Flood Bill Cut by House Appropriations Committee
The House Appropriations Committee approved 113.44 million of the 400 million requested by President Truman for Midwest flood repair. Most funds go to long term loans. 45 million is for direct relief. Total federal flood rehabilitation funds would reach 257.59 million for Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Illinois. Demurred on demobilization, flood insurance, and a flood disaster administration. Proposals include 18.44 million for farm restoration, 30 million for disaster loan fund, 5 million for relief activities, and raise reconstruction loans to 100 million with a extended housing loan term. Representative Scrivner seeks 100 million for direct flood loss payments up to 10 thousand per claimant.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Midwest
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Ilinois
Agriculture Department
Articulture Department
Farmers Home Administration
Raymond Foley
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Scrivner
R-Kan
Red Cross Bloodmobile aims for 200 donor quota
By mid afternoon 188 registrants were counted for the October 10 Bloodmobile visit. Mrs. H. B. Chubb said the 200 donor goal would be reached today with KU ROTC reporting full registration. End of yesterday brought 125 signups. KU 48, Haskell 12, Red Cross 65.
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Navy
Red Cross Bloodmobile
H. B. Chubb
Haskell
Red Cross
Chubb
Lawrence
Lawrence freshmen Exempt from English course for high scores
Three Lawrence students join nine KU freshmen exempt from the beginning English course after high scores on the placement exam. The trio are Thomas E. Ryther of Journal-World scholarship recipient, Patricia Marlene Stayton, and Patrick McCafferty of 1400 Tenn. St. They were among roughly 1,700 new students who will take second semester English.
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Lawrence
Thomas E. Ryther
N. H. St
Journal- World
Patricia Marlene Stayton
Haskell Grounds
Patrick McCafferty
Tenn. St
House Committee OKs Money For Korean War Death Claims
Washington Oct 3 The House Appropriations Committee approves an immediate 5 million dollar allotment to pay 10 thousand dollar death indemnities for servicemen killed in action. Benefits run over 120 months and cover all branches. The plan substitutes for low cost insurance and ensures up to 10 thousand dollars per beneficiary.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Korea
Russia claims another atomic bomb detonated
Washington reports that on October 3 the White House announced Russia had exploded another atomic bomb. The terse note confirms a new test amid ongoing Cold War tensions.
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Washington
White House
Russia
British Move Out of Abadan and Iran Takeover
Washington reports 87,650 U. S. battle casualties to families, up 2,181 from last week. In Abadan Iran the British pulled out to let Iran control the world’s largest refinery. The Mauritius and 275 AIOC employees evacuated, with further personnel flown to Britain. Iran claims the refinery may be run by National Oil Co. but equipment challenges loom.
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Washington
U. S
Bates
Defense Department
Abadan
Iran
Mauritius
Anglotranian Oil Co
Shatt- El-Arab
Basra
Iraq
Britain
AIOC
K. B. Rass
Iranian National Oil Co
Tranian
Defense funding approved by conference committee
Washington reports a House Senate conference panel agreed to 57.29 billion dollars for defense, trimming air power by five from five to one billion remaining unresolved. Senators O Mahoney and Mahon criticized Pentagon spending plans, noting real estate and public works shifts for Air Force and Navy air arm. The measure funds the fiscal year starting July 1 and awaits final approvals.
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Washington
UPA
Senate House Conference Committee
Defense
Senate
House
O'Mahoney
D- Wye
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
Pentagon
Hearings on Missouri Basin Project Set for October
Washington Oct 3 A House agriculture subcommittee will hear witnesses in the Midwest on the Agriculture Department's Missouri River Basin program The 30 year plan covers soil conservation tree planting watershed work and flood control and power goals Sioux Falls Topeka Colby dates Oct 15 16 17 under Rep Poage leading the panel.
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Washington
House Agriculture
Midwest
Agriculture Department
Department
Congress
Missouri River
Poage
D-Tex
Sioux Falls
Topeka
Kan
Colby
Fort Worth Plane Crash At Meacham Field
A large airplane crashed and caught fire at Meacham Field Fort Worth Municipal Airport. City police reported the incident as it unfolded on October 3 in Fort Worth Texas.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Meacham Field
Tygey
Artillery Action On Western Front Rises in Korea
United Nations artillery roars along the western front as Red supply efforts press two battalion sized probes. Northern Korea skies see F 80 Shooting Stars claim probable destruction of two MIG 15s in a brief clash. Tokyo censorship tightens as Ridgway warns of possible offensives and Bradley returns to Washington after a six day visit.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
America
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
Omar N. Bradley
Washington
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Bradley
Cooler in Northwest Topeka Weather and Farm News
A cold front crossed Kansas bringing cooler air with 40s in the northwest and little change elsewhere. Rain amounts reached .62 in Haddam and lower amounts in nearby towns. Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies with increasing western cloudiness. Weather data shows wartime style casualty tallies alongside scattered missing and recovered figures. high yesterday in the 80s and 90s in Dodge City and Russell. Farm Bureau Board to meet Saturday at 9:30 in Douglas County office to discuss annual township elections. Stock market: New York closing average up 5 for the day.
