Long distance phone service restored after Lawrence strike
Lawrence and nearby towns resumed long distance calls after a telephone strike reduced outages. About one third of requested long distance calls were completed, with over 80 percent success among those offered. Emergency calls routed via Kansas City and Topeka, while local exchanges served Inwood, Lone Star, Ferry, Lecompton, Tonganoxie, and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Renidenta
Lawrence Slepi
Topeka
Lawrence
Focal Exchange
Inwood
Lone Star
Ferry
Legompton
Tonganoxie
Stull
Otawa
Andora
Baldwin
DeSoto
Vinland
Ottawa Exchange
Lebo
Americus
Centropus
Dunlap
Olathe
Emporia
Hartford
le Toop
Lyndon
Melvern
Nendesha
Olpe
Pomona
Princeton
Rantou
Richmond
Waverly
Wellavi
Unclear OCR fragment on telephone strike and hospital dedication
A fragment describes a Newark telephone operator incident near the Washington central exchange and a dedication speech by Deane W. Malot at Inter General Hospital in Topeka marking its transfer to the veterans' bureau. The text is garbled with missing details and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Washington Central Exchange
Malot
Deane W. Malot
Inter General Hospital
Topeka
Jtmy
Veterans’ Bureau Authority
Raymond Nichols
Brisk auto license sales in Douglas County reach 2000
Lawrence report from the county treasurer notes auto licenses sold exceed 2,000 with 16 days left to purchase without penalties. A late fee of fifty cents applies after February 1 plus monthly delay penalties. Roy Flory confirms.orthy The Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health association plans a 4 PM Monday meet at C J Lane’s office to discuss committee returns for the annual Christmas bond and sex sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Roy Flory
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
C. J. Lane
Mra
Sebha Eldridge
Navy unfit to fight five months after Japan defeat
Miami dispatch reports Admiral Chester W. Nimitz told Associated Press editors that demobilization leaves the navy unfit to fight five months after Japan's defeat. He urged caution in rapid return of sailors home, while editors discussed atomic energy and reporting. AP officials described bomb energy and its impact, noting the blast killed tens of thousands in a city and radioed details on implosion timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Cheater W. Nimitz
Associated Press
Japan
Boya
Nimitz
Schiral
Howard Blakeslee
Presa Science
Glenn Babb
Preex Association
Soil allowance made for soil building payments in Douglas county
Federal allowance for soil building payments in Douglas county for 1946 was tentatively set at 2000 dollars, about 10 000 less than last year’s poll building practices payment. George H Butell chairs the county committee with David Noe and Will H Hayden as members and Mary Nell Laswell as secretary. The district meeting in Ottawa outlined farm plans due by May 1 and that county officials will contact farmers to file plans to qualify for soil building payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
County Agricultural Conservation Association
Ottawa
George H. Butel
Butell
David ¥. Noe
Will H. Hayden
Mary Nell Laswell
John Gruber
Douglas County Aca
Harvey Brors
Manhattan
AAA
ACAY
Douglas County Committee
NEW Post
Wainwright
Commander Will bhe Fourth Army Headquarters Move
Washington Jan 11 The War Department announced LT A P appointment as commander of the Fourth Army succeeding the late Lt Gen Alexander Patch Gen Jonathan M Wainwright cited as hero of Corregidor and former chief of eastern defense command Headquarters of the Fourth Army are at Fort Sam Houston Texas Plenty of Relatives Weatlake Ore Jan 11 A baby Galen Lee Stanturf is said to have 61 blood kin including four grandparents six great grandparents one great great grandparent uncles and many aunts and cousins in a lengthy family note
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Washington
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Fourth Army
War Department
Corregidor
Eastern Defence Command
Alexander Patch
Wainwright
4Th Army
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Weatlake
Ore
Galen Lee Stantorf
Mien
Leo Stanturf
Remy Grandaun
All Clues Fail In Chicago Killing Investigation
Chicago police and Cook County officials report no new leads four days into the Degnan child murder case. Two Edgewater janitors were released after questioning. no charges filed. A 20-man homicide detail is assigned to pursue the case while more than a dozen suspects are questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Um—City
