Three Killed as Train Hits Gas Truck at Kansas Crossing
A westbound Rock Island passenger train collided with a gasoline transport at a grade crossing seven miles southwest of Norton Kansas. Three men died engineer Pete Modlin fireman John Campbell and truck driver Orin Heaton. Mail cars burned and 196 sacks of mail were destroyed.
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Norton
Kan
Rock Island
Pete Modlin
Goodland
John J. Campbell
Colorado Springs
Colo
Gie Orin Heaton
Phillipsburg
Heaton
Joe Heaton
Agra
Wan
Seibert
Calo
Consumere Cooperative Oil Company of
Rocky Mountain Barket
Chicago
Limon
Denver
Kansas
Springhill
John W. Spencer
Bucyrus
Frisco
President Signs Bill for 914 Million in Aid and Relief
President Truman signed a 914 246 500 appropriation bill providing 522 million emergency aid for France Italy and Austria 18 million for China relief and 34 million for government and relief of occupied areas plus 32 011 000 for reclamation projects 500 000 for Navajo and Hopi relief 12 500 for a senator's heirs salary 222 000 for mileage 25 000 for families of deceased members 1 200 000 for federal security 40 000 for social security administration and 174 00 for a Seward Alaska hospital
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Washington
Truman
France
Italy
Austria
Congress
China
Indiana
Theodore G. Bilbo
D-Miss
Social Security Administration
Seward
Alaska
Markets Close For Christmas Holiday Observances
All domestic security and commodity markets will be closed on Christmas Day December 25. Some exchanges will close early on December 24 with noon closing for commodity markets. The Chicago Board of Trade will close at noon central time while the New York stock and curb exchanges run a full session ending at 3 p.m.
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Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock and Curb Exchanges
25 Years Prison For Seymour Bank Robbery
Louis Alfred Petty 44 with prior Missouri Ozarks crime record was sentenced in federal court to 25 years for the $3216 robery of the Bank of Seymour Missouri on November 2.
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Kansas City
Louis Alfred Petty
Missouri Ozarks
Bank
Seymour, Mo
Panama Assembly Rejects U S Request For 14 Bases
Panama's national assembly voted 51 to 0 to reject a signed agreement allowing the United States to lease and man 14 defense bases around the Panama Canal. The vote ends negotiations and may push the issue to the United Nations or an international tribunal. Former Foreign Minister Alfaro and his successor Florencio Arosemena quit amid opposition.
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Panama
National Assembly
United States
Panama Canal
United Nations
Ricardo J. Alfaro
Alfaro
Florencio Arosemena
Hhe
Battle in Jerusalem as Arabs and British force clash
Fighting erupts north of Jerusalem as Arab attackers ambush a highway convoy and a Jewish funeral procession on the Sacred Mount. Hagana clashes leave two Arabs wounded and a Swedish journalist and eight Jews injured. British forces in Haifa port receive a refugee vessel carrying about 800 Jewish immigrants destined for Cyprus detention camps. Traffic across Palestine halts amid widespread exchanges of fire.
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Jerusalem
Sacred Mount of the Ascension
Bab el Wad
Stockholm
Harold Hagg
Palestine
Br B& News
Hagana
Old City
Haifa
Cyprus
Cloudy East Kansas Weather Outlook for Christmas Week
Topeka December 23 forecast shows highs 40 to 50 in eastern Kansas with mostly cloudy skies and partly cloudy west. Lows 25 to 30 tonight. Little precipitation expected through Sunday with above normal temperatures. Christmas likely pleasant with minimal snow prospects. Traces of snow reported west to Ellis. mist at Coffeyville. Highest temp Monday 45 at Chanute. Goodland 28 low.
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Topeka
Kansas
D. Flora
Flora
Ellis
Lecompton
Kansas City
Wichita
Coffeyville
Chanute
Goodland
Truman to appoint Mark Edwin Andrews as assistant secretary
President Truman named Mark Edwin Andrews of Houston Texas for the post of assistant secretary of the navy and said his nomination will go to the Senate in the new session. The vacancy follows W John Kennedy’s promotion to undersecretary. Secretary Sullivan will also name Vice Admiral Arthur Radford as vice chief of naval operations effective January 3.
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Washington
Truman
Mark Edwin Andrews
Houston
Texas
White House
Andrews
Senate
Congress
W. John Kennedy
Navy
Navy Sullivan
Arthur William Radford
Naval
Admiral Radford
Atlantic
Burglar Steals Stewart-Warner Radio From Kaw Motor
A Stewart-Warner radio valued about 60 dollars was taken from Kaw Motor at 724 North Second Street last night after burglars pried open the front door. Harold Hunsinger, owner, filed the report with city police. Police were also investigating a break in at the Chi Omega sorority house at 1345 West Campus Road.
