Valiant Cities Hold in Flood Fight Near Omaha and Council Bluffs
As the Missouri River swells to cresting levels, Omaha and Council Bluffs battle the flood with thousands of workers and soldiers under strain. Crests at 30.24 feet threaten levees, while downstream damage spreads toward Kansas City. Red Cross notes hundreds of homes destroyed or damaged across five states with only three flood deaths reported.
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Missouri
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Weather Bureaul
Kansas City
Midyi
Red Cross
Pesos Wisconsin
Noiakota
No Wait for Cakes at Third Annual American Lion Haneake Feed
Officials say crowds will be handled without lines at tomorrow's cake feed to fund Legion Junior baseball. Event runs 7 a m to 1 p m at the Community Building with bacon or ham and coffee costing 50 cents. A large staff will serve, aiming to prevent waits despite high turnout.
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Legion
Aim
George Starkey
Stari
I Sons
Walters
Pravda Attacks U S Flood Control Funding
Pravda in Moscow accuses the United States government of squandering funds on other items while neglecting flood control. It cites disastrous floods on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers and criticizes the U S for spending a billion dollars on a new atomic bomb plant instead of funding flood protection.
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Moscow
Pravda
U.S
Missouri
Mississippi River
1. S
Truman remark on press stirred editors in Washington
At a White House news conference President Truman faced questions about seizing newspapers and radio stations amid steel industry tensions. His press secretary said there would be no amplification or clarification, and editors noted the remark could be read as authoritarian while some supporters called it a defensive position for the country.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Indus
Joseph Short
American Society of Newspaper Editors
One Span Open on River Kansas City Cup
Missouri River flood surges through Kansas City area and St Joseph with record crests. Leavenworth and Atchison report rising water, few casualties, and military flood control efforts. Soldiers from Camp Carson and Camp Atterbury assist, while dikes fail near Frenchmen's Bottoms. Sugar Lake forms four currents as the valley floods. (Continued on page 2)
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St. Joseph
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Atchison, Ka
Camp Carson
Colo
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Joseph
Ft. Leavenworth
Kas
Sherman Air Force Base
Command and General Staff College
Ft. Riley
Atchison
Sugar Lake
Eant
E. M. Kopphn
Religious music and bebop urged by Church of England paper
The Church of England newspaper urged jazzing up religious music with bebop and stunt evangelism to make the music of heaven familiar to the public. It suggested teaching through percussion bands and ensembles that people understand, including bebop trios.
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Alfred Brass
London
Church of England
Bing Cros
Tempest controversy over air force pilots in El Paso
Relatives of Lt. Verne Goodwin plan to take his case to the President after his two year prison sentence for refusing to fly a C-124 to England in December. The case sparks criticism that punishment is too light and highlights claims of rising fatalities, low hazard pay, and recall burdens among reservists. General Vandenberg downplays broader implications while Alabama Adjutant General Hanna blasts leadership and faults Texas pilots for strikes.
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EL Paso
Tex
Air Force
Hoyt ¢ Vandenberg
Verne Goodwin
Goodwin
England
Merced
Calif
Frank C. Hilton
Reading
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vandenberg
Harriman Endorsed by 45 NY County Chairs for President
Averell Harriman, director of Mutual Security Administration, won unanimous backing from 45 New York State county chairmen as the state's choice for the Democratic presidential nomination. His name will be recommended to New York's 94 delegates for the Chicago convention. Senator Herbert Lehman urged an aggressive effort to secure Harriman's nomination.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Mutual Security Administration
New York State
Harriman
Chicago
Herbert Lehman
Lehman
Possibility of Rain Grimly Lingers in Kansas Weather
Forecaster Tom Arnold warned the hit and run shower pattern will persist with partly cloudy skies through Saturday and a chance of scattered light showers in the southeast Friday night. Temperatures will hold steady with lows 40 to 50 and highs 70 to 75. Rain totals for the latest 34 hours ranged up to .71 inch in Hanover, with most rainfall centering in central and northeast Kansas. western and southeast areas saw only traces.
