Peace talk surges as China crisis deepens near Nanking
Reports from Nanking describe peace talks and a proposed coalition cabinet involving Shao Li Tse and C Chih Chung while Chiang Kai-shek denounces peace advocates. Communist pressure tightens around Peiping and Nanking as railway links to the coast are cut and airfields are seized, sparking fears of a widening civil conflict.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Shao Li Tse
C Chih Chung
Fu Tro-Yi
Peiping Wan
Fu Hae
Peiping
Pass Counterfeit Bills Alert Issued by Wichita Police
Wichita police warn of counterfeit $20 bills seen recently in Kansas City. Detective Bill Freinen notes lighter green color and faint outlines of Hamilton on the 10 and Jackson on the 20. Serial C278595970 linked to the bills. banks and police report no local counterfeit detections.
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Ki City
Bill Freinen
Benwine
Hamilton
Jackror
Kansas City
Frelsen
Lions Club District Governor Visits Lawrence Meeting
Marcus Sickel district governor of Lions International was guest and principal at a Lawrence Lions Club meeting. He discussed the club’s aims and objects. Raymond Pine and Richard R. Pine were inducted for membership. a local subscription appeal followed at Christmas time.
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Marcus Sickel
Leavenworth
Lions International
Lawrence
Sickel
Lions Clube
Raymond Pine
Richard R. Pine
Truman Plans Demo Platform Based Legislative Push
Me gton Dec 14 P President Truman aims a legislative speedup by presenting a Democratic slate for January 4 or 2 and seeks to push core programs early in the new session. He is expected to seek repeal of Taft Hartley, price controls, long range health and social measures, education aid, higher minimum wage, and expanded social security.
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Truman
Nove
Ashie
Eaders
Teruman
Congress
Snyder Sees Sound Business. Calls For Steady Growth
Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder urged confidence in a swing economy with high postwar business levels. He warned against overbuying and overexpansion while stressing the need to meet growing demand, replace worn wartime capital, build hospitals and schools, and bolster world reconstruction and national defense.
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Chicago
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Stock Market Index Closes Slightly Higher at 64.3
The closing average for 60 stocks stands at 64.3, up by 0.3 points as the market finishes trading. Investors weighed small gains across key sectors while idiosyncratic losses kept the move modest.
Washington spy hearings yield evasive witness
Congressional investigators grilled Marian Hachrach a 50 year old New York City writer in a closed session about a wartime spy ring accused of copying government papers. She denied stealing papers and declined to answer many questions while Rep Henkin DeMissy said Red spying likely involved American citizens. Rankin noted no file on secret documents but implied possible access to sensitive information.
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Teo
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Marian Hachrach
New York City
Communist Party
Alger H
American Activities Committee
Henkin de Missy
Rankin
Inflation Fears Prompt Farm Bureau Leader Call for Caution
Atlantic City Ni J Dec 1467 President Allan A. Kline of the American Farm Bureau Federation warned at the 30th annual convention that a new phase of price controls and rationing cannot prevent a boom and bust. He argued the nation faces a great inflation and warned against deflation, urging restraint from government intervention.
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Atlantic City
Ni J
Allan A. Kline
theAmerican Farm Bureau
Kline
Cvere
County Schools Receive $56 316 in State Aid Distributions
Douglas county will receive 55 316 16 for distribution among its elementary schools with ten or more pupils from state sales tax money. Checks were mailed to 108 counties as the state education department announced. The money funds elementary education per enrollment on Oct 1, with allocations to districts by size and rural versus urban arrangements. Large sums went to Sedgewick Wyandotte and Shawnee counties.
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Douglas County
Willj
Tte
Department of State Education
L. W. Brooks
Lawrence
Emma Berg
Wright
Stepartment Finance
Lawrence City Rehonla
Sedgewick
Wyandotte
Shawnee
Labor groups map drive to repeal Taft-Hartley Act
Washington figures report two immediate aims from AFL and CIO meetings aimed at boosting organized labor: repeal of the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act and a larger political role. CIO leaders asked Tobin for a briefing on Truman’s state of the union as they prepare a multi month program, seeking restoration of the Wagner Act.
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Washington
C. 1
Tobin
James i. Carey
Arthur Guidbere
David J. McDonald
C. I. O. Steelworkers
A Tolmy
Truman
State of the Union
Mesage
Congress
Five Parking Meters Damaged at 12th and Oread
Police report vandals damaged five meters at 12th and Oread and harmed two more, leaving one unmolested. Destruction involved hammer blows smashing glass and driving mechanisms out the rear. A stop sign at 14th and Tennessee was removed. meters valued over $60 each per City Engineer J. C. Harper.
