Chinese Officials Flee From Harbin as Communists Grip Manchuria
Chinese officials flee Harbin for Mukden as Communist forces tighten grip on central Manchuria after Soviet withdrawal. Chungking said Changchun fell and Szepingkai faced heavy resistance with government troops retreating amid bleak reports of devastation and mass casualties.
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Associated Press
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Peace Daily News
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Search for ex convict pilot after stolen plane lands near Walnut Ridge
State police and county officers pursue a young man believed to be an ex Texas convict who piloted a stolen plane that landed in a rice field near Evergreen east of Walnut Ridge Arkansas. The youth allegedly said the aircraft was out of gas and walked away as a teacher reported the encounter. The plane had been stolen from Columbia Missouri airport.
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W. E. Sipher
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Dennie Harden
Pat Evergreen
Harden
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Easter Bells Ring in Russia After Two Decades
Moscow reports say Easter will be celebrated with church bells tolling from midnight to dawn across the capital and the Soviet Union. Church leaders anticipate a peacetime turnout nearing one million in Moscow alone by Sunday noon, with many Red Army officers and Russian youths expected to attend. The event is described as the greatest Easter since the revolution, echoing ancient celebrations.
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Russia
Soviet Union
Red Army
Priesta
Lewis Truman talks fail to yield conclusive coal strike progress
President Truman held a 15 minute meeting with John L. Lewis and labor secretary Schwellenbach on the soft coal strike but no decisive result was reported. Both sides still press for wage and hour terms while resuming joint talks remains uncertain amid the Easter holiday lull.
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John L. Lewis
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Truman
White House
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John J. Lewin
Schwelenbach
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Lewis
U.M.W
Krug
Showers On The Way Across Kansas Easter Weather
Weatherman S D Flora predicts light scattered showers for Kansas Sunday with cooler temperatures. Northeastern clouds spread across the state tonight, highs 70 to 90 tomorrow, lows 45 to 60. No rain in the past 24 hours. Nebraska rain and a low pressure area may move in. Ellis posted 94 as the warmest reading yesterday, Goodland 48 as the low. Coffeyville saw 78/50 in the daily extremes.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Nebraska
Ellis
Goodland
Coffeyville
Brooks Asks Teachers to Work for Curriculum Plan
Kansas educators met for a two day conference on courses of study and training of students. State superintendent J L W Brooks urged teachers to return home to help build a complete curriculum program over years. A commission was named to develop the plan, focusing on teaching diverse pupils effectively.
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Kansas
J. L. W. Brooks
Americans removed from Changchun request urged
Marshall's headquarters sought permission for seven Americans to leave Changchun as Communist forces took the Manchurian capital after five days of fighting. The group included two army men and five news correspondents. Government officials warned practitioners against entering the city and reported no contact since Thursday evening. Reports from Mukden said fighting seemed absent while Changchun's police headquarters burned.
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Chiang Kai.Shek
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Ore
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Charlotte Ebener
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New York Times
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Mukden
Hope Requests Wheat Be Sent to Kansas Mills
Washington reports the Commodity Credit Corporation was urged by Rep. Howe to allocate government wheat for shipment abroad to Kansas mills to keep them operating. Hope said the request followed telegrams from five Kansas millers stating they are almost out of wheat and may shut down without swift relief.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
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Truman imposes 25 percent cut in flour use
President Truman announced a 25 percent domestic flour consumption reduction to fight the global food crisis. The plan aims to shift wheat to famine relief overseas, with midnigh t tomorrow as the start and a three month duration. The move accompanies a broader six point program including farmer bonuses and export measures. Local health notice follows about Franklin County dogs placed under quarantine after a rabies case nearby.
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Stock Market Index Thursday Closes at 1946 High
The market summary reports Thursday with the average at 864 and an 80.5 reading, noting a new 1946 high. The index shows strength across sectors as investors push to record territory, with a 60 point gain cited in the brief.
