Senate Subpoena Aims at Rep May Over War Contracts
Senate war investigation issued a subpoena for Rep May to testify about his alleged intercession for Erie Basin Metal, Batavia Metal and allied firms that won about 78 million in war orders. May said he served the war effort with no personal profit, Mead stressed constitutional enforcement, and Sabath admitted brief contact with the Washington office for a pinochle game.
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Washington
Senate
May
D-Ky
Mead
D-N.y
Senate Committee
Ferguson
R.- Mich
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Batavia Metal Products Company
D.-N.y
House
Conperesaran
Theommittee
Rich
Representative Sabath
D.1
Combine
Sabath
Senate War Investigating Committee
Murray Arason
Joseph F. Freeman
Batavia Metal Products Comy
Combines
Barkley
Eane
Senate Bans OPA Propaganda Use of Funds
The Senate approved a prohibition barring any OPA funds from being used for propaganda in support of price controls. The voice vote applied to a deficiency bill funding OPA and other agencies for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. The amendment bans general propaganda in support of price control programs.
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Washington
House
Senate
OPA
National Conference Planned On Juvenile Delinquency
Attorney General Tom Clark announced that 500 delegates from 48 states will attend a national conference on juvenile delinquency this October in Washington. He said federal state and city officials will pool forces with private welfare groups to meet the problem.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Clark
Senate Approves Silver Trading Measure in Conference Report
Washington July 19 Senate approves House-Senate conference report authorising Treasury to buy and sell silver at 98.5 cents an ounce for an indefinite period. Leseure Veterinary Hospital.
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Senate
Washington
The
Today
House-Sen
Treasury
Senate House Committee Fails to Agree on OPA Revival
Washington July 19 A Senate House conference panel failed to agree on an OPA revival bill. Leader Barkley said no common ground existed as Radcliffe subcommittee draft was in rough form. The group rejected reviving Taft pricing and considered sending decisions to the Civilian Production Administration.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate-House Conference Committee
Truman
Radcliffe
Senate
Civilian Production Administration
OPA
C.I.C
Spence
D.-Ky
House Banking Committee
Joint Conference Committee
House
Taft
Ohio
Heirens lawyers seek shorthand reporter in jail visit
Warden Frank Sain said Heirens lawyers asked for a room in the county jail for a shorthand reporter to take notes during renewed discussions. The 17 year old University of Chicago student is under probe in the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping and two other slayings. Police also consider a potential confession deal involving life imprisonment. Fingerprints from the Degnan case may influence the investigation.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Frank Sain
University of Chicago
Stident
Suzanne Degnan
John Coghlan
Heirens
Sain
Degnan
Frances Brown
Josephine Ross
Walter Storms
Death of J A Searcy noted in Leavenworth
J A Searcy 65 a Leavenworth druggist and long time Republican leader died after a several week illness. Funeral set for tomorrow with burial in Leavenworth cemetery. Native of Emporia he graduated from KU in 1903 and worked in Chanute Ottawa and Independence before moving to Leavenworth in 1911. Survivors include his widow Anna Mickey Searcy two daughters and brother Ford Steen of Emporia.
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Leavenworth
Kan
J. A. Searcy
Jeader
Searcy
Emporia
University of Kansas School of Pharmacy
Kansas
Chanute
Ottawa
Independence
Connally Proposes Seven Point Plan to Avert Third World War
Sen Thomas Connally of Texas outlined a seven plan to prevent a third world war urging U N unity. He warned against abandoning United Nations goals and said no major power wants war while commenting on the Paris Big Four ministers conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Paris
Senate
United Nations
Amendment Defeated on Equal Rights Proposal in Senate
Washington July 19 The senate defeated a proposal to submit a constitutional amendment granting women equal rights under the law. The vote was 38 in favor to 35 against with a two thirds majority required for approval. Ratification would have needed two thirds of both houses and approval by three fourths of state legislatures.
