Final Flurry On Tax Fix Charges
Washington reports President Truman moves to end what he calls a tax scandal era with a sweeping anti corruption plan. Key figure Murphy of New York sought a role as independent investigator while a public inquiry reveals calls to Frank Nathan from a General Services official. Witnesses challenge and defend testimony as probe widens amid conflicting accounts and questions of propriety.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Murphy
Mr. Truman
Truman
Frank Nathan
Nathan
House
Jess Largon
General Services Agency
Miami
Larson
No Quick Way to Give Real Flood Prevention
Kansas River Basin flood protection remains years away as experts at the Missouri basin interagency committee’s 53rd meeting stress limits of current methods. Debates focus on the most effective means to prevent recurrence after the 1951 flood disaster in the Kansas and Marmaduke Osage basins. Topeka, Kan. December 15.
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Kansas River
Missouri
Topeka
Kan
Rae
House Inquiry on Tax Scandals Turned Over to Jury
Washington December 15 The federal grand jury will sift fact from fiction in the house investigation of tax scandals. The Ways and Means subcommittee halted after three weeks of hearings with intrigue and influence peddling surfacing. Chairman King ordered transcripts sent to Justice Department as oral grand jury is due to take over.
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Charles Oliphant
Internal Revenue Department
Abraham Teitelbaum
al- Te
Henry
Bridges
R-Nh
H. H. Klein
Baltimore
Klein
Concord
N. H
Internal Revenue Bureau
Grunewald
Schoeneman
Frank Nathan
Washington
House Committee
House
Ways and Means
King
D-Calif
Justice Department
Eisenhower warns NATO powers to boost military spending
warning to Western European nations to raise defense budgets or risk insecurity. Gen. Eisenhower addressed NATO treasurers, urging a rapid buildup of forces to deter aggression. The NATO committee report notes only the U S Britain Portugal and Iceland meet capacity, while Belgium balks at a 50 percent budget increase.
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Paris
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Europe
Tice
Burlen
U. S
Britain
Portugal
Iceland
Belgium
Sree A Anaes
Schedule of Programs For HDU County Groups
The 1952 program for the 600 women in home demonstration units in Douglas County was announced by Miss Caroll Crowgey. January opens with the outlook lesson for leaders from each unit on Dec 18 and 20 in Lawrence and Baldwin. Lessons cover hobby exchange February, fabrics March and April, color in the house May and June, and other topics through October and November.
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Douglas County
Caroll Crowgey
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
Baldwin
First Methodist Church
Miss Crowgey
Dec 22 Expected Date Of Millionth Fatality
Chicago December 15 box score shows progress toward the millionth automobile death. The National Safety Council forecast December 21 as the day, moved back by one day due to slower December deaths. Adjustments include delayed deaths and late reporting.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Japanese plan memorial hall for MacArthur in Tokyo
A group in Tokyo plans a memorial hall for General Douglas MacArthur. Officials and business leaders aim to raise about 1.319 million dollars in Japan and the United States for a hall to be built on the site of General Headquarters near the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
United State
Woul
Imperial Palace
Lecompton Farmer George L. McCarty Hospitalized
George L. McCarty a prominent Douglas County farmer near Lecompton and former head of the Farm Security Association was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital today suffering from a heart ailment.
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George L. McCarty
Douglas County
Lecompton
Farm Security Association
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
UN negotiator decries Communists methods at Panmunjom talks
In Munsan Korea December 15 a United Nations truce negotiator accused Communists of seeking battlefield wins at the negotiating table. Other delegates reported no progress on prisoner exchanges as Maj. Gen. Howard Turner condemned the Reds for rejecting a six point plan for armistice supervision. Subcommittees plan to reconvene Sunday at Panmunjom while air battles over the front claim several Mig 15s and damaged jets. A Turkish brigade repelled a Chinese Red assault on the Central Front after a three and a half hour engagement.
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Korea
United Nations Command
U. N
Howard Turner
Panmunjom
Fifth Air Force
Yankedok
Wonsai
U. S
Slow Warm-Up After Deep Kansas Freeze
Topeka December 15 Kansas sees its cold snap end with slow temperature climbs. Readings fell to nine below zero at Goodlands while the southern region escaped sub zero. Forecaster says five to ten below tonight in the northeast with zero to five above in the extreme west. Skies clear in the east tonight and Sunday with north snow flurries elsewhere. Highs tomorrow 15 to 25, highways hazardous but open despite drifting.
