Coal strike crisis deepens as Lewis confronts govt
President Truman, Attorney General, and Interior Secretary Krug face John Lewis as miners threaten to strike over a government contract. Officials warn of possible Smith Conally Act penalties and call for immediate resumption of bargaining. Fuel stocks are critically low with only about a week of supply on hand.
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John Lewis
Lewiss
Ated
Torre
Interior
Krug
Altho
Lewis
Smith-Conally
Revenne
Lame Dugk Congress
United Mines Warsers
Intpec Relig
Cenfercent
Sqfid
Pune
Digenigs
Preanwaite
Truman
Annasternet
Lewis Acerts Kroc
Mide
Kroc
Lepe
Two Cars Damaged in Collision at Tenth and New Hampshire
A collision yesterday damaged a Hondapy and a 1940 Chevrolet driven by Mrs. Louella Elliott at Tenth and New Hampshire streets. The Long car sustained a bent rear fender and broken fog light, while no injuries were reported. Police report lists John H. Lone as the other driver and address on West 12th Street.
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Yasterday
Tenth
New Hampshire
John H. Lone
West 12Th
Striks Louella Elliott
Elliot
White of Maine May Be Majority Leader in G O P Ruled Senate
Senator Taft of Ohio backs Wallace White of Maine for the majority floor leader post in the GOP controlled Senate. Taft says he prefers White and would stay on as chairman of the Republican steering committee. Conference set for December 30 to decide the leadership. Senator Wherry supports White for leader if he wishes the role.
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Washington
Robert Taft
Ohio
Wallace White
Maine
Senate
Taft
Republican Steering Committee
Republican Conference
White
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Europe
GREETS PRESIDENT FLIGHTS RESUMED AT NAVAL ACADEMY
President Truman arrives by yacht USS Williamsburg at the Naval Academy after a 21gun salute and visits classrooms and a luncheon for midshipmen before a Navy-Penn State game. He planned a Florida rest trip and later a White House dinner with photographers.
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Annapolis
Truman
Williamsburg
United States Naval Academy
Midshipmen
Washington
John
Lewis
White House
Mr. Truman
Key West
Fla
U.S. Naval Station
Ross
John Ja. Lewis
Washneten
Hollywood pickets march as arrests rise at Columbus gates
In Hollywood a mass demonstration by film workers and supporters led to numerous arrests after police, enforcing a court order limiting pickets to eight per gate, dispersed crowds at Columbia studios. A large number remained jailed, with 69 women among those arrested.
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New
Columbia
Gower Griet
Potter
Ane
Linvaln Heights Lo
Storms Hamper Rescue as Colorado Faces Deep Snow
A new storm sweeps the plains, slamming eastern Colorado with snow and strong winds. Rescue efforts slowed as families remain marooned and livestock suffer from two weeks without food. Crews opened a highway near Hugo and Karval, while cattlemen rushed stock to railheads amid ongoing road drifts and travel halts.
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Renser
Rockies
Montana
Colorado
Weather Bureau
Itish
Hugo
Trieste Policing Question Moves Toward Break in Deadlock
Delegates report progress as Molotov signals willingness to curb Trieste police under United Nations oversight. Byrnes and Bevin push for a police chief independence from local government, with governor veto powers and emergency controls. Next session expected to yield a possible breakthrough.
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James F. Byrnes
Bevin
United Nations
Trieste
Ita Jan
Yaroslav
Byrnes
Molotov
Maurice Couve de Mourville
Security Council
Molotov Op
Couve de Murville
State highway contracts let for 2.23 million across 498 miles
The state highway commission awarded deals totaling 2 231 026 for 498 miles of federal aid primary and secondary roads and 17 bridges across 36 counties. Major project relocates U S 59S in Lyon county near Emporia.
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State Highway Commission
Lyon County
Emporia
C. E. Gray
E. Ww. Geiger
Leavenworth
Geary County
Sixth
Franklin Streets
Junction City
List and Clark
Kansas City
R. G. Alridge
Kan
Rice, Harvey, Shawnee
Sherman, Wallace
Decatur
Lincoln
Clay Counties
Japanese Salvage Effort Recovering WWShip Vessels
Maritime bureau reports 522 vessels including 39 warships salvaged in Kure area and 63 large plus 688 small ships raised in Kanmon channel. Vessels unnamed. to be scrapped. Three aircraft carriers and two battleships were among warships sunk in Kure area by U S Navy aircrews.
