Pattern of Czech Control Unfolds
Prague reports complete Communist control shaping a new Czech Slovak government after protests and clashes. Police clash with students at Balace Square and Charles University as the nation leans toward a one party system with 38 percent parliamentary seats held by communists. Officials condemn opposition while ministries resign and a vote structure favors democratic repressive ballots under Gottwald.
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Cormuniat
Chare
Magentis Af
Cama Unset Priire
Communist Party
Inet
Jin Landen
Hritai Mist
Crechislovak
Forsiin Office
Connate
Czechesovakia
Hritain
United States
France
Ford Benes
Dolice
Chemarehara
Balace Square
Charles University
Uvechailovak
Benes
Unavasi
Verna
Gottwald
Kenes
Communiet
Waders
Saviot Ruskas
Kansas Farmers Sixth in Nation in Cash Receipts
In 1947 Kansas farm cash receipts totaled 1,264,647 dollars, ranking sixth in the nation. The Agriculture Department's Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes this figure covers all farm marketings but excludes government payments. California led with over 2.14 billion, Texas and Minnesota followed in ranks.
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Washington
Kansas
Agriculture Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Texas
Tuinoia
Minnesota
Nebraska
Missouri
Truman's Caribbean vacation amid 1948 campaign
Key West Florida February 26 President Truman began a lengthy rest before his 1948 campaign. He relaxed at a naval base in the Virgin Islands area after a Caribbean trip. Meanwhile investigators claim Maj. Gen. Bennett Meyers profited from the Aviation Electric company, with witness Lamarre testifying to large wartime earnings and misused funds.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Naval Submarie
Washington
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Dayton, O
Bennett E. Mey
Lamarre
Aviation Electric Company
Meyers
Army Air Forces
Senate
Tamarre
Mevers
Dayton
Swanky
Patterson Field
Army Air Base
Lamaree
Aviation Electric
Wrightfield
Air Force Purchasing
Condemnation of Czech Coup Sparks Allied Warning
Washington and Topeka reports detail a joint US Britain and France declaration condemning Czechoslovakia’s new government as a disguised dictatorship and a crisis manipulated to suspend parliamentary freedoms. In Kansas a municipal utilities delegation seeks state aid to guard oil supplies amid shortages threatening electric power, with towns named and a survey showing over a million barrels needed in 1947.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
State Department
Hungary
Great Britain
Government of Nations Union
Ghetty
Topeka
LMA
Kansas Association of Municipal Utilities
Gay
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Thestate
Numeros
Edgar Schowslier
Kansaa
Union
Showalter
Spring Like Weather Forecast Across Kansas
Topeka reports mild February weather with forecasted spring like temperatures. Minimum tonight expected in the upper thirties to lower forties, high tomorrow around 60. Mostly clear skies with scattered showers in the south tonight and statewide tomorrow. Wichita notes up to an inch of precipitation by 6 30 this morning. Concordia records sub freezing overnight with thaw expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
S&s. D. Flora
Wichita
Coffeyville
Anthorny 4
Hutchinson
Sas City
Lebo
Chanute
Dodge City
Goodland
Concordia
Kansas Picks J. W. Sikes as New Football Coach
Texas A and M official E. E. McQuillen lauds J. W. Sikes, newly appointed Kansas University head football coach, noting his cooperative nature and strong character. Ellsworth reports praise from alumni secretary as Sikes and wife are described as fine people.
Claims New Record of 560 Miles Hour for Jet Plane
London February 26 Pi The Vickers Armstrong Aircraft Co said a jet propelled Supermarine in military service set a new 560 634 miles an hour for the 000 kilometer closed circuit course at Winchester today The plane is called the Attacker J Lithgow was the pilot The previous record for the closed circuit course 542 90 miles an hour was claimed by a Gloster Meteor IV February Both U S and British jet planes have exceeded 600 miles an hour in straightaway tests and operational flights.
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London
Vickers Armstrong Aircraft Co
Supermarine
Winchester
W. J. Lithgow
U.S
Kansas to Begin State Census Soon
Topeka reports county assessors and deputies will start the small state census next week. The census determines salaries for county officials and yields population figures for counties, cities, towns, and townships. Assessors must have returns by June 1 and the data will be compiled by July.
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Topeka
Kansas Board of Agriculture
Ategnnors
Rad
Mild Temperatures Dominate Nation Across Regions
Light rain drifted across portions of the United States with temperatures generally warm for the season. Rain bands extended from Illinois to the Atlantic coast, another area covered Oklahoma to the border regions, while Gulf states saw 60s and northern Minnesota and North Dakota linger in the teens. A chilly Wyoming and Colorado mountain zone neared zero with no severe cold expected soon.
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Chicago
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Atlantic
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Montana
Washerington-Oregon
Gulf Coast
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Prospect
Barrier in Claims Shapes Views Across Americas
Earl Nixon of the state geological survey told Kiwanis club members at the Eldridge hotel that Americans create a barrier to good relations with South Americans by claiming exclusive rights to the term American. He, who spent time in Venezuela, said Yankees are seen as arrogant and loud by locals while engineers from the U.S. have largely built goodwill. South American societies contrast with a small educated elite and a large underclass, with whites desiring North American skills and resenting a perceived lack of equal partnership.
