Solons final adjournment nears after wartime Congress
The 79th Congress winds down with plans for sine die adjournment as a new session looms. A late compromise to freeze the special security tax and a dispute over a world court proposal are the last major issues before final adjournment.
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Distance seen as best defense in atomic bomb tests
Washington reports say the Bikini underwater and overhead burst tests show distance as the best defense against atomic bombs. The Hatch led commission warns future wars could destroy nations and alter civilization, urging world leaders to seek elimination of war. A second White House joint chiefs board calls for immediate, intensive research on radiological hazards to ships crews and city populations.
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Truman
Evaluation Commission
Hatch
D-N.m
Ite House
Joint Chiefs of Staff ‘Evaluation Board
Bikini Lagoon
Loaned 5 000 to May tied to Garsson conflict exposed
Elisha Walker disclosed to Senator Mead that in 1941 he lent 5000 pounds to Representative Andrew J. May at the request of Murray Garsson. The loan, for which repayment remains unsettled, tied May to munitions interests as Garsson pressed for manganese properties. May's status as a committee witness remains affected by illness.
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Elisha Walker
New York
Kuhn Loeb
Mead
D-N.y
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
Murray Garsson
Walker
Senate
May
Garsson
House
West Virginia
New Legion Officers Lead Dorsey Liberty Post
Ex-Paratroop Colonel Mark Alexander elected commander of the Dorsey Liberty Post of the American Legion at a meeting last night. He heads a slate of WWII veterans including Ernest Pontius James Postma and Hugh Randall who earned Purple Hearts. New officers to be installed August 15 for a one year term.
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Dorsey-Liberty
American Legion
Alexander
82Nd Airborne Division
Ernest Pontius
James Postma
Hugh Randall
Tom McCall
Cerjeant At Arms
Byron Beery
Post
Postma
Randall
Howard Moore
Alfred J. Beil
Ernest Klooz
Beil
Klooz
Orphans Cows Sold to Pen in Kansas
The 40 head Holstein milk herd from the state orphans home in Atchison was sold to the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing. Superintendent Alice Proutts announced the transfer as part of ongoing dairy adjustments at the home.
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Atchison, Kan
State Orphans Home
Kansas State Penitentiary
Lansing
Mia
Alice Prouts
Kansas State Far College
Manhattan
First peacetime A bomb byproducts gifted to researchers
Oak Ridge Tennessee August 2 five carbon fourteen units weighing one ten thousandth of an ounce each cost 400 dollars and emit 37 million particles per second for 10 000 to 250 years The units will be sent to hospitals universities and labs for cancer diabetes teeth bone fats photosynthesis and related studies as part of a broader government program to repurpose atomic energy for peace.
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Tenn
Manhattan
Clinton
Fourth polio case reported in Lawrence and county
The fourth polio case in Lawrence and sixth in the county involves 7 year old James Ragan of 1825 New Hampshire street. He was moved to the University of Kansas hospital after illness symptoms appeared Wednesday. His siblings are isolated while two other local polio cases, Chapin Clark and Lorraine Clark, show varying conditions at University hospitals.
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James Ragan
H. G. Ragan
New Hampshire Street
University of Kansas Hospital
Kansas City
James
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
University Hospital
Ragan
Kenneth
Barbara
Chapin Clark
Carro
D. Clark
University of Kansas
Lorraine Clark
Chapin
Delores Stephens
J. R. Stephens
Baldwin
Poss
Jerry Lee de Shayee
Harold de Shayee
Maurice O’leary
Chicago
Planes Bomb Communist Headquarters in Yenan
Chinese government planes bombed the Communist headquarters city of Yenan at noon today, according to a Communist radio report from Nanking. Verification was not available locally and Wang Ping-Nan urged a quick government decision on war or peace.
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Chinese Communist Radio
Yenan
Wang
Ping-Nan
China
Ministers Urge Fast Peace Talks at Paris Conference
Canadian Prime Minister W L King urged the four great powers to speed the peace process by holding a meeting of foreign ministers during the conference to consider changes quickly. The debate centered on rotating the chairmanship, with New Zealand leading a bloc against a rotating post and France's Bidault facing domestic pressures.
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Masaryk
New Zealand
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Hector MacNeil
Georges Bidault
V. M. Molotov
MacNeil
Bidault
Maurice Couve de Murville
Withoann
U. S
James F. Borie
Foreign Ministers Council
Four Day Curfew Ends in All Jewish City in Palestine
Tel Aviv reports the four day curfew on most of its all Jewish city of Mece ending at 3 p.m. today as British troops carried out a wide search through the area during intense security operations.
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Holy Land
Kansas Faces Shortage of About 1300 Teachers
Topeka August 2 A shortage of roughly 1300 teachers looms for Kansas schools this fall with rural and small town districts hardest hit A Kansas State Teachers Association committee reported that of 1800 vacancies on July 15 only about 500 would be filled by August 10 More qualified teachers are urged to raise salaries improve conditions and boost certification and retirement pay.
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Kansas
Kansas State Teachers Association
Paul Murphy
Pittsburg
Murphy
KU housing crunch leaves 500 women to find rooms
University of Kansas housing offices report about 500 prospective female students ready to furnish their own beds if rooms can be found. With dorms overflowing and private rooms taken, many will forego KU or other state schools. Lawrence residents’ aid by renting rooms or offering space becomes crucial to attendance.
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K. U
Marie Miller
Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Miss Miller
Athens
Amd
Ralph Duggan
Navy
Windy Wise
Heat Persists as Relief Fades Across Kansas
Weather expert S D Flora reports cool air from Nebraska failed to cross into Kansas, leaving the state to bake with highs of 95 to 102 today and Saturday. Some scattered showers were noted in western areas, with cooling chances late Saturday night into Sunday, but relief may fade as hot air returns.
