Australia Seeks Russia Reparations Justification At Peace Conference
An Australian delegate urged calling Russia to justify reparations demands and to inspect European payability. Molotov replied that Russia faced harsh damages and extended payment terms, noting other nations’ smaller claims and the ongoing Italian draft treaty considerations.
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Paris
Russia
E. Walker
Economic Commission For
Balkans
V. M. Molotov
Australia
Romania
Molotov
Finland
Hungary
Italy
United States
Great Britain
France
Foreign Secretaries
Netherlands
Germany
Commission of
Yugoslavia
Pp and Other Items Out From Under Controls
Washington August 26 price officials removed pepper and 10 other items from price control as unimportant to the cost of living. The move follows the act requiring removal of controls by December 31 on commodities not essential to living costs. The list includes paprika cinnamon meat and fish sauces canned clam broth canned sauerkraut with pork sweet and chutney canned plum pudding malted milk tablets Chinese fortune tea cakes and dehydrated sugarcane fiber.
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Washington
CPA
Arabs Seek Mufti Invite for London Talks
An Arab spokesman said the higher executive committee asked Great Britain to invite the exiled Mufti of Jerusalem to forthcoming London talks as a matter of protocol. They noted the Mufti had an unfavorable relation with Britain due to past associations and would be unlikely to attend.
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Jerusalem
Great Britain
Mufti
London
Hitler
Farmer Injured by Horse From Route 6
A farmer named Hugh Boyce was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for examination and treatment after a horse he was riding tumbled and fell on him, with injuries later made known.
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Hugh Boyce
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Moscow Accuses U S of Pressuring Yugoslavia With Military Show
Moscow radio charges that Washington pressures Belgrade by displaying naval strength. It cites the carrier Franklin D Roosevelt and accompanying ships in the Mediterranean as evidence of power politics, while Pravda praises Yugoslavia for defending its rights.
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Carter Fisbaue LF
Necuereh
Britain
U. S
Yugoslavia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Moscow
Pravda
U. S. Navy
Smyrna
Turkey
Russia
Dardanelles Straits
Senators Favor A Ballot On Liquor In Kansas
Topeka August 26 Republican state senators in AP poll favor resubmitting liquor issue to voters. A majority backs public vote but a minority oppose adding a resubmission plank to the Republican platform. Party leaders show support, potential inner party clash looms at tomorrow’s council meeting.
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Topeka
Associated Press
Republican Party
Republican Party Council
Fr. Carlson
Harry Valentine
The
Young Republicans
Shawnee
Harry Crane
GOP
Kansas
State House of Representatives
Washington
Marshall Counties
John Potucek
Wellington
Four American fliers' bodies repatriated from Yugoslavia
Four coffins draped in American flags were loaded onto a U S carrier in Ljubljana after an honor guard escorted the remains from Koprivnik. U S grave registration and Yugoslav doctors deemed the bodies almost certainly from a mass grave at Tiny Holy Cross church. A fifth body search continues as Paris orders burial in the United States.
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Belgrade
United States
Julian Alps
Ljubljana
Fourth Army
Koprivnik
Holy Cross Church
Chester M. Stratton
U. S
Militar
Stratton
Bled
Danilo Lekic
Lekic
Richard Partridge
Paris
Ministry of Information
Britain
Methodist Youth Caravan Criticized by Baldwin United Methodists
Life magazine draws fire from Baldwin Methodists over August issue portrayal of the Methodist Youth Caravan. Church leaders call the piece misleading and focus on the caravan’s worship and service efforts rather than its musical folk games.
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Life
Baldwin
Methodist Church
United States
Arlene Schooley
Baker University
Sam Hedrick
Board of Education
Kansas Conference
James Chubb
Methodist Board of Evangelism
Clyde Brewster
First Methodist Church
Methodist Board of Education
Nashville
Rupert
Methoe Youth Fellowship Institute
Féld
Village raid in Palestine rounds up Jewish residents
British troops and Palestine police evacuated about 200 residents of Sedot Yam near Haifa. villagers were confined in barbed wire pens and searched for frog men believed linked to the Empire Rival sinking attempt. Brigadier Anderson called the operation a surprise base for illicit fighters.
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Sedot Yam
Palestine
Palestine Police
Haifa
Germany
R. H. Anderson
Capper Opposes Repeal of Kansas Prohibition
Senator Arthur Capper voiced opposition to resubmitting Kansas prohibitory laws to voters and urged continued statewide prohibition. He called himself a dry by principle and argued prohibition should persist unless a legislative district majority requests resubmission. He criticized Democratic candidate Harry H ing for seeking repeal, accusing him of riding a Trojan horse into state government.
