Truculent sinking toll fixed at sixty five in Thames incident
British admiralty fixed the death toll at 65 after the submarine Truculent sank in the Thames Estuary following a collision with a Swedish tanker. 80 aboard, 55 presumed dead, 15 survivors. Six officers, 66 naval enlisted men, and 18 dock workers were aboard. Divers searched the wreck as a rescue plane crash killed five aboard a Royal Air Force station in Scotland.
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Chatham
England
Admiralty
Thames
Navy
Royal Air Force
Scote
Chatham Operaton
Barrow Deep
Bheerness
P. Bowers
Bearded Young
Almidix
Bowers
Jan Dekker
Two from this area among 13 Air Force ROTC commissioned at K U
Among 13 Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps members at K U to be commissioned as second lieutenants this week are William E. Ellis Jr of 9018 Quinn Street and Phillip G Williams of Baldwin. The group completed a four year course. those with prior active duty enter the program's first two basic training years. Other commissioners include Frank A Limbecker Paola Robert Storbeck James R Williams Paola Walter R Stockebrand Garnett W Martin Sunflower Latimer Stark James F Pratt Roy Gene Haskins Charles F Dutton Kinzman Robert N Bolitho Kansas City Mo and Leland S Werkbaugh Topeka.
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William E. Ellis, Jr
Qhin Street
Phillip G. Williams
Baldwin
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
K. U
Air Forces
Air T. C
Frank A. Limbecker
Tola
Robert Storbeck
James R. Williams
Paola
Walter R. Stockebrand
Garnett W. Martin
Sunflower
Latimer
Stark
James F. Pratt
Roy Gene Haskins
Aaa City
Charles F. Dutton
Kinzman
Robert N. Bolitho
Kansas City
Leland S. Werkbaugh
Topeka
Union Officials Say They Feel Free To Call Telephone Strike
Union officials in St. Louis announce they may call a telephone strike after midnight Sunday on Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. workers in six states. The action follows a breakdown over a 15-cent wage rise and multiple unresolved issues. A February 1 nationwide walkout remains possible, with no clear negotiations in sight before January 15.
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St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone , Co
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Division 20
C. I. O. Communications
Workers of America
Southwestern
Bell
Ber
Frank ¥. Lonergan
U. S
U N seat fight seen over nationalist China ouster
AP assesses UN council vote on whether to oust Nationalist China in favor of Maoist China. Malik may push propaganda while Britain remains cautious. US and France withhold support for seating the communists. Acheson outlines policy to back nationalism, resist imperialism, and defend the western Pacific. Jessup travels to Bangkok to coordinate Far Eastern diplomacy.
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Associated Press
China
United Nations
U. N
Jakob Malik
Security Council
T. F. Tis
Council
Britain
Mao Tze- Tung
United States
France
Mao
Acheron
America
Far East
Acheson
Manchuria
Southeast Asia
Pacific
Formosa
U. S. House Foreign Affairs Committee
Washington
U. S
Philip Jessup
Korea
Asia
Jessup
Bangkok
Senate Calls Two To Testify On Formosa
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to invite Defense Secretary Johnson and General Omar Bradley to testify January 26 on Formosa’s strategic importance. Chairman Connally opposed. no record vote. Questions focus on keeping Formosa out of communist hands and US defense interests. Acheson briefed the panel after hours behind closed doors.
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Washington
Jen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Omar Bradley
Formosa
Connally
D.tex
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Johnson and Bradley
Acheson
Far East
City manager campaign petitions report favorable response
Over 55 petitioners in Lawrence back a move to call a special election on switching to a city manager commission system. Richard Stevens notes confusion about timing but aims to use April 4 city election if enough petitions qualify. He argues taxes won’t rise under a manager, cites savings from efficiency. mentions Junction City and Holton as examples.
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Karl Kreider
Lawrence
Richard Stevens
Altho
Stevens
Junction City
Holton
Enrollment Closed for Dental Assistant Course Directed by Ed Logsdon
Ed Logsdon director of adult education announced enrollment for the dental assistant course is closed. Only a few remaining participants will be processed, with Elly Mae Mer a Catlett and Clara listed, classes set Tuesday and Thursday evenings from eight to nine thirty at Dr Monte Shenwond's office.
