Union
Johns Committee
Hugh S. O'Neill
Strong U S Moves to Break Berlin Blockade
Washington reports outline tough U S diplomatic pressure to end Russia s land blockade of Berlin. Officials silent but signs point to a Kremlin aimed stroke possibly set for tomorrow or Thursday with a stern note demanding Russia lift the blockade and halt unity-hampering tactics. A network of conferences suggests coordinated Anglo American planning at top levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United State
Russia
Berlin
White House
State Department
Kremlin
City jail farm and reformatories praised by board
The County Board of Visitors reported to city manager L. P. Cookingham praising the operation of the city jail the municipal farm and the Leeds women’s reformatory. They criticized psychiatry at General Hospital and General Hospital No. 2 as inadequate and called for full time psychiatrists and expanded staff allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Visitors
The
General Hospital
County Board of Visitors
L. P. Cookingham
Women's Reformatory
Leeds
Penny Ice Fund Receipts Reported by The Star
The Star records various donations to the Penny Ice Fund including five dollar contributions from the Women’s Auxiliary of American Legion post No 80 and the Salvation Army. Additional donors include individuals such as E L Sutton and E F McElroy along with several others listed with amounts ranging from one to ten dollars. Total receipts and prior totals are noted with a grand overall sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Women's Auxiliary of American Legion
Hyde Park Christian Church
Heb Baryman
Joyce A. E Bacevep
Sia Salvation Army
E. S. Cowie
Richard L. Sutton
E. F. McElroy
Helen E. Aenard
Sheila Vivian Foster
W. R. Mgiere
Fannie W. Lincoln
Laura M. Smith
Dilford B. Smith
Enid
H. Brand
O. A. Elson
Milk price study sought by regional farm panel in Kansas City
A research committee with members from the University of Missouri Kansas State College and the University of Illinois seeks a better milk price method in Kansas City and St Louis. Financed by the Department of Agriculture the year long project will analyze the current government pricing formula and its effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
University of Missouri
Kansas State College
University of Ilinois
Department of Agriculture
Max M. Morehouse
St. Louis
Wallace A McGowan Loyal Moose Leader Dies at 87
Wallace A McGowan aged 87 of 124 Charlotte street died at St Marys hospital after a weeklong illness. Born in Cincinnati he lived in Kansas City for fifty years and served as a retired Nickel Plate general agent. He was a supreme ruler of the Loyal Order of Moose and a member of St Peters Church Traffic Clubs of Kansas City Wichita Tulsa and the Forty Years Ago club. He leaves a son Wallace A McGowan Jr a daughter Mrs C B Savage and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace A. McGowan
Charlotte Street
Nickel Plate Railroad
St. Mary's Hospital
Mr. McGowan
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Loyal Order of Moose
McGowan
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Wichita
Tulsa
Wallace A. McGowan, Jr
C. B. Savage
West Palm Beach
Fla
Dinner for Forrest Smith Dinner meeting held for Missouri governor candidate
Jackson County supporters plan an organization dinner in support of Forrest Smith for governor at 7:30 PM Saturday July 10 at the Hotel Continental. Manager Milligan and chairman Aylward lead the event with Bush as assistant manager and Edlund as treasurer. Field chairs speakers and arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Jackson County
Continental
Smith
Jacob L. (Tuck) Milligan
James P. Aylward
Hilary A. Bush
Ray Edlund
Lyman Field
Belgium plans modern airport and housing in Leopoldville
The Belgian government unveils plans to modernize Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo with a new airport and about 8 million dollars allocated for new housing projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Belgium
No GOP Strings Move in 1948 Vice Presidential Contest
The piece traces party friction over foreign policy and the Dewey era proxies. Halleck’s candidacy faltered amid a split over international cooperation and House slashing appropriations. Warren emerged as the compromise, with Knowland reading a release to California delegates signaling the end of the maneuvering.
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Halleck
House of Representatives
Vandenberg
Stassen
Dewey
Stas‘sen
Warren
Connecticut
California
William FP
Knowland
Warren and Dewey Plan Campaign Talks in New York
Gov Earl Warren and Gov Thomas E Dewey met in New York for a campaign planning conference. Dewey said they will discuss campaign organization and start timing while Warren stayed silent at the press event. The Warren family traveled from New York to the Dewey farm for the meeting and planned to return to California Saturday.
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Pawuinc
N. Y
Earl Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Philadelphia
Warren
Warrens
Dewey Farm
California
New York City
Alarm in Berlin Confession Ties AMG to Spy Activity
The confession cites L. A. Wiesner of AMG political division as saying American secret service funded spying efforts with money and cars. He denies the charges, stating no such activities occurred and claims ongoing contact with Social Democrats and other groups in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Wiesner
AMG
American Secret Service
Negro Church Sues to Void Land Sale Adjoining Church
A suit filed in Jackson County Circuit Court contesting a September 1946 sale of property next to the Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ at 1231 Garfield avenue. The church contends the land was not taxable as it served religious and benevolent purposes. attorney Sam Mandell seeks to void the deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ
Garfield Avenue
Jackson County
Land Trust Collection Law
Sam Kamen
Missouri Land Trust Law
Sam Mandell
Mandell
Minchin Family Heads for England on Vacation
Captain H Cotton Minchin British consul and his wife and daughter Miss Daffodil Cotton Minchin leave by train for New York to sail tomorrow for England. They plan a October return and reside at 235 Ward Parkway. Kansas City Public Service advertises group bus charter.
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H. Cotton Minchin
Daffodil Cotton Minchin
New York
England
Ward Parkway
Tito faces Kremlin pressure as Yugoslavia glances at Cominform shift
Western diplomats note rising friction as Yugoslavia teeters under Moscow led ire. Tito hovers over a delicate stance with reports of Cominform moves from Belgrade to Warsaw, while Belgrade life remains calm and Yugoslav communists grow from about 400,000 members today.
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Russia
Soviet Union
Tito
Europe
Yugoslavia
Warsaw
Cominform
Belgrade
Moscow
Borba
Communist Party
Zagreb
Lenin
Stalin
Sazvestia
International officers tour Sears mail order plant
Army officers from fifteen nations visiting the Command and Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth toured the Sears mail order operation in Chicago today. The group of thirty colonels or higher, hosted by Marion A. Reno, attended a luncheon and planned to spend the afternoon examining American made products.
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Command and Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kas
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Marion A. Reno
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UNION
Central Labor Group
Asain
Gerie Department
E Domorrd
Norning
U. S
Laud
Farm and Women's Reformatory
General Hospital No. 2
Central Hospital No. 2
Norman P. Gordon
William E. Kemp
Reding Putman
C. N Seidlitz
Mark H. Small
Earl D. Thomas
Penny Ice Fund
Wallace A. Wooway
Newcomer
Ford
Rudy Fick
Ford Dealer
Ady
Negro Church
Capt. Jr, Cotton Minchin
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Messaggero
Rome
London Telegraph
Douglas Lees Bevin
Lewis Douglas
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Foreign Office
Trieste
E Tour
Sears, Roebuck
Jacquard’s
Mido
Walnut
Kansas City, MO
John Taylor
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