Gloomy Start In London Confab Amid Pact Talks
Reports from Paris and Moscow describe a somber mood at a London conference with Ernest Kevin and Georges Bidault before a second meeting with Soviet Marshal Molotov. French and British secretaries discuss postwar aid and economic recoveries as Molotov’s stance prompts questions about U.S. involvement and Spain’s status.
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Paris
Ernest Kevin
Georges Bidault
S V. M. Molotov
Sucresa
Brownie Kerns Hurt In Ladder Fall At Winter Chevrolet
Brownie Kerns 40 of 1721 Vermont street a sales reviewer at Winter Chevrolet suffered a severe cut on his left knee and a sprained right wrist when he fell eight feet from a ladder while putting up banners for a new truck at the motor company. He was treated at home with stitches to close the knee wound.
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C.E
Brownie" Kerns
Vermont Street
Winter Chevrolet
Kesme
Motor Company
Kernswas
Break at State Prison Averted by Officials
Topeka Kansas June 25 1913 discovery of an escape plot at the Kansas state prison at Lansing was reported by Phil R Hawkins chairman of the state board of administration Warden Robert Hudepeth said two men were found working in a tunnel from the power plant that neared completion within two feet of the wall He named Dean Rett 18 years Franklin County and Melvin Hanna 10 to 24 years Lahette County as two involved and said the break was planned for July 4 SALE STARTS TUESDAY.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas State Prison
Lansing
Phil R. Hawkins
State Board of Administration
Hawkins
Robert Hudepeth
Hawkine
Dean Rett
Franklin County
Melvin Hanna
Lahelte
New Driver's Licenses May Be Secured at Treasurer's Office
The sale of new state driver's licenses will begin at the county treasurer's office Tuesday morning. Treasurer Roy Flory predicts 17 000 automobile licenses and 2 500 chauffeurs licenses will be sold this year. Auto licenses cost 40 cents for two years. chauffeurs licenses $1. Also in London sugar ration to rise to 10 ounces weekly effective July 20 for bakers and confectioners.
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Roy Flory
London
Ministry of Food
Plan to Bring Lewis and Coal Operators Together Next Week
Washington officials said Secretary Schwellenbach will seek a meeting next week with John L. Lewis and the naft coal operators to avert a national strike. Krug estimated after Sunday there will be 45 900 000 tons of coal in storage above ground, a two day supply. The miners may face an indefinite vacation if no agreement is reached within days.
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Lewis
Washington
Labor Department
Schwellenbach
John L. Lewis
Naft
Secretary of the Interior
Krug l
Krug
Pirea
fPr
Lewis and Krug
Daya
Northwest
Krag Aaid Lewis
Supreme Court ruling held not to disrupt county school consolidations
The Kansas supreme court rejected a hometshell challenge to the HYMIS and 1947 school reorganizations, stating consolidation in Douglas County remains voluntary by rural patrons. River flood levels near Lawrence receded slowly. dam levels dropped from 8.1 to 7.4 feet with no flood warnings issued.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Margaret Marivy
Eh Anid
Achoala
Conte
Lawrence
Four hundred twenty three students attend University of Kangas summer session
Four hundred twenty three students from Douglas county are among 3426 attending the University of Kangas summer session. This is an all time high for a winter session with enrollment from 104 of 108 Kansas counties and 40 states. Over 20 foreign students from 16 countries attend alongside more than 1400 local participants in 11 institutes andshort courses on campus.
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Douglas County
University of Kangas Aummer
Kansas
Mexico
Amahuras
Bolivia
Peru
Cuba
Iran
Hawaii
Columbia
Licenses On Sale For Hunting And Istinir No Clear Date
Vendors announce hunting and fishing licenses available yesterday through County agents. Sub-agents in other county sections will receive credentials on Monday.
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Lawres
t+ T. i. Gerhars
Mass Hold Up In Allentown West End Home
Four armed men forced five couples including Louis Wiener and his wife into a home on the west side of Allentown. They bound victims and opened a hidden safe, taking about 159000 in non negotiable securities plus cash jewelry and watches. The quartet fled in a 1847 Plymouth with New York plates after cutting phone lines.
