BP moves to revive OPA as Briges presses for cuts
Washington July 5 Major developments center on efforts to extend or replace price controls as Senator Bridges presses to keep new OPA funding from moving forward. Porter urged a year long extension aligned with President Truman, while O'Daniel vows to oppose the measure.
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Washington
Barkley
PKR
Bridges
R-N.i
Senate Appropriations Committee
OPA
Price
Paul Porter
McKellar
J.-Tenn
Porter
Congress
Lne
Truman
D.-Ky
Senate
O'Daniel
Tex
Senate Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
Amid
Banking and ‘Currency Committee
Wherry
Lawrence farmers top harvest with record grain haul
Lawrence residents celebrate Independence Day by delivering a record wheat and oats haul to local elevators. Railcar shortages threaten movement and may force temporary elevator closures as Kansas City firms urge price ceilings before OPA resumption. Harvest peak reached. oats and potatoes nearing season end with high yields and quality reported.
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Lawrence
Addy
Robinson
Kansas
Dick Tanning
Wakarusa Creek
Price Trend in OPAless Days Nets Higher Prices
The first week of a peacetime free price era saw higher costs for meat bread milk and restaurant meals across many cities. Substantial subsidies ended June 30 raising bills by about $12 for the average consumer, while some areas remained steadier on rent and other staples.
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OPA
Chicago
Atlanta
Memphis
Columbus
Birmingham
Shreveport
Arkansas
Associated Press
Washington
Toll Under Estimate Despite Long Fourth of July Holiday
The violent death toll reached 162 as Americans enjoyed a four day Independence Day holiday. Since 6 p.m. July 3, 73 traffic, 46 drowning, and 43 other deaths were recorded, with fireworks contributing some fatalities. Ohio led states with 17 deaths, including nine traffic fatalities. The National Safety Council had forecast 800 immediate deaths and 275 traffic fatalities for the period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
National Guard Unit Discussed in Manhattan Chamber Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce military affairs committee in Manhattan discussed establishing a national guard unit. Lt. Col. Donald H. Scott, U.S. property and disbursing officer for Kansas, attended the meeting. Oswego drowning reported on July 5 near Columbus with Eugene Gur drowning while boating on the Neosho River.
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Manhattan
Kan
Chamber of Commerce
Donald H. Scott
U.S
Kansas
Neosho River
Oswego
Eugene Gur
Columbus
Wheat on ground burdens western Kansas harvest
Western Kansas farmers pile hundreds of thousands of bushels on the ground amid a grain car shortage along the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific lines. Losses from outdoor storage could reach 15 percent if rains come before shipments, with 200,000 bushels noted in Wallace County and large piles observed in Ellis Rush Ness counties.
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Kas
Kansas
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Wallace County
Colorado
Catholic Church
Wallace
Ellis
Trego
Rush
Ness
Hays Daily News
Joseph C. Unrein
Here
Ellis County
Rush County
Carl Zimmerman
Wheat Harvest Followers Told to Head for Nebraska
In Great Bend Kansas on July 5, W O Stark assistant farm labor supervisor urged combine operators labor and trucks finishing the Kansas wheat harvest to move straight north into Nebraska. He noted eastern Kansas surplus machines will meet central Nebraska needs while northwestern Kansas will fill southwestern Nebraska needs. Harvest in northwestern counties ended after quick weather favorable with a record short period and ample combines.
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Great Bend
Kan
W. O. Stark
Nebraska
Kansas
Stark
Relief Promised Over Box Car Shortage In Wheat Belt
The Association of American Railroads told Senator Reed that significant immediate improvements may be expected in the box car shortage affecting the southwestern and central west wheat belt.
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Washington
The
Association of American Railroads
Reed
Kan
Southwestern
West Wheat Belt
Peace Parley Deadlock Delays 21-Nation Conference
Paris July 5 The foreign ministers council failed to resolve objections over inviting China to the 21-nation peace conference after Russia insisted on rules to govern invitations. Molotov argued China should not be invited and that procedural rules must be set before invites go out. The talks also addressed Italian reparations and navigation on the Danube as remaining issues before the conference.
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Foreign Ministers Council
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Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
V. M. Molotov
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France
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Romania
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Australia
Belgium
Brazil
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Ethiopia
Greece
India
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Norway
Poland
Ukraine
Union of South Africa
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
James F. Symes
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Uy &A
Danube
Enly
Germany
Hot sultry weather forecast for Kansas this week
Weather expert S D Flora predicted high temperatures from 90 to 98 across Kansas with light scattered showers cooling spots. Local rainfall was limited to small totals and lows were to run from 65 to 75 in various regions as Dodge City reached 93 and Goodland 62.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Flora
Salina
Tribune
Concordia
Dodge City
Goodland
Coffeyville
Witnesses Describe 14 Fliers Executed in Formosa
Shanghai reports an eyewitness account from Yashushi Marushima a Formosan medical officer at a war crimes trial. He testified that fourteen American airmen captured in 1945 were executed by a Japanese firing squad after a mock trial with no defense counsel. The killings occurred June 16 1945.