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Washington
Senate
Unclear OCR Notes Mention Large Spare Parts Estimate
Fragmentary text references officials of a Beset ion Ethes or 4 peryotier for spare parts to a twin- Beer transport penta service. An unofficial estimate suggests about 30 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken
Jayie T
Besetion Ethes
Penta
Lawrence First Class City Status Increases School Levy Limit
Lawrence becomes a city of the first class altering school district levy rules. The maximum mill levy drops from 18 to 16 for general purposes, but the district seeks 3.18 additional mills from the state tax commission to reach 19.58 mills, including 4 mills for a special building fund voters approved last year.
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Lawrence
Iocal
State Tax Commission
Board of Education
State Commission
Sunday Union Service at South Park church
The Rev. Theodore H. Aszman will preach at the union park service Sunday evening at 8:00. The sermon title is Disinterested Religion Versus the Faith of Reward. Leslie Breidenthal will sing The Ninety First Psalm. Mrs Robert McNair Davis will play violin. Edward Utley will be the pianist.
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Theodore H. Aszman
First Presbyterian Church
Union Park
South Park
Leslie Breidenthal
New York City
MacDermid
Robert McNair Davis
Edward Utley
Truman Drops Merger Push at This Session
Senator Elbert Thomas said President Truman will not seek army navy merger legislation this session after two White House messages failed to move action. He noted Truman remains committed to armed forces unification and will push a new bill at the next session.
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Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Truman
Congress
Thomas
Senate Military Committee
White House
Barkley
D.y
Former Parsons ordnance plant workers sue for overtime pay
Twelve ex workers from Parsons Kansas ordnance plant sue Johns Manville Service in Fort Scott district court. They seek past due overtime under the fair labor standards act plus penalties and attorney fees. Attorneys listed include Jay Seavel Clement Hall John McCall Jack Goodrich Carl Pingry Fred Martin and George Waggoner.
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Independence
Kan
Parsons
Fort Scott
Johns-Manville Service Corporation
Jay Seavel
Clement ‘Hall
Coffeyville
John McCall
Chanute
Jack Goodrich
Carl Pingry
Pittsburg
Fred Martin
George Waggoner
Wagoner
Okla
Automobile Crash Near Blair Kills One Man
A 23 year old man from Concordia and a companion were fatally injured when their car struck a bridge railing near Blair Kansas. Weaver died at the scene and the other passenger was critically injured. The crash occurred early today and the vehicle was brought to a hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joe Ricks
Truman Political Future at Stake
Washington observers predict President Truman may skip a national tour and target key congressional races instead. The piece contrasts past presidents Wilson and Roosevelt, notes Truman’s limited public plans, and quotes GOP leader B Carroll Reece criticizing a purge approach as the 1946 campaign strategy unfolds.
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Washington
Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
B. Carroll Reece
G.O.P
Background check into missing officers fuels motive search
Intellig ence officers said a deeper probe into the backgrounds and records of Capt. Harold Cobin of New York and Newark, and Lt. George Wyatt of Oklahoma City, missing since July 4, aims to uncover a possible motive. They were last seen at Berlin's northern railway station headed toward Oranienburg in the Russian zone. Investigators warn progress has slowed, and Moscow denies knowledge of their whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Harold Cobin
New York
Newark
N. J
George Wyatt
Oklahoma City
Oranienburg
Cobin
Wyatt
Rankin repeats charge of foreign spies at Oak Ridge plant
Representative John Rankin of Mississippi renewed claims that foreign spies operate at the Oak Ridge atom bomb facility and threaten secret weapon access. He also cited the Aberdeen proving grounds where five employees were released by the army as the House debated atomic energy control legislation.
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Washington
John E. Rankin
D-Miss
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Rankin
Aberdeen
House
Corn Needs Rain In Douglas County Fields
County Agent Deal Six and Conservation Chairman George Butell say rain could protect a bumper corn harvest. Light chinch bug damage noted in scattered patches. 45 000 acres planted this year with 75 percent hybrid corn. Rogers urges hoeing to weed before rain to maximize yields.
