GOP chairman Carroll Reece attacks Truman on secrecy and false forecasts
Republican Chairman Carroll Reece challenged Democratic leader Robert E. Hanesman to reveal truth on government operations and secret agreements cited from Potsdam through recent conferences. He recalled Roosevelt and Truman era pacts, criticized wage forecast claims, and cited Henry Wallace’s stance on dissidents and party discipline.
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Washington
UPA
Carroll Reece
Tajor
Robert E. Hanezan
G.O.P. National Committee
Reece
Tennessean
Congress
Chicago
Hannesw
Truman
G.O.F
New York
Harald Tritune
Byrnes
Vatsdam
Montreaux
United States
Turkey
Dardanelles
Recer
Roosevelt
Bie
Cleveland Plan
Reeve
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Army Engineers Bid for Fall River Dam Construction
Tulsa Oklahoma April 11 The army engineers will open bids for the Fall River Dam across Fall River in Kansas to inundate up to 10 400 acres. The earth dam will be five miles northwest of Fall River and 17 miles southeast of Eureka with a 66 foot high embankment. Final contract approval may take two to three weeks and work could start within a month. The flood control project is part of the Arkansas Valley plan.
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Tulsa
Okla
Army Engineers
Fall River
Kansas
Feniment
Arkansas Valley
Fureka
Fall River Valley
EF. Funehess
Fimchesa
Washington Weekend Bridge Party In White House Seclusion
Mrs. Harry S Truman hosts ten members of the Independence bridge club at the White House for a private weekend. The guests arrived quietly by car and plane to enjoy time with the president’s family while the first lady attends a concert in Constitution Hall and Mr Truman attends Hyde Park ceremonies.
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Washington
White House
Aaron Truman
Independence
Hess
Constitution Hall
Eugene Ist
Philadelphia Smithy Orchestra
Truman
Harry
Mr. Truman
Hyde , Park
Aga
Capital
Washington, D. C
Bess” Truman
Independence, Mo
Mike Peters
Tom Twyman
Oscar E. King
J. C. Noel
Leslie Haw
King
Kansasity
Wasington
Record telephone installations surge in early 1946 demand
In St Louis on April 11 1946 the Southern Bell Telephone Company reported a record 149 824 new telephones installed in the first months of 1946 across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas. About 74 782 new lines were allocated to applicants on the waiting list while 223 089 names remained on file at end of March. Officials cited emergency stretching of equipment to meet surging demand and reduce wait times.
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St. Louis
Southtern Bell Telephone Company
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Two Missing Elements Found by Scientists
Atlantic City April 11 two long predicted elements have been detected as unstable fission products of uranium. Dr Charles D Coryell of Monsanto Chemical Co announced the absolute detection at an American Chemical Society symposium on nuclear chemistry. Dr Glenn T Seaborg of the University of Chicago said elements 43 and 61 have not yet been formally isolated but their location and radio activity are known.
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Atlantic City
Charles D. Coryell
Monsanto Chemical, Co
American Chemical Society
Kemp Promises to Carry Out Spirit of the Charter
Mayor William E. Kemp sworn in with pledge to govern in line with the charter. Inaugural ceremony at city hall drew Mayors Selvet De Lossapps Morrison and Mrs Morrison of New Orleans and the reform legacy of Kansas City. Kemp took oath along with eight councilmen and two municipal judges as the new administration began.
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Kan
William E. Kemp
City Hall
Kansas City
John Ve Gage
Advanayce
Kemp
Uruguayan Urges UN Sanctions Veto Removal
Geneva April 11 Julian Nogueira Uruguayan delegate at the final League of Nations assembly urged the mandatory application of sanctions and the elimination of the veto in the United Nations He also proposed an international collective police force as a peace enforcing instrument rather than an army echoing Frances Joseph Boncour the French official and Boncour said the same line
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Geneva
United Nations
Julian Nogueira
League of Nations Assembly
Nogueira
Frances Joesph
Paul Boncour
World disarmament urged as U.N. army fears rise
The French delegate warned an international UN army could be outmatched by any large nation s forces unless world disarmament succeeds. Paul Boncour urged a convention to empower UN peace efforts and warned plans would fail if nations keep armies. New Zealand and Belgian delegates echoed willingness to place mandates under UN trusteeship. Schoeppel heads to Tulsa for executive committee meeting today.
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U.N
Paul Boncour
United Nations
New Zealand
United Nations Trusteeship
Compact Commission Meeting Set for Tomorrow and Saturday
A committee of the Interstate Compact Commission will attend the quarterly gathering tomorrow and Saturday. The event focuses on updates to interstate cooperation and policy implementation among member states.
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Mittee
The
Interstate of Compact Commission
Wainwright First Yankee Into Sons of Confederate Veterans
San Antonio April 11 Jonathan M Wainwright became an honorary life member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans at a Fourth Army headquarters ceremony. He is the first Yankee to receive the honor and the second native of the north to receive the SCV distinguished service medal. Maj Edmund R Wiles presented the medal. The conferral cited his insistence on placing Gen Robert E Lee’s picture at the cavalry school Fort Riley and his leadership in the defense of Bataan and Corregidor.
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Tex
P— Fien
Jonathan M
Wainwright
Jony
Pfe
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Fourth Army
North
Edmund R. Wiles
U. 5
S. A
S.C.V
Robert E. Las
Cavalry School
Fort Riley
Kan
Neh
Bataan
Corre
Widor
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