Woodring seen sweeping state in upcoming election
Political handlers forecast a dominant win for Woodring across more than 100 counties if good weather holds on election day. They project a 50 000 vote margin statewide and an overall ticket victory with Woodring carrying district one by about 2 000 votes and district five by around 1 000 in a 7 000 000 total vote.
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Brown
Blican
Easil
D. c. Hill
State Democratican
Paul C. Aiken
Woodringoondring Gan
Woodring
G Ovat
Carl’pon
White
Cotton regulation sparks blame over price swings
Washington reports the OPA regulation limiting finished cotton goods pricing to 120 days in advance drew protests from Southern congressmen. They argued the rule helped push October cotton prices to a peak then rapid drop, closing mills and forcing contractions as mills held raw cotton.
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Washington
OPA
White House
John R. Steelman
Southern Co Congress
Trumhan and
Stedman
Gift turns diamond bracelet into charity for children
Chester readers learn Mrs. W. Nimitz wife of the U S Navy chief of operations forfeited a glittering diamond bracelet to donate a $2,000 gift to a home for motherless children. Sun Shipbuilding and Dock Co. officials said she presided at the S S Utrecht launch ceremony and chose the charitable act over personal jewelry.
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Chester
W. Nimitz
the Sun Shipbuilding "and Dock Co
Netherlands
Aware i
24 Die In Crash Near Limoges France
A Paris to Casablanca airliner crashed in the mountainous Limoges region killing 24 people. Officials say 18 passengers and six crew members died when the plane struck a hillside while ice formed on its wings during descent. The disaster occurred yesterday in heavy weather as rescue teams searched the wreckage.
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Ges
France
Limoges
Igi
Iglane
OPA Fights to Maintain Rent Controls Amid Delays
Washington Nev reports the Office of Price Administration signals a determined campaign to keep rent controls as decontrol spreads. The agency adds 200 new rent staff and plans 400 more hires while preparing 30 day notices for many workers. Congress funds OPA with 10 million dollars to sustain salaries and curb costs.
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Washington
Nev
OFA
OPA
Exete Ma Ce
Congress
Kansas candidates report campaign finances in early figures
Preliminary reports to the clerk of the house show Kansas nominees for Congress keeping within legal limits for contributions and expenditures. Detailed figures list amounts for each candidate across districts, with multiple donors including the Democratic and Republican national committees.
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Washington
House
Kansas
Congress
G. EB. Bengtson
Smolan
Carlson
Bengtson
Democratic National Committee
Wint Smith
Mankato
Kansas State Republican Committee
National Republican Committee
James W. Lowry
Atchison
Albert M. Cole
Hoton
Errett
Scrivner
Kansas City
Kan
Murray H. Hodges
Clathe
Herbert A. Meyer
Independence
Joe E. Gaitskill
Girard
Democratic Congressional Committee
Clifford R. Hope
Republican
Garden City
London premiere of A Matter of Life and Death draws royal crowd
Thousands of film fans packed Leicester Square for the royal premiere raising 120000 for a film trade benevolent fund. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended with the two princesses. a dramatic crash scene caused injuries and delays as Hollywood stars faced security and mounted police. Nine Venezuelan arrests for plotting to overthrow the government were reported separately.
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London
Leicester Square
George VI
Empire Theater
Hollywood
Pat O’brien
Ray Milland
Joan Bennett
Cinematograph Trade Benevolent Fund
Gees Elizabeth
Government drive aims to end four major strikes
Washington reports a federal push to resolve Pacific coast maritime and dockworker disputes, Hawaii sugar stoppage, and the six month deadlock at Allis-Chalmers. Labor and maritime agencies name mediators and urge negotiations, with government action seen as pressuring private shipowners and unions.
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Washington
Labor Department and Maritime Commission
Hawaii
West Allis
Wis
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Maritime Commission
Labor Department
Nathan P. Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin Law
Pacific Maritime and Dock Workers
Schwellenbach
Allis-Chalmera Company
C.so. Auto
Allis-Chalmera
Pacific
Apa Wee
A.F.L. Masters
Estonians to Stay in United States Despite Arrival
President Truman announced that 48 Estonian refugees who arrived in Florida without visas will be allowed to remain. They will not be deported and will eventually receive immigration visas to stay, with officials exploring paths toward eventual citizenship.
