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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1947

Page

1

Truman sets plan for 3 point action in emergency program

President Truman outlined compelling reasons for summoning a special session of Congress on November 17 to address a 4 billion dollar European economic emergency and domestic inflation. He will broadcast the report tonight and push a three point program on foreign aid price control and economic measures.

Washington Europe Nahana Truman Republic Onagrees Thi Congress Travian Western Europe

Sys Treman Says Truman Should Have Consulted Congress Leaders

Washington reports that Sys Treman criticized President Truman for not consulting congressional leaders before considering a special session. Treman and others say the decision should await ongoing committee meetings beginning November 10 to gauge necessity. A Republican attendee cited Truman as not asking for a session and urged proper procedural steps.

Washington Congress Tedev Halleck Exeru Congressional Truman Congressional Committee

Eisenhower Arrives for Kansas State Homecoming

Eisenhower arrives at Fort Riley Kansas at 1245 p m after a Washington dispatch. He goes to Manhattan to attend Kansas State College homecoming program meeting Milton E Fisen er president Gen J D White commandant Brig Gen C A Pierce commandant and G W Weat executive officer at the ground general school center.

Fort Riley Kan Eisenhower Marshalfield Army Washington Manhattan Kansas State College Milton E. Fisener J. D. White Ground General School Center C. A. Pierce G. W. Weat

Grain prices slide on Truman call for special session

Grain prices opened sharply lower on the Chicago Board of Trade as traders reacted to President Truman's call for a special congressional session. Wheat, corn, and soy futures fell from near opening quotes with only light demand.

Chicago Board of Trade Truman Congress Tyrer Decemer

President Truman May Seek Inflation Controls From Congress

Washington reports President Truman is expected to ask Congress to restore time payment controls and grant authority to regulate grain and other essential materials. Officials say a proposal to reimpose wartime profits taxes and expand price protections may be considered, with a clearer plan anticipated in coming days as Congress reviews postwar economic powers.

Congress Carlos Washington Tremen Truman

Grain Rain Dampens Markets As Prices Slump Nationwide

Heavy selling hit grain and cotton exchanges amid Truman's call for a special session to curb rising prices. Wheat corn and oats fell to daily limits on the Chicago Board of Trade while butter and eggs declined slightly. Weather reports from Kansas show scattered rainfall with higher totals in eastern counties and cooler conditions ahead in the west.

Truman Chicago Board of Trade Corm Ted New York

Plane Carrying 64 Down In Utah Crash

A four engine United Airlines plane carrying 46 passengers and a crew of four crashed a mile from Bryce Canyon airport in southern Utah during an attempted forced landing after fire broke out in the tail section. The craft was en route from Los Angeles to New York with a stop at Chicago. Captain E MacMillen and crew were aboard.

Salt Lake City United Airlines Gore Bryce Canyon Utah Sam Salt Lake Mac Millen Jane Geanaing

Union Leader Quotes Support Amid Rally Report

A union head comments on ongoing negotiations as workers rally in October. Observers note emphasis on wage gains, benefits, and job security during talks with management.

Rain boosts Douglas county crops with heavy rainfall

Rain across eastern Kansas drenched Douglas county and nearby areas with totals from 1.0 to 2.31 inches. Ottawa recorded 1.90 inches and Topeka 1.30. Farmers hailed the moisture for fall wheat, alfalfa, pastures, and stock as October moisture brings Douglas county to 37.06 inches since January 1.

Topeka Kansas Hutchinson LaCygne Paola Trading Post Gecamanton Osewatomiers Ottawa Reading Lebo Harveyville Osage City Quenemo Abilene Valley Falls Kansas City Concordia Junction City Tele Wickits Coffeyville Salina Ur Rie Kane Wichita el Repontin Augusta Conway Springs Leavenworth Pittok McPhersee Marquette Roxbury Galva Canton Windom Conway Moundridge Inman Marion Council Grove Elmdale Florence Cottonwood Falls Necho Rapids Dertingtom LeRoy Grid Mee Climax Fredonis Sedan Beaumont el Dorel Ripley Atchison i Attereite Trereday Goodland Lawrence Kaneas C. J. Posey Douglas County Lecompton Baldwin Yester

New Boiler and Furnace Arrive for City Hall

City officials received a new boiler and furnace to upgrade heating at the hall. The August delivery also involved transferring the old boiler from city hall to the police and fire station to replace a worn out heating plant.

