Truman Urges Faster Immigration From Eastern Europe
President Truman asked officials to accelerate immigration from middle and eastern Europe, aiming at about 39 000 arrivals annually. He said the 1924 quota system remains unchanged with a total annual cap of 158 000, and detailed country quotas. He emphasized helping stranded Europeans, especially orphans, while enforcing medical and financial requirements and ensuring sponsors.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Europe
Congress
Middle
Great Britain
Irish Free State
Germany
Austria
Greece
Bulgaria
Poland
Ireland
Con
Britain
Dance for Teens Tonight at Community Building
A teen dance runs this evening from 7:30 to 10 at the Community building announced by Chalmer Woodard director of the holiday recreation program in the city. The program sponsored by the Lawrence recreational council invites all city teens. Basketball courts at the senior high school and Community building are open daily for groups while the senior high court is refinished and the junior high gym hosts younger youngsters.
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Chalmer Woodard
Lawrence
Marriage Licenses Issued In Local Office
James E McGee and Marcella Ingenthron both of Corinth Mississippi. Alph M Koontz and Gertrude M Meives both of Topeka. Robert Dean Smith and Ida Jane Christian both of Kansas City Missouri. Governor Griswold to seek 1946 Republican Senate nomination in Nebraska opposing Senator Hugh A Butler.
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Eboneyate
J. B. Wilson
James E. McGee
Marcella Ingenthron
Corinth
Miss.alph M. Koontz
Gertrude M. Meives
Topeka
Robert Dean Smith
Ida Jane Christian
Kansas City, Mo
Senate
Lincoln
Neb
Dwight P. Griswold
United States
Nebraska
Griswold
Hugh A. Butler
Omaha
Mayor Fletcher Owron vetoes tattoo artist permit rule
In Los Angeles on December 27 UPI reports Mayor Fletcher Owron vetoed an ordinance requiring special permits for tattoo artists. He argued adults should be free to obtain body art without government interference.
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Angeles
UPI
Fletcher Owron
Doves Slightly Injured In Highway Embankment Crash
Mr and Mrs Dove of 646 Kentucky street were slightly injured when their car skidded off a 12 foot embankment on a highway near Coffeyville en route to Tulsa for the funeral of Ralph Root nephew of Mrs Ora Root formerly of Lawrence. The car was wrecked and both occupants suffered cuts and shock. They spent the night in Coffeyville and continued to Tulsa where the funeral was held yesterday.
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Dove
Kentucky Street
Coffeyville
Tulsa
Ralph Root
Ora Root
Lawrence
Root
Reach Agreement on Atomic Bomb in Long Foreign Talks
China reportedly agreed to the plan as Byrnes left the U S embassy after a 12 hour final conference among foreign ministers. Harriman indicated Byrnes would travel to Washington via Berlin Paris and the Azores. Molotov and the Russian delegation saw Byrnes off with warm parting words.
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China
Byrnes
U. S
Ing
W. Averell Harriman
Washington
Berlin
Paris
Azores
Molotov
Russia
Foo Peng Sheung
Big Three discuss Korea trusteeship and split of Korea
Reports say the Big Three may form a four nation trusteeship council including the United States Russia Britain and China to govern Korea for five years with coordinated southern and northern military administrations. Some talks touched on Turkish and Black Sea issues with no agreement reached. Iran accuses Russia of meddling in Azerbaijan.
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Korea
Japan
London
Turkey
Soviet
Georgia
Black Sea
Iran
Russia
Azerbaijan
Red Army
Action Against Consolidated Car Heating Co Antitrust Suit Filed
Attorney General Tom C. Clark announced a civil anti trust suit in the U S district court for southern New York charging Consolidated Car Heating Co with fixing unreasonable prices for thonium denture material Ticonium and illegal license agreements with over twenty dental laboratories to use the alloy and its casting machine in denture manufacture The government says competition in dental equipment and supplies has been illegally restrained.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Consolidated Car Heating Company
Clark
United States District Court
New York
Consolidated
WPP Dental Laboratories
Lecompton Man AWOL in Missouri Bank Robbery Case
Edward King of Lecompton was arrested in Missouri after a nine hour chase in the Winigan bank robbery. He gave Topeka as his address and faces actions from Missouri state police. A second man was captured. a third man killed himself as the posse closed in.