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Ed Logsdon
Elly Mae Mera Catlett
Clara
Monte Shenwond
Governor rejects offer to swap with Colorado inmate
Governor Krous turned down a Joplin churchman's bid to trade places with a brother serving a life sentence in the state prison. The offer was made to Sherbondy, an elder in the Seventh Day Adventist church and father of two.
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Denver
Krous
Joplin
Colorado
Sherbondy
Xie
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Lawrence Woman's Club Funds DP Student To Kansas Univ
Assurance papers for a displaced person student from a DP camp are received and signed by the Lawrence Woman's Club. The recipient will receive the Presidents Scholarship established in 1949 and will live at 194 Massachusetts Street while attending the University of Kansas. The club will cover transport and living costs. the student’s name will be provided by Muriel W. Jacobson within a month. The Westminster Fellowship is also arranging a DP student for Lawrence.
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Kansas University
Lawrence Woman's Club
Nelle Dixon
Massachusetts Street
Roland Elliott
Department of Displaced Persons
Church World Service Organiation
Lawrence
Muriel W. Jacobson
K. A. Westminster Fellowship
John H. Patton
Tatjana
Plume
Latvie
Hit and run crash reported on New Hampshire street
Police report a late night hit and run in the 1100 block of New Hampshire street around 9 pm. Irwin Crawford of 418 Forest Ave says a 138 Ford coupe swerved across the street, sideswiping his vehicle. Crawford’s car sustained minor damage and no injuries were reported.
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New Hampshire
Irwin Crawford
Forest Aves
New Hampshire Street
Crawford
Flood Threat Persists as Midwestern Rivers Rise
Flood dangers mount across Illinois Indiana Kentucky Missouri as more rain falls in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. Others refuse to evacuate while army Red Cross and volunteers reinforce levees and evacuations stretch from Rossville to Shawneetown amid rising Wabash and Ohio rivers.
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Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Army
Red Cross
Ohio
Wabash
Midwest
Rossclare
Ill
Altho
Kennett
Dunklin County
St. Francis
Lawrence High School basketball game score and halftime notes
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a Lawrence High School basketball game with a halftime and final score in the Atehlenn tre hicht venue. It mentions a 9:15 initial score and a later final around 10, plus a telephone number and an advertisement for flower delivery.
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Lawrenes Hich
Atehlenn Tre Hicht
Two Additions to Watson Library Open With Ribbon Ceremony
A Wednesday open house marks the Watson Library expansion at the University of Kansas. The west extension adds two large reading rooms and offices, while the southeast addition provides stacks on eight levels. The $390,010 project expands the state’s largest Kansas library by one third and will be showcased by Chancellor Malott and Library Director Baker.
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Watson Library
University of Ka
Kansas
Deane W. Malott
C. M. Baker
Charles Marsh
Topeka
Baker
Western Civilization
Kansas Remn
Kansas Call
Conflicting Duties Haunt Lawrence Police Amid Part Time Work
Lawrence police face internal concern as two officers held outside jobs at a local business where a city council member is employed. Chief D A Moore defends the practice, saying officers can work extra shifts if not interfering with police duty, and notes the department has allowed it for years. A merchant sought contact after a burglary but was told officers were busy elsewhere.
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Em.loy
Th Lawrence Fee
D. A. Moore
Caa
Radar Set to Be Installed at K U Navy Surplus Equipment
A surface search radar and ham radio setup valued at 150000 to 200000 will be installed in the military science building at Kansas University next week under Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps supervision. The system, first for a NRTOC school, will benefit about 600 students across three ROTCs and engineering departments. The university funded the radar installation and antenna mast. Navy-financed electrical work and a three-phase line were added. FCC license tests in Kansas City will certify two operators, with training ongoing.
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Military Science
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corp
Navy
KK. U
Willian R. Terrell
Naval Inili
Renselaer Polytechnic
New York
Arriva Electrician
Army Air Force
Terrell Wise
Ninth District
Ilinois
University
Military Science Departments
Electrical Engineers
Federal Communications Commission
Kansas City
Terrell
FCC
Variety of Weather in Kansas for 1919
Topeka reports Kansas suffered a highly varied 1919 weather year led by the first January tornado. Forecaster Richard Garrett notes tornadoes hail high winds glaze and floods causing three fatalities and property losses of 27 917 253 dollars. Temperatures ranged from well below zero at Sedan on January 30 to 109 at Lincoln July 20. The annual average temperature was 54.4 degrees, about five degrees below normal. Precipitation varied from 6.5 inches at Richfield to 31.55 inches at Oswego, with the state average 7 inches, over five inches above normal.