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Scrivner Returns Home to Vote in Kansas City Primary
Congressman E P Scrivner Republican candidate for reelection to Congress from Kansas second district returned from Washington to vote in the primary. He has no opposition. He planned to attend the Republican council meeting in Topeka and the American Legion convention in Salina next month.
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Congress
Kansas
Washington
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Republican Party Council
Topeka
Kansas Department of the American Legion
Salina
Heiren to Decide on Formal Statement in Degnan Case
Attorneys for William Heiren met with State's Attorney William J. Touhy as reports circulated that the 17-year-old youth would again choose to give a formal statement in the kidnap slaying of Suzanne Degnan and two other killings in Chicago.
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Chicago
William Heiren
William J. Touhy
Suzanne Degnan
Armed citizens patrol Athens after jail siege
In Athens Tennessee armed civilians patrolled the town after about 50 deputized officers surrendered from the county jail following a six hour standoff in a bloody election night clash. At least six were seriously wounded, twelve others lightly hurt. the incident prompted a federal inquiry and state guardsmen were en route.
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Tenn
McMinn Coutry
Washington
Tom Clark
Clark
Civil Rights Section
Department
Duggan
George Woods
County Election Commission
Cantrell
Paul Cantrell
Pat Mansfield
Dugcan
Mansfield
C. W. Strader
W. E. Force
U. S. Army
Springfield
East to West Record Flight Sets 7 Hours 28 Minutes
A B 29 Superfortress piloted by Capt. Boyd L Grubaugh from Van Wert Ohio flew from New York to Burbank in seven hours twenty eight minutes setting a new east to west speed record. The flight covered 2460 miles at about 30000 feet with a crew of six and 8705 gallons of fuel.
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Calif
New York
Boyd L. Grubaugh
van Wert
Japan
Margaret Truman to Vote in Missouri Primary
The President's daughter Mary Margaret Truman will cast her first vote in the August 6 primary at the Memorial Building in Independence Missouri. She plans to vote with her parents likely Tuesday morning and will travel to Kansas City for the event.
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Kansas City
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Memorial Building
Independence
Miss Truman
Junior Colleges Solve Housing Crisis in Kansas
Coffeyville Kan Aug 2 The 13 public junior colleges in Kansas will not enforce emergency restrictions on admission for the 1945 47 term Dean Karl M Wilson president of the Kansas Association of Public Junior Colleges said housing conditions are more readily available in junior college towns and they can accommodate Sue students by using housing in private residences Readable list of association towns includes Arkansas City Chautauqua Coffeyville Dodge City El Dorado Fort Scott Garden City Hutchinson Independence Kansas City Parsons and Pratt.
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Karl M. Wilson
Coffeyville Junor College
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Wilson
Kansas Association
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Chamute
Coveyvile
Dodge City
el Dormdo
Fort Scott
Garden City
Hutchinson
Independente
Kansas City
Parsons
Pratt
Election boards appointments for Douglas County August primary
The Douglas County township election boards for the August 6 primary were filed with the county clerk. Wakarusa and Leavenworth have not submitted yet. The list covers polling places and receiving clerks across multiple townships with numerous named individuals and households.
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Douglas County
Wakarusa
Levenpton
New Price Highs on Meat Animals Throughout Nation
Chicago reports new price records for meat animals across the United States as demand rises with a growing population amid limited cattle and hog supplies. Economists cite reduced hog numbers and steady cattle totals, plus strong export demand, as drivers of higher values. Beef cattle totals hover around 53 million, hogs about 62.3 million, with history both in 1944 and 1945 cited.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Union Church Service Sunday Night at 8 p.m
The Lawreace Ministerial Alliance presents a Sunday evening Union service in South Park at 8 p.m. led by Rev. Everett L. Riley of the Church of God with the congregation. Mrs. Riley will sing Down From His Glory by Booth Clibbord.
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Lawreace Ministerial Alliance
South Park
Everett L. Riley
Church of God
Marine Recruiter Visit To Interview Lawrence Area Men
Marine Corps representative Sgt. Don E. Tedrow will visit the Lawrence post office building on Wednesday August 7 from 9 30 a m to 1 p m to interview young men for enlistment. Women aged 17 to 35 are urged to apply to Hall Bros Inc 739 Massachusetts Street to help assemble Hallmark Tags and Seals with a $100 minimum monthly salary no experience required.
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Don E. Tedrow
Marine Corps
Lawrence
Sergeant Tedrow
Hall Bros, Inc
Massachusetts Street
Health dept to prosecute violators of garbage ordinance
Douglas County health officials will crack down on residents and merchants who mix garbage with trash or lack tight lids on containers. Dr J M Mott said prosecution will begin after 43 hours notice following inspections in alleys downtown. Offenders face fines from five to one hundred dollars per offense.
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Douglas County Health Department
J. M. Mott
County Health Department
Mott
Adde
Dr. Mott
Bus Plunges From Memorial Bridge injuring many
A commuter bus fell 30 feet from a heavy railing on the Memorial Bridge over the Potomac, landing upside down on a driveway. About 60 people were injured, some seriously, as the incident occurred near the Lincoln Memorial during the morning rush hour. The crash followed a collision with another car. the driver and three car occupants also were hurt.
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CPX
Potomac River
Lincoln Memorial
Washinton
Arlington
Stock Market Index Edges Up to 77.2 Points
The 60 stock average rose to 77.2 after yesterday’s 76.9 close. Investors monitored market activity and held cautious optimism as trading continued.
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