Truman panel urges outlawing segregation nationwide
A White House committee led by Charles Wilson proposed federal action to end segregation in schools hospitals theaters restaurants and private employment. It urged civil rights laws and end to restrictive covenants. The 78 page report calls for equal treatment regardless of race color creed or origin and supports protection of civil rights for federal employees amid broader moves to align U S policy with democratic ideals.
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Charles RB. Wilson
General Electric
Gempany
Congress
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Gm Educational Fund
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Frank P. Graham
University of North Cerelina
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Women's of Christian Service
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Eouth
Snyder Seeks Balanced U S Budget While Helping Europe
Treasury official Snyder urged a balanced U S budget while aiding Europe’s Marshall plan. He called for revenue measures to cover aid costs and argued against tax changes until Congress sets aid levels, noting 16 Western European nations expect 22.4 billion in aid 1948 1951 with the U S carrying most.
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Snyder
Washbington
Oct
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Treasury
Retary
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Hersat
Paris Sees Bloody Street Clash Involving Communists And Police
Paris reports a major street fight between communists and police with injuries ranging from forty to four hundred. In Place d Etoile a communist rally swelled to about thirty five thousand, clashing with police after a meeting led by Gustave Gautheret. Eight officers were injured and photographers hurt as police cleared the scene.
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Nerous
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Paul Rhamadier
Hie
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National Assembly
France
L’humanite
Place d'Etoile
Gustave Guatherot
Ramadier
Communista
Charles de Gaulle
Lords Plan Revisions Stir Conservatives and MPs
London reports Conservatives and opposition MPs planning to reform the Lords as debates on Churchill’s fourth bid to unseat the Labour government continue. Proposals include replacing hereditary members with distinguished professionals and setting minimum public service requirements for Lords. The government aims to shorten the Lords’ delay power from two years to one.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Winston Churchill
Kansans urged to invest billion in farmland improvements
Topeka October 29 Kansas farmers were urged to spend about a billion dollars over ten years to improve 48 9 million acres of farmland and 33 million on homes, in an exhortation by L C Williams Kansas State College. He cited irrigation, fertilization and terracing as needed upgrades while electricity and running water reach only a portion of homes. Also slated to speak were Rep Clifford Hope and Edward A O Neal of the Farm Bureau.
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Kansas
L. C. Williams
Division of College Extension
Kansas State College
Kansas Farm Bureau
State Farm Bureau Organization
Williams
Manhattan
Hie
Clifford Hope
Sfth
House Agricultural Committee
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Community Chest short of quota by eight thousand
Noon update shows Lawrence Community Chest at 123,416.59, about 8,000 below goal. Division totals include Advanced gifts 6,585.95, business 2,418, residence 82,550.46 with recent gifts from Provain, Hicee, Hedin Nash, Nelson, Lawrence Woman's Club and Carter's Stationery.
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Lawrence Community Chest
Democratic National Committee selects Philadelphia for 1948 convention
The Democratic National Committee named Philadelphia as the preferred site for its 1948 presidential nominating convention while electing J Howard McGrath of Rhode Island as chairman. Hannegan resigned ill health, praising Truman and criticising Republicans, as the panel weighed sites including San Francisco amid concerns over California party unity.
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The
Democratic Nations Committee Today
Philadelphia
Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Democratic National Committee
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Truman
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U.S
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Congress
San Francisco
Frank M. McHale
McHale
California
National Committee
Professor Colin C. Alexander Dies at Lawrence Memorial
Professor Colin C. Alexander, age 8, recently retired from Mae University, died at Lawrence Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for about a week. He headed the English department since last spring and was noted for his work on poetry and tales.
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Mae University
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Alexat
English Department
Alexander
Sean Aw
President Truman to Miss News Conference for Inflation Plan
President Truman will skip his weekly news conference tomorrow to focus on a speech for the November 17 special session on inflation curbs and European aid. He also plans to attend burial services at Arlington Cemetery for soldiers returned from abroad.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Arlington Cemetery
Kansas State to Visit KU for 45th Rivalry Meeting
Attendance at the Kansas State visit to Lawrence for the 45th rivalry with Kansas is expected to break records. Earl Falkenstien notes tickets near sold out as a special train will bring students and a Wildcat band. A peace pact to curb pregame destruction is being finalized, with a committee to judge offenses and a possible one semester suspension.
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Kansas State Wildcats
Lawrence
Earl Falkenstien
Manhattan
Memorial Stadium
Sou
Kansas
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Kansas State Athletic Department
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Green Hall
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James Waugh
University
Kansas State
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James Lawrence
Gy University
Station R&d
St. Louis
Robert Blakely
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Larry Miller
Kansas Press Association
Leonard McCalls, Jr
Garnett
Cheirwan
Ellects
Memorial Union
Junior High Assembly Highlights Stringed Instrument Education
Raymond Stuhl assistant professor of violin at the University of Kansas gave a short cello concert and spoke on the importance of and technique for playing other stringed instruments before the seventh assembly at the junior high school. Earla Majors discussed Halloween safety measures and a Halloween party was planned for Friday night from 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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Raymond Stuhl
University of Kansas
Earla Majors
Company H to Host Open House in Lawrence
Captain Robert L. Morrison announces a mammoth National Guard Open House sponsored by the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at the Community Building on November 15 at 8 p.m. The event will feature brief addresses, weapon displays, foreign arms on exhibit, and coffee and doughnuts, with attendance invited from city officials and local institutions.