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Douglas County
Deal Six
Agriculture Conservation Bascitation
George Butell
Butell
Six
R. H. Rogers
North Third Street
Rogers
Son of Harry Woodring Dies of Poliomyelitis
Marcus Coolidge Woodring aged 12 son of Harry H Woodring and his wife died after contracting infantile paralysis in Topeka He had been treated at the Woodring home and was the fifth Topeka poliomyelitis victim in recent weeks Survived by his parents a brother and a sister
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Marcus Coolidge Woodring
Harry H. Woodring
Woodring
Kansas
Young Woodring
Memorial for Helvering Set in Wichita September 10
A Kansas bar association committee plans memorial services for Guy T. Helvering United States district court judge died July 4 in Washington. Services will be held in the federal courtroom at Wichita on September 10 the opening day of the fall court term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas State Bar Association
Guy T. Helvering
United States District Court
District of Kansas
Bar Association
Thomas M. van Cleave
Helvering
Washington
van Cleave
Wichita
Arthur J. Mellett
Kansas
D. Arthur Walker
Arkansas City
Glenn Porter
Aubrey Neale
Coffeyville
Robert M. Kinley
Hiawatha
Roscoe E. Peterson
Larned
Arthur J. Stanley, Jr
House approves five member panel to probe elections
Washington July 19 The house unanimousl y approves a resolution creating a five member committee to investigate this year s congressional elections Representative Domengeaux D La frequent critic of CIO political action committee offers the resolution If precedent holds Speaker Rayburn D Tex will appoint him to lead the panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Today
Domengeaux
D.la
C.I.0
Rayburn
D.tex
13 Die In Plane Crash Near Goodland Kansas
A C-37 military transport crashed west of Goodland Kansas during a severe electrical storm last night killing 10 passengers and 3 crew members. Bodies burned or scattered in a wheat field as police and army officers investigated and awaited next of kin notices.
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Goodland
Kan
Here
Kansas City
Topeka
Lowry Field
Denver
Victor Follett
John Hermer
Army
RK. C. Smith
Lowry
William Coleman
Lowry Pro
Colorado
Tooeka
Lowery Field
Gandland
San Francisco
Suisun
Suisun Atc Base At 10 O'Clock (Pst) Last Night. Col. John B. Henry, Jr
Army Air Base
Toka
Army To Continue Atom Bomb Production Under Bill
Washington July 19 House approval of the atomic energy control bill includes a provision to let the army continue making atom bombs. The 102 to 72 vote allows the President to direct the atomic control commission on weapon production with discretion over army or navy involvement. Military lawmakers say the amendment prevents the armed forces from being unable to produce bombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Military
Atomic Control Commission
Army
Navy
Pratt Field 15 Surplus as War Department Declares
Washington reports Pratt Field in Kansas and three nearby precision bombing fields are declared surplus by the War Department. Senator Capper was notified and the fields will be disposed of as surplus government property. Fire department in Garden City Missouri? handles a beefsteak mishap at Dr Leopold home and shares a dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pratt
Kan.) Army Airfield
War Department
Senator Capper
Rkan
Army Air Forces
Department
Garden City
Kan
W Pold
Leopold
Tony Martin Hospitalized After Emergency Appendectomy
Tony Martin of the films was rushed to a hospital for an emergency appendectomy at 4 am today. His agent said Martin will not be able to appear on his regular radio program tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Martin
Hollywood
Martin
New Ambassador Stuart Presents Credentials to Chiang Kai-shek
Dr. John Leighton Stuart, new U S ambassador to China, presented credentials to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in a 15 minute ceremony at the summer capital. President George C Marshall and other American officials attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
John Leighton Stuart
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
George C. Marshall
Stuart
Yenching University
Marshall
Kunming
