Ford Offers 15 Cent Rise Rejected by Union as Unacceptable
Detroit December 18 Ford Motor Co offered the U A W 15 cents an hour raise plus a company security clause behind illegitimate strike penalties up to 6000 per person. The United Automobile Workers-CIO called the offer completely unacceptable and pledged to resume talks Thursday.
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Detroit
C.T.U
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Richard T. Leonard
Ford
U.A.W.C.L.0
U.a.w.c.lo
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
U.A. W.C.1
G.M
Ford Company
U.A.W.C.L
House committee backs free Jewish entry into Palestine
Washington December 181 The house foreign affairs committee approved Senate passed legislation urging the government to use its good offices with Great Britain to permit free entry of Jews into Palestine. Chairman Connally D Tex opposed, believing President Truman preferred awaiting an Anglo American committee's study and recommendations.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Great Britain
Palestine
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Iran to take strong measures against Azerbaijan insurgents
Premier Ibrahim Hakimi told parliament he will take strong measures against the insurgent group that seized Azerbaijan province. Earlier the government charged that people of doubtful character were terrorizing residents and imprisoning government officials in the area.
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Yehran
Ibrahim Hakimi
Azerbaijan
Farlier
Cold Wave Grips Nation With 30 Dead From Cold
Prolonged deep freeze blankets a wide region with sub zero readings from Minnesota to Maine. Buffalo snowbound after five day blizzard. Lackawanna Bethlehem Steel plant halted. Forecasters warn no relief soon and continue snow across the central plains and Midwest.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Nazi Plot to Exterminate Jews and Target Churches Outlined
American prosecutors at the Nuremberg tribunal detailed an alleged Nazi plan to destroy Jewish communities and strip Christian churches of property across Germany and Europe. They cited orders for pogroms and church nationalization, with leadership corps directing actions through verbal commands to over 450000 block leaders, and named Alfred Rosenberg and Martin Bormann as key organizers.
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Hitler
Germany
Europe
International Military Tribunal
Leadership Corps
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Robert G. Storey
U.S
Munich Brown House
Geoffrey Lawrence
Storey
Gau
Alfred ‘Rosenberg
Nazi Party
Martin Bormann
Bormann
Rosenberg
Accident on Highway Near Williamstown Junction
A truck driven by Frank Liggett of 1008 Rhode Island Street collided with a car on Highway 24 near Williamstown Junction at about 11:30 last evening. The snow blade being used to clear snow was damaged. Liggett took it to Toneka for repairs. No injuries were reported. An employee began snow removal today on the section Liggett normally maintains.
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Frank Liggett
Rhode Island
Williamstown
Bob Cahill
Bonner Springs
Liggett
Toneka
Cahill
Roslan Skinner
Lawrence
West Coast
Here
Charles H. Ketterman
Eldorado Springs
Cletus Lehman
Lecompton
Kanwaka Corner
Highway 40
Major Raymond A. Schwegler Returns to Lawrence Practice
Major Raymond A. Schwegler resumes medical practice in Lawrence after three and a half years of service as head of obstetrics and gynecology at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas. He plans to begin practice after the first of the year.
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Raymond A. Schwegler
Lawrence
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas
Schwegler
Hallmark Card Inc seeks young women for work
Wanted girls and women 18 to 30 years. $100 monthly salary. Apply Hallmark Card Inc. 739 Mass. St. Adv.
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Hallmark Card Inc
Mass
Stalin Returns to Duties as Big Three Prep Talks
Generalissimo Stalin resumes work after a 68 day holiday four days before his 66th birthday. He joins the Soviet British and American foreign ministers as they conclude preliminary talks and prepare for a third session on world peace and atomic energy control. Bevin's party faces travel delays from Berlin as weather hinders departures.
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Stalin
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
United States
Council of People’s Commissars
Council
Byrnes
Bevin
Berlin
London
Picketing at GM Flint Plant Halts Office Access
About 600 United Automobile Workers picketers surround the AC Spark Plug gates in Flint Michigan. White collar workers numbering 150 stand across the street as Detroit law enforcement says no attempt will be made to break the line. Oakland county seeks injunctions against illegal picketing at Pontiac and Fisher plants.