Cook County
Susanne Degnan
Anl
Edgewater
Degnan
Hector Verburgh
Harold G.ward
Criminal Court
Verburgh
Desere Smet
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence and Nearby Areas
Obituaries from Lawrence and surrounding towns report the deaths of Mrs Alfred G Frost in Kansas City of Mrs Leon Nicholson sister of Mrs F W Blackmar of Lawrence. Joseph W Jones Ward, 91, of Wichita Masonic Home, formerly of 1340 Kentucky Street Topeka services tomorrow at Wahl Diffendorfer mortuary Topeka. Jane Fitzpatrick Rodgers, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James Fitzpatrick longtime Lawrence residents, died recently in San Diego California leaving son James Rodgers and three brothers Thurman, Roy and Earl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Alfred G. Frost
Kansas City
Alfred G Frost
Leon Nicholson
F. W. Blackmar
Lawrence
Joseph W. Jones
Masonic
Wichita
Mrs. Street
Kentucky Street
Wahl- Diffendorfer Mortuary
Topeka
Jones
George Russell
Misa Jean Russell
L. H. Frink
Jane Fitzpatrick Rodgers
San Diego
Cal
Mrs. Rodgers
James Fitz Patrick
James Rodgers
Thurman Fitzpatrick
Dallas
Tex
Roy Fitzpatrick
Lincoln
Neb
Earl Fitzpatrick
Strikes at a Glance Highlights National Labor Turbulence
About 416000 workers idle in new and continuing labor disputes. Telephone service disruption looms as picket lines form in several cities. Western Union in New York reports no immediate impact. General Motors wage review sought amid a 30 percent hike demand. Meat packing talks deteriorate as a country wide strike nears. US Steel and United Steelworkers press to avert 800000 walkout. Seattle bus drivers resign over pay with 500000 daily riders affected. Transfusion given to Jean Werner Mitchell at KU hospital, as family plans stay in Kansas City. Classified pages urge readers to use listings for housing searches.
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Associated Press
C.C
Western Union Company
New York City
Socieg A5
General Motors
Company
C.I.0
Onion
Meat
Federal Conciliation Service
C.1
United Packinghouse Workers
Meat Packers
U. S. Steel
CSO
United Steelworkers
Seattle
Injunction Granted in Leavenworth Liquor Raids
Permanent injunction granted by Judge J H Wendorff in Leavenworth county court at the request of County Attorney Jesse A Ball. The order targets A R Currie and others for maintaining a common nuisance with intoxicating liquor. Evidence shows 25 cases seized at Currie posten and federal raids on November 9 across Wichita Topeka Lucas Dorrance Victoria Leavenworth and Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Ken
Kanzas
J. H. Wandorff
Leavenworth County District Court
Jesse A. Ball
A. R. Currie
Ball
Currie
Currie's Place
Hall
Leaveworth County
Wendorff
Wichita
Topeka
Lucas, Dorrance
Victoria
Russell
Trial of Schacht as Nazi Leaders Go On Trial
The former Reichsbank head is charged among 23 Nazi leaders. An assistant prosecutor cites Schacht’s 1939 memo praising Germany’s foreign policy and arming of forces to support annexations Austria and Czechoslovakia. Schacht's wounds from punishment are noted in context of his career end.
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Pace
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Schacht
U.S
Brady C. Bryson
Hitler
Austria
Germany
Reichsbank
Vienna
Wehrmacht
Fourth Day of Westurn Union Strike Halts Many Western Union Services
New York reports a four day strike by 7000 members of the CIO American communications association at Western Union. Messages and money orders for overseas servicemen pile up in cable offices while many operations run on a curtailed schedule. Union president Joseph P. Selly says workers at remote firm telephones or air mails to home offices would be readmitted. domestic facilities blocked. Inter-office communications suffer due to mechanical failures and the tie up, though stock exchanges and some transport lines run on independent circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Communications Association
Westurn Union
Western Union
Joseph P. Selly
Messanes
Washington
San Francisco
Stock Exchange
JOH
Youngberg Named Housing Planner Amid Spring Shortage
Chancellor Deana W. Malott announced housing plans to ease a spring shortage. Proposals include additional rooms behind Memorial Stadium and at Mt. Oread campus, with a new Delta Delta Delta girls house adding about 25 beds by February 11. Jeanne Moody will run the new housing directorate after serving as secretary.
