Taft urges end to meat price controls in Senate debate
Washington July 9 Senator Taft urged prohibiting renewal of price controls on meat tobacco and petroleum while backing rent control restoration. Senator Barkley signaled a possible vote to keep meat free from revived ceilings as Wherry amendment aims to exempt meat and poultry from price controls.
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Washington
Taft
R-O
Senate
Congress
Knowland
R-Calif
Ferguson
R-Mich
OPA
Paul Porter
Banking Committee
Wiley
R.-Wis
Barkley
Wherry
R.-Neb
Kentuckian
Murdock
Utah
Chicago
Jack Kranis
National Meatndustr Council
Five Elk City Residents Identify Man in Joplin
Five Elk City residents identify Frank A. Sanders as the man who attempted to rob the First National Bank of Elk City. Sanders, arrested at Ava, Missouri, denied Elk City holdup links and faces a federal robbery charge at Everton, Missouri, with a Newton county commitment in Neosho in default of 5000 dollars. He also faces possible charges under the Dyer act and will be arraigned before Shaw on those counts. Three people who were at the Joplin Western Union office during a separate robbery are to view Sanders when he is brought to Joplin.
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Joplin
Elk City
Kan
Frank A. Sanders
First National Bank
Hal Onstott
U. S
Sanders
Ava
Onstott
Everton
Newton County
Neosho
Shaw
Russia Promises a Statement on Policy Toward Reich Government
Paris dispatch reports the four power foreign ministers council seeking a Russia policy declaration on Germany. Talks tied to a 21 nation peace conference proceed with Italy Hungary Romania and other nations. Speculation swirls over Moscow’s stance and possible shifts in Germany’s administration.
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Bulletin
Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
United Nations
General Assembly
Reich
Fom
Luxembourg
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Germany
Soviet Union
Tass
V. M. Molotov
Tri-Power
Ofussia
U. S
Jefferson Caffery
Alexandre Bugomulov
Molotov
Moscow
Potsdam
Stassen Stock Up In Minnesota Senate Primary Fight
In Minnesota Governor Edward J. Thye and Harold E. Stassen push ahead in the Republican senate nomination as Shipstead loses ground. Early returns show Thye leading Shipstead and Youngdahl ahead of Petersen for governor. Other primaries in Washington and Utah also featured Senate and House races.
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Edward J. Thye
Harold E. Stassen
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
Thye
Senate
Shipstead
United Nations
Britain
Stassen
Petersen
Nebraska
Dwight Griswold
Hugh Butler
Butler
Charles C. Gossett
Idaho
George L. Radclife
Raymond E. Willis
House
Washington
Utah
Private Burke Charged With First Degree Murder
Salina authorities issued a warrant for Private William J. Burke of Panama City Florida in the death of Rudolph Loop a Salina area veteran shot after an altercation at a local dance hall Burke said he fired in self defense during a dispute involving an army lieutenant and a civilian. A Manhattan conference note and stock market index item follow in the text.
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Salina
Kan
William J. Burke
Panama City
Fla
Rudolph Loop
Harold D. Young
Loop
Burke
Smoky Hill Ay Air Field
U. S. McDonald
Red Cross asks safety review at Jayhawk Plunge pool
Douglas county chapter of the American Red Cross voted to urge Chairman Harold G Barr to appoint a committee to pressure pool manager at the Jayhawk Plunge to tighten lifeguard duties. Parents report lifeguards are seventh and eighth graders who fail to supervise.
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Douglas County
The
American Red Cross
Harold G. Barr
Jayhawk
Red Cross
Lawrence
Tarents
Boom in Kansas Industry as 88 New Companies Form
Topeka July 9 1946 Kansas industry is booming with 88 more Kansas owned and operated corporations starting business in the first six months of 1946 than in all of 1945 Hart Workman chief clerk in the secretary of state office said by end of June 396 new Kansas companies were granted state charters compared with 298 in all of 1945 One out of state organization also chartered to operate in Kansas by mid year matching total for 1945
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Topeka
Kansas
Hart Workman
Secretary of State
Workman
Senate Panel Backs Bond and Cash Pay Plan for Veterans
The Senate Military Committee endorsed a White House plan to pay about 14 million war veterans for accumulated furlough time using government bonds and cash. The panel's action clears the way for early Senate action. Senator Austin (R Vt) said the bill caps leave accumulation after September 1 at 90 days. The White House said the President proposed bond payments.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
White House
Sticky Weather Returns to Lawrence
Warm muggy conditions returned to Lawrence today after a brief relief last night as temperatures dropped 19 degrees from 95 to 76 between 5 and 7 PM. Cooler readings brought breezes and showers, with heavier rainfall reported to the east of Lawrence.
