Coal Strike Set for Tonight in Soft Coal Row
New York reports a soft coal strike appears likely as midnight nears with John L. Lewis delaying a key UMW policy meeting until tomorrow morning. In Pittsburgh Dennis Marshall cites local calls for a walkout while wage talks with operators resume on December 6. President Truman’s advisers hope for last minute negotations to extend the three week truce.
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Lewis
Pittsburgh
Dennis Marshall
U.M.W. District Five
Washington
Ralph E. Taggart
Philadelphia
Key West
Truman
Policy Committee
United Mine Workers
Farm income drop cited in Senate review
Agriculture official Cris V. Wells told a Senate subcommittee that net farm income has fallen by about 4.0 billion dollars from the 1948 peak and may fall further. Wells testified that farmers now receive roughly one half of the consumer food dollar and about one eighth of each dollar spent on cotton goods, while marketing costs rise with farm prices. He noted a 22 month downward drift in farm prices with steady marketing costs.
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Cris V. Wells
Bureau of Agriculture Enoenetics
Senate Agriculture
Wells
Gillette
Missed Ad Snippet Promises Florist Delivery Service
A fragment promotes the 50 Mercury car listing and a florist service by Bill Bodin at 9th and Mississippi. It mentions flowers and a Flowerfone contact 820 but provides no full event details.
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Mercury
Bill Bodin
Mississippi
United States to test new atomic weapons in secret at Eniwetok
The Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Department announce a secret test at the mid Pacific proving ground of Eniwetok atoll. Time and observers are restricted to avoid foreign access as the United States seeks more powerful bombs after eight prior detonations.
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United States
Washington
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
mid-Pacific Proving Ground
Eniwetok Atoll
Eniwetok
Britain
Canada
New Zealand Labor Party Defeated After 14 Years
A Labour government led by Prime Minister Peter Fraser falls to a broad anti‑labour wave. The defeat comes as Australia and Britain face elections within six months, with debate over price controls privatization and social programs. Opposition promises repeal of price controls and partial privatization of airways.
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New Zealand
Australia
Britain
Peter Fraser
Clement Attlee
Labor
Acheson condemns Chinese detention of two Americans
Washington reports Secretary of State Acheson says Americans are furious over the inhumane detention of Naval Chief Electrician William C. Smith and Master Sgt. Elmer C. Bender, held since October 19 last year after a training flight. A new note seeks their release and notes Ward’s consular staff seeking departure from Mukden. Britain and others may protest to Peiping.
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Washington
Acheson
State Department
Peiping
Naval
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Elmer C. Bender
Marines
Cincinnati
Tsingtao
China
United States
Angus Ward
Mukden
Ward
O. Edmund Clubb
Tientsin
Achegen
Britain
Texas steer tops 50th Jubilee show in Pecos county effort
A Hereford steer named Judge Roy Bean weighing 1250 pounds won the purple ribbon at the 50th Jubilee International Livestock Show. The Pecos county 4-H club sent 43 boys and seven girls, with Dr. A. D. Weber of Kansas State college praising the exhibit and noting top quality across classes due to feed and education programs.
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Chicago
Texas
Pecos County
Roy Bean
Judge Bean
Weber
Palermo
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Downtown Lawrence to Switch On Christmas Lights
Merchants and Community Chest officials advance Yuletide decorations in Downtown Lawrence. Emory Scott aims to light the streets tomorrow night if weather allows, with campus displays in progress at K U including eight evergreen trees and a large rotating tree in Frank Strong Rotunda.
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Lawrence
Community Chest
Emory Scott
K. U
Frank Strong
Ray Ottinger
Lee Robison
Route 4
Hoch Auditorium
Thomas pleads no contest in payroll padding case
Representative J Parnell Thomas withdraws not guilty plea and pleads no contest to payroll padding charges. Judge Holtzoff dismisses charges against Helen Campbell as an employee with Thomas. Sentencing set for December 9. Thomas faces up to 32 years and $40,000 in fines while free on $1,000 bond.
