Franco Faces UN Inquiry as Axis Payoff Demand Grows
Poland seeks UN action against Franco regime and may press for a council review on Monday. Diplomats anticipate Spain could be allowed to present a defense, as allies push for a bloodless change of rule and continued Franco neutrality amid wartime ties to Germany Italy.
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Francisco Franco
Spain
Axis
Poland
Ismand
United Nations
United Nations’ Security Council
United States
France
Russia
Franco
Bpain
Security Council
Italy
Eer
Axix
Rees Introduces Bill to Raise Enlisted Pay Across All Grades
Washington April 18 1971 Representative Rees Republican Kansas proposes a comprehensive pay raise for enlisted personnel. The measure would boost seventh grade pay from 54 50 to 89 00 and chief petty officers would see an increase to 126 00, aiming to align compensation with service requirements. A separate incident notes a car owned by Claude Jessix Coane Jr. was struck in front of a street, causing damage to the vehicle.
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Washington
Armed Services
Rees
R-Kan
House Civil Service Committee
Claude Jes-six Coane Jr
Pai
I Street
Draft Age and Conservative Pulse Shape Japanese Election
Virtually final returns show conservatives likely to dominate Japan's house of representatives, meeting May 16 to draft a new constitution. Premier Shidehara aims to hold cabinet until constitutional action, while Ichiro Hatoyama seeks coalition. Independents and social democrats may sway a bare majority with 80 independents and 92 social Democrats possible. Also, U.S. draft debates consider raising minimum age to 20 with a possible six to nine month extension and a draft holiday, amid partisan disputes and military committee rifts.
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Tokyo
Japan
House of Representatives
Shidehara
Acto
Liberal Party
Ichiro Hatoyama
House
Liberain
Jwho
Progressives
May
Mey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate Military Committee
Walter G. Andrews
New York
Military Committee
Armed Services
Andrews
Representative Harness
Indiana
Harness
Army
Navy
Kaltenbrunner admits awareness of extermination decrees at Nuremberg
Kaltenbrunner testified at Nuremberg that he was informed of Hitler's extermination decrees and the execution of allied captives. He said regular 1942 reports on Jewish extermination reached him as a high Austrian official and that such materials were distributed to police officials across the Reich. The tribunal blocked introduction of a mayor's letter as defense rights matter. Meanwhile sugar and airline labor disputes threaten major strikes as wage talks fail.
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Upi
Ernnest Kaltenbrunner
Nazi
Gestapo
Sssistant
U.S
John Harlan Amen
International Military Tribunal
Kaltenbrunner
Hitler
Hitler Devrean
Austria
Axn
Reich
Oranienburg
Berlin
Amen
Merchmarshal
Hermann Goering
Milk Subsidy Draws Farmers to County Office
Rainy weather and milks checks push farmers to file for federal subsidy payments for January to March. Since April 1, 362 applicants have joined, totaling $20,928.65 with an average of $57.81 and a top payment of 456.60. Next quarter requires June 1 deadline, about 600 more ahead. Payments: 60 cents per hundred pounds milk, 17 cents per pound butter fat. May and June drop to 25 cents and 10 cents respectively.
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County Agricultural Conservation Association
George Butell
Association
Butell
Waiting period adds to unemployment claims in Douglas office
Unemployment compensation claimants at the Douglas county office of the state division totaled 309 war veterans and 535 other persons this week. There were 23 people on the one week waiting period and new claims were filed by 17 veterans and 23 other persons. The office handled a total of all types claims for the period. California orchards groves and vineyards produce most of the country’s commercial fruit with truck farms supplying about a quarter of commercial vegetables.
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Douglas County
L. M. Loomis
California
Acquitted of Murder in Double Slaying Verdict
Elbert Wesles Frye, 21, was acquitted in a district court of murder in the February 9 double slaying of Opal Scott, 31, and Carl Benning, 21, during a cabin incident in Coffeyville. Frye admitted taking Benning's car but denied knowledge of the bludgeon deaths. verdict reached on the second ballot after two hours' deliberation.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Elbert Wesles
Frye
Opal Scott
Carl Benning
Benning
Sherman Scott
Munich
Germany
Republicans Discuss Town Hall Meetings In Ottawa
County chairmen of the Republican organization met with about 200 attendees at the district gathering of senior and junior groups in Ottawa. Around 12 GOP representatives from Douglas county were present. The Young Republican club officers announced a statewide tour to reorganize the club. PAY INCREASE AT TOPEKA.