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Truman
Washington
Florida
White House
Atlantic
Attorn
Car Fire Damages Plymouth Sedan in Faulty Wiring
A Plymouth sedan owned by Jack Calling suffered a small blaze believed caused by faulty electrical wiring. The fire caused damage to the vehicle and prompted police attention amid ongoing concerns over wiring safety. A political note urges votes for Wood in November, reflecting local campaign messaging.
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Jack Calling
Ohio
42 Mines Closed In Three States
Washington reports 42 mines idle across West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee as government talks pause until Monday. Officials warn closures threaten coal reserves while John L Lewis negotiates terms and miners face potential stoppages beyond November 20.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lawin
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Lewis
Dominican Republic Leader’s Nephew Killed by Deputy
Jose Adrian Trujillo Seijas, 29, nephew of the Dominican Republic president, was shot and killed by a Florida deputy sheriff near Bunnell. A coroner’s jury found the deputy acted in self defense. Consul Jose M. Noel in Miami said he was en route and awaiting details of the incident.
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Bunnell
Fla
Jose Adrian Trujillo Seijas
Dominican Republic
Miami
Jose M. Noel
Jose Adrian Trujillo
Noel
Trujillo
New York
Young Trujillo
Reed appeals to Oct Parsons Kan for relief on rail cars
Senator Cree M. Reed of Kansas urged relief from a railroad livestock car shortage hindering cattle shipments by southwestern producers. He said many cars owned by Southern Pacific and affiliated lines had been diverted east in recent weeks and not returned.
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Parsons, Kan
Cree M. Reed
R.-Kan
Defonse Station
Association of American Railroads
Southwestern
Ortnr
EXPECT MORE MEAT ON MARKET
The department notes meat marketing will stay large through winter and spring. Meat production in 1947 is expected to match or exceed this year's 21.0 billion pounds, with pork supplies likely to fall 15 to 20 percent below last year due to a smaller fall pig crop.
Dairen Targeted for Chinese Administration by Negotiations
Nanking reports a Mukden dispatch says Chinese and Russian authorities are negotiating to allow China to assume control of Dairen, the Russian occupied port city. Progress is described as satisfactory with a possible 15 day transfer, though no official confirmation is available.
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Nanking
China
Dairen
Hsin Nin Pao
Mukden
Manchuria
Chiang
Kai-shek
Liaotung Peninsula
Manchurian
Darren
Scrivner Blasts New Deal as Plot for National Socialism
Congressman Errett Scrivner attacked the New Deal on WREN radio, accusing the administration of copying Hitler and Mussolini. He warned a 1946 GOP majority would end the emergency era and claimed peace now harms U.S. industry with red tape. He called the Atlantic Charter a hoax and charged veterans are betrayed by the New Deal’s alleged fascist controls.
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New Deal
United States
Errett P. Scrivner
WREN
Hitl
Germany
Mussolini
Italy
Scrivner
Pearl Harbor
Kvner
Japan
Shortages Evident In Lawrence Stores As Shoppers Line Up
Long Saturday queues formed at a Lawrence store selling sheets with shortages reported across apparel, hardware, radios, and drugs. Store managers cited limited supplies, price controls, and war-time disruptions delaying restocks, with nylon, oil, gas heaters, and new shirts or suits in particularly short supply.
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Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
New York
Chicago
Withdrawals reach 157 at University of Kansas
Registrar James K. Hitt reports 157 withdrawals from a 9000 student KU enrollment with 115 veterans among them. Two percent of veterans dropped out, versus 1.5 percent of non veterans, for spring 1946 to summer. Elbel cites health, work, finances, and housing as veteran withdrawal causes.
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University of Kansas
James K. Hitt
E. R. Elbel
Veterans’ Training Bureau
Elbe
Elders Held on Fraud Charges in Edinburgh Hotels
Three elderly sisters Emelia Sangster 89 Ibara Sangster 70 and Mabel Violet Low 65 were jailed on charges of staying at hotels with intent to defraud. Police notes allegedly prompted managers to demand rent and the women appeared in court on November 2 in Edinburgh.
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Edinburgh
Emelia Sangster
Ibara Sangster
Mabel Violet Low
Lawrence Voters Face Broad Ballot in Tuesday Election
A long list of candidates appears for federal state and local offices in Lawrence and surrounding townships. Voters will decide on Congress Second District and multiple state posts with party designations (D R P) and many local trustees clerks treasurers and constables across numerous townships.