Hall City Hall

Rammage sale all 4 rent to Game Ben

A compact item notes a sale of four rental items to a party named Game Ben. The fragment provides limited context about the transaction and involved parties.

Fires Flee Bar Harbor as New England Burns

Fierce winds drive wildfires through Maine Massachusetts and New Hampshire with Bar Harbor evacuated by land and sea. Death toll rises to four officially with more feared. property losses exceed 26 million as refugees seek safety and coast guard and navy aid arrives.

Bar Harbor New England Seth Libby Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rochester White Mountains Etate Larmaroer Mount Island Air Force Elsworth Navy Coast Guard

Price Index Reaches New High On Wholesale Prices

The Associated Press Index of wholesale prices for 35 basic commodities surpassed 200 for the first time, hitting 200.67 after its sixth straight daily gain. The index, based on 1926=100, has more than doubled in ten years with a high of 214 in 1937 and a low of 112.02 on February 1.

New York Econ- Q Rees Corb Associated Press

Editors Day at KU previews TV news for Kansas editors

Kansas editors will gather November 1 at the University of Kansas for a session on television and facsimile news. Speakers include James Lawrence of KASD St Louis and Robert Blakely of Des Moines Register. Larry Miller of the Kansas Press association will lead shop talk. The program features a 9 a m wrangle session and 10 30 am talks, with a Kansas State KU football game to follow.

Kansas University of Kansas Elmer F. Beth Department of Journalism James Lawrence KASD St. Louis Robert Blakely Des Moines ‘Register and Tribune Larry Miller Kansas Press Association Topeka Second District Editors Association Leonard McCalla, Jr Anderson Countion Garnett Lawrence Kk, U KSD Chicago Pacific Coast St. Louis Post-Dispatch Miller Beth Blakely Midwest K. U Memorial Union Kansas State-K. U

Lawrence Community Chest totals rise to 8493 funds

Lawrence residents and workers contributed to the Community Chest drive with $1,152 in this update. General chairman Tom Glasgow noted about 25 percent of residential workers have handed in solicitations and urged completion. Five gifts of at least $25 were reported, including Ceroprist laboratories and Acme Bachelor Laundry.

Lawrence Glasgow Ceroprist Laboratories B. Johnson Co RK. Young Acme Lew Henry

Moscow Radio reports a change in ambassadors

The Moscow radio announced that Mikolai V. Novikov was relieved as ambassador to the United States and replaced by Alexander S. Panyushkin. Panyushkin, a Lenin order holder, was ambassador to China 1943 to 1945. Novikov had served since his UN posting last year and remains connected to the U N scene.

London Moscow Radio Mikolai V. Novikov United States Alexander S. Pan‘yushkin Novikov Washington Andrei Gromyko United Nations Panyushkin Soviet Union China Ater Ees U.N

Planes to Stage an Aerial Review over Lawrence

Sixty planes from the Olathe naval air station will stage an aerial review over Lawrence at 1 45 p m Sunday to lead off Navy day activities scheduled to be observed officially on Monday. Four squadrons of Hell Cat fighters and dive bombers will approach from Leavenworth to make several passes at Lawrence and to continue on to Topeka and Ottawa before returning to Olathe.

Olathe Naval Air Station Lawrence John V. Peterson University of Kansas Naval Reserves Officers Training Corps Leavenworth Topeka Ottawa Olathe

Weather Forces Governor To Cancel Fire Meeting Flight

Governor Frank Carlson canceled a district fire prevention meeting at Chanute after his plane encountered worsening weather. The aircraft climbed above and below overcast skies before turning back toward Topeka, narrowly avoiding rooftops.

Topeka Frank Carlson Chanute Carlson

Poultry Day to Be Continued Amid Food Campaign Clash

The food committee backed by Charles Luckman announced a continued poultry day plan to save grain for western Europe. The decision followed a week of conferences and a "final offer" from the National Poultry Producers Federation to reduce flocks, with Thursday’s event canceled.

