Operators Agree to Pay Holiday Back Wages in Coal Strike
Washington reports coal operators agreed to pay 3 million dollars in back holiday pay to Sonn L. Lewis miners, clearing a path for real negotiations. They stressed the move creates no precedent and aims only to reopen talks on a new contract. The dispute centers on overtime and holiday pay withheld after executive order 9240 was revoked.
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Washington
Reed
Lewin
Menthe
Truman
Lawrence Freight Embargo Lifted Early Today
Shippers cooperated as the recent embargo tied up little Lawrence freight. The embargo began May 10 at 12:01 am and was lifted at 12:01 am today making all freight movable. The post office will accept packs up to 70 pounds after the former 11 pound limit, said Postmaster Roger Williams.
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Lawrence
Oger Williams
School Music Week Closes at University Program
A small crowd of parents attended Hoch auditorium yesterday afternoon to close University School Music Week. Liberty Memorial high school band and chorus performed with the junior high chorus and a chorus of sixth grade Lawrence children. Conductors were Oliver Hobbs for the high school numbers, J. Feigland for the junior high orchestras, and Miss Mabel Barnhart for the elementary choir. The event featured group numbers and individual pieces amid a three hour practice aftermath, with one student excused for standing too long.
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Hoch
Esterday
Publc
Liberty Memoral
Lawrance
Oliver Hobbs
Senat
Ceme
Hoover To Be Food Ambassador To South America
Washington reports that President Truman invited Herbert Hoover to travel to South America as a food ambassador to rally support in the global food crisis. Hoover accepted, planning to go within weeks, while opposing domestic rationing questions and urging continued conservation. Morrison denied plans to push U.S. meat and fat rationing, noting no agenda to dictate American behavior.
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Washington
White House
Herbert Hoover
South America
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Hoover
Ross
United States
Herbert Morrison
Hintich Council
Presi
Executives Expect Draft Order If Congress Fails
Washington and Kansas City reports say the selective service system may continue by executive order if Congress does not extend the draft by midnight Wednesday. House military leaders warn local boards could shut down by May 15, threatening 8 000 conscientious objectors. Separate case in Missouri nets two suspects for Lawrence Elks club burglary and other crimes linked to a statewide spree.
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Kington
L—House Military Committee Agurees
Truman
Selective Service Organization
Congress
National Selective Service Headquarters
Selective Service
House
Senate
Army
Elks’ Club
Lawrence
Jefferson City
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Amos Bruce
Wellsville
Kan
Jack Doyle
Denver
Colo
Bliesner Vruce
Missouri State Penitentiary
Doyle
Braces
Baldwin
Elks Club
Ottawa
Missouri Pacific
Iliesner
Phantom slayer suspect tied to Texarkana killings
Atoka Oklahoma May 13 sheriff W E Davis of Texarkana Arkansas said a man held for questioning in an attack on a rancher's wife near here is a definite suspect in a phantom slayings series that has killed five persons since March 24. The suspect denied involvement and could not be positively identified by the rancher's wife.
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Atoka
Okla
Sherif W. E. Davis
Texarkans
Ark
Sherif Davis
Paris Tex
W. E. Harmon
Texarkana
Davis
Business Houses to Be Toured by Junior Jaycees
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will tour all Lawrence business houses tomorrow at 9 30 am. Twenty members will visit offices to acquaint merchants with the group and recruit new members. Led by John Mettner the Good Will drive aims to enlist sponsors for a young man in each company.
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Junior Jaycees
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence
Bill Yearout
Chamber of Commerce
The
John Mettner
Good Will Drive
Lawrence Business Concerns
Truman
John Price Gregg Nominated to Tariff Commission
President Truman named John Price Gregg of Oregon to the U S tariff commission. The same day he nominated Paul A Walker of Oklahoma for reappointment to the Federal Communications Commission and Charles I Lafferty of Atlantic City N J for reappointment as com misseller of customs enforcement.
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Washington
Truman
John Price Gregg
Oregon
Paul A. Walker
Oklahoma
Federal Communications Commission
Charles I. Lafferty
Atlantic City
N. J
Compiseller
Omstoma
Rain Forecast Dims Wheat Damage In Kansas
More rain expected across eastern Kansas with cloudy skies elsewhere. Highs 65 to 70 today and tomorrow, tonight 40s Southeast and 44 to 50 north and west. Freezing 31 at Goodland yesterday. wheat damage from prior freezes likely in northwestern areas but full extent unclear for days. Rivers receding but heavy rains may raise Marais des Cygnes again. Totals: Topeka 0.10, Lawrence 0.02, Wamego 0.04, Mishawaka 0.08, Lebo 0.06, Herington 0.35, Salina 0.07, McPherson 0.06, Florence 0.08, Hutchinson 0.04, Larned 0.02, Coffeyville 0.07. Traces at Lecompton Wichita Anthony. Ellis and Phillipsburg were the warmest points with 72. Extremes in southeast: Caf fedile.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Goodland
Marais Des Cygnes
Anines
Lawrence
Wamega
Mishastan
Lebo
Herington
Salina
McPherson
Florence
Hutchihson
Larned
Coffeyville
Lecompton
Wichita
Anthony
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Cancer Fund Money Still Available at K E P
Dr. FV Allen chairman reports ongoing receipts for the Cancer fund drive. Donations may be left at the Kansas Electric Power Co office at Seventh and Massachusetts through the week. County total now looks to exceed $9,000 toward a $8,000 county goal, with listeners via station WREN contributing $39.96 and the station $30.05. Jayhawker Theater added a $100 gift today as contributions continue.
