Truman Orders Seizure Of Rails In Government Takeover
President Truman ordered seizure of the nation’s railroads at 4 p m Sunday to avert a strike by two unions. Army officials will operate the lines. unions said they would work under government seizure. The action aims to keep transportation steady for national defense and public welfare.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Page
Rouila
United States
White House
Brotherhood of Railroad
Wednewday
U.S
Reds Expand Rubber Industry in China and Hong Kong
A Canton dispatch to Ta Kung Pao says China’s rubber industry receives vast state funding and technicians to assist plantations on Hainan island, while Hong Kong’s rubber sector falters from low orders and rising costs. Hog prices peak near two-year high at Union Stock Yards, $25.40 per hundred pounds, driven by demand and pork trends. Kelvinator refrigerators offered at $279.95 with trade-in deal from B F Goodrich Co.
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Hong Kong
China
Canton
Ta Kung] Tun
Hainan
Chicago
Union Stockyants
Army Eyes Call For 50 000 to 60 000 Draftees in November
Washington Aug 25 The Army expects a November draft surge of over 50 000 to 60 000 inductees aged 18 to 26 as part of a broader manpower buildup amid ongoing Korean War concerns. About 109 000 reservists will be called, with 8 432 reserve officers ordered to duty. Four National Guard divisions and two combat teams also included. PMID: none.
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Army
Washington
Ican
Germany
Uut
Inted Iy
National Guard
Food prices drop in 1948 mid August report
Washington reports retail food prices in 56 large cities fell 0.2 per cent from July 31, easing from July 15’s near record rise. The August 15 index stood at 209.0 (1935-39=100), with bread down 0.7 per cent and round steak down 1.8 per cent while most other meats rose slightly and butter coffee and sugar edged higher.
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Washington
Bureau Labor Statistics
Ewan Clague
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Los Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
Fitzshareh
Richmond
St. Louis
San Franscisco
Washington, D. C
Cost of Douglas county primary election costs
Douglas county primary election on August 1 totaled 3 940.45 with 1 568.23 in publications and printing and 2 007.88 in clerk and judge fees. County clerk T R Gerhart said commissioners approved deduction from the county general fund and that townships and Lawrence reimburse the county per ballots cast in November 1948. Lawrence share 2 689.72 and nine townships received varying amounts.
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Douglas County
T. R. Gerhart
Kansas
Gerhart
Lawrence
Clinton
Eudora
Grant
Ahanwaka
Lecompton
Palmyra
Idaho Senator Out as Democratic Nominee in Primary
Idaho canvassing board reports D Worth Clark wins the Democratic nomination for the six year Senate term with 26 897 votes, Taylor receives 25 949, and Compton J White gains 14 599. Official canvass delayed by late returns while Taylor was defending his renomination.
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Boise, Tho
Aug
Taylor
Idaho
Senate
D. Worth Clark
Pocatello
Compton J. White
Clark
Topeka Naval Reserve 43 Subunits To Be Activated
Topeka Kansas August 24 The naval reserve training center here received orders summoning 43 naval reservists in the Topeka area to active duty They will report September 18 in Kansas City Their names were not disclosed Also Wichita notes the Kansas Corporation Commission continued the allowable crude oil rate at barrels daily for September by the Kansas corporation.
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Naval Reserve 43
Topeka
Naval Reserve Training Center
Kansas City
Kansas
Wichita
Kansas Corporation Commission
Ree Battle Rages On Central Front
Major battle over a new road to Taegu breaks out Friday in the Korean central front mountains. South Koreans and UN forces push back red infiltrators 12 to 25 miles north and east of Taegu as ground is taken near a walled city nine miles north. Heavy fighting continues along the Uisong to Yangcheng corridor with Allied planes bombing supply depots and airfields while other fronts along the coast and around Pohang pore see continued contact. Two red divisions are believed engaged in the northeast thrust near Taegu, with 4,000 previously reported enemy forces reduced to about 200 by air and artillery in a decisive push.
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Tokyo
Taegu
Korean Central
Korea
MacArthur
Yong- Chon
Kum- Wha
Kumwha
Yongchon
Uisong
Yang- Cheng
Chinju
Kurmwha
Chongno
Kunci
Sea of Japan
Yongdok
Kigye
Pohang
Reds
Hanghae
Pohane
Copital
Pusan
Masan
Teo Red
Sobuk
Tundok
Musa
A.P
Stan Siwinton
U. S
Tae-su
Tom Lambert
U. S. 27Th Infantry
Wolfhound
Lambert
Taecu
Russia Seizes 50 Tons U S Molybdenum in Slippage
Washington reports Russia obtained 50 tons of U S produced molybdenum used to harden steel. The metal, shipped to Britain under a legal sale to a Western power, was transferred in a British port to the Russian ship Beloostrov before customs. Shipments were halted and officials investigate how the slip occurred. The British firm involved was not disclosed.
