France Looks to Veteran Statesman Form New Government
Paris reports veteran socialist Leon Blum agreed to attempt forming a new government as strikes press France. Premier Ramadier’s coalition falters while Blum, 75, weighs a cabinet likely to balance communists and rightists amid rail, mining and transport stoppages threatening bread supply.
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Paris
Leon Blum
France
Ihe
Esal
Gecaliet
Paul Ramadier
Paul Rey
Pega Eet Dal
Third Republic
Blum
Ramadier
Mollet
French ‘S Party
R-P.f
Ber
Vincent Auriol
Rain Outlook Improves Across Most of State
The weekly report from the U S and agriculture departments and weather bureau notes rain was needed in western counties but the outlook for two thirds of the state brightened with anticipated moisture aiding crop activity. Forecasters say improvement is temporary for continuous crop growth.
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U. S
Orete
Weather Bureau
Coun
World's Heaviest Bomb to be Dropped at Muroc Base
Army ordnance plans to test a 42 000 pound bomb from a modified B 29 Superfortress at Muroc Air Base California. The event aims to observe bomb fall behavior and penetration, with multiple bombs released from various heights for data. Tests will occur in secrecy with no technical results released.
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Muroc Air Base
Army Army
Fie
Jeroe
Army Ordnance
Ordnnance
Caner
Reieste Erénance
Air Force
Japan
Soviet Lies Denounced as Burned Flight Crash Near Selerne
Sweden reports 38 aboard a chartered Bristol freighter crashed on Mt Scala in the Italian Alps. 20 Swedes among the dead. 30 aboard injured or rescued. U.S. officials say no American craft. Red Cross and Carabinieri on scene.
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Selerne
Aséis Ababa
Ef Perene
Aleo
Salerno
Mt. Scala
John M. Willems
Aurea Milita Attache
Sanpies
Bell in K U Memorial honors Lt Don B Pellom
A bell at the University of Kansas memorializes Lt Don B Pellom a World War II Marine fighter pilot. Alumni secretary Elleworth announced the dedication funded by Pellom's father and W W Pollom of Kansas Topeka. Pellom enrolled at KU in 1939 and set a 1938 national interscholastic record in the 200 yard low hurdles. He earned KU football letters in 1940 41 and track letters in 1941 and 42 before enlisting as a naval reservist in 1942.
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University of Kansas
Nemata Saria
Don B. Pellom
Marine Corps
Elleworth
Father Pollom
Tostate Vocational Meat
Topeka
W.W. Pollom
C. W. Pollom
Lawrence Gibb
Don Pollom
K.U
Topeka High School
K. U
Poliom
Naval Reserve
Sane
Local Stores to Close For Homecoming
Lawrence merchants urged by George Hedrick and Ralph Cambell to close Saturday afternoon during the Kansas Missouri game. The merchants' bureau voted to cooperate with the university during game time by closing at 1 50 pm and remain closed until the game ends. City and county offices and post office windows will close as usual that afternoon.
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Lawrence
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Cambell
Merchants’ Bureau
Kansas-Missouri
University
Ita
Senate Panel Approves Emergency Aid Legislation for France Italy Austria
The senate foreign relations committee endorsed $597 million in aid to France, Italy, and Austria with a 13 to 0 vote. An amendment ensured no obligation or guarantee of specific commodities, addressing shortages concerns. Taft said credit and export controls matter, while price and rent controls face opposition from labor and Republicans. House hearings on Truman's plan start next week.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Italy
Austria
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
State Department
Admi
Senate-House Economic Committee
Truahead
Taft
Truman
Congress
A.F.L
William Green
Ohio
Wolcott
House Banking Committee
Labor
Industry
Agriculture
Walcott
Martin
R.-Mass
House
Capitol Hill
Senate
Stock Market Index Averages 60 Stocks at 65.1
The index covering 60 stocks shows an average of 65.1 with a minor change noted as np .1. Market observers track broad moves across sectors as prices fluctuate through the session.
Aldermen Yield to Popular Demand at Wedding
Report from Earl Mountbatten's estate says officials yield to public wish around the event. The statement notes media presence and a desire to be seen as everyday people while plans for decor and coverage proceed.
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Earl Mountbatten
Dispute Over Centropolis Baptist Church Sent to Judge Means
In Ottawa a trial between the Fundamentalists and Missionaries over ownership of Centropolis Baptist Church ended with Judge Hugh Means taking the case under advisement. Witnesses testified of church splits, changes in practice, and expulsions prior to two separate congregations forming.
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Centropolis
Hugh Means
Ottawa
Judge Means
Douglas
Franklin
Anderson County
Forrest Jackson
Lawrence
Buford Braly
John B. Pierson
Scofield Bible
Ladies Aid Society
Usua
J. Grossman
William Osburn
Osburn
Means
Snowfall and forecast for Kansas from Goodland to northwest
Snow reported in Goodland with light precipitation elsewhere across central Kansas. Weatherman S D Flora notes limited soil benefit but predicts continued dull, chilly weather with occasional rain east and south and moderate to heavy snow in the northwest with strong winds.
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Topeka
Goodland
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Flora
Garden City
Ellis
Coffeyville
Wichita
Chanute
Improved KU student Harold Miller slugged and robbed
Harold Miller, a first year law student at the University of Kansas, was described as improved at Watkins Memorial hospital after a slugging and robbery on campus. Mil ler was robbed of about $2 as he returned to his room in Oread near Memorial Stadium, police said.
