Floods Hit Kansas City Area. Nation's Costliest Damage
Flood waters swirled eastward across Missouri and Kansas causing widespread destruction. Latest estimates place total damage at about 790 million dollars as flood crests threaten towns along the Missouri River and Neosho River valleys, with 70,000 displaced and extensive dike work underway to contain rises.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Lexington
Wellington
Norborne
Hardin
Oklahoma
Miami
Richard Gar
Marais Des Cygnes
Neosho
Garrett
Kansas River
Quenemo
Otttawa
Thirteen Communists Ordered to Jail Over Bail Failure
In New York on July 17 thirteen indicted communist leaders were ordered jailed for failing to post court approved bail. Judge Alexander Holtzkoff ordered their detention after Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan disqualified the civil rights' congress bail fund from posting bond. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn faced a separate $10,000 bail application by Grace Hutcheins as the rest await replacement bonds. A softball game at Woodlawn Diamond in Lincoln between Stuarts and Frizell Jayhawk was scheduled for 9 o clock.
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New York
Alexander Holtzkoff
Sylvester Ryan
Civil Rights’ Congress
Holtzkoff
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Grace Hutcheins
Reds Bring Up a New Point In Korean Cease-Fire Talks
Munsan Korea July 17 Allied spokesman said communists praised a new point in cease-fire discussions today. Some progress was reported on the fifth day of armistice talks at Kaesong. Delegates continue agenda work with back and forth discussion and few heated arguments. Portable translations and clarifications marked the session as Nam and Joy debated allied proposals.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Pyongyang Radio
Nam 1
U. S. Eighth Army
Nam
C. Turner Joy
No Meat Shortage Despite Floods in Kansas
Topeka July 17 Kansas faces no serious meat shortages despite floods says state health official Evan Wright chief of the board food and drug division. He notes no nutritional deficiency and that plants across Kansas should absorb slack in production with quotas lifted for small packers. Outside Topeka and Kansas City areas flood impact hit Emporia where 80 000 pounds of meat were slaughtered before floods. John Morrell and Company reported no meat losses as refrigeration was threatened, but vast quantities moved and distributed to stores in the capital.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Board of Health Cae
Evan Wright
Food and Drug Division
Wright
Kansas City
Em- Pole
Emporia
John Morrell and Company
Morrell's
Capital City
Senate approves 25 million flood relief appropriation
Washington July 17 the senate passed a 25 million emergency appropriation for flood stricken areas of the middle west. The bill follows the house in increasing the president's request by 10 million and now goes to President Truman for signature. No opposition was recorded in final passage.
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Washington
Senate
Middle West
House
Truman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Saltonstall
R.-Mass
Ie Saltonstall
Five-man Kansas flood relief committee formed
The governor named Edward F. Arn thur Smitt Jr of Kansas City Kansas to coordinate flood relief. The first meeting of the five-man committee will be held tomorrow in Topeka at the Gay office to coordinate relief among federal state and local agencies and the Red Cross.
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Topeka
Kansas
Gay
Edward F. Arn
Thur Smitt Jr
Kansas City
Kan
Red Cross
Four Die As Freight and Passenger Trains Collide
At a cross over near New Haven Indiana a Nickel Plate freight and a Wabash passenger train collided last night killing four people and injuring 13. Victims include H E Waggoner a conductor from Danville and William C Moore formerly of Arcadia both aboard the passenger train and James W Fiser of Peru a Wabash worker. a unidentified Black woman believed a Wabash passenger passenger died when an overturned refrigerator car was found.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
H. E
Heinie) Waggoner
Danville
William C. Moore
Toledo
Arcadia
James W. Fiser
Peru
New Haven
Spare Tire Ban Off Washington July 17
The government ended a three month ban on placing spare tires on new autos at the factory. Initiated in April to conserve rubber for heavy duty tires, the policy was lifted as current car output reductions made the four tire limit unnecessary.
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Washington
Mmn
National Production Authority
No Insurance For Flood Losses In Kansas City
Insurance executive George Oppenheimer says most industries hit by the Kansas City floods must bear losses. He notes American firms largely exclude flood insurance, with Lloyds of London offering only limited coverage in special cases.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
George Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer Brothers, Inc
Lloyds of London
Oppenheimer
Legion aid flood relief aids Lawrence area victims
A statewide American Legion lend a hand project delivering clothing bedding canned goods and household items arrived in Lawrence and was sorted for distribution to flood victims. Topeka serves as eastern distribution center with more loads expected and outreach to Eudora De Soto and Perry.
