Acheson Calls Western Powers to Unite in Face of Communism
Secretary of State Acheson urged free nations to mobilize moral and material strength against communism. He spoke in Washington before departing for Europe and planned talks in Paris with Schuman and Bevin, aiming to set a cooperative Western alliance at London and beyond.
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Washington
Acheson
Europe
Weat
Blakoff
State Department
London
Paris
Schuman
Rugnie Acheson
North Atlantic
Bevin
North Atlantic Treaty Council
West
Congress
John Foster Dulles
John Sherman Cooper
U. S
Br Ae
Russia
Conterned_en
Seek More Blood Donors Through Company Office Drives
Community blood drive invites uncontacted individuals aged 18 to 60 to visit the front office for a quick blood type determination. Donors receive a card with their type and Rh factor and an appointment to donate a pint for hospital use and blood supply.
Move Is Started To Cite Browder In Contempt Case
Washington May and UP Counsel for Senate communist investigators recommended that Earl Browder and Frederck Vanderbild Field be cited for contempt of Congress. Edward P Morgan said a citation resolution for the foreign relations subcommittee has been drafted for Monday’s closed meeting. If approved, the measure goes to the full committee and then to the Senate for action possibly leading to court proceedings. Contempt penalties can reach up to five years in jail and a fine up to 1000. The files examined cover individuals named by Senator McCarthy as communist or security risks.
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Washington, May & UP
Senate Communist Investigatotore
Earl Browder
Frederck Vanderbild Field
Congress
Edward P. Morgan
Aernate Foreign Relations
Tera
Foreign Relations Committee
Morana
Browder
Morgan
State Department
Truman
Morgen
Foreien Peleethane
Venale Steel
Senate
U.S
Ward Court
Sanate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
R-Wis
Committee
Red
Department
FBI
Aid Thru Senate Sets Finances for 1951 Programs
The administration won Senate passage of foreign aid authorization despite cuts. The 3.127 billion figure was approved 60 to 8, with a separate 35.0 million program for underdeveloped areas pushed aside to be funded later. The Marshall plan faced minor trim as debate shifts to appropriations.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Appropriations Committed
Congress
Senator Darby to be honored in Lawrence and Kansas City
U S Senator Harry Darby will be initiated as an honorary member of Ti Tau Sigma and Alpha Kappa Psi in Lawrence Monday. He is expected to attend the American Royal dairy cattle show and rodeo in Kansas City tonight, accompanied by Mrs. Darby and Miss Marjorie Darby.
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Harry Darby
Lawrence Mon
Ti Tau Sigma
Alpha Kappa Psi
Senator Darby
Kansas City
Darby
Marjorie Darby
Banquet Honors Two Engineering Professors at KLUL Memorial Hall
About 280 attendees including students alumni and faculty gathered at KLUL Memorial Hall to honor Wallan C McNown and Frank A Russell retiring July 1 after long careers in civil engineering and engineering drawing. Guests from across the United States shared reminiscences with university leaders and alumni, while gifts were exchanged and a student skit performed.
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Bh. LU
Memorial Prien
Wallan C. McNown
Frank A. Russell
KLUL
Frank L. Brown
George Bradshaw
Key Defense Base Pounded by Reds
Chinese communists making another bid for Formosa amid reports of heavy attack on a key defense base.
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Reds
Formosa
Weather Factor Shapes Formosa Clash in May Drift
May 6 dispatches report Chinese communist artillery pounding the nationalist base at Chushan Formosa as weather impeded nationalist air operations. Inbound invasion craft mass at Kingtang harbor and Chinhai while Chiang Kai-shek cites long civil war and Southeast Asia stakes as reasons for the defense posture.
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Chushan
Formosa
Nowa
Kindtang
Tinghai
Chushan Central
East Chink
Shanghai
Communista
Areun
Chie
Choshan
Main
Red
Chitchan
Kingtang Harbor
Chinhai
Nort
Hainan
Mars
South China
Chiang Kai-shek
Canton
Southeast Asia
China
Chiang
Art Show and Spring Band Concert May 14
Two public school events set for May 14 at South Park begin at 2 PM. The elementary to senior high art exhibit directed by Miss Maud Ellsworth will be displayed on easels, while the high school spring band concert conducted by Jack Stephenson features music in the park. If rain occurs, events move to Liberty Memorial High School with band in the auditorium and art in the halls. Hand craft work by students will be shown that weekend in town stores.
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South Park
Maud Ellsworth
Jack Stephenson
Liberty Memorial High School
Truman to Take Off on 9 Day Jaunt
President Truman departs Washington for a nine day 6400 mile tour with trackside chats and public opinion stops. He plans 26 states travel through the northwest and back with speeches and large crowds, including a rally in Chicago on May 15 before returning May 16.
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Washington
Truman
Chicago
City debates rezoning and traffic rules on West Campun Road
The Lawrence city council will hear arguments for and against rezoning West Campun Road land from single residence to apartment use, tied to Dr. Mervin Sudler’s plan to sell part of the 2.74 acre tract for a fraternity or sorority house. Also on Monday, officials consider no parking rules on multiple streets and a revised one way traffic ordinance, plus bids for paving projects and a condemnation resolution for Sixth and New Hampshire property.