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Harold Miller
University of Kansas
Watkins Memorial Hospital
Miller
Oread
Memorial Stadium
Friendship Train drives wheat donations toward Lawrence arrival
Donations from Douglas Jefferson Leavenworth and Franklin counties push total past 86000 with six hours left before 5 p.m. goal. Officials order two 1400 bushel grain cars from Santa Fe for tomorrow loading and plan ceremonies with Liberty Memorial high school and Haskell Institute bands for Friday 4 p.m. arrival.
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Douglas
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Franklin
Friendship Train
Santa Fe Railroad
E. P. Addy
Sweeney
Husky
Haskell Institute
Lawrence Ellis Lodge
Melvin Miller
Liberty Memorial High School
Neal’ Wherry
FFA
Robert Wilson
Aszman
Ottawa
Oskaloos
Lone Star
Tonganoxie
Baldwin
Eudora
Douglas County Council of Churches
Delbert Richardson
Underwood
Farsons
Lawrence
Haskel Institute
Santa Fe
Pratt High Team to Sleep in L M H S Gym
Pratt High School football players will sleep Friday night in the Liberty Memorial High School gymnasium on cots borrowed from Irvin Youngberg housing director. Principal Neal Wherry noted hotel rooms were sold out during KU homecoming weekend.
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Pratt High
Lawrence
Haskell Stadium
Liberty Memorial_ high school
Irvin Youngberg
K.A
Neal Wherry
Pratt
K.U
Wherry
Road improvements on federal aided secondary highway planned south of Clearfield
Two engineers from the state highway commission's secondary roads division Frank Virra and George Epps conducted a field check with County Engineer E. E. Larson on proposed improvements to be funded with federal aid on the road south of Clearfield to the county line. Construction will start once highway commission and federal bureau of public roads approvals are secured.
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State Highway Commission
Frank Virra
George Epps
E. E. Larson
Clearfield
Highway Commission
Federal Bureau of Public ,Roods
Nm Sai
To Present Sixth Grade Program At Eldridge Hotel
Mrs Ethel Gunn leads New York school children in a sixth grade program slated for tomorrow night at the Eldridge hotel. The event aims to showcase student work before a Cooperative audience.
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New York
Ethel Gunn
Eldridge Hotel
Slight Decline in Food Prices Reported
Washington November 19 Retail food prices edged down slightly in preliminary city estimates while final September 15 figures confirmed a record high for the fourth straight month. The 56 city survey shows a 3.6 percent rise from mid August to mid September pushing the index to 203.5 percent of the 1935-39 average. Meat dairy and egg prices led the gains.
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Woshington
Astce"t
KU Homecoming Draws Alumni for 35th Annual Parade
Alumni from across the nation plan a weekend in Lawrence for the 35th homecoming tied to the Missouri Kansas football game. About 38 000 people expected as fraternities and sororities decorate houses for a Friday evening parade and a packed stadium. Notables include Mayor Kemp of Kansas City former governor Landon and Governor Carlson.
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University of Kansas
United States
Lawrence
Fred Ellsworth
Earl Falkenstien
Ben Yap
Ate
K. U
Hawaii
San Francisco
Yap
Houstor
Ten
Kansas City
K.U
Ezra Whitia
Cour D‘alene
Idaho
I King
Ruth Kennedy
Memphis
Tenn
California
Max
Kruger
Jayhawker
Missouri
Memorial Stadium
Columbia
Kemp
Alfred M. Landon
Frank Carlson
Frank Hagaman
Board of Regents
House of Representatives
Senate
Raymond Nichols
University of Missouri
Don Pierce
University
CBS
Guard Celebrates Double Victory in State Recruiting Meet
Lawrence National Guard open house honors Company H and First Sergeant John P. Jojola for sweeping the Kansas recruiting contest. Jojola earned Kansas Champion Recruiter with a nearly five thousand point margin over Emporia Company B. Jojola plus a trip to Washington, D C, are the prize amid displays of U S and foreign weapons at the event.
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National Guard
Frank Dunkley
137Th Infantry
John P. Jopola
Dunkley
Lawrence
Hilding
Emporia Company B
Wichita
Hiawatha Guard
Jojota
Haskell Institute
Kansas
Washington, D. C
Kenneth J. Schartz
Emport
Frank Carlson
Memorial Stadium
Colonel Dunkley
Sam Moyer
Haruki Snider
United States
Fort Riley
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Italy
Germany
Japan
Chiccago
Kenneth Roval
Army
Dwight D
Fort Benning
82Nd Airborne Infantry Division
Jojola
Weather forecast for Kansas with snow and cooling winds
The report notes cloudy conditions with rain in the east and south and moderate to heavy snow rising in the northwest. Expect colder temperatures with increasing north easterly winds, Thursday rain in the southeast, snow and cooler in the west and north, and highs near 30 to 40s while lows drop toward the 20s to 5s northwest.
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Kansac
Legion Votes To Lease Building For Five Years
The Dorsey-Liberty American Legion post unanimously approved leasing a building owned by Alfred Lawrence at Eighth and Kentucky streets for five years. Commander George Starkey said occupancy could begin by December 15 with facilities open 9:30 am to midnight for Legion and Auxiliary members and guests. Two permanent employees will be hired. regular meetings stay at Eighth and Vermont streets.
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Dorsey-Liberty American Legion Post
Alfred Lawrence
Eighth
Kentucky Streets
George Starkey
Legion and Auxiliary
Gular Post
Eighth and
Vermont
Starkey
Life of Will Rogers film announced by Warner Brothers
Warner Brothers plans a large feature next spring about the late Will Rogers with his son Will Rogers Jr in the leading role. The report comes as the army announces Gen Dwight D Eisenhower, chief of staff, will undergo a routine medical checkup tomorrow.
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Hollywood
Will R
Warner Brothers
Will Rogers, Jr
Eisenhower
Washington
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Aere Ninek Pital
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