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American Legion
Lawrence
Air Force
Topeka
Legion and Auxiliary
New City
George Starkey
Dorsey-Liberty Post
Kansas
Kansans
Legion
Sterkey
Ruth Martin
Lawrence Post
Ark of the Auxiliary
Distributon
Eudora
de Soto
Perry
Delbert Mathia
J. D. King
Jocal Forty and Eight Fun Organization
The
Jim Rosengren
Help For Victims Of Flood Is Here
Ruth Love reports Red Cross aid reaches Lawrence and Douglas county flood victims. First estimates put flood losses at several million dollars as homes, furniture, clothing, and livelihoods were destroyed. Red Cross disaster operations director Ruth Flynn says aid will help those with no other resources to regain footing. The disaster committee assessed North Lawrence and rural damage after tours and meetings with officials. Winter described a grim scene with homes displaced, roofs damaged, and mud flooding streets. North Lawrence faces long recovery with many structures uninhabitable for weeks. Water supply is a priority, but cleanup demands vast amounts of water to rinse away mud. The situation worsens as water recedes and structural walls risk collapse. Continued coverage on page 2.
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Ruth Love
Lawrence
Red Cross
Douglas County
Ruth Flynn
National Red Cross
Red Cross Disaster Committee
North Lawrence
American Red Cross
Kelvin Hoover
M. S. Winter
Edward F. Kumpe
Military Science Staff
K. U
Kumpe
Elm Street
Kraft
South Lawrence
National Guard
Walter Maione
Walnut Street
Walldock
Union Pacific Railroad
North
Santa Fe
East Seventh Street
Eastern
Kansas District
Emporia
Topeka
Kansas City
Aes
Wichita
Salina
Union Pacific
Eudora Bottoms
Marshall
North Seventh Street
George Petty
Don Palmateer
Palmateer
Douglas to Poll Chicago Bar on Truman Judge Picks
Senator Douglas plans to poll the Chicago Bar Association to decide whether his or President Truman’s federal judge selections are superior. Truman passed over two of three Douglas recommended candidates for Illinois vacancies, favoring Drucker and Harrington, while Douglas praised the two chosen as worthy but with superior qualifications. The dispute signals a cooling of relations between Douglas and Truman.
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Washington
Douglas
D.I
Chicago Bar Association
President Truman
Truman
Tllinois
William H. King, Jr
Benjamin P. Epstein
Cook
Chicago
Joseph Jerome Drucker
Cornelius J. Harrington
Drucker
Adolph Sabath
House
Harrington
Mr. Truman
Illinois
Four Die in Bus Accident Near Big Springs Texas
A crowded Greyhound bus skidded on a rain slick highway and crashed into a parked gasoline truck near Big Springs Texas killing four passengers and injuring twenty-one others. The right side of the bus was torn open as it struck the transport truck, with law enforcement at the scene.
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Big Springs
Tex
Greyhound
Here
F. C
Journal- World
Cleanup Keynote as River Recedes in Kansas Floods
Prime Minister Attlee pledged aid to flood victims in Kansas and Missouri and ordered inquiries from Washington as North Lawrence sags under the Kaw river. The river fell from 26.17 to 24.25 feet, with many homes and businesses damaged by swift currents and washed-out railroad embankments. Local crews, National Guard, Red Cross and rail stations mobilized for cleanup, food service, and relief deliveries.
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Associated Press
London
Attlee
Britain
Kansas
Missouri
House of Commons
Labor
Washington
A. C. Bossom
U.S
House
Truman
North
Lawrence
Kaw
Kansas Power and Light Company
Plant Hit Hard by Kaw Flood Wipes Westvaco Site
Westvaco Chemical plant in North Lawrence faced vast flood damage as the Kaw River surged over the dike system. About 72 acres submerged with 80 percent of facilities under water, delaying operations for an estimated two months or more. Bechtel records ruined in a swept office. staff of 85 to be paid for last week.
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North Lawrence
North Second Street
Cole’s Food Market
Lawrence
Westvacco Chemical
Emil Podsiadlo
Kaw
Podsiadlo
Bis- Marck Grove
Bechtel Engineering Corporation
Westvaco
Bechtel Corporation
Lawrence National Bank
Journal-World
Boatmen Honored for Repeated Flood Rescues by Volunteers
Rescue boatmen enduring dangerous river currents evacuated residents during ongoing floods. Local workers such as Herb Marshall spent days on the river, even defraying costs for repairs while refusing pay from stranded families. Marshall noted a merchant provided a motor at cost and emphasized the volunteers’ selfless aid amid widespread flood damage.
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Vic Phillips
Wichita Weather Bureau
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Leireng
Ot Witte
Kome
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Corts Kraft
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Ann Byron Gourley
Topekalt
Dibroker
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Smith
First Army
Peka
Evan Griffith
Manhate
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Jayhawk
Funk's Mortuary
Jayhawk Plunge
Constant Construction Company
Waleska
Red Cross Rehabilitation Center
This County
Weather Bureau
Aspof
O. K. Rubber Welders
Jayhawk Court
North Oil Company
Lawrence National Guard
Kaw River
Locust Street
Chris Kraft
PLANT
Westvaco Chemical
Harrison Parkman
Post Office Department
Parkman
Roosevelt
Ship Winter
Herb Marshall
Herb
Kansas Color Press
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