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Allentown
Indune 2S
LPR
Louis Wiener
Harry Neff
Bernard Satitsky
Frank Pfingstel
Wieners
Wien
Pfingstels Alsu
Claire Wiener
Irwin Salitsky
Bernard Salitskys
Wiener
Neff
Salitsky
Stickun
Miss Weiner
Ffingatel
Storm in Cowley County damages rise in hail and wind
Araneae City Kan June 26.4 Southern Cowley county crops suffer damage estimated between 8800 and 1900000 dollars from Wednesday's hail and windstorm county agent George Gerber reported last night. Geuda Springs area suffered heavy losses with adjustors citing about 700000 dollars in building and window damages in Arkansas its
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Araneae City
Kan
Cowley County
George Gerber
Geuda Springs
Arkansas
Truman to Act Monday on Rent Control Extension
President Truman will consider next week, likely Monday, a bill to extend rent controls through February 29 of next year. The measure would permit voluntary rent increases up to 15 percent where landlords and tenants agree for leases running through 1943.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Landioris
Rivers in Kansas Starting to Fall
Topeka dispatch reports Kansas rivers beginning to recede after 90 to 95 degree heat and scattered showers. Meteorologist A. D. Robb notes the Kaw at Topeka back in its banks and lower Republican water still cresting upstream, with rainfall minimal and forecasts of showers mainly in the west moving east. Dodge City posted 98 degrees, while Topeka saw highs near 85 to 90 and lows 55 to 60 as skies clouded for possible weekend storms.
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Solomon Atele
Sunellen City
Kaw
Ogden Wan
Manhating
Robb
Topeka Ag
Maximoumas
Dodge City
Plans Set for Lawrence 4th of July Fireworks Display
Lawrence community moves ahead with Independence Day plans as local businesses and government offices close. Organizers promise a grand fireworks show on Mount Oread with post war polar effects and a finale by Jayhawk summer session students, ex GI demolition veterans. In case of rain, the display shifts to the following night.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Mount Oread
Jayhawk
Margaret Hurley Begins Third Term As County Superintendent
Mrs. Margaret Hurley, county superintendent of schools, will start her third term on July 7. Reelected in November 1946, she also completed the unexpired term of Harold Fisher, who resigned in 1945 to become city clerk, after nearly two years of service.
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Margaret Hurley
No Contracts Awarded for School Wiring Bid
Board discusses bids to rewire Liberty Memorial school but takes no action. Three bids opened Monday night as T A Belt,已 employed as supervising engineer, reviews options. Next meeting Wednesday at 7 20 pm to continue wiring talks and review the 1947 48 budget.
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Liberty Memorial School
Board of Education
Will Center TWA at Kansas City
Trans World Airlines reorganizes with its three regional offices in New York Chicago and Los Angeles to be abolished and heads placed under E O Coke in Kansas City The May profit reached 190000 the first in years and over 1 9 million was reported as annual revenue will center operations in Kansas City eliminating most regional staff
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Kansas
LaMatte Cohn
Cne
New York
Chicago
Lis Angeles
Weil
T.W.A
Loz Angelea
E. 0
Coke
Kansas City
Cent
Rex Woods Named Petroleum Engineering Chairman at KU
Rex We Wreole will become professor and chairman of the petroleum engineering department at the University of Kansas starting September 1. Chancellor Deane W. Malott announced the appointment, succeeding Prof. Magene A. Stephenson who resigns as chairman for health reasons and takes a one year leave. Woods comes from the Crone Bes A petroleum core caravans and vessels, while Stephenson has led the department since its 1915 organization except for a 1995 36 leave.
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Rex We Wreole
University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
Woods
Magene A. Steiphenaen
Hay
Abachoe
Crone Bes
Venessels
Stephenson
Department of Petroleum Engineering
University of Kansas Research Foundation
Concerts Set by Mid Western Music Camp Sunday
Final rehearsals for the Mid Western Music temp band orchestra wrap up as Oliver Hobbs will guest conduct both shows. An 83 piece symphony performs at 4 p.m. in Hoch auditorium and a 152 piece band follows at 5 p.m. outdoors. Musicians attend Christian church services for weekly musicale visits. Esther Lee Titus from Wellington to perform on violin.