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Stewart-Warner
Kaw Motor Company
North Second Street
Harold Hunsinger
Chi Omega
West Campus Road
Theft at Baldwin Garage Strikes Tools Stock
Burglars pried open a rear window of Mike's Garage in Baldwin last night and carried off nearly the entire tools inventory. Sheriff Johns Jr. reported no loss estimate from the owners.
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Baldwin
Mike
Will Johns, Jr
Christmas Gift Parcels to Be Delivered Promptly in Lawrence
Local postal and express agency officials assured residents that all incoming Christmas gift parcels arriving on or before Christmas would be delivered. The post office will add extra clerks and carriers and close windows for regular mail. American Railway Express plans an early morning drive to speed perishable gifts with four trucks and crews. A record mail day pushed totals to 1 452 packages and 52 000 including other mail. Chamber of Commerce station closed after a 10 day rush, handling 211 mail bags and 3 500 packages.
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Lawrence
Postal and Express Agency
Roger Williams
American Railway Express Company
Frank H. Penner
Williams
StLesa
Chamber of Commerce
Named New Chairman of Personal Draft Eisenhower League
Stuart Scheftel, 87, publisher of Young America, named chairman to succeed Wins ton H. Thornburg. Thornburg resigns citing lack of time but supports Eisenhower's nomination. New directors include Luke B. Lockwood Melvin Eaton Henry Sears and Warren Lutz as league seeks a nationwide Eisenhower club network by February.
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New York
Stuart Scheftel
Young America
Eisenhower League
Winston H. Thornburg
Thornburg
Dwight) Eisenhower
United States
Luke B. Lockwood
New York City
Melvin Eaton
Norwich
N. Y
New York State Republican Committee
Henry Sears
Greenwich
Christmas Eve Services at Vinland Church
Members of the Vinland Methodist Church and children from the church school will join in a Christmas Eve vesper service at the church at 8 oclock tomorrow evening. An offering for the needy will be collected and food and clothing packages will be received for Salvation Army distribution. A party in the Fellowship hall will close the evening.
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Vinland Methodist Church
Salvation Army
Fellowship Hall
Five Buildings Burn In Sooner Town Talihina Okla
A ground floor fire leveled five storefronts in Talihina Oklahoma’s business district on December 23. Damage is estimated at 250000 with no injuries reported. Buckets and ladder crews aided by water-lifting from rooftops helped contain the blaze as supplies and nearby offices were moved to safety.
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Talihina
Okla
Oklahoma
Poteau
Vernie Vogler
E. B. Lynn
C. T. Raley
McAlaster
Oklo
Holt’s
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
Kansas Jayhawkers Sendoff Plans for Orange Bowl Trip
Kansas City officials and lawmakers will join supporters Friday to bid Kansas University football team farewell for the Orange Bowl clash with Georgia Tech. Lt. Gov Hagaman and Rep Scrivner will be on hand as the Jayhawks depart from Fairfax airport after a 9 30 a m reception at the chamber building. A breakfast will follow, with a flowers horseshoe presented to the players before the 11 a.m. departure.
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Kansas City
F. L. Hagaman
E. P. Scrivner
Kansas
Kansas Jayhawkers
Georgia Tech
Clifton Roberts
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Bill Bodin Approved to Erect Garage and Agency Building
The zoning board approved Bill Bodin’s plan to build a garage and automobile agency at 846 Mississippi Street with the east edge along the alley. Bodin Nash dealer previously faced a permit denial due to a 25 foot alley setback rule. The notice notes a Christmas gift subscription promotion for the Journal World.
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Board of Zoning and Appeals
Bill Bedin
Mississippi Street
Bodin
Nash Dealer
Lawrence
Journal World
No White Christmas in Four-State Area Says Weather Bureau
The weather bureau reports no chance of snow across Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Missouri. Christmas Day is expected mild with partly cloudy skies in Kansas Nebraska and Missouri and generally fair weather in Oklahoma. Forecast highs range from the upper 40s to upper 60s across the region.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Oklabraska
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
New Trial Sought In $200000 Ellis Library Case
Contenders for Ralph Ellis library seek new trials after District Judge Means ruled the library should go to the University of Kansas and Mrs Irene Ellis. Attorneys filed motions within days claiming the evidence and law support a different outcome and warning of a possible appeal to the state Supreme Court. The judge previously held the library transfer document not a will but later found Mrs Ellis did not fully understand she was relinquishing rights, granting widow status under Kansas law.
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Ralph Ellis
Hugh Means
University of Kansas
Ellis
Irene Ellis
Mary Ellen Simmons
George Melvin
A. B. Mitchell
Mrs. Ellis
John Brand
Robert Stone
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Melvin
Mitchell
Judge Means
K. U
OPA Cases Dropped Against Balt City and Kansas Pack ers
The government dropped its case against Jacob Spevak of Baltimore and Sam Albert and Melvin Simon of Kansas City. They had been convicted in 1945 for conspiring to violate OPA ceiling prices by selling about 2,000,000 pounds of beef above the limits. The dismissal came after the Justice Department said the price regulations might not stand up to appellate review.