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Washington
Russia
Commerce Department
Britain
U. S
London
Beloostrov
State and Commerce Departments
Injunction Hearing Over Retail Liquor Store Operation
District Judge Hugh Means heard testimony at an injunction hearing in Douglas county court. Independent Order at Odd Fellows seeks to permanently stop Ralph Tusten from running a liquor store at 10 West Ninth Street on property leased from I C C F, citing by laws prohibiting sales on organization property. Tusten holds a five year lease and already has a state liquor license.
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Hugh Means
Douglas County
P' Lawrence
Odd Fellows
Ralph Tusten
Louisiana Street
West
Ninth ‘Street
1.C.C.F
Tusten
State Liquor Control Board
Injured Woman Remains In Fair Condition After Crash
Mrs. Lottie Coe, 70, seriously injured in an automobile collision near Tonganoxie Monday, remains in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a night of improvement. Her husband, Dr. Walter B. Coe, 72, died Wednesday from injuries suffered when their car was sideswiped by a southbound Greyhound bus.
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Lottie Coe
Tonganoxie
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Walter B. Coe
War chiefs report high morale on Korea front
General J Lawton Collins and Admiral Forrest Sherman returned to Washington after visiting the Korean war front and meeting General MacArthur. Sherman said the spirit of offense and optimism was present across army navy and air force. Collins added that operations are satisfactory but with tough fighting ahead.
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Brest
Washington
Army
Navy
J. Lawton Collins
Forrest P. Sherman
Far East
MacArthur
Sherman
Air Force
Collins
Macrthur
Reactivation Plans Prompt Sunflower Ordnance Applicants
Maj. Walter D. Rogers said nearly 400 people have filed employment applications at Sunflower Ordnance works since yesterday morning. While rain slowed the initial rush, applications continue as officials plan to reactivate part of the plant 14 miles east of Lawrence. No reopen date is set and a cooperating contractor has not yet been appointed. In World War II, Herculen Powder operated the plant with over 12,000 staff. Since 1960 the plant has been on standby with about 300 maintenance workers. Rogers stressed applicants are being registered for a possible call rather than being hired now. A wage vacancy freeze in Sunflower Village remains in effect until further word on reactivation.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Walter D. Rogers
Altho
Lawrence
Herculen Powder Company
Sunflower Ordnance
Peneksl
Rogers
Sunflower Village
More Rain Forecast Across Wide Kansas Areas
Topeka Aug 25 heavy thundershowers reported across Kansas with warm southerly winds meeting a cool front. Forecaster Richard Garrett expects scattered showers tonight and Saturday, cooler southeast temps, and highs 80 to 85. Rain totals include Enterprise 1.67 and Minneapolis 1.65 inches, with data from cities across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Enterprise
Minneapolis
Solomon
Manchester
Concordia
Blue Rapids
Norton
Stockton
Lindsborg
Haddam
Cottonwood Falls
Oketo
Russell
Horton
Great Bend
Emporia
Ness City
Salina
Manhattan
Osage City
Tunetian City
Garden City
Fort Scott
Dodge City
Goodland
Anthony
Trains Regular Through Lawrence Amid Rail Walkout Threat
Rail service through Lawrence continues with no embargoes yet declared by Santa Fe Union Pacific or Rock Island. Union Pacific issued one freight embargo to Louisville this week amid token walkouts. officials expect possible government action if a settlement fails. Also noted: last union church service planned for Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in South Park with Rev L V Snodgrass preaching. Open evenings and Sundays Cole's Food Center listed.
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Lawrence
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Rock Island
U. P
E. B. Addy
John Robinson
U. P. Star
Louisville
Robinson
South Park
L. V. Snodgrass
United Brethren Church
Grand Westvaco Sodium Phosphate Plant Spur Grading Under Way
Grading operations for a Westvaco chemical plant spur on the Union Pacific mainline in North Lawrence are underway. Bechtel engineers report most preliminary work finished, with a $34 million plant to be built on a 12 acre site, producing 25,000 tons annually. Construction begins in weeks. plant aims for production within a year at a steel concrete main unit 450 by 60 feet plus warehouses and parking.
