Red Ships Move in U S Maneuver Region
Three mysterious Russian vessels identified as fishing ships with powerful radios were sighted en route from the Baltic to Vladivostok via St Thomas and the Panama Canal. They join 12 other similar ships observed in the Caribbean over 30 months as large allied maneuvers prepare with about 80 000 troops in January through mid March.
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U.S
Peramutr
Baltic
Madivostok
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Panama Canal
Honolulu
Caribbean
Russia
Siberian
Trepang
Canal Zone
TNS
U. S
Navy
Mediterranean
Asia
Finland
Plymouth
England
M. Moeriacov
Globus
United Nations conference speakers announced at KU
Gilbert E Yates secretary of the economic and social council of the United Nations will speak at the second annual United Nations conference at the University of Kansas January 23 24 Mrs Benjamin O Weaver Mullinville will preside at the conference and is chairman of the interim committee for the Kansas United Nations Peace Is Worth Working For will be the theme Yates and other U N speakers from Lake Success will report on UN activities during the past year Representatives of Kansas organizations interested in the UN will also be on the program Yates a graduate of Edinburgh University and Imperial Defence College London has served the United Kingdom since 1930 and held posts in civil defense and health before joining the UN delegation in 1945
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Gilbert E. Yates
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
United Nations
University of Kansas
Yates
E. A. McFarland
K. A
Benjamin O. Weaver
Mullinville
Kansas United Nations
U. N
Lake Success
U.N
Kansas
Edinburgh University
Imperial Defense College
London
United Kingdom
Ministry of Health
Civil Defense Ministry
Coal Dispute May Prompt Rail Service Cuts Nationwide
Washington reports Senator Morse says the three day mine week can’t be halted by President Truman. The Interstate Commerce Commission may order up to 25 percent cuts in passenger service on coal burning railroads as coal shortages persist. Southern operators ask for NLRB action to restore production. Taft Hartley powers discussed as potential remedy.
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Washington
Morse
Truman
Interstate Commerce Commission
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
J. Monroe Johnson
Governors Meet to Avert Strike by 50,000 at Southwestern Bell
Six state governors gathered in St Louis to avert a looming strike by 50,000 Southwestern Bell Telephone workers. Missouri Governor Forrest Smith said negotiators would hear both sides with federal conciliators present and a likely closing tonight. Other states involved include Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas Texas Illinois and officials named Fern Rausch and George Green.
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St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Forrest Smith
Missouri
C.I.C. Communications
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Ray J. Turner
Oklahoma
Sid McMath
Arkansas
M. B. Morgan
Labor Statistics
Allan Shivers
Texas
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Fern Rausch
George Green
Illinois Conciliation and Mediation Service
Smith
KU Defeats Iowa State In Big Seven Tourney
The University of Kansas basketball team defeated Iowa State 64 to 44 this afternoon in Kansas City Missouri. Clyde Lovellette scored 22 points for KU.
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University of Kansas
Iowa State
Kansas City
Clyde Lovellette
K. U
Stock Market Index Holds at 71.7 on 60-Stock Average
The stock market index for 60 stocks remains unchanged at 71.7 points. Investors watch as the average holds steady amid mixed trading and small gains in several blue chips.
Classified Ads Offer Furniture and Wearables for Sale
An invitation to sell unused furniture and discarded clothing through classified ads. Contact details implied as phone number fragment ey ome.
Trio of Teenagers Loot Night Of Mischief From City Stations
Three boys aged 12 to 15 were turned over to juvenile authorities after a night of theft that started with stealing a 1949 Ford from Ransdell storage and ended with break-ins at Conoco Nineteenth and Massachusetts, Standard Ninth and Vermont, and Rhodes Taylor stations. They admitted taking a portable typewriter, radio phonograph, jewelry, tire chains, a fire extinguisher, anti freeze, and batteries hidden near city hall.
