Commodity Prices Rally Fades as Weather Eases Burden
New York brokers report sharp commodity price breaks with grains leading the drop. Wheat and corn hit daily limits amid volatile trading while cotton, soybeans, and other items sagged. the market remained unsettled as temperatures rise and investors weigh a potential end to the slide.
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Wall Street
Osu
New York
Chicago
York
Hine Einie
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Lawrence adults discuss 12 week school subjects
EJ Logsdon director of Lawrence adult education led a panel on subjects offered in the 12 week program last night at a Lawrence Creative club meeting assisted by Gerald Hesse and Eugene Brune. Guests included Rev. Leland Young Harry Evans and Wendell Gran. FM Mation for WREN Washington. Feb. p The communication commission today approved construction of an FM radio station by WREN Broadcasting Co Inc at Topeka.
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EJ. Logsdon
Lawrence Adult Education
Lawrence Crative Club
Gerald Hesse
Ralsh I
Eugene Brune
Leland Young
Harry Evans
Dunetion City
Wendell Gran
Wren Washington
Wren Broadcasting Co, Inc
Topeka
Local Meeting Details Amid Budget Discussion
A garbled OCR passage outlines a county meeting on budget and election matters. It mentions secretary involvement, county groups, and a focus on efficiency and seats. Specific names, dates, or places are unclear due to errors in the source text.
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Prs
Fuar
In a Buyer’s Strike
Washington reports a consumer pressure wave as the government trims spending and agriculture slows, with meat demand uneven and prices retreating. Officials warn rising living costs and delayed regulation hinder relief while prices ease in some markets.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Stock Market Index Holds Steady Amid Broad Trading
The stock market index for 600 stocks remains at 61.6 points with little change. Traders watched multiple sectors as gains in some names offset losses in others, keeping overall sentiment cautious yet stable.
Saw Bowl Pictures Draw Kansas City Crowd
Thousands attended a showing of Saw Bowl pictures in Kansas City last evening. Varsity members and faculty, including Ket ve the ant coach and Merson Srath K tee, were present. A film was shown at 4 PM and club memberships were needed for admission. Eldridge Rankins and others spoke on grain use amid industry controls.
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Kansas City
Tme Penta
Getto Reeense
Merson Srath
Committee Urges A Cut in Budget
Washington, Feb. 6. A senate house committee recommends cutting about 2.5 billion dollars from the fiscal year 1950 budget. The plan seeks inflation control, fewer federal employees, and limiting public works while easing wartime taxes. The recommendation is nonbinding and awaits final Senate and House approval.
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Washington
Senate-House
Truman
G.O.P
House
Senate
Stephenson Returns to Teach Petroleum Engineering at KU
Professor Eugene A. Stephenson resumes teaching in the spring semester at the University of Kansas after a leave of absence. Gerald Freeze joins the faculty as a petroleum engineering instructor, and Sailendra Chakravorty serves as assistant this semester while pursuing graduate work. Rexwood leaves to head Creole Petroleum Co plant in Venezuela. Stephenson is a well known oil industry figure who led the department from 1937 to last summer.
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Eugene A. Stephenson
University of Kansas
Deane W. Malotti
Gerald Freeze
University of Oklahoma
Phillips Petroleum Co
Sailendra Chakravorty
India
Colorado School of Mines
Stephenson
Rexwood
Creole Petroleum Co
Venezuela
Britain Near Exhaustion of 3.75 Million Loan Used
Washington reports Britain has used almost the entire 3,750,000 loan from July with only about 100,000 remaining. A further withdrawal could deplete the loan within a month at the current rate. The item notes treasury updates and mentions Springfield honors.
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Britain
Washington
Bhritain
Datel Staton
Se Ae
Wal Ain
Treasury
Arabs vow to fight any partition of Palestine
The Arab Higher Committee told UN Secretary General Trygve Lie that Palestine Arabs will resist any international force and reject the partition plan. They said no authority of the UN can enforce partition, and that any Jewish state effort in Arab territory is aggression to be met with self defense. The group urged rejecting UN commissions and warned against expecting success.
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Lake Success
Arab Higher Committee
Holy Land
United Naeas
Trygve Lie
U.N
Palentine
Palestine
Anb
United Nations
Drop in grain prices sparks grocer caution
Local grocers welcomed a steep fall in station grain prices but voiced uncertainty about sustained value. They expect wholesale and retail costs to ease, though some warn that consumer demand and future trends must prove the drop lasting. Persisting market swings could trigger another slide if panic sets in.
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Jonegrocer
More Weather Impacts and Traffic Enforcement in Topeka
Kansas faces more of the same wintry pattern with clouds snow and below normal temperatures through midweek. The report notes light to moderate snow in southern areas and forecasts new snow by Wednesday while detailing a rise in One Way Street enforcement arrests on Topeka streets and changes to traffic flow on Fourteenth Street hill.
