Marshall Follows Hurley In China
Washington reports General George Marshall will become special White House envoy to China after Hurley’s resignation. He will travel to Chungking as soon as possible with Byrnes and Truman weighing the postwar role in China amid Civil War concerns. Byrnes says Hurley’s charges involve differences with Atcheson and Service, prompting a pending inquiry.
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Truman
White House
China
Chungking
Charles G. Ross
General Marshall
U.S
Foreign Service
Far East
Byrnes
Hurley
George Atcheson, Jr
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
John S. Service
Atcheson
Japan
Service
State Department
Patrick J
War and
State Departments
United States
Airmen Rescued After Oregon Coast Flight Disappearance
Coos Bay reports CPI A rescue party reached two airmen who parachuted from a C 46 transport missing since Monday in a coastal storm. The plane, en route from Oakland to McChord Field, diverted to Pendleton due to weather, with last contact 15 miles off Florence. Authorities seek survivors as crews patrol rough terrain and shoreline.
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Coos Bay
Ore
CPI
Rough Mountain
Oregon Coast
Yesteriay
McChord Field
Tacoma
Wash
Oakland
Calif
Peddleton
Oregon
Florence
Ocean
Management Absent From First Parleys to Settle Auto Strike
Detroit November 28 federal conciliators opened peace talks to end the General Motors strike as management representatives stayed away. About 225,000 workers were idle, with 65 supervisors imprisoned overnight by union pickets at a Saginaw plant. Ford began layoffs affecting 10,000 to 15,000 workers with 40,000 more hoped to be recalled by Monday.
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Detroit
General Motors
I. O. United Automobile
Washington
Edgar L. Warren
Labor Department
C. E. Wilson
Warren
Schwellenbach
Wilson
G.M
Saginaw
Ind
Kenneth Forbes
U.A.W
Ford Motor Company
Ford-U.a.w
Washington labor conference stalls after deadlock reports
Washington leaders said the three week old labor management conference is bogged down by disagreements as delegates plan a general session to review split recommendations from four of six subcommittees. Officials said a draft presidential message urged voluntary arbitration and fact finding but leaders doubted President Truman would intervene before adjournment.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Commerce Wallace
George W. Taylor
Fred Smith
Man
Weather aids farmers as sorghum harvest gains pace
Good weather allowed rapid corn harvesting and sorghum work as the Kansas weather and crop report for the week ended November 27 notes an open dry week. Wheat shows drought effects in western districts while eastern areas report better soil moisture. corn picking nears completion though borers in central regions force hand picking and labor shortages hinder harvest.
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Topeka
Kansas Weekly
Kansas
Tehran braces as insurgent column nears capital
Tehran reports government forces are mobilized to defend the capital as insurgent troops advance from Azerbaijan toward the north. Observers question march feasibility but claim one insurgent column has seized Takistan, with movement toward Kazvin and Kalvin expected by nightfall.
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Tehran
Takistan
Kazvin
Kalvin
Groves urges continued atomic bomb production and safety measures
Washington reports Major General Leslie Groves testifying to the senate atomic energy committee that production should continue until a stable supply exists and international control is decided. He outlined costs, a proposed independent commission, casualty estimates for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and a worst case blast impact on Washington, including two miles of devastation and widespread rubble.
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Washington
CPI
L. R. Groves
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Manhattan —Project
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Groves
Senate
Special Commission
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Federal Triangle
Capitol
White House
National ‘Cathedral
Pentagon
Potomac River
Virginia
Kansas University Plans Second Session On Homecoming Walkout
The committee of three faculty and three students resumes at 7 p m in the Memorial Union English room to set measures for students who walked out during Homecoming. Dean Henry Werner chairs. participants include Moreau Blocker Morill Ashcraft Thompson and Werner. Chancellor Malott attended the first meeting but cannot attend tonight.
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K. U
Memorial Union
Henry Werner
Werner
F. J. Moreau
School of Law
John Blocker
Mary Morill
Kansan
Guy Ashcraft
Marvin Thompson
Deane W. Malott
Smoking in Bed Fatal in Topeka Fire
Topeka citizen Mike Bernhart 75 died of suffocation in a residence fire attributed to smoking in bed. Firemen reported the blaze started from the cigarette as Bernhart slept.
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Topeka
Mike Bernhart
Bernhart
Nazi Leaders Von Papen And Seyss Inquart On Trial
At Nuernberg the court heard prosecutors call Franz von Papen and Arthur Seyss Inquart leaders of a fifth column aiding Hitler's 1938 Austria seizure. Hess was found not insane presently. Schuschnigg may testify. Hess memory loss deemed self induced with hysteria and self protection. Three psychiatric reports noted Hess attempted self harm in Scotland.
