Reece May Launch C. O. P. Comeback
Washington reports a struggle for control of Republican machinery as Carroll Reece plans a comeback against national chairman Hugh Scott. Scott intends to defend his post, while Taft supporters back Reece’s earlier 1946 leadership, with multiple Republicans named as potential challengers and a January meeting proposal on party policy.
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Washington
Carroll Reece
Hugh Scott
Scott
Philadelphia
Reece
Thomas Key
New York
Dewey
Sider Reece
Everett M. Dirksen
Wilneis
Tom Culeman
Wisconsin
Harold F. Stansen
John Cooper
Kentucky
Robert A. Taft
Obie
Taft
Ted
GOV Sense
National Committee
Republicara
G.O.P
Labor Gadl Industry
Younge
Vandenberg
Michigan
Flanders
Vermont
Island
Mich
Congress Bers
Certificates for Veterans Training Expire Jan 1
George Starkey of the Veterans Affairs office warns veterans with education benefits under public law 346 that certificates issued before December 1 1948 cannot be used for training after January 1 1949. They may be exchanged for a new form effective after January 1 and usable until January 1. Applies only to able bodied veterans not to disabled veterans. A marriage license issued today by the probate court to Faunt LeRoy 27 Lawrence and Louise Summers 27 Lawrence. Nathan Robey, Denver, announces giving up plans to fund a Western baseball club in Wichita next season. Marion Donald Owens 23 and Ruth Robertson 23 both of Lawrence, Missouri, married yesterday in Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Starkey
Office of Veterans Affairs
Denver
Doe
Nathan Robey
Denter
Wichita
Independence
Marion Donald Owens
Pea Ruth Robertson
Wrence
Hospital Admits List For Memorial Hospital
At Memorial Hospital admitted patients include Roberts and E G Davis. Nancy Carey Patricia Sunnyside Mrs Georgia Frances Asher Fern Leve Lee Qreet Lena White and Louis Traxler with a daughter reported yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Are Roberts
Connecticut
E. G. Davis
Lake
Nancy Carey
Patricia Sunnyside
Georgia
Isiana Stret
Oscar Lecompton
Shir- Botkin
East Park Street
Frances Asher
Fern Leve and Lee
Lena White
Louis Traxler
Lemapten
Auto Deals Raise Questions On Waiting List Gouging
Congressional investigators heard that a Washington auto dealer sold three new cars to one customer in six months while others waited three years. The House committee on questionable trade practices heard testimony about deposits and under the counter premiums alleging buyers were gouged, with claims of five hundred thousand to six hundred thousand dollars in losses.
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Washington
House
Lawrence G. White
Cherner Motor Company
W G. Talbott
Chevy Chase, Ltd
Cherner
Joseph Cherner
Ing
Youngster Sets Out In Search Of Santa Claus
Philadelphia, Dec 15 31 four year old Bobby Calhoun left home to find Santa Claus. A passing motorist stopped and brought Bobby to police. He said he wanted rolling stock for Christmas and carried some of his trains two miles to ensure Santa understood his message.
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Philadelphia
Helenw Calhieun
Santa
Bobby
Thomas Calhoun
Santa Claus
Unable to Secure More Aid for China from U S
Washington December 15 Undersecretary Lovett said Madame Chiang Kai Shek failed to secure stronger American support for the Chinese national government. He stated U S policy remains with the nationalist government led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, dictated by Congress and limited by aid constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lovett
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Dutch Meyer Praises Defense at Arkansas City Banquet
TC U coach Leo Dutch Meyer spoke at the Lions Club football dinner in Arkansas City Kansas saying he would summon Davey OBrien to stop Jack Mitchell if they met again. He noted Oklahoma beat TCU 21 18 and called Mitchell a standout from Enest City Oklahoma. About 300 players coaches and fans attended the event. Meyer heads to Fort Worth then San Francisco to coach the West team in the East West game.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Leo
Dutch) Meyer
Texas Christian
Jack Mitchell
Oklahoma
Meyer
Lions Club
Davey O’brien
T.C.U
Mitchell
Fort Worth
San Francisco
New Orleans Sugar Bowl Officials Named for North Carolina Oklahoma
New Orleans on December 15 announces that all referees for the New Year’s Sugar Bowl between North Carolina and Oklahoma are newcomers. J. D. Rogers Jr of Washington will be referee, with Lawrence Ely of Nebraska as umpire, Robert M. Miller of Missouri field judge, Jack North of Highland Park clock operator, and Frank V. Schaub Sugar Bowl president confirming selections by R. E. Peters and A. R Hutchens of regional officials associations.
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New Orleans
Kane
North Carolina
Oklahoma
J. D. Rogers, Jr
Washington
Dee
Lawrence Ely
Nebraska
Robert M. Miller
Missouri
Ant Jack North
Highland Park
Frank V. Schaub
Sugar Row
Miss Monroe Wins Queen of Peace at Festival of Victory
Miss Mary Helen Monroe aged 18 of 400 Wisconsin Street won the Queen of Peace title at the Festival of Victory contest, awarded a ring by the American War Auxiliary. Second place also noted in the event.