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Corbin Hall
K. A
Leo Redding
Ninth
New Hampshire Street
Ransdell
City Hall
Conoco
Massachusetts Street
Standard
Vermont Street
Rhodes-Taylor
Kaw River
St. Charles
Corbin
START A PRICE WAR Hollywood Sunset clubs ignite New Year's Eve pricing
Hollywood on the Sunset strip sees a price war as Mocambo owner Charlie Morrison and Cira's owner Herman Hover slash New Year’s Eve price from 20 dollars to 12.50 per person. Morrison says the move meets competition. Hover adds free barker service for five o'clock shadow and complimentary bus rides to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl.
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Hollywood
Sunset Strip
Charlie Morrison
The
Mocambo
Herman Hover
Cira's
Hover
Morrison
Pasadena
Foreign-Owned Firms Seized By Hungarian Red Government
Hungary's communist regime seized many foreign owned companies including Standard Electric works a subsidiary of ITT. An American and a British official plus a Hungarian manager face espionage charges. Government broadened nationalization to all Hungarian firms over ten workers and all printing plants over five. Western firms were targeted while Hungarian Soviet joint ventures were spared. Compensation promised. officials claimed actions wipe out foreign holdings. Woreler and Sanders, both jailed, confessed to spying. Geiger the Hungarian manager also jailed.
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Budapest
Hungary
CP -Hungary
Standard Electric Works
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Altho
Ernce Geroe
Robert Woreler
Edgar Sanders
Imre Geiger
Truman Calls Cabinet Meeting on State of Union and Budget
President Truman convenes his cabinet at 10 a.m. to discuss three messages for Congress including the state of the union economy and budget for the next fiscal year. He plans to deliver the state of the union before a joint session next Wednesday after talks with congressional leaders.
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Truman
Senate
House
White House
Barkley
Washington
Lucas
Illinois
Rayburn
Texas
McCormack
Boston
Missouri
Bethany and Bethel To Clash In Kan sas College Final
Bethany Swedes upset Southwestern rivals 59 to 56 to reach the final while Bethel, by beating McPherson 58 to 47, earned a title shot. Dan Kahler seeks 1200 career points as 300 fans watched the night’s games on the neutral court.
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Lyons
Kan
Bethany
Bethel
Kansas
Southwestern
McPherson
Dan Kahler
New Year's Eve Party at the Rollerdrome Advised
A New Year's Eve event at the Rollerdrome runs from 8 to 12:30 p m with admission details listed in the advertisement.
Air Force X-1 Sets Claimed Speed Record
Los Angeles reports the X-1 rocket plane may have reached 1,989 mph in the stratosphere over Edwards Air Force Base. Aviation editor Marvin Miles cites reliable informants while Washington officials would not confirm.
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Los Angeles
Air Force
Los Angeles Times
Marvin Miles
Miles
Washington
Yeager
Detroit minister to lead Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lawrence
The Rev Norman Brandt of Detroit accepted a call to be pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church at Tenth and Kentucky. A vesper installation is set for Sunday January 8 at 4 PM. Brandt succeeds the Rev Victor W Meyer who moved to Salina in 1948. He comes with seven years of Detroit missionary work and a 330 member congregation. He helped complete a stone church in June 1948 and served Lutheran students at Wayne University. He will be pastoral adviser to the Tata charter on Mount Oread. Brandt, a Minnesota native, is a Concordia College and Seminary graduate. He will reside at 1528 Vermont Street. he is unmarried. Howard Mueller will preach and install. local pastors will assist. A reception follows at the church basement.
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Norman Brandt
Detroit
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Tenth
Kentucky Streets
Mr. Brandt
Victor W. Meyer
Salina
Walter Sasse
Brandt
Lawrence
West Side
Wayne University
United States
Canada
Tata
Mount Oread
Minnesota
Concordia College
St. Paul
Minn
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
Vermont Street
Howard Mueller
Topeka
Kansas City
Kansas
17Th
Vermont Streets
Immanuel Congregation
Workmen active on K. U. campus
KU crews on Mt Oread labor through vacation to complete remodeling and installations. Projects include Greenhall theater linoleum, lighting switchboard, Frank Strong auditorium renovations, rest rooms in Strong hall, home economics labs in Fraser hall, Dyche museum upgrades, and upcoming virus labs, sub basement, handball courts, elevators, and fire escapes.
