Three power talks form panel on Britain dollar earnings
Washington reports the three power conference set up a special committee to study Britain's request for broader ECA dollar spending outside the United States. Britain warned it may spend hundreds of millions more if Marshall plan rules remain unchanged. The group also assigned to examine commodities and stockpiling, market expansion, and efficiency of British sales to Americans.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Webber
Seska Belutica
Paul Hoffman
ECA
Averell Barriman
Western
Europe
Hoffman
Snyder
Cripps
Two Persons Killed In Car And Gasoline Transport Crash
Beloit Kansas Sept 8 Two people died in a crash involving a gasoline transport truck after a collision on a rain slick road. The Beloit Fire Department responded as a fire resulted from the crash and the truck occupants were identified as drivers from nearby towns. Fire crews battled the blaze and investigated the wreckage.
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Neer
Beloit
Kan
Drier
Emergency drive launched for polio fund relief nationwide
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis appealed via CBS for emergency gifts as polio cases rise and funds run low. President O’Brien O’Connor said funds are nearly exhausted and the epidemic may be half over, with a daily $100,000 spend rate and about 11 days of money left. Contributions will be mailed to Polio care of local post offices.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
Foundation
O'Connor
Altho
Washington
Illinois
Post Office Department
Unruh Begins Mental Tests After NJ Slayings
RK Howard B Unruh a 28 year old gunman from Camden began a two month series of mental examinations at the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane in Trenton under 24 hour guard. Four psychiatrists recommended further tests and Camden prosecutors say he has not been declared insane and is only under observation. If sane he faces death in the electric chair on 12 murder counts. if insane he could be committed for life. Two victims are to be buried Saturday amid separate services.
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New Jersey
Hosital
Trenton
Army
Camden
Cooper Hospital
Unruh
Mitchell Cohen
Cohen
Robert S. Garber
State Hospital
John H. Wilson
River Road
Wilson
Record cotton crop forecast for 1948 at 14.948 million bales
The agriculture department projects the 1948 cotton crop at 14,948,000 bales of 500 pounds each, up 198,800 bales from a month ago. Last year’s crop was 14,568,000 bales, with a ten year average of 11,306,000. The report includes regional yields, area abandoned, and state figures for Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Hard West
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Governor Proclaims Polio Emergency Week Urging Help
Topeka dispatch reports Governor Carlen proclaims Polio Emergency Week and appeals for a generous response to the special fund raising drive by the national foundation for infantile paralysis. The move aims to bolster efforts against the disease this year.
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Carlen
Topeka
National Foundation
Frank
Funde
Aroused by shooting a fast time skating poetry
A stray line from a fragmented clipping hints at a shooting incident affecting a skating event. The readable portions point to event timing and a local response, but details remain unclear about who was involved or where the incident occurred.
Kansas University Chancellor Lectures in Norway Tour
Chancellor Deane W. Malott of the University of Kansas visits Norway this week to lecture on American university administration and scientific research foundations. He speaks at the University of Oslo Bergen University and the Technical Institute of Trondheim, sponsored by Norway’s science councils and forestry groups.
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Deane W. Malott
University of Kansas
Norway
Malott
Association of American Universities
K. U. Research Foundation
University of Oslo
Bergen University
Technical Institute of Trondheim
Royal Norwegian Council For Scientific and Industrial Research
Norwegian Forestry and Forest Research Organization
Hane
Kinerof Fridickstead
Ajas
School of Business
Malotts
Topeka Fair Entry By Worden 4-H Gilt Pig
Edgar Schwalm of Worden 4-H will enter his Duroc gilt pig in the Kansas Free Fair Monday at the county farm trade territory, competing against eight other counties after winning top honors in Douglas County 4-H and FFA.
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Edgar Schwalm
Worden 4-H
Topeka
Schwalm
Douglas County
F.F.A
Jast
Liz
Mont Yous Fels
Siet
Railroad strike closes lines as Truman plans action
In St. Louis, the Chamber of Commerce urged intervention as four Brotherhood strikes threaten service tomorrow. Freight embargoes began at midnight, with 15,000 to 25,000 railroad workers facing layoffs across Missouri and neighboring states as rail operations ground to a halt. Leaders blame a refused arbitration after two mediation sessions and one fact finding panel.