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Topeka
Kansas
Arthur Capper
Capper
WIBW
Harry Hing
Reenlistment drive targets former WACs for Pacific duty
Major William B. Cook of the U S Army Recruiting Office Topeka announces a special effort to reenlist former Women s Army Corps members for assignment in the Pacific Theater Eligible candidates must have specific MOS numbers Millers Bar B Que remains closed until Sept 2 for maintenance or restocking
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Women’s Army Corps
Pacific Theater
William B. Cook
U. S. Army Recruiting Office
Topeka
War Dads urge 3 year ban on refugee immigration
Wichita report shows Kansas members of the American War Dads urging a three year ban on refugee immigration or until veterans can be supported. Some favor feeding refugees in homelands if needed. Another resolution calls deporting immigrants not naturalized within three years. A third backs Secretary Byrnes and UN charter justice. R. R. Gibson notes no gross irregularities in VA on the job training program for Kansas veterans.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
American War Dads
United States
Byrnes
R. R. Gibson
V.A
Veterans Administration
G A R says this not last encampment
Veterans of the Civil War reject the idea of a final G A R encampment in Indianapolis as National Chairman Robert M Rownd aged 102 says the group would return if invited next year. Ten members aged up to 96 arrived for the convention with more reservations. Delegates planned rest today as allied groups met. Welcome addresses were set for tonight by Gov Ralph F Gates and Mayor Robert H Tyndall.
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Indianapolis
Grand Army of the Republic
Robert M. Rownd
Ripley
N. Y
Ralph F. Gates
Robert H. Tyndall
Hilltop Riding Club Postpones Horse Show
Wet grounds forced the Hilltop Riding Club to postpone its horse show scheduled for yesterday at Haskell Stadium. Exhibitors were notified Saturday night, 18 horses were moved to the stadium, and the event was rescheduled for Sunday September 15 due to rain and turf concerns.
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Hilltop Riding Club
Haskell’s Stadium
G. H. Moore
Moore
Haskell
WIBW
Wren
Heavy Rains Sweeping Across Kansas Statewide
Heavy rains drenched much of Kansas over the weekend, with the Solomon River near overflow but flood damage not expected to be serious. Weather man S. D. Flora forecasts today and tomorrow cloudy skies with scattered showers, highs around 75 to 80, and cooler nights in the east and northwest. Weekend rainfall totals vary from 0.03 to 5.36 inches across numerous towns, while Dodge City reports a high of 85 and Goodland a low of 61 last night.
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Topeka
Kansas
Solomon River
S. D. Flora
Solomon
Cottonwood
Neosho
Verdigris
Flora
Beloit
Minneapolis
Lincoln
Salina
Lindsborg
Enterprise
Junction City
Herington
Redding
Osage City
Lyndon
Harveyville
Coffeyville
Florence
Elmdale
Cottonwood Falls
Emporia
Council Grove
Neosho Rapids
Burlington
Erie
Toronto
Iola and Oswego
Sedan
Wamego
Quenemo
Wichita
Dodge City
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Parsons
Arkansas City
Republicans Initiate County Campaign Effort in Douglas
Douglas county GOP holds meeting at the court house re-elects J B Wilson as chair and plans a vigorous fall campaign focused on liquor policy and Democratic tactics. They call for turnout and caution about stay at home voters while opening a Lawrence headquarters and detailing campaign finances.
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Republican Party
Douglas County
Republican Central Committee
Court House
J. B. Wilson
Lawrence
Wilson
Topeka
Committee of 100000 Urges Against Prohibition Resubmission
Topeka Aug. 26 Gov. An drew Schoeppel reported receiving a telegram from the Kansas committee of 100000 for prohibition asking Republican leaders to reject resubmission of the state's prohibitory liquor laws as two planks in the party platform. The telegram, signed by Frank Russell of Hutchinson, states that consenting to resubmission would betray the dry majority and anger supporters.
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Frank Carlson
Harry Woodring
Kansas
Woodring
Wilson
Topeka
Andrew Schoeppel
Prohibition
Frank Russell
Hutchinson
Five Sentences Commuted at Topeka Prison
Governor An Schoeppel commuted the sentences of five prisoners in the state penitentiary and denied executive clemency for 31 more applicants. None of the granted clemency requests were from Douglas or nearby counties. The action was announced today in Topeka.
