Aid for Far East debated in Senate committee
Secretary Acheson and Ambassador Jessup urged Congress to boost U S aid to Far Eastern countries facing communism. Senator Connally cited the need for increased assistance to China Formosa and Southeast Asia to strengthen democratic governments and deter communism amid strained State Department relations.
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Washington
Connally
D,-Téx
Acheson
Philip Jessup
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jessup
United
China
Formons
Southern
United States
Ted
Ashooon
Kentucky
John Eths
McCarthy
R.ja
Jeasup
Genera
Marshall
Congress
State Department
Reir
Jesmup
Con Lon
Armatian North Atlantic Council
Acheron
Bridal
Bevin
Schuman
Asia
Twenty one receive Green Hand degree in Jayhawk FFA chapter
Twenty one Hays youths received the Green Hand degree in the Jayhawk Chapter of Future Farmers of America at a Liberty Memorial High School initiation last night. Names include Chuck Alldredge Will Banks Ed Bouton Glenn Daniel Richard Gantz Elmer Gray John Gray Dean Had Bob Hazlett Wasne nard Vernon Little William MccCrary Merle Mitchell Carl Mooney Robert Mulvihill Clarence Roger Merle Schneck John Shaver Floyd Torneden Calvin Weeks. After initiation Calvin Weeks recited the FFA creed and a chili feed followed for attending members.
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Hays
Jayhawk
Future Farmers of America
Liberty Memorial Highool
Chuck Alldredge
Will Banks
Ed Bouton
Glenn Daniel
Richard Gantz
Elmer Gray
John Gray
Dean Had
Bob Hazlett Formanly
Wasne Nard
Vernon Little
William MccCrary
Merle Mitchell
Carl Mooney
Clarence Roger
Merle Schneck
John Shaver
General Mills executive to speak at KU convocation
Earl B. Smith vice-president and traffic manager of General Mills will address KU's School of Business convocation in Landley Auditorium at 10 AM tomorrow. The talk will cover freight rates and traffic issues affecting plant location and relocation, per Dean Leonard Aze. Smith later held roles with Missouri milling and Missouri Pacific.
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Earl B. Smith
General Mills, Inc
Minneapolis
Perry Flour
San Francisco
Republicans Win First Test of Roduction of Federal Spending
Republicans push deep cuts in government spending as House trims European recovery aid by 250 million dollars from the Marshall plan. The vote narrows Western Europe aid to 2.7 billion while Korea and China aid and other programs face further scrutiny amid GOP strategy meetings on a 29 billion domestic omnibus.
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Washington
Mar
House
Iaid
Korea
China
Truman
Europe
G. O. Pe
Republican Policy Committee
Bing
L. Policy Group
Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower says defense funds could rise via budget reshaping
General Dwight D. Eisenhower testified before the Senate appropriations subcommittee on defense as discussions on the next fiscal year's military budget continued. Senator Elmer Thomas indicated Truman favors an open hearing while some senators debated whether Eisenhower implied broader demobilization or changes to the existing budget. The hearing followed Eisenhower's warning on the nation's defense readiness and his remarks while heading the wartime Allied command.
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Washington
Mar
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Elmer Thomas
D-Ohls
Trumen
Thomas
Senate
Eisenhower
Johnson
Truman
United 5
Co- Tambis
Congress
Byrd
D.-Va
Cold snap grips Dakota and Midwest with subzero lows
Cold air from Hudson Bay plunges into North Dakota Minnesota and nearby regions driving subzero temperatures across the Red River valley and portions of the Dakotas. The arctic air is expected to linger about a day, while western and southern areas enjoy clear skies and milder conditions.
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de Nares Biel
Hudson Bay Country
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Caut Jon
Red River Alley
Now Dakota
North Dakota
North Atlantis
Kansas
Missouri
Midwest
Mercury
Waus
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Canada
Great Lakes
South Atlantic States
Boy Hero Saves Classmate From 11,000 Volt Shock
Pittsburgh report details Henry Leonmiser 10 climbing into a Duquesne Light substation lot to reach grass. He touched a live 11 000 volt wire and fell onto a steel beam. Jimmy Connor 18 saved him by beating out sparks and performing artificial respiration. Henry hospitalized with third degree burns.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne Light Company
West End
Henry Leonmiser
Henry
Jimmy Connora
Allegheny General Hospital
Policeman Learns Fatally Injured Boy Is His Son
Pasadena dispatch reports traffic officer Dan Sheridan discovering at Emergency hospital that his 11 month old son Michael was injured in a high chair mishap. Mrs Sheridan described the accident as the child’s neck becoming entangled with the food tray leading to the fatal injuries. Burial plans note a De Soto burial in Wichita.
