Lewis Rejects Truman Plan for Fact Finding on Coal Strike
Washington Feb 4 UP John L Lewis rejected President Truman’s plan for a three man fact finding board to settle the coal strike. He said miners refuse to accept three strangers to fix wages and conditions and left open a partial continuation of mining if direct talks resume. Lewis’ cryptic weekend letter to the White House offered no clear acceptance or rejection of the proposal.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
President Truman
Truman
BP. m
Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
United Mine Workers Representaives
Dlinpis
Taft
Aledged
Eleven to wield spades at Emporia library ground breaking
Ground breaking for the William Allen White Memorial library on the Emporia State campus will be held next Monday. Eleven honored guests will wield spades, including Gov. Frank Carlson and Fred M. Harris. Talks by R. A. Clymer and Burton W. Marvin expected. Dix Les Carmel Corn Shop. Ph. 1330.
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Emporia
Kan
William Allen White Memorial
Emporia State College
Frank Carlson
Fred M. Harris
Ottawa
State Board of Regents
R. A. Clymer
el Dorado Times
Burton W. Marvin
William Allen White Journalism’ School
Kansas University
Gen Bradley Finds Morale Good In Occupation Forces In Japan
Kyoto Japan Feb 4 General Omar Bradley said morale is good among American troops in Japan after the army chief of staff urged all services to stay in fighting trim to preserve peace. Joint chiefs tours, inspections, and talks with officers accompany Collins and Bradley as they assess readiness and rebuild the army. Collins warned against demobilization and stressed training and high performance to be ready if fighting resumes.
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Japan
Kyoto
Omar Bradley Saia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army Chief of Staff
U.S
Joint Chiefs
America
Tnp
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Collins
Pacific
First Corps
Anu
Reds Lift Barrier and East West German Talks Move Traffic
Russians ease delaying tactics allowing truck traffic at Helmstedt to speed up from three per hour to about one per minute as East and West German authorities hold talks to resolve ship paper and other technicalities. France faces political and economic turmoil amid Indochina crisis as Communists threaten actions. Paul Hoffman seeks 3.1 billion dollars for European recovery while Formosa reports Communist advance near Swatow as tensions rise.
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Germany
Helmstedt
France
Indo-China
Ho Chi-minh
Russia
Paul Hoffman
Western
Europe
Formosa
Fenghu
Swatow
Burglars Loot Small at West Twenty-Third St
Eight business establishments on West Twenty-third Street near Louisiana Street were broken into or had attempts overnight. The Walt Wagner station saw 50 cents to $1 in pennies stolen from the cash register and a similar amount from a nearby license, with other businesses reportedly unbroken. A 1942 Dodge sedan belonging to Joe Bingham was stolen from West Fourth Street, and the Shields Standard service station at Ninth and Vermont was entered but nothing was taken.
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West Twenty-third
Louisiana Street
Walt Wagner
Joe Bingham
West Fourth Street
Richardson Construction Company
Lawrence
Highway 59
Ninth and
Vermont Street
Shields
Plan to sell surplus potatoes draws Senate backlash
Washington February 4 Secretary of Agriculture Brannan faced sharp Senate criticism over his plan to sell 25 000 100 to 40 000 000 bushels of 1949 spud surplus at one cent per hundred pounds. Senators McCarthy and Aiken urged free distribution or human use while Anderson and Lucas sparred over Congress action and farm support programs.
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Washington
Brannan
McCarthy
R-Wis
G.O.P
Aiken
R-Vt
Anderson
D-N.m
Lucas
Congress
Senate
Inquiry Continues Into Missouri Grounding in Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk Va February 4 a U N P L A naval court of inquiry spent the weekend studying the battleship Missouri s navigating charts and logs to determine why she ran aground in Chesapeake Bay January 17 Capt William D Brown of Frostproof Fla commanding officer and Lt Comdr Frank G Morris of New York navigator were named defendants The court opened briefly yesterday adjourned until Monday after hearing one witness and admitted the charts and logs in evidence The ship was inspected in drydock to review the damage from the grounding
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Norfolk
UPL
Naval Court of Inquiry
Missouri
William D. Brown
Frostproof
Fla
Mighty Mo
Frank G. Morris
New York
Chesapeak Bay
Joint Talks Called Over Telephone Strike Wage Issues
New York february 4 federal government summoned labor and management to joint mediation talks to avert a threatened telephone strike set for next Wednesday. Bargainers for Western Electric Co and the C L O Communication Workers of America met to diagram wage and employee benefit disputes.
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New York
Western Electric Co
C.L.O. Communication Workers of America
Lord Norman Dies in Sleep at Age 73 in London
London reports Lord Norman longtime governor of the Bank of England died in his sleep at his London home. He was 73. He was a powerful figure in finance and a subject of much mystery.
