Wildcat Rail Strike Closes Lines Across The Nation
A wildcat railway walkout cripples freight and express shipments across much of the United States. Embargoes halt rail express service in fourteen northeastern states and others, with at least 27 railroads hit and many switching yards idle. The clash triggers potential contempt actions in Chicago as unions push for a resolution while several plants lay off workers.
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Railway Expres Agency
Midwest
Theidwest
South
Far West
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Peoria
Washington
Portland
Ore
Brotherhood of Railroad
Philadelphia
Ithin
Dallas
Tex
C. P. Wasson
Association of American Railroads
Army
U. & Transportation Hub
Official drive ends in county as campaign continues
The March of Dimes drive in Douglas County ends the formal campaign but continues until all solicitations finish. Goals: $6,500. current total $2,244.18 from advanced gifts and some residential areas. Beta Sigma Phi and other groups plan to complete. rural canvass to finish by Feb 10. Benefit dances planned in Eudora and at the Eagles Lodge to raise funds.
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Baldwin
Eudora
Eil Docking
Beta Sigma Phi
Business Women
Lawrence
M. Cart Slough
University of Kansas
Keith Wilson
Old Opera House
Eagles Lodge
East Ninth Street
Three Noted Publishers Buy Another Newspaper
Independence, Mo January 31 The Independence Examiner once edited by Col William Southern Jr was sold to Kansas and Missouri publishers FE Weir Ni lo Oscar Stauffer and W M Stauffer They move here to take editor and publisher roles Stauffer is publisher of the Topeka State Journal Weir a Nevada Daily Mail alumnus entered journalism in Atchison Kansas
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Independence
Independence Examiner
Col
William Southern, Jr
Kansas
Missouri
Hewsfeet
FE. Weir
Nilo
Oscar & Stauffer
Toka
Kany Snd
W. M. Stauffer
Weir
Nevada
D. Mail
K "Stauffer
Topeka State Journal
Wecsuster, Oy
Forum
Pittsburg
Atchison, Kem
Continued Progress Report by Atomic Energy Commission
The Atomic Energy Commission’s ninth semi annual report to Congress outlines continued atomic weapons development, new raw material sources, and plants to serve national needs. It notes secrecy bounds, dismissals and investigations, and trials at Eniwetok and Nevada for weapon testing. The report also highlights medical uses of radioactive iodine and cobalt, industrial advances like radioactive piston rings and flow control, and agricultural studies on weed killers and plant growth. It mentions oak tree grafting and a Quebec bridge sabotage note amid broader public safety concerns.
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Frashington
The
Atomic Energy Comminasion
Erelt Capeclty
PTO
Commisstion
Congress
Truman
Atomic Energy Act
Actreen
Commission
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Pacific Ocean
Las Vegas
New
Thin
Eniwetok
Nevada
Testa
Atomic Energy
Salt Lake City
Ise
Idaho
Stock Market Index Closes Unchanged On Jan 31
New York January 31 closing figures show the 60 stock average at 94.1, holding steady with no change from the previous session. The report notes a flat day with no net gain or loss across the listed equities.
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New York
UN labels communist China aggressor in Korea
Nazrollah Entezam calls a special UN assembly meeting to ratify the political committee’s decision designating Peiping as an aggressor in Korea. The security council moved to drop the item, clearing a path for final assembly approval with several nations voting yes and others abstaining or voting no.
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Lake Success
France
Canada
America
India
Burma
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Afghanistan
Egypt
Indonesia
Pakistan
Sweden
Syria
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Saudi Arabia
Security Council
General Assembly
U.N
U.S
Korea
Galle
Peiping
20 Elderly Die In Washington State Fire
Hoquiam Washington January 31 a deadly rent home fire killed twenty elderly residents and left another near death. Nila Engerbreton died from burns as the structure burned rapidly trapping residents many too ill to move. Firemen and volunteers aided sixteen others escape with seven later dying from burns or a heart attack.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Nila Engerbreton
Cornell Ranks Thirteenth in Total Endowments
Cornell University with a 36 million endowment will welcome Deane Waldo Malott as president next summer. The piece notes endowment growth lagging behind peer schools, inflation risk, and rising costs per student, forecasting significant financial challenges for Malott to address in Ithaca.
