Red Offensive Flares Across Front Amid Varied U N Estimates
United Nations troops faced a major red offensive along about 100 miles of the Korean front with heavy artillery and air bombardment. The attack spanned multiple sectors as Communist forces, supported by vast manpower, pressed on while cross river crossings and bridge actions occurred. Reports differed on scope with some calling it the Reds major effort, others saying it was too early to tell if a big push was underway.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Emis
U. N
Seoul
Hantan River
Hantan
Ealy
Korea
Mercury Will Climb As Winds Drive Warm Spell
Topeka April 23 The Kansas weather outlook calls for a return toward seasonal normals with rising temperatures and increasing cloudiness. Southerly winds will pick up tonight and grow strong tomorrow with minimums above 45 and highs near 75. Yesterday’s statewide highs were mainly in the 50s, while some towns reported frost and sub-freezing lows, including Avenworth at 23 and Liberal at 63.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Jea City
Avenworth
MacArthur Invitation Ties Parsons Visit to Labette County
Parsons Kansas April 28 General Douglas MacArthur has been invited to Parsons to symbolize a similar visit to a nearby county seat. Mayor G A Berglund said the visit would be welcomed by the town and neighboring communities, though logistics may limit multiple visits. Cole's Food Center at 2nd and Line is noted in the piece.
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Labette County
Parsons
Kan
Doug] MacArthur
G. A. Berglund
Azall Nepwn
Sal
No Further Word from Reds in Hungary of Vogeler's Release
Vienna reports persistent silence on the fate of Robert A. Vogeler the Belgian born wife awaiting news in fear of a late impediment to his release after a 17 month Budapest prison term as a U S spy officials in Budapest and the U S embassy would not confirm timing location or even whether a release had occurred The trans European Arlberg express to Paris carried passengers but Vogeler was not aboard Austrian police said no sign of Vogeler 39 year old vice president of International Telephone Telegraph The Hungarian government and minister Nathaniel P Davies gave no further statements keeping the case unresolved
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Vienna
Austria
Robert A. Vogeler
U.S
Vogeler
Budapest
Bucharest
Paris
International Telephone
Jana Id Telegraph Company
Inister
Nathaniel P.davies
Lucille
Governor cites 1947 Russell issues in regents replacement
A 1950s Topeka report recalls Gov Edward F Arn the then attorney general criticizing Russell county law enforcement after liquor and gambling raids in 1947. The note links Arn to replacing Jerry Driscoll on the Kansas Board of Regents with Arthur Hershberger amid unconfirmed vacancy and 1951 senate inaction.
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Topeka
Jerry Driscoll
Russell
Kansas Board of Regents
Edward F. Arn
Arn
Russell County
Ann
Ted Steinle
Richard M. Driscoll
Russell Law
Driscoll and Driscoll
Arthur W. Hershberger
Wichita
Board of Regents
Kangas Senate
Driscoll
Four 4-H Leaders Win National Club Camp Trips
In Manhattan Kansas on April 23, four youths won Leadership awards to attend the 2 annual national 4-H club camp in Washington. Recipients are Betty Stephens 21 Kanorado John Paulino Lindaborg Lavada Balch 19 Will a and Gary F Krause 17 Waverig. The camp will be held in June.
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Manhattan
Kan
Ashington
Fouounangang
Betty Stephens
Kanorado
John Paulino Lindaborg
Lavada Balch
Willa
Gary F. Krause
Waverig
Five Minor Accidents Reported Over Weekend
Five minor accidents were reported to the city police this past weekend. Damage was light in all of them and there were no injuries or arrests.
RAMS INTO STORE: AKU freshman injured in downtown crash
John Henry Cain of Wilmette Ti a freshman in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was driving a car that plowed into the Morgan-Mack Motor Co at 714 Vermont about 12 45 this morning. He was knocked unconscious but regained consciousness before hospital admission. Damages to Morgan Mack about 1500, Cain car about 3700, other car about 150. Cain reported traveling west on Seventh and turning onto Vermont, striking a parked car. The front of Cain’s auto was smashed and the right windshield shattered on impact.
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AK. U
John Henry Cain
Wilmette
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Morgan-Mack Motor Company
Vermont
Cain
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Morgan-Mack
C. E. Schultz
Riverdale
Cain Auto
Seventh Street
Vermont Street
Ermont
CITY TRANSIT STRIKE HITS DETROIT BUSES AND CARS
Detroit April 23 A strike by 8700 A P L transit operators halted all city buses and streetcars. Off the job since Saturday, talks ended without wage agreement as unions demand eight and a half cents an hour after initially seeking 25 cents. City says five cents is maximum. Car production slowed as auto plants report absenteeism up to 20 percent versus four to six percent on a typical Monday.