French cabinet in crisis after leftist constitution vote
Paris April 20 The constituent assembly approved a new leftist sponsored constitution creating a powerful one chamber legislature. The fourth republic charter passed 309 to 249 despite rightist opposition. It goes to a national referendum May 5, risking a bitter campaign and possible cabinet split at next week’s meeting with President Gouin.
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Constitutent Assembly
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Assembly
France
Felix Gouin
U S Army Guard Convicted at Lichfield Camp
Staff Sgt James M Jones of Muskogee Oklahoma was convicted by a six man army court martial in London on three charges of simple assault against American prisoners at the Lichfield detention camp. He received six months hard labor and forfeiture of 18 dollars monthly pay, with clemency recommended. Jones admitted striking prisoners with fists and clubs, claiming such acts were routine under higher orders. The court acquitted him on five other charges and delayed confinement pending review by Col Claude M Thiele. Smith of Cumberland Kentucky, previously tried, received three years’ imprisonment and a dishonorable discharge. his case awaits review.
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P—A
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James M. Jones
Muskogee
Okla
Lichfield
Jones
Maj
Anthony Horn
Logansport
Ind
Claude M. Thiele
Jnnes
Judson H. Smith
Cumberland
Smith
Investigation finds Japanese officers forming covert groups
An American occupation survey over two months reports Japanese army officers form officer groups and secret farms to regain power. Authorities say no wide subversion yet. Findings describe well-funded, guarded cooperative farms near Tokyo and a former arsenal shrine north of Tokyo with officer staff and gasoline access.
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Tex
United States
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Tokyo
Good Friday Services Held at First Presbyterian Church
Lawrence residents observed quiet worship during a noon to 3 p m Good Friday service at Union First Presbyterian Church. The Rev Theodore H Assman led the three hour devotions with an order of service allowing entry and exit at designated times.
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Lawrence
First Presbyterian Church
Theodore H. Assman
Douglas County Court Closes February Term
The February term of the Douglas county district court closed at noon with Judge Hugh Means presiding. The May term will open May 6 and jurors for that term will be sworn in May 13. The May docket lists 190 cases to be heard.
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District Court
KU Enrollment Tops 5200 As Veterans Fill Nine Week Term
KU reports 5200 students enrolled for a special nine week spring term mainly veterans. Priority admission favors Kansas residents former students and daughters of alumni with housing not an issue yet. Fall projections anticipate 7900 plus. list of Lawrence enrollees includes Koareen Althatur Arthur Howsher and many veterans from states across the union.
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University of Kansas
Kansas
K.U
Lawrence
Senate bill proposes flat terminal leave pay for veterans
Four senators Johnson Maybank McFarland and Chavez introduced a joint bill to pay discharged service members $200 if overseas and $100 if not for six months or more since August 27. It would be claimable with discharge certificates at naval, army finance or recruiting offices and would base terminal pay on two and a half days per month of service minus furloughs. A House bill planned for May 13 mirrors officers’ terminal care, offering up to 120 days of unused furlough pay regardless of overseas or domestic service.
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Johnson
1D-Colo
Maybank
D-S.c
McFarland
Dariz
Chavez
D-N.m
Naval Station
Army Finance
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Fever Draw Checks In Douglas County Unemployment Figures
Unemployment compensation in Douglas County for the week ending today declined to 809 recipients from 844 the prior week. Veterans total 282, other claimants 527, with 19 new claims from veterans and 16 from others. One week waiting period at 19, traffic through the office 954.
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L. M. Loom
Kansas Umployment Compensation Division
U.S.E.S
War Bride and Soldier Arrive Reported in Transit
The Associated Press notes a war bride from Whipton England Joy Knott wife of Sm Lt D D Knott and Sgt Melvin McManess of Lawrence listed as arriving aboard ships expected yesterday in the United States. Knott was set for Washington S Sgt and McManess on the SS Marine Cardinal at San Francisco. Also mentions job ads for women 17 to 35 to work Hallmark Greeting cards with paid vacations holidays and $100 monthly salary plus incentives.