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Topeka
Kansas
North Central
Haddam
Scandia
Marysville
Concordia
Russell
Weather Bureau
Tafe
Dodge City
Goodland
Farm Bureau Board
Douglas County Farm Bureau Board
Ani
Thuradi
Northre D'South
Chicago
Denver
Leo Fort Worth
Havre
Mont
Kansas City
Los Angeles
New York
Oklahoma
Washington
KU Frat Members Lead Flood Rehab in North Lawrence
Nearly 600 KU fraternities members from 24 houses will aid 100 flood stricken homes mostly for residents over 60. Inter-fraternity Council organizes a Saturday relief and clean up with crews handling dirt removal, carpentry, painting and moving furniture.
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North Lawrence
Inter - Fraternity Council
Kaw
Altho
Eu-Colorado U
Joe Wimsatt
Tonganoxie
Inter-fraternity Council
Journal-World Today
Lawrence
Kenneth Merrill
Pratt
Wimsatt
Congregationalists Meet in Ottawa Tomorrow
About 100 persons are expected for a one day convention of the Eastern Association of Kansas Congregational Churches in Ottawa. Principal speaker will be Mrs. Dorothy Poepoe Chong of Honolulu, executive secretary of the Women s Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands. Fred Epps of Topeka is moderator. thirty six churches are represented. meeting at the Ottawa Federated Church.
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Ottawa
Kan
Eastern Association of Kansas Congregational Churches
Dorothy Poepoe Chong
Honolulu
Women’s Board of Missions For
Pacific Islands
Fred Epps
Topeka
KU Graduate Dies in Arkansas Heart Attack
Dale D. Miller, 66, Topeka native and KU alumnus of 1903, died Monday in Hot Springs Arkansas from a heart attack. He ran Miller Drug Store, oldest in Topeka under the same management. Survived by wife, mother, brother Frank E. Miller, and sister Mrs. Nate Knittle. all of Topeka except sister in El Paso.
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Dale D. Miller
Topeka
Hot Springs
Ark
University of Kansas
Miller Drug Store
W. S. Miller
Frank E. Miller
Nate Knittle
el Paso
Texas
Advisory Council Meeting Set At County Office
The County Advisory Council to home demonstration units will meet Friday at 2 PM in the Postoffice building. The group will discuss plans for Achievement Day and present awards for the summer heading program.
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Postoffice
Storm warnings rise along Atlantic as tropical storm becomes hurricane
The storm intensified from a tropical disturbance to a hurricane near Florida with 95 mph winds. Warnings extended from Cape Hatteras to the Virginia Capes and small craft were urged to stay in port. Forecaster Grady Norton said the hurricane would pass east of Cape Hatteras tonight with gale winds along the coast and offshore hurricane force winds.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Virginia Capes
North Carolina
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Norton
Ishore
Rate dispute over Lawrence power charges at KPC hearing
Kansas Power and Light officials told the Kansas Corporation Commission in Topeka that a 10 percent surcharge could be extended to Lawrence, with conflicting figures prompting protest from City Manager James Wigglesworth, City Attorney Charles Springer, and chamber executive E R Zook. The dispute centers on Lawrence's current 100 kilowatt rate and the impact of a potential surcharge on basic electricity costs.
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Kansas Power and Light Company
Kansas Corporation Commission
Topeka
KPL
Lawrence
Corporation Commission
Salina
Atchison
James Wigegies-worth
Charles Springer
E. R. Zook
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Hough
McClure
Wigglesworth
Zook
The
Journal-World Today
City Commission
Copporation Commission
Blaze damages home in North Lawrence flood area
Fire caused substantial but light loss at the Marcellus residence 601 North Ast North Lawrence near the Kaw River. The blaze started likely in the west wing of the second floor with possible mattress origin. The home escaped major flood damage despite nearby structural destruction elsewhere. Memorial Union board to hold first annual meeting at 6 with dinner for members.
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North Lawrence
Kaw
F.C. Marcellus
N. Ast
Marcellus
Santa Fe Railroad
Ingels
Memorial Union Operating Board
Union
Te Pa
Sryroubana
Care and Study to Be Keynotes
City Commission weighs costly annexation plan for Lawrence seeking cautious growth. City Manager Wigglesworth to study additions southeast and southwest of town, aiming to minimize future service costs and set clear rules for future subdivisions.
