Reach Agreement On Rent Control
Washington report: Senate and House conferees agreed on a 15 month rent control extension bill with a fair net operating income rule for landlords. The compromise would loosen to allow state and local governments to set rents or curbs if governors approve, shaping up for final action before current law expires. Senate leaders expect swift approval. some members predict a Senate clash over the provision. President Truman’s stance remained neutral as talks proceed.
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Washington
I.p
Senate
House
Lucas Af Llinuis
Snd
Lucas
Taft
Chiel
Repeters
Hrncker R-Chiet
Iicome
Truman
Sparkman
D.-Ala
Gas Bombs Tossed Into Fighting Picket Throng
Cleveland March 28 Police used tear gas bombs against a melee of about 150 pickets and 50 workers at Fawick Airflex Co during a 21 day strike. One picket arrested and two workers cut by glass as ten mounted officers 25 deputies and six patrolmen helped quell the 10 minute clash. Local 735 of the CIO United Electrical Workers began the strike March 7 after the firm withdrew recognition for failure to sign Taft Hartley affidavits.
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Cleveland
Fawick Airflex Co
C.I.0
United Electrical Workers
Fawick
Nebs Nevious Drops Out Of School at K. Aggies
Manhattan Kan Mar 28 Head Coach Ralph Graham announced Harold Nebs Nevius Kansas State college football player had withdrawn from school for academic reasons Nevius came to K State last fall from Hutchinson junior college where he starred He played left halfback last season and has been working out at right halfback in spring drills Graham expressed regret at losing him a good prospect for the 1949 squad.
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Manhattan
Kan
Ralph Graham
Harold
Nebs) Nevius
Kansas State
Nevius
K-State
Lnst
Hutchinson Junior College
Kstate
Nevins
Graham
Elaborate Ceremony as Johnson Becomes Secretary of Defense
Johnson sworn in as secretary of defense promising unity of army navy and air force in service of the nation. He pledged to muster maximum strength within our economy and democracy to secure America and discouraged potential aggression. The Pentagon ceremony drew a large crowd and former cabinet figures.
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Washington
Mar
Louis Johnson
Secretary of Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Clarksburg
W. Va
James V. Forrestal
New York
Forrestal
Cere
Fred M. Vinnett
Pentagon
Johnson
America
Armed Services
Clark
Treasury
Snyder
Interior Krug
American Legion
Draxa
House Kills Bill on State Representation Apportionment
Topeka March 23 the house state affairs committee killed LP A proposal by Rep Alfred Page to amend the state constitution for a population based apportionment of the 125 state representatives. The plan capped districts to include no more than four counties. The committee also killed Rep Champ Graham’s unicameral study proposal. A separate bill to fund a branch state experiment station near Mound Valley Labette county was amended to total 125000 for the next two fiscal years and passed, while a senate approved bill to raise the education building fund tax levy from .25 to .75 mill was recommended for passage.
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Topeka
Mar
House
Alfred Page
Page
House of Representatives
State Affairs Committee
Champ Graham
Emporia
Kansas
Mound Valley
Labette County
Ways and Means
Coal Miners Return to Work Across Regions After Shutdown
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Um Hard and soft coal miners east of the Mississippi resume work to restore production to near normal. UMW strikes ending memorial protests bring most 463 000 idle miners back, with Pennsylvania about 100 000 soft coal and 75 000 anthracite diggers returning. Indiana and Illinois crews also back, while West Virginia and Norfolk and Western routes resume operations and crews return within days.
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Tittsburgh
Mar
Mississippi
U.M.W
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
U. S
Indiana
Illnois
Centralia
West Virginia
Associaton
Norfolk and Western
First Place Honors 4-H Clubs Compete in District Festival
Six Douglas county 4 H clubs won top honors at the county 4 H Festival and will perform at a five county event Saturday April 2 at L M H S. Winners advance to the eastern Kansas district festival in Emporia on April 16. The 4 H clubs include Palmyra Cardinal Lone Star Cottonwood Clinton Meadowlark and more with drama chorus demonstrations and talks. Over 200 members from 15 of the county 16 clubs participated amid rain concerns Friday night and Saturday morning.