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Earl Nixon
State Geological Survey
United States
Nixon
Kiwanis Club
Eldridge Hotel
The
Venezuela
Geological Survey
North
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Fierce Mortar Battle Near Garden of Gethsemane
In Palestine near Jerusalem two Arabs were killed and four wounded in a mortar clash cited by British police. Arabs claimed one Arab woman died and a child and seven men were injured while two houses were demolished. A separate clash between Arab Jaffa and Jewish Tel Aviv was reported with casualties near Ramle. Since the UN partition vote, Palestine violence has killed 4,421 people.
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Jerusalem
Ared
Gethsemane
Ramle
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Evans No Comment on Steelers 21 000 Offer for Evans
University of Kansas All American halfback Ray Evans said he had no comment on a reported 21 000 dollar one year offer from the Pittsburgh Steelers. A Steelers spokesman would not confirm or deny the amount but praised Evans and hinted he may join their backfield next season.
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Ray Evans
University of Kansas
Journal-World
Pittsburgh Steelers
Evans
Pittsburgh
Steelers
Lawrence
Drainage dispute enters district court near Lawrence
In a case about detaching roughly 400 acres from the Douglas county Kaw drainage district, petitioners contest district improvements claiming flood waters were diverted by dikes and jetties. Hearings include testimony from engineer E I Myers and farmer Koing detailing lowered flood stages and crop losses from eight years of high water.
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Douglas County
Kaw
Hugh Means
Board of County Commissioners
Kaw River
Baldwin Creek
Lawrence
Forrest
Jackson
Charles Springer
Water Resources Board
Charles Stough
J. B. Wilson
E. I. Myers
Kansas City
Ben Rowing
Myers
U S Holds 23 Billion in Gold a Record
Washington press report notes U S government gold holdings surpassed 23 billion dollars, a record high. The United States now owns more than three-fifths of the world’s monetary gold and its holdings rise as foreign nations ship gold to pay for American products. In 1947 the trade difference was about 5.7 billion.
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T Press
Washington
United States
Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce Charter Ceremony
The Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce received its charter from state and national organizations in a banquet at the Eldridge hotel. About 190 members, state officers, and guests attended as Ed Haren presented the charter to President John Chaney and Glen Muncy urged cooperation and growth for the local group within the international JCC. State officers and guests included John Rudisill Cecil Peterson Bill Manspeaker Harold Manning John Jennings John Thompson Arnold May Bill Heed and Joe Wilson.
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Lawrence
Glen Muncy
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Chamer of Commerce
John Rudisill
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cecil Peterson
Bill Manspeaker
Topeka Junior Chamber of Commerce
Harold Manning
Kansas City Group
John Jennings
Kansas City Organization
John Thompson
Kansas City Kansan
Arnold May
Bill Heed
Topeka
Joe Wilson
Wilson
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Picture to Be Presented at Liberty Memorial High School
A portrait titled By the Fireside by Henry Hubbell will be presented at Liberty Memorial High School during an assembly tomorrow. Maud Ellaworth speaks on the painting's meaning, after which it will be hung in the library. Five students Marcia Peterson Cindy Stevens Ann Martin Vera Hayden Ada Van Valkenbure are honored for scholastic art awards.
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Henry Hubbell
Liberty Memorial High School
Maud Ellaworth
Marcia Peterson
Cindy Stevens
Ann Martin
Vera Hayden
Ada van Valkenbure
Leap Day Birthdays Bring Cheer to Lawrence Families
Two Lawrence mothers with Leap Day children share how February 28 parties mark birthdays in non leap years. Ronald Casebier, Ruth Irene Wagner and others receive annual celebrations, easing the unusual birth date. Records show only 11 leap day births in Lawrence since 1912, with three in 1944.
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Lawrence
Julius Caesar
Gregory XIII
Ronald
C. C. Casebier
Connecticut Street
Ronald Eugene
KMBC
Ruth Irene
W. S. Wagner
Ohio Street
Camilla
Diana
Ruth
City
Hell
Ruth Irene Wagner
Sharon Sue George
Walter L. George
Touch of Spring in Lawrence Brings Hope and Plans
Lawrence residents sense a shift toward warmer days as forecasts of milder weather prompt fishing tackle checks, seed purchases, and planting plans. Farmers report lingering frost at depths up to ten inches south of Pleasant Grove while topsoil thaws slow field work. River ice recedes and construction crews anticipate finishing sewer work as street widening moves forward once frost danger passes.
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Lawrence
Brost
Willis Coleman
Deal Six
Pleasant Grove
Kaw
Duimner
Fleorks
Duvka
Keese
Tumeroux
New Hampshire Streets
Laurel Baker
New Hampshire Street
Break in Gas Main Leaves 11500 Kansas Customers Without Gas
A break in a gas main cut service to 11,500 customers around Independence Missouri. Crews worked to repair the line and the company could not estimate repair time. In Canton Kansas the Fair association merged into McPherson County Fair association and will sponsor the first county fair in over 30 years on August 1 and 20.
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Kansas
Independence
Ain Ae
Canton
Kan
Canton Frolic and Fair Association
McPherson County Fair Association
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