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Mary Helen Monroe
Wisconsin Street
American War Auxiliary
Monroe
Social Security Rep to Meet at Chamber Office
A representative from the Social Security Administration will be at the Chamber of Commerce office at 102 Intervarsions seeking to assist with claims and account numbers. The visit aims to help individuals understand the social security system and address related inquiries.
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Social Security Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Te Matger
Jnterves Raons
Ile
Aot
Two Divorces Granted in District Court
Divorces were granted yesterday in district court to Corinne Copeland and Orville Copeland and to Helena Welch and Archie Welch. Also mentions gas floor furnaces and gas stoves as part of an advertisement by Gamble’s Adv.
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Fia Means
Corinne Copeland
Orville A. Copeland
Helena M. Welch
Archie G. Welch
Gamble'ea
Rescue glider haul saves Arctic crash men in 500 yard run
Glider pickup rescue in a frozen Yukon river saves seven men aboard a crash landed C-47. Lt Eugene Strouse pilots a C-54 in 10 foot altitude passes across trees and river with a 500 yard straight run. Hopkins pilots the glider as rescue crews practice Arctic glider maneuvers and tow lines to Goose Bay in Labrador.
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Fairbanks
Atassa
Dee
Eugene Strouse
Yukon Territory
Wetover Airforce Base
Mac
Greenland
Goose Bay
Labrador
Trustees to Elect Officers at World War II Memorial Meeting
World War II Memorial Association trustees at the University of Kansas plan a Sunday 10 a.m. meeting chaired by Hugo T. Wedell to elect officers and executive committee members, fill vacancies, and discuss finishing the financial campaign for the campanile. A 22:80 luncheon will follow for trustees and wives in the Memorial Union.
Deaths and Funerals for Merwin Harding Wahl
Funeral services for Miss Elizabeth Merwin of Carbondale will be held Thursday at 10 a m at Rumsey funeral home with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Ist Lieut. On BF Harding, killed on Saipan April 21 1945, to have services Friday at Evangelical United Brethren church Lecompton, burial in McLouth cemetery. Surviving relatives listed, including mother Mrs W G Holloway and others. Word arrives of the death of August Wahl Jr of San Diego heart attack. Survived by widow Fay Wahl daughter Virginia Schults and two grandchildren. sisters Hilda Phillips Tillie Smith Minnie Warrington Mamie Piper. Funeral services for Wahl’s San Diego death to be held Thursday forenoon at Benbough mortuary.
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Elizabeth Merwin
Carbondale
Rumsey Funeral Home
M. 3. Harvey
First Methodist Church of
St. Joseph, Mo
Oak Hill Cemetery
Miss Merwin
M. W. Merwin
Lawrence
Harding
Saipan
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Lecompton
A. O. Kellorg
McLouth Cemetery
Ferry American Legion
W. G. Holloway
Doris Sindt
Iowa City
Iowa
Lara McAlexander
Geraldine Holloway
Topeka
Stephen Sindt
Vera Jean McAlexander
Mary E. Dark
August Wahl, Jr
San Diego
Calif
Fay Wahl
Virginia Schults
Hilda Phillips
Tillie Smith
Kansas City
Mia
Minnie Warrington
Atchigan
Mamie Piper
Honolulu
August
Louise Wahl
Swift & Co
Pacific Coast
Iul
Masonic Acacia Lodge No
Benbough Mortuary
Convict Admits Slaying Inmate At Texas Prison
Ernest Cleve Jones, 33, a kitchen worker at Retrieve Prison Farm in Angleton Texas, confessed to killing Clarence William Redwine, 38, Monday night after Redwine allegedly threatened him. Jones said he took a knife from the kitchen and cut Redwine’s head off as inmates filed from the mess hall after dinner. A murder charge is planned to be filed.
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Angleton
Tex
Texas Prison System
O. B. Ellis
Retrieve Prison Farm
Ernest Cleve Jones
I. K. Kelley
Clarence William Redwine
Redwine
Mesa Hall
Jones
University of Kansas students present recital in Frank Strong auditorium
A student recital at the University of Kansas in Frank Strong auditorium features soprano Jerry Deliath singing Handel's But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming, Anne Fillis and Joan Rodgers performing a Lakme duet, and pianist Maxine Stetzler presenting Chopin Sonata in B minor Opus 58. In a separate matter, Milford Pullim of 717 Rhode Island Street was arraigned on fraud charges in county court this morning with Preliminary hearing set for December 22 before Judge Frank Gray. Bond set at $500 but not posted, and he remained in county jail.
