British Scientist Faces Arrest Over Atom Secrets
An article reports Klaus Fuchs, a German-born British atomic scientist, being arrested in London on two charges of violating the Official Secrets Act. He worked on the A-bomb program in the U.S. from 1940 to 1946 and faces leaks to Russia. The piece notes congressional actions, U.S. policy implications, and related Cold War tensions.
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London
Sia
Klaus Fuchs
Britain
Harwell
Fuchs
United States
Washington
FBI
Congress
Leslie Rves
U.S
Cole's Food Center Prevue Party Open House Drive
A prevue party will be held Sunday from 2 30 to 6 30 p.m. at Cole's Food Center a new supermarket north of the Union Pacific underpass. Jimmy Cole owner and veteran Lawrence cry operator invite the public to see behind the scenes before the Monday opening. Clerks and officials will explain store features including three large magazine racks mechanized check stands a nine refrigerated meat cutting room and a large courtesy booth for stamps postcards candy cigarettes and school supplies. The nearby Cole's neighborhood market at Third and Maple was closed Wednesday.
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Cole's Food Center
Union Pacific
Jimmy Cole
Lawrence Cry
Fleming Company
Topeka
Cale
Cole
Third and
Maple Street
Flying Farmers Exposed to Small Pox in Old Mexico
Kansas health officials warn 19 flying farmers who vacationed in Jalisco and Michoacan Mexico of exposure to hemorrhagic smallpox. Dr. C H Kinnaman says they were vaccinated but must remain under surveillance through the incubation period ending February 12. States have few smallpox cases since 1921.
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Topeka
State Board of Health
Kansas
Mexico
C. H. Kinnaman
U.S
Laredo
Tex
Jalisco
Michoacan
Kinnaman
Kinna- Toro
Flood Dangers Rise as 35000 Homeless Across Seven States
More than 35,000 people homeless with thousands more evacuated as seven central and southern states face rising floodwaters. Ohio, Arkansas, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana see evacuations. Cincinnati surpasses flood stage. Red Cross reports 22,288 evacuees in Arkansas. Kentucky sees 10,000. West Virginia records three deaths. Weather improves briefly but cold fronts worsen comfort for homeless. National Guard assists in St Francis lowlands. Cumberland and Ohio rivers threaten Williamsburg and Point Pleasant areas.
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Ohio River
Arkansas
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Tenneanee
Indiana
Red Cross
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
St. Francis
National
St. Francis Lown
Cumberland River
Williamsburg
Barbourville
Kentucky River
Cumberland Rive
Nashle
Tenn
Point Pleasant
Newsy Boys
Potatoes Prices Cut to Tackle Farm Surplus
The Agriculture Department cut the 1950 potato farm price supports by nine cents per bushel setting a national average price of 1.01 dollars per bushel to keep parity at about 60 percent. Senator Williams proposed broad cuts in price supports for several crops to reduce surplus while Brannan warned of options to rot or donate surplus potatoes. The measure moved to the Senate Agriculture Committee with limited prospects for approval.
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Agriculture Department
Con- Laon
Williams
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ebner Thomas
Okla
Washington
Telephone Company Officials Confer With State Officers
Topeka Kan Feb 3 Southwestern Bell Telephone officials conferred for two hours with Attorney General Harold R Fatzer on the threatened telephone strike. The meeting covered the general strike picture and Kansas labor laws. Representing the telephone company were Lloyd Miller and Carl Rugh. The attorney general said no further statement is planned.
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Topeka
Kan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Harold R. Fatzer
Fatzer
Telephone Company
Lloyd Miller
Kansas City
Carl Rugh
St. Louis
Newton Postmaster Post Open Application Deadline
The Civil Service Commission announced today it will accept applications for the Newton postmastership. The deadline is February 28 and the list of applicants will likely be released around March 2.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Newton
Train Leaps Rails in Saukville Crash Kills One, Injures Dozens
A Milwaukee Road Chippewa Hiawatha passenger train derailed after a broken rail near Saukville Wisconsin killing E J Synnott about 50 of Rich Lake Washington and injuring more than 65. Engineer M L McFarland Green Bay said the rail snapped at 65 mph. Conductor John Krause was unhurt except for shock. Hospital reports listed Leonard K Kleschewski Milwaukee with a broken back as critical. Wreckage stretched over a half mile. three coaches plus a diner and parlor car overturned.
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Saukville
Wis
Here
St. Alphonsus Hospital
Port Washington
Milwaukee Road
Chippewa Hiawathe
Milwaukee
Qatonagon
Leonard K. Kleschewski
M. L. McFarland
Green Bay
John Krause
George Cransfield
Channing
Mich
Ingrid Bergman gives birth to baby boy in Rome
Ingrid Bergman becomes mother to a blue eyed boy tentatively named Roberto in Rome at Villa Margherita clinic. Doctors say both she and Roberto Rossellini are very happy as the actress seeks divorce from Hollywood husband Dr Peter Lindstrom and plans to marry Rossellini once annulment and divorce are finalized.