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Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
R.-N.j
Nolo Contendre
Alexander M. Holtzoff
Helen Campbell
Thomas
Holtzoff
Miss Campbell
John R. Fitzpatrick
Fritzpatrick
Myra Midkiff
Annette Minor
Allendale
Miss Midkiff
Misa Minor
William H. Collins
Collins
Fatzer seeks quick ouster of Parsons mayor
Kansas Attorney General Harold R. Fatzer asked the state supreme court for an early order removing Vernon C. Axton suspended mayor of Parsons. Axton was found guilty of willful misconduct in office by Special Commissioner J. G. Somers for failure to enforce laws against slot machines and gambling. The court may adopt, modify or set its own findings with a December term hearing sought for next Monday.
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Topeka
Harold R. Fatzer
Kansas Supreme Court
Vernon C. Axton
Parsons
Kan
J. G. Somers
Axton
Somers
Supreme Court
Fatzer
Strike ballots for telephone workers vote set in St Louis
In St Louis on November 30 strike ballots are printed for about 50 000 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co workers. C I O Communications Workers of America official Frank P Lonergan said ballots would be mailed for a strike vote unless negotiations improve. The current contract expires at midnight tomorrow but will stay in effect unless a 30 day notice is filed. Lonergan declined to say what action the union will take.
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St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Frank P. Lonergan
C.I.0
Communications Workers of America
Lonergan
Malotts to India on Round-the-World Delegation Trip
Chancellor and Mrs Deane W Malott depart for a month long trip starting tomorrow. They will attend a conference on Indian American relations in New Delhi December 12 to 22 and a follow up session in Lahore. They plan visits to universities industries and public works projects in India before returning via the Middle East Africa and Europe arriving December 31.
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Chancellor
Deane W. Malvit
India
United States
New Delhi
Lahore
Kansas City
Malotts
Honolulu
Hawaii
Midway Island
Tokyo
Okinawa
Hongkong
Bangkok
Calcutta
Malott
Institute of Pacific Relations
Lawrence
Middle East
North Africa
Europe
KU Douglas County student group plans December 28 party
About 150 Douglas county students attended the KU Douglas County section of a statewide convocation in Hoch Auditorium. The group plans a December 28 informal western party for Liberty Memorial high school seniors and other Douglas county students to boost KU enrollment. Fred Six presided. Doris Wolf and Junior K. Haverty chair the party. officer elections will follow as outreach expands to Baldwin and Eudora areas. The group will advertise the holiday party through personal visits to county high schools.
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Douglas County
K. U
Hoch Auditorium
K.U
Liberty Memorial High School
Fred Six
Dean Six
Mississippi Street
Doris Wolf
Ferris T. Wolf
New Hampshire Street
Junior K. Haverty
West Ninth Street
Baldwin
Eudora
Protest Overruled on County Road Near Eudora Farm
Mrs Irene D Roberts of Eudora protested a county road planned to border her quarter-section farm a mile east of town arguing it would impair drainage. Commission chair Elmer Ousdahl said the half mile road petition was allowed two weeks ago after hearings and was thus overruled.
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Irene D. Roberts
Eudora
Elmer Ousdahl
Wolfe Confers With Lawrence Board On New Building
W D Wolfe newly elected superintendent of Lawrence city schools met with the board of education at an informal luncheon at the high school cafeteria. They discussed the school situation in general and plans for the Cordley building.
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W. D. Wolfe
Lawrence Cit
Board of Education
Wolfe
Cordley
Grass Fires Doused at 637 Rhode Island and 3rd Indiana
Fire department responded to two grass fire alarms yesterday at 637 Rhode Island Street at 3 05 PM and at Third and Indiana Streets at 5 45 PM. Fire Chief Paul Ingels reported no damage occurred.
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Rhode Island Street
Third
Indiana Steets
Paul Ingels
No Strike Break at East St. Louis Stockyards
Negotiators reported no progress in settling a 400 worker AFL Livestock Handlers strike that halted operations at National Stock Yards. Locals warned workers to watch for the Mercury at 9th and Mississippi.
