Molotov Convenes Surprise Meeting on Italian Affairs
World news report on June 26 describes Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov calling a private meeting of foreign ministers to press for Trieste to Yugoslavia. Byrnes and Molotov held talks amid hopes for an Italian peace accord, with Tito’s spokesman rejecting a ten year internationalization and demanding a Yugoslav solution.
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Paris
V. M. Molotov
Istera Council
C.S.T
Molotov
Moscow
Trieste
Rymes
Malatov
Italy
Yugoslavia
Byrnes
Council of Foreign Ministers
Adriatic
Altho
Marshal Tito
Tito
Valian
Balkans
Bir
Ernest,evin
Georges Bidault
Forci Ministers Council
Railroads Rush for Wheat Cars to Kansas Declared Shortage
Washington June 26 The Association of American Railroads told Sen Reed R Kan that efforts are being made to secure more grain cars for Kansas. By June 24, 225 elevators on Santa Fe 91 on Rock Island and 11 on Union Pacific were closed for lack of cars, risking dumping wheat. A Belvue operator reported zero cars June 22 23 but five late June 24. Wheat on farms and ground between Wellington Kansas and Amarilla Texas totaled about 1 379 000 bushels with fears of further elevator closures and deteriorating grain quality.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Kansas
Reed
Belvue
Kan
Wellington
Amarilla
Tex
Ohio farm strike called best possible warning to congress
The Ohio farm strike gains momentum as 140 Lorain county farmers join the Ohio Marketing Quota Protest association urging across the state to withhold food from distribution channels. Leaders warn farmers may withhold production if wartime controls persist, while lawmakers privately doubt the movement’s effectiveness.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Grange
Congress
Lorain County
Ohio Marketing Quota Protest Association
OPA
Joseph W. Fichter
The
Grange
Fichter
Grange Monthly
Investigations Hint at King Ananda Mahidol Assassination
A medical board of 18 physicians including an American studied the king’s death in Bangkok and suggested assassination as a possible motive amid rumors of royalist or personal causes. The commission will report findings after detailed autopsy and X-ray investigations, while the official line remains accidental self harm. Separately in Little Rock, Arkansas the state supreme court upheld a law banning black voters from Democratic primary state elections, allowing separate primaries for federal offices.
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Bangkok
Saim
Ananda Mahidol
Switzerland
Dusit Hal
Special Inquiry Commission
Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas Supreme Court
Strachey Returns Without Wheat Pact in Canada Britain
Ottawa and Washington failed to reach a long term wheat agreement with Canada and Britain. British Food Minister John Strachey sails back to London without a pact after talks. Canada would have sold wheat at about 1.95 Canadian net per bushel, above current prices. The United States opposes the deal amid support for broader postwar multilateral trade. A separate note reports Wichita, Kansas predicting 4,000 new jobs by September 15 across manufacturing construction services and agriculture.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Britain
United States
John Strachey
London
Washington
U. S
Oppose Spanish Issue Formula Gains At UN
New York June 26 Russia and Poland opposed a compromise Australia Britain formula to keep the Spanish case before the United Nations Security Council. They argued the Evatt proposals were too weak to approve and urged maintaining the agenda while preserving the General Assembly rights. The drafting committee failed to agree on a single formula.
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Russia
Poland
New York
United Nations Security Council
Council
Herbert V. Evatt
Britain
Evatt
Australia
Brittain
Andrew A.gromyko
T’olish
Oscar Lange
Lange
Security Council
General Assembly
Spain
Alexander Cadogan
U.N
Assembly
United Nations
United States
U.N. Atomic Energy Commission
Wheat short supply foreshadows thinner bread supply
Kansas City grain official predicts a national wheat crop of about one billion bushels but bread will be scarcer as flour output falls to roughly half of the six years prior. He cites 25 percent of wheat sent abroad, farmer incentives, and more wheat going to feed as key factors.
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Kansas City
Jess Smith
Associated Millers of Kansas Wheat
Kansas
Missouri
E Smith
Ray Wright
Brinkman's
Wright
FE. F. Abels
George Jennings
Zephyr
Carl Drake
B. Eakins
Moll Bakery
Tulsa
Lawrence
Enough Labor and Trucks For State Wheat Harvest
Great Bend Kansas reports surplus labor and trucks as Kansas wheat harvest shifts to northwest areas. W C Stark, assistant farm labor supervisor, warns workers and truckers not to travel for jobs. He notes 103 harvesting machines entered from central eastern Oklahoma yesterday and expects a 93 shortage to be resolved by Thursday.