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Douglas County
Deal Six
Agena
L.M.H.S
Emporia
Kansas
Palmyra
Bed of Petunias
Cardinal
Lone Star
Cottonwood
Clinton
Meadowlark
Wyandotte
Leavenworth
Jefferton
Johnson and Douglan
Argue Oleo Measure In Kansas Hearing Debated
At Topeka a senate committee heard two hours of testimony on a proposal to ban sale or public serving of colored oleomargarine. About 1060 people attended after protests followed the house’s passage. Proponents cited butter as prior claim to yellow color. opponents argued margarine is nutritionally equivalent and not discriminatory.
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Topeka
Kansas
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
House
Paul Wempe
Florence Harold
Washburn University
Kansas Nutritionists
House to take April recess from Holy Thursday to Easter
Washington March 28 House Majority Leader McCormack said the House would recess from April 14 through April 25 if approved. He spoke after a White House meeting with President Truman and Democratic leaders. Truman has cancelled out of town engagements in April to work with Congress. The conference focused on prospects for Senate action on the Atlantic defense plan after it is signed next Monday.
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Washington
Mar
House
McCormack
D-Mass
McCormick
White House
Truman
Aveson
Congress
Senate
Three Car Pile Up Near Clinton Incurred Damages
Sheriff reports a three car collision near Clinton last evening at about 6:15 PM on Route 4. Carl Kampschroeder of Lecompton slowed to speak to occupants of a parked car, being rear ended by a following sedan owned by I Carter Anderson. Third car driven by Franklin Bidinger struck the lead of the Anderson vehicle. No injuries reported.
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Clinton
Sheriff's Office
Carl Kampschroeder
Lelcompton
Anderson
Route 4
I. Carter Anderson
Kampschroeder
Franklin Bidinger
Ervin Steel
Anderson and Steel Care
Bady Dame -Hi Winter
Rere
Pay Boosts for State Officials Topeka
Final roll call in the Kansas House approved annual pay hikes of 2000 dollars for state elective officers. Governor will earn 10000, and general, superintendent of public instruction 3700. insurance commissioner, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor and printer 6000. Increases for insurance commissioner and printer take effect July 1 1949, others in January 1931.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Senate
House
Tornadoes Sweep Eight States Leaving Death Toll Rising
Tornadoes and windstorms across the south have subsided after a 48 hour trail of death and destruction. Twenty eight dead and about two hundred injured, with extensive property damage. The storms hit from Texas to Kentucky, mainly sparsely populated areas, leaving many homeless and awaiting full tallies.
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Little Rock
Ark
Mar
Texas
Kentucky
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Rescue of 11 Survivors From Sinking Navy Flying Boat
Pearl Harbor reports 11 crewmen saved nine hours after a Catalina ditched 603 miles southwest of Johnston Island. LSM 448 recovered the airmen, then moved to Kwajalein. Navy planes dropped life rafts as rough seas hampered survival. An air force B 17 assisted until rescue ship arrived.
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Pearl Harbor
Mar
Pacific
Kwajalaein
Marshall Islands
Johnston Island
Here
Navy
Air Force
Hickam Field
Construction at KU World War II campanile approach
At the entrance to the World War II campanile on the University of Kansas campus, a concrete approach is under construction. R Wagstaff, assistant superintendent, said the Mississippi Street entrance contract was awarded last fall to Constant Construction. Materials have waited due to weather, and the driveway will get crushed rock soon before final paving.
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University of Kansas
R. Wagstaff
Mississippi Street
Constant
Ray Nichols
Oklahoma Snake Hunt a Success at Waynoka
Waynoka Oklahoma March 73 Hunters from California and across the region joined 750 participants for Oklahoma's snake hunting season opener near the Cimarron River. About 300 rattlers were bagged, with top prize going to Alvin Lameey of Okeene for a 37 inch rattler. The annual Waynoka event serves as a warm up for the big snake derby at Okeene next Sunday drawing hunters from many states.
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Waynoka
Okla
Oklahoma
California
Waynoka Saddle Club
Cimarron River
Okeene
Wavnoka
Okenne
Alvin Lameey
Means appoints three to appraise condemned properties
Judge Hugh Means appointed Frank E Banks A B H Bromersick and Frank Topping all of Lawrence to act as commissioners to appraise the value of three condemned properties at Eighth and Kentucky streets. The city seeks only to assess damages to owners of the Legion club room delivery service property and the Powell property. A prior real estate panel valued the properties at 20500 for two and 11500 for the Powell site. owners of the first two held out at 35000 total, prompting inclusion in condemnation.