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Ottawa
Douglas County
Manly
Young Republican Club
Topeka
Capital City School Teachers Get Pay Increases
Topeka officials approved September 1 raises for all Topeka school system employees except the superintendent. The pay boosts are funded by a one mill tax levy. Those earning up to $2,000 annually gain 10 percent, up to $3,040 receive 8 percent, and those above $3,000 get a flat $240 increase.
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Topeka
Sytem
Board of Education
No Soviet Share in League Assets
France proposed that Russia be allowed a share of the League of Nations assets but failed to gain support in the liquidation commission. Chairman Sir Atul Chatarjea rejected the motion after French delegate Emil Charveriat argued it would be equitable. The commission ruled that only current members are entitled to portions of the assets.
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France
Russia
League of Nation
Emil Charveriat
Atul Chatarjea
Charveriat
Soviet Union
League
President's Mother Attends Lawrence Wedding
In Lawrence last evening, Mrs Martha Truman and Mary Jane Truman attended the wedding of LuEllen Hall and Henry J Paustian with two secret service men present. The ceremony at Myers Hall on the KU campus was simple and followed by a modest reception. Mrs Truman, 98, walked upstairs without assistance and shared a moment with the groom after the cake cutting.
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United States
Lawrence
Grandview
Secret Service
Martha Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Migs LuEllen
Henry J. Paustian
Rose
Woodson County
Little Chapel
Myers Hall
K. U
Truman
Mrs. Truman
Henry
Cooperation Urged as City Trash Pickup Struggles Grow
Lawrence residents are urged to cooperate with city trash collectors to ease pickups. Collectors note two alley areas complicate service and advise grouping trash near garages or within 60 feet of the curb in non alley districts. Collections occur twice monthly citywide and daily downtown, with residents asked to learn approximate pickup times and keep trash separate from garbage to avoid refusals.
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Lawrence
Althe Jno
Health Department
Teachers Exam May 17 18 Notice to Kansas Teachers
Teachers planning to take the Kansas State Teachers examinations on May 17 and 18 must apply to the state department of education by April 17. No county blanks are available. applications sent through the county superintendent must reach her office by April 16. From Hugoton Field Kansas City April 12 UPI. A new high pressure gas line between Kansas City and the Hugoton gas field is on Cities Service Gas Company’s 1947 construction program.
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State Department of Education
Margaret Hurley
State Department
Hugoton Field
Kansas City
Hugoton
Kansas
Cities Service Gas Company
Japanese in Manchuria Count and Indonesian Talks
London reports 325000 Japanese in Manchuria or Indonesia with 290000 under Allied control and others in Java interior. Van Mook outlines Dutch takeover of British units, talks of equal partnership and Indonesian independence. Negotiations for foreign credits up to 50000000 for reconstruction and a shift toward an Indonesian self rule are described amid disarmament and withdrawal plans.
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London
Huberton J. van Mook
Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
Java
van Mook
van Mock
United States
Britain
Australia
Holland
Japan
Hich
Apakesman
Soviet
Ukraine
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Poland
East Indies
Meatless menus sweep across nation amid meat shortages
Housewives scramble to plan meatless meals as Chicago butchers offer limited poultry while demand surges. Senator Thomas D predicted no legitimate meat within 30 days if price controls stay, noting OPA’s grip on black market easing. Major packers report record low cattle purchases, with Armour Swift and Wilson buying only 9,000 head in four days.
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Chicago
Elster Thomas D-Qkla
Senate Agriculture Committee
OPA
Thomas E. Wilson
Wilson and Co
Armour, Swift
Wilson
Four KU Professors to Attend Southwestern Social Science Meet
Four University of Kansas professors will attend the first postwar Southwestern Social Science Association meeting in Fort Worth Texas on April 19 and 20. Professors Hilden Gibson Ethan P Allen W E Sandelius and £ Stone will participate with Gibson presenting a paper on The Operation of the Western Civilization Project at the University of Kansas Allen will chair the government section. The association had suspended meetings during the war and is resuming activities this year drawing members mainly from the Southwest.