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Frank Strong
University of Kansas
Jerry Deliath
Handel
Anne Fillis
Joan Rodgers
le Drime Spais
Delibes
Maxine Stetzler
Will Splay
Chopin
Milford
Pullim
Rhode Island Street
Frank Gray
Swedish architect Bertie Husten speaks at KU
Bertie Husten from Stockholm spoke to University of Kansas School of Architecture faculty and students this afternoon in Frank Strong Hall. Using colored slides he discussed architecture in Sweden. Husten tours U S universities under the Swedish American foundation auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. U
Bertie Husten
Stockholm
Sweden
University of Kansas School of Architecture
Frank Stronghall
Husten
U. S
Swedish-American Foundation
Sugar Rationing Ends in Italy
Rome December 15 sugar will be removed from rationing tomorrow permitting free sale in Italy for the first time since 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Mystery plane eyed as Dewey flagship in 1940s tale
A Herald Tribune Washington dispatch reports rumors of a specially outfitted Lockheed Constellation, described as a flying flagship for presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey. The Air Force denies knowledge, while officials note the luxury craft has sat at Washington National Airport for weeks without publicity.
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New York
The
Herald-Tribune
V. Thomas Eey
Air Force
Washington Dispatch
Thomas E. Dewey
Military Air Transport Service
Juman
Washington National Airport
Herald Tribune
W. Stuart Symington
Lockheed
James C. Hagerty
Dewey
Albany
Truce Talks Move Toward Possible Armistice Signaling
Tel Aviv reports that Israeli and Trans-Jordan authorities remain in constant contact as they probe the chance that the current truce could become a full armistice. Talks center on technical matters and stop short of a peace negotiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Trans-Jordan
Payne elected president of Kansas Geological Society
Wichita December 15 Don W. Payne of Sinclair Prairie Oil was chosen president at the Kansas Geological Society annual meeting in Wichita Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Don W. Payne
Sinclair Prairie Oil Company
Kansas Geological Society
Bitter Weather Grips North with Freezing Conditions
Bitter weather blankets the northern half of the United States with slippery roads and cold, as freezing rain and snow persist. Temperatures fall to 10 below in Montana, while the region endures a mix of wet and chilly conditions.
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Chicago
Montana
Air Force pilot officer applicants to meet in Lawrence
Young men ages 20 to 26 may apply for a 12 month pilot training course. Meetings with Capt. Council and Capt. Flewellen run through Thursday in the Memorial Union lounge, then Friday at the city hall recruiting office. Basic flight and academic work are at Texas bases including Randolph Goodfellow Perrin and Waco. Mrs Albert Boele of Adeghem Belgium gave birth yesterday to twins, the fourth set for the family.
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U. S. Air Force
A. R. Council
G. H. Flewellen
Memorial Union
Captain Council
Randolph
Goodfellow
Perrin
Waco Air Force
Texas
Brussels
Belgium
Albert Boele
Adeghem Belgium
Boele
Market News: Wheat and livestock drift in midweek trading
Markets at a glance show wheat easing with Chicago prices down while corn holds. Livestock quotes rise for hogs and certain poultry items, with Kansas City and futures receipts noted. Cattle and calf values vary, with steady to slightly lower trends in the broader cattle complex and bids remaining uneven.
Market Report Mixed Cattle and Grain Prices
Cattle futures and cash markets show uneven, weak to lower trade with steers and heifers near steady to several dollars lower in parts. Kansas City trades report slower demand for stockers and feeders while fat lambs and ewes hold around current levels. hay and grain futures drift higher on limited demand and weather effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
USDA
Krade
Dee
Ap-Usta
Yooskins
Santa Fe to Idaho Russet Trade Notes and Thanks
A garbled list of company names and markets references appears alongside a message of thanks from Mrs. Meta Reuter for flowers and gifts received during illness. The fragment mentions Texas Co Sears Roebuck Du Pont Allied Chemical and various rail and agricultural references.
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Santa Fe
Ittress Central
Standard OW CN. J
Texas Co
Twentieth Centure
Liveaditer Spotse
Steel
Goutnich
Sears-Rorbuck
Doudas Aircraft
American Telephone
du Pont, Alied Chemical and Pennsylvania Railroad
Meta Reuter
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Conn
Philip Willkie
Oon
York Republica
King
Staseen
Faunt
LeRoy
Louisemmers
Memorial Hospital
Tella
Clay
Dutch Meyer
Spesher
Ely and
Miller
Big Seven
Ladd
Arctic
Richard A. Hopkins
Sturgis
Strouse
Lieut
Orin E. Harding
August Wahl Jr
Kansas Geologists
Rainoe Shine Yoou
B. P. O. Elks
Steg
Boye
Air Forcce
Bears
York
Bents Kreesy Cuktan Easuy Inc
Kansas
Kansans City
Thales
Dees Ts
Rarney Pont
Kansas City Hay Market
Deel
Watt Street
Thedaker
Bower
Chryater
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
Schen- Tey
Union Carbule
American Woolen
Lawrence Loan & Finance CO
Minnesota
North
Red River Wales
Brocke
Karl Kreider
Weare
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Lawrence, Kan
Coca-Cola
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