India Recognizes Communist China Amid Policy Shifts
India today recognized the Chinese communist regime of Mao Tze Tung and cut off relations with Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government. The move follows a broader shift as Britain and others consider recognizing Red China. the U.S. plans a new Asia policy, including a possible military mission to Formosa. Jordan announces adding Palestine areas to its realm as King Abdullah consolidates control.
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Mao- Tze-Tung
India
Baoan
Sheri
Commonwealth
Clobermboal Ceyieh
Hich
Burma
Empire
Washington
United States
China
Red China
Chiang
Congress
Controversy Over Miami Orange Bowl Queen Selection
Seventeen contestants accuse the Orange Bowl committee of rigged procedures in crowning Dee Van Wagner of Salt Lake City. They say wardrobe fittings preceded the coronation, rehearsals and gowns were wasted, and press coverage broke before the announcement. A protest petition seeks explanations or election repudiation and reimbursement for parade clothes damaged in the rain.
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Miami
Fla. Dee
van Wagner
Earl D. Waldin. Jr
Salt Lake City
Ottawa man to fetch Christmas gift car from sister
A farmer from near Ottawa Kansas will travel January 8 to Strausburg Pennsylvania to receive a brand new car as a Christmas present for himself and his wife. His sister Mrs Mary Ruppert donated the car and also gave another car to a brother living in Junction City.
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Ottawa
Kan
A. F. Bonskowski
Strausberg
Mary Ruppert
Ruppert
Junction City
Offices Closed December 31 1949 for Dividend and Report
The Lawrence Building and Loan Association and the Douglas County Building and Association announce offices will be closed December 31 1949 to facilitate payment of dividends and preparation of semi annual reports.
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Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Douglas County Building and Association
50 000 Telephone Workers May Walkout Tomorrow
St Louis Dec 30 A union attorney said a strike of 50 000 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co employees in six states will begin at midnight tomorrow New Year’s Eve. The walkout follows a rejection of governors’ arbitration plan and a stand‑off in ongoing negotiations.
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St. Louis
Todlay
Southwestern Bell Telenone Company
Midniight
Southwestern Bell
Bidault Wins Confidence Votes On 1950 Budget Measures
In Paris the national assembly approved two confidence votes for Premier Georges Bidault on budget questions. The first bill raised the industrial production tax, while the second covered overall budget expenditures. Communists and De Gaulle followers opposed the tax hike, which aimed to raise about 45 billion francs in revenue. Parliament has backing for the budget but balks at the revenue plan.
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Paris
CPI
Georges Bidault
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Bidault
Physician held for murder in mercy death case
Dr. Hermann N. Sander a Manchester physician, 40, was held without bail on a first degree murder charge in the mercy death of 76 year old Mrs Abbie Borreto at Hillsborough County Hospital. He allegedly injected air into her veins to end her suffering after a family request. The arrest followed a hospital record entry signed by Sander noting the lethal injection.
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Goffstown
N. HS
L.P
Manchester
Hermann N. Sander
Abbie Horroto
Hillsboro
William H. Craig
Dr. Sander
Hillsboro County
Borreto
Robert “. Biren
Hillsbero County
Biren
Sander
Markets Observe Holiday Schedule Of Late December
New York stock and curb exchanges and all domestic securities markets will be open for two hours on Saturday December 31 and closed on Monday January 2, this indicates year end holiday trading hours and market closures.
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New York
Kidnapping victim freed after abduction near Fort Scott
A Louisiana man, RODBL Mr Pherson, was found bound in a field west of Fort Scott after being abducted by two men calling themselves Tony and Jerry. He drove off in his own car with cash and a watch stolen. he identified the captors later as Texas fugitives. FBI will show photos to identify suspects amid a Texas prison breakout news.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Dee
Sinesport
Law
Banner
Echees
Texas
Rodbl
Pherson
Shreveport
Scas
Berned
Mc- Pherson
Che
Here
McPherson
Ain
George Harper
Harper
Atha
Louisiana
Tony
Jerry
Canada
Kansas City
Chicaro
Altho
Dwight Brantley
FBI
Brantley
Huntsville
Tex
Judges Named to U S Court in Germany
Three U S judges were named to posts in Germany expanding the court of appeals from seven to nine. H Lloyd Ericsson of Lawrence Kansas and Fred J Cohn of Raleigh North Carolina become associate judges. Peter J Flanagan of New York City was added to the restitution appeals court handling Nazi looting cases.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Dee
United States
H. Lioyd Ericsson
Lawrence
Kan
Fred J. Cohn
Raleagh
N. C
Court of Appeals
Peter J. Flanagan
New York City
Court of Restitution Appeals
Schedule a Wolf Hunt In Wakarusa Valley
A wolf hunt is set for Sunday at 1 p.m. meet across from the Lawrence gun club on highway 44. The round-up targets the Wakarusa valley south of Haskell with Charley Hayden directing. Volunteers with trucks are welcomed to transport hunters as coyotes are plentiful in the area.