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Detroit
United Autmobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Flint
Mich
James T. Byars
Byars
Pontiac General Motors
Oakland County Circuit Court
Pontiac Motor Division
Fisher Division
Edward D. Riordan
Kaiser-Frazer
Hany
Thursay
General Motors
G.M
Returning Troops Bring Maurus Winter Aboard General Morton
Second Lt. Maurus Winter of 1028 Tennessee Street was aboard the General Morton when it docked in New York from Europe yesterday, per Associated Press.
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Maurus Winter
Tennessee Street
Morton
New York
Europe
Associated Press
Funk's Mortuary Service Notice in Amivafunks
Funeral service details for Amivafunks at Funk's Mortuary and Chapel referenced by a phone listing 119. The notice provides location and contact method for arrangements.
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Funk’s
Amivafunks
Intercepted Japanese Text on Pearl Harbor Broadcast
Senate inquiry hears that a December 6 1941 US broadcast giving ships entering Pearl Harbor was intercepted by Japan. Wilkinson says Washington could have warned sooner. Tachibana notes Japanese may have read US messages. testimony covers risk differences with Lahaina roads Puget Sound and San Pedro.
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Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Theodore 8. Wilkinson
Naval Intelligence
Washington
Lahaina Roads
Hawaiian
Tachibana
United States
Wilkinson
Harold R. Stark
Senator Lucas
D-N
Stark
Lucas
Murphy
Puget Sound
San Pedro
Kansans Return From War At Rate Of 1200 Daily
Topeka dispatch reports Brig. Gen. Milton R. McLean state selective service director estimates that about 75,000 Kansans have been discharged from World War II out of 200,000 who served. Returning men and women are still coming home at nearly 1,200 each day.
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Topeka
Milton R. McLean
State Selective Service
Senate Hears V-12 and ROT C Stay on Active Duty
A telegram from the Navy Department to Comdr. Ralph J. Baum says Resolution 290 would transfer funds to fund V-12 and ROT C programs, allowing trainees to remain on active duty and continue college work through July 1 if the Senate approves. University quarters would be retained for trainees until government use ends.
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R.O.T.C
House of Representatives
Senate
Ralph J. Baum
R. U. Navy
Navy Department
Washington
D. C
Baum
Deane W. Malott
McVay Denies Zigzag Order in Indianapolis Loss
CPI Captain Charles B. McVay testified at his court martial that poor visibility and no moon justified not maintaining zigzag course. He said he was asleep when explosions hit and initially suspected a mine or torpedo, then reported damage and refused immediate abandonment before the ship was deemed doomed.
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Washington
CPI
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
McVay
Guam
Leyte
Radio
Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Return to Nanking
Chungking dispatch reports the Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai shek triumphantly arriving back in Nanking after fleeing in 1937. They traveled from Peiping aboard Chiang’s special plane Mei Ling, named for his wife. Thousands greeted the couple as they toured the ancient city by car amid cheers.
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Chungking
Chiang Kaishek
Nanking
Peiping
Chiang
Mei Ling
Ming
Malott Explores Training in November Publicity Problems
Chancellor Deane W. Malott writes on universal military training in the November issue of Publicity Problems issued by the American Colleges Publicity Association. Edwin Browne, Kansas University PR director, announced today.
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Malott
Deane W. Malott
American Colleges Publicity Association
Edwin Browne
K. U
Peach Colored Newsprint Used For Tonight’s Extra
The Journal-World switches to peach colored newsprint to help readers locate tonight’s issue when a heavy snow blanket covers surroundings. The peach hue signals an Extra or football special front page for easier spotting.
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The
Journal-World
Heavy Snow Falls Across Kansas Slows Traffic
Kansas highways slowed to a crawl as a second heavy snow in a week blankets eastern counties with up to 11 inches. Reports show widespread snowfall, bitter cold, and slippery roads from Topeka to Wichita, with highway crews out overnight and continuing plow activity.
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Topeka
Kansas
Leavenworth
Garden City
City Schools Report 741 Absent Amid Holidays
City schools show 741 students absent today out of roughly 3 000 total enrollment. Absentees spread across High School 2e and multiple junior high and elementary buildings. Schools dismiss for Christmas holidays with classes to resume Thursday morning January 10 1946.
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Cordley 2
MCA Asset
Wa i
New York
Woodlawn Pinckney Lincoln
Federal Board to Set Sugar Beet Field Labor Wages
A federal wage board for 1946 sugar beet field labor concluded hearings in Greeley and prepared to hear Nebraska growers after Colorado growers argued 1945 rates should stand. The board members are H. H. Simson C. R. Oviatt and C. N. Nicholson. A Scottsbluff hearing was scheduled following yesterday’s one day session.