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Great Bend
Kan
W. C. Stark
Kansas
Combine
Stark
Oklahoma
Langer Leads In Close North Dakota Senate Race
Wyo Fargo June 26 U S Senator William Langer pressed ahead of J B Bridston for the Republican senatorial nomination as late returns came in Gerald P Nye joined Bill Lanier in conceding to Milton R Young in North Dakota s second senatorial race With 948 of 3256 precincts reporting Langer led 30331 to 30169 Nye said he was surprised by the decisive defeat Latest totals from 709 precincts showed Young 31903 Lanier 17066 Nye 8460 Lanier conceded Young s victory in the short term race while the Langer Bridston fight continued for the GOP nomination in the regular primary.
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Weta Fargo
N. D
U. S
William Langer
J. B. Bridston
Fargo
Grand Forks
Northakota
Gerald P. Ny
Bill Lanier
Milton R.young
R-Nd
North Dakota
Way
Langer
Nye
Young
Lanier
Langer-Bradston
G.O.P
Strikes Ease Across Industries Signal Labor Rebound
Nationwide strike activity eased as hosiery workers in 14 Philadelphia mills and workers at Bethlehem Sparrows Point Steel ended walkouts. Idle workers fell to under 150,000, with peak near 1.68 million. Details describe wage concessions, union actions, and farmer protest in Lorain County urging OPA abolition.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Steel Company
Baltimore
St. Louis
C.I.C. American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Swace
Althe
TO. Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Lorain County
Ohio
Ohin Marketing Quota
Congress
OPA
Joseph W. Fi
Japanese Planed Coup Firecrackers Used to Scare Diet
In 1931 militarists plotted to bomb the diet and seize power but witnesses testified bombs were firecrackers meant only to scare lawmakers. Kono suke Shimizu hid the devices. Marquis Yoshi chika Tokugawa said he helped derail the plot by convincing Shimizu to abandon the plan.
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Tokyo
Diet
Konosuke Shimizu
International War Crimes Tribunal
Yoshichika Tokugawa
Shumei Okawa
Tokugawa
Shimizu
Manchuria
Mukden
Hope Predicts a Change in Wheat Requirements
Washington reports Representative Hope of Kansas predicts the agriculture department will rescind within a few days the rule that farmers sell half of their wheat placed in elevators or warehouses within 15 days after delivery. Hope says the order is not working satisfactorily and is not achieving the government’s overseas relief feeding goals.
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Washington
PHA
Agriculture Department
Hope
R.kan
Bread Shortage Under Scrutiny in Lawrence
Lawrence faces a persistent bread shortage tied to Kansas City bakery strikes. Governor Schoeppel sent complaints to Wichita and officials plan to dispatch F annestil to Lawrence to investigate baking materials. Local bakers report scarce sugar and shortening, with only limited flour supplies.
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Lawrence
Kansas City
Andrew F. Schoeppel
OFA
Wichita
H .O. Davis
OPA
Journal‘World
R. F. Fannestil
Fannestil
Davis
Schioeppel
Lawrence Bakers
UNRRA Funding Round Opens Deficit Bill in House Debate
Washington June 26 The House Appropriations Committee recommends a new 465 million dollar UNRRA cash allotment within a 726.57 million deficiency bill amid potential wrangling over aid to Soviet republics and news access. The measure also funds the Office of Price Administration and selective service, while cancelling over 64 billion in wartime appropriations as postwar needs rise. Office closures announced for June 28–29 with adjusted hours from July 1.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
House
OPA
Wherry
Rs Neb
Joint Committee
McKellar
D.-Tenn
Sta Tem
Conference Committee
White House
Nebraska
Iit
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
House Appropriations Committee
UNRRA
Brown
R-O
CNRRA
U. S
Truman
Congress
Byelorussia
Ukraine
Office of Price Administration
Selective Service
Army
Navy
U. S. Coal Bill Up 267 Millions
Washington report shows the nation's coal bill rising by 267 million dollars annually as OPA estimates. An order lifting anthracite ceilings adds 91 cents per ton, costing households about 44.3 million yearly, while a 40 cent increase on bituminous coal hits commercial and industrial users with CPA valuing the rise at about 20 million. The hikes follow the new wage agreement with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers after recent coal field strikes.