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Cornell University
Deane Waldo Malott
Cornell
Malott
Columbia
Chicago
Harvard
Yale
Texas_ university
Omien
Rochester
Northwestern
California
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Piiseeton
Stanford
Johns Hall
Johns Hopkins
Dartmouth
Ithaca
Allies Drive Bayonet Assault Near Seoul Front
Allied forces advanced on the western Korean front seven miles northeast of Suwon amid heavy artillery and air bombardments. U N ships and planes attacked Kosang and Kan Song while ground troops pressed near Kumyangjang and Sinchon as counter attacks and heavy fire continued.
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Korean
Suwon
Seoul
Altho
U. S
Missouri
Kosang
Kansong
Task Force 77
Kanjiam
Kumyangjang
United Nations
Kumyangjjang
Ninth Corps
Aman Enid
Enmoy
Railway Express Imposes Embargo Amid Switchmen Strike
The Railway Express Agency ordered an intersectional embargo halting shipments between the 14 northeastern states and the rest of the country as a wildcat walkout by railroad switchmen spread from Chicago and Detroit. Normal intraregional transport continues with limited exceptions for essential goods and government war shipments.
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New York
Railway Express Agency
Chicago
Detroit
Express Agency
Illinois
Washington, D
St. Louis
Air Express
Connecticut
Delaware
Indiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michio
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Santa Fe Railway Reports 1950 Refits Boost Profit
Santa Fe Railway announced a 1950 refit total of 82 million dollars, equating to 31.28 per share in common stock. Earlier figures show 1940 net at 50 million and 1947 accruals adding about 9.1 million, with $6 million from subsidiary dividends, lifting 1950 profits to over 10 million after adjustments.
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Chicago
Santa Fe Railway
County Awards Low Bid for New County Truck
County commissioners accepted the low bid from Ransdell Motor Service for a new truck. The bid was 550 plus trade-in, for a 1961 Dodge half-ton vehicle, with details tied to the engineering department in Sernattapal.
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Ransdell Motor Service
Ransdell
Sernattapal
Bridge collapses on Quebec road crash trap
AP reports three rivers scene as a bridge in Quebec collapses at 12 55 a m EST. Four cars lie at river bottom with headlights on and more victims feared until wrecks are dragged free. Drivers recount narrow escapes just before the fall. cause under investigation. repairs had occurred on nearby cracked spans last winter.
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Associated Press
Three Rivers
Jon
E.S.T
Milk Price Rise Prompts Local Retail Increases
Lawrence residents will pay 21 cents a quart for milk tomorrow after a department of agriculture boost to raw milk prices in the Kansas City area. The update raises producers’ pay to about 5.05 dollars per hundredweight, with related increases for cream and dairy products, though ice cream prices stay the same.
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Department of Agriculture
Kansan
Kansas’ City
Lawrence
Kansas City
Topeka
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Two Day Art Session at University of Kansas
A two day art education conference for school art supervisors and university students runs February 9 10 at the University of Kansas Miss Maud Ellsworth associate professor of art education announced Robin W Bond British art education expert will guest consultant He speaks in three sessions on creative reality the art teacher and his human task and creative art and the world He will join discussion groups and offer private consultations The event is sponsored by the EU school of education and university extension It is the second year of the conference following attendance by over a hundred participants last year
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University of Kansas
Maud Ellaworth
Robin W. Bond
School of Education
University Extension
Bond
Ellsworth
Royal College of Art
England
William Chitney
United States
Ike Arrives in Capital for Truman Briefing
General Dwight D. Eisenhower lands in Washington to report to President Truman and Congress on Europe's anti Communist effort. He will address both houses Thursday, hold closed talks with key committees, and speak to the nation Friday in a 15 minute radio address.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Congress
Europe
Eisenhower
Houses
Congressional Library
Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Congressional
Government Eases Late Wage Freeze Amid Soft Coal Increase
Washington reports the wage stabilization board eased the wage freeze to allow raises granted by January 25 or earlier for pay periods through February 9. The new order awards a $1.60 daily increase to about 400,000 soft coal miners starting tomorrow, while hard coal miners may await further action. Board dissents and future rules noted. state and local employees are exempt from the freeze though states should conform to policies.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Airyman Cyrus S. Ching
Ching
Ward Keener
Reuben Robertson, Jr
Henry Arthur
Byrd
D.2
Urgent request for extra bar cars in Kansas grain rush
Gov. Edward F. Ann wired James K. Knudson of the Defense Transportation Administration in Wisconsin asking for immediate bar cars for Kansas grain loading. The shortage is described as critical with potential severe damage unless relief arrives promptly.