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Topeka
An Schoeppel
State Penitentiary
Douglas
American Flying Fortress Flies Vienna Udine Route
An American B 17 Flying Fortress arrives from Vienna to Udine with mail and freight. Lt. William E. Hutchins of Los Angeles commands a nine man crew, flying at 10000 feet along a predefined corridor to avoid Yugoslav territory. Passengers are not carried and a daily service is planned.
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Udine
Italy
Vienna
William E. Hutchins
Los Angeles
Calif
Hutchins
Osberne Named Chairman of Philosophy at Kansas University
Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced Prof. Cufard S. Osberne will head the KU philosophy department succeeding Prof. E. H. Hollands who has reached the retirement age for university administrators. Osberne, a Rutgers Phi Beta Kappa graduate, served as a field artillery sergeant in World War I and earned Ph B Ph M from Princeton Theological Seminary followed by a Ph D from the University of Chicago. Hollands will continue teaching after stepping down from administration.
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Cufard S. Osberne
Department of Philosophy
University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
Osborne
E. H. Hollands
K. U
Rutgers University
Phi Beta Kappa
St. Mihiel
Princeton Theological Seminary
Lincoln University
Pennsylvania
Paris
Grenoble
France
University of Chicago
Kansas
Hollands
Altho
Bids and Contracts for Kansas Secondary Roads
The Kansas state highway commission announced three bid openings and two negotiated contracts for 81 miles of secondary roads and one bridge across 11 counties. Bids will be opened in Minneapolis, Osborne, and Ottawa on September 10, 13, and 19.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Highway Commission
Minneapolis
Osborne
Ottawa
Anderson
Cheyenne
Russell
Sheridan
Decatur
Chautauqua
Elk County
Salt Creek
Franklin
Lane
Linn
Boicourt
U.S. A
Huts As Study Halls At University of Kansas
Two 40 by 100 foot quonset huts will be built on the KU campus to provide study space for the fall enrollment of THOU students. One hut will sit north of Frank Stronz hall and the other near the electrical laboratory building. They will have 24 windows per hut and be insulated with glass wool.
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University of Kansas
Frank Stronz
Electrical Laboratory
Watson Library
Woodring Names D C Hill as Democratic Chairman Candidate
Topeka August 26 Har ry Woodring the Democratic gubernatorial candidate named D C Buzz Hill Wamego attorney and former state public service commission attorney as his choice for state Democratic chairman Hill a World War II veteran led the prosecution of General Yamashita in the war crimes trial Democratic leaders had previously signaled Elmer Corn former Wichita mayor for the post.
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Topeka
Harry H. Woodring
D. C
Wartime plant reactivation to boost fertilizer production
The H. K. Ferguson company of Cleveland leads 250 workers reactivating Sunflower Ordnance Works to produce aqueous ammonium nitrate liquor for fertilizer. Production expected about September 15 with Hercules Powder Company to operate later. The project is part of 17 uprated ordnance plants to raise world wheat and food output, with several contracts awarded for reactivation and chemical production nationwide.
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H. K. Ferguson Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower
Army Ordnance
Europe
Asia
War Department
Kenneth C. Royall
Cornhusker Ordnance Plants
Grand Island
Neb
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Burlington
Iowa
Nebraska Ordnance Plants
Fremont
Emergency Export Corp
Kansas City
Missouri Ordnance Works
Louisiana
H. K K. Ferguson and Co
Radford Ordenance Works
Radford
Professor Sisler Resigns From Kansas University
Professor Harry H. Sisler, five years an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Kansas, resigns to join the chemistry department at Ohio State University in Columbus. He and Mrs. Sisler sell their home at 2216 New Hampshire Street and will move with children Betty Ann and David to their new home on September 3.
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Harry H. Sisler
University of Kansas
K. U
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio
Sisler
New Hampshire Street
Betty Ann
David
Hogs Fall Sharply at Local Stockyards
The hog market dropped today posting a loss of 5.75 since Saturday with prices sliding from 21.7 to 16. Top bids reached 16 at the stockyards as hogs retraced the week’s prior gains during a steady rise.
VD rate at a new high for U S soldiers
U S Army medical officers reported the venereal disease rate among American soldiers reached a new high last month with 305 cases treated per year for each 1000 men. Since July 24 the rate dropped to 275 per thousand from 211 four months earlier.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Army
Stock Market Index Shows 69 Stocks at 74.7
The market reports an average of 69 stocks at 74.7 points. Weather in Kansas forecast cloudy to partly cloudy with light showers in the south and west central areas this afternoon and tonight, ending Tuesday morning. Warmer by Tuesday afternoon with high and low in the upper 80s.
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Kansas
Central
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