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Hugh Means
District Court
Frank E. Banks
A. BH
Bromersick
Frank Topping
Lawrence
Ity
Eighth
Kentucky Streets
American Legion Club Room
Lawrence Delivery Service
Ratps
Legion and Delivery Service
Powell
Judge Means
Garnett
Clyde Coffman Dies in Topeka at 63
Clyde Coffman longtime Kansas farm groups legislative agent and former state fire marshal died after brain surgery following a fall. A West Virginia native who lived in Overbrook most his life he served as state representative and was appointed fire marshal in 1925. He married Minerva Brace in 1909 and had six sons including Floyd Coffman probate judge at Ottawa. Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 30 p m Overbrook Methodist church.
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Topeka
Clyde Coffman
Kansas
Christ Hospital
Coffman
West Virginia
Overbrook
Osage County
Ben S. Paulen
Minerva Brace
Dodge City
Floyd Coffman
Ottawa
Carpenter offers to sell eye to pay debts in Fort Scott
Fort Scott carpenter C. J. De Moss proposes to sell one of his eyes for about 10000 pounds to clear debts and buy a house for his wife and four children. He says the offer is a business proposition and that someone without sight may pay for one eye. He plans to keep working while his family faces possible eviction. Professor E C Buehler to speak in Topeka at Optimist club ladies night ball with topic Everybody Sounds Off.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Fort Scott Carpenter
C. J. de Moss
DeSioss
Carpenter
Colorado
Missouri
Kansas
Stock Market Index Ends With No Change
The closing stock market index shows an average of 63.3 with 0 stocks advancing or declining, leaving the figure unchanged. The report notes no net movement for the session.
District Music Festival to draw 2600 from 52 schools
The annual District Music Festival will be hosted by the University of Kansas this Friday and Saturday under the Kansas State High School Activities Association. More than 2,600 students from 52 area schools will attend, with Liberty Memorial High School principal Neal Wherry managing. Most groups will commute from home, with six students staying at the Eldridge hotel. State contest at Emporia will feature first division ratings across solo, small and large ensembles, with 463 total numbers judged by KU faculty. Participating schools include Liberty Memorial, University High, Baldwin, Edgerton, Eudora, Gardner, Leavenworth, Lecompton, Osawatomie, Perry, Shawnee Mission, Spring Hill, Tonganoxie, Wellsville, and many others.
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University of Kansas
Kansas State High School Activities Association
Neal Wherry
Liberty Memorial Hird School
Wherry
Eldridge Hotel
Emporia
K. U
Liberty Memorial High School
University High School
Baldwin
Edgerton
Eudora
Gardner
Leenworth
Lecompton
McLouth
Osawatomie
Perry
Shawnee Mission
Spring Hill
Tonganoxle
Valley Falls
Wellsville
Jack Stephenson
Wayne Nelson
L.M.H. S
J. J. Weigand
Gerald M. Carney
Appanoose
Atchison County
Bonner Springs
Centralia
Denison
Emmett
Fairview
Hamlin
Hiawatha
Highland Park
Highland
Horton
Louisburg
Maple Hill
Morrill
Onaga
Paula
Paxico
Princeton
Rosedale High School
Sabetha
Seaman
St. Peter and St. Paul
Seneca
Early Kansas woman pioneer dies in Spokane home
Mrs. A C Mitchell 84 an early resident dies noon Saturday at her daughter Mrs Floyd Danskin in Spokane Washington. She came from Lawrence to Oregon without. She was active in Republican politics and women’s clubs. Survived by daughter Mrs Danskin son A B Mitchell and grand children. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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A. C. Mitchell
Floyd Danskin
Spokane
Wash
Benuceant
Zodiac Club
First Presbyterian Church
State Republican Committee
Lawrence
Kansas
A. D. Mitchell
A.C. Mitchell
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Me Visa. Mitchell
Alexander Baldwin Mitchell
Jeffry Clark Mitchell
J. H. Mitchell
Fon-du-lac
Wis
Eben Mitchell
KU English staff to speak at Kansas College Teachers meeting
Two University of Kansas English department members will speak at the Kansas College Teachers of English two day meeting. Ray B. West associate professor and William Bracke English instructor will present on April 8 and 9 at Fort Hays State Teachers College.
