Truman asks 33.75 billion loan to Britain to boost world trade
President Truman urged Congress to approve a 33.75 billion loan to Britain with an additional credit to settle Lend Lease obligations. The plan aims to expand production, consumption, employment, and living standards while easing exchange controls and promoting rapid recovery and global trade. The agreement would run through 1961 with a 61 year repayment period and possible interest waiver upon IMF certification.
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Washington
LPH
Truman
Congrean
Britain
Traine
Thin Pation
Senate
Aeuse
United States
United Kingdom
Tnited Nations Organization
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Congress
Kent
Jetties Built for Kaw River at Eudora Progress Report
Douglas and Leavenworth counties completed the jetties near the Kaw River bridge at Eudora except for lacing. The structures aim to prevent river erosion and protect bridge approaches. Construction will resume when weather thaws and ice clears.
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Kaw
Eudora
FB. E. Larson
Douglas
Leavenworth
Naval Committee Backs Ban on Atom Test Secrecy
Washington January 30 A Navy related bill would bar other nations from observing atomic tests. Chairman Vinson and key members back a secrecy mandate to shield technical data while approving congressional permission to destroy test ships. The plan follows push to let UN atomic energy commission watch tests with limited visibility.
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Naval Committee
Siemens OJ
LE House Neve
Vinson
D-Ge
House
Fot
W. H. P. Blandy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Marshal &Landa
Grant
Byrnes
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Raafety
Blandy
Government offers last word on steel price relief talks
Washington reports say the administration signaled a final position on price increases for steel reconversion amid the strike. President Fairless of U S Steel relayed a confidential outline to industry leaders in New York as discussions continued. Officials indicate no major change in the government stance though a 4 percent rise was cited as possible maximum. OPA pressings argue for 2.50 dollars per ton and oppose higher figures, complicating behind the scenes talks with Fairless and industry figures.
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Washington
Industoy
Benjamin Fairless
U.S. Steel Corporation
New York
Fairless
Senorten
U. S. Steel Corporation
Straser
Irving S. Olds
Olds
OPA
Truman
Mediation push begins in GM strike talks in Detroit
Detroit Jan 30 Union leaders and management head into negotiations with Special Federal Mediator James F. Dewey to avert a 71 day GM walkout that affected 173000 workers. Wilson and Thomas take active roles backed by Reuther as Dewey aims to drive a settlement and avert a broader clash over wage demands amid industry wide pressures. The UAW had shifted its demand closer to a government board’s 1942 cents an hour while GM resisted and sought relief for hardships among strikers.
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Detroit
Uncle Sam
General Motors
C. B. Wilson
G.B
R. J. Thomas
D C
G.M
Wilson
Thomas
Walter P. Reuther
Dewey
Ige
Inter
U.A.W
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Reuther
Lie makes no comment on UN secretary general bid
Oslo dispatch reports Foreign Minister Trygve Lie flew to London and refused comment on whether he would accept the United Nations secretary general nomination. He said no statement would be made until official notice from the Security Council arrives.
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Oslo
Tryeve Lie
London
United Nations Organization
Security Council
MUST EXCEL MEN Doris Fleeson speaks to student journalists in Fraser Hall
Washington correspondent Doris Fleeson outlined her career for student journalists in Fraser Hall, recalling work at the Albany capitol and Washington during the Roosevelt era. She praised Truman, urged women to strive, and spoke on tact, inclusiveness, integrity and industry as key newspaper traits. Theta Sigma Phi and Chi Omega planned campus meals and receptions following her talk.
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Doris Fleeson
Washington
Bell
University of Kansas
Fraser Hall
Lawrence
Topeka
Albany
Chi Omens
Veterans council to aid employment in Lawrence meeting
A group of 30 business and professional men will meet at the Chamber of Commerce tonight to study veteran employment problems and the G. T. Bill of Rights as groundwork for a new Veterans Reemployment and Advisory Council in Lawrence. Ogden Jones will preside and George Starkey will outline duties and relevant legislation while names and addresses of the new council members will be announced after the session. An additional item notes the death in action of Flight Officer Leslie D. Gilliland, reported by Mrs. George Husted, with surviving relatives listed.
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Chamber of Commerce
G. T
Filkin
Esther FE. Twente
B.S. Fox
LH. Houston
Ogden Jones
George Husted
War Department
Leslie D. Gilliand
Pacific
Harry Gilliland
Firs Department
Ottawa
Strike measure gathers force in labor debate
Washington reports the rules committee sent a broad strike centre bill to the House floor with debate starting tomorrow. The Case measure would create a national labor mediation board with six or more members, equal employer and employee representation, and three public members. It would allow injunctions in labor unrest and extend 30 day delays before lockouts or strikes. Republican and some Southern Democrats back the plan. opponents call it a Republican attempt to curb labor. The House labor committee previously approved a narrower fact finding bill sans subpoena power and cooling off period.