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FV. Allen
Cancer Fund Drive
Kansas Electric Power Co
Seventh
Massachusetts Street
Allen
WREN
Jayhawker Theater
University Club to Elect Officers and Fold
The University club will elect officers and hold an annual meeting on Wednesday in club rooms upstairs at 1007 Maasacho-Setta Street. Balloting for new officers begins at 4 p.m. and continues until a meeting is called at 8. The retiring president Jones leads the faculty based organization with many townspeople as members.
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University Club
Maasacho- Setta Street
Board of Governors
Es Jones
Lownsneenia
Wheat pinch grips nation as talks on rationing loom
Washington May 18. The wheat shortage tightens as Pillsbury’s A mill in Minneapolis shuts and flour stocks dwindle. President Truman weighs wartime rationing or return to coupons as Herbert Hoover tours global famine sites and Chester Bowles hints at action by August. Herbert Morrison arrives to press for meat and fate rationing in the United States.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Chester Bowles
Mr. Truman
Bowles
Hoover
Pillsbury's
Minneapolis
Pillsbury
Herbert Morrison
British Council
London
Morrison
Indian Pageant Parade Promotes Memorial Event
Rain or shine 50 Haskell Indians will parade down Massachusetts street at 1 pm to kick off a ticket drive for a big Memorial Pageant in the school stadium next Monday night. The event honors Indians who served in World War I and features over a thousand people in full dress.
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Haskell
America
Lawrence
Westinghouse Operations Restart After Long Strike
In Pittsburgh on May 13 gradual resumption of operations began at Westinghouse Electric plants, ending a long strike. A company spokesman said it would take about two days to two weeks for all employees to be checked in. An agreement calling for an 18 cent per hour wage increase was announced in New York last night. the wage settlement was announced last Thursday.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse’ Electric Corplanta
Esman
New York
Greece sets September 1 plebiscite on monarchy fate
Athens reports Regent Arch bishop Damaskinos announced to parliament that a plebiscite will be held September 1 to decide the monarchy’s fate. Liberal leader Sophoulis pledged the party’s republican principles. He noted the oath to the king and Greece’s aims to regain territories and rebuild national unity with possible British troop presence.
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Athens
Damaskinos
Liberal Party
Themistokles Sophoulis
Repentaloo
Ipaliament
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Dodecanese
Italy
Public health survey begins histoplasmosis and TB tests
U S Public Health Service and local authorities start survey tests using histoplasmin and tuberculin with X rays on about 445 volunteers from Liberty Memorial High and the community. Adults tested tomorrow, juniors Wednesday, with results sent to each person’s physician for a county wide tuberculosis and histoplasmosis prevalence study.
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United States Public Health Service
Liberty Memorial High School
U. S. Public Health Service
Michael Furssulow
Hixon Laboratories
University of Kansas Medical School
Kansas City
Health Department
Douglas Couthty
J. M. Mott
Douglas County Health Department
Banking panel to spend two weeks on price control plan
Washington reports Senator Millikin-Cenn said the banking committee will need at least two weeks to frame price control legislation. Chairman Wagner urged a closed session after open hearings to decide on a general course. Republicans weigh backing a separate control program, seeking unity within the party.
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Washington
Millikin-Cenn
Banking
OLA
Con Wagner
D-Ny
Senate
Demands of Anthracite Miners Share Spotlight
In New York on May 13 representatives of 75010 miners and anthracite mine owners and the United Mine Workers AFL met for a third bargaining session. The talks hinge on Washington negotiations and may influence wage hour demands as the current contract expires May 31 with a strike notice filed by the union.
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New York
Washington
United Miners
A.F.L
Washinton
USM
Truman undecided on timing to name chief justice
Washington May 18 President Truman is undecided when he will name a chief justice White House secretary said today responding to a report that he might wait until after the official 30 day mourning for the late Harlan Stone. Ross asserted the reports are speculation and the President does not know when he will act.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Charles G.rosa
Harlan F. Stone
Ross
Watkins Memorial to Open Therapy Unit at Hospital
The Douglas County Medical Society plans a 7:30 pm session at Watkins Memorial Hospital to feature and discuss the new physical therapy department. Dr Gordon M Martin of the University of Kansas will lead demonstrations and serve on the student health service staff. The department, authorized August 8 1945, expands care with new equipment including whirlpools infra red lamps and a low voltage generator.