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Topeka
Kangas
Richard Garrett
Sedan
tLincotn
C. B. Hosford Dies in Lawrence at 73
C B Hosford longtime Lawrence real estate figure and former public official died this morning at his home on Third Avenue. He served as city council member chamber of commerce president county commissioner and Lawrence postmaster from 1924 to 194? Services set for Saturday at First Methodist Church with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. He was born June 13 187? near McLouth and married Helen Johnson in 1907. He left a partnership in the Hasford Investment Co and remained active in real estate.
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Utes
Nes
Hosford
Lawrence Memorial
First Methodist Church
C. E. Allison
Craveside
Oak Hi
Paola
Lawrence
L Old
Tners
Ed Arnold
Hasford Investment Company
Hasford
Helen Johnson
Oskaloosa
Chamber of Commerce
School Heart
Wos
Weather forecast for Kansas from Topeka to western regions
Forecaster Richard Garrett says Kansas is between cold and warm fronts with mainly cloudy skies and intermittent light rain or snow in northern and eastern areas tonight. Some freezing rain possible in far north. southern sections may see intermittent rain. Temperatures near normal with a cooling trend in the north and a rise next Tuesday and Wednesday. Precipitation expected around a tenth to half an inch in western Kansas and up to a tenth in eastern parts.
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Red Cross
Wabash
Maumie
California
Mercury
Riverside
Los Angeles
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Bemid Minn
Pembina
N. D
Florida Peninsula
Texas
Great Lakes
New York
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
South Dakota
Washington
Spokane
Seattle
British Columbia
New Fingland
Topeka
Dan
Kansan
Richard Garret
Northeern
Kanens
Garrett
Rrett
Kansas
al Ofeas
Wenal Dao
Jarrett
Leho
Officers to Enroll at K U Naval Reserve College
Forty seven naval officers from active service will enroll at K U when the second semester opens, including 14 at K U for the first time. The group, the largest ever at RK U to start five semesters of study, will pursue mathematics physics and electronics while awaiting entry to a General Line School in Newport or Monterey. About two thirds are from Kansas with the rest from neighboring states.
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K. WU
RK. U
Law General Line
Newport
Monteray
Calif
Getb
K. U. Naval Reserve
Kansas
States
Junior high session planned at Plymouth Congregational Church
About 150 junior high students are expected for a recreational session at Plymouth Congregational Church tonight at 7 p.m. Rev. Bab Turner said the sessions have run every Friday 7 to 10 p.m. in a cooperative effort by Lawrence churches.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
Tay
Bab Turner
Lawrency
Re-Election At Southwest Philosophical Conference
At the University of Texas Austin meeting the Southwest Philosophical Conference reelected Prof B S Robinson of the University and elected Miss Anna Mel Cracken as secretary treasurer and to the executive committee Robinson attended the session.
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Southwest Philosophical Conference
University of Texas In Austin
B.S. Robinson
University of Site
Anna Mel Cracken
Unive
Robinson
Stock Market Index Inches Down Amid Declines
The stock market index averages drift lower with 60 stocks totaling 71.7 points, slipping by 2 points as traders react to broad downturns across sectors. Investors monitor key earnings and macro data for direction.
Council not sold on parking plans
The city council advisory committee backed by the Chamber of Commerce debated an off street parking proposal funded by a 150 000 bond to be repaid from downtown meters. They favored pay as you go or a benefit district, cautioning against heavy debt and urging faster action to keep local shoppers from going to neighboring cities.
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Chamber of Commerce
Equnc Cil
Lowell FE. Bailey
Chamber
Mareh
E. RysZook
Mane Agit
Met
Wareren Decker
Decker
Fpe
Ralph Campbell
Lawrence
Roger Allen
Weather forecast segments for multiple states with mixed temperatures
A scrambled weather synopsis covers Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska with expected five day averages near normal, some southern Missouri and eastern Oklahoma warmer by a few degrees, persistent Nebraska and southern Kansas cold, and a Sunday to Tuesday temperature rise. Precipitation ranges from one tenth to one inch across regions, with rain or snow over the weekend and again at period end.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Acral
Chlahoma
Olahams
Norton
Atate
Osea Orifice
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Cincinnati
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Tocoka
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Lagricultural
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Congregational
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