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Washington
UPA
House Labor Committee
Dill
House
Rules Committee
C.S.T
National Labor Management Mediation Board
Representative Case
R.S.C
Marcantonio
A.l.-N.y
Truman
Labor Committee
Case
Hess Request Denied as His Own Defense Attorney
The international military tribunal rejected Rudolf Hess s bid to defend himself, appointing Otto Siuhmer to act for Hess while Gunther von Rohrscheidt remains hospitalized with a broken ankle. The court in Nuernberg heard that Hess wished to conduct his own defense, a request denied after a week of deliberation by the four allied powers.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Rudolf Hess
International Military Tribunal
Gunther von Rohrscheidt
Otto Siihmer
Hermann Goering
Hess
Rohrscheidt
Dubost
Adolf Hitler
Armistice Commission
International Red Cross
Landon in Tribute to W A White
Topeka reporters recall William Allen White at Kansas Day banquet. Alf Landon praises the Emporia Gazette editor as a brilliant worker whose humor aided Republican causes. He notes White died on Kansas Day two years earlier and helped establish the William Allen White Foundation at the University of Kansas.
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Topeka
Wiliam Aten White
Empoia Gasetta
Alf M. Landon
Repulican
White
Kansas
Landon
Kansas Day Club
William Allen White
University of Kansas
Douglas County 1946 clothing drive ends shipments today
Captain William Knox and co chairwoman Mrs James Boerwinkle announce the Douglas County 1946 clothing drive has finished with shipments sent to Trading Processing and Engineering company International Warehouse 2 in Kansas City Missouri. Donors continued delivering small items to the Community building for immediate packing and shipment to National Clothing drive headquarters in New York City for transshipment to Europe China and the Philippines.
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Douglas County
William Knox
Knox
Lawrence
National Clothing Drive
International
Kansan
City
New York City
Europe
China
Philippines
Cochairman
James Boerwinkle
Marv Breed
Drive
Kansas University
Lawrence Women’s Club
Cir Scouts
Lawrence Royouta
Army Officer Delivers Tales Of Heroism In Visit
Lt. Frank Bova, executive officer of the Topeka recruiting district, ends a long distance call from Monongahela Pa, recounting his World War II service. He served a decade in the regular army, survived captivity and multiple escapes during the Battle of Mortaine, France. He earned the Silver Star, Purple Heart with cluster, Combat Infantryman Badge and Presidential Unit Citation.
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Frank Bova
Topeka
Monongahela
Kansas
Oskaloosa
Osawatomie
Pennsylvania
Anva
United States
Mortaine
France
U.S
Elbe
Bova
Potato Growers Meet Here Tomorrow Night
Kaw Valley potato growers will gather at the Chamber of Commerce rooms tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. for a discussion on calral for growing potatoes. Extension department specialists from Kansas State College will attend, including W. G. Amstein, horticulturist. John O. Miller, plant pathologist. and E. G. Kelly, entomologist.
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Kaw Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Alters
Kansas State College
W. G. Amstein
John O. Miller
G. Kelly
Harriman Heads to Shanghai After Talks With Chiang and Marshall
U A W Averill Harriman the U S ambassador to Russia arrived here Sunday and left today for Shanghai following conferences with Chiang Kai-shek and General Marshall. He stayed as guest of the Generalissimo and Madame Chiang at the presidential villa where they held long discussions. Arden Booth songs and inspiration Harbor of oe Ween daily 4 20 p m Adv Taxi 3300 Union Cab Ca Adv.
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Changking
Ua—W.averill Harriman
U.S
Russia
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-shek
General Marshall
Harriman
Madame Chiang
Arden Booth
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Kansas Day Ends On Harmony Note In Topeka
More than 3,000 Kansas Republicans journeyed home from the first Kansas Day after the war. Veterans were expected to play a growing role in 1946 campaigns as party unity and opposition to Governor nominating rival Frank Carlson waned. Banquet for 1,100 closed the day with speeches criticizing the New Deal and urging party organization drives across districts in March.
