Subscriptions Rates Listed for Lawrence News Daily
The notice lists subscription prices for the Lawrence paper including yearly rates. Rates are shown as 1.00 for the base, 6.00 for six months, and 4.00 for three months, with a full year at 7.00. It notes Associated Press content and Audit Bureau of Circulation membership. The date line references Wednesday November 30. The inner being poem line appears as a decorative element.
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Strest
Lawrence
Kansas
Associated Press
Ted Prees
Parsons Fuss Triggers Ouster Call In Kansas City
A state supreme court commission found the suspended mayor Parsons guilty of willful office neglect and recommended permanent removal. The graft charges involved protecting city run operations from police interference to gain financial advantage, highlighting concerns graft in public office while noting Kansas echoes national patterns.
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Speral
Hatsas Supreme Court
Anf ‘Parsons
Hansas
Kansas
Parsons
Move to Liquidate Tito Regime Proclaimed by Cominform
Moscow calls on all communists to aid overthrow of Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia. It warns of imminent cross border action to end Tito's government and brands Western powers as preparing for a new world war. The Cominform move signals deepening East West tensions and danger to regional peace.
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Cominform
Russia
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Moscow
Negro Education Fund grows to aid two colleges
The United Negro College Fund, once just a newspaper idea in 1944, will bring in well over a million dollars to its two member colleges this year. It has raised nearly seven million to date, with a 1949 drive in over 70 cities cooperative and aimed at expanding educational opportunities for Negroes and improving race relations.
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United Negro College Fund
Nickel Cup Battle Sparks Public Coffee Shortage Rumor
A myth of a coffee shortage fuels a dime versus nickel debate. The nickel cup movement mobilizes many users to defend a five cent price despite rising rumors of increases. The scene captures ongoing protests over shrinking purchasing power amid prosperity.
Increased license tags to offer two and taller figures
Next year the price of car license tags rises while buyers receive two tags with larger numerals and a new code designation of the bounty region. Hit and run drivers will have license numbers more readily identified than with any prior tag, and higher costs will fund highway building and upkeep.
Jury faces new doubts in Hiss espionage trial
Secret papers drifted from confidential files as Whittaker Chambers questions whether Hiss or a now dead man supplied documents. Prosecution and defense clash while court observers note the broader impact of strange espionage figures on the jury. The central issue remains secret documents circulated outside guarded vaults.
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Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
E'Rtreat
Decline in Freebie Pulling Power Sparks Debate
The pull to win free broadcasts seems to have dropped notably in recent times. Many believed a no-cost pursuit would keep growing, yet federal taxes on awards likely dampened enthusiasm for winners and cooled the craze.
Ottawa Herald weighs name change for Marais des Cygnes
The Ottawa Herald notes the authority of the board to rename the Marais des Cygnes to Osage but warns the change may not endure if adopted.
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Ottawa Herald
Geographic Names
Marais Des Cygnes
Herald
Safety at Kansas Missouri game shows strong traffic control
A Lawrence crowd for the Kansas Missouri football game was managed with minimal mishaps. Weather helped, but highway patrols, city and university officers, and courteous motorists coordinated to ease arrivals and departures. The event demonstrated effective cooperation in traffic safety.
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Dodge City Globe
Lawrence
Kansas
City of
University
Elephants Rampage Risking Kenyan Grain Crops
The Neodesha Sun notes that Kenya’s natives face large scale damage as elephants trample grain crops, a major trouble affecting farmers and livelihoods.
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Kenya
Neodesha Sun
Box of fruit evokes life in Augusta Gazette style
A brief Augusta Gazette reflection likens the top heavy fruit box to life with large entities supported by smaller ones beneath. The imagery suggests balance and dependence among components in a simple still life.
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Augusta Gazette
Some men are born to be coats and some to be vests
A quip from the Hays News remarks that certain men are destined for status or wealth while others miss out, framing a humorous social distinction about who receives the gravy.
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Hays
Letters to the Editor on air advertising limits
F Bunker questions use of air for shouted ads and urges prohibition. Editor notes city ordinance bans loudspeakers in moving vehicles but does not cover airborne broadcasting, highlighting a regulatory gap.
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F. Bunker
Carlson protests changing Marias des Cygnes name
Topeka November 30 Governor Frank Carlson filed a formal protest against renaming the Marias des Cygnes river. He argues tradition and history urge preserving the name and notes the Osage option would reflect only the Missouri stretch. He warns Kansans will resent outsiders altering the name linked to Evangeline lore.
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Frank Carlson
Marias Des Cynes
Govenor
Department of the Interior
Committee On Geographic Names
Yestern
Missouri
Lyon County
Kansas
Missouri State Line
Evangeline
Longfelow
Jury Views Room Where Millionaire Murder Was Committed
New Orleans November 30. A 12 member jury views the hotel room where state charges 25 year old Louis Eugene Hoover with the brutal murder of millionaire James A. Mahoney during carnival season on February 21. Both sides asked to see the scene and the court granted the request. Hoover, once a Louisville parking lot attendant, is on trial for his life.
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New Orleans
CPA
Louis Eugene Hoover
James A. Mahoney
Hoover
Louisville, Ky
Thanksgiving Guests and Local Notices in Hutchinson Area
Mr and Mrs Ben Lindsey plan Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs Ralph Williams and Mr and Mrs Alfred Hall of Hutchinson and Mr and Mrs Harold Phillips of Lyons Mrs George Daggit spends the day in Kansas City. Clarence Reynolds hosts dinner for son Clifford birthday and Mrs Ernest Bigsby. Jeanne Metz of Lamont Iowa to wed Alford James Dicker of Lawrence. Margaret Kane and Vesta Kane attend matinee in Kansas City. Joanna and daughter return from Thanksgiving visit with Mrs Wagstaffs mother in Topeka.