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Deana W. Malott
Memorial Stadium
Robinson Gymnasium
Lawrence
Mt. Oread
Delta Delta Delta
Jeanne Moody
Ofice
Injunction Opens to Topeka Exchange in 1920s dispute
An injunction, issued amid a special legislative session called by Governor Henry J. Allen, bars Western Electric workers from picketing the Southwestern Bell premises in Topeka. The order forbids threats or intimidation of employees and aims to prevent interference with the plaintiff's communications services and property in Topeka and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Allen
Western Electric
Shuai
Southwestern Bell
Topeka
Temporary anti-picket injunction for Southwestern Bell in Wichita
Wichita district judge grants a temporary injunction to Southwestern Bell Telephone, disbanding picket lines at toll and dial offices by noon. Hearing set for January 22 on a permanent injunction against picketing by Western Electric installers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
I. N. Niare
Southwestern Bell Telshone Company
Western Electric
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Williams
Salina
Western Electric Equipment
Roy x Smith
Saline County
City of
Southwestern Bell Company
U. S. Mconald
Dallas
W. M. Cramer
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Little Rock
Lph
E. N. McCall
Ordered to Leave Jobs by Union in Northern California
In San Francisco on January 13, eleven thousand telephone operators across northern California and Nevada were ordered by their union to quit work immediately. The directive from Marie A. De Martini, president of the Independent Telephone Traffic Employes organization, covered all northern counties and applied to all offices whether or not local companies were picketed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Nevada
Marie A. de Martini
Independent Telephone Traffic Employes Organization
Professor to Return in Fall to Teach Accounting
Raymond Nichols says one of three KU business professors slated for next semester will not be released until fall. Professor Jerome Kesselman, a former army quartermaster corps captain and transport officer, will teach accounting when his military duty ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.U
School of Business
Raymond Nichols
Ia Jerome Kesselman
Army Quartermaster Corps
Kesselman
Nichole
Scrivner to Delay Return to Study District Problems
Representative Scrivner of Kansas said he would delay his return to Washington for several days to study issues in his second district. He planned visits to veterans hospitals and rehabilitation facilities in Wadsworth and Topeka to learn how Congress can improve service and efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Scrivner
Washington
Wadsworth
Topeks
Wet Snow Makes Going Tough Thruout Today
Wet snow and rain fell since early morning with 144 inches measured. January total reaches 2.21 inches, well above normal. Snow covers wheat giving moisture for farming, while sidewalks froze creating slick footing. Kansas Elks officials Hunsinger St Clair and Fred Straley attended Fort Scott visitation and planned return to Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. J. Posey
W. C. Hunsinger
Kansas State Elks Association
J.8. St.Clair
Lawrence Elka Lodge No. 59S
Fort Scott
Fred Straley
Topeka
Elks
Straley
Kansas
Lawrence
Funeral services held for Mrs Edna W Gordon at Methodist Church
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Methodist church for Mrs Edna Welfett Gordon wife of John A Gordon. The service was conducted by Rev A Holland with Mrs Laylock and Guy Lonasireth assisting. Mrs Gordon born near Trans pure Pa. spent most of life in the Bey area. Burial was in Di Boto cemetery. Survived by husband, mother Mrs Charlotte Weteast, a brother and sister-in-law in Kanann city and a sister-in-law in the neighborhood. The Holmes family sorrowfully remembers their loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Welfett Gordon
John A. Gordon
Holland
A.laylock
Nolan
Guy
Charlotte
Largaret Tharmerman
Arker
Freeman Lawrence
Sanday
Ter
Reich
Aelectiaen
Mra
John A. Nira
P. Taxtor
scattered Ohio social notes and a biblical iron reference
The page lists varied social notes from Kaneag City and surrounding towns, naming multiple couples and visitors over a weekend. It also references Tubal Cain as the earliest non mythological iron maker, cited in Genesis, and notes 4000 plus vessels carrying explosives during the war under Coast Guard supervision with no major casualties in those ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tubal-Cain
Coast Guard
Market News: Rails Demand Up as Cotton Stabilizes
New York markets report rising rail demand with rail loans up and wheat and corn largely unchanged. Cattle activity remains firm, with slaughter steers around 14.50 to 16.00 and calves trading 11.50 to 13.50. Kansas City livestock receipts show mixed cattle and hog activity, with sheep active and prices steady to higher on select lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manees City Livestock
Kansas City
Jan. St
Ap-Usdai
Tully Ateady
Ajeaty Ateady
Poultry Prices and Market Report From Kansas City
A dated market brief covers poultry items such as Leghorns and ducks with prices like $3 for dressed birds and 22 to 25 cents for ducklings. It notes other farm products and aggregates, including grain and butterfat, plus a stock market snapshot and brief comments on utilities and major consortia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kansee City
Arkansas
Leghorn Springs
Brothers
In Memoriam Dear Ruth We Remember You
One year has passed since you left us and we still think of you often while others sleep. Darling Ruth you are sadly missed by mother Anlloway and Tor as we weep and remember you.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Mother Anlloway
Tor
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Wentam Union
Ruona
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Midwest Conference of Pharmaceutical Ansseletions
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Dean
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University of Kansas Hospital
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Western Union Service
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Jerome Kesnelman
Washington, D. C
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Guy V. Longstreth
Kaneag City
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National + Distitlern
General Electric
New Five
At& SF
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du Pont
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Talla
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Phillips
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