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K. U
Mt. Oread
Dyche Natural History Museum
John Maxon
Art Museum
Greenhall Theater
C .G. Bayles
Iai
Frank Strong
Bayles
Frank Strone
Strong Hall
Fraser Hall
Couipmnet
Brick P. Davis Dies at 80 in Oskaloosa
Brick P. Davis a longtime Oskaloosa resident and former Jefferson county attorney died at his home. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church with burial in Pleasant View cemetery. He served as county attorney from 1931 to 1933 and was active in Masons and Shriners. He leaves his wife Jennie Smith Davis and a daughter Virginia Voorhees of White Plains New York.
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Brick P. Davis
Oskaloosa
Jefferson County
Pleasant View
Davis
A.F. & A.M. Lodge N
R.A.M. No
Topeka Commandary No
Zabud Council
Topeka
Abdallah Shrine
Leavenworth
Wyandotte County
Jennie Smith Davis
Virginia Voorhees
White Plains
N.Y
Dry Cleaning During Vacation
Acme Cleaners 1111 Mass Ave offers vacation cleaning services with phone number 646. Adv.
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Acme Cleaners
Kansas highway commission awards district shop contracts
The Kansas highway commission awarded contracts for district shop buildings in Oakley Fort Scott and Pratt. Bids cover general construction electrical work and plumbing and heating with firms and amounts listed: Oakley Busbroom Raith Salina 39890 Menefee Radio and Electric 4146 Alexander Plumbing Garden City 5388 Fort Scott Ben Keith 48830 Nelson Electric 2616 Plaza Sheet Metal 4547 Pratt N F English 50535 Kimmel Electric 3790 K Talbott 5375.
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Topeka
Kansas Highway Commission
Fort Scott
Oakley
Pratt
Oakley—Busbroom and Raith
Salina
Menefee Radio and Electric Co
Alexander Plumbing Co
Garden City
Ben Keith
Nelson Electric
Plaza Sheet Metal
N.F. English
Hutchinson
Kimmel Electric Co
K. W. Talbott
Building and Loan Offices Closed on December 31 1949
To facilitate dividend payments and semi annual reports, offices will be closed December 31 1949. The Lawrence Building and Loan Association and The Douglas County Building and Loan Association announce the closure.
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Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Douglas County Building and Loan Association
Adv
Generally fair weather across most of the nation
A late December mild spell ended in the northeastern states today with only some midwest areas seeing wintry weather. Temperatures fell 10 to 15 degrees along the eastern seaboard but stayed below freezing mainly in New England as a cold belt covered the Dakotas Minnesota and eastern Montana. Light snow affected parts of Michigan northern New York and northern North Dakota with light rain in northwestern Washington.
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Midwest
New England
Dakotas
Minnesota
Montana
North Central
Michigan
New York
North Dakota
Washington
Lawrence City Manager Campaign Names Subcommittees
Richard Stevens announces 23 volunteers to serve on four sub committees plus a speakers unit for the Lawrence city manager government proposition. The petition committee aims to collect names to urge the mayor to call an April 4, 1950 election, with chair Mrs Karl Kreider and members Harold Keltz Alfred Dicker H F Eustace Clarene Miller Wayne C Allphin Ralph Graber Leroy Harris. Other groups include finance advisory and publicity, listing several chairmen and members.
