Fire destroys dorm on University of Oklahoma campus
A wooden dormitory on the University of Oklahoma campus burned early today killing at least three students. Alvin Levine, a resident, described rushing from the second floor as heat and smoke filled the halls. Officials noted about 340 residents were in the building and origin of the fire was unknown.
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Jetin Ho Sorersen
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University of Oklahoma
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Navy
University
School of Geology
Sapulpa
Oklahoma
Chickashe
Wister
Alvin Levine
Oklahoma City
Guve
Ian
Pevine
Fiery lava flows from openings on Mt Etna side toward villages
Fiery lava from Mt Etna erupted with flames from the main crater as witnesses reported new cracks and several craters along the mountain side. The flow threatened Maletto and reached near Bronte and Giardnazze area with farmhouses destroyed and no casualties reported at dawn.
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Catania
Sicily
Ava
Domitan
Maletto
New
Teven
Eton
Matletto
Tad
Maietto
Furepe
Westernas
Autisong
Ao Point
Bronte
Mialetti
Chiavazza
Giardnazze
Council to Study City Building Plans Monday
The Topeka city council will meet as a committee of the whole Monday night to review plans for a new fire and police station at Eighth and Kentucky streets. Architect Carl Ossmann will join the discussion, aiming to award the construction contract by January 1 and issue bids by December 12.
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Poouece
Eighth
Kentucky Streets
Carl Ossmann
Topeka
R. ©. Burgert
City Parks and Properties Committee
Kansas City basketball game to report halftime score
The Journal-World will publish the halftime and final score of the Kansas Rockhurst game in Kansas City Missouri tonight. First score expected around 9 o clock. Phone number listed as 22 for updates.
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The
Journal-World
Kansas City
Christmas Gift Subscriptions to The Journal World
A holiday offer features a yearly subscription to The Journal World with a gift card included. The message highlights the calendar year value and emphasizes a memorable present for daily reading.
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Journal-World
Lawrence
The
Truman Plans Civil Rights Push and Housing Rules
President Truman moves to ask Congress for a strong civil rights program and seeks clarification on a housing policy that bars federal aid to projects with racial clauses. He reopens work on a state of the union appeal for anti lynching legislation voting rights reform and broader anti discrimination measures. Clark M Clifford assists as draft work continues. The two year term ends early for a public official returning to private practice.
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Key West
Truman
Congress
White House
Mr. Truman
Anepatian
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
Eaneer
Washington
Kansas Young Republicans Convene In Fierce State Chairrace
The Kansas Young Republicans gather for their biennial convention with a heated contest for state chair between Charles Stough and Paul Lacsie and a bid by Keith Sebelius for county chair. Wilhiam Buzick and Ivan Wassberg vie for national committeeman while Betty Salisbury runs unopposed for national committeewoman. Governors and party leaders attend as delegates discuss a new constitution and increased youth influence in party affairs.
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Kansas Young Republicoans
Charles [ Stough
Lawrence
Paul Lacsie
McPherson Lp
Wyer
Keith Sebelius
Norte
Wilhiam A. Buzick
Lincoln
Ivan Wassberg
Manhattan
Betty Salisbury
Baxter Springs
Resolutions Committee
Green Smith
Larnéd
State Party Council
G.O.P
Young Republican Club
Kim Linley
Cimarron
Frank Carlson
Harry Darby
Kansas
United States
Bernhard LeVander
Minnesota
Rep
Clifford Hope
Garden City
Supreme Court
Edward F. Ann
Wes Roberts
Harold R. Fatzer
Ford Voiland, Jr
Richard Fadely
Town Life Disrupted by Auto Crash in Radford
Radford Virginia December 3. A city wide power outage caused by an automotive accident halted bank operations and delayed the Radford News Journal Saturday edition. Three textile plants paused work as power remained off overnight and into today.
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Radford
PA Radford Bank
Radford Bank
Radford News Journal
Fire Chief Ingels Warns on Christmas Decoration Fire Hazards
Fire Chief Paul Ingels warns that ordinary Christmas trees ignite quickly and start house fires. He favors small trees set up days before Christmas, cool placement, flame retardant labels, and safe light usage with unplugging rules and distance from curtains and furniture.