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Lawrence
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Ywesterday
Ae Lye &F. d
Wearker
Denver
Edmonto
Fort Worth
Havre
Mant
Rey Helier
Washington
Doe
Population surge lifts Lawrence to first class status
Lawrence's official 1946 population reaches 15 648 an increase of 271 from 1945 figures. Douglas County shows a total of 25 892 up 49 persons while township counts fall 146. Clinton Wakarusa Willow Springs report minor gains in a year of mixed changes across the county.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Fedora
Baldwin
Lecompton
Clinton
Willow Springs
Wakarusa
Eudora
Eudora Fi
Grant
Kanwaka
Marion
Four Gabriel brothers surrender after four year attic stay
Chicago July 9 four Gabriel brothers ages 23 to 10 surrendered to the FBI after hiding since 1942 in a small attic room at their Ontarioville farm home near Elgin Illinois. Albert 38 pleaded guilty to failing to report for induction and Frank 29 Henry 26 and Ernest 23 pleaded guilty to draft registration charges.
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Chicago
FBI
Edward W. Halloran
Albert
Frank
Henry
Ernest Gabriel
Gabriel
Ontarioville
Elgin
U.S
Edwin H. Walker
Ernest
Althe
Williams Sparks 12 0 All Star Win at Fenway Park
Ted Williams led the Americans with four hits including two home runs as the AL routed the NL 12 to 0 at Fenway Park in Boston. Feller earned the win, Passeau the loss, with score by innings showing a dominant offensive display.
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Fenway Park
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Mighty Clouter
Ted Williams
Army trucks urged to haul surplus wheat in Kansas
Representative Simpson proposed using army trucks and soldiers to move grain when commercial carriers are unavailable. He warned Illinois also faces a freight car shortage. Washington reports note infantile paralysis cases reaching 1 656 in 26 weeks, the highest since 1934, with some cases dating to 1946.
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Washington
Kansas
Simpson
R-Il
Truman
Illinois
U.S. Public Health Service
Lords Dodge Clash With Laborites
London July 9 peers defeated Lord Beveridge's motion to include Friendly Societies in the governments new social security system. The Commons had already voted to exclude private non profit insurance groups. Friendly Societies with over 8 million members seek government agent status in the national insurance program covering medical unemployment old age and related benefits.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Beveridge
Friends Societies
House of Commons
Labor
Friendly Societies
Sunflower Ordnance Works expands control of satellite plants
Sunflower Ordnance Works at Lawrence assumes administrative functions of Jayhawk at Baxter Springs and Oklahoma Ordnance Works at Pryor. The two plants, joined to Sunflower under the War Assets Administration, have been deactivated as military installations. Civilian staff move to Sunflower payroll while remaining at current stations. military personnel stay under Sunflower command.
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Ordnance Department
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence
Jayhawk Ordnance Works
Baxter Springs
Oklahoma Ordnance Works
Pryor
Okla
Arthur E. Inman
Sunflower Works
Sunflower
Military Chemical Company
Kansas City
Spencer Chemical Company
War Assets Administration
Sunflower Family
Terry Works
War Department
E. I. DuPont de Nemours ,and Company
Wilmington
Dela
Federal Tax Collection Drops in Kansas for 1946
Wichita Kansas July 9 Federal taxes collected in Kansas for the year ending June 30 1946 totaled 2 387 544 272 65 dollars a decline of nearly 34 million from the prior year marking the first drop in 15 years Internal Revenue official Lynn R Brodrick says the decrease is mainly due to lower corporate income and excess profits taxes June receipts were 40 919 738 30 dollars down nearly 9 500 000 from a year earlier with detailed 1946 versus 1945 figures for income withholding miscellaneous social security unemployment and carriers taxes.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
Lynn R. Brodrick
Internal Revenue
Brodrick
Senator Shipstead Concedes Minnesota Primary Defeat
Senator Henrik Shipstead admitted his defeat in the Minnesota primary, congratulating Governor Edward Thye who appears to have won the nomination. Shipstead, grateful for 24 years of service, said he will return to Washington soon.
