OPA Announces Widespread Price Increases Across Foods
The OPA reveals raised prices for prepared foods, pancake mixes, cereal, pineapple, salmon, syrups, and candy to reflect higher raw costs and production needs. The 20 ounce pancake mix and other items rise two to three cents, Hawaiian pineapple up four, one pound salmon cans up six and four cents respectively, with maple and cane syrups seeing up to twenty percent increases. The candy sector gains a blanket rise to restore peacetime earnings, though consumer impact should be limited. Roy L Thompson asserts ongoing control over suspended price ceilings. Porter signals push for return to controls amid inflation fears.
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OPA
Anderson
Roy L. Thompson
Decontrol Board
Washington
New Orleans
Porter
New York
War Department Orders Major Civilian Payroll Cuts
Washington Aug 29 The War Department ordered a 53 079 drop in civilian employees by October 1 under President Truman and Congress economy drives Total payroll will fall from 572 579 on July 31 to 619 500 by October 1 Maj Gen C H Bonesteel head of the manpower board said reductions align with a 15 percent ceiling cut In DC area payrolls drop was 2 987 Field reductions include air reel personnel from 184 851 to 159 149 and transportation corps from 33 766 to 27 892 with medical staff down to 15 415
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Washington
War Department
Truman
Budget Bureau
C. H. Bonesteel
War Department Manpower Board
Army Area
Bonesteel
Transportation Corps
Medical Department
Send Liquor Information To All County Attorneys
Topeka August 29 Pr Gov Andrew Schoeppel said all information from federal officials on liquor dealers taxes paid by Kansans is being relayed to county attorneys by the state attorney generals office. A list from the United States district attorney was previously forwarded to county attorneys in 18 counties. The AP report noted 547 retail liquor license collections and 17 wholesale permits in the year ending June 30.
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Andrew Schoeppel
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State Attorney Generals’ Office
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Kansas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Wichita VAC Unit Declares Non Partisan Policy
In Wichita Kansas on August 29 a two hour debate led to a constitutional provision by the local unit of the veterans action committee declaring it non partisan and forbidding endorsement of any political candidate or office holder. About 200 veterans approved that and other provisions while leaders said the group could still recommend and endorse issues. Permanent officers are expected to be elected next Wednesday night.
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Wichita
Kan
Veterans’ Action Committee
Lawrence
Kansas City
Mackey district delays opening due to polio fears
Mackey school district 54 postpones opening from September 2 to September 9 after county health advice. Superintendent Miss Crassie Coffin says eight polio cases reported in Leavenworth with more unconfirmed, a precautionary measure supported by county and district officials. Most county schools shift to Sept 9, while Linwood keeps to the regular date. Douglas county reports no postponement action.
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Leavenworth County
Crassie Coffin
Lawrence
Mackey Board
Meredith Smith
Raymond Gardner
Tom Cawley
May Keys
Miss Coffin
Journal-World
Leavenworth
Linwond
Margaret Hurley
Douglas County
J. M. Mott
OPA Targets Handlers of Alfalfa Seed and Used Goods
Wichita dispatch reports OPA starts a wide spread drive against buyers and sellers of alfalfa seed at over ceiling prices and reminds Kansas auctioneers that June 30 ceilings apply to many used items. Federal judge Shelbourne granted a temporary restraining order against Lewis Seed Company. Davis cites out of state seed purchases above cap and warns of immediate action.
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Kan
H. O. Davis
OPA
Kansas
Roy Shelbourne
Louisville
James P. Thompson
Lewis Seed Company
Davis
Yoder
Great Bend
Uncertain Market Blamed For Empty Pens at Show
Kansas City August 29 The two day Midwest vocational agriculture fat stock show saw many pens empty as uncertain marketing conditions blamed on the OPA kept hog arrivals low. About 100 hogs arrived while straw lined pens suggested 500 were expected. Carl M Humphrey Odessa Missouri vocational agriculture instructor and show chairman noted the OPA's impact on the swine division and prices. About 100 youths from Missouri and Kansas attended for judging of lambs hogs and cattle.
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Kansas City
OPA
Carl M. Humphrey
Odessa
Missouri
Kansas
Elder attends 81st Ottawa fair and recalls 1866 debut
A. P. Elder, 92, attended the first Franklin county fair in 1866 and was present at the 81st Ottawa fair in Ottawa Kansas. He says he has never missed an intervening exhibition and recalls moving to Ottawa in 1858 with his family to join his father P. P. Elder, a former Kansas lieutenant governor, and longtime Ottawa Chamber of Commerce secretary.
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A. P. Elder
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P. P. Elder
Kansas
Maine
Ottawa Chamber of Commeres
Peace Conference Faces Setbacks in Big Four Talks
The big four ministers Britain Russia the United States and France met late in the fifth week of peace talks. Australia failed to set aside Russia 1 billion reparations bill for six months and push it to a special commission study. Brazil pressed an amendment to destroy frontier fortifications near the French Italian line, but the commission kept the original 12 mile destruction rule. Polish delegate Wincenty Wiewicz urged moving past petty differences to proceed with work.
