Floods Cut Roads and Isolate Emporia as Rivers Rise
Heavy rains push the Cottonwood to a record 28.4 feet isolating Emporia and storming nearby towns. The Neosho and other streams flood roads, cut highway 408 and BMT, and threaten rail lines. Firefighters head toward Fordville as warned farmers move livestock and belongings to higher ground amid widespread water over fields and streets.
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Independence
Bam
Catfecis
SU Fect
Font
Coffeverle
Epona
Commercial Street
BMT
Bimneria
Santas
Neosha
Rod
Lyon County
Fmooria
Neosho
Western Powers Back Go Slow Policy On Berlin Dispute
The Hague July 191 The five western European powers Britain France Holland Belgium and Luxembourg agreed on a go slow approach toward Russia in Germany. They favored a united front against force or ultimatums and moved to implement a coordinated policy across military cultural economic and colonial fronts. A plan for federated western Europe was discussed though weakened by the French government change. Delegates pursue a common defense linked to American aid and seek stronger economic ties under European reconstruction programs.
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Holland
European Union
Russia
Germany
Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Russa
Berlin
United States
Europe
Beusgees
Thiel
Five Nations
Eurpe
Georges Bidault
Western Europe
Councl
Berlin Food Plan in Crisis Amid Soviet Blockade
Frankfurt dispatch reports General Lucille B. Clas traveling to Washington to discuss the Berlin crisis as Western allies plan to supply 2,500,000 Berliners in the western sectors. Soviet control of bread imports faces shortages while shopkeepers balk at Russian ration content, and Soviet air activity continues amid protests from British authorities. The blockade has halted about 1,000 Berlin plants and disrupted western traffic, with early attempts to reach Helmstedt thwarted by Russian guards at the Soviet checkpoint for lacking visas.
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Ruiin
Cta
Thi
Berlin
Gatow
Greater Berlin
Berli
Helmatedt
Mine blast at Tone Star coal mine kills one and leaves one missing
A methane explosion and fire at the Tone Star coal mine in McCurtain Oklahoma killed miller Millard Hatley 27 and left Tate Viner missing after 19 miners escaped via an air shaft. Fire crews from multiple Oklahoma towns rushed in as rescue efforts continued.
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Camero
Lare Star Steel Co
Aucunt
Anne Star
Maine
Marc
Canersa
Oklahoma
McCurtain
Haskell
Fort South
Ark
Miiahorra
Krebs
Okahama Wan
McAlester
Should Be Free to Run Farms Without Meddling
Andrew FL Schoeppel declared today that farmers should be free to run their own farms without government meddling. The former governor seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate stressed limits on production during a gathering at the Fredonia barn. He urged preserving liberty on the farm to sustain the freedom that built the nation.
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Fredonia
Jan
Andrew FL
Schoeppel
Kansas Farmera
Fredonia Agles
Scheeppel
Registration to Start August 30 Amid Draft Proclamation
Washington reports President Truman issued a proclamation mandating draft registration begin August 30 for men born in 1922 and later. The plan outlines exact registration dates by birth year and month with deadlines through September, while actual inductions hinge on law and future orders. Maj. Gen. Lewis Hershey, sworn in as selective service director, notes 18-year-olds may enlist to avoid immediate drafting.
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Truman
Sear
AL Prersons
Tate
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
District of Caelumbia
Teuman
Selective Service
Lewis BR. Hershey
Congress
Suspect Rowland slain in Kansas alley shooting
In Hiawatha Kansas a 20 year old suspect, Rowland, was shot to death by Trooper Woodrow Smith after a pursuit through a dead end alley. Patrol chief Edwards linked the incident to hijacking sprees across Nebraska, noting Rowland had been seen in a stolen car from Pawnee City and earlier jailed for liquor in Alva Oklahoma. Sheriff Parker had been tracking Rowland since the prior Saturday after a chase in a second stolen vehicle from Du Bois Nebraska.
