Byrnes Sets U S Aims At Peace Conference
U S Secretary of State James F Byrnes told the peace conference the United States seeks no recompense for war losses and would aid economic rebirth of nations while warning against treaties opposing Potsdam. He defended democracy and Greece and Italy and challenged Soviet critics amid delegation claps and protests.
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Paris
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Russia
Peace Conference
Byrnes
Italy
United States
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Amer
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Janos Gyingyosi
Czzechoslovakia
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Vishinexy
Hungary
Soviet Union
More Showers Forecast Across Kansas Tonight
Weather forecast for eastern Kansas calls for more showers tonight with prior rain totals listed across the state. Temperatures expected in the 90s, with highs near 100 in some western areas and cooling into the 60s and 70s overnight.
Truman to Take 18 Day Yachting Vacation Off New England Coast
Washington reports President Truman will depart for an 18 day yachting cruise aboard the USS Williamsburg in New England waters. The voyage under Capt. James H. Foskett will sail from Washington tomorrow and return September 2 with limited shore time and no public appearances.
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Truman
New England
Washington
White House
Charles G. Ross
U.S.S. Williamsburg
Narragansett Bay
Maine
Williamsburg
Ga . L. Freeman
Reeman
Augusta
Frannie D. Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
Olympia
Iron Out Prices for Land for Site of New Building
Topeka reporters note appraisers value five parcels in one block at 160500 for a proposed state office building. Part of the block already sold for 129123, with additional appraisals needed to file condemnation. The 1945 appropriation set aside 300000 to finance the block and construction.
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Topeka
L. P. Brooks
Giier
Stock Market Index Report Notes Minor U.S. Move
Markets show modest gains with major indices drifting higher as investors digest economic data and earnings. Traders watch the S&P 500 and Dow components for direction while Treasury yields hover near recent levels.
Seamen on Strike Threaten Great Lakes Shutdown
Cleveland August 15 NMU President Joseph Curran declared the Great Lakes strike would be pressed to the limit of the union resources including a million dollar strike fund as 25 organized and 15 unorganized ships were tied up. Pickets lined major lake ports with 4500 workers expected to join the walkout aimed at a 44 hour week and halted output of iron ore coal grain and oil.
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Cleveland
Joseph Curran
C.I.0
National Maritime Union Today
Great Lakes
Conservatio
Curran
Buffalo
Detroit
Erie
Duluth
Toledo
Milwaukee
Ashtabula
Chicago
Two Harbors
Minn
Washington
Jack Lawrenson
William McCarthy
NMU Lake
Department of Labor
NMU
New Students Urged to Enroll at Liberty Memorial High
Principal Ralph Graber invites new students planning to attend Liberty Memorial High this fall to enroll immediately. He is available daily 8 to 5 and Saturdays 8 to 12, having already enrolled 15 students for the term starting Monday September 9.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Ralph Graber
State Labor Commissioner Appointed in Topeka
Topeka August 15 state Labor Commissioner P G Baird 55 of Topeka a former Santa Fe locomotive engineer is named to fill the unexpired term of John Morrison Burlingame who resigned Morrison may become director of the unemployment compensation division Morrison’s term ends May 31 1947 Baird has long belonged to the locomotive firemen and enginemen brotherhood and has held local offices in the organization
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Topeka
Andrew Schoeppel
P. G. Baird
Santa Fe Railroad
John Morrison
Burlingame
Schoeppel
Morrison
Baird
Tthe Locomotive Brotherhood of Locomotive
Henee
Santa Fe
Washington approves broad retail price hike across consumer goods
Today, August A O authorized price increases of twelve percent on radios stoves washing machines vacuum cleaners toasters irons and other consumer goods across the retail sector.
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Washington
Augusa—O
U S Rejects Part In Palestine Plan
Britain confronts a stalled partition plan after the United States refused to participate. President Truman said he could not accept or reject the plan without American support, delaying admission of 100000 Jews and leaving Britain to act alone.