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Pasadena
Calif
Dan Sheridan
Yesterrey
Sheridan
Michael
Expedition Returns From Gulf Islands Study
Dr E R Hall returns from a two week trip to islands off the gulf coast of Mexico with Dr Curt von Wedel. They landed 90 miles south of Brownsville to compare island mammals with mainland species. Five island mammals were found. four samples were obtained. Mainland fauna between 25 and 30 species. Initial impressions suggest two island animals may differ, pending lab analysis.
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E. R. Hall
Gulf
Mexico
Curt von Wedel
Oklahoma
Ity
Hall
von Wedel
Dyche Museum
Uniersity of
Kansas
Africa
Vor. Wedel
Brownaville
Tex
Alands
Crippled Lad Wins Trip to Indian Ceremony
Six year old Billy Shearrow of Canton D receives a free trip to the Gallup Intertribal Indian ceremonial. He is confined to a cast for a diseased hip bone and will be flown with his family to Gallup. Gallup service and civic groups will cover expenses, following a letter from his mother to the Albuquerque postmaster requesting aid.
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Gallup
N. ML
Billy Shearrow
Billy
Canton
Albuquerque
Gallup Ares
Gallup Service
Shearrow
No Settlement Hopes In Chrysler-DSO Wage Talks
After 64 days of a strike, Chrysler Corp and the D.S.O. United Auto Workers were far apart. Negotiations continued with workers idle and no immediate settlement in sight.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto
Cold War Moves Charted by Atlantic Allies in London
Foreign ministers of the Atlantic alliance set a May 3 meeting in London to map new Western strategies toward the Soviet Union. Britain's Bevin said alliance momentum could force Soviet negotiation on broad world issues, with finance chiefs also tackling common defense costs in London. In Formosa, nationalist forces claimed naval victory over Communists near Shanghai, while Czech authorities expelled the last AP correspondent, citing unobjective reporting.
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London
Russia
Atlantic Alliance
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Hague
Alliance
Taipei
Formosa
Shanghai
Chian Kai-shek
Associated Press
Prague
Vaclav Kopecky
A. P
Nathan Polowetzky
Richard Kasischke
Snider Reappointed Topeka Highway Commissioner
Gov. Frank Carlson reappointed Harold K. Snider Lawrence first district Charles L. Cushing Downs third district and Kirke W. Dale Arkansas City fifth district to two year terms ending March 31 They bring the commission to seven members with Adrien M. Smith E R Caskey Lester R. McDonald continuing Their terms reflect experience with the state's road rehabilitation program Snider first named to the panel in 1940 by Gov Payne Ratner.
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Topeka
Mar
Frank Carlson
Harold K. Snider
Lawrence
Charles L. Cushing
Downs
Kirke W. Dale
Arkansas City
Snider
Cushing
Dale
Adrien M. Smith
McPherson
E. R. Caskey
Pittsburg
Lester R. McDonald
Satanta
Junior High Cage Banquet Reservations Rise
About 180 reservations have been made for a junior high cage banquet hosted by the Trinity Lutheran church Luther League. The event honors teams and coaches from the junior high, with tickets still available. Gene Peterson and Dr. F C Phog Allen are noted as speakers, with attendance contingent on retirements and travel timing.
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Luther League
Trinity Lutheran Church
144 Church
Otders
Peene Plabing
Jordock
de Lgwelets
Gene Peterson
F. C. “Phog
Allen Jane
Naw York
Kansas City School Tax Increase Approved in Turnout Vote
Kansas City voters approved a 38 cent public school tax hike by a wide margin, raising the levy from $1.30 to $1.68 per $100 of assessed valuation. The measure funds a full 40 week term for two years, as the current year ends April 26 six weeks early due to funds shortage, risking loss from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
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eSere
Kansas City
Mar
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary
Lawrence students win trip to Canada in VFW program
A Kansas high school student from Lawrence will tour Canada for two weeks this summer with all expenses paid by the Alford Clarke post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. W. T. Allen at Haskell Institute heads the local project to foster international relations.