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Hiroshima
Maritime Bureau
Kure
Kanmon
Honshu
Kyushu
Judd dissent questions 20 percent tax cut plan
Representative Judd challenged the Republican plan for a 20 per cent income tax slash, urging budget balance first. He argued the house treasury committee does not reflect newer members who may prefer delaying tax revision until revenues meet spending.
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Washington
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
Congress
Judd
Republican House Storing Committee
G.O.P
House
Veterans move into new McCook hall dorms at Kan sas university
Sixty four veterans relocate to McCook hall dorms at the University of Kansas under the east stadium wing. First group of 16 moved in, sharing two rooms and lounges with study areas. Recreation hall and expansion units planned to house more veterans with similar facilities.
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University of Kansas
Memorial Stadium
East Stadium
James T. McKinney
Hartford
Stadium
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Eugh
Robert A. Crowley
Nongview
Tex
Harold D. Dufek
Hutchinson
Edward Fnatie
Kansas City
William J. Micklick
Kan
Paul H. Penner
Robert
Harveyville
Charles L. Guill
Merl J. Lindberg
Osage City
Malcolm . Plants
Dery J. Neale
Topeka
Charles L. van Buskirk
Berkeley F. Harper
FE. J. Watson
Pratt
Paul
Sunflower Ordnance Works hires vast civil service openings
Civil service exams at the U S quartermaster depot list jobs at Sunflower Ordnance Works in Kansas with openings for warehouse laborers foremen drivers and machine operators. Applications accepted until November 25 with some posts filled after January 1 1947 at salaries from 85 cents to 136 per hour. Interested applicants should contact the Lawrence post office for blanks and details.
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U. S. Civil Service
Kansas City Quartermaster Depot
Sunflower Ordnance Works
S.C.W
Lawrence Post Office
Alaska Food Convoy Prep From Seattle to Alaska
R W J Eveleigh of the Alaska highway control said 21 trucks would leave Seattle November 19 loaded with supplies to ease Alaska’s food shortage. A similar number will depart about November 25, he added. The Journal World cone page notes the town’s busiest market activity.
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Edmonton
Alta
R. W. J. Eveleigh
Alaska Highway Control
Seattle
ROUCH NAMED HOUSING MANAGER FOR VETERANS PROJECT
E H Rouch of Sunflower named manager of the Lawrence Veterans Housing Project under construction at Nineteenth and Louisiana streets. He will contact non-student veterans who applied for space, collect completed applications, and help select tenants for temporary housing.
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BE. A. Rouch
Sunflower
Lawrence
Nineteenth
Louisiana
Robert Haggart
Rouch
Kansas Hicatriv Power Company
Severe winter forecast and cold snap hits eastern Kansas
Meteorologist Flora warns Topeka motorists to check anti freeze as eastern Kansas faces record low temperatures. Low levels range from near 2 to 25 degrees with western areas dipping to near 0. The state braces for clearing skies tonight and continued cold, sunny conditions Sunday. Reports show widespread rain and snow, Coffeyville at 1.0 inches and Goodland 28 degrees tied for low, Ellis at 44 was the day’s high.
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Ss. D. Flora
Kansas
Flora
Teneka
Coffeyville
Walnut
Compton
Wamege
Concordia
Goodlan
Garden City
Wichita
Dodie City
Ellis
Philipsburg
Goodland
GI Trainees Jump in Four-State Area
The St. Louis VA office reports a year rise in GI students and trainees across Arkansas Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. In school attendance total reaches 19 140 in Arkansas 14 255 in Kansas 5 910 in Missouri and 27 62 in Oklahoma. On the job trainees sum to 13 804 Arkansas 11 01 Kansas 26 713 Missouri and 16 641 Oklahoma. C B Sherry director notes the gains.
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St. Leis
St. Louis
Veterans’ Bureau
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
C. B.sherry
Tien
Three Die as Plane Crashes Near Durant Oklahoma
A cabin plane carrying three Fort Smith residents crashed near Bennington Oklahoma killing pilot A Skinner and two passengers Caroline Sivley 17 and Sallie Ward 15. The craft owned by Ward Furniture Manufacturing in Fort Smith aimed Dallas to Fort Smith but hit trees in a peanut field amid rain and low clouds. Bodies were sent to a Durant funeral home.
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Durant
Okla
Fort Smith
Ark
Here
Bennington
A. Skinner
Caroline F. Sivley
Guy D. Sivley
Sallie Ward
J. R. Ward
The
Hotketsy. School For Girls
Dalan
Ward Furniture. Manufacturing
Dallas
Ort Smith
Stock Market Index Edges Higher at 62.9
The average of 60 stocks rose to 62.9 points. The index closed near 63 after a small gain, marking a modest uptick in overall market sentiment.
