Labor Wars Must End Says President At Conference
President Truman urged labor and management to resolve differences without halting production at a labor management conference with 18 industrial leaders and 18 union heads. He warned against industrial strife, called for cooperative, democratic handling of reconversion, and proposed ending wartime powers to restore full responsibility to both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Management and Labor
Traman
New Bus Service to West Hills Begins This Morning
West Hills bus service started today at 7:95 oclock with Rapid Transit official Joe Wilson stating the service is working fine so far. Two K U labeled buses will use East Ninth and Massachusetts streets with signs reading West Hills and 1Sth and Mississippi. Buses depart downtown at 5, 15, and 45 minutes after the hour, heading to Emery Road and West Hills Terrace with arrival times around 15 and 25 minutes past the hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hills
Joe Wilson
Rapid Transit Company
K. U
1Sth
Mississippi
Wilson
Fichteenth
Joint Session Discusses Kaw River Jetties at Eudora
County commissioners from Leavenworth and Douglas counties held a joint session at the courthouse this afternoon to review installing jetties on the Kaw River west of the bridge at Eudora. Engineers from both counties and jetty firm representatives attended.
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Leavenworth
Douglas
Court House
Kaw
Eudora
Horton Man Named State Savings and Loan Commissioner
Forrest J. Henney of Horton was appointed Kansas state savings and loan commissioner by Gov. Andrew Schoenpel to fill the unexpired term of the late Wesley G. Sain. Henney will serve until July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horton
Topeka
Forrest J. Henney
Kansas State Savings and Loan
Andrew Schoenpel
Wesley G. Sain
Henney
Jap Professor Sees Lesson From War and Occupation
Tokyo reports Dr. Sadaji Takagi of Tokyo Imperial University says surrender and Allied occupation will benefit Japan. He claims Japanese learned they are not the world’s only or best, and will adopt American efficiency. Mainichi notes rising labor sentiment toward a national federation and wage concessions amid shortages.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sadaji Takagi
Tokyo Imperial University
Wtanan
Takagi
Mainichi
Dutch eye foothold in western Java amid rising tensions
Batavia Java November 8 Dutch officials weigh a plan to take firm control of western Java as a rallying ground to suppress the Indonesian uprising. Reinforcements up to 20000 men eyed before Christmas while fighting flares in Batavia. British dilemma looms over disarmament and defense. An Ambonese soldier wounded a Seaforth Highlander captain during a grenade attack near Hotel Des Indes.
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Batavia
Java
East Indies
Veterans housing grows at Sunflower Village near DeSoto
Sunflower Village houses about 15 families of veterans near DeSoto, with 300 enrolled in a food handlers course in Douglas county. University of Kansas aims to house 100 veterans, linking residences, services, and daily bus service to Lawrence for classes.
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Veteran's Village
Sunflower Village
Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto
University of Kansas
George Beal
University Veteran's Office
Lawrence
Beal
Villavevia
Mt. Oread
Federal Public Housing Authority
Chicago
Job Seekers Outnumber Openings at U S Employment Service
The U S Employment Service reports 750 applicants and 90 job openings this morning led by Harry R. Barnard. Women comprise most applicants while 77 jobs are for men and 13 for women. During the week ending November 2, 99 workers were referred, with 32 hired, 3 2 percent of referrals. Employers urged to call 67 with needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Employment Service
Harry R. Barnard
Barnard
Lawrence
Refusal to Rule in Ward Case
The Supreme Court refused to rule on the wartime seizure of Montgomery Ward and company properties in seven cities. The court sent the case back to the district court and dismissed it as moot after the army relinquished control in October. Wards had urged a ruling and warned another seizure could occur.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Montgomery Ward and Company
Justice Department
Department
Wards
U. S. Circuit Court of Chicago
Circuit Court
District Court
War Fund Drives Missing Five Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Five
The War Fund Community Chest stands $5 385 72 short of its $34 797 goal after checks at the Chamber of Commerce drive office. City divisions three reported, including women residents and physicians and dentists, plus advance gifts, all with varying outcomes. County reports show 31 of 49 completed, Grant township the sole finished area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Physicians and Dentists
Lawrence
Grant Township
Returning Troops Arrive From Pacific Europe on Navy Vessels
Sgt Russell B Deskin from Route 1 arrived in San Francisco aboard the Botte tourt on October 31 from the Pacific area. Elmer J James Sr of Perry was aboard the Santa Maria which docked at Boston on Saturday from Europe. Pvt Melvin J Frendle of Oska looxsa sailed on the Sea Cat due at New York on Sunday from the Atlantic theater.