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London
United States
Palestine
Britain
Truman
Attlee
Europe
Herbert Morrison
Council
Henry F. Grady
U. S. State Department
George Hall
Chaim Weizmann
Jewish Agency
Nahum Goldman
Washington
Stephen Wise
New York
Bery Locker
Elizar Kaplan
Paris
Holy Land
United Sates
Ice plant compressor failure disrupts production at Lawrence
One of the three large compressors at the Lawrence ice plant broke down last night but Manager H C Thornton stated the issue is temporary. Normal operations are returning as a small reserve is built and deliveries resume, though heavy load has strained equipment.
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Lawrence
H. C. Thornton
Vale
Proton
Wwe
Antiene
Cress
Big Wheat Acreage Set for 1947 Plantings
Washington announces wheat planting goals for 1947 totaling 71,700,000 acres, up from 71,896,000 this year, with 1,160,000,000 bushels forecast. The plan guides conservation and utilization amid low world stocks. farmers may plant as they wish. Major states compare: Missouri 1,713,000 goal. Nebraska 4,194,000. Oklahoma 6,446,000. Kansas 14,148,000 versus 1946 acreages.
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Washington
Agrculture
Merly
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas
New OPA Board In Douglas and Jefferson Counties
The new OPA price control board for Douglas and Jefferson counties has been sworn in and will handle upcoming decontrol decisions on August 21. Key items include meat dairy grains cereals bread and cottonseed soy products with potential recontrol. petroleum could see ceilings after August 20. Slaughter regulations and licensing for non federally inspected handlers are binding, with reports due monthly. The board also faces disputes over dry groceries fresh produce cars farm equipment rents and more as price ceilings adjust from pre July 1 levels.
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OPA
Decontrol Board
Douglas County
George T. Wetzel
Local Price Control Board
H. O. Davis
Wichita
Rain Returns as Heat Returns to Lawrence
After days of cool conditions Lawrence saw a 90 degree afternoon as humidity rose and a brief electrical storm dropped .36 inches of rain. Another short shower occurred later, bringing weekly totals near four inches. Justice Robert H. Jackson expects to attend the Supreme Court's first Saturday session in October following a White House briefing.
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Lawrence
Washington
Robert H. Jackson
White House
Supreme Court
Nch
Dempsey’s Mother Dies in Murray Utah
Mrs. Cecil Dempsey 87 mother of former heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey died at her Murray home. Advanced age listed as cause. Also a separate classified notice seeks girls and women 17 to 35 to scrap and assemble Hallmark Tags and Seals with two weeks paid vacation and holidays offered. Hall Bros Inc. seeking applicants.
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Dempsey
Murray
Utah
Cecil Dempsey
Jack Demsey
Hall Bros. Inc
Lawrence housing plan fights enrollment surge at KU
Chancellor Deane W. Malott outlined housing for an anticipated KU fall enrollment of 7 000. University operated housing will serve 2 283 men and women, with Sunflower Village not yet ready. Lawrence expects space for at least 2 400 in private housing while 200 students commute from Topeka and nearby towns.
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University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
University
Malott
Topeka
Ottawa
Lawrence
Sunnyside Village
Sunnyside
Sunflower
Memorial Stadium
Spooner Museum
Unitarian Church
Robinson Gymnasium
Battenfeld Hall
Kansas Ordnance Works
Parsons
Corbin
Jolliffe
Templin
Carruth
Hopkins
Foster
Sleepy Hallow
Briar Manor
Locklsley
Ricker
Miller and Watkins
Sunflower Village
Irvin Youngberg
Youngberg
August 31 Deadline for Dairy Payment Applications
The Agriculture Conservation association sets August 31 as the cutoff to file for dairy feed payments. So far 1021 applications based on butterfat receipts have been received from Douglas county farmers and dairymen, totaling $68,535 for April May and June milk and butterfat receipts.