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City Manager Commission
Lawrence
Richard Stevens
Stevens
Ed Elbel
Karl Kreider
Harold Keltz
Alfred Dicker
H. F. Eustace
Clarene Miller
Wayne C. Allphin
Ralph Graber
Leroy Harris
Kelvin Hoover
Mildred LeSner
Charles Radcliffe
Simon Hurwitz
Melvin Miller
George Hoofer
George M. Noland
M. S. Winter
Edwin O. Stone
Ethan Allen
Richard A. Barber
W. W. Green
John Holmes
C. D. Stough
Olin K. Petefish
Roger Allen
Robert Charlton
C. G. Hesse
Charles Springer
Ban on Anti-Freeze Brands Denied Approval by Kansas
Kansas state highway commission denies approval to a dozen anti-freeze brands after testing in Manhattan. R Dale Finney cites insufficient ethylene or glycols or harmful salts as reasons. Several brands are listed as unacceptable with one new trio approved as Kansas Blue Club, K-Safe-T-Zone, and K-Fridid-O-BG.
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Topeka
State Highway Commission
R. Dale Finney
Commission
State Highway Commission Laboratory
Manhattan
Finney
Finey
Blueclub
Cities Service Oil Co
Standard Brand Grade
Coast To Coasts Stores Co
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Alcoten and
McAlester Fuel Co
Dallas
Freeze Ex
Moore Chemical Co
Dodge City
Globalcal
Globe Oil and Supply Co
Wichita
International Harvester
International Harvester Co
Kansas
Kansas Blue Club
MISS THE COLD WAVE TOPEKA FORECASTS MILDER KS WEATHER
Forecaster Richard Garrett said a predicted cold wave failed to move south across Kansas. Highs tomorrow will reach 60 to 65 degrees and lows tonight 20 to 32, with Garden City recording 15 degrees as the northern cold air barely touched the state.
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Topeka
Der
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Garden City
Hillity
Lawrence Business College Reopens January 3 After Holiday Break
The Lawrence Business College remains closed for the holidays and will reopen on January 3 with operations resuming. The announcement notes a scheduled return for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Business College
Acreage allotments for Irish potatoes discussed in Kansas
A Tuesday meeting of the Kansas state Potato advisory committee and PMA officials will consider acreages for commercial Irish potato production in the Kaw Valley. Ben C. Kiefer leads discussion with Carl Williams. six county FMA members will attend from Douglas, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Shawnee and Wyandotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw Valley
Kansas State Potato Advisory Committee
Production and Marketing Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Ben C. Kiefer
PMA
Carl Williams
FMA
Douglas
Jefferson
Johnson
Leavenworth
Shawnee
Wyandotte
Emil Heck
Scott Kelsey
O. O. Browning
Linwood
Deal D
George Hedrick
Kansas State Chamber of Commerce
W. G. Amstein
Kansas State College Extension Service
H.L. Collins
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Kimball Backus
State Board of Agriculture
K U College Senior Harry Gilson Missing Since Nov 3
K U college senior Harry Gilson has been missing since November 3 after a minor traffic accident. Police reported several sightings from nearby cities, but leads were futile. Gilson stayed with Mrs Frances Schwartz at 1821 Tennessee Street. his parents from Marion traveled after no word.
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Harry Gilson
K. U. College
Gilson
Frances 3
Schwartz
Tennessee Street
Marion
Pulitzer Prize Historian Dr Tyler Bennett Dies in New York
Dr Tyler Bennett aged 66 and a former Williams College president and state department adviser died today in Geneva New York of a heart attack. The Pulitzer Prize winner in 1933 for a John Hay biography also wrote Americans in Eastern Asia and Roosevelt and the Russo Japanese War and Lincoln and the Civil War.
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Tyler Bennett
New York
Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
State Department
Geneva
N. Y
Associates
John Hay
Eastern Asia
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Junction City sells Republic to Missouri editor
A sale of the Junction City Republic, a weekly newspaper, was announced today. Ed L. Kessinger, editor and publisher of the Craig Leader in Missouri, will be the new owner. The deal was disclosed from Junction City, Kansas.
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Junction City
Kan
Junction City Republic
Ed L. Kessinger
Craig, Mo
Leader
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