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Twelfth
Oread Avenue
Fourteenth and
Tennessee Pareeta
J. C. Harper
Telephone Union Gets Strike Ok
In St Louis on December 14 a union of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company employees won permission from its international executive board to strike if a peaceful settlement proves impossible. Division 20 of the Communications Workers of America authorized a nationwide mail vote of about 50 200 members across Kansas Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma and Texas. The wage gap is 63 cents an hour with the company offering 6.7 cents and the union seeking 15 cents.
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St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Han
International Executive Board
Division 20
Communications Workers of America
Kansas
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Lawrence industrial group forms first board of seven
The Lawrence Industrial Development Corporation held its noon inaugural meeting at the Eldridge Hotel with five incorporators electing seven directors: M. S. Winter Art Weaver George Lawrence M. O. Penny Simon Hurwitz Delph Simons and Richard Barker. Groundwork includes stock authorization up to 150 000 for future industrial plants and site building plans to attract firms and workers.
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Lawrence Industrial Development Corporation
Eldridge Hotel
Bilawa
M.S. Winter
Art Weaver
George Lawrence
M.O. Penny
Simon Hurwitz
Delph Simons
Richard Barker
Corporation
Lassiesce
Tawrence
Lawrences
B. Or. Zonk
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
M. J. Getto
C. B. Holmes
RB. C. Miter
Thomas Smith
Paul Husted
Handle 600 Parcels at Chamber Free Wrapping Station
More than 600 parcels were wrapped and mailed yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce free wrapping station under Bruce McKer, postal clerk in charge. The service, begun 16 years ago as a shopping aid, is funded by the Community Chest Christmas activities fund, totaling over $10 this year. Portmaster Roger Williams noted the main office sent 33,000 letters and cards yesterday, with last year’s peak at 64,000 pieces.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bruce McKer
East Room
C. of C
WREN
Eighth and
Vermont Street
Community Chest
FE. R. Zook
Chamber
Roger Williams
Aluminum and Lead Scrap Resold to U S Firms
The Economic Cooperation Administration announced that about one-fifth of nearly 110000 tons of aluminum and lead scrap bought with Marshall Plan dollars was resold to American firms. Acting ECA administrator Howard Bruce disclosed the action. The scrap was sourced from Britain, Belgium and Holland.
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Washington
Der
Economic Cooperation Administration
Howard Bruce
ECA
Great Britain
Belgium
Holland
Haskell Pageant to Be Given at 8 p m Tomorrow
The annual Haskell Heart Christmas Pageant titled The Christmas Story and Sons will be shown tomorrow at 8 p m in the school auditorium. Principal Keith Kelley said about seats are available for townspeople to view the production with students. Directors Gus L Grimm and Ruth Skinner lead the pantomime and chorus respectively. The sheriff’s office announced the $250 burglary at Baldwin High School during a November 11 assembly has been resolved and the money returned.
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Haskell Heart
Keith Kelley
Gus L. Grimm
Thelma Haverty
Ruth Skinner
Sheriff's Office
Baldwin High Wcho
Acme
KU speaker warns Americans overreacting to war risk
University of Kansas convocation heard Leland Stowe, veteran foreign correspondent, say the American mood toward possible war invites destruction. He urged careful listening, realistic thinking, and greater congressional accountability while noting wars often occur 20 to 25 years apart. He urged readers to seek credentials, open minds, and avoid propaganda as the page 2 continuation promised.
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Leland Stowe
University of Kansas
Stowe
Russia
Joe Stalin
Stone
Thone
Boudoir
Prisoner Killed in Texas Prison Farm Ambush
Angelton Texas December 14 The decapitation of one of Texas toughest prisoners is blamed on attacks he had made on other inmates. O B Ellie general manager of the prison system said in a tele view from Huntaville system headquarters Redwine the murdered man had been accused previously of two attacks. Redwine was slain as 200 prisoners marched from the mess hall at Retrieve Prison Farm near ere Ellis said efforts to find the killer had made progress and the weapon had not been found.
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Angelton
Tex
Texas
O. B. Ellie
Huntaville
Iion
Clarence William Redwine
Ellie
Redwine
Retrieve
Ere
Ellis
K U Professor Among Three Becoming Citizens Today
Three people were naturalized this morning in the district court after oath of allegiance. Among them was Jack Chernick of Sunnyside, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Kansas, formerly Canadian. Also naturalized were Carolina Gola Glotzbach of Sunnyside from Italy, wife of Robert Glotzbach of Wamego, and Emma Estrada from Belgium, wife of Frank Estrada of Eudora.