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Russell B. Deskin
Route 1
Associated Press Today
San Francisco
Pacific
Elmer J. James
Perry
Santa Maria
Baston
Europe
Pfe
Melvin J. Frendle
Oskalooxsa
New York
Panel of 78 jurors named for Wichita tax cases
A 78 member juror panel was named for a Wichita special term of the U S district court beginning November 15, with Judge Guy T. Helvering presiding. The docket includes Col. Will Zurbucken and Max Cohen and Robert L. Carnahan on income tax evasion charges among sixteen total cases, including nine tax evasion and two perjury indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
U. S. District Court
Wichita
Guy T. Helvering
Col
Will Zurbucken
Kansas State Highway Patrol
Max Cohen
Robert L. Carnahan
Wichita Oil
Cold snap moving in as Kansas faces chilly week
Topeka November 5 forecast from Weatherman S D Flora says a decidedly colder air mass will sweep Kansas. Eastern counties will see south winds, with northern parts turning north by tomorrow. No rain expected, but antifreeze should be considered. Highs today 65 to 75, dropping to 50s-60s tomorrow. tonight lows 45 to 80 depending on location. Phillipsboro logged warmest reading yesterday, Goodland coolest.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Montana
North Dakota
Phillipsboro
Goodland
Search for 12 Missing After Pacific Air Sea Crash
Seven ships and six planes hunted 440 miles east of Honolulu for 11 men and a woman missing after a Liberator crash at sea. Pan American clipper survivors reached Honolulu as the Liberator wreck victims were found, with 12 still unaccounted for after a life raft pickup.
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Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Here
S. E. Robbins
Palo Alto
Pacific
Englewood Hills
Baby Statton
Manila Bay
Tills
Roberts
Lanes
WAC
ATC
Liberator
Buses Tied Up in Lawrence Strike Affects Service
Lawrence bus depot manager C S Woodlan says twelve Greyhound routes are not operating due to a drivers strike. Other lines including Santa Fe Trailways Overland Greyhound and Southern Kansas Greyhound continue to run to affected points, with listed westbound and Kansas City departures paused.
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Lawrence
Albuquerque
Denver
Kansas City
Greyhound Lines
C. S. Woodlaw
Union Bus
Capper outlines nine point plan for farm security
Senator Capper presents a nine point program aimed at boosting farmer security now and later. He emphasizes reducing debts, protecting soil, aligning production with land and labor, cutting waste, avoiding speculative land ownership, aiding veteran farmers, preserving the family farm, improving farm youth education, and seeking prices for farm products without subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CPR
Capper
R-Kan
Senate Agriculture Committee
Selective Service New Order Bans Draftees With Three Or More Children
Washington reports a new order banning induction of men with three or more children under 18. The measure targets 18 to 25 year olds, as older men were previously exempt. Draft boards are told to grant breaks to fathers in this age group when other conditions are equal. The action follows a request from War Secretary Patterson and Navy Secretary Forrestal.
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Washington
Selective Service
Patterson
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
James W Doarn Named Region Director In Midwest States
Washington November 5 The U S employment service appointed James W Doarn director for the Kansas Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma region succeeding Ed McDonald who returns to the social security board position Dearn a recent army major veteran joined the service in 1983 and previously acted as Missouri director before his 1942 army service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Employment Service
James W. Doarn
Ed McDonald
Social Security Board
Dearn
Army
Employment Service
Missouri
Record Cold Sets Miami Low Temperature for November
Miami weather kept cold early with a 35 year low of 41.8 degrees at dawn, despite sun that dispersed chill by late morning. Forecasters warned of continued cool conditions into the night as temperatures rise only gradually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Brother Goose High School Play Friday Night
A Friday performance of the high school play Brother Goose is listed for Friday November 9 with the Adv promoting the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adv
Veterans Administration to Take Over Winter General Hospital
The Veterans Administration will assume control of the Army Winter General Hospital at Topeka Kansas on December 1. Senator Reed of Kansas announced the move citing the hospital as surplus and to be closed as an Army facility. A psychiatry school is planned for the hospital.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Army
Winter General Hospital
Topeka
Kan
Reed
R-Kan
Joseph Skubitz
War Department
Skubitz
Stock Market Index Hits New High for 1945
The stock market index of 60 stocks rose to 74.3 to set a new high for 1945 as trading closed on Saturday with a 73.8 reading.
Lawrence Kansas to Close Voter Registration Books
City of Lawrence will close registration books at 10 p m on Friday November 9 1945 and reopen after the special election scheduled for November 20 1945 City Clerk H C Fisher signs the notice.
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Lawrence
Kansas
H. C. Fisher
Adv
Price Returns to Washington After Study of Public Relations
Byron Price wartime director of censorship returns to Washington after two months examining public relations in occupied Germany. President Truman named Price to advise him and General Eisenhower on PR in the American zone. Flowers of Distinction advertisement promotes Allison-Thomas Flower Shop with phone number 368.
