Britain Approves Master Plan to Tackle Dollar Crisis
Britain's Labour cabinet endorsed a 15 000 word plan to guide the British delegation at the dollar conference in Washington starting September 7. The document seeks currency reform, tariff liberalization, and cost cutting to boost productivity and earn dollars for materials and food.
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Britain
Washington
Treasury, Foreign Affairs and
London, Stock Exchange
United States
Stafford Cripps
Ernest Bevlin
Cripps
Bevin
Stalin
Russia
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Moscow
Rate of polio infections in U S slackening in late August
The Associated Press reports 1949 polio totals exceed 19 500 with declines in new cases in six states including Alabama Illinois and New York City edging toward a fall. New York City sees a fluctuating period before a September peak while some states report leveling off others show rising totals.
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Alabama
Arkansas
Ilino
Michigan
Nevada
New York
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
New York City
Health Department
State Health Department
George Cox
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Milwaukee
Wis
Iowa
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Snohomish County
Everett
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Fargo
Valley City
Springfield
California
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Nebraska
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Arizona
Montana
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Kansas
Fire crews respond to down power line on Fourth Street
Firemen raced to Fourth and Indiana around 6 15 p m Saturday after an electric line fell into the street. Fire chief Paul Incele said crews waited for power company workers to repair the line.
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Fourth
Indiana Street
Paul Incele
Council Meets Tonight in City Hall Session
The city council convenes tonight at 7 30 at city hall for a long session. Lawrence Colts face the New York Yaenks in a 8 30 p m municipal matchup.
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Lawrence Colts
New York
Eo Yaenks
Municipal
New York Black Yanks
Municipal Park
Vaughan inquiry focus shifts to White House access and motives
Washington reports say Senator Mundt plans to grill Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan about a possible blank check of authority at the White House. Vaughan faces questions on use of Truman’s name for a 1945 Europe plane trip and prior gifts. Senator Smith seeks whether Vaughan acted to please or for another motive as the hearings proceed.
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Mundt
R.-S.d
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Truman
Vaughan
Vaugan
Mr. Truman
Europe
John Maragon
Maragon
Senate
Albert Verley Co
Margaret Chase Smith
R.-Me
James V.hunt
Smith
Enterprise School Wins Parade Prize With Mistress Mary Float
Enterprise school 11 miles west of Baldwin Junction on Highway 5 won first prize in the Home Demonstration Unit Parade at the Overbrook fair. The winning float planned by teacher Mrs. Lillian Terrell depicted Mistress Mary Quite Contrary with a sun garden scene and children as flowers vegetables and insects. Other float winners and the school also earned a second prize for hand work and had previously won an $85 publicity prize for Santa Fe Train Marking Day.
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Enterprise School
Baldwin Junction
Highway 5
Enterprise
Lillian Terrell
Mistress Mary
Lois Harris
Mistrose Mary
Sharon +Fuqua
Gale Warren
Pansy
Ina Bess Gilland
Rose
Joan Prim
Pepper
Farrell Michael
Carrot
Frances Gilliland
Bee
Darrell Warren
Grasshopper
Jackie Prim
Larry Schwartz
Senate blocks plan to force Truman budget cuts
Washington August 29 President Truman faced a Senate bid to force 5 to 10 percent savings from federal spending. A 48 to 29 vote to suspend rules failed to adopt the rider for the armed services bill drawing charges of political unfairness and constitutional issues. Miller's Barbecue announced closure and will reopen September 6.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
Armed Services
Barkley
Lucas
Ilipois
Lucan
McClellan
D.-Ark
Thumbed the Wrong Auto
Ottawa Kan August 29 The James Carney escaped from Franklin county jail again failing to gain a ride as he tried to hitch a ride in a car five miles southwest of Ottawa. The 19 year old Negro dug a hole through a brick wall in a repeat attempt. He had escaped May 18 and was recaptured five days later at Tulsa Oklahoma by Sheriff V M Kinnison.
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Ottawa
Kan
James Carney
Franklin County
V. M Kinnison
Jarney
Tulsa
Okla
Feller Beats Red Sox in Cleveland Doubleheader Opener
Bob Feller pitched nine innings for a 5-2 victory over Boston in the first game of a double header at Municipal Park. The win boosts Cleveland in the American League race. The advertisement notes a 8:30 p.m. start for the second game.