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Ingels
Paul Ingels
Reds Push Through Western China in Civil War Progress
Communist forces advance into western China as Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists lose ground. The Reds sever routes between Chengtu Kunming and Chengtu Chungking, signaling a final phase of the civil conflict. Chiang may resume presidency while Li of Hong Kong departs for the United States.
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Chungking
Chengtu
Kunming
Chiang
Altho
Ji Tsugjen
Hong Kong
United Sates
Washington
Reduction in Missouri cotton allotment for 1950
The Agriculture Department announced Missouri will have a 1950 cotton planting acreage allotment of 462,839 acres, down from 550,000 this year. Kansas was allotted 151 acres. The national allotment of 21,000,000 acres aims to cut next year’s production about one fifth below this year’s crop to prevent a large surplus.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Missouri
Kansas
Lake View Turkey Shoot Wind-Up and Dinner
The Lake View club winds up its year with a morning turkey shoot and a noon dinner at Lake View. Lawrence and Kevy residents join guests from Kansas City and Leavenworth. Tonight a sound picture Hunting in Alaska is shown in the clubhouse. The club reports a strong year in fishing, boating, duck and quail shooting, and trap shooting enthusiasm. Plans for an early spring Formasponte are noted.
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Lake View
Lawrence
Kevy
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Alaska
Formasponte
Marais des Cygnes Name Wins Out
The board of geographic names designated Marais des Cygnes as the Kansas river name and Osage as the Missouri name. Kansans will use Marais des Cygnes locally while Missouri remains Osage, per Scrivner's office.
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Washington
Board of Geographic Names
Kansas River
Missouri
Scrivner
R.kan
Kansas
Osage
Century A Ruin: Morris Lectures at University of Kansas
Rhys Hopkins Morris, Liberal MP, told a KU audience that spirit is the only free agent while minds and bodies are world slaves. He traced a century of upheaval from 1900 to 1933, urged students to seek the right ideal, and described British parliamentary rites after the convocation.
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Rhys Hopkins Morris
House of Commons
University of Kansas
Great Britain
Vienna
England
1Nra
Weather Outlook for Kansas Turns Colder
Weatherman Richard Garrett forecasts a drop in Kansas temperatures with northwest areas entering the cold from this afternoon. No precipitation is expected as skies clear tonight. Sunday should be fair with lows in the 20s north to 50s south and high temperatures in the 40s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Garrett
Goodland
Garden City
Mrs William Allen White Observes 80th Birthday
Mrs William Allen White quietly marked her 80th birthday in Emporia Kansas today She is the widow of the Gazette's late editor and is confined to a wheelchair after a hip fracture last summer No celebration was planned though her son W L White was expected to arrive from New York for a visit
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Emporia
Kan
William Allen White
Emporial Gazette
W. L. White
New York
Stock Market Index Closes Higher on Dec 3
New York closing figures show the 60 stock average at 69.5, up 0.4 points, reflecting gains in today’s market.
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New York
Santa Claus Workshop Opens In Lawrence Street Parade
Downtown Lawrence buzzed with Yuletide spirit as Santa prepared for a 1:30 pm arrival at the west entrance of South Park. A festive workshop truck parked near the 700 block featured a reindeer roof, merrily lit windows, toys and a tree, with parades and family visits planned on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and all days in the final week before Christmas.
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Santa Clause
South Park
Santa
Massachusetts Street
Santa Claus
Christmas lights brighten downtown and park displays
A colorful Christmas lighting display extends from South Park to the Kaw river. For the first time the business district and east park area are lit, with the Lions club Yuletide scene. Red green blue lights outline the band shell roof and massed trees line North Park Street.
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South Park
Kaw River
Lions Club
Lions
Massachusetts Street
North Park Street
Regents and Deans Attend Kansas Registrars Meeting in Emporia
Five officials from KH U join the Kansas association of college registrars and deans in Emporia. Attendees include Paul B. Lawson dean Gilbert Abhrer interim assistant dean James K. Hitt registrar Mae Rublee assistant registrar and Elis Barnhill.
