Truman Likely Won’t Call Congress Back Before Election
Independence Mo Aug 2 A close associate says President Truman has no plan to recall Congress for an extra session. He will rely on differences with Republicans over price control and other issues, while aiming to strengthen his re election effort. Truman plans to vote in Missouri's primary, then return to Kansas City area to rest and visit family. The AxtellSlaughter contest in Kansas City district is noted with Axtell defeating Slaughter in the Neve election, while Reeves defeats Slaughter in the general.
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Truman
Congress
Kachim & Meech
Philadelphia
R. Truman
Missouri
Pankington
Ahly
Delaware Street
Mr. Truman
Mhem
Atti
Enos Atell
Kansas City
Axtell
Roger Slaughter
Albert Reeves, Jr
Modern manners and the single woman in town life
A vintage column discusses postwar single women pursuing education and careers, the pull of city life, and the need for social protection via clubs and chaperones. It warns that reputation governs success and offers etiquette guidance for invitations, gifts, and showers amid changing norms.
Hales Return as Godparents in Maille Visit
Maile France Aug 2 1945 US couple Kathleen Van B Hale and CR Giard visit the war ravaged village for the second time and become godparents to Anne Marie Guitton. The Hales adopted Maille in 1946 and have sent supplies for nearly two years. Maille was destroyed by retreating Germans on August 4, 1944, with 124 of 400 villagers killed.
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Maile
France
CR Giard
Kathleen van B. Hale
Santa Barbara
Calif
Hales
Maille
Anne Marie Guitton
Alphonse Guitton
Mauile
Paris
16 Japs On Trial In Palawan Massacre Case
Yokohama August 2. Sixteen Japanese are on trial before a U S Eighth Army commission charged with murdering 135 Allied prisoners. The group includes former generals and others linked to the December 14 1944 Palawan massacre in which prisoners were killed after a false air raid alarm. American investigators recount the brutal killings of 140 soldiers captured at Corregidor and Hainan to build an airfield.
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Yokohama
Eighth Army
Palawan Revere
Marancre
Philie Irea
Corregidor
Hainan
Palawan
Americal Task Force
Monera Ints
T-State Public Works Rise In Four Months 1948
Iowa leads West North Central in public works spending for January through April 1948 with 10.845 million dollars. The federal Works Agency report covers highways utilities water supply and buildings. Nebraska and other states in the region show a sharp rise above 1947 levels as part of a nationwide increase in construction activity.
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Washington
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Federal Works Agency
Iown
North Central
ELAW
North Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Minnesota
Public Works
New Engla
East South Central
Wayne Harris Named Man of the Year by Junior Chamber
Wayne Harris first vice president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce is named Man of the Year for his year of service. John Chaney praises Harris for leading projects including a South Park children’s pool, street improvements and a memorial drive. Harris, manager of Freeze Ice Cream, helped spur a fundraising effort that raised seventeen dollars for a US memorial, aiding Lawrence and others. He has served three years in the organization and two on its board, is married with two children.
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Wayne Harris
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Harrin
John Chaney
Javcees
South Park
Fundiversity of
Kansas
W Memorial
Harris
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Soroptimists elect new leaders at international meeting
The head Soroptimists were elected to identify posts as Gertrude Hadtt and St Teais were named president candidates at the federated clubs convention in Canada. About 100 clubs in the United States joined the gathering. The Lawrence club was represented in Toronto by Mrs. Cora Fe Boggs and Mrs. Ligyd Houston.
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St Teais
Canada
United States
England
Lawrence
Toronto
Cora Fe, Boggs
Ligyd Houston
Red Session Opens National Communist Convention In New York
The Communist Party plans its national convention tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York City. About a dozen national board members, recently released on bail after indictments on overthrow charges, are present. William Foster, national chairman, will deliver a keynote speech broadcast in part on the American Broadcasting Company network. Meanwhile Elgin W. Snavely of 847 Pennsylvania Street was arraigned in county court on an assault charge and remanded to county jail with bond set for later appearance.
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New York
Communist Party
Madison Square Garden
Party
William Foster
Will B
American Broadcasting Company
Ep.cot
Elgin W. Snavely
Pennsylvania Street
Brookfield Daily News Launch Replaces Longstanding Weekly
Brookfield introduces a new daily paper replacing a 70-year weekly edition. The Daily News will publish Mondays through Thursdays, while the Blade and Messenger will remain but move from Tuesdays to Thursdays. Publisher James H. Skewes and Ira J. amsof spearhead the venture, with Harold Call as manager.
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Cp! Daily News
Linn County News
New
Cuted
Broutfield
AnyYay
James H. Skewes
Merida Miss
Ira J.amsof
Brookfield
Blade and Messenger
Edgar
Apry
Peru
Perry
Harold Call
New Daily and Field
Strookfiy
Ottawa Man Slightly Injured in Multivehicle Crash
A Ottawa man sustained minor cuts and bruises when a Chevrolet sedan struck an ice light pole at Fifteenth and Massachusetts about 3 am, causing five other vehicles to collide and an electric light pole to fall. Police described the scene as chaotic with multiple damages and at least one vehicle escaping into another.
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Audrey M. Silvey
Ottawa
Wea
Chevrolet
Fifteenth
Massachus
Foster
Bebe Pele
Nineteenth
Massachusetts
White
A. J. Taywa
Carl Trotter
Land Street
BE. Vaun
Arkansas Street
Adillac
Leaves for Houston Cant Pon Blick Spent Several Day
The Black family Bericht recounts a trip to Houston and a return after visiting relatives in Germany where Edwin Black served with the U S Army during wartime. They plan moves to Fort Bliss near El Paso after a Houston visit and describe prior postings at Heidelberg and Stuttgart with family birthplaces in Germany.
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Houston
Pon Blick
Baldwin
Black
Sansitt Edwin
Gerwary
U. BP Agry
Ark
New
Toermany
Heidelberg
Stuttgart
Germany
Fort Biss
el Paso
Texas
Argument Ends in Reunion Former Schoolmates Near Fight
Two former schoolmates in the Los Angeles area nearly fought after a car collision at a downtown intersection. Lieut. Frank A. Henes and Master Sgt. Lennart Harrison, both 29, hadn’t seen each other in 18 years and shared a friendly reconciliation after the tense moment. Henes is stationed in Salina Kansas and Harrison in Milwaukee.
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Frank A. Henes
Lennart Harrison
Air Forces
Hense
Salina
Kan
Harrison
Milwauk
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