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Greeley
Colo
Nebraska
Colorado
H. H. Simson
C. R. Oviatt
C. N. Nicholson
Scottsbluff
Vacation dates announced for state schools in Kansas
Hubert Brighton, secretary of the Kansas State Board of Regents, lists Christmas vacation periods for state operated schools. Universities and colleges from Lawrence to Topeka close between December 20 and January 7, with durations varying by campus and one institution closing early due to an influenza epidemic.
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Topeka
Hubert Brighton
Kansas State Board of Regents
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Kansas State Teacher's College
Hays
Kansas State Teacher’s College
Pittsburg
Emporia
Kansas Vocational School
Kansas State School For the Blind
Kansas City
Kansas’ State School For the Deaf
Olathe
Woolworths Expands With New Building Lease
Store manager Don Near announces Woolworth signed a long term lease to occupy the neighboring building north of the current Woolworth. The May 1 1946 lease calls for remodeling, enlarging the present store and adding a complete cafe serving regular meals and lunches.
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Woolworths
Don Near
Woolworth
B. G. Gustafson
Pewelty
Warren H. Jeffry
Topeka
Near
China Seeks U S Ships for China Navy Transfer
Secretary Forrestal urged Congress to authorize turning over excess American warships to the Republic of China and to detail naval personnel to assist China. House leaders voiced caution while noting the plan follows Joint Chiefs of Staff recommendations amid China's rebuilt postwar navy concerns.
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Washington
Republic of China
Vinson
Navy
China
Forrestal
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
White House
Japan
Plan to Clear Snow on Main Street
Merchants on Massachusetts street should clear sidewalks tomorrow and pile snow at the curb. City Engineer J C Harper will use equipment tomorrow night to push snow to the center, then trucks will remove it over the next days. Police Chief C A Bliesner urges no parking on downtown Massachusetts street after midnight tomorrow or cars will be towed.
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Massachusetts Street
J. C. Harper
C. A. Bliesner
Bliesner
F E. E. Larnen
Wrapping Station Ends Next Thursday At Wranning Site
Snowbound shoppers crowded the Wranning Station in the WREN building as the Chamber of Commerce offered free gift wrapping and mailing. The service funded by the community chest has been popular daily, and Frank Fitzpatrick announced it will end after next Thursday.
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Chamber of Commerce
WREN
Frank Fitzpatrick
House of Lords Approves U S Loan in 90 to 8 Vote
London reports the house of lords passed the $4.4 billion American loan by a 90 to 8 margin tonight. The approval clears a major funding agreement tied to the Allied effort in World War II.
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House of Lords
U. S
London
Snow Deepens as Five Inches Fall in Lawrence
Five inches of new snow, added to 3.60 inches from earlier in the week, blankets Lawrence and vicinity. By 10 am the storm still dropped snow, bringing December total to 8.60 inches, the most for December since 1918. Roads slick and buses delayed while crews clear downtown streets.
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Salina
Coffeyville
Lawrence
McPherson
Ottawa
Atchison
Oskaloosa
Jola
Independence
Chanute
Phillipsburg
Kansas
Goodland
C. J. Posey
VA to Open Division Office in Independence
James L. Hair of the Veterans Administration Wichita office has leased space in the Citizens Bank building and announced a division office will open in Independence soon after January 1 to serve four counties.
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Independence
Kan
James L. Hair
Veterans Administration Office
Wichita
Citizens Bank
Weather forecast for December snow across four states
The forecast notes snow across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska with intermittent snow through Friday in most areas and Saturday in Missouri Moderate precipitation elsewhere except extreme southern Oklahoma and northeast Nebraska Warmer around Thursday then colder by Saturday Temperatures about 15 degrees below normal with 10 degrees in the far west. Kansas snow ends tonight and clears west tonight with east clearing Wednesday Cold tonight and southeast Wednesday.lowest tonight 5-10 below northwest zero to 5 above east and south
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Pennsylvania
Maine
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Ohio
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Yellowstone Park
Chicago
South Bend
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Toledo
Cleveland
Brookfield
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Buffalo
Lackawanna
Joseph J. Kelly
Bethlehem Steel Company
Kansas
Oklahoma
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Missouri
Pacific Coast
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