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Tmp
Ann
Russell L. Wiley
Muzic
Christian Church
Esther Lee Titus
Wellington
Court Rules New School Law Out by 5 to 2 Majority
The Kansas Supreme Court declared unconstitutional the 828 school reorganization laws that eliminated over 2,600 districts in two years. The majority held the act violated the state constitution by delegating legislative power to reorganization committees. The ruling voided all actions under the act and urged voluntary reorganization steps while Governor Frank Carlson sought a new solution.
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Topeka
Supreme Caliut
Aten B
Basseid
Flood Toll Mounting Across Missouri River Fronts
The Missouri River flood spread toward Jefferson City and St. Joseph with damage over 100000 in crops and property. Eight river levies broke flooding 2850 acres near Washington. Big Muddy rose to 32.6 feet here, with predictions up to 33 feet. Cedar City moved 59 families to safety as Boonville dropped to 81.8.
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Bette
St. Joseph
Kanane City
St. Louis
Hermann
Washington
U.S
Pickney
Actule
Neb
Boonville
Bluff
Coast Guard
Cedar City
Amends for False Imprisonment in Chicago Case
The governor pardoned Majczek after investigations by the Chicago Times showed he would not have been guilty of murdering a Chicago policeman. The legislature voted the matter for compensation, amid a push for relief for the wrongfully imprisoned and the families affected.
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Springfield
Dwight Green
Lunior
Treadan
Hicago
Majczek
Chicago
Campus Buzzes With Summer Sessions At University of Kansas
KU plans a busy summer session with over 1400 students enrolled in institutes clinics and short courses. Dean George B. Smith notes varied programs across education arts and business with events from July to September including a Court Reporters conference and a six day service and workshop lineup. Attendance ranges from 70 to 1000 across multiple institutes and clinics through late summer with notable sessions on casualty fire and insurance and a nationwide educational workshop series.
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EM Hathoachoud
Hema
Atevl
Oil Price Hike By Standard Oil Of California
Standard Oil of California announced a 20 cent per barrel rise in the price paid for crude oil of all grades effective July 1 at 1 a.m Pacific Time. Heavy fuel oil prices will increase 29 cents per barrel, used by steamships and some industries. No changes to gasoline motor oils heating and diesel fuels.
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Standard Oil Company of
Calfornia Inlay
Phone Campaign Aims to Secure Fall Housing at K U
KU housing officials launch a citywide telephone survey to find rooms for fall students as enrollments rise. Dormitory space remains tight with women’s housing most at risk, while veterans and local residents are urged to help.
Wheat harvest to start next week in Douglas county fields
Reports from Douglas county farm agent Ralph Colman that 20 acres of wheat near Route 4 began binding as early as June 0 are the earliest farm bureau notes. Weather and early harvest techs push progress with potential yields around 30 bushels per acre despite recent heavy rains and worm issues in some fields.
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Douglas County
Arvin
Addie Trawal
Wiecrep
Tival
Ralph Colman
Aisha
Tech
Lawrence Losghard
U University
Diwatas
Siv
Tasing Beer
Xeseral
Thy
Corfielda
John Strong
Kudorn
George Rahningier
Lecompton
Conference rules under discussion at Kansas City meeting
W. W. Tavis, KU's faculty representative in Kansas City, said at a noon interview that the conference committee is rewriting rules and the question of admitting the Oklahoma Aggie membership has not been decided yet.
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W. W. Tavis
K. U
Sig Gis
Kansas City
Journal World
Oklahoma Aggieg
ACA payment deadline urged for conservation program
The final date for applications for ACA payments earned under the 1946 agricultural conservation program is June 30. Chairman George J. Butell of the county ACA said today that nearly all of the 697 participants have applied, and he urged farmers unsure of their status to contact him.
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ACA
George J. Butell
Altho
Rutell
M N Penny Reelected President of Masonic Building Co
M N Penny was reelected president at a Lawrence temple building company stockholders meeting. H H Tuller was reelected treasurer with new officers George Wall as vice president and Clark O Mors ton as secretary. Also notes Washington press: National Guard encampment at Fort Riley Aug 3 9 and Missouri guardsmen training Aug 49 24.
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M.n.tenny
Lawrence Masai Temple Building Company
H. H. Tuller
George Wall
Clark
Morston
Man Guard
Washington
National Guard
Fort Riley
Kan
Missouri
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