Telegraph Strike Averted in Western Union Wage Talks
Washington Dec 22 A pre Christmas strike by Western Union telegraph workers was averted by sending wage disputes to a three man fact finding panel. The panel will decide opening date for wage negotiations and wage profit issues while basic pay disputes remain for later negotiations after the report. The unions involved include the Commercial Telegraphers Union Telegraph Employee Union of Atlanta and Telegraph Workers Union of Dallas. Independent Communications Workers of America plans for 230 000 Bell telephone wage talks next spring.
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Washington
A.F.L. Tor
Bell Telephone
Communicationa
E.S.T
Cyrin C. Ching
Ching
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Telegraph Employee Union of
Atlanta
Telegraph Workers Union of
Dallas
Joseph Abeline
Independent Communications ,Workers of America
Beirne
Coyotes Bagged in Kanwaka Area Wolf Drives
Ten coyotes were taken in three Kanwaka area drives sponsored by the Central Protective Association. The morning drive covered 2 1 4 square miles netting three coyotes by noon. After lunch about 350 hunters joined the afternoon drive and six more were bagged in a nine square mile zone. A final drive at 2 30 p m yielded the day’s largest coyote. The coyotes were sold to the University of Kansas zoology department for 22 50.
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Kanwaka Area
Central Protective Association
Kanwaka
University of Kansas Zoology Department
Kansas University Band Delivers Contributions to Governor
The 110 member Kansas University band, led by Prof. Russell L. Wiley, traveled to Topeka with Mayor James H. Parsons to present nearly 1900 in funds to Governor Frank Carlson at the statehouse. Contributions came from local businesses, individuals, band members, and KU faculty and students.
Bell XS-1 Reported Faster Than Sound Flight
Washington reports that the Bell XS-1 experimental rocket plane pierced the sonic barrier on several flights at Muroc Army Air Base California. Aviation writer Marvin Miles cites reliable sources and notes secrecy by Secretary Forrestal.
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Washington
Aviation Week
Ites
Muree Air Base
Calif
Marvin Miles
Los Angeles Times
Murne
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Buffalo
N. Y
Bell Aircraft Corp
Charles Yaeger
Yaeger
Howard Lilly
Herbert Hoover
National Association of Aeronautics
Air Force
Kansas University installs first west of Mississippi steam power plant
The University of Kansas mechanical engineering department adds a new educational power plant from General Electric. Two steam turbines drive electric generators with attached condensers, allowing replication of all cycles in a modern steam plant. Prof. Harry Danech notes it advances instruction and that KU secured early delivery amid high demand.
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Mississippi River
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Kansas
Harry Daasch
General Electric
Danech
K. U
Vermont Street Widening Nears Final Phase
The Vermont Street widening advances to its final phase as crews start side strips in the 900 block for seven foot curbing. Mild weather allowed paving in the 1000 block yesterday, enabling traffic to open within ten days. Paving of 900 block curbing should finish by next weekend.
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Vermont
Stock Market Index Drops on Christmas Day Trading
The average of 60 stocks falls to 65.1 with a 0.3 point decline on Christmas Day. Market activity shows investors cautious as holiday trading reduces volume and volatility.
Dog causes accident near Bates City injuring couple and infant
Mrs James Scholes wife of a University of Kansas instructor and their two month old daughter Sandra were treated in Law rence Memorial hospital after their car went off Highway 40 near Bates City Missouri Saturday. Scholes said a wire haired terrier in the back seat caused him to lose control. The car rolled three times ending on its top. The family was en route to New York for Christmas. Mrs Scholes sustained possible pelvic fracture back injuries and multiple bruises. Both adults and the infant had minor cuts and bruises.
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James Scholes
University of Kansas
Sandra
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Scholes
Highway 40
Bates City
Missouri
New York
Lawrence youngsters busy playing during holidays
A two week supervised recreation program for Lawrence students from fifth grade to high school began this morning. High school and junior high boys played basketball at the Community Building and Woodlawn school gym, while boys and girls played volleyball at Liberty Memorial High School auditorium. Recreation superintendent Jey Heeb said the game room at the Community Building will stay open each afternoon during the holidays.