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Allison - Thomas Flower Shop
Bond Drive Opens November 12 in Douglas County
An organized campaign to support the Victory Loan drive will begin November 12 in Lawrence and Douglas County, aiming to finish by December 3. The county quota is 1 136 000 with divisions led by Irving Hill and George Hedrick, among others, and a new bond headquarters at the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
County War Finance Committee
Paul P. Harnar
Chamber of Commerce
Irving Hill
County War Finance
Hill
Altho
Henry Werner
Mammoth Skull Uncovered at Bernard Kennedy Farm
Dr. Claude Hibbard of the University of Kansas directs dig near Holton to recover a Columbian mammoth skull found on Bernard Kennedy’s farm. The skull spans about three feet and is estimated to be 10,000 to 500,000 years old, dating to the interglacial period after the last glacier.
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Holton
Kan
Bernard Kennedy
Claude Hibbard
University of Kansas Paleontologist
Hibbard
Kansas
Termination and staffing at Sunflower Ordnance Works
During the week ending November 2, Sunflower Ordnance Works terminated 104 men and 64 women, totaling 168 workers, leaving 3,760 employed. Two draftsmen were hired and over 100 workers transferred from production to maintenance to ready machinery and equipment for standby.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lewis Walks Through Picket Line at Truman Conference
John L. Lewis entered the labor department auditorium for President Truman's peace conference after passing a line of independent pickets led by Edward G. Wilms. Wilms protested the exclusion of independent unionists and urged broader invitations, while most pickets hailed from New Jersey and New York.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
United Mine Workers
Edward G. Wilms
Wilms
Lewis
Labor Department
Walter P. Stacy
Mnilion
New Jersey
New York
Court Term Opens in Douglas County District Court
The November term opened with Judge Hugh Means and local attorneys present. Five state cases were set for trial while jurors report Monday morning November 12. Several cases were dismissed for various reasons and fifteen contested divorce actions were scheduled for trial. A new divorce action Marie Ice against Calvin Ice was filed this morning.
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Douglas County District Court
Hugh Means
City of
Lawrence
Grace Byrd
J. F. Shanklin
Huntsman Haworth
Security Benefit Association
D. S. Hults
Horace V. Littell
Virgil G. Smith
Bessie R. Georgia
Tracy E. Georgia
Marie Ice
Calvin Ice
Return of Major Eibel to University of Kansas
Major E R Eibel resumes duties as professor of physical education at the University of Kansas after 60 day terminal leave. He served three years eight months including St Louis Army Air Corps training and Randolph Field aviation medicine. He and his wife live at 821 Mississippi street with three children Bob Jane Joann.
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E. R. Eibel
Department of Physical Education
University of Kansas
Elbe
Lawrence
St. Louis
Texas
Elbel
Mississippi Street
Elbels
Bob
Jane Eibel
Joann Eibel
Victory Loan Helps Clinch Peace and Recovery
Harold L. Ickes urges acceptance of victory bonds to fund demobilization and medical care for veterans, stabilize prices, and rebuild civilian life. A recruitment notice from Hall Bros. Inc. seeks young women ages 18 to 35 for greeting card handwork at 739 Mass. St. with in person applications.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Te Interior
Lance
Sam
Hallmark
Hall Bros. Inc
Mass
Adv
Joyce Rist Missing Child Clue Tied to Train Trace
Douglas county officers received a telegram from Dechord Tennessee saying Joyce Rist would be landing on a train. Grandparents Will and Esther Haas chased two trains from Dechord to Kansas City hoping the 7 year old would be aboard. FBI and Red Cross coordinated with Tennessee contacts as searches continued.
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Douglas County
Joyce Rist
Will Haas
Elm Street
Davis
Dechord
Kansas City
Decherd
Tenn
The
Red Cross
Fred Flowers
Franklin County
Le Havre Off Limits to U S Soldiers after Clashes
Paris reports U S troops barred from Le Havre except Red Cross and army clubs due to two months of rising violence including assaults and shootings. Col. Thomas J. Weed issued the order. cafes restaurants liquor stores hotels and private homes banned ground.
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Paris
P—Ai
le Havre
Red Cross
U.S
Stars and Stripes
Army
Havre Libre
Thomas J. Weed
U. S
The
Ceremony honors Oak Leaf Cluster at Fort Leavenworth
Rev Now 4 SP Gen Karl Truesdell former commandant of the general staff school received an oak leaf cluster in a ceremony at Bruher Hall. Lt Gen Leonard T Gerow, who succeeded Truesdell last week, leads the preservation effort.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Karl Truesdell
Bruher Hall
Leonard T. Gerow
Truesdell
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John Cowden
Western
Sunflower Homes
School For
Lawrence- Douglas County Health Unit
Evan Wricht
Food and Drug Division
State Board of Health
Harry Barnard
Associated Press
Zurbucken
DON Topcoats
Florida
Winter Hospital
George Hedrick
John WV. Lees
George Docking
F. C. Allen
J. H. Parsons
George Butell
John Whatmater
Reve Rl
Dr. Hibbard
S.O.W
MT. Gread
WIRE
Joyce
Rist
Ottawa Herald
Eplraving
North Central
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