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Lawrence
United States
Joy Knott
Whipton
England
D. D. Knott
Lane Q
Washington
Melvin McManess
Vermont Street
San Francisco
Hallmark Greeting Cards
United Nations weighs Iran case as council eyes Spain probe
The United Nations Security Council nears a second month of talks with Russia seeking dismissal of the Iranian case and support for a Franco regime inquiry. Iran has withdrawn its complaint against Russia, while Poland backs a four week Franco Spain investigation led by a five member sub committee amid continued expert panel divisions.
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Spain
Council
Poland
France
Iran
Navajo Marines Honored In Pageant At HI Institute
A Pageant of the Peace Pipe at HI Institute on May 20 honors Navajo code talkers from World War I in the Solomons and Iwo Jima. Navajo men trained as code talkers aided Marines, with many later studying trades at Haskell. Names of participants from Kansas and Navajo communities are listed, including those “killed in action.”
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Iwo Jima
Marine Corps
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Iver Smiths
Kansas
Ned Hatathli
Chrateri Nez
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Jack Nez
Leonard Walker
Pierce Harrison
Askio Burbank
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Eilin Gon Hewman
Clarence Toledo
Wilfgon’ Damon
Margaret Armstrong
Rachel Chee
Lorraine Clark
Erelyn Edmundson
Nina Pinto
Ruth ‘Wilson
Junie Ke
Change in Texas Law Signed Limiting Lease Clauses
Governor Thomas F. Dewey signed a bill prohibiting landlords from forcing tenants to remain childless during lease terms. The law makes it a misdemeanor to include such a clause in a dwelling lease. Assemblyman Lewis D. Cluffe, a Brooklyn Republican, introduced the measure.
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UPA
Thomas F. Dewey
Lewis D. Cluffe
Brooklyn Republican
NO CELEBRATION NOW By Lou S Lochner
Berlin residents dismiss the claim of today as the 57th anniversary of Adolf Hitler birth noting the day is no longer observed a year after. Greer Garson rests after a rock-related incident with X rays pending to confirm no serious injuries. Rikich Ando, top Japanese war criminal, dies by self infused poison in his jail cell at midnight.
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Lochner
Berlin
Aoolf Hitler
Greer Garson
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Rikich
Ando
China
First postwar Kansas Relays open at Memorial Stadium
Lawrence hosts the twenty first Kansas Relays with 800 plus university entrants at Memorial Stadium starting 2 pm. High school competitors from 11s state define strong field with Wichita East Marysville and Pretty Prairie taking top honors. Queen Carolyn Campbell to be crowned. colleges and junior colleges from numerous states compete in open class divisions.
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Kansas
Misa Carolyn Campebell
Kansas City
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Drake
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Kanesas State
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Missouri Valley
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Wichita
William Jewell
Yankton
Arkansas City
el Dorado
Fort Scott
Haskell
Wentworth
Punahou
Employment Service sees rise in applicants and hires
The U S Employment Service reports 1066 total applicants for the week ending yesterday, up 18 from last week. 723 are men and 82 percent are women. 103 are veterans. The office referred 129 to openings, one less than the prior week, with 67 hires confirmed, up from the prior week. Referrals include 65 male, 64 female, 87 veterans. hires 34 male, 23 female, 22 veterans. As of this morning 340 openings remain listed, down 21 from a week ago, for 244 male and 96 female workers across about 22 occupations. Lawrence employers are urged to list openings with the office, says manager Harry R. Barnard.
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U.S. Employment Service
Lawrence
Harry R. Barnard
Listen Each Youth to Bring 2 Safety Pins
Baldwin Apr 29 safety pins of the diaper variety are needed for the Baker University Relay Carnival set for April 27. Emil F Liston asks athletic coaches to have each of about five hundred athletes bring at least two pins to affix numbers on their backs.
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Baker University
Emil F. Liston
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