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Ben Lindsey
Ralph Williams
Alfred Hall
Hutchinson
Harold Phillips
Lyons
George Daggit
Kansas City
Clarence Reynolds
Clifford
Ernest Bigsby
Jeanne Metz
Lamont
Iowa
Alford James Dicker
KU to Broadcast First Words on New Radio Station KFKU
Twenty five years ago at 8 o'clock on December 15 Chancellor E H Lindley spoke the first words over University of Kansas new radio station KFKU. The university band played Boola Boola and Harold Ingham was named the announcer with Tom Veatch of Kansas City addressing KU Alumni. Miss Ava Hegerman and Hallie Peterson married Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs C D Meyer of Kansas City announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Frances to John L Constant of Lawrence on November 26. Miss Alice Winston hosted an informal dinner for Miss Josephine Newson Mrs Richard Wagstaff and a child.
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E. H. Lindley
KFKU
Harold Ingham
Tom Veatch
Kansas City
K. U. Alumni Association
Ava Hegerman
Hallie Peterson
C. D. Meyer
Local incidents and university appointments reported
A town resident F Schaub was bitten on the face by a family horse Saturday afternoon. Scott Griesa, 15, was lightly injured after a Saturday night bicycle collision with a street car. The state regents approve L L Dyche as state fish and game warden while he remains at the university. Consistory No 6 of the Masonic lodge in Kansas city Lawrence institutes the 31st and 32nd Scottish Rite degrees for 24 members. E J Cowgill, ex Kansas Farmer editor, named assistant in the journalism department and publicity director for the university.
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Scott Griesa
State Regents
L. L. Dyche
University
Masonic Lodge
State of Kansas
Lawrence
E. H. Varnum
Julius Marks
E. J. Blair
J. H. Cohn
Corydon E. Lindley
Edward Otis Perkins
G. W. Jones
William F. Wellman
E. Ward Tillotson, Jr
James Edward
The
Kansas Farmer
Outlawing War and Atomic Weapons Stressed by Anglican Leader
The Anglican Archbishop of York Dr Cyril Garbett urges the United States and Britain to push for immediate global vengeance against any nation using atomic bombs and to consider outlawing war and all weapons. He argues for a united peace organization to prevent war rather than regulate it.
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England
Cyril F. Garbett
America
Britain
United Nations
United States
Dr. Garbett
Japan
Chamber of Commerce to replace executive secretary
The Chamber of Commerce in Fort Scott Kansas reports the departure of its full time executive secretary who retired two years ago and a replacement will be sought.
Fourth Annual Midwest Farm Home and Industrial Conference Opens
The fourth annual Midwest Farm Home and Industrial conference opens in Topeka tomorrow with a two day program. About 1000 farmers homemakers and industrial leaders are expected. Kansas State College and Topeka Chamber of Commerce sponsor panels on agriculture homemaking and industry.
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Topeka
Midwest Farm Home and Industrial Conference
Kansas State College
The
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
Churchill Turns 75 As Election Countdown Looms
London observed Winston Churchill's 75th birthday amid a looming general election. The former prime minister, wartime leader, author and orator planned a quiet Hyde Park dinner with family and friends while his Conservative party faces a renewed bid for power in the upcoming poll.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Hyde Park
Manchester
Prince Charles
Churchill
Socialist Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Labor
Evening Radio Schedule Mix of Theaters and News
A detailed list of radio and TV program times across WDAF WREN KMBC KCMO KMBC and related stations for Thursday December 1. Entries include newscasts musical programs dramas comedies sports features and notable personalities with times ranging from early morning to late evening.
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KNBC
KRCMO
WWAP
KMBC
Bug Crosby
KCMO
Lorenzo Jones
WDAP
Wenlea
Wren
Jack Armstrong
Wdaarf
Wdaf
Ctisco
FBI
Aldrich Parky
Wrens
Bing
KMEBU
Mr Keen
Tulsa hold issued for Kansas theft suspect Billy Joe Kunkel
Pittsburg police chief Ralph Beard placed a hold order on Billy Joe Kunkel age 23 held on car theft charges in Tulsa Oklahoma. Beard brought three Pittsburg residents to identify Kunkel in connection with a prior holdup of a food market in Pittsburg.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ralph Beard
Pittsburg
Kan
Billy Joe Kunkel
Beard
Kunkel
Higher Taxes and Inflation Put 1949 Income Close to 1939 Levels
Washington on November 30 UP James Marlow reports that a 1949 personal income of 211 billion dollars was not three times the 1939 level when adjusted for higher taxes and living costs. The article cites 67 percent higher living costs and tax increases eroding real income, with manufacturing wages rising from 23.86 to 55.72 dollars but purchasing power barely above 28.5 cents on the dollar in 1939 terms, equating to about 4.99 dollars more per week in 1949.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Crossword Clue Fragments From a Historical Page
A collection of partial entries and clues from a period paper page. The list includes misciphered terms and partial definitions such as a six to twelve inch fish, malt drink, indigo, racecourse circuit, and terms for places and objects. The jumble resembles a puzzle or glossary derived from an OCR scan.
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