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Shanghai
Taihoku
Formosa
Yashushi Marushima
Marushima
Fourth of July in Lawrence Enjoys Peaceful Holiday
Lawrence marked a peaceful first peacetime Independence Day in five years with ideal weather and crowds at Haskell stadium rodeo golf and lakes. Fireworks incidents were minor two youths injured by firecrackers and many children displayed bandaged hands. city shops closed for the day and highways were busy with return traffic.
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Lawrence Ce
Theiis
University of Kansas Memorial Stadium
Haskell Stadium
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Bobby Edmonds
Anita Stilwell
Alten
Lawrence
Central Park
Lawrence Police
V. FL. W
University of Kansas
Frank Stalzer
Towa
Idahoa
Nebraska
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
John Schott
Chet Skinner
Walter Hoot Duver
Ted Myron Decker
Punch
George Wilkins
Haskel
Elevators Watched After Wheat Storage Rumor Training
Toneka July 5 Kansas wheat elevators were guarded after a rumor of an attack on stored grain. Kansas Bureau of Investigation director Lou P Richter called the rumor unfounded. Three elevator fires were reported in two days, including Carthage Indiana and Huntertown Indiana, with arson discounted.
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Toneka
T—Kansas
Lou P. Richter
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Santa Fe Railroad
Quannah
Tex
Carthage Grain Company
New York Central Railroad
Carthage
Ind
Huntertown Grain and Tumber Company
Huntertown
Indiana
United States seeks international ownership of uranium and thorium
The United States submitted a memorandum to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission calling for world ownership of all uranium and thorium. Ferdinand Eberstadt presented the document to a sub committee, expanding Baruch's control plan as a price for destroying the U S stockpile of atomic bombs.
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New York
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Bernard M. Baruch
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Baruch
Eberstadt
United Nations
Defense of Alleged Spy Opens
Associated Press report notes Ivan Zabello named as new witness for Russian Navy Lt. Nicolai Redin in espionage case. Defense counsel questions whether Redin will testify today and if his wife will appear. Zabello was the previously unidentified man who accompanied Redin to Portland, Oregon, on March 6, when FBI agents arrested him amid fears of departure for Russia.
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Seatie
Ivan Zabeilo
Nicolai G. Redin
Portland
Ore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Redin
Red States
Health workshop at KU Memorial Union weeklong
A five day health workshop open to the public will run next week in the Memorial Union at the University of Kansas. Delegates registered and welcomed by Chancellor Deane W. Malott will attend general sessions and meetings led by health officials from state and national bodies.
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University of Kansas
National Health Consultants
State Department of Heath and Public Instruction
Deane W W. Malott
Linacm
Frank Stafford
Department of Health and Physical Education
Washington, D.C
Dental Health
Leon Kramer
Division of Dental Health
State Board of Health
Paul Haney
Ralph T. Canuteson
University of Kansas Health Service
R. H. Wheeler
George Pflaum
Kansas State Teacher's College
Emporia
Margaret Anderson
Bert Rush
Stafford
May Up Cost of Meat in Lawrence as Supplies Stay Tight
Lawrence meat markets show limited fresh meat and beef supplies with prices rising. Retailers report small beef shipments since OPA lapse, wholesale beef prices doubling, and butter selling around 64 to 66 cents a pound while some wholesalers note planned price hikes with new stock arriving.
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Lawrence
OPA
Eham
Wichita
Missing Lawrence Girl Is In Texas
Lawrence girl Juanita Kahlstorf 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs John F L Kahlstorf, is missing after a tragedy with her companion Gerald Maes. They left Lawrence a week ago in a Ford coach. McWilliams, a rodeo rider, has been located in Amarillo and Las Vegas routes are cited. Mrs O K Hardy and family set out for Amarillo to learn her whereabouts. telephone reports say Juanita spoke with Kahlstorf, and the car plus carpenter tools valued at 50 dollars vanished.
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John FL Kahlstorf
Vermont Street
Gerald Maes
Amaris
Tri-State
Amarillo
O. K. Harty
Kak
Fred
Amarile Io Roden
Junpita
McWilliams
Hotel Roar
Kahlstorf
Lawrence
Juanita
Lawerence
Jack Rumsey
McWilliame
Saveannah
Goose Creek
Tex
Associated Press
Mee Williams
Strong City
Xan
Concert in the Park by the Lawrence Summer Band
The Lawrence summer band led by Jack Stephenson plans a South Park concert this evening at 9 PM. The program includes a varied set list featuring Berliner songs and selections from Berlin Say It With Me and others as local residents attend a warm summer event.
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Lawrence
Uneer
Jack Stephenson
South Park
John Stafford Sordth Theaty
Fr Teyedeare
Tfeiun
A J. Weldter
Legun Koe
Rin Beare
Hardin
America
Berlin
Mei
Weather district forecast July 5 for four states
Moderate temperatures rise Sunday then cool Nebraska and western areas. Temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska. Scattered showers and thunderstorms Missouri and eastern Oklahoma Saturday and most of the district late Monday with strong rain total. Kansas partly cloudy warm tonight and Saturday with widely scattered thunderstorms central and west. Highs late Friday into Saturday in the 90s with scattered Sunday showers.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kaneas
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