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Lecompton
Edward King
Topeka
Missouri
Winigan, Mo
King
Winigan
Train Delayed 10 Minutes by Wild Horse in Spokane Yard
Engineer Jesse G. Pruitt reported the North Coast Limited was delayed ten minutes entering Spokane yard as a horse ran wild with no signals, causing the incident in Spokane, Washington.
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Spokane, Wash
Jesse G. Pruitt
North Coast Limited
Terminal Yard
Spokane
Two County Court Cases Heard by Judge Wilson
Judge J. B. Wilson presided over a county court session. Edgar John Rickel was fined 50 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to passing another car on a hill. William Harsha paid 15 dollars and costs for lacking a 1945 Kansas auto license.
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J. B. Wilson
Edgar John Rickel
William Harsha
Kansas
Julius C Holmes Joins TWA Staff In War Roles
Julius C Holmes, a senior Allied military officer, joins TWA staff as deputy assistant chief of staff G-5 at Allied Headquarters in northwest Europe. His duties covered relations with allied governments and postwar administration planning, with later recall by President Roosevelt as assistant secretary of state.
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Allieadquarters
Follo
General Over
Northwesturope
Holmes
G-5
Supreme Headquatters
Cha
Germany
Roosevelt
United States
U. S. Foreign Service
Marseilles
France
Turkey
Albania
Romania
Washington
State Department
General Mills, Inc
Slayings in Berlin Trigger House-to-House Probe
Berlin police and U S authorities search the Tempel Hof air drome district for gunmen who killed two American soldiers on Christmas Eve. A German girl Ingard Grosso, 19, described two Russians who approached the pair and fired after one asked in broken English Are you an American. Another body was found about 50 yards away after the pair had been seen near a theater.
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Berlin
Tempel-Hof
United States Army
Ingard Grosso
Strikes at a Glance by the Associated Press
About 398000 workers stay off the job amid ongoing labor disputes. Major developments include a near 200000 member Electrical strike linked to CIO leadership, a wage dispute with General Electric and Westinghouse, a Nationwide Communications strike by telephone workers, and a pending GM decision on government wage hearings. Local union grievances in strike-bound plants are being handled under new procedures.
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Associated Press
United Electrical Workers In Industry
C.I.0
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Mars
Western Electric Company
New York
New Jersey
General Motors
C.I
Unite Auto Workers
Ayres to head federal trade commission in 1946
Pi-W. A. Ayres of Wichita Kansas will become chairman of the federal trade commission for 1946, succeeding Ewin L. Davis as the policy of rotating the chairmanship. Garland S. Ferguson will become vice chairman. Ayres, a longtime Democratic adviser and 1934 appointee, was vice chairman this year and will serve a seven year term set in 1940.
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Washington
Pi—W. A. Ayres
Wichita
Kan
Federal Trade Commission
Ayres
Ewin L. Davis
Tennessee
Commission
Garland S. Ferguson
North Carolina
Apres
Coferee
Kansas
Roosevelt
Sidetrack Wages in GM Strike Shift to Washington
Detroit December 27 The wage issue in the General Motors strike shifts to Washington as a key factory and union conference leaves details for the Presidents fact finding board. Vice President Walter P Reuther of the CIO UAW says limited progress was made and the union will send a delegation to Friday hearings while GM weighs attending.
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Detroit
General Motors
Washington
Truman
Walter P. Reuther
Cio-United Automobile Workers
Theovernment
Friay
Reuther
U.A.W.G.I.0
G.M
Christmas scene in Douglas County Building and Loan window
In Lawrence a symbolic Christmas tableau depicts the Three Wise Men and camels under palm trees. A separate item reports Clinton Oklahoma on December 27 noting a hunter found a crippled pintail, later stored in a holiday larder after it flew into town before being grounded.
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Douglas County Building and Loan Association
Desert
Clinton
Okla
van Alstine
Foreign pope speculated after 42 non Italians join cardinals
Rome speculates on a foreign successor to Pope Pius XII after Libera Stampa notes 42 non Italians in the new cardinal college. Adrian VI of Utrecht last did so in 1522. Alei sails with 5,000 troops after repairs aboard the USS Wasp bound for New York harbor by New Year.