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Topeka
Kansas
Tom Arnold
Hanover
Arnold
Pratt
Larned
Dodge City
Ashland
Hutchinson
McPherson
Salina
Entersprise
Manchester
Miltonvale
Cawker City
Clay Center
Manhattan
Blue Rapids
Marysville
Washington
Centralia
Horton
Wamego
Emporia
Chanute
Goodland
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Ori
Westen
Kangan
Kan
Northwest
Ila
Denver
Fort, Worth
Havre
Mont
Erin
Autograph Request Delays Taft in Worcester
Virginia Mistark a 14 year old Worcester High School student asked Senator Taft for his autograph as he left a hotel Friday morning. Taft wrote his name on a block of paper and added a note apologizing for delaying her explaining she was late for school.
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Worcester
Mass
Virginia Mistark
Sen. Taft
Taft
Virginia
R. A. Taft
California Crash Claims 28 Lives
A C 46 crash near Los Angeles killed 28 aboard while en route from New York to L A. Rancher Hayden F Jones found the burned wreckage about 25 miles from L A I A. The plane hit a 1000 foot hill and burned, with 16 charred bodies recovered.
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Hayden F. Jones
Whittier Heights
Hayden
Los Angeles International Airport
Civil Aeronautics Administration
North Continent Airlines
New York
Cleveland
Senate Steel Move Bulletin
A Senate group claimed all funds to support the government seizure of steel plants. They filed an amendment prohibiting use of funds for seizing or operating any plant facility or property without specific consent of Congress.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Gas and Powder Trucks Collide Near State Line
Carthage motorists escaped injury after a gasoline truck and a 15 ton black powder truck collided on U.S. Route 66 near the Ran Sas-Missouri line. The gasoline truck crowded off the road and struck the J. Truck Stop cafe, moving the building from its foundation. The powder truck, driven by Roy Burk of Oklahoma City, was also severely damaged. No fire or explosion occurred.
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Carthage
Jimmy Ane
Springfield
U.S. Highway 66
the & J
Harold Harrelson
Missouri River Seizure Question From Senator
Senator Reeves of Tennessee sent President Truman a letter on Friday asking why the Missouri River could not be seized. The message presents a direct inquiry into government power and river control. The text of the communication is reproduced verbatim.
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Washington
Hep
Reeve
R-Tenn
Truman
Missouri River
Mother Volunteers Offer to Foster Flood Children
A Minnesota mother of nine writes to Gov. C Elmer Anderson offering to house three to six flood victims children. She expresses desire to share blessings by caring for those affected, with her name withheld.
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ST. Paul, Munn
Rahway State Prison Riot Delays as Hostages Held
In Rahway New Jersey prisoners seized a dormitory wing holding nine guards, part of a wave of riots across two facilities. Authorities report 232 inmates took part Thursday night at the Rahway prison farm while 1 000 inmates are housed there and 1 300 in Trenton prison. Aimed at parole reform and wardens’ firing, rebels at both sites listened to news broadcasts on improvised radios and demanded changes. The Trenton crisis entered a mediation phase after four days with little food for inmates.
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Rahway
N. J
Rahway State Prison
Trenton State Pr
New Jersey
Trenton
Parole Board
Rural School Boards To Meet Here Tuesday
The Douglas County rural school board convention will be held Tuesday in the District Court room at the Courthouse in Lawrence. The session aims to inform and assist boards with their upcoming June meetings. Supplies will be issued Tuesday night. Chief speakers include W. W. Wright, state director of school finance and hot lunch programs, and Alvin E. Jones from the Kansas commission of revenue and taxation.
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Douglas County Rural School Board
Courthal
Lawrence
County Rural School District Board
Emma Berg
W. W. Wright
Alvin E. Jones
Kansas Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Miami Jeweler Victim of Phony Kidnaping Ransom
A wealthy Miami jeweler paid 15 200 in jewels and cash as a ransom for his six year old son in what police call a phony kidnaping. The boy Richard was never kidnapped. authorities plan to seek a grand jury indictment against unknown suspects. Police and the FBI traced the hoax through a fake abduction orchestrated with a taxi company and hospital as dupes.