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Britain
Russia
United States
France
Australia
Brazil
Angelo Mendes de Moraes
Italy
Wincenty Winiewicz
Italian Political and Territorial Commission
President Ends Vacation With Successful Fishing
President Truman ends Bermuda vacation with eight large fish in a fishing trip that caps his stay. Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder led the party with 17 fish, while RFC Director George E. Allen and his team added 20 fish for the President’s crew. The Williams burg yacht departs for Washington at dawn, with plans to reach Washington by 5 p.m. Monday.
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Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
RFC
George E. Allen
Iust
Allen
Williamsburg
Washington
Hampton Roads
VFW Representatives Registered as Lobbyists in Congress
Three Veterans of Foreign Wars leaders registered with Congress as lobbyists. They cited work on veterans benefiting legislation and national security. Omar B. Ketchum of Topeka Kansas reported a salary of 7500 dollars.
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Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congress
United States
Omar B. Ketchum
Topeka
Kan
Weather Warmth and Traffic Caution Highlight Lawrence Notes
In Lawrence an Eldridge meeting of Co-Operative Club officers is set for this evening at 6 30. Residents report unusually mild days with a 50 degree reading last night. A motorist warns about unmarked roadwork barricades on Highway 40 from Kansas City. Lawrence Junior Legion baseball players receive a post season dinner at The Hearth hosted by Morgan Mack Motor and Dorsey Liberty American Legion posts with invited parents.
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Co-Operative Club
Eldridge
Lawrence Junior Legion
Morgan-Mack Motor Company
Dorsey-Liberty Post
American Legion
Market News Markets at a Glance
Stocks steady and selected issues recover while bonds hold firm. Cotton rises on mill buying. wheat and corn mixed but firm. hog and cattle markets show early strength with varied quality and prices. Kansas City livestock reports show higher grass slaughter steers and steady cows and heifers with calves and vealers active.
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New York
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Aux
USDA
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David Gagliardo Scales Long’s Peak East Face During Leave
U S Marine David Gagliardo climbed the east face of Long’s Peak Colorado during a week long leave at Estes Park. The 14 255 foot summit poses a 2000 foot drop to Chasm Lake and required two groups to rope across Mill’s Glacier with 60 ice steps chopped. Gagliardo is the son of Prof and Mrs Domenico Gagliardo of Lawrence and plans to enter the University this fall.
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Colo
David Gagliardo
U.S
Long’s Peak
Colorado
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Chasm Lake
Mill’s Glacier
Deaths and Funerals C C Seewir Rites
Funeral services for C C Seewir are set for 10 a m tomorrow at Trinity Episcopal Church with pallbearers Ed Abels F J Boyles Robert Wagstaff Corlett Cotton Robert Hemeart and Ogden Jones serving. The body will lie in state at Funk chapel until 9 a m tomorrow.
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Trinity Episcopal Church
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Lumber Loads Damages Car On Highway 40
A trailer truck improperly loaded with lumber broke the windshield and rear view mirror of SeaRoy Hurley’s car west of Lawrence on Highway 40. A large lumber piece projected about six feet as he passed. the truck did not stop. Hurley, a Journal-World linotype operator, was not injured. The county sheriff was notified.
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Lawrence
Highway 40
Hurley
Journal-World
Livestock Market Report and Commodities Update
Kansas City livestock prices mixed with cattle hogs and sheep mostly steady. Feeder steers and vealers show varied gains. hogs uneven with higher opens and softer closes. spring lambs strong to higher with good packer demand. Grain and produce summaries include hay, potatoes, eggs, and poultry markets with fluctuating prices.
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Horungs Announces Purchase of Manhattan Tribune News
Albert Horungs, former associate professor of journalism at Kansas State College, announces the purchase of the Manhattan Tribune-News from Sam Knox in Manhattan Kansas.
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Kan
Manhattan Tribune-News
Sam Knox
Albert Horungs
Kansas State College
Painted Capitol Murals Artist John Steuart Curry Dies
Madison Wis Aug 29 John Steuart Curry 48 artist in residence at the University of Wisconsin died of a heart attack. A Kansas born member of the Benton Curry Wood mural group he had been at Wisconsin since 1956. His murals on rural life circuses and historical events were slated for a Milwaukee exhibit next week. He painted murals in the state capitol at Topeka and was born November 14 1897.
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Wis
John Steuart Curry
University of Wisconsin
Curry
Thomas Hart Benton
Grang Wood
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Art Institute
State Cauntel
Topeka
Kan
Dunavant
Doctor Jardine condition unchanged in Boulder hospital
Wichita report says the University of Wichita president Dr W M Jardine remains critically ill at a Boulder Colorado hospital with no change in his condition in the last 24 hours. Assistant Max Milbourn provided the update as enrollments begin this week at Lawrence Business CollegeAdv.
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Wichita
Kan
W. M. Jardine
University of Wichita
Boulder
Colo
Jardine
Max Milbourn
In Memoriam for Letha Jefferson and Vernon Walker
Memorial notice remembering daughter and wife who passed away two years ago in August. Mrs. Letha Jefferson and Vernon Walker are named as the deceased, with family noting they live in memory and remain with loved ones forever.
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Letha Jefferson
Vernon Walker
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