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Lawrence
Canada
Alford
Clarke Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F . Posts
Kansas
W. T. Allen
Haskell Institute
Joes
Allen
Haskell
Althe
Atudenta
U.S
KU senior wins Lafrenza fellowship from German American Society
Margaret Belts, a Kansas City senior at the University of Kansas, receives the Ferdinand W Lafrenza fellowship worth 500 dollars. The award funds German study abroad or at any U.S. university. Belts is KU German club president, Phi Beta Kappa member, and Delta Phi Alpha. She is first KU student to win the Lafrenza fellowship and the first time awarded to a midwestern university student.
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Margaret Belts
Kansas City
University of Kansas
Ferdinand W. Lafrenza
Germanistic Society of America
Suniearsity
Switzerland
Austria
Germany
United States
Miss Belts
K.U
J. A. Bursle
Lafrents
Misa Beltz
Rosedale High School
German Club of
Phi Beta Kappa
Delta Phi Alpha
Honorary History Society
Corbin Hall
Jayhawkers to Fly to Texas Relays Tomorrow
Coach Bill Easton and 11 members of the University of Kansas track team will fly from Kansas City to Austin for the Texas Relays on Friday and Saturday. Easton serves as referee of the carnival. tripees include Karnes Bowers Greenwood DeVinney Dave Fisner Schutzel Abela Semper Del Norris Richardson and Broady.
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Bill Easton
University of Kansas
Kansas City
Austin
Tex
Aston
Karnes
Bowers
Greenwood
DeVinney
Dave Fisner
Schutzel
Abela
Semper
del Norris
Richardson J
Broady
Traveling Exhibit of Wasserman Art at Marvin Hall
The University of Architecture displays a traveling exhibit of watercolors, drawings, and photographs by Philadelphia artist Eugene Wasserman, Paris prize winner in 1940. Showings occur this week in Marvin Hall third floor corridor and Architecture Library Room 399, with Prof. George M. Beal inviting public visits.
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Department of Architecture
The
University
Eugene Wasserman
Philadelphia
Marvin Hall
Toom
Marvin Hell
George M. Beal
Exhibie
Report Slight Quake Shakes New York and Connecticut
An earthquake shook parts of Long Island and southern Connecticut on March 29. Residents reported loud rumblings and dishes rattled but there were no damages reported. callers flooded telephone lines in Long Island and Fairfield County, Connecticut.
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New York
Mar
Long Island
Fairfield County
Connecticut
City election drives prepare final push for council seats
Workers and party leaders in Lawrence mobilize for the April 4 city election. Republicans and Democrats field six council candidates and race to persuade voters on a city manager commission government and a $75 000 Sixth Street trafficway project between Massachusetts and New Mile streets. Campaigns target 5 000 to 7 000 votes depending on weather as door to door efforts continue.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts
Newmile
Jes Edmondson
Tom Page
Committee For
Sixth Street
Talk by Dr Maloney on atomic energy engineering
Dr J O Maloney will deliver the seventh Sigma Xi lecture in the Atomic Energy and In series at 7 30 p m Thursday in Strong auditorium. He outlines fissionable material manufacture, aircraft ships mobile land vehicles and stationary power uses, and the by products of atomic energy development. He has worked on atomic energy engineering since 1942 including roles at Columbia and Chicago and recently supervises two AEC projects in KU's chemical engineering department.
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J. O. Maloney
Sigma Xi
Atomic Energy
Atomic Energy Development
Maloney
Collumbia University
University of Chicago
Chicago
Ince
Manhattan
Atomic Energy Commission
K. U Department of Chemical Engineering
Non-Profit League Granted State Charter
Topeka March 29 The League of Nations Pan American Indians obtained a state charter as a non profit corporation yesterday Papers filed with the secretary of state say the leagues purpose is to aid persons of Indian food in a religious educational and charitable manner as their needs may require Frank om Pee Sew Parsons is resident agent and one of the incorporators Other incorporators are W C Foster Emporia and Josette Wah Was suck Mayetta
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Topeka
Mar
League of Nations
Yeasterday
Secretary of State
League
Frank Om Pee-Sew
Parsons
W. C. Foster Emporia
Josette Wah-Wassuck
Mayetta
Franklin county oil lease and well activity near Ottawa
In Ottawa Franklin county prepares for its first oil play in years. John A. Lloyd has leased over 2000 acres in Harrison township southeast of town. Midwest Oil company started a test well on Mrs. R. N. Harrison’s farm. Some shallow wells still produce in eastern county. Stock market index shows 60 stocks at 74.8, down 3. Local notes blend oil activity with market data.