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Lord Norman
The
Bank of England
London
Hydrogen bomb data linked to Fuchs case
Lt Gen Leslie Groves testified that a British scientist suspected in atomic spying may have had access to present and proposed weapons data in the United States from 1943 to 1946. J Edgar Hoover was quoted as saying Fuchs passed inner atomic secrets and hydrogen bomb information to Moscow. Senators urged Britain and others to restrict atomic data sharing as security rules may be tightened.
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Washington
Leslie R. Groves
U.S. Atomic Energy Project
Russia
Groves
Capitol
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Klaus Fuchs
Fuchs
London
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Connecticut
America
F.B
J. Edwar Hoover
Moscow
Great Britain
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate-House
Senate-House Committee
University chief calls graduates illiterate in critique
Dr. Ernest C. Colwell, president of the University, said modern graduates are illiterate and cannot write. He warned not everyone has a right to education without competence and noted progress of literacy over decades. He spoke ahead of a Berkeley address to Chicago alumni.
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Associated Prest
San Francisco
Ernest C. Colwell
University of
Eel
Uate
University of Chicago
Berkeley
Polio Drive Lags in Douglas County Citizens donate to March of Dimes
Douglas County residents have contributed 5271.46 toward the 1950 March of Dimes with a goal of 6500. Campaign chair Ben Barteldes said the national drive ended but local efforts continue, urging gifts by envelope to March of Dimes Lawrence Kansas or to treasurer Donkley at First National Bank. A benefit dance by the Eagles Lodge at 16 East Ninth Street 9 to 12 will aid the fund, with proceeds from Bill Orr’s orchestra. Eudora reports 250.26. Baldwin and KU reports pending.
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Douglas
Ben Barteldes
Barteldes
Lawrence
Kansas
Geonkley
First National Bank
P.-T.a
P.T. A
Jaycees
Dunkley
Eagles Lodge
Eagles Hall
East Ninth Street
Bill Orr
March of Dimes
F. E. Bereiter
Dale Kerr
W. C. Hahn
Eldon Perry
Bereiter
K.U
Baldwin
Eudora
Roberta Nottingham
New Term of Court Opens with Docket at 9 A.M.
The February district court term begins Monday with cases on the docket at 9 am. Judge Hugh Means orders jurors to report February 13 for jury trials. Ninety eight civil and twenty two criminal cases are listed, subject to changes. The felony main case involves Eugene Terrell of Marshfield charged with two counts of murder in a Baldwin Junction crash that killed Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Hoover. The docket includes grand larceny and burglary, drunken driving, seven child desertion cases, and about forty seven divorce actions.
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Hugh Means
Eugene Terrell
Marshfield
Baldwin Junction
Bennett E. Hoover
Sunflower
Navy Planes Search For Foreign Submarine Off California
Navy planes were ordered to search waters off northern California for a foreign submarine after a reported sighting near Eureka. The Twelfth Naval District conveyed the flight amid skepticism regarding three prior reports by fishing boat captains and a private pilot, with officials noting the vessel would likely be a German craft in Russian possession.
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San Francisco
Gp—Navy
California
Twelfth Naval District
Eureka
Calif
Navy
Missing Loaded Plane Search in Yukon Drags On
Persistent search in Yukon for a fully loaded military transport disappeared January 26 continues into its ninth day. Only a few fragile leads on the fate of the plane and its 44 aboard have proved groundless. Julie Driscoll, Hair Stylist, Swope Beauty Shop. Ph. 608-Adv.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Wastes
Julie Driscoll
Swope Beauty Shop
Bell Will Adjust Telephone Bills After Court Stay
Southwestern Bell will adjust bills for Lawrence subscribers with overcharges from January rates refunded in March bills. The Kansas Supreme Court halted the higher rates yesterday, keeping old rates until further court order. Hearing set for April 6 on the rate case, which has dragged since 1947.
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Southwestern Bell
Lawrence
Richard Ayres
Kansas Supreme Court
Ayres
High Court
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas
Shawnee County
Corporation Commission
Leon
Nder
Commission
Ball
Bell
Bell Hes
Western Electric Co
KU hosts engineers soil mechanics conference
Between 150 and 200 engineers from across Kansas attend a University of Kansas conference on soil mechanics and foundations organized by KU civil engineering. Morning talks by Delbert L. Lacey of the Kansas Highway Commission and Thurmas McMahon of KU frame current thought. E V Taylor of the U S Corps of Engineers outlines foundations after lunch, with a concluding panel. Stock index noted at 74.3, up .1.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
K. U. Department of Civil Engineering
Delbert L. Lacey
Kansas Highway Commission
Topeka
Thurmas McMahon
Memorial Union
E. V. Taylor
Kansas City
U. S. Corps of Engineers
K. U
George Bradshaw
Scrivner Debunks Federal Aid Myth in Kansas Claim
Rep Scrivner Kansas asserts federal aid myths about taxpayer funded programs. He argues Kansas pays more into federal coffers than it receives and cites 1951 program costs totaling 488 million dollars, costing about 240 dollars per resident.