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Topeks
Edward F. Ann
Kansas
James K. Knudson
Defense Transportation Administration
Worst of Winter Across U S
Severe winter weather gripped most of the nation with sleet snow and cold. Temperatures stayed below zero in the midwest and northeast while Florida and parts of the southwest escaped the icy blast. Texas faced a brutal storm with few signs of relief and about six deaths attributed to the weather.
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Midwest
New England
Rocky Mountains
Gulf
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
Rocky Mountain
Cold Still Holds As Snow Falls In Douglas County
Winter weather lasts into the fifth day as Douglas County reports 1.3 inches of snow by nine this morning and total moisture of .13 inches. Farmers plan oats soybeans and flax replacements after wheat damage, with Baldwin and nearby area farmers awaiting moisture before oats planting.
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Douglas County
Ward
Lester Schwartz
Route 1
Baldwin
George Batell
County Production and Marketing Administration
Yen Herman Batell
Eatest
Building Permits Slow in Lawrence as January Totals Rise
January in Lawrence shows a quiet start with 16 630 total permits in process including 7 500 issued and 9 250 applied for. Permits include a 6 000 one family dwelling at 143 East Twenty Third Street Breeze dale and a 300 storage building at 1413 Elmwood Belmont addition, plus private garages for Sam Elliotts and Earl Thompson. Remaining applications include a 7 000 house at 941 Maine Street and a 2 260 addition to a two family residence at 930 Illinois Street Open evenings and Sundays Cole s Food Center 2nd Lineve.
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Lawrence
Ray Angney
Willard Larkin
East Twenty Third Street
Breezedale
R. C. Cooper
Elmwood
Belmont
Sam Elliotts
West Sever Street
Earl Thompson
Louisiana Street
C. F. Stinson
Maine Street
J. McGhee
Illinois Street
Jaycees Present Honor Man Award in Lawrence
Lyman Wiley received the Junior Chamber of Commerce distinguished service award as the outstanding young man of Lawrence for 1950 at the Jaycee award banquet in the Hotel Eldridge room. Nearly 100 men attended. John Crown presented the honor. Wiley, 27, active in civic and veteran affairs and former Ece commander of the Dorsey Liberty American Legion post, will receive a plaque and key. The event featured E P Pat Murphy of Topeka as speaker, urging citizen awakening to combat apathy.
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Hank Brown
Lyman Wiley
Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Jaycee
John Crown
James Owens
Tthe
Richard Treece
E.P
Pat” Moi
Topeka
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Murphy
America
Psycee Creed
Maurice Stryker
Lawrence Hs
Durham
N. C
James V. Owens
Planning Commission Advices Annexation of Hill Crest Addition
The city planning commission met to consider annexing the tract northwest of West Hills owned by Dr. C E Hundley Dr Ray Clark Dr Richard Nelson L G Carter and H C Stuart They recommended rounding the southeast corner of the Stuart property and Clark lot to improve traffic and naming the area Hill Crest Addition The commission urged opening a street along the west side of the West Hills water tower and including the northwest five acres owned by Anna March Hale and the Anderson tract north of Stratford Road in the city annexation Present were M N Penny chairman Eugene Emalber Alfred J Dicker and Clifton Calsin.
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City Planning Commission
West Hills
C. E. Hundley
Ray Clark
Richard Nelson
L. G. Carter
H. C. Stuart
Stuart
Dr. Clark
Anna March Hale
Anderson
Stratford Road
M. N. Penny
Eugene Emalber
Alfred J. Dicker
Clifton Calsin
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Ike
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Liz Cornera
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Ways and Means Committee
White House
Cole's Food Center
2Nd & Line
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Planning Commission
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