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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1947
Page
3
Two Japanese men who claimed proximity to a rumored June Irkutsk atomic detonation told Yomiuri they doubted the test occurred. The paper noted Maruo Tachiyama and Tsugic Tani were in an Irkutsk concentration camp and reported no detonation, flash, repercussions, or rumors.
Washington reports the House inquiry into wartime contracts moves into expedite hearings next week. Representative Bender leads the expenditures subcommittee as it examines purchasing officers and manufacturers tied to overpayment and postwar contracts. The probe, based on GAO findings, seeks to link officers with firms and retrace deals for possible conflicts. President Truman seeks a list of officers with disability retirements since V J day, Meyers likely included.
The Agricultural Department reports a one percent fall in the general level of farm prices from mid October to mid November. Hog prices drove the decline though consumer prices rose little. Prices for truck crops cotton dairy products and wheat showed moderate increases in the period.
Joe Langworthy and colleagues furnished free music for a closed ward dance at Winter Veterans hospital in Topeka from 8 to 10 50 PM. The Douglas county Red Cross sponsored with Mrs Kelvin Hoover and Mrs Ralph Wolfson directing entertainment for Winter.
An all-opponent college football All-Star team was chosen by Missouri players in Columbia. Oklahoma placements include Mitchell at quarterback Burris at guard and Walker at tackle. Jayhawker selections were Evans at halfback and Schnellbacher at end. Other picks feature Walker and Whistler among others.
A brief item reports Heys Olney 10 Rath Diner High School boys protesting a new look or policy. The note suggests student dissent and school response remains unresolved in the clipped text.
Ring Lardner Jr son of the late humorist was fired by Twentieth Century Fox after being cited by the House on American Activities Committee for contempt for refusing to testify about Communist party membership.
A blaze swept the Farmers Cooperative elevator at Altamont ten miles south of Parsons on November 29. No injuries reported as crews battled the flames and assessed the damage to the facility and nearby property.
Vernon New York reports Cloyce Arnold Green a Peabody Kansas salesman en route to Fonda killed when his car was struck by heavy dual rear wheels torn from a skidding tractor trailer. State Trooper Ward Donovan said the truck was driven by Fred Charles Clark age 30 of North Tonawanda New York. Also notes on Lake Nicaragua as a freshwater bed habitat for saltwater fish with scientists citing its origin as an arm of the sea raised by an earthquake.
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