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Detroit
Ay Dalrolds
Ateike
Fede Sal Auto Industry
Ree
A.P.L
Lit
Bevan Resigns Over Budget Clash With Britain Led By Attlee
Welsh Labor figure Aneurin Bevan quits as labor minister protesting 1951-52 budget and arms drive. Harold Wilson also resigns, deepening party split over rearmament as Attlee government faces possible defeat ahead of budget debate. Bevan accuses Britain of lagging behind American diplomacy.
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London
Eurin Bevan
Britain
House of Commons
United States
America
Harold Wilson
Board of Trade
Bevan
Ime
Clement Attlee
Wilson
George VI
Labor Party
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Labor
No. 10
Downing Street
Lord Heaverbrook
Daily Express
Express
Churchill
Bevaan
Soviet Union
Dedication Friday at Haskell Institute Dormitory
The new dormitory at Haskell Institute, built mainly by students, will be dedicated Friday at 1 40 pm in the auditorium. Willard Beatty, national director of Indian education, Washington DC, will give the address. Guests include Chris Kraft and John Andrews from the city and Chamber of Commerce.
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Haskell Institute
Willard Beatty
Indian Education
Washington, D.C
Chris Kraft
John Andrews
Chamber of Comn
Tilicum Hall
Charles Dick
Miss Cleo Sumpter
Beatty
Cleo Sumpter
Kansan University
Brave Ronald Ewert Wert in Iowa hospital inspires classmate letters
Ronald Ewert, six, survivor of a fatal Onawa accident that killed his father, mother, and sister, lies in a hospital with a broken jaw and head injuries. Lawrence teacher Ruth Wood and family traveled to visit him, while classmates’ letters, drawings, and gifts arrive to lift his spirits as plans form to bring him back to Kansas.
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Ronald Ewert
Dita
Ruth Wood
Rh. E. Wood
Vermont
Onawa
Iowa
Ronald
Cordley Frage School
Walter E. Swert
K.U
Ronnie
Sunnyside
Sylvia
Lawrence
Kansas Reserve Officers elects Rodenhaver as president
The Kansas Reserve Officers Association chose Col. Gerald Rodenhaver to lead the group. The 1952 convention is planned for Salina with officers named including Otis Schweiter as executive vice president and Warren as armys vice president.
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Great Bend
Kan
Kansas Reserve Officers Association
Gerald Rodenhaver
Ashland
Navy
Earl C. Moses, Jr
James D. Topeke
R. A. Burt
Mission
A. Stanley Tricket
Salina
James Patterson
Topeka
Board Vows Power on Reds Registration Hearing
Washington April 28 government subversive activities control board asserted full authority to hold hearings on registration of the Communist party despite lack of Senate approval for its members. Former Rep Marcantonio led defense seeking continuance until Senate acts. board refused, affirming its power to convene hearings.
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Washington
Centrol Board
Communist Party
Moscow
Marcantonio
Senate
Seth Richardson
Liberty Memorial senior wins Summerfield scholarship
Thomas LeRoy Hankins, 17, of Liberty Memorial high school, named one of 13 Summerfield scholarship winners by the University of Kansas. Finalists were exploring exams from March and Mt. Dread, with awards ranging from partial to full expenses and renewable for three years.
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Tom Hankins
Summerfield
Thomas LeRoy Hankins
Liberty Memorial High School
University of Kansas
John E. Hankins
K. U
Col Sam P Moyer Receives National Guard Promotion
Samuel P. Moyer, Lawrence Post Office superintendent, is promoted to colonel of artillery in the Kansas National Guard. He becomes deputy state director of Selective Service, one of only two officers at that rank in Kansas. Moyer, WWI infantry lieutenant and WWII Air Corps inspector, has served as mails superintendent since 1933.
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Samuel P. Moyer
Mafla O
Lawrence Post Office
Kansas
Joe Nickell
Moyer
Selective Service
Movyer
Hariean Guard
Col
A. 8. Bigelow
Kaneas
Mover
France
Air Corps
Kelly Field
Texas
Kansas National Guard
Kansas Guard
Lawrence
Ke Ield in Highway Accident Near Bh Up Bivast
A man aged 28 from Coy vil was killed yesterday in a highway accident. Police report indicates the victim was wage ne Bh Up Bivast when the collision occurred. The incident is under investigation and no further details were released.