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Lawrence Gun Club
Highway 44
Wakarusa Valley
Haskell
Charley Hayden
Delay Plans For Curtailing Rail Service Until Next Week
Washington reports the ICC may curb rail passenger service next week if coal stocks fall, after a three day work week for soft coal miners was initially not seen as crisis. An advisory committee found a 30 day coal surplus, with a Tuesday survey to reassess needs.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
J. Monroe Johnson
Commission
National Coal Association
Association of American Railroads
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
New York
Heavy building year noted in Lawrence permits in 1949
City records show $787,160 in construction permits issued this year in Lawrence with 62 new leaves planned in the current period. December totals include eight permits for a combined $21,300 as Alton Blosser plans six new houses on Vermont Street for March 1950 completion.
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Willard Larkin
Larhie
Lawrence
Larkin
Vermont Street
Alton K. Blosser
Topeka
Plains
Plan Sewage Plants In Kansas States Progress
The Division of Sanitation of the State Board of Health reports 11 cities and three industrial firms have completed or are building sewage disposal plants in Kansas. Completed sites include Miltonville Quin ter Hoxie Greenleaf Mission township Hope Wakeeney Linwood. Under construction are Augusta Cherryvale Clearwater Johnson Liberal Newton Sterling Sylvia and Osawatomie State Hospital. Industries at Hillsboro Coffeyville and Cherryvale are building plants.
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State Board of Health
Kku
Kansas
Miltonville
Quinter
Hoxie
Greenleaf
Mission Township
Johnson County
Hope
Wakeeney
Linwood
Augusta
Cherryvale
Clearwater
Johnson
Liberal
Newton
Sterling
Sylvia
State Hospital
Osawatomie
Hillsboro
Coffeyville
Error of Judgment Cited in Bombay Crash Inquiry
An Indian government inquiry blamed pilot error for the July crash near Bombay that killed 13 American news correspondents and 45 others aboard the Dutch KLM Constellation. The report says circling into a cloud while landing worsened weather conditions and recommends holding or diversions. Dutch KLM officials accepted the findings but disagreed on wording.
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New Sethi
K.L.M. Constellation
Bombay
Indonesia
Hague
K.L.M
City Manager Committee Names Listed For Advisory Subcommittee
The notice states M. N. Penny should have been listed yesterday among advisory subcommittee members of the city manager commission government campaign group. Also mentions a New Year's Eve party at the Rollerdrome from 8 to 12:30 p.m.
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M. N. Penny
City Manager Commission
Ten Japanese to Study in United States for Three Months
Ten Japanese students left Yokohama for the United States to study American methods in specialized fields for up to three months. The trip is funded by U. S. expenses and arranged via various Japanese agencies under occupation authorities. One participant is Hurooharu Yuasa from Tokyo’s national agricultural experiment station to study insect control at Beltsville Maryland Manhattan Kansas and Houma Louisiana.
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Yokohama
United States
U. S
Hurooharu Yuasa
National Agricultural Experiment Station
Tokyo
Wvistt
Beltsvice
Manhattan
Kan
Houma
County Offers Early Sale of New Vehicle Tags
County Treasurer Melvin Miller announced doors open Tuesday at 8 a.m. for the new green and galantium plates. About 12 500 gate and 2 509 truck plates will be issued in two 150 page sets, with Tag sales handled in Baldwin and Eudora to avoid trips to Lawrence. Applicants must bring a certificate of title and registration card.
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Melvin Milled
Baldwin
Eudora
Lawrence
Miller
Ray Oeden
Fudorn
Phillip Miller
Treasury
Sauer Resigns as Coach at Navy Academy
Annapolis Md Dec 10 The Naval Academy announces George H Sauer has resigned as head football coach after the academy athletic association declined to renew the contracts of assistants Line Coach Bob Ingalls and Backfield Coach Vic Bradford Sauer who took the Navy post in 1948 previously coached at the University of Kansas where his 1947 team played in the Orange Bowl against Georgia Tech
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Naval Academy
George H. Sauer
Howard
Caldwell
Sauer
Academy Athletic Association
Bob Ingalls
Vic Bradford
Ingalls
Bradford
Navy
University of Kanss
Jayhawkers
Oklahoma
Miami
Fla
Georgia Tech
Bradford and
Igalls
United States Naval Academy
CROP Drive in County Nears Its Corn Goal
The Douglas county drive for the Christian Relief Overseas Program advances toward its two carloads target. Fred Flory from Clinton township sent 114 bushels of corn and 12 dollars to treasurer How ard Wiseman. Karwaka township added 3 dollars, bringing the total cash to 1331.10. Officials urge county chairmen to submit reports and contributions promptly.
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Douglas County
Fred Flory
Clinton Township
Howard Wiseman
Karwaka Township
Wiseman
Lawrence Business College Reopens January Third
The Lawrence Business College remains closed for holidays and will resume operations on January 3 in the new year.