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Washington
Rep. Scrivner
R.kan
Sam
Kansas
Swain
Uncle Sam
Scrivner
Truman
Chamber of Commerce plans winter membership drive
The Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will run a late winter membership drive February 9 to 16 led by J D King Commonwealth theater manager with Emory Scott and George Noland. About 80 members will recruit nonmembers across twenty teams of four, culminating in a dinner for new members during Chamber Week.
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Chamber of Commerce
E. R. Zook
J.D. King
Commonwealth Theater
Lawrence
Emory Scott
George Noland
King
Chamber
C. of C
Simon Hurwitz
Wnder
Scott
Noland
Zook, King, Scott, Noland, Hurwitz
V. C
Rusty” Springer
William Kollender
Ernest Pontius
Eugene F. Schmalberg
Paul Husted
Hoger Allen
Corlett Cotton
Rain For Southeast Topeka Forecast February Weather
Topeka reports mild February weather with light rain possible in the southeast. Forecaster Richard Garrett says it will be partly cloudy and warmer tonight, then mostly cloudy Sunday with occasional drizzle late tonight and Sunday forenoon. Lows range from 20 to 35, highs 50 to 55, with recent state extremes at Fort Riley and Garden City.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Fort Riley
Garden City
Fort Worth
Hare
Mont
Kanaan City
Miami
Mina
New Jeant
Oklahomas City
Washington
Quakenbush to Representer in Omaha Contract Suit
W. H. Quakenbush departs Monday for Omaha Nebraska to serve as handwriting expert in a district court trial over a 150000 dollar contract dispute seeking enforcement.
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W. H. Quakenbush
Omaha
Nebr
January Bills Hit Lawrence From Rate Hikes
Lawrence residents faced sharp telephone bill increases as court ordered rate boosts by Southwestern Bell raised base charges about 15 percent, with federal and state taxes on top. If permanent, January bills could push annual Lawrence costs toward $431,000 in taxes and fees, prompting potential new exchange construction and a renewed move to dial service once permanent rates are set.
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Lawrence
Kansas Supreme Court
Southwestern Bell Company
Journal-World Switchboard
Lawrence Exchange
Southwestern
Bel! Company
Douglas County
Kanea
Richard Ayres
Exchange
Salina
Kansas
Street proposal ready for action
City to advance paving plan for Sixth street trafficway between Massachusetts and New Hampshire. City Attorney Springer said draft papers will be presented at Monday's council session. Bond financing not ready for March primary. may be on April 4 ballot. Bid estimates put project at about 70 000 dollars with 10 year general obligation bonds. Trafficway would open the dead end at New Hampshire street and ease Seventh Street congestion by routing traffic onto a 45 foot pavement on Sixth that curves onto New Hampshire and expands to a wider section.
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Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Charles A. Springer
Springer
City Legal Paper
New Hampshire Street
Seventh Street
J. C. Harper
New Ham
Harper Id
Phone Company Estimates of Ice Storm Damage in Oklahoma
Officials estimate $1,000,000 in damage across Oklahoma and Texas from the recent ice storm. In Oklahoma 248 poles were broken and 7,500 wire breaks reported. Almost 100 circuits remain out, isolating southeastern towns as repair crews face muddy roads.
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Oklahoma City
Southwestern
Oklahoma-Texas
Oklahoma
Youth Sunday Observed at Evangelical United Brethren Church
Youth Sunday will be observed at the Evangelical United Brethren Church tomorrow with a morning worship at 10 50 featuring the theme God Designs Youth Builds. Participants include Gerald Edgar Eva Chaplin Jean Boren and Dick Chaplin with a youth quartet and Ushers.
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Evangelical United Brethres
God
Gerald Edgar
Eva Chaplin
Jean Boren
Dick Chaplin
Irene Edgar
Dorothy Deckwa
Gene Douglas
Kenneth Coy
Gabriel Ushers
Bob Bignall
Richard Roberts
Bobby Davin
Ronald Pippert
Victim of Auto Crash in Belt Highway Collision
St Joseph February 4 Mrs Marjorie Gilsby 29 Atchison Kan was fatally injured and three others hurt in a Belt highway crash. State highway patrol said the car carrying four people collided with a truck driven by D N Tippin Kansas City.
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St. Joseph
Marjorie Gilsby
Atchison, Kan
State Highway Patrol
D. N. Tippin
Kanaan City
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