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The
Agriculture Conservation Association
Douglas County
George Butell
Seven Lawrence men head to Fort Crook for induction
Seven Douglas county men left Lawrence for Fort Crook Nebraska to undertake pre induction physicals under the Selective Service Act leader John Butler Murphy 930 Kentucky street led the group Others named include William Clarence Pitman 1633 Vermont Gabriel D Annunzio Santolla 1243 Oread Joe Edward Baldwin Jr Overbrook Leroy Eugene Kurtz Route 1 Eudora William Goseer Schott Baldwin and Gale Rienst Pardee formerly of Lawrence now in Topeka
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Fort Crook
Nebr
John Butler Murphy
Kentucky Street
William Clarence Pitman
Vermont
Gabriel D’annunzio Santolla
Oread
Joe Edward Baldwin, Jr
Overbrook
Leroy Eugene Kurtz
Eudora
Willian Goseer Schott, Baldwin
Gale Rienst
Pardee
Topeka
Wildlife Resources To Be Developed State Grants Listed
The Fish and Wildlife Service authorized 2 260 000 for state wildlife restoration and development projects. States must provide 25 percent of project costs, with all plans needing Service approval under the Pittman Robertson act. An additional 200 000 funds program administration and 40 000 aids territories including Alaska Puerto Rico and islands. State allocations include Arkansas 25 656 Kansas 44 700 Oklahoma 43
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Washington
Fish and Wildife Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Pittman-Robertson
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Islands
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Summer finals mark record KU enrollment and veteran turnout
Nearly 2 770 students begin final exams in the 1946 KU summer session described as the university’s most successful. Enrollment more than doubles the pre war high with 425 new students and large programs in engineering and fine arts. The ninth Mid Western Music Camp runs alongside six weeks of intramurals and dances under the campus recreation program.
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Wee
K. U
George BR. Smith
School of Education
Dean Smith
School of Engineering and Architecture
School of Fine Arts
Henry Shhenk
Department of Physical Education
Airmail Rate Cut Promises $300 Monthly Saving
Lawrence patrons will save about 300 dollars monthly after a new airmail rate reduces domestic postage from 8 to 5 cents per ounce starting October 1. The change also lowers rates for armed forces mail outside territorial limits from six to five cents per half ounce, with broader territory coverage cited.
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Lawrence
Truman
U. S
United States
Roger Williams
Associated Press
Panama Canal Zone
Guam
Canal Zone
Kansans To Be Called For Military Service
Selective service officials estimate 3.0 percent to 4,900 Kansans will be called for military service over the next seven months. This follows Washington’s plan to call 185,000 men nationwide in the same period. The Journal-World says over a thousand rooms apartments and houses have been rented through its classifieds in the past year.
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Topeka
Washington
Journal-World
River Keeps City Fathers Guessing in Water Debate
Lawrence city leaders weigh Kaw River changes that threaten the Water Department intake. Councilman F A Russell notes erosion shifts and silt buildup, prompting dredging plans, crane and excavator orders, and possible move of the intake from Cameron's Bluff. Plant capacity currently three million gallons daily, rising to 3.6 million in a heat wave.
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Lawrence
Kaw
F. A. Russell
Kiwanis Club
Eldridge Hotel
Russell
Prof
Water Department
Cameron's Bluff
Ceilings Still On for Used Farm Machinery in Kansas
H L Daniels acting district director for OPA said used farm machinery under June 20 price controls remains subject to regulation. Items such as combines binders and pickers and other equipment sold within a year of new sale cannot exceed 85 percent of base price. other sales allow 70 percent. Auctioneers must file sale notices with the district OPA office at least six days before each sale.
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Wichita
Kan
H. L. Daniels
OPA
Daniels
Weather Forecast for Kanaat Region
Partly cloudy with local showers east and north central tonight. Friday expect partly cloudy conditions and warmer weather with highs from 95 to 100 in the northeast, west, and south zones.
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