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Minneapolis
Henrik Shistead
Minnesota
Edward J. Thye
Thye
Associated Press
Senate
Washington
City Council delays 1st class status vote and bonds plan
The council again delays deciding to make Lawrence a first class city while awaiting bond actions. It approves a 200000 bond issue to widen Vermont and New Hampshire streets and drafts a first class style budget with new funds and wage increases, adjourning decisions to next Monday.
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Vermont
New Hampshire
Wats
Vermont Street
Seventh
Eleventh Streets
New Hampshire Street
Eighth
Frosty” Harper
Lawrence
Finish Wheat Harvest In Most of the State
Great Bend Kansas July 9 ten north western counties have yet to finish rain delayed wheat harvest. W O Stark assistant farm labor supervisor said combines trucks and men are being sought from western and eastern Nebraska. Workers can move into eastern Nebraska or into the Dakotas to continue harvest.
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Great Bend
Kan
Kansas
Northwestern
W. O. Stark
Stark
Nebraska
Dakotas
American Tractors to East Europe Spark Debate
Rep. Rees criticizes UNRRA plan to ship 14,500 American farm tractors to Europe before year end. He says shipments target Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and other Soviet influenced nations, reducing tractors for U.S. farmers and likely ending in scrap piles due to the regions' unfamiliarity with the machinery.
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Washington
Rees
R-Kan
UNRRA
Europe
Congressional Record
Chicago
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Lawrence council approves park land purchase and city upgrades
The Lawrence city council approved a resolution to buy a 350 by 200 foot parcel for a city park with funds from a specific block portion and an option on the remaining third. They also repealed a storm sewer notes ordinance and authorized bond issuance.
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Lawrence City
Delaware
Maryland
Kenneth E. Bailey
Cty
Lawrence
Noel V. Wood Company
Kansas City
Altho
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Maple Street
Fire Department
Chester E. Foster
Kansas University
Charles Saltzer
Foster
Paul Ingels
Cleveland
Water Department
Roy Bledsoe
Heat Break Friday Predicted as Kansas Sees More Heat and Rain
Weather official S D Flora forecasts a break in the hot spell by Friday with scattered showers across northeastern and north central Kansas. Temperatures near 100 degrees, with lows around 75 to 80 in the east and south, and up to 70 in the northwest, plus rolling rains through the weekend, heavier in the east.
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Toneka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Republican River
Topeka
Kansas City
Ellis
Dodge City
Climax
Russell
Scott City
Winfield
Lecompton
Olathe
Garden City
Goodland
Coffeyville
Opposition to British Loan Sparks New Federal Debate
In Washington on July 9, Representative Woodruff of Michigan argued against the proposed 3.75 billion dollar British loan, warning the credit could sow the seeds of a third world war and trigger foreign policy turmoil.
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Washington
Representative Woodruff
R.mich
Property Values Rise in Douglas County and Lawrence
Douglas County and the city of Lawrence report higher evaluations for 1946. Ad valorem totals reach 29,652,768 countywide with Lawrence city at 17,700,870, while intangible values rise to 5,475,840 and overall totals show notable gains across townships, with Willow Spring Clinton and Marion as exceptions.
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Douglas County
Lawes Rence
Willow Spring
Clinton
Marion
City of
Lawrence
May Reps Festive Flub At House Session
Rep Andrew J May addressed Speaker Rayburn as your honor in the house today drawing laughs from colleagues. The incident occurred during remarks in the military committee's chair led session.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
D-Ky
Sam Rayburn
House
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