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Robert L. Morrison
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Company H
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Lawrence
Frank Dunkley
137Th Infantry Regiment
Harvid Snider
State Highway Commission
Fort Riley
University of Kansas
Haskell Institute
Weather outlook for Kansas extends mild late October
Topeka reports generally fair weather through Thursday with warmer nights and daytime highs near 70 to 75 degrees. Lows expected 40 to 50, with some clouds and a chance of scattered light showers. fog widespread in Kansas earlier, Garden City and Anthony recording 75 degrees, Ellis 27 degrees, no cold spell imminent. Premier Cyrankiewicz says 35 000 attempted exits blocked, while opposition leader Mikolai sztkzyk fled.
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Topeka
Kansas
S$. D. Flora
Flora
Garden City
Anthony Repching
Ellis
Price Boost Announced by Standard Oil of New Jersey
Standard Oil of New Jersey announced a price increase of three tenths of a cent per gallon for gasoline and eight tenths of a cent for fuel oil kerosene diesel and other distillates, effective tomorrow.
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Standard Oil Co
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Continue Search for Missing Plane
Pan American crews searched the southern Annette Island area near Ketchikan Alaska for a three day old missing four engined air liner and its 13 passengers and crew members. Weather halted aerial efforts but surface ships and planes continued to scour for wreckage or clues after reports of flare and smoke observations proved false. The aircraft vanished Sunday after Pilot Piet A. Monsen reported extreme turbulence near Annette Island.
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Alaska
Pan American Air and
Annette Island
Coast Guard
Pan American
Piet Alf N. Monsen
Frost Report Spreads Across Douglas County Farmlands
Frost covered a wide area of Douglas County this morning with temperatures in the 30s in Lawrence. Light frost formed on stock tanks and farm buildings across Lone Star Vinland Libreville Eudora and Bald win neighborhoods with minimal crop damage expected.
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Calf Show Profit from FFA 4-H Project Wins Big
Frank Hagenbuch Jr. earned a net profit of 100 dollars plus 33.50 prize money from a farm calf raised under FFA and 4-H. The animal placed sixth at the American Royal F P A section, blue at a Douglas County fair, and fifth among 54 at the Kansas Free Fair Topeka after a 334 day care. It cost 125 dollars to buy and 110 dollars on feed and supplies, selling last week for 355 dollars. The calf gained 1.58 pounds daily, with two pounds daily in the final two months. It belongs to the Lawrence chapter FFA and the Jayhawk 4-H club.
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F. G. Hagenbuch
Vermont Street
Douglas County
Topeka
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Swift and Company
Lawrence
Future Farmers of America
Jayhawk 4-H Club
Lawrence High Students Launch Their Own Chest Drive
Lawrence High students started a Community Chest drive with a $100 goal. By noon today the group had $71.12, reaching nearly three quarters of the target. The activity group led by teacher Guy Barnes reported 100 percent participation with each student contributing.
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Iberty Memorial High School
Guy Barnes
White Sox GM OConnor Suspended Over Rule Fine
Walter Mullery secretary of baseball announced that Chicago White Sox general manager Leslie M OConnor was suspended from baseball for failing to pay a fine tied to rules violations involving signing a high school player.
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Cincinnati
Walter Mullery
Baseball
Leslie M. O'Connor
Chicago White Sox
KU Student Sends Food Home to Switzerland to Save Money
Ernest Kuhn a graduate student at the university sends food parcels from the United States to his parents in St Gall Switzerland to save on costs. He notes sugar flour and milk price differences and plans to mail at least one package monthly while completing his economics thesis. Packages take four to five weeks and weight limits apply.
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Switzerland
United States
Ernest Kuhn
E. W. Kuhn
St. Gall
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Kuhn
Altho
Plans Move Ahead for KU Queen and Stadium Events
Plans advance for the KU homecoming with a sellout crowd expected at Memorial Stadium for the Missouri-Arkansas football game on November 22. Queen contest arrangements include petition requirements, candidate portraits, and judge oversight, while new band uniforms arrive for the homecoming tilt and parade ceremonies feature the Missouri Bend.
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Missouri-Aransas
Ane Rt
Fred Montgomery
Memera
Ean Falkenstein
Busness
Frecord
Ceramony Wiley
Missouri Bend
University Reserve Officers Training
Game Officers May Search Automobiles for Evidence
Topeka reports that game protectors and county peace officers may search cars with reasonable cause to believe occupants violate pheasant hunting rules. The guidance cites a 1929 Supreme Court ruling and follows a request from Scott county attorney. The five day pheasant season begins Thursday across western Kansas counties with a limit of three birds per day and a possession limit of six.
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Zame Iswa
Clay C. Carper
Carper
Ziver
Harod Lewis
Scott County
Kansas
Carver
Supreme Court
Parson man killed in car train crash at Carrollton crossing
Parsons Kansas man Bad Scriven was killed at noon today when his taxicab carrying nine passengers collided with a Santa Fe freight train at the U S Highways 24 and 65 crossing in the southern part of Carrollton Missouri.
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Parsons
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