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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1948
Page
9
Washington dispatch recalls a 2600 mile southern trip after labor weekend deaths tallying at least 271 auto crash fatalities. The writer warns of reckless drivers, obstructed roads, and hidden dangers from limp arms to sudden highway entrances, underscoring fatal risk on open roads.
President Truman aims to blend labor and farm support as he shifts to a two week westward campaign. He plans speeches in Texter Iowa Oklahoma and Missouri towns with further stops in California and Michigan while pressing his anti inflation message and vowing to widen his appeal to farmers and workers.
A veteran editor notes cracks forming on the eastern European political front starting in Yugovia and moving toward Dosland as Europe s economy and politics recover, while cautioning that stability remains distant despite progress. Also reports a highway crash near Concordia injuring multiple young people, with one seriously hurt as a car crashed through a fence on Route 81.
Kansas City, Kan Sept 7 A 76 mile motorboat race along the Missouri river from St Joseph to Kansas City was won by Stanley Levendusky of Kansas City over 41 rivals. He finished in 8 hours 12 minutes aboard an outboard craft. Balt Braga placed second in 8 hours 21 minutes aboard a different vessel.
The Kansas American Legion delegates at the three day state convention in Topeka voted virtually unanimously against a proposed WWII veteran bonus. The gathering, with about 7 000 members registered, saw Fred Wallis preside as Kansas department commander designate and approved urging legislature to continue Veteran Affairs with increased funding before the current appropriation expires next year. Nomads make up a large portion of the population of Afsha.
Fifty five girls compete in the Miss America pageant with a band of observers and beauty contestants noted. The event includes a Mrs America contest featuring 30 housewives held on the New Jersey coast? Asbury Park. Also mentioned are unions and politics with Teamsters and labor leaders urging support for candidates aligned with J ab or and Taft Hartley law in a broad conference context.
Denver September 7 opens a conference of American representatives to study methods of Haiting Woceteral systems and conserving renewable natural resources. The inter American conference lasts until September 20 and aims to recommend national and international action for sustained yield use.
George McGill Democratic Senate candidate accuses Dewey and Republican leaders of blaming high living costs on others. He urges Schoenpel to repudiate or join the GOP stance on price support for farm commodities as he begins a campaign tour in north central Kansas toward St Marys.
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