Senate Probe and Irish Coalition Rise in Meager Gains
Washington reports a Senate investigation into 1946 Missouri vote fraud and F B I questions as a nominee faces inquiries. In Ireland, five party coalition forms under Castelin to replace De Valera, signaling potential policy shifts. Commodities show meager late gains as steel prices rise and wheat and corn advance, with livestock and meat prices volatile amid cautious consumer behavior.
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Senate
Chicago
Fund Drive Aids Oak Hill Veterans Burial Space
A local effort seeks 2000 to 2200 for landscaping and a special burial plot in Oak Hill cemetery for veterans of the last decade. Dorsey Liberts of the American Legion is overseeing city duties for the memorial ground. So far $300 has been raised by Legion members, with about $1700 more needed from the public and other members. The plot provides space for MM graves and lies just beyond Wak Hill’s water entrance. </analysis>
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Oak Hill
Dorsey-Liberts Dost
American Legion
Adminster
Lefgien
Wate
Wak Hill
D. J. Richardson
Fred B
John T. Andrews
Sna Vplern
Rapgles
Full City Ticket: Alan Asher Joins Ward One Race
Attorney Alan Asher announced as a Republican candidate for city council from the first ward. He faces nominating petitions as filing is expected to close soon. Ward One incumbent L E Morgan will not seek reelection. Asher, a Lawrence native, is a 1941 law graduate who served in World War II and war crimes work, now practicing law with wife at 432 Tenhebee street and one child.
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Alan Asher
Ine Traylor
Harry Craiz
Harry Winters, Jr
Lew Henry
Asher
Lawrence
K. A
Gar
Texas
Gere
Ifantry
Siegfried Line
Roer River
Remagen Bride
Judge Advocate General's Department
United States
Tenhebgeetreet
Brutal Feb Cold Snap Sweeps Northern U.S.
A fast moving winter storm traced an icy eastward path from the northwest into the central plains and Midwest. Montana highs collapsed from 63 to below freezing with 30 degree drops in an hour while blizzard conditions hit the Dakotas and eastern Minnesota. Minot and Havre reported subzero readings and forecasts warned of 10 to 20 below tonight in the north central. Elsewhere mild to near normal in many regions with several cities posting record high temps for the date.
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Chicago
Rockies
Plainy
Midwest
Montana
Canada
Plains
Mercury
Miles City
Mont
Havre
Dakotas
Minnesota
Minot
N. D
North Central States
Mort
Great Takes
New England
Cincinnati
Louisiville
Post Office to Close on Washington's Birthday
The local postoffice will observe Washington's Birthday Monday. No city or rural deliveries or window service. Outgoing mail and special deliveries continue. Banks and courthouse officers observe the holiday. City hall offices stay open. No other closings reported.
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Washington
Kiwanis Meeting Showcases Kansas Arts and Crafts Exhibit
Bernard Foon Frasier led a trio of artist speakers at the Hotel Eldridge Kiwanis gathering in Meade Kansas praising the state Arts and Crafts exhibition now in progress. Other speakers included Charles Rogers and Anton Pearson from Lindsborg with Fred Montgomery noting regional cultural influence. Fifty Meade County farmers voted to create an agricultural conservation district in Meade.
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Kiwanis Club
Eldridge
Frazier
Philbrook
Tulsa
Prairie States
University of Kansan
Charles Rogers
Anton Pearson
Lindsburg
Fred Montgomery
Lindsborg
Bethany College
Fred Stockton
Meade, Kan
Meade County
Anil Conservation District
Vote Meat Strike at Chicago Packing Plants
The United Packinghouse Workers of America voted a strike at the nation’s leading meat packing plants. About 100,000 members favored a walkout after a 120 to 1 vote. The union set a strike date but did not announce it. They seek a 29 cent hourly increase with future raises to meet minimum family budget standards per the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Chicago
C. I
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Bureau of Statistics
Acquaintance Smoker Held Here March 18
The 15th annual Rural Acquaintance Smoker is sponsored by the local group. Organizers announce plans for the event to be held here on March 18 with activities and refreshments for attendees.
Lone Engine Was In Wrong Spot
Shawnee Oklahoma February 19 engineer Floyd Webb piloting a Santa Fe freight train halted near Shawnee when another engine appeared on the track ahead of him. He braked and called the Shawnee station, where officials learned the throttle had come loose on an engine in the roundhouse and the locomotive could have moved on its own.
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Shawnee
Okla
Floyd Webb
Ila
C. C. Thomas
Douglas County Red Cross Drive Names Division Chairs
Kelvin Hoover announces division chairmen for the Lis.801.46 fundraising drive starting March 1 to raise 12555 for the county program and 6350 for national headquarters. Lawrence centers on divisions while others operate across Douglas County. budget increases reflect 16 months funding and new blood donor unit allotment.
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Douglas County
Red Cross
Kelvin Hoover
Side
Lawrence
Roug dl
The
Hoover
Hoger Allen
Corlett
Melvin Fisher
Howard Wiseman
FE. L. Novotny
Uversity of Kansas
Henry Shenk
Haskell Institute
Solon P. Ayers
Antey Schwahn
Istricts
Dea
Baldwin
Merlin Ford
Eudora
Alf T. H. Oleson
Lecompton
Ruth Bahnmaier
Hercules Powder Company
L. C. Roberts
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Kenneth Franks
Two New Classes Join University Adult Education Program
Director E J Logsdon announced two new courses to bring total offerings to 16. A welding course for mechanics and trades workers and a machine tool program on engine and turret lathes will begin Tuesday at Fowler shops on KU campus, with sessions twice weekly and a $5 fee plus small material charge for the machine tool class.