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Washington
OPA
CPA
John L. Lewis
A.F.L. United Mine Workers
Lone Star Lake Camp Opener Set For July
Preparations rush at Lone Star Lake for the July 11 camp opening run by Emporia and Ottawa district Methodist churches with about 150 attendees from 16 Kansas counties. Rev Graydon Pittman directs, Rev Herbert Brockman is business manager, and Frieda Cowles is registrar. Lawrence Girl Scouts begin July 1 with offices at cabins.
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Lone Star Lake
Guntert Plumbing Company
Temorary
Emporia
Ottawa
Methodist Church
Herbert C. Brockman
Lawrence
Brockman
Frieda Cowles
Record Enrollment Sparks A Cappella Summer Choir
The summer Session A Cappella choir opens with a record 334 singers and strong sections led by 22 tenors and 37 basses. Women include 39 sopranos and 36 altos, with 40 Midwest music campers among the 134 total. Enrollment remains open at a Thursday 4 36 rehearsal in Lindley Hall, then closes after that session. The group will study 17 selections over 6 weeks, leading to a concert on Sunday August 4 at Hoch Auditorium. the choir performed praise worthy Bach cantatas during the initial session.
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Lindley Hall
Hoch Auditorium
Veteran Newsmen to Cover Atomic Test at Bikini
Two veteran Crossroads reporters Frederick Palmer of North American Newspaper Alliance and William E Beard of the Nashville Banner will cover the atomic bomb explosion at Bikini aboard the USS Appalachian on about July 1. Palmer, 73, and Beard, 72, vow impartial coverage and call the event a pivotal story for their times.
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U.S.S. Appalachian
Crossroads Press Corps
Bikini
Deans
Crossroads Press
Frederick Palmer
Pleasantville
North American Newspaper Alliance
William E. Beard
Nashville, Tenn
The
Nashville Banner
Palmer
Beard
Steelman sworn in as reconversion director
John R. Steelman 46, an Alabama industry relations veteran, was sworn in today as reconversion director in the White House rose garden. He kissed Mrs. Steelman after greeting President Truman, and was sworn in by Justice Harold H. Burton.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Alabama
Steelman
Truman
White House
Arkansas
Harold H. Burton
Supreme Court
Kaw Valley potato harvest poised to top prior year
Kansas City officials say about 470 carloads of Kaw Valley potatoes have been marketed this season, with a third of the 1946 crop still in ground. The June 25 Special Potato Report foresees totals exceeding last year’s 460 cars by at least 100, aided by rain and strong demand. Some digging resumes pending dryer fields and wash requirements before sales.
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Kaw Valley
Department of Agriculture
Kansas City
Office of Marketing Services
Lawrence
Canada
Showers Expected Across Kansas Cooling Heat Wave
Topeka June 26 scattered showers move into the state and linger through tonight and tomorrow lowering Kansas temperatures. Highs near 90 to 95 today, about 85 tomorrow in parts of the state. Lows tonight around 63 northwest and 68 southeast. Coffeyville yesterday reported 0.1 inch rain, Columbus 0.14. Dodge City and Coffeyville tied at 41 as the warmest cities. Ellis cooled to 57. Coffeyville temperatures fell to 17 last night.
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Topeka
Soca
Kansas
W. A. Mattice
Mattice
Tomorow
Coffeyville
Columbus
Dodge City
Ellis
Murder charge filed in shooting of mother near Columbus
Rudolph Oplotnik about 30 is charged with first degree murder in the fatal shooting of his mother Johanna Oplotnik 53 last Saturday seven miles northwest of Columbus Kansas. County Attorney C F E Rumery says there were farming operation disputes and a warrant is out for Oplotnik who has been missing since the shootin. A separate item notes indictments against American Can Co Continental Can Co Inc and seven officers for alleged Sherman anti trust violations fixing can prices and terms.
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Columbus
Kan
Rudolph Oplotnik
Carina
Johanna Oplotnik
C. F E. Rumery
Young Oplotnik
Justice of the Lieace
Lee F. Best
Washington
Tom Clark
American Can Co
Continental Can Co. Inc
Clark
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