Bilbo Accuses Foes as War Contractor Funds Are Probed
Senator Theodore Bilbo testifies angrily that he did not receive the $25,000 from war contractor F. T. Newton in a hotel room. He accuses opponents, defends gifts and loans, and labels former secretary Edward Terry a traitor as scrutiny widens over campaign contributions and Mrs. Hailey era politics.
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Washington
Theodore G. Bilbo
Bilbo
Senate War Investigating Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
F. T. Newton
Mississippi
Newton
Wall Doxey
Senate
Edward 2. Terry
Rep
Rossins
Terry
Michael T. Morrissey
Benedict Arnold
Judas Iscariot
United States
Hailey
United States Senate Stae
Simon Liberman
New York City
Liberman
Ileborn Baptist Church
Britain moves toward government ownership of railways
The government wins a party line vote to push rail and other transport under state ownership. Critics led by Anthony Eden call the bill a disaster and confiscation, while Herbert Morrison defends a bold national transport development plan and broader government control.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Commons
Labor
Anthony Eden
Eden
Herbert Morrison
Wheat outlook and university holiday plans published
The Agriculture Department estimated winter wheat for 1947 harvest at 946 million bushels with 56.4 million acres sown and 16.8 bushels per acre. Rye sowing reached 3.57 million acres with 92 percent of normal condition. University of Kansas warns no class cuts tomorrow and Saturday for Christmas, with GI bill protections and potential attendance penalties. Travel and holiday closures at KU offices, campus caroling, and midwest student busyness noted.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
University of Kansas
Veteran's Bureau
K. U
Raymond Nichols
Nichols
National Teachers Association
Mt. Oreac
Lawrence Business Houses
K.U
Frank Strong Hall
Memorial Union Building
Student Religious Council
Returning Troops Dominate Postwar Dispatch
AP reports more than 1,980 service personnel are headed home today from Korea and Germany with 235 troops assigned to support roles. The La Grande Victory celebration highlights the homecoming as government officials reaffirm defense commitments.
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Associated Press
Bus Collision Near White Rock Kills One
In Columbia South Carolina a lumber truck and a school bus collided near Spring Hill school. The truck driver Sam Rowe was killed and bus driver J Earl Wessinger was hospitalized in serious condition. Eight truck occupants were unharmed and three grammar school pupils all brothers aged 6 8 and 10 suffered bruises and knocked out teeth. The crash occurred about 20 miles from Silverstreet where ten children and a driver died yesterday in a collision with a railway passenger train.
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Columbia
S. C
White Rock
Here
Sam Rowe
J. Earl Wessinger
O'Neale
LaVerne
Leland Eargle
Spring Hill School
Silverstreet
Southern Railway
Ban on Two-Pant Suits Lifts After Four Years
Washington reports the temporary controls office has removed the four year ban on manufacturing two pants suits and the ban on vests for double breasted suits. The action takes effect tomorrow as civilian production administration cites increased clothing production making the restrictions unnecessary.
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Washington
Office of Temporary Controls
Civilian Production Administration Division
OTC
Rural Schools Set Christmas Holidays Figures Announced
Douglas Iagaty district superintendent said many county schools begin Christmas vacations tomorrow afternoon. State Education Board permits about 70 percent of schools to close for 10 days. Hurley notes latitude for districts. Some schools close December 24 and reopen January 2, 1947.
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Margaret Hurley
Douglas Iagaty
Totel
State Board of Education
Turnabout stealing: Nash and Pontiac stolen in two-city spree
Police in Lawrence and Kansas City recovered both cars after a 1946 Nash was taken from 729 New Hampshire street and a dark-blue 1940 Pontiac vanished. Kansas City officers located the Nash abandoned in Kansas City Kansas and helped Lawrence police search for the Pontiac. A suspect was questioned but no arrests were made.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Nash
Bobin Nash Company
New Hampshire Street
Arly
William Cox
William Dowers
Ninth
Ohio Streets
Sigma Chis Place First In K U Inter House Sing
Sigma Chi fraternity won the men's inter-house sing at Hoci auditorium with top honors. Beta Theta Pi and Phi Kappa Psi earned second and third place while Phi Mu Alpha and Phi Epsilon earned additional ratings. James Nickerson and Jean Klussman from the education departments were noted as participants.
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Hoci Auditorium
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Beta Theta Pi
Phi Kappa Psi
Beta
Apps Suna
Siema Nu
Ip Arma
Eta Theta
Ecletta
Phi Epsilon
Delta Pons
Phi Mu Alpha
James Nickierson
Department of Music Educa‘tion
Jean Klussman
Depart
Ment of Education
Russia proposes widening UN Greece inquiry
Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko urged extending a U N probe of Greek frontier conditions to cover all of Greece. He proposed limiting investigations of Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria to border areas and criticized British troops in Greece. He warned of civil war risk and urged inclusion of Greek Democrats in the hearings amid calls for a seven nation commission.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United Nations
Greece
Andrei A. Groimyko
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
United Nations Security Council
Gromyko
Constantin Tsaldaris
Security Council
Sava N. Kasnovich
United States
Retail Stores to Stay Open for Late Shoppers
Lawrence stores will keep business hours to 8 30 p m tonight Friday Saturday and Monday for late Christmas shopping. The extended hours aim to help shoppers unable to visit during normal hours. Stores will not stay open late on Christmas Eve and Monday is the final late night for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Farm Bureau Leader Ivy Allen Dies in Coffey County
Ivy Allen, 77, founding president of the Coffey County Farm Bureau and longtime activist, died overnight in Burlington Kansas. Funeral services will be held for the prominent farm leader, survived by his widow and others.