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Texas
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Archie Dumas
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Hutchinson
Anthony
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Edmonton
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Miami
New Orleans
New York
Tuklahoma City
Better Economic Plan for Bizonia
Berlin reports a new framework for Bizonia with a state council a 54 member economic council expanding to 104, a high court in Cologne, and an executive committee. It assigns control over railways shipping transport tariffs and utilities while outlining approval by a British American board and cautions it is not a full constitution.
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United States
Britain
Bizonia
Economic Council
Cologne
U.S
State Council
Germany
G. O. P. Meet at Wichita Mar. 29
Wichita selected as site for the Kansas Republican convention on March 29 to complete the state's 19 member delegation to the national convention in Philadelphia next June. Choice was made by six district chairmen meeting at the call of party chairman Wes Roberts.
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Topeka
Wichita
Philadelphia
Kansas
Wes Roberts
Truman to Attend Bradley Oath at Pentagon
Washington February 6 President Truman will attend the ceremony at the Pentagon tomorrow when General Omar N Bradley takes the oath as army chief of staff succeeding General Dwight D Eisenhower. The White House said Truman will leave his office at 11 50 a.m. EST for a ten minute drive across the Potomac.
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Washington
Truman
Pentagon
Omar N. Bradley
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
E.S.T
Potomac
Insull Litigation Ends After 15 Years of Disputes
After more than 15 years of post collapse disputes, two court actions approve a 1.6 million settlement on 42.5 million claims. Judge Sparks approves 800 thousand in federal suits against directors of Insull Utility Investments and Corporation Securities Co. Separately, a second 800 thousand settlement covers suits against Corporation Securities Co and Halsey Stuart directors. Trustee Sam Howard says funds go to bondholders only, stockholders receive nothing.
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Chicago
Insull
Federal District Court
W.J. M. Sparks
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Philip L. Sullivan
Sparks
Insul
City Council to hear bids on stadium roof and library work
February meeting will hear bids for Municipal baseball park stadium at Eleventh and Delaware Streets with an open V shaped concrete design and under stands toilet facilities. Also bids on city hall roof at Eleventh and Massachusetts. Mayor to propose seven planning commission and two library board appointments to fill vacancies and expand the commission to eleven members.
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Baseball Ark
Eleventh
Laware Streets
Massachusetts Street
Park Diamond
Harold Fisher
James H. Parsons
Deportation Hearing Ends For Hanns Eisler In NYC
New York February 6 depOrtation proceedings against Hanns Eisler songwriter were concluded in under thirty minutes with a government spokesman hinting he could depart the country by February 28 Eisler is Berhart Eisler’s brother once labeled America s No 1 Communist A Kansas City Bible College professor Robert Belton will speak at a youth for Christ rally at the Friends church New Hampshire and Sixteenth streets tomorrow at 745 pm The Blackwood sisters trio will provide music for the event.
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New York
Hanns Eisler
Eisler
Berhart Eisler
House
America
Robert Belton
Kansas City Bible College
Youth For Christ
Friends Church
New Hampshire
Sixteenth Streets
Blackwood Sisters
KU Students Stage Mikado On Mount Oread For First Time In Years
About sixty University of Kansas students will present Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado in Fraser theater as the first all-student musical on Mount Oread in over a decade. Prof. Gerald M. Carney directs the music and Prof. Don Dixon the stage, with nine principals and a 14 by 14 chorus plus an orchestra. Funding relies on ticket sales and support from Phi Mu Epsilon Mu Phi Epsilon and Sigma Alpha Iota. Arnold Englund hopes receipts cover expenses and leave a reserve for next year, with reservations from junior colleges and high schools in Topeka Ottawa Parsons and Leavenworth for later city showings.
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University of Kansas
K. U. Light Opera Guild
Fraser Theater
Mount Oread
Gerald M. Carney
Don Dixon
Phi Mu Epsilon
Mu Phi Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Iota
Arnold Englund
Salina
Topeka
Ottawa
Parsons
Leavenworth
K. U
Charles Byers
Nanki-Poo
Vincent May
Sunflower
Pitti-Sing
y_ O'Connor
Preno
Hutchinson
Peep-Bo
Bernadine Read
Baxter
Boy Scout 38 Years Observed In Lawrence District
Lawrence area Boy Scouts join nationwide celebration marking the 38th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. The Velathe district plans weeklong activities from February 8 to February 12 including church services and special programs across Lawrence Tonganonk Sunflower Eudora Baldwin and Lecompton with 533 Scouts in 7 packs 14 troops and 2 senior units led by district officers and local sponsors.
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Mike Jlion
Asth
Boy Scouts of America
Young America
Boy Scout Movement
A. Worestemey~per
Velathe Disstrict
Tonganonk
Sunflower
Eudora
Baldwin
Lecompton
Velathe
Air Scouts
Pelathe
Advan It of Colored People
P. A. Sim
First Methodist Church
Bob Stucky
First Christian Church
A. W. Harris
West Side Presbyterian Church
T. Burgess
Haskell Institute
F. G. Snyder
Rnity Lutheran Church Brotherhood
T. J Glasgow
First Presbyterian Church
D. B. Wilkie
First Baptist Church
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