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St. Louis
St. Chamber of Commence
Louis
National Railway Labor Act
Truman
Brotherhoods
Chamber of Commerce Telegram
Washington
White Houses
Cleveland
PLC
Hooper
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
P. Neff
Missouri
Arkansas
Texas
Kansas
Governor Letter Honors Fred Brokman on 90th Birthday
The Kansas Governor Frank Carl sends congratulatory notes to Fred Brokman marking his 90th birthday. The letter lauds his life as a Pioneer and his three decades of work ethic, apprenticeship without pay, and valued contributions to Lawrence and the state.
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Fred Brokman
Kansas
Frank Carlon
Brokmann
Lawrence Journal-World
Rand
Lawrence
Milestone Pass Report On Road To Cuisence
Two European war brides examined by a naturalist in 1947 are identified as Mrs. Charlotte of Prenkfert Germany and Mrs. Andres Marguerite. The report notes their status and origins as part of a broader wartime demobilization record.
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Cuisence
von G. I's
Charlotte
Prenkfert
Germany
Andres Marguerite
Record heat breaks records across California as hurricane nears
A Mexican hurricane off the California coast drives record heat across the state. The Atlantic hurricane center warned the storm would strike near the east of a British-owned resort about 609 miles off the Carolina coast. The fourth hurricane of the season was first seen north of Puerto Rico last Sunday. California reported two heat deaths as temperatures surged to 108 in a Los Angeles suburb, with a high around 103 in many areas and San Francisco reaching 81, the hottest September 7 since 1922.
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Fornia
Resert We
Carolina
Puerto Rico
California
Eeeet
Los Angeles
Anion Bureau
San Francisco
Oil Pipeline Break Sparks Massive Smoke Plume Near Eu dora
Crude oil leaked from a Stanolind Pipeline break two miles south of Eu dora and burned off, sending large smoke plumes and an oil slick down the Kaw river to Kansas City. The break, in a 20 year old section, was repaired today and the oil burned on the ground and in the creek without endangering nearby farms.
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Eudora
Stanolind Pipeline Company
Kaw River
Kansas City
Lawrence
Erwin Kanzig
Altho
Earn
Topeka
Truman May Seek 10 Day Extension
President Truman said he may ask for a further ten day delay to avert the steel strike. He would decide after receiving the steel labor dispute panel report due Saturday. The steelworkers planned a walkout set to begin next Wednesday at midnight, with industry and union officials awaiting the president's decision.
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Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
Davis bound over on assault with intent to kill
L C Davis a Lawrence man is bound over to the November district court term after a preliminary hearing. Judge Frank Gray set bond at 5000. Davis faces charges for a shotgun attack on 74 year old W C Ferguson a shoeshine stand operator at 700 block Massachusetts street. Ferguson was wounded in the leg. Testimony from Ferguson and witness Gilbert Francis a 700 block businessman was heard at the noon hour shooting.
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L. C. Davis
Frank Gray
Gray
Davis
W. C
Ferguson
Massachusetts Street
Frank R. Gray
Gilbert Francis
Kansas Union students attend North American Co‑op League meeting
Austin Turney son of Mr and Mrs Turney Sr leads KU students at the fourth annual North American Student Co operative League conference in Austin Texas Turney chairs the public relations committee and serves with Robert Turkington Luther Buchele John L Eberhardt and Wendell Walker Walker is conference president representing about 50 000 members in campus cooperatives across 42 states Walker leads KU Jayhawk co op and its co op program with Turney as a key liaison.
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Austin Turney
K. U
Austin
Tex
Turney
Jayhawk
Robert Turkington
Luther Buchele
John L. Eberhardt
Wendell Walker
Walker
KU dorms and Greek housing to hold most fall students
A Lawrence survey shows University of Kansas plans to house over a third of its fall enrollment in university controlled housing. About 3,300 single students will live in dorms and Greek houses, with 2,440 in fraternities and 18 sororities, 542 women and 319 men in dormitories, plus 184 families in Sunnyside apartments restricted to faculty.
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University of Kaneas
Lawrence
K. U
Keith Lawton
Sunnyside
Sunflower Village
Battenfeld
McCook
Gread
Sterling
Harmon and
Henley
Don Henry
Jayhawk
The
Rock Chalk
Wichita man seeks more than a hundred thousand in tax refunds
John L. Constant of Lawrence files two federal suits for income tax refunds total over $100,000. One suit seeks $51,276 for Reid, his late father John Ternate who died in 1946. The second seeks $49,054 for Constant’s 1942 through 1945 income taxes, with his firm Constant Construction doing war plant work at Fort Riley.