Germans to glimpse Superforts in Europe
Six B 29 Superfortresses departed Morrison Field Florida for a routine mission toward Europe. The Army Air Forces said the bombers will land in Frankfurt and return in about a week to familiarize European crews with the new aircraft.
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Washington
Europe
Japan
Army Air Forces
Morrison Field
Fla
Frankfurt
Germany
JosepheNarney
Ira C. Eaker
AAP
University Music Festival Stirs Kan campus Audience
At Hoch Auditorium tomorrow at 4 PM the University of Kansas presents a large musical program featuring the 122 voice campus choir, women’s chorus, and university symphony with a new string quartet. Dean Swarthout notes about 400 students and faculty will attend or perform as part of opening vesper events for the school year.
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University of Kancecubardte
Hoch Auditorium
Swarthout
School of Fine Arts
University
Mers Glee Club
Voice Women's Clee Club
University Symphony Orchestra
New University Strife Quartet
New Industries Rise in Kansas Since 1940
Kansas Industrial Development report to the governor and legislature notes 16 new firms since 1940. Most grew from natural expansion, transitioning from war production to peacetime goods such as can openers and escalators, sustaining the state’s postwar economy.
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Fopela
Kansas
Kanes Industrial Development
Ren Frn
National Guard Units in Three States Recognized
The War Department announced that additional National Guard units have been recognized since November. Units include 110th Ordnance Medium Maintenance in Orrourd Kansas, 14th Infantry Headquarters in Cape Girardeau Missouri, and elements of the 105th Reconnaissance Squadron. Oklahoma postings include Battery C of the 160th Field Artillery, 700th Ordnance Maintenance, and the 621st Engineer Combat Battalion in Norman.
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War Department
National Guard
Orrourd
Kansas
110Th Ordnance
Manhattan
Missouri
Headquarters & Headquarters Co
14Th Infantry
Cape Girardexay
Oklahoma
160Th Field Artillery Iin
Haskellar
Holdenviller
700Th Ordnance Maintenance Company
Oklahoma City
621St Engineer Combat Battalion
Norman
County warns against road trashing and prosecutions
County commissioners warned against dumping trash on county and township roads. Commissioner Emil W. Heck suspects most violators come from Lawrence and said investigations are ongoing. Violations violate state law and will be prosecuted. Gold Star Remembrance Day proclaimed for December first Sunday with memorial services for fallen service members.
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Board of County Commissioners
Emil W. Heck
Lawrence
Togeka
Andrew F. Schoeppel
State Takes Over Lawrence Employment Office
Lawrence employment office returns to state control after nearly five years under federal operation. Kansas officials will run the service as the Kansas State Employment Service with funding from the U S Department of Labor and supervision by the Kansas City Regional Office. A. T. L. Decker replaces Harry M. Barnard as manager. Barnard becomes Veterans Employment Service field representative.
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Lawrence
Joei
Kansas State Department
Kansas State
Roosevelt
United States
Maneacer
Harry Kh. Barnard
Actie
A. TL. Decker
Decker
Barnard
Veterans Employment Service
John Morrison
Kansas Unemployment Compensation Division
Kansas Employment Service
United States Department of Labor
Kansas City
United States Employment Service
Labor Department
Morrison
Santa Fe seeks St Louis service via Mexico in ICC hearing
The Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on Santa Fe railroad’s bid to operate trains between Kansas City and St Louis via Alton and Burlington tracks through Mexico, Moe, continues with two weeks left. Opponents include Missouri Pacific Frisco and St Louis Southwestern cotton belt lines. About 145100 words of testimony and over three exhibits have been introduced to support the request. Examiner Bolen leads the ICC proceedings.
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interstate commerce = commission
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Alton
Burlington
Mexico
Moe
Missouri Pacific
Frisco
St. Louis Southwestern
Cotton Belt
Guard Embassy in Rome Boosts Police Patrols
In Rome on November 16 military police patrolled the entrance and grounds of the three U S embassy and consular buildings. The embassy press office said no threats against American structures had been received but noted the recent bombing of the British embassy may have accelerated plans. Regular MP patrols had been considered for some time.
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Rome
United States
Aress
Weather Outlook for Kansas Faie Tonight and Sunday
The forecast calls for much colder air tonight and Sunday across eastern and north central regions. Lows range 18 to 22, near 25 in the southeast. Sunday afternoon temps rise in central and west areas. Winds diminish overnight.
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Kansas
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