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Rome
Libera*Stampa
College of Cardinals
Pius XII
Adrian VI
Utrecht
Alei
England
U.S
Wasp
United States
Atlantic
New York Harbor
Tomatoes Top Canned Veggies in 1940 41
A study by the American Can Company finds tomatoes lead canned vegetables in per capita consumption. In 1940-41 Americans ate 6.5 pounds per person, green peas 5.8 pounds, and corn 4.0 pounds. Total canned vegetables averaged 25.43 pounds per person that year, up from 20.94 in 1930-31.
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San Francisco
American Can Company
PETS BECOME PROFITABLE IN A MECHANIZED mink ranch
Mrs. Floyd Boyington of Bingham Maine turned caring for her trapper husband s mink into a business yielding 300 pelts in 1945. Her back yard mink ranch operates year round with pelts marketed from April to late November.
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Floyd Boyington
Mink Ranch
Bingham
Oak Ridge Holiday Activities Affected by Stormy Weather
Last week cold conditions forced several Oak Ridge events to be called off or postponed. The home demonstration group meeting set for December 18 was canceled and will resume January 15 at Mrs. Frank Brune's home with roll call on Kansas items. A school vacation followed illness among pupils and the Christmas program was moved from December 21 to December 24 then held in the schoolhouse. Santa and a teacher treat accompanied by the school board members marked a festive afternoon as students returned to classes the next day. Mrs. W C Elliott and family moved into the community and mother Mrs A R Elliott of Hutchinson died of a heart ailment after visiting during a pupil illness. Holiday gatherings included Mr. and Mrs. Weeks hosting in Number Six district with Glen arriving by car due to slick roads.
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Frank Brune
Kansas
Bart White
Oakridge School
Virgil Wiglesworth
Santa
W. C. Eliott
Glen
H. L. Weeks
Methodist Church
T. A. Schmidt
Eldon Mannine
Charles Stumpff
Neosho
Christes
William Welch
S.O.W
Crade School
W. H. Loveall
Elmer Linden
Santa Claus
Rita Mae
Bobby Welch
Kansas City
Willam Welch
Mercy Hospital
Richard McIintosh
McIntosh
Cheatwood
Corliss
Market News Markets at a Glance
Market notes from New York and Kansas City report mixed stocks, rising liquor shares, and weak rails. Wheat and corn hold near unchanged. hogs and cattle show active or steady tones with specific price ranges and receipts forecast. Grain and livestock activity reflect cautious demand and varying regional conditions.
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New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Christmas Holiday Guests and Ice Storm Disrupt Local Service
The community hosted holiday gatherings at multiple homes including Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Davidson, Mrs. H. G. Van Neste, Mr. and Mrs. Z. H. Van Neste, Jack Toms, Howard Erwin, and Arthur Richards. An ice storm disrupted local telephone service Monday and Monday night, damaging trees and bushes, with snow added Tuesday. Will Rice and family hosted guests including A. D. Rice from Sioux City, Iowa, who stayed several days.
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Clyde Davidson
Tonganoxle
H. G. van Neste
Z. H. van Neste
Sabetha
Jack Toms
Toms
Howard Erwin
Ambrose Blesby
Arthur Richards
Ransdell
Lawrence
Will Rice
A. D. Rice
Sioux City, Tia
Grain and livestock prices from Kansas City and Chicago markets
Hay receipts rise at Kansas City with alfalfa and prairie sales and steady to strong demand for better alfalfa grades. Chicago potato and grain futures show mixed moves as corn and wheat futures edge up or down. Wall Street ends with mixed gains after a Christmas rally, led by Schenley and several industrials amid inflation hedging.
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Kansas City
Hay Market
Prairie
Wall Street
New York
Schenley
Distillers Corp
Hiram Walker
National Distillers
Macy
Dow Cemical
Allied Chemical
Johns Manville
Gimbel
Southern Pacific
Great Northern Union Pacific
U. S. Rubber
Goodrich
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Boeing
Glenn Martin
General Electric
Kansas City Produce Prices Report Dec 27
AP price sheet lists eggs by grade with current receipts and quotes. Butterfat and butter values appear, along with poultry items including hens, broilers, springs, pullets, roasting chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese with various price ranges.
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Kansas City
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Drake University
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