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East St. Louis
A.F.L
New Tax Free Gasoline System Rolled Out Countywide
Douglas county introduces a refund permit system for motor fuel used off highways. Farmers and eligible buyers pay full price with tax and receive a five cent per gallon refund from Topeka. Permits last one year and are non transferable. refunds issued within 30 days of approved claims.
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T. R. Gerhart
State Office of Revenue and Taxation
Topeka
Gerhart
Douglas County
State Treasury Deposit
Tax Commission
State Tax Office
Eisenhower blasts Brannan plan at Kansas talk
Dr Milton Eisenhower president of Kansas State college denounced the Brannan farm plan as costly for private industry and warned tariff laws hamper foreign trade. He told Dick inson county farm bureau members that farmers must seek fair parity and avoid selfish demands to protect agriculture long term.
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Abilene
Kan
Milton Eisenhower
Kansas State College
Dickinson County Farm Bureau
Eisenhower
America
U S Ships To China Ports At Own Risk
Secretary of State Acheson announced that American ships entering the Shanghai blockaded port do so at their own risk. He condemned Is brandtsen Steamship Line for sending two vessels shelled and sinking. The government rejected requests for American naval convoy to China.
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Washington
Acheson
Shangha
Isbrandtsen Steamship Line
Christmas Seals Sale Set By PTA For Tomorrow Blast
The Douglas County PTA Health Committee led by Mrs. G B Watson plans a gas office sale of Christmas seals through December with school health chairmen handling daily sales. Funds totaled 86 cents from 4 100 mailed letters, with many buyers sending full dollars and keeping seals. Officials urge prompt return of money or seals and list volunteers from Cordley Junior High McAllaster New York Pinckney and Woodlawn districts to assist.
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Chrostmas
Othe Douglas Costo
Twe
Esther Stoo Cer
Seal Sale
P.T. A
Cordiey
H. E. Burnett
M. E. Cleveland
H. C. Hathaway
J. F. Hawkins
Glen F. Brown
Paul G. Roofe
R. W. Albert
F. L. Falkenstien
Obed Thompson
Newton Jerome
Harold Dilley
McAllaster
Monti L. Belot
T. J. Leasure
Kenneth Jochim
Helen Lee
R. E. Bruns
Vaughn Combs
George Hulteen
M. E. Easton
New York
Ralph Burchett
Bernard Grace
Richard Myles
R. LE. Erwin
Pinckney
H. Penfield Jones
Raymond Pendleton
Paul Harnar
Woodlawn
T. L. Burns
Fred Johnson
Walter Hellstrom
Tom Akins
Belleview Home Demonstration Unit
Needy Families Receive Christmas Aid Throughout County
Welfare officials report about 40 families adopted for Christmas by clubs churches and groups, with 10 families still unassisted. Aid comes from Newcomers club ae club Rotary Calvary Baptist church and private donors. Several rural homes are at risk of being overlooked and additional help is urged.
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Douglas
Watseo
Courty Welfare Office
Salvation Army
Newcomers Club
Ae Club
Rotary Club
Corbin Hall
Calvary Baptist Church
Mrs. Watson
County Clerks to Gather at KU Conference
About 30 Kansas county clerks will attend a two day school at the University of Kansas. The Kansas County Clerks association and KU Bureau of Government Research organize the program. Topics include election laws property taxation office operations and new legislation. Faculty includes Guy Day Leslie Decker Waldo Dent Lon Hartzell Fred Horn Mildred LeSner and S M Roberts with additional KU and KKU staff.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
Kansas County Clerks Association
K. U. Bureau of Government Research
Guy S. Day
Geary County
Leslie Decker
Jackson
Waldo E. Dent
Morris
Lon Hartzell
Sedgwick County
Fred Horn Topeka
Kansas State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Mildred LeSner
Douglas County
S. M. Roberts
City of Kens City
KK. U
City water chief cites undercount in garbage complaints
City Water Superintendent Ma or C. Hagar says 323 complaints in 1347 cover only May and June through December. He notes the new pickup system began in May 1817 and that service calls so far this year number 604.
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Journal- World
Hagar
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