Major General Hughes Visits Sunflower Ordnance Works
Major General Everett Hughes chief of ordnance Washington D C and Hercules Powder officials visit Sunflower Ordnance Works east of Lawrence to inspect the plant rocket powder operations and testing. Colonel Otto Jank W R Ellis H M Marsh O B Case L B Breitenstein Lt Grasser and Major Arthur Inman accompany the general during the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Allegany Ballistics Laboratory
Cumberland
Maryland
L. B. Breitenstein
Hercules Powder Compainy
Grasser
U.S. Navy Department
Hughes
England
ETO
Service of Supply
Eisenhower
Arthur FE. Inman
Sunflower
Lawrence Upgrades to City of First Class Prompts Law Overhaul
Lawrence is declared a first class city by gubernatorial proclamation, triggering repeal and revision of numerous ordinances. The change expands city powers and enables a larger budget plan around 170 000 dollars with about 128 000 from taxes, allowing a levy increase from 9 to 10 mills while cutting the school levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Altho
Governor Proclaims Lawrence City of the First Class
By authority of Jan 1985 proclamation, Andrew Schoepner declares Lawrence in Douglas County Kansas a City of the First Class based on the latest population counts from the county assessor and the annual enumeration. The proclamation confirms city rights, privileges, and prerogatives per statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayer
Cite of
Lawrence
Sealer
Othe County
Antessor
Douglas County
Counety
Andrew ¥. Schoepner
Taverner
Kansans
Jan. G. So
Douglas Connie
Kansa
Aes
Lawrence to remain in arccnd class budget into new year
City clerk Harald C. Fisher explains the budget will not be operative until January 1 and Lawrence will continue under arcond class city budget. No election for new officers is needed as it already uses city council government and wards remain the same. Governor Schoeppel places Lawrence as the 12th Kansas city in the upper class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harald C. Fisher
Lawrence
Schoeppel
Kansas
Cooling Breezes Bring Relief From Heat Wave In Kansas
Cool breezes spread across Kansas ending the heat wave as Weatherman S D Flora forecast highs of 88 to 95 in eastern and southern counties and 80s in the northwest. Lows were projected 60 to 70 with showers scattered statewide and a new heat spell expected next Monday through Wednesday. Rain totals included Goodland 1.39 inches and Oberlin 1.23, with the state recording a 109 degree high and Goodland 63 for the coolest night. Coffeyville saw 105 to 75.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Goodland
Oberlin
St. Francis
Quinter
Et City
Phillipsburg
Ellis
Scott City
Atomic training methods discussed at Los Alamos conference
Dr. Ray Brewster and 16 colleges attended a Los Alamos conference as the army invites non Manhattan District schools to engage with the atomic lab. Dr Norris E Bradbury outlined a plan to bring students to participate in nuclear physics and chemistry research. Attendees included Dr Ray Brewster of the University of Kansas and Dr Jens Rud Nielsen of the University of Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Alamos
N. M
Army
Manhattan Engineer District
Los Alamos Atomic Laboratory
Norris E. Bradbury
Ray Brewster
University of Kansas
Jens Rud Nielsen
University of Oklahoma
Stock Market Index Report and Vet Clinic Contact
The index shows an average of 60 stocks at 76.9 points. Leasure Veterinary Hospital provides a telephone number now 240-Adv for contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leasure Veterinary Hospital
Weather District Forecast July 19 to 22
The forecast covers Missouri Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma. It notes cooler Missouri on Saturday with a warming trend through Monday to Wednesday. Rain will be light Tuesday with scattered thundershowers mainly in Oklahoma Missouri western Nebraska and western Kansas. Kansas will see partly cloudy and cooler nights with scattered showers southeast, ending tonight. Saturday should be fair with moderate temperatures. Highest temperatures around 80s.
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Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Okahoma
Oklahoma
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