World faces food and dollar crisis, says emergency council
An international emergency food council report warns of a global economic collapse or chaos due to twin problems of food shortages and weak currencies. World crop output will be below last year with 200 million more people to feed, and per capita supplies drop further. Weather and distribution gaps worsen the outlook, especially in Europe and parts of Asia.
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Washington
International Emergency Food Council
de. D. A. Fitzgerald
United States
Argentina
Europe
Asia
Scarce
Fitzgerald
Council
India
Light rain in west Topeka hints at scant moisture for wheat
Weekend showers left up to 0.36 inch in Dodge City and other parts of western Kansas, but amounts were light and scattered. Forecaster Flora warned the moisture will do little for next year’s wheat crop, with future highs around 65 to 70 and overnight lows near 32 to 45 degrees.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dodge City
Phillipsburiz
Ellin
Goodland
Garden City
Weatherman 'S
Flora
Lecompton
Kansas City
Chanute
Hutchinson
Wichite
Wamexo
Concordia
Lebo
Anthony
Norher Seach
Gencres Garden City
Freesira
Temsera
Tares
Arate
Tribute for 6251 War Dead Returns Home
New York honors 6251 U.S. war dead returned from European cemeteries. The funeral procession drew an estimated 250000 spectators with 150000 at Central Park memorial services as the red casket and a Trio Jonas medal were carried to the catafalque. Chaplains from Catholic Protestant and Jewish denominations led services attended by next of kin and uniformed mourners. Officials including Kenneth Royall Thomas Dewey and William O Dwyer spoke or attended with UN delegations present. unloading of bodies from the transport to the Brooklyn army base was to take five days and completion to families could take 10 to 30 days.
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Joseph V. Conselly
Europe
Central Park
America
Rt Connolly
Brooklyn
Central Park Services
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Thomas Dewey
William O'Dwyer
United Nations
Ha Vaughan
Truman
Wind and hail devastate East Texas town and widespread fires in Maine
A fierce storm tore through Pallas Texas causing power outages and damaged homes as downtown Jacksonville flooded and glass shattered. Concurrently Maine battles large forest fires with 13 confirmed deaths, 14 serious injuries, and hundreds displaced as arson investigations unfold along the coast and in York county.
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Jacksonville
HL .M. Kemp
The
Athena Review
Crescent
Athens
Malakouf
Ares
Recital Dedication of New Memorial Chimes at First Baptist
The packed auditorium and balcony of the First Baptist church hosted a recital by Oliver Sansas City in memory of E. Koelb, former pastor. Organist Weaver played pieces including his Gothique Cathedral, while the audience moved to the parlors for a flower decorated reception with attendees from Washington D.C. and local residents.
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First Baptist Church
Owellater Sansas City
E. Koelb
Marya Helen
Ne Am Co
W. Thomas
Mre. Ons
George C. Eterponrent
C of C Plans Education Week in Lawrence
The chamber of commerce education committee outlined American Education Week events from November 9 to 15 in Lawrence. J E L Novotny, superintendent of Lawrence schools, spoke at a meeting attended by 15 program chairmen from civic groups. Plans call for speakers at all civic clubs and special PTA programs. The stock market index closed at 66.4, up 0.1.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
J. E. L. Novotny
P.T.A
Weather search expands for Pan Am clipper missing near Alaska
A wide land sea and air search for a four engine Pan American clipper with 18 aboard her disappeared near Ketchikan amid a rain wind storm. Coast guard planes and Pan American crews coordinate to patrol Admiralty island area after the craft radioed extreme turbulence.
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Alaska
P.A.A
Juneau
Pan American World Airways
Ketchikan
Clipper Flight Vanishes After Storm Over Alaska
The Pan American clipper vanished after battling winds up to 63 miles per hour as Capt. A N Monsen of Juneau, a famed bush pilot, guided the plane toward a storm with fuel to last until 8 40 p m The disappearance triggered one of Alaska's largest search efforts for a civilian plane with many aboard.
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Annette Oe
Local War Dead Return From Europe on Army Transport
Three Lawrence area veterans are among 6251 World War II dead repatriated to the United States aboard the Army transport Joseph V. Connolly. The bodies were unloaded at New York and prepared for final burial at home. Among the fallen are Charlie C. Mull killed March 17 1945 south of Germany with the 28th Infantry, and Pfe Gerald W. Elston husband of Helen M. Elston of 1239 New York Street. A son of Mr. Treece, 1635 Mississippi Street, was killed January 7 1945 in the Battle of the Bulge with the 23rd Infantry Division.