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Nexr
E. J. Logsdon
Fowler Shops
University of Kansas
Logsdon
University Extension
Tthe
Catalogs On Sale For Kansas Arts Festival Exhibit
Limited catalogs for the Festival of Kansas Arts and Crafts are available at multiple locations including the Union hostess desk the Chamber of Commerce Liberty Memorial High School Journal World and the Community Building recreation office in the basement. Catalogs cost 50 cents and will guide visitors and locals through Kansas artists and writers. Marjorie Whitney handles sales to visiting art students and teachers for tomorrow’s high school art conference at the university.
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Union Building
Chamber of Commerce
Liberty Memorial High School
Journal World
Kansas
Marjorie Whitney
Delegates Chosen to Flood Hearing in Washington
Delegates from Douglas, Jefferson and Leavenworth counties named to travel to Washington on February 24 for the rivers and harbors board hearing on the Kansas river flood control program. Other counties Shawnee, Johnson and Wyandotte expected to name delegates soon as support grows from six lower valley counties.
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Washington, D. C
Lower Valley
George Hedrick
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Dourcus
Jeffersn
Leavenworth
Washington
Rivers and Harbors Board
Shawnee
Johnson and Wyandotte
Altho
Tuttle Creek
Milford
Perry
Ruppert
Hedrick
Coyote Drive Set For Sunday Near Clinton
A large turnout is expected for the Clinton 4 H club coy ote drive Sunday at 1 30 pm with six or seven hundred hunters forming lines. Hunt marshal Leslie Remeritt says it could be one of the county’s most successful hunts. Clinton Athletic club Belvoir Protective Association Twin Mound Grange and Overbrook farmers help conduct the event. Roundup at Old Belvoir school. Manhattan Kan Feb 19 Plane marks Skyway II route. Kansas towns along the 40 mile route from Winninig to Mexico City will promote air marking of smaller towns.
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Clinton 4-H Club
Leslie Remeritt
Clinton Athltic Club
Belvoir Central Protective Association
Twin Mound Grange
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Winnineg
Canada
Mexico City
Truman urges nationwide Red Cross drive for 75 million
President Truman appeals to Americans to donate to the American Red Cross goal of 75 million dollars for the year. He as honorary chairman of the Red Crown designates March as Red Cross month. He notes the disaster relief expenditure surpassed 12 million dollars in 1947 and says last year saw the greatest calamities since the relief organization began.
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Washington
Truman
Red Cross
Red Crown
Farmers brace for early oats planting amid frost and price rise
Douglas county farmers plan to sow their 48 crop oats as frost lingers and warm weather fluctuates. Most buyers expect to start next week, with some Lawrence workers aiming for Saturday if warmth holds. Temperatures dipping may delay a few days, but optimism persists for planting before mid March. Seed oats prices edge up slightly from last year, ranging from 1.60 to higher per bushel for a new Victoria Blight resistant variety.
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Douglas County
Sone
Lawrence
Victoria
Cold air forecast to sweep Kansas tonight
Sub-freezing temperatures and a moderate cold wave are forecast to hit Kansas tonight with Flora stating the sharp drop will move in faster than expected. Highs tomorrow expected in the 40s to mid 40s while lows drop to 15 in the north and 20s in the south.
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Kansas
S. D
Flora
Lebo
Garden City
KU and Lawrence High to Take Part in Festival Program
Kansas University and Lawrence High School students will join in a festival afternoon program starting at 3 p.m. Reading of Song of the Kansas Emigrants by John Greenleaf Whittier will be by Beatrice Buehler, with Mary Jane Byers singing The Americana Come. The program includes band pieces, dances, and performances by KU students, followed by a tea for visiting celebrities from 4 to 6 p.m. Tickets and further details available through the Recreation office.
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Kansas University
L.M.H.S
Paul Grover
Kansas Emigranta
John Greenleaf Whittier
Beatrice Buehler
Mary Jane Byers
Faye Foster
Kansan
Intrepid
March
J. H. Bell
Lawrence
Bong
Kansae Emigrania
Mueller
Shiela
Liverty
Richards
Notturnine di Luna
Paul Painter
J. He Bell J. M. HS
Fae Foster
Mary Jane Zollinger Byers
K. UL
University High School
Joie Stapleton
Kansas
Roth Hover
Claudia Anderson
Caroline Croater
Myrna Cooper
Pat Dixon
Myr Powell
Charles Murphy
John Evers
Don Fletcher
Versity of
Tau Sigma
Elaine Seliovitz
Ik. U
Katherine Mulkey
K. U
Misa Mulkey
Mount St. Scholastica
College of Emporia
Baker University
Bethel College
E. Thayer Gaston
Department of Music Education
University of Kansas
William C. Rice
Alfred Service
Baker
Professor Ice
Will Gibbon
Fraser Theatre
Recreation Office
Comprané
Fraser
Festival Opens With Kansan Arts Display in Lawrence
About 300 people attended the Festival of Kansas Arts and Crafts opening at the Lawrence Community Building. Governor Carlson praised Lawrence sponsors and Kansans’ cultural heritage, citing figures from Emigrant authors to Mattes legacy. Highlights included Henry Hubbell’s oil painting “By the Fireside” donated to Liberty Memorial High School, and illuminated manuscript panels from Carruth Ingalls and White.
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Lawrence
Frank Carleson
Kansas
Carlson
Whiter
New England
Charles Robinson
Kansan
James H. Parsons
Carson
Frank Stockton
Henry Hubbell
Liberty Memorial High School
C. 0. Bowman
Tennessee Street
Hubbell
Carruth
Weather Outlook for Kantas Area Tonight Into Friday
Generally fair but much colder tonight with a north cold wave sweeping the north and north central regions. Friday should be fair with little temperature change. highs near 35 and lows around 20 to 25 in the far north.
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Kantas
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