Ransom Demands Highlight U S Hungarian Fines Debate
The State Department weighs how to handle fines of 360 000 forint per U S flier in Hungary. Some lawmakers oppose paying, arguing it is a ransom. Sen Smathers proposes a $1 per American descendant fund, potentially raising money in 72 hours for propaganda impact behind the Iron Curtain. A Hungarian American press group pledges $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Congress
U. S
Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Budapest
Ae Appy
Gary
Sen. Smathers
D-Fla
St Louis
American Hungarian Press Association
Smathers
TOP STEEL TO MEET FOR POSSIBLE UNITED STEELWORKERS STRIKE
In Pittsburgh on December 26, CIO United Steelworkers leaders summon the 36 member executive board and 110 member wage policy committee to decide if a midnight December 31 strike will proceed. President Truman urged both sides to turn the matter to Wage Stabilization for settlement, offering wage raises to workers and price adjustments to companies if entitled.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Philip Murray
USW
Truman
U. S
Com
Union
City to upgrade ice fighting gear for winter weather
Wigglesworth said the city will add a sand bin and two new spreaders to its ice control equipment, improving winter readiness without buying specialized gear this year. He noted such spreaders are useful in snow or ice yet to come and observed no street damage from the cold and ice so far.
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Wiggles
Priny
Wigeeworth
Model Plane Workshop Time Change
The Lawrence Recreation Commission moves the model plane workshop to 2 to 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Community Building basement instead of 4 to 5 30 p.m. The change was made by LS. Heed due to Christmas vacation in the Lawrence public schools.
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Lawrence Recreation Commission
LS. Heed
The
Recreation Commission
Lawrence
Hospital and city residents referenced in partial report
A fragmented memorial hospital notice lists names and addresses including Mrs Jessie Miller Theodore Williamson Naomi Richardson Joann Leonard Mary Fratr cen Clark Tonganoxie Janice Lutz Connie Lutz Shirley Gareig Donald Earl Johnson William Merkle Mrs Grace Oshel and baby De Soto Marilee Eiffert Lorene Taylor Sunflower Edna Maysynolds Vivien Vaiprai Emma Brown and baby Eu dora plus a burglarized or affected area. A separate emergency room report notes Ronnie Stauffer of Lecompton treated for a cut above the right eye. An Ache lla Lodge No 4 meeting notice and visitors list closes the fragment.
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Jessie Miller
Theodore Williamson
Naomi Richardson
N. Ard
Ivaning
Vinalnd
Joann Leonard
Mo. St
Mary Fratr Cen Clark
Janice Lutz
Connie Lutz
Connie Bosze
Pa. St
Shirley Ann Gareig
FR. I. St
Grace Oshel
DeSoto
Marilee Eiffert
1200 Summitt
Lorene "Taylor and
Baby
Sunflower
Edna Maysynolds
Tonganoxie
Vivien Vaiprai
Emma _ Brown
Eudora
Meanest person in town steals tree lights
Last night after 10 someone took 13 bulbs from an outdoor Christmas tree at N.H. St. Grandparents had decorated it for grandchildren whose father serves in Korea. The grandfather warned the thief he would hand over the remaining two bulbs if they return. Christmas Day brought 62 patients to Lawrence Memorial Hospital including six newborns.
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N.H. St
Korea
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Stork
I. Tren
Byron Sheegas
Pawnee Ave
Clifford Black
Tonganoxie
Winston Harwood
la. St
Paul White
Tenn, St
Land
Herman Butell
Baldwin, Land
Tyan Percival
Route 2
WARNING FOR YOUTHS IN EGYPT PROMPTS BRITISH WARNINGS
Ismailia Egypt December reports say young Egyptians plan commando attacks on British forces in the Suez Canal Zone. Lt General George Erskine warns that if attacks occur he will crush them with force and holds those who enable the plan responsible. British forces in the Canal Zone are reported to number 40000 plus air and naval support.
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Ismailiz
Egypt
Suez Zone
George Erskine
Cairo
Canal Zone
Iif
Iag
Pet coon explores wonders of TV
In Memphis, a family coon entered the Jolly home TV set after a child released it to see what would happen. The animal crawled through wires during a German song and was removed after about two hours of careful work. Damage was undetermined.
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Memphis
Tenn
China Shop
R. E. Jolly
Jolly
Prominent NAACP Leader Killed by Florida Bomb Blast
In Mims Florida a bomb at the Moore home killed Harry T Moore 46 state secretary of the NAACP and seriously wounded his wife Harriet who teaches in Lake Park. His mother and daughter were in the house but escaped harm. The blast leveled the bedroom of the frame house about a mile from Mims 40 miles south of Daytona Beach.
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Mims
Fla
Harry T. Moore
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Harriet
Lake Park
West
Palm Beach
Daytona Beach
Moore
Jacksonville
Annie
Ocala
Arbuckle Birth Announcement and Local Marriage License
Mr and Mrs Glenn Arbuckle of Chicago announce the birth of a son on December 14. The mother was a nurse at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. the father attended Kansas University and graduated January 1951. Mrs Arbuckle, former Betty Drake, and both parents are natives of Iola. A Douglas County Probate Court marriage license was issued to Wayne H Wulfkuhle 22 Lecompton and Ethel M Houk 18 Richland.