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Hiawatha
Kan
Dude
Roy
Rowland
Ki Kan
Hugh Edwarde
Kansas Highway Patrol
Nebraska
Edwards
Woodrow Smith
Pawnee City
Gene Parker
du Bois
Kansas
Alva
Okla
American slain in Korean border ambush near Kaesong
A United States Army statement says one American enlisted man was killed and another wounded when Koreans in civilian dress ambushed a patrol 400 yards inside the American zone near Kaesong. The attackers fled into Russian-occupied North Korea after throwing grenades and firing.
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Aeroretes Press
Seoul
North Korea
L. A. Army
Kaesong
Senate Civil Rights Debate Ties Up Congress in Summer Session
Washington July 20 Senate Republican leader signals civil rights legislation and related measures as Congress returns Monday. President Truman urges prompt action on anti inflation housing bills and a $65 million loan for headquarters. Wherry accuses Truman of violating the reorganization act while noting no national emergency. A coastal lands title bill awaiting Senate action may reemerge as a Republican plank.
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Senate
Congress
Wherryll-Neb l
Majority
Flior
Ree Porters
Truman
New York
Wherry
Rangiers
House
Senate G. C. P
Postcy
Kansas prepares draft board plans as July draft rules await
Topeka officials await official draft registration instructions for Kansas men aged 18 to 25. Gov. Frank Carlson directs county commissioners to seek prospective local board members with Arig, Tien, and Milton R. McLean guiding the process. McLean notes 25 percent of WWII local board members are willing to serve again. About 140 Kansas men may be subject to the new draft with Fort Riley and Topeka air base as induction hubs. Inquiry responses from Bruce Cameron Ogden S. Jones and Forrest C. Allen show willingness to serve, but no decisions yet from the adjutant general.
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Topeka
Kansas
Frank Carlson
Arig, Tien
Milton R. McLean
Mclean
Adjutant General of
Bruce Cameron
Ogden S. Jones
Forrest C. Allen
Douglas County Selective Service Board
Kansas City Fullback Willie Modrein Undergoes Shoulder Operation
Willie Modrein, Kansas University football fullback, underwent an operation today in Kansas City to repair a shoulder injury suffered while competing at St Mary’s College in California. He missed spring practice and will regain eligibility at Kansas by midseason, with Coach J V Siken hoping for a return in the final four games.
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Kansas City
Kan
Willie Modrein
University of Kansas
St. Mary's College
California
Modrein
Kansas
J. V. Siken
Rain tally heavy in Douglas County hits two inches plus in spots
Steady showers drenched Douglas County with rainfall from 1.22 inches in Lawrence to 2.34 near Worden while fields suffer. Kaw and Wakarusa rivers rise modestly. Moisture aids hay and pastures but stalls wheat and oats harvest. Potatoes show second growth with yields described as above average. 129 carloads of potatoes shipped from Lawrence through the period.
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Ste
Douglas County
Lawrence
Posey
Worden
Walter Schwarz
Albert Brune
Lane View
Card
Kawal
Kaw
Booeback
Dutton’s Bridge
Kaw Valley
Emil W. Heck
Heck
Buck Creek
Tesday
Second theft at Strand filling station reported
Police linked a late night hold up at Rice Oil 239 Elm Street to a tall heavyset man in a black Ford with California plates who rifled cash from a desk and fled north on North Second. A separate early morning robbery at Atomic Gas and Supply 7387 North Second remains under investigation as police follow clues.
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Strand
David Thompson
Rice Oil Company
Elm Street
Thompson
California
North Second Street
Martin Thomasello
Atomic Gas and Supply Company
C. A. Blresner
Feeder Cattle Price Hits 36 At Kansas City
The Assorted Press reports a new world record feeder cattle price of 36 dollars per hundred pounds at the Kansas City market. J J Hafferty of Plattsboro Mo paid for 44 head of half fat Hereford steers averaging 1089 pounds.