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Topeka
G United Front
E. H. Noora
R-Okia
New Desk
New Deal
Moore
Jess C. Denions
Dodge City
F. L. Hagaman
Kansas City
F. B. Ross
Emporim
Hagaman
House of Representatives
Ross
Morgenstern
Salina
Kansas Day Club
Frank Meek
Clay Center
Morgenatern
Jerome Harmon
Columbus
Kansas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harmon
al Crane
Winter cold wave grips Kansas with scattered snow
Topeka and much of Kansas face a mid winter cold spell with north winds and sub freezing temperatures. Forecaster S D Flora predicts continued drops into tonight with little chance of sub zero lows. Snow is expected to blanket parts of the state tomorrow as readings dip from 5 to 28 degrees and early reports show snow in Phillipsburg Goodland and trace amounts in Concordia and Topeka.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Fiora
Tomnorrow
Flora
Phillipsburg
Goodland
Tracea
Concordia
Dodge City
Complaint to Sheriff Over Trash Dumping Near Lawrence
Sheriff Rody Sinner warns of action against residents and outsiders who haul garbage into Tecertwee country and dump it along highways near Lawrence. He vows prosecutions under state sanitation laws as rural residents increasingly dispose of collected refuse themselves.
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Rody Sinner
Lawrence
widbHone
UNO WILL REFEREE IRAN CASE
London Jan 80 The United Section security court with Russian agreement voted unanimously to turn the Russian Iranian dispute to direct negotiations between Moscow and Tehran while retaining the right to revert in information on progress of the negotiations. The hours of heated debate included Bri Foreign Secretary Sir that Russians in Iran appeared to constitute war of nerves and 2nd ascension Edward R Stettinins Jr American member supported the British view. He believed the council should keep the Iranian case in its agenda and maintain jurisdiction over it. Cannot the council agree to admit the two parties to voluntary negotiations and have Tran and Russia keep the council informed until a mutually satisfactory position is found in accordance with justice. Ettinins asked.
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Prowse
London
United Section Security Court
Moscow
Tehran
Iran
Edward R. Stettinins, Jr
Stettman
Tran
Russia
Lawrence merchants to consider exclusive business trash collector plan
A Merchants Bureau committee and city officials in Lawrence discussed a proposed plan to appoint a single trash collector for downtown and outlying business districts. The plan would fund a dedicated service via a special assessment on about 240 business locations, raising roughly $400 monthly.
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Lawrence
Merchants’ Bureau Committee
Hotel Eldridge
Wilmer Reiugher
Merchants' Bureau
J. C. Harper
If. E. Eustacé
Carl Graeber
Homer
Kansas
Homer Allison
Beougher iI
Harner
Edwin Acree Held in Topeka Jail for Florida
Edwin Acree, 48, former Groveland Florida official, is held in Topeka jail awaiting Florida extradition on embezzlement charges involving $1,839 from 1927. He admitted guilt in Lawrence to embezzlement falsifying records and fugitive charges. bond set at 210,000.
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Edwin Acree
Topeka
Florida
Fan
Fanwin Acree
Mary Maze
Kansas
Acree
Hingtmaster
Groveland
Fla
Manze
Lawrenrs
U. S. Portal
F. T. Manrae
Edward A. Carlton
Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto
Lawrence
U. S
Charles A. Springer
Springer
Hopkins Rites Set for Friday in New York
Funeral services for Harry Hopkins special assistant to President Roosevelt will be held at 2 pm Friday at St Bartholomew's Church New York. Burial place not announced. Hopkins died yesterday at Memorial hospital after a period of illness. formal notice cited obscure illness and pending facts. The rest of the text notes unrelated job ads and notices.
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New York
Harry B&b. Hopkins
Roosevelt
St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church
George Paull T. Sargent
Hopkins
Memorial Hospital
City Buys War Surplus and Water Works Upgrades
Lawrence city records show purchases of surplus ordnance materials, including two carloads of infant salvages, valued at 2,665 dollars, slated for waterworks use over five years. December activity reports list water production, pumping, and new main installations, with progress on a heating and filtration project and delays due to back-ordered couplings and a strike affecting equipment delivery.
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Lawrence
Surmlue
Sune
Tereber Renowa
C. Racar
Cite Council
Huakar
Anand
Yro
Alandby
Stattun
Will Allow 1,500 Jews Into Palestine Monthly
Jerusalem January 20 The British government announced a policy allowing 1500 Jewish immigrants to Palestine each month at the rate of Le 400. The joint communique said consultations with the Arab leadership had been lengthy and inconclusive, and thus the government would maintain the provisional 1500 monthly quota for now.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Ique
Arutiv
Price Hike Prompts 1946 License Rush in Douglas County
Douglas county treasurer Roy Soderby urged motorists to buy 1946 auto licenses before Saturday to avoid a 0.01 monthly late fee. Plury reported a noticeable rise in tag sales this week with the deadline approaching. The law imposes an additional charge after February 1, raising costs for renewed licenses. The tag total has surpassed 5 000.
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Douglas County
Roy Jdery
Tagele
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