Americans Divide Over Island Rule
London reports split views at the United Nations on whether American conquered Japanese island chains should come under UNO sovereignty or be kept under US control for military value. Delegates favor trusteeship while General George C. Kenney argues for retained U S control in key islands.
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London
United Nations
UNO
Pacific Islands
George C. Kenney
United States
Kenney
War Departments
Truman
Pacific Air Staff
State Department
San Francisco
Ernest Bevin
Anme
Navy Exams Set Across Semesters at KU Jayhawkers
Ray mond Nichols, executive secretary, announced end of term exams for KU. Navy ROTC trainees and veterans begin January 30 and finish February 2, with V-12 students accelerated to same dates. Civilian students start January 1 and finish February 7, returning February 11 12. Exams occur during regular class hours in current rooms. inquiries go to Nichols office.
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K. U. Jayhawkers
Raymond Nichols
Navy
Nichols
Government predicts record 1946 beet sugar output
Washington officials express confidence that the 1946 sugar production program will lift beet sugar output. Midwestern and western planting plans aim for 1 025 million acres of beets, well above 779 000 acres in 1945, with a national average return not less than 13 50 per ton including subsidies and price supports.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Constellation In Record New York Bermuda Flight
American Airways officials announced a new commercial record for a Lockheed Constellation flight between New York and Bermuda and back. The round trip covered 1,340 miles in 5 hours 48 minutes, 1 hour 44 minutes faster than the previous record, with the outbound leg landing at Kindley Field after 2 hours 22 minutes from LaGuardia, beating the prior best by an hour.
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Flyn
New York
Bermuda
P—Pani American Airways
Lay Guardia Field
Kindley Field
Comercial
Plans for 1946 Kansas teachers convention six cities
The Program Committee of the Kansas State Teachers association discussed preliminary plans for the 1946 convention. Secretary Minter Brown said the event may be held in six cities from October 31 through November 1, with the specific cities yet to be chosen.
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Topeka
Kansas State Teachers Association
Minter Brown
Remodel KU Houses for Dorms for Girls
The University of Kansas is converting four Metook Street houses between Illinois and Mississippi into dorms for girls Each house will hold 10 students Three of the houses are nearly ready with occupancy set for February 1 The fourth awaits tenant eviction before remodeling can continue said the university business office yesterday.
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University of Kansas
Metook Street
Illinois
Mississippi
University Business Office
Veterans administration bans military titles for staff
Washington January fifteenth the veterans administration orders employees who formerly served in the armed forces to stop using military titles in official publications correspondence telephone directories desk name plates signs on doors and similar items Bradley a four star general said the change avoids practical difficulties in official work but does not bar titles in casual conversation or introductions Found No Clothes Portland Oregon vice admiral back from direct contact
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Quinn N. Bradies
Bradley
Strange Uniforms Emerge From Civic Shooting Visit
An occupation figure went shooting for civics and found store shelves bare for attire. He notes the admiral wore Fat, borrowed from a relative, fashioned from old bedsheets by a tailor.
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G.l.’S
Balloons Long Planned Airborne Attack Began in 1933
Allied headquarters reported Japan started experiments in 1933 with wind blown, bomb carrying balloons intended to attack the United States. The plan involved releasing balloons from submarines as a covert weapon project in the early stage.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Allied
Marines expand West Coast HQ amid Pacific operations
Reported expansion of marine headquarters on the West Coast as forces prepare for Pacific theater. Claims describe limited seapower and partial deployment of bomber launch sites, with practices aimed at repatriating activity into the eastern Pacific and preparing for broader operations.
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Japan
Rural Life Officials to Meet in Pittsburg Conference
Rural Life officials from eight states will meet at Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg March 21 to 25. Minter Brown, chairman of the executive committee, reports the gathering. A separate note mentions a January 1945 flight across the Aegean recorded by Tokyo radio steering equipment carried by the balou.
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Agean
Tokyo
Rural Life
Topeka
Kansas State Teachers College
Pittsburg
Reporta
Minter Brown
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