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Cleveland
Bob Feller
Boston Red Sox
Legion Braces for China Fight as Big 31st Convention Opens
The American Legion opens its 31st annual convention in Philadelphia with communism in China as the top issue. Delegates from 17,000 posts represent over 3 million members to consider about 1,000 resolutions while President Truman outlines a plan to combat communism and aid Britain. The four-day event features parades, banquets, finals, and a crowded convention hall as candidates jockey for national commander.
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Philadelphia
American Legion
China
Legion Committees
GOW
Truman
Great Britain
U. S.-China
Legion
Erle Cocke
Dawson
National Security Commission
Women's Auxiliary
The
Norman L. Sheehe
Rockford
Hubert A. Goode
Indianapolis
Ind
Lucius, Clay
Germany
Brown
Pleasant Valley School Opening Prep By Community Club
Pleasant Valley community club members meet at the school Thursday at 1 o'clock to clean and prepare for opening day September 6. The building is redecorated floor sanded and varnished seats on skids and new plumbing fixtures installed. Miss Martha Demeritt begins her second year teaching. Enrollment expected six to eight more than last year’s 20 pupils. All eight grades will be taught. Miller's Berbecua closed. Open September.
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Pleasant Valley Community Club
Martha Demeritt
Neighbors Help Carl Torneden With Wheat Harvest Aid
Mackey district neighbors plowed harrowed and sown about 60 acres of wheat for Carl Torneden who has been ill since spring. About 25 men and 20 tractors worked from morning to evening. a picnic lunch was served on the Torneden porch as a surprise gesture.
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Mackey
Carl Torneden
Mrs. Torneden
Myrtle
Nadine
Carl, Jr
Torneden
Walter Ulekely
Raymond Gardner
George Milleret
Louie Milleret
Louie J. Milleret
Henry Milleret
George Hellenbeck
Charles Davidson
Alvin Reetz
Guard Camp Open Day At Fort Leonard Wood
More than 1,000 civilians toured Missouri and Kansas National Guardsmen as the 35th division trains at Fort Leonard Wood. Gov. Carlson led Kansas officials, with Lt. Gov Blair heading Missouri’s party. A flyover by Flying Boxcars capped the day and a 19 gun salute welcomed Carlson. The visitors included Harold Fatger, Larry Ryan, Frank Sullivan, and Ford Voiland Jr.
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Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Kansas National
Thomas J. Kennedy
Topeka
Kan
Carlson
Harold Fatger
Larry Ryan
Frank Sullivan
Ford Voiland, Jr
County Commissioners Deny Two Eudora Road Petitions
County commissioners today denied two petitions in Eudora township. The requests aimed to widen a road and open a new road. Originators were William Spitzle and Will Saunders.
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Eudora Township
William Spitzle
Will Saunders
Typhoon Aims at Japan with 95 MPH Winds
Typhoon winds near 95 miles per hour were 600 miles southeast of Iwo Jima today and moving toward Japan at 12 miles an hour as of August 29. Park.-Adv.
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Tokyo
Iwo Dima
Japan
Record building program at K. U.
The University of Kansas undertakes a record 7 000 000 construction program the largest in school history. Dean Paul Lawson cites major maintenance and new additions including a science hall athletic field house journalism building Corbin Hall addition and a 600 000 dormitory. He notes over 875 000 spent on remodeling streets sidewalks landscaping and other maintenance. Lawson predicts a 15 percent enrollment drop from last year's 9 757 but says KU will still have a good year. He describes staffing and transcript processing used to tailor courses and notes liberal arts enrollment led KU in 1948 49 with 3 600 students. He emphasizes the aim to produce graduates who inspire Kansas support.
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University of Kansas
Paul B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Lawrence Rozarians
Charles G. Bayles
School of
Corbin Hall
Lawson
K.U
Kansas
Rites for Dr. E L Novotny Lawrence Superintendent
Funeral services for Dr. E L Novotny Lawrence school superintendent who died Thursday morning were held at the First Methodist church. A large crowd of officials and relatives attended. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with music by Mrs J J Weigand and Carolee Eberhart. Pallbearers included A E Woestemeyer R H Wagstaff Corlett J Cotton F C Whipple Lloyd H Houston Lloyd F Purcell Ralph E Pine and Deal Six.