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Tom Arnold
Dixie
Tennessee
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Midwest
New England
Indiana
Ilinois
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Washington
Canada
North Central
Demos Plan 1952 Campaign Launch in Kansas City
The Democratic national campaign for 1952 will be launched in Kansas City January 25 and 26. Carl V. Rice announced plans for a major Midwest meeting with 15 state officials to discuss world mobilization for peace and resource conservation. Frank McKinney may attend with Truman and Barkley also hoped to join. Also, two burn cases at a Kansas City substation were treated and improved at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Kansas City
Kan
Carl V. Rice
Kansas
Rice
Jake Moore
Iowa
Midwest
Moore
Middle West
Democratic Party
Congress
Frank McKinney
Truman
Barkley
Hog gains weight eating rocks on Missouri farm
No Rocka In His Head reports Elbert Lunn near Poplar Bluff Missouri butchered a hog that dressed out at 146 pounds minus 10 pounds of rocks in its stomach. Stock Market Index shows New York closing at 97.8, down 1.0.
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Poplar Bluff
Elbert Lunn
Here
Lunn
New York
Bitter Midwestern Snowstorm Strikes Nation 31 Dead
A powerful mid December snowstorm and record cold swept from the Rockies to the Midwest and Northeast. At least 31 people died across several states, transportation and communications disrupted, temperatures plunging below zero in multiple locales as warnings extended to the South and Atlantic coast.
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Midwest
North Atlantic
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota
Canadian
Miles City
Mont
Britain recalls diplomat after Prague shooting incident
London reports that Britain summoned home diplomat Robert Neil Gardner and embassy typist Daphne G. Haines after they were accused by Czechoslovak police of exchanging secret military information in a forbidden zone. Haines was wounded and Gardner was bruised. Prague claimed a cloak and dagger chase ended with their attempted escape in a British Embassy car. The foreign office said Haines would be released once she recovers.
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London
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Prague Radio
Robert Neil Gardner
Daphne G. Haines
Miss Maines
Gardner
Foreign Office
Maines
Prague
Typhoon Nears Philippines With Rising Death Toll
Manila reports a powerful typhoon moving toward the Philippines after devastating the central islands last week. Deaths reach 800 as reports from Palawan Mindoro and Camiguin Island push totals, with 82 more bodies found on Hibok Hibok eruption scenes.
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Philippines
China Sea
Palawan
Mindoro
Hibok Hibok
Elerater
Timboon
Hibok Hibak
Navy radiomen get red training in Far East
U S Navy radio operators in the Far East are being trained with help from Russia in an educational program broadcast from Vladivostok. The Russian sessions run at 20 words a minute in international code for 14 hours daily, producing graduates at about sixty per class period.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Moscow
Russia
U. S. Navy
Far East
Vladivostok
Navy
State distributes sales tax funds to Kansas elementary schools
Adel F. Throckmorton mails the first half of the $13,894,339.64 state elementary school distribution to 105 county treasurers for grades one through eight. Douglas County receives $184,902.49, with others listed, based on enrollment, teacher experience, and prior expenditures.
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Kansas
Adel F. Throckmorton
Douglas County
Franklin
Jefferson
Johnson
Leavenworth
Osage
Throckmorton
Sedgwick
Stanton
Top U S Jet Fighters In Action Against Reds
Seoul reports that America has expanded use of the F-86 Sabre in Korea. The 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing, led by Col. Francis Gabreski, has transitioned from F-80s to Sabres and is credited with 2 enemy Mig jets downed and 6 damaged since December 1. Commanders say Sabres were rushed to Korea aboard two carriers to counter rising Communist air power.
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Seoul
Korea
America
Air Force
Francis 8. Gabreski
Oil City
51St
U. N. Command
C. FP. Weyland
Far East
Dr Raymond B Allen Chosen UCLA First Chancellor
Dr Raymond B Allen was unanimously elected as the first chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles. He resigns as president of the University of Washington effective Dec 30 and is expected to earn about 20000 dollars yearly at UCLA. He was elected by 21 regents. Allen, 49, is a widely known educator who began as a country doctor in North Dakota.
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Los Angeles
Raymond B. Allen
University of California At
Allen
University of Washington
UCLA
North Dakota
Controls End For Defense Materials Prices Next Wednesday
Washington reports price controls will lift next Wednesday on select defense materials including antimony ores and concentrates graphite foundry facings synthetic crystals soapstone and serpentine dimension building stones to boost domestic output. Slight price increases are expected but manageable as OPS notes products remain under control and ceilings are removed for most acid grade fluorspar used to make hydrofluoric acid.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
New KPL rate proposal seeks state approval in Kansas
The Kansas Power and Light Co filed a complete new rate structure with the Kansas Corporation Commission. The plan would affect about 150,000 customers across 256 cities, including Lawrence, and increase residential bills by roughly 1.5 cents per day on average. The package simplifies residential rates, merges former schedules, and sets a unified general service rate for commercial and industrial customers. It aims to raise annual company revenue to about 20.04 million dollars from current roughly 19.70 million.