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University of Kansas
Kansas College Teachers of English
Ft Hays State Teachers College
Ray B. West
William Bracke
Rescue 7 Airmen From Icy Waste Near Ellesmere Island
Edmonton March 22 A ski-equipped U S Air Force Dakota rescued seven American airmen who crash landed Thursday during a 1100 mile flight from Frobisher Bay to Resolute Bay. The plane ran low on fuel 760 miles off course. Royal Canadian Air Force Chief Air Commodore Costello announced evacuation successful.
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Edmonton
Alta
Mar
U.S. Air Force
Dakota
Ellesmere Leland
Arctic Circle
Frobisher Bay
Baffin Taland
Resolute Bay
Commwalliasland
Martin Costello
Royal Canadian Air Force
Missouri U hires Gower woman as county home agent
Miss Bete Quigley of Gower Missouri was chosen by the Douglas County Farm Bureau board as the county home demonstration agent. She will assume duties to replace Miss Dorothea Schroeder now head of home economics at Haskell Institute. Quigley will graduate this spring with a Bachelor of Service degree from the University of Missouri and has extension work experience on campus. Her duties include leading 25 home demonstration units and working with 14 4 H clubs, under the direction of directors L L Kimsred Paul Chovin and others.
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Bete Quigley
Gower
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Alg la
Dorothea Schroeder
Haskell Institute
Quigler
University of
L. L. Kimsred
Paul Chovsin
M. O'Connor
Clyde Kahn
Olin Neffner
William Rice
Ray’ Longacre
Wehrbass
Fremont Hornberger
Wide Weather Range Forecast For Kansas Tonight And Tuesday
Topeka reports a broad weather outlook with snow or rain possible in the northwest tonight and showers across the state Tuesday. A warm spell ends with a cooler turn tomorrow as highs reach 55 to 60 Tuesday, while lows range 35 to 60. Temperatures varied from 69 at Salina to 40s in the east.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora Sair
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Salina
Hugh
U S
Denver
Fort W
Mont
Los Angeles
Minneap
New New Orleans
K U Choir Home Concert Tonight at Hoch Auditorium
The University of Kansas A Cappella Choir performs its annual home concert tonight in Hoch Auditorium at p.m under D M Swarthout. Featured soloists include Harriet Harlow Colin Campbell Jerry Deliath and William Wilcox. The choir comprises 107 voices from nearly every school in the university.
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University of Kansas
Hoch
D. M. Swarthout
School of Fine Arts
Harriet Harlow
Colin Campbell
Jerry Deliath
William Wilcox
Univera Therogram
Asylumi
Mariane Rachmaninof
Tarhaikowske
Fenor
Firetchaninoff
Harlow
Ana Waban
Wilco Bang
The
Marceill Ing Weld
City Manager Form of Government Radio Broadcast
The League of Women Voters plans a radio program on City Government by the Manager Plan. The KFKU broadcast, tomorrow at 8:30, features student Herb Hal and two KU city manager interns Newell Jenkins of Kansas City and Donald Brown of El Dorado, with Mrs. Francis Nelson as radio committee chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
League of Women Voters
KFKU
K.U
Herb Hal
Newell Jenkins
Kansas City
Donald Brown
el Dorado
Francis _ Nelson
Spring Clean Up Began Here Today in Lawrence City
A city crew of four men moved into three Lawrence areas with five trucks to collect trash and debris from the Witter accumulation. Extra trucks and workers join the effort as two days of cleanup continue, focusing on Nineteenth Street and surrounding limits. City supervisor C M Fox noted many residents forget trash pickup and emphasized sticking to the schedule while excluding heavy materials. Downtown Massachusetts Street shows progress due to street cleaning and merchant cooperation. A grass fire near Lawrence Gun Club was extinguished with no damage. A federal grand jury in Topeka will hold an additional session starting April 5.
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Lawrence
Nineteenth Stress
Linsits Ad Magesachusetts
Himitey Sixth Street
Tennessee
Ohio
Limeits
K. UL
C.M. Fox
Moon
Journale World
Fox
Fou
Merchants-City
Massachusetts Street
James H. Parsons
Sanitation
Water Department
Sanitation Division
Lawrence Gun Club
Highway 49
Paul Ingela
Federal Court
Topeka
Mar
Federal
Wichita
Kansas City
Kan
Lester Luther
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Democratic National Committee
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Senate State Affairs Committee
Frank Carlson
State Board of Health
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Overbrook Methodist Church
District Music Festival
County
Assecamra Poo
Bette Quigley
Jirana
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