Delay Naming Wage Arbiters in Labor Talks
Washington April 23 top labor leaders delayed for a week the selection of nominees for a new wage stabilization board as unions seek to settle the broader labor mobilization relationship. The United Labor Policy Committee said smaller panels would handle key differences with mobilization agencies following a Feb 28 walkout.
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Washington
Cen Iz
United Labor Policy Committee
L.L.P.C
Big China buildup in the air
Washington reports Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer says the communists are building up air power in Manchuria and northern China. He warns low-flying planes must stay south of the Manchurian border and notes a sustained North Korean air offensive requires targeting its originating facilities.
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Associated Prout
Washington
United Nations
Kores
George E. Stratemeyer
United States
Far East
U. S. News and World Report
Stratemayer
Manchuria
China
Yalu River
On Stage Tonight Minstrel Benefit at Liberty Memorial High
Nearly 900 tickets sold for a two night minstrel show at Liberty Memorial High School Auditorium to benefit landscape work at the new 4 H fair grounds. Lawrence Men's chorus presents a 33 voice chorus and 14 piece orchestra in an hour and 45 minute program. End men are Henry Asher John Andrews Junius Underwood and Carl Drake.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Lawrence Men
John Peters
Salos
Atden Booth
Henry Asher
John Andrews
Junius Underwood
Carl Drake
Local men drafted for army induction in Douglas County
Six Douglas County men were sent to Kansas City for induction into the army today by the local draft board. Names include Norman Easum of 1304 Connecticut, Thomas Howell of 501 Perry, William Bryan of 841 Ohio, Lyle Rockhold, Rollin Stanwix of 324 Lincoln, Frank Ford of Route 1 Baldwin. Also noted is the Stock Market Index with closing average 95.1 on Apr 23.
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Kanaas City
Douglas County Draft Board
Norman B. Easum
Connecticut
Thomas Howell
Perry
William Donald Bryan
Ohio
Lyle Wayne
Rockhold
Baldwins
Rollin
Richard Stanwix
Lincoln
Frank Newton Ford
Baldwin
Imany Thrills For Bold Relays Fans
The 26th Kansas Relays at Memorial Stadium drew about 5500 fans as misty weather held attendance. Don Cooper set a new indoor pole vault record at 15 feet 6 1 2 inches, while Fred Wilt and Don Gehrmann staged a dramatic Glenn Cunningham mile finish. Parade trophies went to Alpha Tau Omega and Kappa Kappa Gamma, with the theme Make America Strong.
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Memorial Stadium
Altha
Mercury
Stara
Don Cooper
Nebraska
Don Laz Ofllinois
Fred Wilt
Don Gehrmann
Glenn Cunningham
Cooper
Lynette Oberg
Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Alpha Tau Omega
Delta Chiz
Kappa Sigma
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Secon
Kappa Alpha Theta
Alpha Delta Pi
America
Draft of 1,202 Doctors For a Three Month Span
Washington April 23 The defense department called for the draft of 1,202 doctors during July August and September to fill medical needs amid a shortage of volunteers. The call prioritizes doctors educated or deferred from World War II who have served under 9 days. Only one prior doctor draft call under the September 5 1850 amendment had been issued October 10 for 1,522 doctors dentists and veterinarians, but none were inducted.
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Washington
Defense Department
Department of the Call
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Hungary
U. S
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Rodenhaver
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National Guard
SFC
Wilma Garrett
Kansan
U.S. Army
WAC
WAF
Garrett
Roe Corpa
Massachusetts
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Tabor
Agriculture
Hhere
U., Lpc
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Maybank
D.-S.c
Aybanik
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Rotary
D. M. Swarthout
K. U. Fine Arts School
R. E. Boswell
Douglas County
Travis FE
Glnex
Boswell
Sunlower Ordnance Works
Glass Hes
Engineer’s Council
Kansas Eengineering Council
Mervin
Washington and Lee Ors
Kentucky
Horia
Clayton Stone
Aura Lee
Stephen Ore
Marton
Fo Anderson
Nellie
Foreva Choras
New York
Cpe Mage
A. Lonborg
Suelphile Loch
Chek Ledore
Don Las
Illinois
Ick Ladoors
Hetterthree
IMANY
Thrills
IBM
Bacurday
Denver
Edmont
Fort Worth
Havre
Orleans
Oklahorme
Seael Ra Outwy
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