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Kansas Association of College
Emporia
Kh. U
Paul B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Gilbert Abhrer
James K. Hitt
Mae Rublee
Elis Barnhill
Christmasy Weather Hits Northeastern U.S.
Chicago dispatch notes a Christmasy feel in the northeast with heavy snow in Upstate New York, Hartford Connecticut nine inches, Pittsfield Massachusetts eight inches, light snow in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont, and no major precipitation elsewhere as temperatures stay seasonable.
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New York
New England
Hartford
Conn
Pittsfield
Mass
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Fire Sweeps Everett Christensen Home Incurring 4000 Loss
A kitchen stove overheated at 40 East Twenty third Street caused a blaze that damaged three rooms of the Everett Christensen home. Loss estimated around $4,000 with partial insurance. Fire was one of three blazes in 20 minutes drawing all city equipment. chief notes no serious damage. An injury occurred to Captain E Brown from a window sash as he and crew fought the fires.
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Westerfar
Christenseon
Christensen
LP Gas and Implement
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Christenson
Kent
Fourth
California
Eighteenth
Louisiana Street
Paul Incels
E. Brown
South
Massachusetts Street
Ingels
Kansas City visit by state sanitary chief to discuss Missouri River pollution
Dwight F. Metzler of the state water laboratory at Kansas University will attend a Missouri River State Engineers meeting in Kansas City December 5 and 6 to review stream pollution issues and plan further studies. He will then speak in Salina to Kansas Sewage Works Association officers about scheduling its spring meeting in April.
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Dwight F. Metzler
State Water Laboratory
K. U
Kansas City
Missouri River Yosin State Engineers
Missouri River
Salina
Kansas Sewage Works Association
Postmaster Retires In Overbrook After 15 Years
Mrs. Bertha Maichel retired as Overbrook postmaster after 15 years. Clark Coursen, a Cant C Hardware veteran, takes over on temporary appointment. Mrs. Glenn Huon remains chief clerk in the Overbrook office.
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Bertha Maichel
Overbrook
Clark Coursen
Maichel
Coursen
Cant C
Glenn Huon
Ise De Glamorizes Pioneer Days in Lawrence Talk
Prof. John Ise addressed the Lawrence Historical Society deglamorizing frontier life. He described hardships and epidemics but argued pioneers sought a lost golden age while noting early cures and moochers. The society elected Dolph Simons as president for the coming year.
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Lawrence Historical Society
Kansas Frontier
John Ise
Chamber of Commerce
The
Historical Society
Dolph Simons
W. H. Varnum
M. N. Penny
L. H. Menger
T. J. Sweeney
T. D. Prentice
Varnum
Ida Lyons
Mary M. Smeiser
Frank E. Melvin
Ise
K. A
Mount Oread
Pioneer Five
Don’t Band Elms Advises Officials in Lawrence
State entomologists say elm banding is unnecessary in Lawrence this year. The city has spraying capacity, and expert H Hungerford notes that aerial and water spraying plus spring hand sprays remain essential. banding is ineffective and not planned for parks or rural areas.
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Lawrence
Charles Michener
E. U. Entomology Department
H. B. Hungerford
Hungerford
RL O. Burnett
Charman
Parka
Wieter
le Eas
Fey
Meenener
Lawrence Ayetem
Kansas UNESCO Commission Chairman Vote Draws Near
Dee 2 1949 Kansas wheat farmer Victor Haftien 44 of Garden City is expected to be chosen chairman of the Kansas UNESCO commission, succeeding a start made in L3a7. U.S. Ambassador George W. Aven spoke on foreign relations and world peace as officials discussed the aim to educate against prejudice and foster understanding through UNESCO.
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Victor Haftien
Finney County
Kansas Commission On Unesco
Uisted Nations Educationa
Relentofe
Cultural Organization
Haftien
Garden City
George W. Aven
U.S
Yugoslavia
Unesco
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Miton
Fiserhower
Aera Stave
Une
Amd
Eusenpower
Praia
Noty Unesco
Weather notice fragment with unclear details
Fragmentary weather ad text appears to mention winds and temperatures with scattered place names and times. Readable bits include a 7 30 time reference and partial location cues, but critical specifics are obscured by garbled OCR.
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