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Portland
UPR
New England
Pie 3 Brack
Joseph A. P. Flynn
Maine
Wiscasset
Bath
Red Cross
York County
Everett S. Knight
Knight
Horace Hildreth
Lawrence
Europe
Joseph V. Connolly
New York
Kansas City
Petet Mall
Con
Charlie C. Mull
Lincoln Street
Germany
28Th Infantry
Gerald W. Elston
Helen M. Elston
Newrk Street
Mississippi Street
Treece
Bus
Weather Bureau May Change Business
Chicago reports the Weather Bureau chief F W Reichelderfer said a day may come when the bureau shifts from forecasting to altering climate. He spoke on a University of Chicago roundtable noting future potential to ease droughts and control weather locally though it remains distant.
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Chicago
U.S. Weather Bureau
F. W. Reichelderfer
University of Chicago
Weather Bureau
California
Community Chest drive nears goal after weekend push
The 1947 Community Chest surpasses half way and nears its $20 275 target. General chairman Tom Glasgow reports $10 422 06 raised and hopes to meet the quota this week. Advanced gifts chairman Woodrow Miller notes a final check to convert gifts by tomorrow night. Contributions of 25 and over include Claudia Pendleton Johnson and Professor George J Hood.
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Tom Glasgow
Woodrow Miller
All Aboard Kil led Athens Plane Crash Tragedy
A Swedish ABA airliner en route from Istanbul to Athens crashed into Mt Hymettos near Athens killing all aboard. Witnesses saw wreckage strewn over. The plane carried 36 to 43 passengers plus crew. two Americans were on board. Pilot Capt Kenneth Douglas led eight crew.
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Athens
ABA
Mt. Hymettos
Istanbul
Greece
Stockholm
Kenneth John Douglas
Air Force
Attica
Hassani
Senator to Ride Hors on a World Peace Janket
Senator Glen H. Taylor traveled on horseback from Seal Beach to Santa Ana on a speaking tour for world peace. The Idaho Democrat, 43, said he may continue to Phoenix, Arizona, with plans for further appearances as his two horses were led by a car trailer.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Seal Beach
Phoenix
Ariz
Atchison Meeting Draws Lawrence School Leaders
Five Lawrence educators and two Lawrence district 60 board members head to a district meeting of the Kansas Association of School Boards in Atchison. KU education professor Carl B. Althaus will discuss Financing Public Education in Kansas at this and other district meetings statewide. Attendees from Lawrence include Dr J W Twente Dr Dorothy Neal Wherry Ralph Graber Henry Shenk and E Russell Carter.
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Board of Education
Ed Abels
Kansas Association of School Boards
Atchison
Carl B. Althaus
University of Kansas
Association
Kansas
Lawrence
J. W. Twente
K. Arofessor
K. Arofessor of Education; Dr. E. Lorothy
Neal Wherry
Ralph Graber
Henry Shenk
E. Russell Carter
County Auditor Probes Delinquent Tax Accounts
Wichita Oct 27 County Attorney Harold Malone said the Sedgwick county delinquent personal tax collection accounts under Gilbert Myers since 1943 are being audited for discrepancies between collected funds and money paid to the treasurer. Myers is on leave pending audit completion.
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Wichita
Kan
LPR
Harold Malone
Gilbert Myers
Sedgwick J
Myers
Aarist Rourt Gray
Atom Bomb Fear May Stop Its Use
Capt Harry Temple senior naval instructor at Fort Leavenworth told Lawrence Rotary Club on Navy Day that it may be possible the atom bomb will never be used in warfare due to universal fear of retaliation. He compared this to World War II gas avoidance and urged continued naval power and amphibious capability. The event included Navy Reserve ROTC open house at KU and remarks by Lt Cmdr Rex Bradley and Lt Col John Alfrey.
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Harry Temple
Army Com and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Lawrence
Temple
United States Navy
United States
John Alfrey
University of Kansas
Navy Reserve Oficers Training Corps
Kk. U
Rex Bradley
Navy Line
Pacific
John V. Peterson
University N.R.O. T.C
Hutchinson
Rotary
DeWitt Carr
University of Kansas School of Engineering
Paul Husted
Journal-World
Corlett Cotton
District 60 Board of Education
Compromise Proposal Approved by UN Vote
Lake Success October 27 United Nations condemns propaganda likely to provoke threats to peace in a 55 to 0 vote. The compromise measure was offered by France Australia and Canada after Russia’s anti warmonger resolution failed in the 57 nation political committee.
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Lake Success
Russia
United States
United Nations
France
Australia
Canada
General Assembly
Mid-Continent Airlines reports September profit
Mid- Continent Airlines, Inc. posted a September net profit of 47966 after income tax provisions of 33332. For the first nine months this year the company earned 144288 or 37 cents per share before tax and 87573 or 22 cents per share after tax. In Garden City Kansas E J Covert 82 longtime school official and IOOF lodge holder died in a local hospital.