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Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto
Roberto Rossellini
Rossellini
Peter Lindstrom
Hollywood
Sicily
Mexico
Miss Bergman
Italy
Dr. Lindstrom
Menis
Guiseppe Ferdinandi
Villa Margherita Clinic
Guidotti
Ferdinand
Switzerland
Rogsellini
Marti
Marcelin de Marchis
Truman Proposes Ten Percent Tax On Television Sets
Washington reports the Truman administration proposed a ten per cent tax on television sets and a rise from 38 to 42 per cent in the top levy on corporate income to accompany cuts in sales taxes. Secretary Snyder outlined details before the House Ways and Means Committee, aiming to boost government revenue by about one billion dollars.
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Washington
Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Jer
Fire destroys Liberal drug store and nearby confectionery
A fire at Smith drug store in Liberal sparked by UPA carbon bisulfide explosion injures no one reported, but caused heavy fire, smoke and water damage to the drug store and DeCamp's Confectionery. Firefighters battled two and a half hours, the blaze confined to a back room and adjoining areas near second and Kansas.
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Kan
UPA
Smith Drug Store
Liberal
DeCamp
Second and
Kansas Avenue
Liberal Business District
Fire destroys hotel cabin. local farmer dies
Fort Scott Kansas. Retired farmer Charles L Oxender 3 4 perished in a fire that swept a hotel cabin where he resided. Fire Chief Sam Ayers indicated the blaze was probably caused by a cigarette.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Charles L. Oxender
Sam Ayers
Stock Market Index Files Narrow Gain on 60-Stock Close
Closing average of 60 stocks rises 0.2 points to 74.2 as market ends with a slight uptick. Juliuz Driscoll listed as hair stylist at Swope Beauty Shop with phone 608 ad.
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Juliuz Driscoll
Swope Beauty Shop
Broad G O P Field Emerges For 1952 Nominee
Washington reports an unofficial list of six potential Republican candidates for the 1952 nomination. Gov. Earl Warren considers a third term, joining Sen. Robert Taft, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, President Harold Stassen, Gov. Alfred Driscoll, and Sen. Kenneth Wherry. Eisenhower remains a strong factor despite denying presential aims. Tomorrow marks a birthday observance with a local flower ad.
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Washington
Earl Warren
California
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Taf
Wherts
Senate
Altho
Eisenhower
Government mediators fix Monday deadline to avert Bell strike
Washington February 3 government mediators set a Monday deadline for action to head off the threatened Bell System strike of 101,000 workers slated for February 8. Conciliation Director Cyrum S. Ching said he would know by Monday afternoon if progress is being made. He may request postponement if steps show movement. Ching had just returned from the west coast and addressed the telephone problems.
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Washington
Cyrum S. Ching
Bell System
Ching
A and P store to undergo major remodel at 938 Massachusetts
The A and P supermarket at 938 Massachusetts Street will close for about 60 days for a major remodel. Glen E. Freeman, the store manager, said the building will gain a one story front and a redesigned interior with new meat, produce, dairy, and candy sections and a modern oak floor. The $50,000 project is led by Constant Construction and owned by Mrs. C. J. Ericsen, with A and P district supervisor A. M. King coordinating alongside the Chamber of Commerce.
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A and FP
Massachusetts Street
Glen E. Freeman
Freeman
Mra. C. J. Ericsen
Constant Construction Company
Pearrame Interior Partiens
Iav
Midwest
A. M King
A and P
Ineal Chamber of Commerce
Parsons Native Grace Braun Dies in Kansas City at 78
Grace Hudson Cornish Braun 78, reportedly Parsons first child, died at her Kansas City home. She lived in Kansas City 42 years and is survived by daughter Mia Evelyn Cornish Suer of Kansas City, two sisters Lena Jolly of Bellingham Washington and Effa McGuire of Leavenworth, and brother Earl A. Hudson of Kansas City Kansas.
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Kansas City
Grace Hudson Cornish Braun
Parsons
Death of Dan S. Jones Father of Mrs A H Werner
Word arrived of the death yesterday in Williamsburg Virginia of Dan S Jones father of Mrs A H Werner of Sunnyside. Mrs Werner could not travel due to illness among the children and Werner left this morning to attend the funeral services.
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Dan S. Jones
Williamsburg
A. H. Werner
Sunnyside
Tonini Back in County Lockup After Guilty Plea
Bulletin reports Harry Tonini alias the Baron pleaded guilty in Douglas county to forgery and related counts. He faces 20 to 58 years in the Lansing state penitentiary after earlier jailbreaks with ex partner Jonas Barrett. Authorities say Tonini, once married to a Hudson widow, traveled west, used aliases, and sought court orders while on the run.