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Kansas Power and Light Co
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas
Lawrence
C. T. Hough
The
Journal- World Today
Hough
State Corporation Commission
Commission
State Commission
Men Only Sale Draws 15000 in Wolverhampton rush
Police faced a large crowd when a store advertised a Christmas sale of 5,000 scarce nylons to men only. About 15,000 men surged in at opening, pushing past police and staff to grab stockings, leaving the manager astonished at the turnout.
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Wolverhampton
Eng
Soke Residents Not All Soaks
Peterborough England December 15 residents of the Soke of Peterborough deny county drunkenness. Official 1950 statistics labeled it the drunkest area in England and Wales. Chief Constable F G Markin said only 20 of the county’s drunks lived there. others were imported workers or vagrants. He cited a practice of buying wine before visiting pubs and mixing it with beer.
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Pras
Peterborough
Eng
England and
Wales
F. G. Markin
Liberty Memorial High School Christmas Prelude opens Tuesday
LMHS presents its annual Christmas musical in the school auditorium at 8 PM led by R Wayne Nelson. The program features the Girls Glee Club, Senior Choruses, LMHS Orchestra, and Red and Black Chorus performing classical and seasonal pieces including Bach, Tschaikowsky, and carols with solos by Kay Nelson, Peggy Wilson, Wallace Scales, Janie Schalke, and Ruth Roney. Admission is free and the public is invited.
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Girls Glee Club
LMHS
Cain
Red and Black
Christiansen
Kay Nelson
Overby
Luvaas
Peggy Wilson
Jack Stephenson
Bach
Tschaikowsky
Wallace Scales
Janie Schalke
Ruth Roney
Red and Black Chorus
Lora Haggard
Gene Kemberling
Christy i
Darby-Simeone
Irby Hughes
Bill Hogan
Frank
Willingham
Barbara Norrie
Charissa von Gunten
Sharon Tripp
R. Wayne Nelson
Police Seek Motive For Double Slaying in East Worcester
Police investigated a murder suicide in Worcester Massachusetts where Dr O Draper Phelps 70 was shot in his office by a 60 year old patient Diogenes Boudouvis a semiretired restaurateur who frequented the doctor for a year The suspect then killed himself Medical examiner John C Ward ruled murder and suicide and Miss Lucy A Phelps 79 cousin to the doctor reported the sequence of events as described by officers
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Worcester
Mass
O. Draper Phelps
Diogenes Boudouvis
Lucy A. Phelps
Boudouvis
John C. Ward
Old Swedish Lucia custom sung for KU students
A group of nine foreign students at the University of Kansas honored Santa Lucia by singing at 5 a.m. in white outfits, hoping to be admitted for warmth. Neighbors mistook their singing for a radio, leaving them chilled until welcomed in each home. The group included Norwegians Kerstin Hansen and Einar Kullstedt, Swede Einar Kullstedt, and others, with hosts Dr. Hans Hilberg and family among those who received them.
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University of Kansas
Sweden
St. Lucia
Santa Lucia
Hans Hilberg
Else Erik
Henrik Knudsen
Thomas Monsen
Aud Sailand
Norway
Kerstin Hansen
Einar Kullstedt
Mra
Vidar Wolentis
Ralph I
Frigid Day Slows Lawrence Town Activities
Arctic weather in Lawrence slowed daily life as residents faced a three degree below zero official low and six below unofficial. Officials warned against travel while three people were hospitalized with fractures from two inches of ice and snow. Gas pressure woes persisted in North Lawrence, with repair crews working to restore service.
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Lawrence
Topeka Weather Bureau
C. J. Posey
Hazelton Lukens
M. E. Lukens
Mo. St
Florence Hoskinson
George Hoskinson
Vinland
Jesse F. Hill
Eudora
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Calla
North Side
Sokesman
Kansas Public Service Co
Perry Barber
South Lawrence
North Lawrence
Barber
Rapid Tran
Capper Critical After Pneumonia Attack
Former U S Senator Arthur Capper, 86, was reported critically ill and very weak, showing little change. The Topeka publisher-politician has been hospitalized since Tuesday with pneumonia. Clyde Lovellette scored 42 as Kansas beat SMU 74 to 51 in the two game series opener.
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U. S
Arthur Capper
Journal-World
Kansas- Southern Methodist
Jayhawkers
Clyde Lovellette
Mustangs
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