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Kansas City
Mid- Continent Airlines, Inc
Garden City
Kan
E. J. Covert
F. Lodge
Kansas
Covert
Oklahoma Films Colored Night of Football Clips
Oklahoma filmed highlights of the Kansas versus Oklahoma football game shown tonight at 8 in the Crees room of the Eldridge. The event focuses on quarterbert tubine meeting details.
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Oklahoma
Quarterbert Tubine
Eldridge
Invitations Mailed For Royal Wedding Readied
London reports that Britain's royal family has mailed invitations after careful pruning to exclude many. The process involved the lord chamberlain's department enforcing a news blackout while selecting a small eligible pool for the wedding preliminaries.
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London
Britain
Lord Chamberlain
Lawrence launches two day traffic survey by 20 officials
A two day origin destination survey and traffic count began in Lawrence with 20 state highway planning department officials. The effort, led by F. J. Nettleton, aims to map traffic flow for future plans and will feed a regional report including Topeka Ellsworth Pratt Manhattan and other Kansas cities.
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Lawrence
State Highway Planning Department
F. J. Nettleton
Highway Planning Department
Topeka
Ellsworth
Pratt
Manhattan
Kansas
Clinton County
Nettleton
E. E. Larson
Massachusetts Street
West Seventh Street
North Second Street
Eudora River
Lawrence-Vinland- Baldwin County
Bismarck School
Mikolajczyk Escapes From Poland Under Inquiry
Warsaw reports a government spokesman says an investigation is under way to determine how Stanislaw Mikolajczyk the opposition Polish peasant party leader fled the country. Mikolajczyk his secretary and two others reportedly escaped and their whereabouts are unknown. The inquiry looks into possible negligence by frontier guards or security agencies.
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Warsaw
CPA
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Polish Peasant Party
Mikolajczyk
Opening Number On K U Concert Course Tonight
Metropolitan soprano Eleanor Steber will open the University of Kansas concert series at 8 20 tonight in Hoch Auditorium. She arrived in Kansas City yesterday and will drive to Lawrence for the concert. Dean Swarthout said those without reserved season tickets should pick them up before tonight's concert. A few season tickets and single seats remain available.
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Eleanor Steber
University of Kansas
Hoch Auditorium
Miss Steber
Kansas City
Lawrence
Dean D. M. Swarthout
School of Fine Arts
Swarthout
Search for Young Man Sparks Wide Woods Hunt Near Baldwin
A large search party combed Brecheisen woods five and a half miles northeast of Baldwin for Herbert Brecheisen, 30, missing from his parents home since Saturday evening. Deputy Sheriff Pearl W. Jones led the volunteers through thick thickets in Big Hill while concern grew over possible exposure.
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Brecheisen
Baldwin
Herbert Brecheisen
Herbert
Albert Brecheisen
Big Hill
Pearl W. Jones
County Tax Bills Rise Ten Percent in Do County
Do County sees a 10 percent hike in total taxes for 1947 with a total tax bill of 1 942 000 plus, driven by higher tangible and intangible property valuations. Grain tax increases and dog tax jump accompany rising assessments across real and personal property, and corporate valuations.
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T. R. Gerhart
De Gaulle Calls For New Elections Amid Political Turmoil
Paris reports General Charles de Gaulle urges dissolution of the national assembly and new elections after municipal results show parliament still lacks a clear majority. Communists label the move as a bid for a reactionary dictatorship while socialists and radicals gain ground in small towns. Partial returns from last Sunday and this weekend indicate no party holds a decisive majority in parliament.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Frenc
Grain stocks drop as Wheat leads weekly losses
Chicago reports weekly grain totals with notable shifts. Wheat reserves fell to 146,108,000 bushels from 1834,000 drop. corn down 773,000 to 6,368,000. oats down 1,463,000 to 24,251,000. rye up 39,000 to 695,000. barley up 513,000 to 24,171,000. soybeans up 2,777,000 to 4,148,000.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Long Range Aircraft Production Urged by Industry Leader
Wichita Kansas October 27. Harvey Stowers assistant to the president of the Aircraft Industries Association of America declares a long-range government program for aircraft production essential to national security and the survival of the industry.
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Wichita
Kan
Harvey Stowers
Aircraft Industries Association of
Ameri
Case Under Advisement In Ottawa Transaction Fraud
Judge Means took under advisement a district court case in which Joe Wallam of Ottawa was accused by Walter Van Liew of passing a bogus check in a business deal last month.
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Joe Wallam
Ottawa
Walter van Liew
Tennessee Street
Judge Means
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