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City of
Lawrence
Townships
Four powers to begin peace talks in New York
The big four foreign ministers will convene Monday to discuss final terms for postwar European satellites. Byrnes, Bevin, and Couve de Murville are en route or expected this week. Bidault remains in France for elections while Molotov has been in New York since before the UN assembly.
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New York
Foreign Ministers Council
Byrnes
Washington
Ernest Bevin
Maurice Couve de Murville
Aquitania
Georges Bidault
Popular Republican Movement Party
France
V. M. Molotov
United Nations Assembly
KU Students Injured in De Soto Car Crash
Two Kansas University students were hospitalized after a crash near De Soto. Bill Hornbuckle, 18, Kansas City, suffers a concussion and other injuries while Sammy Peete, 18, also Kansas City, has a fractured wrist and other injuries. The pair were in a University party vehicle driven by Hornbuckle en route from Kansas City to Lawrence. the car overturned after colliding with another vehicle.
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K. U
Watkins Memorial Hospital
de Soto
Bill Hornbuckle
Kansas City
Sammy Peete
Don Carlos Peete
Hornbuckle
Phi Kappa Phi
Miss Peete
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Lawrence
Dismal Weekend Forecast by Weatherman Flora
Weatherman S. D. Flora predicts a chilly dismal weekend with cloudy skies and occasional rain mainly in the east. Tonight temperatures dip to 25 in the northwest and 45 in the east, with tomorrow's highs 50 to 55. Rain totals overnight include Coffeyville 0.11 inches and Oswego 0.11, Chanute 0.07, others trace.
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Toneka
S. D. Flora
Flora
Coffeyville
Oswego
Chanute
Goodland
Dodge City
Ellis
Kansas
Tow
Chicago
Denver
Edmonton
Fort Worth
Havre
Mont
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Washington
Mtwtfs
Miners Strike Slows West Virginia Coal Output
Miners stay off jobs and walkouts expand in West Virginia as U M W members press for a revised federal contract. About 6,600 miners quit work in the Williamson and Kanawha fields, signaling a deepening production slump amid federal negotiations in Washington.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
CPR
United Mine Orkers
U.m.w.federal Mines Administration
Washington
Season opens with afternoon pheasant shooting in Kansas
Pratt Kan November 2 state fish and game director Dave Leahy predicted a daily bag of three pheasants would be easy in west and northwest Kansas. The five day season begins Thursday with afternoon shooting only. Leahy noted good hunting conditions from Smith County west. Scott and Finney counties reported large numbers of pheasants.
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Pratt
Kan
Dave Leahy
Boyce and Speicher to Attend Kansas Farm Bureau Convention
Hugh Boyce of Lawrence and Mrs. Frank Speicher of Lecompton will attend the Kansas Farm Bureau annual convention in Wichita on November 6 7 and 8 as official voting delegates for Douglas County. Garrible's announces an open house. Garrible's store hours extend to 7 PM. Dr Alexander dentist lists contact number.
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Hugh Boyce
Lawrence
Frank Speicher
Lecompton
Kansas Farm Bureau
Wichita
Instructions to Douglas county election boards in 1945 setup
County Clerk T B Gerhart issues final rules for the November 5 election to 250 election boards in Lawrence. Voting hours are 6 to 7 pm for city, 8 am to 6 pm rural. counting starts 10 am city, noon rural. Absentee and war ballots deadlines noted. Polling place move for Lawrence Precinct 3 Ward 1 to Seventeenth and Vermont basement church.
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Douglas County
T. B Gerhart
Gerhart
Lawrence
Third Ward
Seventeenth
Vermont Streets
Massachusetts Street
Woodring Couple toAttend KU Oklahoma A&M Game in Lawrence
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Harry Woodring and his wife will arrive in Lawrence by noon today and register at the Eldridge hotel. They will attend the KU Oklahoma A&M game and later be guests of honor at a University Memorial Union dance sponsored by the KU Woodring for Governor club before likely returning to Topeka.
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Harry Woodring
Woodring
Lawrence
Frank W. McDonald
Douglas County
Woodrings
Eldridge
Kansas Room
University Memorial Union Building
K.U. Woodring
Governor Club
Topeka
McDonald
County Tax Receipts Totals 12 320 in One Day
The first day of 1946 taxes brought in 12 320 in county receipts. Douglas County treasurer Roy Flory reported 512 to 600 taxpayers paid in person yesterday and urged continued payments, noting many will be mailed to speed processing before the December 20 deadline.
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Douglas County
Roy Flory
Flory
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