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Nuernberg
Franz von Papen
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Hitler
Austria
Rudolf Hess
Hess
Kurt Schuschnigg
Schuschnigg
Berchtesgaden
von Papen
Germany
Seyss-Inquart
Stathat
Scotland
Russia
Quake Felt Across Regions With Seismic Reports
Seismic activity registered near the Gulf of Oman with a center at sea and a strong New Delhi observation. The tremor, noted as of great intensity, was felt in Karachi with furniture movement and swinging lights. La Plata reported an extremely violent quake 9300 miles away, with tremors continuing for over three hours.
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Bombay
India
Gulf of Oman
New Delhi
Delhi
Karachi
la Plata
London
Parachute to safety after plane crash near Walhalla
Brig. Gen. George H. Weems and five other officers plus an enlisted man parachuted to safety when an army transport plane crashed in rainy weather near Walhalla South Carolina. The aircraft had departed from Bolling Field Washington and was en route to Fort Benning Georgia. none suffered serious injuries though Weems reported a bruised shoulder.
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Benning
Steel Workers Take A Strike Vote Across Nation
Pittsburgh reports a nationwide poll of steel workers on whether to strike for a $2 daily wage raise. Between 600000 and 700000 workers were estimated to be voting as fluctuating employment hindered a precise tally. The ballot asked if they would permit an interruption of war production during the dispute.
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Pittsburgh
C.i.c.-United Steel Workers
NLRB
University dorms planned at KU and KSU for veterans housing
Preliminary plans move forward for men dormitories at Memorial Stadium site Kansas University with general regents approval and state architect plans. At Kansas State University conversion of space under Ahearn Field east stadium will house about 120 men with 64 new rooms and 50 to 60 more in a repurposed locker room at an estimated cost of 30000. Veterans get rental preference.
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Memorial Stadium
University of Kansas
Raymond Ichols
Deane W. Malott
Board of Regents
Kansas City
C. G. Bayles
University
Nichols
K.U. Endowment Association
University of Kansas Physical Education Corporation
Kansas State
Ahearn Field
Milton Eisenhower
Collgé
OPA Consolidation Plans Finalized In Douglas County Meeting
About twenty five attendees including four from Jefferson county and three from the Wichita district OPA office met at the Douglas county war price and rationing office to finalize the consolidation of the Jefferson and Douglas county boards. The merger takes effect Friday December 21. Attendees from the district office were Asher Lane Cedric Smith and Mrs Pearl Richardson.
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Jefferson County
District Opa
Wichita
Douglas County War
Jefferson
Douglas County
Asher Lane
Cedric Smith
Pearl Richardson
Sergeant Glotzbach Joins Lawrence National Bank Staff
Sgt Robert E Glotzbach of Wamego Kansas recently discharged from the army has joined the Lawrence National bank staff for general utility duties He is KU trained in business and piano and served 30 months on a hospital train in WWII He is married his wife remaining in Naples Italy and due to join next spring Joyce Glotzbach his sister is a KU art student
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Robert E. Glotzbach
Wamego
Kan
Lawrence National Bank
Glotzbach
Lawrence
K.U. School of Business
K.U. School of Fine Arts
Fifth Army
Africa
Italy
Austria
Germany
Naples
Joyce Glotzbach
Sergeant Glotzbach
K.U
No More Canning Sugar Says War Board
George T. Wetzel of the War Price and Rationing Board dismissed rumors of more canning sugar applications. He said none have been accepted since September 15 and urged holders to exchange coupons for sugar at their grocer by Friday before they become invalid.
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George T. Wetzel
War Price and Rationing Board
Wetzel
Kansas City Strike Vote Reported at Sheffield Steel Plant
Kansas City workers at the Sheffield Steel Corporation voted today in a strike election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board. The action reflects ongoing labor tensions at the plant and could influence subsequent bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sheffied Steel Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
Codes Destroyed By the Americans
Senate inquiry hears that U S embassy codes in Tokyo were destroyed before Pearl Harbor and others kept until after the attack. The committee seeks to hear General Marshall before he leaves for China and questions Hull about intelligence before December 7 1941.
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Ican
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Senate-House
George C. Marshall
China
Truman
Brewster
Rme
Grew
Ferguson
R-Mich
Marshall
Barkley
D-Ky
George
Dga
Army
Gerhart
Hull
Representative Murphy
D-Pa
Cordell Hull
Murphy
Washington
Roosevelt
Adm
J. O. Richardson
Richardson
White House
United States
Japan
Philippines
William D. Leahy
Leahy
Warm Springs
Plan All of His Own Atchison Housing Racket
In Atchison Kansas on November 28 a local man uses a tiered rumor system to rent out houses quickly. He informs a friend about good homes and casually mentions medium ones, while starting rumors about poor houses to secure rapid rentals.
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Atchison, Kan
Savings insured by Lawrence Building and Loan
An advertisement invites readers to let liberal income from savings accrue safely with insurance up to 5000 dollars. It is sponsored by The Lawrence Building and Loan Association, with contact info including phone number 55 and address 800 Mags Street Adv.