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Ottawa
Kan
Franklin County
John A. Lloyd
Harrison Township
Here
R. N. Harrison
Midwest Oil Company
City Manager Plan Up For Vote As Citizens Weigh It
Citizens question the city manager plan and how to prevent fiscal risk. A voter guide urges backing city agents aligned with a manager system and pressuring commissioners to fund manager selection and related policies. Readers ask how the city can obtain information and help in choosing a new city manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sappo
Moniel
Stevens Blasts a Smoke Screen in City Manager Debate
A Lawrence meeting of Black workers hears Steven s, chair of the City Manager Government committee, attack a smoke screen over the manager plan. He argues five-man commissions and councils vary by state, that city managers can be effective, and that votes hinge on work done and broad support rather than ward loyalties. The residential committee is distributing new informative handbills ahead of the upcoming formation vote.
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B. Stevens
Lawrence
Co Ofession
Kens
Tal
Stevens
Kansas
Couwell
East Lawrence
North Lawrence
Sterone
Board of Education
City Manager Commission Posal
Slegtian
Roger Allen
Town meeting on city manager form in Lawrence
A public town meeting on the city manager form of government will be held Saturday night at 7:30 in the Community building. Sponsored by the Young Democrats of IRU, it features Dr. Ethan P. Allen of Kansas University and Clarence Strunk of the Central Labor Council of Lawrence debating pro and con. Moderator Philip Hill, a law student, will oversee a brief addresses and audience Q A for Lawrence residents.
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Iity
Young Democrats Club
Iru
Ethan P. Alen
Political Science
K.U
Clarence Strunk
Central Labor Council of
Lawrence
Allen
Strunk
Philip Hill
Weat Fourteenth Street
Young Democrata Club
Paul Wolf
Young Democrats
Strun
Wolf
Haid
Cold snap to end in Kansas as temperatures fall
Topeka reports a late March cold snap easing with weatherman Richard Garrett predicting continued freezing tonight statewide from 20 degrees in the west to 20 in the east. Tomorrow’s high expected 55 to 60 degrees, with some sunshine and a return to warmer conditions by Thursday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Garrett
Garett
Anthony
Goodland
Gan
Tam
Sa. m
Yong Hich Fox
Pere Chicato
Denver
Start Picking Up Drivers With 1949 Tags Saturday
Highway patrols begin enforcing 1949 license tag compliance with Saturday start. 50 cent delinquent penalty per month adds to tag cost, effective February 15. By now about $500 in tags issued, roughly 3,000 short of total 1949 tag sales for the county treasurer.
Emick Corrects Sorority Affiliation Error
Joyce Emick of 406 Missouri Street corrected a yesterday story by confirming her membership in Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Emick, correcting the earlier misprint that listed a different affiliation.
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Joyce Emick
Kapps Alpha Theta Sorority
H. W. Emick
Miasouri Street
Metlzer to Speak on Sanitation at K State Banquet
Dwight Metzler chief engineer of the sanitation division State Board of Health will address the engineering students banquet at Kansas State next Tuesday evening on Sanitation Needs in Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Metzler
State Board of Health
K.state
Jfabiset
Kansas
Driver drives eight miles with a broken leg in New Hampshire
Rochester New Hampshire March 29 a truck driver Alfred Tapscott fifty two drove eight miles with a fractured leg protruding from the flesh after being unable to flag down motor vehicles He dragged himself from the vehicle and drove the track to Frink Memorial Hospital Tapscott was later taken to the hospital by Arthur Picard his brother in law The South Douglas County Community Planning Council will meet in the Grange hall at Vinland Friday night Caxes Temple chairman will preside
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Rochester
N. H
Mar
Frinkie Memorial Hospital
Alfred Tapscott
Tapscott
Arthur Picard
Picard
South Douglas County Community Planning Council
Grange Hall
Vinland Frieday Night
Caxes Temple
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