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Miami
Fla.a
Daniel Richter
SMH Taa Uus and
Cay
Richard
Richter
Glenn C.mincer
Mincer
Grand Jury
FBI
Miami Beach
Carat Gables
Dr. Henderson
Yellow Cab Co
Ricky Richter
Coburn School
Bert Walowoty
Ricky
Poli
Two gain firsts in Kansas pulls meet day card
Bill Nieder of Lawrence High School and Leo Peters of Haskell Institute led the 48th annual Kansas Interscholastic Relays with first places in shot put and mile. Nieder added a second in discus as Lawrence High led after four events with 10 points, while Haskell and Rim trailed with seven.
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Bill Nieder
Lawrence High School
Leo Peters
Haskell Institute
Kansas
Nieder
Eeth Elin
Maskell
Roy Murphy
Lawrence High
Rob Hazlett
Murphy
Haskell
Gauss
Peters
Rim
Hutchinson
Hart
Wichita East
Wyandotte
Ottawa
KU Student Earns Fulbright To Study In London
Rose E. Coughlin of Kansas City receives a Fulbright Scholarship to study history at Bedford College University of London for September 1951 to June 1952 under Dame Lillian Penson. She will focus on 1848 to 1921 in Britain and Persia and earned degrees from the University of Kansas. She is KU’s first history major to win a Fulbright and the third KU student this year.
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Degron
University of Iansas
London
Rose EL. Coublin
Kansas City
Bedford College
University of London
Lillian Penson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Phi Alpha Theta
U. S. Department of State
J. A. Burnle
K.U
Red Cross Dinner Reservations Open Before April Meeting
Reservations for the Douglas County Red Cross dinner are being taken for Thursday April 4 at 6 45 pm in the Community Building basement dining room. Mrs Robert Learned will oversee the event with tickets at 1 25 and can be obtained at the Red Cross office. Those unable to attend may join the evening program starting at 8 with flood film showings and folk songs by Charles Oldfather.
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Douglas County Red Cross
Robert Learned
Red Cross
Shawer
Charles Oldfather
Lay School of Sin
Mrs Pearl Luebke Dies in Wellington Hospital
Mrs Pearl Luebke longtime Milwaukee club figure and federation leader dies after weeks of illness in a Wellington hospital. A Kansas native and graduate of Emporia State Teachers College, she was widow of W I A Luebke and member of the Literature Federation of Women. Funeral plans not announced. Minstrel Show Tickets on Sale by Premises Jaycees and J C Janes.
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Wellington
Peart Laiebke
I< S
Wile Wl A. Luebke
Milwaukee
Wis
Federation of Womete
Federation
Harper
Kansas
State Teachers College
Emporia
Jaycees
J. C. Janes
Kansas Relays Set to Open as Weather Hopes Rise
A strong field of track and field athletes prepares to compete at the 27th annual Kansas Relays in Memorial Stadium Kansas University. Top events include the high jump the mile relay the four mile relay and the distance medley relay with potential records if weather cooperates. Director M E Bull Easton and officials anticipate a substantial crowd possibly up to 15000 with events continuing Friday night into Saturday under cloudy conditions and mild temperatures.
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Kansas University
Morial
He University
Kansas City
M. E
Easton T
Easton
Betis
Inusa
Vane
Pattern of Unknowns Triggers Military Readiness Alert
Mil ity forces nationwide placed on special readiness after a pattern of unknowns appeared potentially dangerous. The Air Defense Command said detection showed unknowns in the Northeast and Northwest, prompting coordination across agencies until identified. The alert reflects the command’s wartime role and was not elaborated beyond noting its routine function.
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Burgh
N.Y
Air 'Defense Command
Conerk Defense Command
Stewart Field
Air Defense Command
A Defense Command
Rend
Aula Keeler
S.— Ady
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Council Bluff
Mah
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U. S
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Ayerose
INO
Kansan
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Los Angeles
CAA
Senate Steel Move Bulletin
K. U
Rose L. Coughlin
K. A
Pearl Luebke
Sha Fe Day
Gienetiee Reveem
BRAVE
Barry Jones
Barry
Quentin Jones
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