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Lawrence
First Methodist Church
Chhurch
O. E. Allison
Oak Hill Cemetery
J. J. Weigand
Carolee Eberhart
A. E
Stock Market Index Falls on Closing Day
The closing average for 60 stocks dips to 63.5, down 0.6 points as the market ends trading. Investors react to cautious signals from the economy and corporate results.
Hurricane Dwindles To Light Breeze Over Pennsylvania And East
A weekend hurricane along the Florida Gold Coast caused an estimated 10 million dollars in damage but weakened to a light breeze by today across eastern Pennsylvania and the northeast. Winds dropped to near zero with gusts up to 40 mph, while rain affected the middle Atlantic states New England and the Great Lakes region.
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Florida Gold Coast
Pennsylvania
Middle Atlantic
New England
Lake Erie
Ontario
Central Plains
Rocky Mountain
Rankin Named Head of Occupational Therapy at KU Medical Center
Miss Pauline Rankin of Lawrence is appointed head of the occupational therapy section in the University of Kansas medical center in Kansas City. She comes from the University of Wisconsin general hospital and will oversee hospital and medical school therapy programs, reporting September 1 to prepare for the fall quarter opening. Her father, Paul C. Rankin, was formerly editor of the Journal World.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Franklin C. Murphy
Paul C. Rankin
Barker Avenue
K.U
Miss Rankin
University of Wisconsin
General Hospital
Madison
Wis
Veterans Hospital
Journal
World
Man pleads to charges in fatal Baldwin Junction crash
Gene Terrell of Marshfield waived preliminary hearing on two counts of fourth degree manslaughter after a crash killed Mr and Mrs Bennet Hoover near Baldwin Junction. Judge bound him over to district court with bond set at 3000. Coroner found no malice. Hoovers’ funeral held in Stafford.
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Gene Terrell
Marshfield
Baldwin Junction
Bennett Hoover
Sunflower
Frank Gray
Terrell
Hoovers
Wichita
Highway 49
Highway 50
Stafford
Topeka Businessman John Mulloy Dies at 60
John Martin Mulloy aged 60 a Topeka businessman died at his home early today He was father of Leo Mulloy a Wichita attorney who headed the Kansas legal control council during the repeal fight of the prohibition amendment last year
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Topeka
John Martin Mulloy
Leo Mulloy
Wichita
Kansas Legal Control Council
Picture Gallery of Five-Percenter Hunt Draws Reporters
Reporters visited James V. Hunt's office and adjoining rooms to view 104 framed pictures including President Truman, 31 senators, and about 30 house members. The collection was reportedly assembled via autographs and letters, with inscriptions from Vaughan Smith and McCarthy among others. Hunt, ill in hospital, was described by lawyer Roger White as having no gunpoint gain in obtaining the photos.
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Washington
James V. Hunt
Truman
House
Senate
Hunt
Walla
Roger Q. White
James W. Hunt
Harry Truman
White
Harry H
McCarthy
Joe McCarthy
Veterans rush to apply for National Service Life Insurance
Douglas county veterans flock to the VFW, Red Cross, and Veterans Affairs offices to file first come first paid applications. George Starkey says no deadline yet with payments likely starting before year end. bring policy and service serial numbers to speed processing.
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Douglas County
Veterans Administration
National Service Life Insurance
Veterans of Foreign Wars Office
New Hampshire Street
Red Cross and
Veterans Affairs
George Starkey
Office of Vetera Affairs
Starkey
Janus
V.F.W
Veterans Affairs and Red Cross
W. T. Douce
Douglas County Red Cross
Altho
Lawrence Starkey
Showers Bring Cool Air Across Kansas Tonight
Weather forecast by Richard A. Garrett calls for showers over most of Kansas tonight and in the south tomorrow as a mass of cooler air moves in from the northwest. Temperatures are expected to fall to the upper 50s tonight with highs in the 70s tomorrow. Reports indicate varied rainfall across western Kansas with Atwood 1.04 inches and Dodge City 0.60, Garden City 0.57, Goodland 0.54, Hutchinson 0.03, Anthony 0.01 inches.
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Kansas
Richard A. Garrett
Salina
Anthony
Goodland
Atwood
Dodge City
Garden City
Good‘lami
Hutchinson
Mit
Howe
Chicago
Denver
Fort Worth
Havre
Mont
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Miami i Sf
Hay Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Washington
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