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District Court
United States
Hugh Means
Naturalization Office
Jack Chernick
Sunnyside
University of Kansas
Carolina Gola Glotzbach
Italy
Robert Glotzbach
Wamexo
War Bride to Arrive from Germany for Lawrence Family
Anna Walker war bride of Cpl. N. D. Walker of Lawrence arrived at Camp Kilmer New Jersey and will travel to the home of Corporal Walker's mother Blanche Hines 901 Oak Street. Mrs Hines expects her daughter in law to arrive Thursday evening. Walker, a Czechoslovakian, came from Germany after three years in General Lucius D Cley honor guard and service began after his Lawrence Memorial high school graduation. He has been overseas most of the past six years. Dozens of Lawrence residents send Christmas gift subscriptions to the Journal World with an ecard included.
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Red Crown Office
Anna Walker
N. D. Walker
Lawrence
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Walker
Mia
Blanche
Hines
Oak Street
Lawrence Memorial High School
Flood threats ease as Willamette waters recede in Salem
Flood waters of the Willamette River moved into Oregon's capital area but caused no serious damage as the river fell at upstream points. Lowlands flooded further while officials warned farming districts of possible distress calls after a Pacific storm and widespread road slides statewide. four lives were lost, utilities disrupted, and many highways affected.
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Salem
Ore
Williamette
Oregon Atate
Red Creek
Community health drive nears goal before Christmas
The Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association reports progress on its annual fund drive. Total collected reaches 3,409.42 toward a 5,000 goal to support the local tuberculosis program next year. Mail sales total 1,140 with favorable comparisons to last year. Bond sales exceed 1,006.60 from two committee members, and a Kansas University faculty and staff effort raises 720, including 120 from students. Mrs. Seba Eldridge chairs the effort with Parke H L Woodard leading the university drive and Mrs. Marvin Mardin guiding the student drive.
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Mas
Doulas County
Seba Eldridge
Mix
Hazel Skinner
Charles E. Decker
Conemunity Bond
Lawrence Merchant
Kansas University
Fr Parke HL Woodard
den Tate
Avetars
Marvin Mardin
Eldridge
Weather sketchy winter in Kansas with light freezes
Unsettled conditions spread across Kansas with a predicted winter storm failing to materialize. Light rain and fog reported in multiple cities while Goodland logged 27 degrees with light freezing in places. Coffeyville stayed warm at 56. Fluently, skies to stay cloudy with occasional light rain and flurries.
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S. D. Flora
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Othie
Chanute
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Hutchinson
Dodger City
Flora
Coffeyville
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Mercury
Lawrence Lodge 6 Elects New Officers at Meeting
Marvin M. Tripp of 511 Louisiana was elected worshipful master of Lawrence Lodge Number 6 at the Masonic Temple last night. New officers include Bert S. Chewning of 1510 Stratford Road senior warden E Haynes of 728 Indiana street junior warden Clarence E. Birch of 2305 Vermont street treasurer and Walter H. Varnum of 1115 West Campus road secretary. A joint installation with Acacia Lodge Number is set for a later date.
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Marvin M. Tripp
Louisiana
Lawrence Lodge
Masonic Temple
Bert S. Chewning
Stratford Road
E. Haynes
Indiana Street
Clarence E. Birch
Vermont Street
Walter H. Varnum
West Campus Road
Acacia Lodge
Temperatures Sink Across Northern States
Temperatures dipped below zero in the northern tier of states with 21 below at Cut Bank Montana and 14 below at International Falls as cold air spread along the northern edge of the nation. Forecasters warned of colder weather for New England and drops in temperatures in the central and mid Atlantic regions as clouds linger with no heavy precipitation reported.
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Chicago
Cut Bank
Mont
International Falls
New England
Cratern
Middle Atlantic
METER ACTION AT JANUARY MEETING
Lawrence city council debates Massachusetts Street parking meters with a plan to cut enforcement hours and test one hour options. Members discuss impact on shoppers farmers and downtown traffic as they prepare to vote in January.
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Surngil
Vermont
New Hampshire
Melvin Millee
Charles BD. Stoneh
Qreen
Massachusetts Street
Miller
Miler
Howe
Hut
Connecl
Kinsan City
Hutcheinvon
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Kansas City
Ane
Journal-World News
Lawrence
Alan Asher
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