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Alelay
Lawrence
City Commission
James Wigglesworth
Wigglesworth
Former Austrian Chancellor to Speak at Baker University
Dr Kurt von Schuschnigg former chancellor of Austria 1934 38 and professor at Saint Louis University will lecture at Baker University Lyceum Bureau October 17 at 8 p m He will also address Baker students at 10 a m chapel and join a forum with the International Relations club at 4 p m the same day Students and residents attending the KUColorado game may use room 206 Student Union on Colorado University campus as headquarters with lunch in the college cafeteria KU alumni in Colorado area arranged the space
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Kurt von Schuschnigg
Austria
St. Louis University
St. Louis
Baker [University, Lyceum Bureau
von Schuschnigg
Baker
Baker International Relations Club
KU Colorado University
Boulder
Colorado University
Colorado
FBI moves against slots and digger machines
Kansas City reports the FBI seized 14 slot machines in Kansas and 12 bucket crane digger machines in Missouri, linked to the arrest of Charles Clayton Hall in Newton for failing to register as a slot machine dealer. Nine machines were removed from Hall’s Newton home, with four at El Dorado Country Club and one at a Veterans of Foreign Wars Club in Newton. The service also recovered digger devices at a Springfield service station trailer, bringing total Kansas devices seized to 10. Thirteen people have been arrested, eleven in Kansas and two in Missouri.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lee V. Boardman
FBI
Newton
el Dorado
Kan
Charles Clayton Hall
Hall
Boardman
el Dorado Country Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Springfield
Nichol to Speak at KU on World Problems and Journalism Day
David M. Nichol longtime Chicago Daily News foreign correspondent will speak at Kansas University on Friday October 26 and Saturday October 27. Two public sessions hosted by the William Allen White School of Journalism will cover world problems from his Iron Curtain vantage points. About 200 to 250 Kansas editors are expected for the annual Editors Day program. Nichol aged 39 has been a leading foreign correspondent in Germany and Russia and formerly led the Berlin correspondents association. He studied at the University of Michigan and worked for the Ron River Reporter before joining the Chicago Daily News.
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David M. Nichol
Berlin
Moscow
Chicago Daily News Foreign Service
William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information
Strong Hall
Kansas
School of Journalism
Fraser Theater
Nichol
Burton W. Marvin
Germany
Russia
Correspondents Association
University of Michigan
Ron River Reporter
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Chicago Daily News
Hig Dis
Stocks Climb Again on New York Trade Highs
The U S stock market rose for the third straight session to new yearly highs with leaders advancing about three dollars a share before a routine profit taking pullback. Volume reached about 2 300 000 shares, above yesterday’s 1 870 000. In London King George’s doctors report continued improvement after another successful lung operation.
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New York
King
Recovery Road
London
King George's
Academy Award Winner Will Appear at Jayhawker Tonight
Academy Award winner Broderick Crawford will personal appear at the Jayhawker Theater in Kansas City for the showing of The Mob with a reception and interview at the Eldridge Hotel from 7 to 7 30. Crawford known for hulking roles will be introduced on stage at 7 40. He earned the 1949 Oscar for All the King's Men and was nominated for Born Yesterday last year. The Mob is a bruising thriller with Crawford as a hard edged detective clashing with waterfront killers. Local Theater Enterprises officials and Columbia Pictures staff will attend.
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Broderick Crawford
Columbia Studios
Jayhawker Theater
Crawford
Eldridge Hotel
Helen Broderick
Kansas City
Theater Enterprises, Inc. Jr
Eddy Erickson and Jr
Giants Rally In Ninth To Win 5-4
The New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-4 in a pennant deciding game. Bobby Thomson hit a dramatic ninth inning home run as the Giants overcome a 4-1 deficit at the Polo Grounds. The rally capped a tense game with key plays by Thomson and Robinson and late Dodger pressure.
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Giants
New York
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Polo Grounds
Bobby Thomson
Dodgers
Maglie
Furillo
Reese
Snider
Westrum
Larry Jansen
Dark
Stanky
Magile
Robinson
Thomson
Leo Durocher
Bla
Pafko
Hodges
Thomason
Dodger
Newcombe
Cox
Patko
Mueller
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Tran
Ft. Worth
U.N
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Congregationalists
Advisory Council
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Union Board Meeting
Commission
Mmission
John Crown
G. W. Bradshaw
Simon Hurwitz
Chris Kraft
Jayhawk
David M, Nichol
Walker
Irvin
Lockman
Laockman
Patka
Reesa
Maya
Mage
Giants Westrum
Tull Coun
Hunt
Westron
Frank R. Gray
Robert Nathaniel Coleman
Lawrence Negro
Coleman
Johnnie
Jackson
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