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Wichita
U. S. District Court Today
John L. Constant
Lawrence
Kan
Constant
Lynn Brodrick
Internal Revenue Collector
Kansas
Reid
John Ternate
The
Journal-World
Constant Construction Company
Fort Riley
Ninth Lawrence liquor store opens at 1906 Massachusetts
The ninth retail liquor store in Lawrence opened Tuesday at 1906 Massachusetts Street. Willfred Eu Daly, of 1913 Barker Avenue, is the corner of the store, previously operating Skillet's Tavern at that location.
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Lawrence
Masaschusetts Street
Willfred Eudaly
Barker Avenue
Skillet's Tavern
Union Accepts Pay Cut At Norwalk Tire Plant
Members of Local 238 United Rubber Workers voted 124 to 45 to accept an 11 cent per hour wage decrease on a trial basis at Norwalk Tire and Rubber company. The plant laid off 350 workers in June and the company pledged wage restoration if business improves.
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Norwalk
Conn
United Rubber Workers of America
Norwalk Tire and Rubber Company
Plan for 200 man men's dorm at Kansas campus
University of Kansas outlines a 200 man dorm as the first stage of a broader west campus housing plan. Two linked 11 man sections costing about 700000 will rise near the old rock crusher north to Eleventh street, with later additions to reach 500 beds. Construction may start next fall after bids, with kitchens, cafeteria, library, lounges, and a married supervisor apartment in each unit.
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University of Kansas
Old Rock Crusher
Eleventh Street
George M. Beal
Oon
Beal
Raymond Nichols
K. U
Sunshine forecast shifts as Kansas clears today
Forecaster Richard A. Garrett predicts sunshine tomorrow after a day of clouds and showers across Kansas. Tonight will be cool with 50 to 55 degree lows. tomorrow’s highs near 70s. Showers were reported statewide in the past 24 hours, with totals ranging from light to over an inch in southern areas. Big Blue river runs bankfull from Nebraska to Randolph, with streams staying within banks unless heavy rain returns. Anthony posted the state’s high of 88, while Goodland reached 63 and several locations dipped to 53 overnight. Stock market index averaged 64.6, up .1.
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Garrett
Dexter
Fredonia
Caldwell
Hillsboro
Arkansas City
McPherson
Lebo
Columbus
Anthony
Climax
Osage City
Coffeyville
Gridley
Fort Riley
Florence
Pratt and Walnut
Garnett
Larned
Chanute
Dodge City
Hutchinson and
Olathe
Russell
Garden City
Sal
Goodland
Jobholders in U S Hit 1949 August Peak
Washington reports the August 1949 peak of 59,947,000 jobholders and a 1,368,000 rise in non farm employment while total civilian workers add 227,000. Unemployment falls may appear in September as Census figures release. Personal income dipped slightly in July but seven month total at annual rate rose to 212.7 billion, four billion above last year.
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Washington, Sett
Ihe
Ee Janet
Daly
Bureau
Commerce Department
Goal Adopted for Community Chest Drive Budget
The 1949 50 Community Chest set a quota of 22306 93 with a budget of 23787 50, aided by 11480 87 carryover. Fall season fund drive planned. Girl Scouts YMCA and YWCA gains approved. Salvation Army unchanged. Mental Health Clinic slated for county support, with rural fundraising aimed at 1000. U S O request rejected. uniforms bookkeeping system approved. page 2 continuation noted.
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Chamber of Commerce
Girl Scouts
YMCA
Salvation Army
YWCA
Community Chest
Douglas
Lawrence
Theiq Uest
McTeee
Ann
Social Service League
Frank Gray
Apemesore
M. B Penny
Clnic
Judge Gray
Weather outlook for Kansae area tonight to Friday
Partly cloudy east and in cloudy west tonight and Friday with occasional showers south. Slightly warmer Friday with temperatures around 75 to 85. Highs near 75.
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Missouri Pacific
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She Assoceed Press
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McCook Street
Kanza Hall
Mississippi Street
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Carruth
Corbin
Foster
J. L. Constant
U.S. District Court
Associated Press
Richard A. Garrett
U. S
Climie
United Service Organization
Lisle Eby
Olin K. Petefish
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