Eee eSteas Europe Food Committee Charles Luckman National Poultry Producers Federation Fwleration

Memorial chimes dedicated at First Baptist in Keelb memory

Memorial chimes of the First Baptist church will be dedicated in two services on Sunday October 26 in memory of the late Rev Howard E Keelb pastor 1935 to 1943 Dr R Q Brewster KU chemistry professor will give a memorial address at 11 am The service features music by the church choir led by Rev Charles Thomas Lorraine Mai as selvist and Andrew Klapis bass. Powell Weaver Kansas City organist will give a 3:30 pm recital with original pieces and classics Mrs Koelb and daughters Mary Elizabeth and Helen of Washington DC attend the dedication and a reception follows They will stay with Mrs R S Brooks 1009 Kentucky St They purchased the 21 tone Maas chimes installed last summer attached to the organ keyboard

First Baptist Church Howard E. Keelb R. Q. Brewster University of Kansas George Fetter Charles Thomas Lorraine Mai Andrew Klapis Wil Paul C. Ras Powell Weaver Kansas City Sicily Koelb

Lawyers To Sound Docket For November Court Term

Members of the Douglas county bar association will meet with Judge Hugh Means tomorrow at nine in the district court room to sound the docket and set the jury trial schedule for the November term starting November 3. Clerk Mary Ellen Simmons notes no jury trials in May and expects one or two for November.

Douglas County Bar Association Hugh Means District Court Mary Ellen Simmons

Indian Sculptor to Create War Memorial Statue at Haskell Institute

Apache artist Allan Houser contracted to carve a six foot seven and a half inch war memorial statue for Haskell Institute. The sculpture will depict a lone Indian figure with a war bonnet and buffalo robe, carved from Italian marble weighing about two tons.

Allan Houser Haskell Institute Solon G. Ayers Haskell Ayers Hiawatha Gymnasium Houser Apache Oklo Santa Fe N. M Indian Art Olaf Nordmark New York Rockfeller Center State Museum

Haskell Institute Enrolls 834 Students Across 30 States

The article tallies 834 enrolled students at Haskell Institute with 60 tribes represented across 30 states led by Oklahoma. It lists tribe counts by numbers and notes 331 full blood and other fractions, then adds staffing and a church appointment in Coffeyville.

Lantus Imall Haskell Reata Kelley Oklahoma Wisconsin South Dakotas Kansas Kelley Nebraska Studer Missouri Cole Arkansas Hassel Alaska Haswell Trbes Alabama-Couchetts Apache Arapaho Assiniboine Blackfest Caddo Chumacha Comanche Utow Delaware Flathead Gres Ventre Hopi Lapai Iowa Kaw Kickapoo Keres Kiowa Laxuna Fuebdlo Manda Mojave Nanavoke Nes Perea Omaha Oneida Ottawa Parute Pamunkey Papago Peoria Pima Fotawatomi Pueblo Paw Quinaiel Sac and Fox Santo Domingo Seminine Seneca Shoshone Snohomish Stockbridge Tewa Tsimpsean Umatilla Ute Walla Walla Yakima Yavapai Zuni Institute Anzona New Mexico North Dakoota Montana Washington Minnesota California Nevada Michigan New York Idaho Texas Illmois Wyoming Oregon Maryland Louisiana Pennsylvania Virginia

Two cars collide near Junction City in morning crash

A 1936 Chevrolet coach driven by Keith Moore of Junction City collided yesterday morning with a 1929 Pargo driver near Highway a just north of Laptad road. Sheriff Will Johns Jr. reported the accident.

Ee Weere Ier Midland Neon Will Johns, Jr Law Fence Memorial Hospital Keith Moore Junction City Guy Helm Highway A Laptad Road

Weather District Forecast for Missouri and Adjacent States

Weather district forecast covers Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska with little temperature change Saturday and warming later in the period. A few light showers are possible in the eastern third, cooler in the east tonight, with light frost in the far east. Highest readings range from the mid 70s in the northwest to mid 50s in the southeast.

Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska Modsrat Saat Ollahoma Mene Lom Tonom Esterday Chicago Tate Edmonton Fort Worth Havre Montes Kansas City Los Angeles Miami Minneapol New Orlean New York Oklahoma C Washington

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