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Glenn Arbuckle
Chicago
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
K. U
Arbuckle
Betty Drake
Iola
Douglas County
Wayne Herbert Wulfkuhle
Lecompton
Ethel Mary Houk
Richland
Boy Trapped by Ice Cream Machine at Theater
In Pittsburgh on December 26 a boy named Howard Kopelic, aged over a year old, stuck his hand in a theater ice cream machine hoping for a treat. The coin slot jammed, and firefighters spent nearly an hour prying him free with crowbars and axes. He did not get his ice cream.
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Pittsburgh
Howard Kopelic
Howard
Continue Efforts to Halt Walkout at Boeing Plant
Wichita, Dec 26. Federal conciliator B Robert Moore returned to press talks to avert a Jan. 2 strike at Boeing Wichita where B47 Stratojet bombers are built. He met with Boeing Airplane Co officials and with leaders of the International Association of Machinists AFL. Parties show willingness to resume negotiations after a stalemate before Christmas over wage hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Robert Moore
Boeing Wichita
Boeing Airplane Co
International Association of Machinists
AFL
Moore
Jin
Cold Wave Hits Chicago After Huge Snowfall
Chicago faced a sub zero cold wave after the city endured the season's heaviest snowfall in 33 years. Crews labored to clear drifts paralyzing transport as the Weather Bureau warned of zero to 10 below tonight, but promised no new snow for 36 to 48 hours while residents dig out.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Visas to Admit Latest Group of DPs by Year End
Washington column notes that visas to admit the last of 336000 European displaced persons will be issued by December 31 under current law. By year end about 5000000? in the US and distribution timelines through 1952 are outlined, with emphasis on remaining expellees, the UN agency wind‑down, and potential new legislation. It cites John W. Gideon and Rep. Francis Walter on resettlement, costs, and ongoing DP challenges in Western Europe.
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Quashington
NEA
United States
America
International Refugee Organisation
United Nations Agency For
John W. Gideon
U. S. Displaced Persons Commission
Europe
Shay SeOl Ween
Brussels
Cocummizm
Wan
Germany
Ausra
East Germany
Free West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Balkans
Francis Walter Oe
Congress
U. S
U. & Government
Service members return home on leave and assignments
Griswold Seaman USN arrives for 30 day leave with parents at 944 Kg. St. after16 months on the Aleutians. After leave he heads to San Francisco for orders. Pvt. Gaylord Hunt, son of A. G. and Mrs. Hunt, 824 Ark. Lt., chosen for Army Leadership School at Camp Chaffee Arkansas after basic with Fifth Army Division. Ney Foster, ESTA Unavy, on 16 day leave with parents at 1713 Ala. St. He is stationed at Treasure Island Naval Electrical School in San Francisco.
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Dean, Griswold
USN
Carl F. Griswold
St. Griswold
Aleutian Islands
San Francisco
Gaylord G. Hunt
A. G. Hunt
Ark
Army Leadership School
Camp Chaffee, Ark
Ney
G. Foster
Hubert G. Foster
Ala
U.S. Naval Electrical School
Treasure Island
Market News From New York and Kansas City Trade Report
Market notes from New York and Kansas City show mixed movements with cotton higher and grains firm. Prices for wheat and corn are listed with various grades and percentages, while dairy and butter prices are cited alongside standard classifications and recent quotas.
Deaths and Funerals Rites for Andrew Jackson
Funeral services for Andrew Jackson were held at Schubert Funeral Chapel at 10 30 a m conducted by Rev George C Fetter of the First Baptist Church. Interment was in Memorial Park Cemetery. He worked 28 years on the Journal World advertising staff and taught at the church. OD. L. Burton died at his Lone Star home after a life in Douglas County farming and public service. Funeral at Rumsey Friday 2 p m. burial in Oak Hill. Ole Peter Anderson 81 died at his son’s home in Lawrence. Survived by wife Margaret, granddaughter Carol, brother Marius, funeral in Leavenworth with burial in Platte City. George McManus 61 KU custodian, collapsed on street, survived by wife Betty, sisters Luta and Sarah, brothers John, Robert, N S McManus. funeral Thursday 7 p m at Rumsey, burial Oak Hill.
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Andrew Jackson
Schubert
George C. Fetter
First Baptist Church
Mr. Jackson
Journal- World
New Douglas
University of Missouri
Missouri
William Jewell College
Liberty
Masonic Order
Memorial Park Cemetery
OD. L. Burton
Detroit L. Burton
Lone Star
Douglas County
First Baptist Church of
Lawrence
Margaret Burton
Charles Ulrich
Santa Monica
Calif
Frank Burton
Webb
Okla
Rumsey Funeral Home
Frida
Qal Hil
PB. Anderson
Ole Peter Anderson
N. K. Anderson
W. 9Th St
Denmark
America
Margaret Elizabeth Kay
Platte City
Leavenworth
Great Western Stove Co
Anderson
Carol Anderson
Marius Anderson
Qwosso
Mich
P Platte City
George McManus
Route 6
University of Kansas
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Betty Farmer
Lawrence Mra
Luta Ferrill
Union
Sarah Luki
St. Louis
John McManus
Ertherville
Iowa
Robert McManus
David McManus
N. S. McManus
Ip Oak Hill Cemetery
Card of Thanks Expressing Gratitude for Kindness
A note of gratitude from Hal Marshal thanks friends for acts of kindness and sympathy cards during hospitalization. The message expresses sincere appreciation for support received.
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Hal Marshal
Livestock Market and Commodities Report Dec Kansas City
Kansas City markets report cattle and calves mixed with steady to higher bids amid slow demand. hogs steady to lower with near term price stability. Also noted are hay prices, potato market movements, and Sears midwinter catalog pricing.
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Kansas City
Kanaan City
Prairie
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