Truman Urges Deep Cuts to Federal Spending
President Truman called on all federal officials to keep expenditures at the lowest level and reduce inflationary pressures. He warned of a continuing substantial budget deficit and urged postponing nonessential construction and review of spending programs. The move follows Eisenhower and Nimitz testimony opposing further army and navy budget cuts.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Mr. Truman
Steelman
Army
Navy
Predict Drop in Meat Output Within 10 Days
Agriculture department report signals a dip in meat production within the next week or 10 days while output may stay above war levels. The drop may be caused by temporary price declines or a railcar shortage. In Wichita prices rose to 23.75 for choice butcher meat, surpassing 23.45 from the prior ton.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wichita
Kan
Congress Fights to End Session Over Social Security Deadlock
Congress moves toward adjournment amid a social security impasse with a looming tax hike from 1 to 2.5 percent on employee and employer payrolls starting January 1. The Senate and House push last minute bills, including a $3 billion GI terminal pay measure and an aid-to-states grant plan, while provisions on the social security tax remain unresolved.
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Congress
White House
Truman
Senate
House
Morse
Oregon
International Court of Justice
America
OPA
Senate War Investigating Committee
Treasury
Yugoslavia Rejects Trieste Compromise at Peace Talks
Yugoslav vice premier Edward Kardelj lashed the so called French line for demarcation at Trieste, saying it bolts Ethnic realities and leaves his country with large losses. He criticized the four power pact reached without Yugoslav representation and urged a just wartime settlement with allies.
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Paris
Trieste
Foreign Ministers Council
United Nations Authority
U. N
Edward Kardelj
Marshal Tito
Italy
Yugoslavia
Istria
Kardelj
Kardej
GI furlough pay applications await presidential action
Washington August 1 The government says former GIs entitled to accumulated furlough pay may apply by September 1 for cash or bonds once President Truman signs the bill. Forms for about 15 million former service members will be mailed within 10 days. Applications go to post finance officers. cash or bonds are issued by mail. Navy Coast Guard and Treasury coordination will follow the Army process. Payments based on base pay only, excluding dependents.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Toda
Government Printing Office
Navy
Naval
Marine Corps
Treasury
Coast
British Find Large New Arms Cache in Tel Aviv
British military authorities report a found arms cache in Tel Aviv containing grenades revolvers mortars bombs and other weapons as a house to house search in the all Jewish city continues into day three. About 3 250 Jewish immigrants facing detention in Haifa hunger strike aboard shin haifa ships demanded immediate disembarkation. Young women aged 17 to 35 sought to help assemble Himark Tage and Seals.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Haifa
Shin
Haganah
Hahaval Haitl
Senate war committee finds new leads in faulty shells deaths
Washington Aug 1 The senate war investigating committee reports new leads in assigning blame for defective shells that killed American soldiers. A combat soldier offered lot numbers of defective ammunition and pledged to send them to the panel. The committee will press a major follow up probe while continuing to probe war contract failures and company profits.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Mead
Alden Waitt
Chemical Warfare
Erie Basin Metal Products Inc
Garsson Combine
Waitt
J. James P. McGranery
Tacoma, Wash
Paul A. Olson
Representative Coffee
D.-Wash
McGranary
Coffee
Olson
Mitchell
D.wash
Senate
Magnuson
Dwash
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Somervell
Alaska
Erie Basin
U. S
War Department
War Contracts Price Adjustment Board
Ferguson
R-Mich
Erie
Stock dealers urge OPA decision on cattle pricing fate
Seek OPA Information Kansas City August 1 dealers telegram to the decontrol board urging immediate ruling on whether livestock will stay out of OPA after August 20. They say action is needed to assure orderly marketing of cattle for the rest of the year and to spur feeders to buy thin stock to fatten.
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Kansas City
OPA Decontrol Board
OPA
Stock Index Dips Amid Ice Shortage Disruptions
The stock index for 60 issues sits at 76.9 down from 76.5 yesterday as ice shortages disrupt trading. Dealers report slow activity and cover shortages seen at several docks, with Sunday operations affected.