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University of Kansas
Southwestern Social Science Association
Ft. Worth
Tex
Hilden Gibson
Ethan P. Allen
Government Research Bureau
K.U
W. E. Sandelius
Stone
Gibson
Allen
Southwest
Gould named national USO program coordinator
Bert F. Gould of Pittsburg Kansas named national program coordinator for the USO by regional executive Lawrence A. Wheeler. Gould, USC veteran since 1942 and former football player with Cincinnati, is a native of Atchison Kansas and a Pittsburg Teachers College graduate.
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Kansas City
Bert F. Gould
Pittsburg
Kan
Teachers College
U.S.O
Lawrence A. Wheeler
Gould
USC
Cincinnati
Pittski
Atchinon
Meeting on Adult Education in Kansas at Emporia
The Kansas Adult Education association will hold its annual meeting April 25 26 at Broadview Hotel Emporia Miss Ruth Kenney secretary treasurer announces The two day agenda covers Young Adult Education Problem with University and nursing and housing topics and a second day on Financial Plans and Organizations with leaders from labor education farmers and civic groups participating Chancellor Lindley quote cited to stress urgency in adult education efforts.
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Kansas Adult Education Association
State of
Kansas
Broadview
Emporia
Ruth Kenney
University of Kansas Correspondence Study Bureau
Kansas Association
American Association For Adult Education
This Nation
Kenney
Universities and Colleges Nursing Profession
Federal Housing Authority
Young Women’s Christian Association
George Baxter Smith
School of Education
Miss Kenney
Universsity of Kansas
R. A. Sehwegler
K. U. School of Education
Labor, Vocational Education
Farmer’ Union
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Health Education
League of Women's Voters
American Association of University Women
A. H. Turney
K. U School of Education
E. H. Lindley
Lindley
1028 Seek Positions At United States Employment Service
Week ending yesterday total job applications reached 1028 with 283 by women and 745 by men. Veterans total 322 with 21 referred and 11 finding jobs. 83 women and 57 men referred, 39 women and 17 men employed. Openings sum 361 for 254 male and 107 female workers across 200 occupations. The manager Harry R. Barnard notes increases in openings may reduce future applications. Police report a burglary at 2004 New Hampshire Street. Hoover sweeper and Della Rebbia sterling silver set stolen. Vermont originally known as New Connecticut.
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United States Employment Service
Harry R. Barnard
University and City Schools Easter Vacation Dates
Students in city schools and the university take two holidays before summer. Easter break begins at noon Wednesday for university students and Thursday for city schools. Classes resume Tuesday, April 23. Haskell students have no Easter break. Memorial Day holiday ends May 31, with city and university dismissals. Commencement plans tentative. final exams end June 14 for university students. Baccalaureate May 18 at Haskell. graduation May 23. campus day May 20 crowns campus queen and brave.
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Haskell
University
City Achnols
Tand
Rain Is In Picture Topeka Apr 13 7 Ourly Weather Update
The forecast notes steady weather with a high near 75 in Kansas today and tomorrow. No rain in the last 24 hours, but scattered showers are predicted for northern counties tomorrow afternoon. South winds continue, with a low of 65 to 60 in the east and 60 to 55 in the west. Goodland reported yesterday the warmest point at 78. Eastern areas stayed in the 60s with Coffeyville at 61 to 44. Flora says western Kansas could use rain but conditions are not critical.
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Topeks
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Philipsburg
Goodland
Coffeyville
Flora
Sale of U S Air Force facilities to Spain announced
Cairo April 13 Fredge Ramsey of the U S foreign liquidation commission said U S army air force weather testing and communications installations on the northwest coast of Africa would be sold to the Spanish government under an agreement linked to the 1948 air transport command rights. General Aurand said surplus Middle East property disposal could finish soon and 1 500 U S soldiers in Egypt would be moved home or reassigned after installations are handed to the Egyptian government. Centralia Postmaster Dies in Kansas at 66 from cerebral hemorrhage E Drumm’s funeral planned for Sunday.
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Cairo
Fredge Ramsey
U. S, Foreign Liquidation Commission
U.S. Army Air Force
Rio de Ore
Africa
Ramsey
Air Transport Command
Madrid
Snle
Spain
United State Wael
Stock Market Index Report Cites 60 Stocks
The index for 60 stocks stands at 79.5 after yesterday’s activity. Details show overall market movement and notable shifts across key issuers tracked by the market index.
Weather Summary for Kansae-Fall Today and Sunday
Weather notes show warmer conditions today across the eastern area with tonight's readings warmer toward the extreme east. Sunday remains warm with a low near 48 degrees and continued mild overall.
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