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Lawrence School
Lawrence Recreation Commission
Junnor High School
Woodlawn School
Liberty Memorial High School
Jey Heeb
Accident injures D. C. Braun near Worden
D C Braun of Kansas City suffered serious injuries when his 1941 Chevrolet left Highway 50 N two miles west of Worden and rolled over several times. He was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital in serious condition. deputies Hodson and Crabtree noted the car was a total loss.
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D.C
Senate Ponders Marshall Plan Opinions For European Recovery
The senate foreign relations committee will seek a cross section of prominent Americans to gauge views on the four year 17 billion dollar Marshall plan for Europe. Secretary of State Marshall is expected to testify first on January 7, with many more witnesses to follow in open hearings.
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Washington
Barkley
Marshall
Vandenberg
R.mich
Congress
Truman
Tin
Deat
Foreign Relations Committee
Harriman
Europe
Bernard N. Baruch
James F. Byrnes
William L. Clayton
Herbert Hoover
Herter
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eaton
R.N. J
Occupation troops prepare for Christmas in Tokyo
Tokyo December 22. The army promised its occupation troops their third Christmas in Japan will have solemnity and gaiety. Christmas will be an official holiday with only necessary guard details. A Handel Messiah performance opened Christmas week. The annual parade will feature Santa Claus and about 30 floats. A light snowfall was forecast for Christmas Eve but may melt by Christmas Day.
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Tokyo
Japan
Santa Claus
13Rd
Christmas Mail Surge Strains Lawrence Post Office
With two days left before Christmas the Lawrence post office sees a rising influx of mail. Sam Moyer says incoming trains swamp the facility and daily totals may exceed prior records though staff can keep up. Carrier routes run 7:30 am to dusk as 45 carriers work to clear parcels. At the Chamber of Commerce station Bruce McKee reports 156 bags of packages plus two truckloads since opening a week ago. Saturday saw 365 packages wrapped and mailed.
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Lawrence Post Office
Sam Moyer
Moyer
Bruce McKee
McKee
Nine Frisco Freight Cars Derail Near Lamar Missouri
Frisco tracks near Lamar Missouri reopened at 4 10 this morning twelve hours after a southbound freight derailed. Nine cars jumped the tracks due to a broken axle. No injuries were reported. Wreckers from Fort Scott Kansas and Springfield aided in clearing the line. Two passenger trains between Kansas City and Springfield were delayed.
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Lamar
Frisco
Springfield
Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas City
Dean of Officials Dies at 35-Term Wallace County Clerk
Sharon Springs Kansas December 22 Ernest Ellison county clerk of Wallace county for 35 consecutive years. The Republican known as the dean of county officials died Saturday in a Denver hospital where he had entered Friday. Ellison was never defeated in an election.
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Sharon Springs
Kan
Wallace County
Ernest Ellison
Denver
Ellison
Kansas to Host 2500 Delegates at North American Student Conference
Arrangements for housing transport and processing 2500 delegates and leaders of the North American student conference on Christian frontiers begin at the University of Kansas this Saturday. Rev C W Thomas notes rooms for 2000 plus up to 200 more, with volunteers from KU assisting at information desks registration meals and guides.
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University of Kansas
C. W. Thomas
Lawrence
New York City
Cincinnati
Kansas
Union
Kansas University
Mt. Oread
Memorial Union
Thomas
Official First Day of Winter Brings Fair Weather
The first day of winter arrives with sunny skies and mild temps across Kansas. Forecaster S D Flora predicts fair weather through Tuesday with low 20s to upper 30s tonight and highs 40 to 45 tomorrow. statewide precipitation is minimal, with fog reported on weekend nights.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Kansas City
Ellis
Garden City
Goodland
Mail-In Tax Payments Flood County Treasury
Last minute 1947 tax payments flooded the county treasurer's office while on site payments dropped. County Treasurer Roy Flory said Saturday's half day left postal receipts high and promised an extra day for late payers.