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The
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Leavenworth officials back county attorney on liquor issue
Leavenworth residents praise County Attorney Jesse Hall after his letter to federal state county and city officials on liquor policy. He sought injunctions against stamp holders in the wake of Nov nine raids and plans to act on all stamp holders once lists arrive.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Jesse Hall
Iisas
Internal Revenue
Hall
Revenue Collector’s Office
Old Santa Claus Parade Planned for Lawrence
Lawrence plans a Saturday December 8 parade down Massachusetts street to honor Old Santa Claus. G H Dinty Mobre chairs the event with committees to collect floats and engage Lawrence businesses, schools, and bands from Haskell KC and Lawrence Memorial.
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Santa Claus
Lawrence
Kiddies
Massachusetts Street
Chamber of Commerce
G. H. “Dinty” Mobre
Moore
Haskell, K.C
Lawrence Memorial High School
W. G. Beougher
Capt
R. J. Getz
Ernest Pontius
Fritz Myen
Ray Weakley
Red Cross appeals for overseas kit bags and V neck sweaters
Mrs. C. C. Stewart leads an urgent drive to complete 400 machine sewn bags for soldiers overseas. Yarn for V-neck khaki sleeveless sweaters is available at the production rooms in the Junior high school central building on Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 30 to 4 30 p m. Knitters may collect yarn then and there with Mrs. Logsdon as new knitting chairwoman urging assistance for troops in Japan.
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C. C. Stewart
Red Cross
E. J. Logsdon
J. W. Ashton
Lawrence
Japan
Franch Government Award To Gen Ewart G Plant
Manila November 28 General Ewart G Plank receives the Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre with arms from the French government for exceptional services in liberating France. He commands the Manila base and led the advance section of the army service forces in the European invasion. His wife and daughter reside in Denver and his mother at 1015 Maine Street Lawrence Kansas.
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Manila
Ewart G. Plank
France
Limitations Restated on Packages to Army Personnel Overseas
Postmaster Roger Williams restates restrictions on mailing packages to overseas army personnel. Packages must be requested by the addressee and not exceed 11 pounds or 72 inches total. Items sent must be requested content. Ads note Flowers of Distinction calling Allison Thomas Flower Shop at 363.
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Army Prsonnel
Roger Wiliams
Williams
Allison - Thomas Flower
Victory Bond Drive Hits Halfway Mark in Douglas County
Douglas county reports bond sales totaling 728 658 25 toward a 1 436 000 quota in the Victory Loan campaign. E bond sales amount to 243 381 55 of a 592 000 goal. Kathryn House of Kansas Electric Power Co led with 3 400 in sales to 51 buyers and won a 100 war bond and a theater pass. Other winners include Mildred Haverkamp and five seniors earning 25 bonds each for top sales and participation. Retail prize awards will be presented at the Isis Theater stage tomorrow night.
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Douglas County
Chamber of Commerce
Kathryn House
Kansas Lectric Power Company
Jayhawker Theater
Stanley Schwahn
James H. Parsons
Mildred Haverkamp
Kennedy Plumbing Company
Arlenemeee
Ober’s
Roy E. Taylor
H. W. Stowits Rexall
Clemmie Evans
Parson’s Jewelry
Leona Day
Greene
Evelyn Turner
J. C . Penney
Jshah
Warmer Spell Forecast Across Kansas
Topeka reports slightly warmer weather with sunshine expected for the next 36 hours. No rain or snow in 24 hours and no cold weather seen from the northwest. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 42 in Dodge City to 26 in Topeka. Tomorrow's highs projected from 50 in the northeast to 65 in the west and south.
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Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Flora
Dodge City
Goodland
Intruder Lurking in a Laundry Makes Getaway
Charles Elam arrived to open Independence Laundry at 5 15 am and found an intruder hiding near the front desk. He called police. officers reported the intruder fled with nothing missing. The youth wore an overseas army cap and offered no other description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Elam
Independence
Elam
Doulas County Commissioners In Session At Court House
The Doulas County commissioners held a formal meeting today at the courthouse to discuss county business and public matters. County officials reviewed agendas and potential actions affecting local services and budgets.
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Doulas County
Court House
Stock Market Index Advances Minor Gains
The stock market index for 60 stocks shows a slight rise with an average at 75.3 after yesterday's sessions. Investors reflect cautious optimism amid mixed trading and thin volume across sectors.
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Patrick J. Hurley
Hurleys
Labor Management Conference
Seyss- Inquart Leaders
Oman Gulf
Associated Press
K. A. Donis
OPA
Lawrence National
Joseph C. Grew
Amer
Leavenworth U.k.’S Liquor Stand
Santa
Eld
Franch Government
Ewart G. Plant
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