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Resons
West Campun Road
Aly
Mervin T. Sudler
Sudler
K. U. Medical School
Lawrence
Eleventh
Missouri Street
Planning Commission
West Hills Federation of Property Owners
James Postma
Hampshire Street
Thirteenth Street
V Mont Street
Thirteeth
North Park Street
Vermont
New Hampshire
Fourteenth Street
Mapanchusetta
Tennessee Street
West Seventh Street
Kentucky
Thirteenth
Oread
Louisiana Streets
Missouri
Ninth
Council
Sixth
Tennessee
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence Paper Company
Louisiana
Tenth Street
Massachusetts
Delaware
Pennsylvania Street
1800 At Concert Ends School Music Year
About 1 800 people attended a school concert that marked the final event of the year. About 1 000 parents and friends were present as students performed and the program showcased the music work across the school system.
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Ight
Lone Star Lake set for busy weekend season opening
Douglas County recreation center reports all rental cabins booked for Saturday and Sunday at Lone Star Lake near Lawrence. Large crowds expected, with strong interest in fishing and picnics as lake improvements including new cabins, a long dock, and upgraded roads are highlighted. Boat rentals and license sales point to a heavy turnout, with sport fish like walleyes and crappie anticipated and the lake financed by a county levy and concession revenues.
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Lone Star Lake
Douglas County
Lawrence
C. F. Boatman
Rele Enthasinata
Kansas City
Ottawa
Elmer Ouadah
Civilian Conservation Corps
Lone Star
Joe Rice
Geneeenion
Ston Creek
Dutton
Kansas
Ousdahl
Saale
Eabin
Workers Slated to Return to Posts After Chrysler Strike
The Associated Press reports Chrysler Strike settlement moves to union rank and file for approval. About 590 workers will return to plants Monday, ending 104 days of walkout. Ratification is highly likely after leadership support. Chrysler shifts pay to reflect the strike, extending vacation pay and pensions terms.
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Detroit
Chrysler
C.L.C. Auto
Cancer fund drive tops goal in Douglas county area
The Cancer Fund drive in Douglas county led by county chairman John Andrews surpasses its $4,000 target, with the first district including Douglas, Leavenworth, Franklin and Jefferson counties reporting strong results. Notable contributions came from block workers Duke Kennedy and Carl Achning, Pinckney school staff and students, and Mrs C E Cory, among others, as the effort aims to place Kansas among the first states to exceed its quota.
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Kate
Paers
Douglan
John Andrews
Arch Kennedy
Delbert Richardson
Williady Rennete
Abel
Delbert Panreh
Tevssaounn
Baldwin Cy
Thos A. Evane
Fadora City
C. EB
Cary Laconpton
Andrews
Duke Kennedy
Carl Achning
Pinckney School
Baldwin
Thomas Evans
Eudora
C. E. Cory
Montgomery Ward
Neff conviction upheld by court in Kansas case
Kansas Supreme Court upholds George Neff's murder conviction for killing his brother in law Kenneth Wynn, linked to a long illicit affair with Wynn's wife. Neff, a Perth farmer, was convicted at Tonington, after third trial. two earlier juries failed to verdict on poisoning his wife Jessie Wynn. Wynn died December 16, 1947, and Mrs Wynn followed on November 17. The report notes a stock market index reading and a new high.
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LC. Davin
Douglas County
Kansas Supreme Court
Davis
Hugh Means
William “Scoop” Ferguson
Pasion
Ferguson
Maassachusetts Street
Toon
E Man
Rochelle Studio
Massachusetts Street
Sheriff
F.B.I. Agente
Kansas City
Fergnson
Necro
Topeka
Kan
George Neff
Kenneth Wynn
Neff
Wellington
Wynn
Jessie
Perth
English Visitor Spent 20 Years in Foreign Service
Kenneth Taylor of Lancashire England discusses Rotary clubs and his experience as a delegate to an international Rotary convention. He recalls 24 years in Ceylon and notes malaria reduction via stream drainage and pest control, while stressing Ceylon’s distinct status from India and a broader postwar progress narrative.
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England
Rotary
United States
Kenneth Taylor
Lancashire
Taylor
Detrett
Lawrence
Overbrech
Lyndon
Topeka
Brrth
Ceylon
India
Mail deliveries cut in Lawrence amid postal economy order
Lawrence clips residential mail runs under a broader Post Office economy plan. Eight routes absorbed into others with two south of Elevanth Street reallocated next week, reducing daily parcel and letter delivery in most areas while downtown and university blocks retain morning and afternoon service. Carriers will ride all day, with relays and shelters to be found.
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Lawrence
Roger Williams
Naw Lawrence
William
Elevanth Street
Donaldson
Manly
Williama
University of Kanans
Williams
Williame
Weather forecast for Kansas and Topeka May 6 7
Climbing temperatures noted across Kansas with Topeka at 76 yesterday. Robb forecasts warmer tonight and Sunday with lows 45 to 50 in the northwest, 60s southeast, highs in the 80s and scattered thundershowers in southeast Kansas and extreme eastern areas. Sunday looks partly cloudy with more showers in the southeast. Also, Chancellor Deane W. Malott of the University of Kansas will deliver the Arkansas City high school and junior college commencement address on May 29.
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A.D. Robb
Robb
Kansas
Topeka
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Hill City
Russell
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