Open Peace Meet To All Questions Open Peace Meet To All Questions
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov backed a Greek motion to open the Paris peace conference to any questions on peace treaties. The push faces opposition over voting rules, with a two thirds requirement likely for new agenda items. In committee, the Dutch plan for equal country representation failed 11 to 9 as the United States abstained. Separately, Liberal base airfield surplus declared. assets to be disposed by War Department.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Constantin Aghnides
London
Mosha Plijadi
Dmitri Z. Manuilsky
Manuilsky
Herbert V. Evatt
U. S
Evatt
James F. Byrnes
United States
Harmon
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Russia
Yugoslavia
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Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
France
Britain
India
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New Zealand
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Ethiopia
Greece
South Africa
Australia
Washington
Kan., Army Airbase
Garden City
Kan
War Department
Hope
War Assets Administration
Hot weather harms Kansas corn crop in 1946 outlook
Topeka reports show C W Lane of Santa Fe says drought and heat threaten the corn crop with at least 50 percent damage in southern Kansas. H L Collins notes optimistic farm reports from 850 farmers in heavy producing counties. Kansas recently finished a record wheat harvest of 215,631,000 bushels aided by Pawnee Comanche and Wichita varieties.
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Topeka
C. W. Lane
Santa Fe Railroad
Lane Ee Ceterias
H. L. Collins
Peets
Lane
Kansas
Pawnee
Comanche
Wichita
Clinton road tests calcium chloride mix for dust control
Douglas county engineers grade the second mile of Clinton road with a two inch mat of soil and calcium chloride to stabilize and bind the surface. If successful the project could launch a county wide program to reduce dust and erosion and improve future blacktopping prospects.
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Clinton Road
Douglas County Engineering Department
E. E. Larson
Clinton
Larson
Kansas
May Not Adjourn Yet World Court Controversy Delays Senate
Washington August 1 The Senate may delay adjournment of the 79th Congress amid disputes over a world court compulsory jurisdiction resolution and a social security payroll tax freeze. Senate Majority Leader Barkley indicated adjournment could be postponed two to three days to permit action on the world court measure. The matter reached the Senate floor and could prompt amendments to the adjournment plan.
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Washington
Senate
Teader Barkley
D-Ky
United States
World Court
House
Barkley
U. S
Kansans divided on resubmitting prohibition amendment
Gallup poll results released by Harris newspapers show Kansans split on resubmission with 49 percent against, 44 percent for, and 5 percent undecided. A separate question on liquor sales favors state stores by 26 percent and private stores under state supervision by 20 percent.
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Gallup
Harris
Journal-World
Ottawa Herald Today
Hutchinson News- Herald
Salina Journal
Ottawa Herald
Chanute Tribune
Ousdahl Quits Board After Wichita Policy Dispute
Elmer Ousdahl missed the Douglas county price control and rationing board meeting and did not sign the resignation letter. He said he will resign in a separate letter to Wichita district offices. The six member board from Lawrence and rural Douglas county faced policy conflicts prompting termination of relations with the Wichita office.
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Elmer Ousdahl
Douglas County Price Control and Rationing Board
Ousdahl
Journal-World
Wichita
Douglas County Board
Lawrence
Douglas County
Martin Flory
Lone Star
Olaf Eckman
Sibley
65 Teachers Coming To Douglas County Normal Institute
About 65 rural elementary teachers will attend the Douglas County Normal Institute at Lawrence Memorial High School for five days starting Monday. The program includes lectures and workshops to improve instruction and new teaching materials. Faculty includes M J Whitson and wife from Topeka with sessions on general subjects and primary methods.
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Douglas County Normal Institute
Lawrence Memorial High School
M. J. Whitson
Topeka
Whitson
Kansas State Teachers Association
Santa Fe Railway Company
Margaret Hurley
Truman Signs Student Exchange Bill
Washington August 1 President Truman signed into law a bill authorizing the state department to use proceeds from the sale of surplus property abroad to finance a program exchanging students with foreign counties.