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Westvaco Chemical Company
North Lawrence
Union Pacific Railroad
Bismarck Grove
U. P. Maine
W J
Bechtel Engineering Corporation
Lawrence
Bechtel
Forrest Charles
W. B. Hanna
Don E. Johnson
Emil Podsiadlo
Westvaco
Carteret, N. J
New York City
Food
Machinery and Chemical Corporation
San Jose
Calif
Marines Call Up First Local Reserve Unit for West Coast
The first volunteer Marine reserve unit from the area sails tonight from Kansas City for a west coast base. Among 600 in the Fifth 105-millimeter howitzer battalion are three Lawrence men Cpl. Milor Childers Pfc. Tom Childers and Pfc. David Gray. They will march in a downtown Kansas City parade at 8 30 p m en route to Union Station to board troop trains. Childers and Gray are juniors at KU engineering. Tom Childers is a 1930 Liberty Memorial high school graduate. Gray is the son of Mrs. E S Gray while the Childers are sons of Mr and Mrs Harry F Childers. Sgt Kelleam Childers is also in the reserve but inactive. Move to Korean border. Washington Aug 25 An army spokesman said two Chinese communist armies have moved near the Manchuria Korean border and reports of 120 heavy tanks moving into North Korea from Dairen in late July have been received.
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Marine Co
Kansas City
West Coast
Lawrence
Cpl
Milor Childers
Tom Childers
West Hills Parkway
David Gray
Massachusetts Street
Union Station
Corporal Childers
Pfc
Gray
K. U
Liberty Memorial High School
University
E. S. Gray
Harry F. Childers
Aon
Kelleam Childers
Marine Reserve
Washington
North Korea
Dairen
British Infantry Ship for Korea Heads to Front
About 1 500 British troops from the Middlesex and Argyll and Sutherland regiments boarded the Cruiser Ceylon and the Aircraft Unicorn at Hong Kong bound for Korea. A band played as troops loaded rifles and Sten guns. The voyage, likely secret, covers roughly 1 500 miles and could take around three days if direct. The British plan to field about 5 000 troops in the Korean conflict.
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Hong Kong
Ceylon
Unicorn
Middlesex
Argyll and Sutherland
United Nationa Land Forces
Korea
Schedule Update Delays Opening of Lawrence Horse Show
The Sixth Annual Lawrence Horse Show at Haskell Institute is postponed due to rain. Tonight’s 1:30 p.m. Sunday performance will proceed, with two further shows as scheduled. Local horses and riders feature, with queen contest and seven candidates.
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Lawrence
Haskell Institute
Institute
Douglas County
Deal Six
Sigg Lawrence
Kansas City
Nancy Lindsey
Massachusetts Street
Rotary Club
Betty Bowers
Lawrence Sanitary Dairy
Betty Martin
Mlinoia
Reeves Grocery
Evelyn Barnfard
New Hampshire Street
American_Legion
Vera Hayden
Donna Workman
Ohio Street
Hank Brown
Donna Roberts
Rankin Drug Store
Chrysler raises wages for 120,000 workers nationwide
Detroit Aug 25 Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers announced a universal minimum wage increase of 10 cents per hour for all Chrysler employees. The extra raise, added to their current contract, is estimated to cost about 25 million dollars annually.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
C.so
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
Odds Now Against Invasion of Formosa by Chinese Reds
Washington Aug 25 The odds seem against a communist invasion of Formosa as Peiping and Chou En-lai aid propaganda with possible aims to divert U S Korea focus. The U N Security Council urged Formosa discussion while warning against diversions from Korea. The U S has no Formosa forces and monsoon season and typhoon risks complicate any assault using Amos Foochow routes.
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Formosa
Washington
Radio Peiping
Chou En-lni
Korea
Peiping Radio
Chiang Kai-shek
Choo
United Nations Security Council
U. S
State Department
U. N
South Korea
United States
Truman
Chiang
Formos
China
Amos
Foochow
Ito
Fair Entries Hit Record Numbers at Douglas County Fair
The 20th annual Douglas County 4H and vocational agricultural fair at Haskell Institute opened with about 150 beef and dairy cattle 60 hogs and 50 sheep. Despite drizzle mud and delays judging finished by evening and entries released tomorrow at 4 pm. Domestic displays including home economics and quilts grew, with a fashion revue set for Curtis chapel at 2 30 pm tomorrow and a state show bid for the winner.
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Douglas County
Haskell Institute
Indian School
4-H Club
Curtis Chapel
Hutchinson
Bridges Freed on Bail in Frisco Jail Release
Harry Bridges was freed on bail after being in jail since August. The item also includes a long weather forecast for August 2 to 30 covering Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma with temperatures near normal to above normal and scattered showers.
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Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Okahoma
Kaunas
Ecu
Highlaw
Denver
Edmonton
Ort Worth
Havre
Mont
Kanaay City
Angeles - Milani
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Washington
Axutwt
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Frank A. Heileman
Andrew F. McIntyre
Pennsylvania Railway
Kelvinator
B. F. Goodrich Co
Statistics Bureau
Wallace
Worth Clark
Ree
Iron Curtain
Sunflower
Cole's Food Center
2Nd & Linc
Ady
Westvaco Chemical
V.ag
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