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Leeder
Burlington
Kan
Ivy Allen
Coffey County Farm Bureau
Stock Market Index Nudges Higher In Mixed Session
The day’s average of 60 stocks rose to 67.0 points, up from 66.9 yesterday in a cautious trading pattern.
Truman’s China policy restatement pleases Nanking leaders
In Nanking on December 19 the Chiang Kai-shek government expressed satisfaction with President Truman’s restatement of U S policy toward China. Informed sources said no formal reaction was planned. Chinese leaders viewed the remarks as aimed at critics of the year old policy. Neutral observers saw no imminent violent changes indicated.
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Nanking
Truman
China
Chamber of Commerce to Run Housing Office Half Day
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce housing office will operate half days until March 1 1947 to align with the KU spring term start. Four Lawrence men received official recognition for holiday season contributions to local entertainment.
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Chamber of Commerce
University of Kansas
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Lawrence
C of
Oliver Hobbs
C. T. Hough
Massachusetts Street
D. M. Swarthout
K. U. School of Fine Arts
Chi Gallo- Wat
Hedrick
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas City
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Truman to spend Christmas in Independence with family
President Truman will fly to Independence Missouri on Christmas Day for a 24 hour stay with his family. He will deliver a five minute nationwide radio address at 417 pm on Christmas Eve. He plans three turkey dinners with his mother Martha E Truman and his family.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
White House
C.S.T
Connes
Tuam
Christmas shopping spreads over month as Lawrence stores report steady trade
Merchants in Lawrence say Christmas demand now extends through much of December with radios and refrigerators on waiting lists and shortages persisting in some lines. Retailers note early buying, last minute rushes, and plan extra help. most stores close on Christmas Day.
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Lawrence
Univer
Altho
Mild to warm weather forecast across Kansas
A seasonal mild pattern with mostly cloudy skies is expected tonight and Friday across Kansas according to S D Flora federal meteorologist. Isolated showers may affect eastern and southern areas. Overnight lows range from 25 to 35 degrees with tomorrow’s highs in the forties. Goodland and Phillipsburg reported 44 degrees yesterday, the state's top 24 hour high.
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Topeka
Sec
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Flora
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Flames Raze Union Grain Elevator in Minneapolis
A spectacular early morning blaze destroyed the barley filled Union Grain Elevator in Minneapolis. A company official estimated losses at about 5.11 million dollars, with the structure housing 1,100,000 bushels of barley.
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Minneapolis
Union
Extreme Cold Enables New Radio Discovery
Aasnoated Preset Dev reports a breakthrough in radio research. Jonas Heapk.ns notes experiments using frozen metal to create a novel tiny superconductor at extremely low temperatures. Andrews, a university professor, cites potential for improved reception and remote radio transmission due to increased sensitivity to wave impulses.
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Radio Research
Lpimea
Jonas Heapk
Andrews
Comtis
Capacity crowd at Hyau botonum plays mystery pageant
A large audience filled Hyau botonum for the Sedap show’s mystery play The N 2 Mrs Margaret Pearson Speeman directed the performance calling it the smoothest ever with many out of town writers attending their 13th show A dress rehearsal drew about 200 Haskell students who later relinquished seats to townspeople The Virgin Mary role was by Miss Remona James chosen by girl students The scene unfolds in a medieval church during Christmas services The play was written by Linda and Elizabeth Fyffe and adapted from French Neeis Mrs Millard Fowler led makeup
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Mary Rersons
Hy Au Btorum
Reer
Margaret Pearson Speeman
Toveka
Haskell
Speelman
Huthbeaks Skinner
S. Madison Coombs
E. Russell Carter
Remona James
Ygirl
Linda
Elizabeth Fyffe
Holiday Wrapping Station Popular Lawrence Spot
As Christmas nears the Lawrence post office reports rising mail volume. The station processes more packages each day and notes no major delays besides insufficient staff to keep up with wrapping demand.
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Lawrence
Fost
Ding
Ace McXee
Fire Keeps Burning Oil Pipeline Near Burlington
A pipeline fire northwest of Burlington Kansas spread black smoke for two days and caused no property damage aside from water shortages in a farm pond and creek. Origin of the blaze remains undetermined.
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Burlington
Kan
John Reamund
Burlington Daily Republican
Moni Griffin
Here
Griffin
New Mark Set at Lawrence Post Office
Lawrence post office unveils a new stamping machine to mark postage. Postmaster Roger Williams says cancellations rose recently with 7040 on Tuesday and 73 282 yesterday while staff work late to dispatch mail on time.
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Grant Eichhorn
Pitney-Bowes Omnidenominational
Roger Williams
W. M. Campbell
Connecticut Street
Lawrence
Williams
Roger Wiliams
Homa
Sloan Warns Wage Rise Will Trigger Price Hikes
Alfred P. Sloan, head of General Motors, told Boston Chamber of Commerce wages rises must raise prices. He warned such a policy fuels an endless wage and price spiral and urged more production and efficiency to meet costs. Sloan proposed revisions to the Wagner Act, including outlawing the closed shop.
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Boston
LPX
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Corporation
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Sloan
Nence
Grees
Clearing Names Policy Aims to Prevent Duplicate Welfare Baskets
Metz stressed the need for clear name records to avoid duplicative welfare aid. Officials plan to issue baskets to eligible families while auditing names inside the department to ensure no single family receives duplicates.
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J. Getz
Une
Staru
Rus
Rim
Metz
Weather Forecast for Kansas Temperatures Rise Ahead
A party night forecast shows cloudy conditions with rain and light winds. It expects warmer temperatures tonight and on Friday with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s and lows around 20s to low 30s. Southeast winds become variable as moisture moves across the state. Highs and lows may vary by county and location.
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