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Watkins Memorial Hospital
Douglas County Medical Society
Gordon M. Martin
University of Kansas Hospitals
Kansas City
Ralph J. Canuteson
Watkins
Elizabeth Watkins
Canutrson
Lawrence
Martin
University of Kansas Schooe of Medicine
Canuteson
Miss. Warner
Miss Warner
Kansai City
More Home Canning Sugar in Sight
The commerce department estimated the 1946 sugar ration for households at 15 pounds per person with a larger home canning allowance. Civilian supplies will be 343,000 tons higher, while the total civilian allocation of 5,453,000 tons must cover industrial needs and eight million additional civilian users.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
United States
Cubs
Men sent for pre induction Physicals from Douglas County
Twenty six men were dispatched to Ft Leavenworth for pre induction physical exams. Included are Charlie Greet Wagstaff 1340 Indiana Leo Eslin Davenport Maple Street and Herman fe Cont Estore Thursuin plus numerous others listing street addresses and route numbers.
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Douglas County Selective Service Board
Ft. Leavenworth
Charlie Greet
Wagstaff
Indiana
Leo Eslin
Davenport
Maple Street
Herman Fe
Emtore
Thursuin $C Dire
Minx
Marlin Hagerman
Entora
Itress
Lawrence Prinwaux
Haskell
Teree Trya
Thiskell
Thiskell Institore
Tee Gatetman
Teonms- Beesree
Vershiner Wohack
Ateret
Wilbur Brooktiare Noble
Gerald Asne Wilson
Lonsiene
Trek Thomas Clifford Kring
Baldwity Gerson Edward Hughes
Wellsville
Merton Hassell Moore
Lee Bimer Joba
Wlsm Niehoff
Ilaldwi Chaetes Herold Steger
Alabama
Clerenne Brydon Francisco
Tharuld Liewllyn Brewster
Snr
Dale Mant
le Dery
Hon Sellara
Haute
Dean Tracy Colling
Ohienteeet
Robert Jee Goble
Ohi Street Times
Charles Hayward
Lnttenth
Teehsard Rorth
Haskell Institute
la Palay
Tenneagee
Plan Reunion In June In Topeka Kansas City Dates Set
Thousands of former members of the 25th division plan a June 5 to 7 reunion in Kansas City. Organizers announced that President Truman and Gen Dwight Eisenhower agreed to speak. Maj Gen Ralph E Truman named reunion chairman. Attendees include Brig Gen Milton R McLean Adjutant General of Kansas and other Topeka officers. The gathering marks the Normandy landings anniversary.
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Topeka
25Th Division
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Kansas City
Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Ralph E. Truman
Mahlon S. Weed
Kansas Ci Kar
34Th Division Association
National Guard
General Truman
Colonel Weed
Yeserday
Milton R. McLean
Adjutant General of
Howard 8. Searle
Donald H. Scott
45Th
Boy Scouts Collect 1314 Tons Paper Saturday
Scouts conducted their monthly paper drive collecting 13.4 tons of waste paper on a Saturday. Troop figures show Troop C at 6,609 pounds with several troops contributing smaller amounts. The total reported is 27,000 pounds, with possible refunds mentioned.
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Boy Scouts
Troon
Troan
Tng Ibs
Tromp Sano Tha
Refunds to be sent to 3 of 5 income tax payers
Washington May 18 Internal revenue bureau officials estimate about three of five persons who filed 1945 income tax returns will receive refunds averaging over 40 dollars. Payments likely complete by July 4 with about 30 million of 50 million taxpayers getting roughly 1.25 billion dollars. Emporia to use parking meters in downtown district. meters will supplement two existing city lots.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Emporia
Kan
City hires two drivers for new garbage trucks
Douglas county health department announces two drivers, Mark Washington and Frank Tate, hired to operate new garbage trucks. They passed driving tests by Kansas State Highway Patrol. Residential districts will have weekly pickups. business district will have daily pickups. New schedule starts this morning at 7 o'clock. Residents urged to use metal cans within 10 feet of alley line or 60 feet from street curb. containers must be separate for garbage and trash.
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J. SL. Mott
Douglas County Health Deepartment
Kansas State Highway Patrol
Mark Washington
Frank Tate
Geceons
Gavermal
Ward Limts
Health Department
Burineas
Weineketch
Food Drive Begins Amid Global Relief Effort
A nationwide Emergency Food Collection Drive starts May 13 in New York and across 16,000 cities and towns. Executive director Lee Marshall and UNRRA head Fievello H. La Guandia urge cash gifts as most useful for wholesale purchases, while canned food will also be accepted and shipped to relief efforts through UNRRA.
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New York
Lee Marshall
Fievello H. la Guandia
UNRRA
Fnod
CNRRA
Returning Troops Pie Memo Delayed Voyage List
Oska loosa resident Ernest R. Williams was aboard the Montclair Victory expected to dock in New York yesterday from the European area. Circus travel remains off as conditions delay arrival of troops returning from duty.
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Ernest R. Williams
Oska
Loosa
Montclair
New York
With Carnivals They Are Barred from Train Travel
The Office of Defense Transportation announced that no circus or carnival trains may operate without special permits while a coal shortage persists and pending a further hearing. The embargo on freight shipments remains lifted, but passenger train use for carnivals is barred.
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Circuses
Carniv 1
Office of Defense Transportation
Washington
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