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Lawrence Business College
Gift To Kansas University Endowment Association
Aegift of 310,000 from Mrs. Logan Clendening of California to the Kansas University endowment association was announced. The gift brings to 20,000 the endowment of the Logan Clendening memorial lectureship in the history of medicine.
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Logan Clendening
California
Aegift
Clendenling
Herors
Wepeas City Physica
Ltite
Alurenus
Kou
Tauer
School of Medicine
Rain Expected Across Kansas Wheat Areas Tonight and Saturday
Weather forecast from Topeka notes a storm near the Canadian border pulling warm moist air into Kansas. Central and western areas will see intermittent light rain tonight and Saturday with above freezing lows, then eastern parts show showers tomorrow. Temperatures by Saturday range 40 to 55, with near normal readings later next week.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Canadian
Garrett
Goodland
Phillipsburg
National Conference of Northern Baptist Students Held at Kalamazoo
The first National Conference of Northern Baptist students runs December 27 1949 to January 1 1950 at Kalamazoo College Michigan with 250 delegates. Elmer L Schultz University of Kansas represents the Baptist Student Fellowship. Noted leaders include Dr G Pitt Beers Dr Milton Froyd Dr Edwin McNeil Poteat Dr Liston Pope and Dr Jesse R Wilson.
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Northern Baptist
Kalamszoo College
Kalamazoo
Mich
Elmer L. Schultz
University of Kansas
Sedalia
Baptist
G. Pitt Beers
American Banvtist Home Mission Society
Milton Froyd
Coleate-Rochester Divinity School
Edwin McNeil Poteat
Liston Pope
Yale University
Jesse R. Wilson
American Baptist Foreign Mission Society
No Severe Weather Across Nation As Calm Weather Prevails
The U S weather bureau reports clear skies and mild temperatures nationwide. Only light showers in the Pacific Northwest and brief rain in parts of Texas and New Mexico. A chinook wind raised temperatures in central Montana with Helena at 34 above after a -4 low.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
North Dakota
Maine
Mercury
Pacific Northwest
Texas
New Mexico
Montana
Helena
Lensten
Truman to outline tax plan in general terms next Wednesday
Washington dispatch reports President Truman will present a general outline of his tax program in the upcoming state of the union address to a joint session at 1 00 p m EST on Wednesday. Detailed recommendations will follow. The plan may renew wartime excise taxes offset by higher corporate taxes, per presidential secretary Charles Goress.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles Go Ress
Senate
House
Ross
March of Dimes polio fund seeks early $918 gift drive
The March of Dimes plans to hire 918 to begin building the polio drive when it opens January 16. Funds were pledged in advance by Simon Hurwitz's committee, which canvassed the business section to bolster community support after last year's polio epidemic depleted resources. Local contributors include Lawrence Paper Company and several area banks and businesses.
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Simon Hurwitz
Ben Barteldes
Government Pays 25 Cents for Nest-Run Eggs
The agriculture department will buy nest-run ungraded eggs in the Midwest at at least 25 cents a dozen at the farm during January and February. Purchases support producer prices and will be handled indirectly through egg drying plants.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
Congress
Lawrence Woman's Club loses tax exemption on historic building
The Kansas State Tax Commission ruled that the Lawrence Woman's Club building at Twentyeth and Massachusetts Street is exempt from taxes only if used for qualifying purposes. The decision cites constitutional provisions and state law, noting similar exemptions for other women’s clubs. County officials plan possible court action to challenge the ruling, while club members defend the property as used for education, literature, sciences, and community betterment.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Woman's Club
Tay News
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Twenteth
Massachusetts Street
Knarze
Woman’s Club
State Commissiom
Charles Springer
County Attorne
Destrict
Etse Wineh
District Court
State Commission
Kansas
Topeka
Kansas City
Wichita
Salina
The
Tax Commission
Enders Named Cowley County 4-H Agent
Arkansas City Kansas reports Paul Enders 25 Lyons a senior at Kansas State College Manhattan named Cowley county 4-H club agent James Leathers announces Enders will graduate January 27 and the appointment takes effect February 1.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Paul Enders
Lyons
Kansas State College
Manhattan
Cowley County
James Leathers
Enders
K-State
Stock Market Index Closes Higher on Broad Gains
The closing average of 60 stocks rose to 72.2 points as gains spread across sectors. Investors pushed prices up amid steady trading and modest volume.
Weather outlook December to January for four states
Forecast covers Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska with near normal temperatures and light precipitation. Western Nebraska Kansas expected up to a quarter to half inch, Missouri up to half inch as showers mainly Saturday and Monday night. Kansas mainly cloudy with light rain at times, highs 40s to 50s, lows 30s to 40s.
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Nebraska
Chicago
Denver
Point Edmorton
Jana Havre
Mont
Kansas City
Sentient
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Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
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Oklahoma City
Trace Washington
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