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Starboarder
Harry Tonini
Union Pacific
Will Johna, Jr
Ed Boswell
Tonini l
Jonas Barrett
Jnight
Moto Oy Estes Studio
Hugh Treans
Douglas County District Court
Amd
Tonini
Lansing
the Baron
Will Johns, Jr
Ad Boswell
Hudson
Wis
Lansing State Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Frank Gray
Wisconsin
Douglas County
Victoria Barnum
West
Trxax
Hurdaen
Operga
Tonin
Jack Desmond
Johns
Barrett
Tulan
Sacramento
Calif
Chesterfield
Sheriffs Office
Ton[ini
San Quentin
Leavenworth
Seattle
Pittsburgh
Tough Decision for John L Lewis
The coal miners union leader John L Lewis faced a critical choice on Feb 3 as he weighed President Truman's 70 day strike truce proposal and a fact finding board for the soft coal contract. Acceptance could end the strike leverage, while refusal risk Taft Hartley injunctions.
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Washington
Man
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
Legion Backing Hoover Plan Split on Veterans Affairs Idea
About 150 American Legion members and auxiliaries attended a forum at the Community building on the Hoover commission economy report. Irvin Cowger of Topeka criticized five agencies for veterans, while Fred Bramlage urged caution, saying five experiments risk veterans losing centralized welfare. The event was the first of three across Kansas with Legionnaires from Ottawa Overland Park Poole Winchester McLouth in attendance.
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American Legion
Legion Auxiaries
Hoover Commission
Department of Interior
Veterans’ Insurance Corporation
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Veterans Administration
Fred Bramlage
State Legion 1
Junction City
Kansan
Ottawa
Overland Park
Poole
Winchester
McLouth
Marvin Goebl
Kenneth Young
Veterans Rehabilitation
Topeka
Frank Sullivan
Cold weather outlook spreads across Kansas region
Topeka reports a brief warm spell followed by a return to colder conditions by the weekend. Forecaster Richard Garrett expects tonight to be fair and warmer, with a possible light snow or sleet arrival Sunday or Monday. Temperatures through next Wednesday may average eight degrees below normal, with only light precipitation expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Goodland
Hill City
Cofferville
Eset
Former K. U. Student Named to U S Entomology Post
Washington reports the appointment of Dr. Clarence H. Hoffman native of Caldwell Kansas as assistant in the bureau of entomology and plant quarantine. He will work under Dr. F C Bishop directing research on insects and control methods. Born 1908, he studied at the University of Kansas and Minnesota and has served in forest insect work since 1935 including Asheville North Carolina and Beltsville Maryland.
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Washington
Clarence H. Hoffman
Caldwell
Kan
Bureau of Entomology
Unday
F. C. Bishop
Kansas
Hoffman
University of Kansas
University of Minnesota
Bureau
Asheville
N. C
Beltsville
Journal World to Post Halftime and Final Lawrence Hoops Score
The Journal World will post the halftime and final score of the Lawrence high school basketball game at Leavenworth tonight. The first score is expected around nine o'clock. A telephone contact listed as 22 is noted, with stray phrases about a Corn Shop and a Dix ip Figurine Swing.
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the Journal-World
Leavenworth
Enrollment figures show spring totals at University of Kansas
Raymond Nichols announces 7,168 students enrolled this spring at the University of Kansas. The Kansas City division medical school counts 529, while Lawrence campus registers 7,239. Overall spring enrollment tops 8,821 last year, with 461 new registrations mirroring last spring. Veterans total 2,221 on Lawrence, non veterans 4,241, amid shifts from last fall.
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Menter
University O Sas
Raymond Nichols
University
Kansas City
School of Medicine
Lawrence
Em Nm Ean
UEP
Nichols
Nichola
Jeon
Waltham Watch Co to shut down amid RFC rejection
Waltham Mass Feb 3 The Waltham Watch company oldest in the nation will close today with 1 2 employees paid off at 3 pm The RFC refusal to divert funds for working capital sparks critique from Atty Daniel J Lyne The plant previously received 6 million in RFC aid including 3 million for payroll 1 million for working capital and 2 million for new machinery The watchmakers shortage forces closure while other U S factories like Elgin Elgin and Hamilton Lancaster continue operations Jackie Frost Thrives Fort Worth Texas Feb 3 Temperatures rise as an eight pound six ounce girl named Jackie Frost is born to Mr and Mrs Snow Frost during the ice storm period
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Waltham
Mass
Waltham Watch Company
Willian McMarrow
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Daniel J. Lyne
R Dentty
Ske
Lyne
Switzerland
Iron Curtain
Ameren Otonies
Elgin
Hamilton
Lancaster
Jackie Frost
Fort Worth
Texas
Jackie
Mia
February Weather Forecast From Migeguri To Missouri
The forecast covers February 3 to 8 across Migeguri Kansas Oklahoma and adjacent regions with cold fronts bringing freezing temperatures and precipitation. Expect moderate warming later in the period with rain or sleet in south and snow possible in Missouri and Oklahoma. Temperatures show highs in the 20s to mid 30s and lows near single digits to the teens with varying wind and cloud cover across the area.
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