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Washington
Oil production drop in Kansas week to July 29
Wichita Kansas August 1 pipe line runs of Kansas crude oil averaged 264128 barrels a day in the week ended July 29 down 73.65 barrels from the previous week’s daily average the state conservation division reported today. The report notes operations will close 7 p m weekdays and at noon Sundays. Service ComAdv.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
State Conservation Division
ComAdv
Truman Thank You Letter to Kansas OPA Volunteers
President Truman sends a letter to 6 523 Kansans serving as Volunteers in the Office of Price Administration praising their selfless service. The note notes the role in stabilizing the economy during total war and ensuring fair prices and distribution while urging continued volunteer help amid ongoing price and rationing boards nationwide.
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Wichita
Kas
Truman
United States
Price Administration
OPA
Kansas
July weather in Lawrence shows drought with mild overall totals
Normal July temperatures hid a dry spell with only .76 inches of rain, far below 4.15 inches. Posey notes no record, cites prior low July rainfall in 1949, seven month total 21.05 inches, high July 24 at 103 degrees, unofficial downtown 106, mean 80.18, and 21 clear days.
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Lawrence
C. J. Posey
New Hampshire
Posey
Dreath
A BIT COOLER FRIDAY
Kansas temperatures were set to cool slightly with scattered showers possible in the west tonight and tomorrow. Highs today ranged from 92 to 100 in the east and south and 92 to 95 in the northwest. Lows tonight projected 61 to 76. Only trace rainfall reported in the last 24 hours at Goodland Phillipsburg Ellis and Coffeyville, with Goodland and Dodge City at 69 the coolest overnight.
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S. D. Flora
Kansas
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Ellis
Coffeyville
Third Ottawa Youth Dies of Polio
Ottawa Kansas reports another polio death in the Kelley family with Charles Kelley 11 months dying in Kansas City after Arthur Lee aged 11 died a week earlier. Three of four recent polio victims in the area have died and no further cases are reported. In Topeka hospital authorities say Melissa Woodring, 11, improved after infantile paralysis July 25, following Marcus Coolidge’s death.
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Ottawa
Kan
Charles Kelley
R. H. Kelley
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City
Arthur Lee
Topeka
Melissa Woodring
Marcus Coolidge
Woodring
Harry H. Woodring
Plan Housing Corporation launches drive in Arkansas City
Plans for a nonprofit housing corporation were announced in Arkansas City on August 1. The drive seeks 8 500 of a 25 000 goal. Homes will be built for sale and proceeds returned to the corporation.
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Plan Housing Corporation
Arkansas City
Kan
Housin Corporation
Navy Privateer Crash Kills 11 Near Camp Kearny
At least 11 service personnel died in the four engine Navy Privateer crash four miles west of Camp Kearny California. One victim believed to be a woman. The crash occurred today near San Diego.
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San Diego
Calif
Camp Kearny
Ice rationing hits Lawrence city deliveries in heat wave
The American Service Company reduces all home and business ice deliveries in Lawrence due to record demand. Manager H C Thornton cites drought and aging fridges, noting daily output of 45 tons cannot meet prewar needs and a 620 ton reserve is exhausted. Deliveries to nearby towns also cut back.
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Lawrence
Tvo
Ice Company
H. C. Thornton
American Service Company
Thornton
Kansas City
Omaha
Topeka
St. Joseph
Eudora
Lecompeton
Linwood
McLouth
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Kaw River Fisherman Lands 29 Lb Catfish
Gerald Bowers of 142 Missouri Street hooked a 29 pound yellow catfish today in the Kaw River east of the city dump. He used a small reel and pole with a 0 pound line and regular dough bait. He described the fight after landing it and noted a bigger one that got away yesterday.
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Gerald Bowers
Missouri Street
Kaw River
Bowers
Weather forecast for Kangae area
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with cooler conditions in the west and north central. Temperatures will drop to the mid 90s in the southeast and rise modestly toward the middle 90s elsewhere.
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Kangae
Middle 995
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