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Baltimore
Kansas City
Jacob Spevak
Sam
Albert
Melvin Simon
U. S
Bernard J. Flynn
Attorney General’s Office
Appelate Tribunal
Spevak
the Simons
University sells all bowl game tickets for Kansas
All 3,250 Orange Bowl tickets allotted to the University of Kansas have been sold. Athletic business manager Earl Falkenstien announced the sale. Tickets for the Kansas Notre Dame basketball game in Hoch Auditorium tonight will be sold at the athletic office in Robinson Gymnasium until 6 30 and after that at Hoch auditorium. Christmas day Ice Co.
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University of Kansas
Earl Falkenstien
University
Kansas-Notre Dame
Hoch Auditorium
Robinson Gymnasium
The Candle in the Window
A Christmas Eve tale from western Kansas promises added happiness in the coming issue. The story will be published in full tomorrow in the journal World.
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The
Curnal World
Kansas
Court House Woodwork Bid Sought After Major Interior Work
County commissioners approved a plan to replace and paint interior woodwork in the courthouse for the first time in years. Bids will be accepted Monday at the clerk offices as engineers, treasurer, and county officials push a long-awaited renovation amid ongoing plaster cracks and shifting foundations reported in multiple offices.
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Court House
Apts
Peter
Rey Flory
Pete Duree
Ousdah
Larsen
Gerhart
Appeals Court Denies Cargill Appeal on Chicago Futures
The U S circuit court of appeals today denied an appeal by Cargill a Minneapolis trading firm seeking relief from a board order restricting futures trading in the Chicago pits The case centers on alleged pre fishing activities and the Chicago Board of Trade action to curb futures trading in Chicago.
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Chicago
TS. Circus
Cargil
Tne
Minneapolis
Truman to issue statement amid Republican backed measure
Press secretary Charles G. Ross said President Truman would issue a public statement on the Republican backed tax bill, with timing undecided. Reporters were briefed on plans for no veto or signing decision and further details remained unclear.
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Charles G. Ross
Ol Als
Slits
One Day Holiday Hours Announced for Downtown Stores
Downtown merchants plan a Christmas holiday with extended hours tonight and normal close tomorrow. City offices at 10 Massachusetts Street will shut early and reopen Friday morning, affecting library, Chamber of Commerce, state service, and community centers.
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Amd
Bohusimess
Christmias
Vse
Merchants Bureau
Vecerars
Massachusetts Street
Eentemorroy
Free Public Library
Kansas State Friagment Service
Chamber of Commerce
Coffiees
Sunty Row Horse
Raisin Bowl committee to decide on Kansas school plans
In Freston California the Raisin Bowl committee will determine Kansas school participation. Officials anticipate formal activities and a possible appearance by Ren Baers.
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Fresto
Calif
Dee
Ren Rearly
Baers
Kansas
Governor Receives Local Band Fund Donations
Citizens of Lawrence and the University of Me Yeeterisy contributed to a successful fundraiser. Governor Carls plans travel from the Lawre ta Fe station to Miami to campaign, with Wiley and journal staff coordinating event coverage and party hotel arrangements.
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Lawrence
University of Me
Tara Var
van An
Wrey
Russell
Terry
Carls
Lawre Ta Fe
Miami
State of Kansas
Urred Wiley
Santa Fe and St Louis Clash Over Intercity Rail Plans
In a dispute between Santa Fe and St Louis authorities, regional plans to extend interstate rail operations eastward clash over jurisdiction and expected community impact. Officials from both cities argue over control and timelines, seeking a coordinated path forward.
Weather District Forecast For December December The Missouri Plains
A garbled weather district forecast notes temperatures around zero and below in portions of Missouri and surrounding districts. It references northeast Kansas and western areas with mentions of fair skies and southerly winds varying by day.
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Neb
C. W. Dutcher
Omaha
R. Jackson
C. M. Abwmhams
Weldon Tock
Colby
Atwood
Denana Wetern
Colorado
Western
Japan
MacArthur
Panama Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
Cfrea
Rio Hato
Phog Allen
New Book Keelers Book Store
Adv
Epierae
Hanna‘’s
Sooner Town
Blaze
K.U
Sendof
Bill Bodin
Mississippi
Fonk’s
the Asstansiey Press
OPA
Ice Co
Margaret Hill McCarter
the Assonated Press
Estes Studio
Russell L. Wiley
James H. Parsons
Frank Carlson
Orange Bowl
Carlson
and Wiley
TMT Vo Mayor Ju Do
Doge TV
Georgia
Creda
Jaycve Dance
Apareciz
Carle
Firne Peegeris
Jourea
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Messouri
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