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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1949
Page
8
Secretary Sawyer says spending should focus to curb unemployment and expects improvement. He reported to President Truman after surveys in New England noting serious spots but not alarming, and heard calls to ease business taxes or sales taxes. He plans a Michigan visit next week to survey the situation there.
Washington highlights Navy Captain George J. Dufek known as America's No. 2 explorer who switched from ship duty to Antarctic exploration. The Illinois-born pilot, famed for risk taking, volunteered for Byrd’s Little America voyage, seeking new thrills in the cold, lonely South Pole assignment.
Weather outlook from A Robb shows little overall change in Kansas with warm temperatures through Friday. Expect scattered thundershowers in the west and extreme north tonight and Friday, with lows 55 to 60 in the northwest and upper 60s elsewhere. Friday highs near the 90s and light rainfall totals across several towns.
Washington reports that rent controls were ordered removed for several communities including Russell Kansas and Stafford County Kansas. Tighe E Woods housing expediter acted on local resolutions and agency surveys showing rental housing demand has been reasonably met. It notes conversion of coal to coke takes about 19 hours.
An early morning blaze at Sunflower Ordinance Works destroyed a small storeroom building and its inert storage contents. Major Walter D. Rogers reported total loss estimated at 3500 dollars. Fire detectives credited a night patrolman for summoning the post fire department and fire crews kept the flames from reaching adjacent plant structures.
Edward J. Doolan and Barbara Jean Simmons from Bowling Green Kentucky and Lawrence respectively. Robert W. Taylor and Lorraine E. Cummins from Eudora. Reehard Le King and Edna R. Richardson from Topeka received licenses.
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