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Roy Flory
Winter Begins Amid Mild Weather Across Nation
The first day of winter passed with unseasonably mild national temperatures. Only the Canadian border saw wintry conditions with 0 to 10 degrees, while many regions recorded normal or above readings and light precipitation. Rain was noted in the southeast and Pacific Northwest, with rain-to-snow expected in Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and northern Illinois as temperatures cool tomorrow.
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Canadian
Pacific
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Five Lawrence Streets To Become One Way After Holidays
The Lawrence city plan to restrict traffic on five streets to one way will take effect after January 1. Police Chief Bliesner cited late delivery of markers as the delay and said the system will be formalized when the council approves the ordinance. The routes shift traffic along Tennessee Kentucky Fourteenth North Park and related streets to reduce hazards until streets can be widened.
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C. A. Bliesner
RK. U
Bliesner
Charles JD. Stough
Tennessee Street
Nineteenth
Eleventh
Kentucky Street
Nineteenth Street
Fourteenth Street
Massachusetts
Tennessee
North Park
Vermont
New Hampshire
Senator Kem Demands Justice Oversight in Postwar Endorsements
Kansas City dispatch reports Senator Kem calls for Edwin Pauley’s removal and urges renewed Senate inquiry into the Justice Department. Kem criticizes cost of living policy statements by President Truman and recalls press on the 1946 Kansas City election. He returns from Washington with demands for investigations and accountability.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Edwin Pauley
Commodity Exchange Administration
Truman
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Kansas City
Edwin W. Pauley
Secretary of the Army
Kem
R.-Mu
Kenn
Senate
Department of Justice
Flora Predicts a Fair Christmas Day for Kansas
Weatherman S. D. Flora forecast a fair Christmas Day in Kansas with temperatures from 35 to 40 degrees. The special forecast also noted Wednesday would be partly cloudy to cloudy with temperatures in the upper forties. The earlier regular forecast had already predicted fair weather through Tuesday.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Hit Run Driver Kills Mrs Henning Atchison Missouri
Mrs Blanch Henning 54 died at Atchison hospital from injuries after a Saturday night accident on the east approach of the Missouri river bridge connecting Atchison and Winthrop Mo. The car driven on the wrong side struck her and knocked her over a guard rail into an embankment. Patrols searched for the unidentified vehicle and its driver and for George L Johnson who assisted in the inquiry.
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Atchison
Kan
Blanch Henning
Atchison Hospital
Missouri River
Winthrop
George L. Johnson
Henning
Missouri-Pacifie
Edward Henning
Missouri
Kansas
Hornets Rout Marshall College In 82-52 Victory
Emporia State Hornets led by Wilbur Reeser 28 points defeated Marshall College 82 to 52 in Emporia Kansas. The game featured a decisive performance by Reeser as Emporia State extended their home win profile.
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Horneta
Emporia
Kan
Emporia State Hornets
Wilbur Reeser
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
Utility study of additions slated for Lawrence streets
Councilman John Selig announced a winter survey to assess utility needs in newly annexed Lawrence areas. The review will map street lighting and sewage gaps, guiding improvements and warding plan updates. Street lighting may precede sewer work due to material shortages.
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Lawrence
John Selig
Council Streets Committee
Selig
Helmont
Pairfax
University
Priace Annex
University Heights
West Halls
Strong
Tickets Still Available For Orange Bowl Contest
Falkenstien reports 60 tickets remain for the Orange Bowl game in Miami on New Year’s Day. Tickets are also on sale for the Kansas Notre Dame basketball game in Hoek auditorium tomorrow night and season tickets for Oklahoma Drake Nebraska and Kansas State basketball games continue to be offered.
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Falkenstien
K. A
Miami
Fla
Kansas
Packers Select Kling From Missouri in Draft
At the league meeting the Green Bay Packers announced draft selections including Kling of Missouri among the players chosen.
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Titts Burreh
Cph
Pred Kling
Missouri
Green Bay Packers
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