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Kansas City
J. J. Hafferty
Plattsboro
Raymond Adams
Manle Hill
Kan
Fred Willrett
Malta
Ernest Mix
Bronson
C. S. Department of Agriculture
Slow Voting Registration in City Hall for August 8 Primary
City hall reports a very slow pace with only about 120 registrations in the last three days. Total eligible voters reach roughly 6,700 across six wards. deadline is Friday night. Harold Fisher lists who must register to vote and notes poll books close Friday night and reopen August 4 after the primary.
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Liaorence
Weoo'eluck
Harold Fisher
Kansas
Lawrence
Ingal
Fisher
Roads closed by floods inundate Topeka region
Flood waters cut dozens of roads as of 10 am with closures listed from Mistone to Chanute and Emporia area. Gov. Dewey to host over 100 farm editors at a dinner. Rep. Clifford R. Hope named as possible secretary of agriculture. Mrs. W H Vladie of Cicern Mich. suffers a fractured leg when a 1946 Dodge overturned on Highway 24 south of Tonganoxie. taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
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Emporia
Amporia
Ron Gerth
Saffordein
Empariat
Saffordville
Kansas
Bankul
Abilene
de Acm
Pareona
Nenshy
Parsons
Topeka
State Highway Department
Mistone Ant
Ture Inga
Andar Chapman
Asf
Hurlingamia
Mufton
Sonera
Herth
Berek
Riel Beacesn
Alina
Nerth
Serene City
Hecington
Lamestown
Morgane
Kir Nertiy
Hadibet Worthiwast
Berlingtod
Chanute
Demeliet
Allonway
Mt Pola
Haven
Rai Wesronout
Hope A Dewey
Pawling
Thomas E. Dewey
Clifford R. Hope
Dewey
House Committee On Agriculture
Collison
W. H. Vladie
Cicern
Tonganoxie
Frank Hoey
Leavenworth County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
We The People in a Prague Factory Visit
An American delegation toured the Skoda works in Czechoslovakia and pressed guides about ownership and profits, learning the factory and machinery are “owned by the people,” while cars nearby reveal different owners. A Skoda delegation later visited the United States to tour plants, including Ford, where ownership is attributed to Mr. Ford.
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Skoda
Czechoslovakia
Commissar For Defense
Workers' Committee
Moscow
America
Ford
Mr. Ford
Coda
Enrollment surge expected in KU ROTC units the army class
KU ROTC enrollment is projected to double from 1947 48 levels as basic course quotas are set and draft law changes loom. Officials report 268 students enrolled near the end of the previous year with growing interest in both basic and advanced ROTC tracks and pending government interpretations of the Selective Service Act.
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University of Kansas
Selective Services Act
Lawrence
Army
Air and Navy
Oaleme
Midshimnen UC
Naval Reserve
Sears
Disrupt Rail Travel Delays Hit Lawrence Area
High water and floods disrupt rail service in and around Lawrence with eastbound trains late or detoured. Santa Fe reports limited eastbound service near 9:20 pm, westbound trains detoured via Missouri Pacific to Op enge City, and Union Pacific Salina local 2 hours 15 minutes late due to flooding near Solowina. Bus service through the station experiences 30 minute delays for southern routes while most departures resume, and officials note water not reaching rails at 1 am.
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Erizona
Cottonwood
Abilene
Davticht
Beeen Lemoine
Ts Hanks
Sam
Jewlands
Kansas City
Ralph Aldri
Tela
Ine
Emporis Santa Fe
Emneria
Kavaat City
Osaka City
Peabody
Lawrence Dn
Santa Fe
Lawrence
Missouri Pacific
Openge City
Renpoka
Union Pacific
Sal
Miasouri
Kansas
Oklahome
Naewi
Nebraska
Kans
Oklahoma
Minsouri
Homa
M. Lin
Tal
Chiears
Denver
Road fund measure on ballot for Lyon county
Emporia Kansas notes a primary election item proposing to raise Lyon county road funding. County officials seek public approval to use state refund payments from 1949 onward to reduce the road fund levy unless voters approve alternate funding. August 8 is the election date.
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Vale
Emporia
Kan
Daly
Lyon County
Rand Fund
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Kansas State College Extension
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