Red Battalion Struck by Allied Artillery in Korea Front
U S Eighth Army reports heavy fighting on the east central front near Yanggu where a North Korean battalion pushed to a saddle between hills before being repelled by Allied artillery. Elsewhere Western front actions centered on a hill northwest of Chorwon with patrol clashes and reduced enemy activity due to rain and cold. General Ridgway plans resume cease fire talks, traveling to Korea with potential for a mutual understanding.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Yanggu
Chorwon
Atena
Qast
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
High Command
James A. van Freet
Meat Prices to Rise as OPS Increases Ceilings
Washington reports beef wholesale ceilings increased and retail prices for beef pork and related items will rise in days. Hides and fats drops slash packer profits prompting higher ceilings and a penny boost to carcass cost. Butchers protest the move as insufficient to ease the squeeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Satissation
OPS
Officers Continue Hunt For Area Cattle Rustlers
Nine head of cattle were stolen a week ago from the Walter Carp enter farm east of Tonganoxie. The cattle moved through the Kansas City stockyards and were traced to a buyer near Hale Missouri. The rustler, who lived in Parkdale Missouri and worked in Kansas City Kansas, disappeared Tuesday and remains at large. The sale was handled by a commission firm noting the animals were brought by a man in a rented truck. Each animal valued about two hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Carpenter
Tonganoxie
Carpenter
Vermont Street
Perry Walters
Merl Reusch
Kansas City
Hale
Parkdale
Kansas
Commission
Mrs America contest feuds erupt in New Jersey
Asbury Park New Jersey September 17. The Mrs America Merry-Go-Round contest devolves into a soap opera with Florida officials pressing an investigation into the crown. NJ officials including Mayor George Smock deny orders from Florida while James King notes a review is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. America
Asbury Park
N. J
Florida
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Floridan
Central Florida
New York City
Penny Duncan
George A. Smock, I
Criscoll
Trenton
James King
New Jersey Conservation and Economic Development Department
King
Beverly Grizzard
Florida Advertising Commission
Tallahasee
Driscoll
Dente
Peggy Creel
St. Petersburg
Gifts Reported Tied to RFC Loans in Boykin Kin Case
Washington reports a recently fired RFC official testified he accepted gifts from an American Lithofold Corp official after aiding the company in securing RFC loans. Frank Prince, nephew of Rep. Boykin, named gifts including a turkey a box of oranges a camera worth 103. Senate investigators noted the loans totaling 564000 in 1949 and questioned the agency’s loan review practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
RFC
American Lithofold Corp
Frank Prince
Boykin
D.-Ala
Senate
Wiliam M. Boyle
American Litheford
St. Louis
Prince
American Lithoford
R. J.blauner
McCarthy
Oliver R. Kraft
Ee Et Ww
Sureymington
Kraft
George B. Pure
Steamer Beats Gasoline Rival in Chicago to New York Race
In New York on September 17 the Stanley steamer defeated the gasoline rival in a dramatic cross country race from Chicago to New York. The finish came a quarter mile from the city line as steam propelled the Stanley ahead amid cheering bystanders and sponsors from Popular Mechanics and the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Jack Brause, 76, drove a 1913 Stanley steamer with a 42 minute lead over 70-year-old Rube de Launty in a 1911 Stoddard Dayton gas buggy, claiming victory before a changed final plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stanley Steamer
Chicago
Aera Center
Midtown
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Jack Brause
Rube de Launty
266 JOIN THE KUFFS
Rainy weather Saturday morning kept attendance at the KUFFS Kansas University Football Fans to 266 youngsters. Recreation Director Larry Heeb says children may collect membership cards at his Community Building office after school all week or next Saturday morning. KUFFS are a knot-hole gang helping youngsters learn the game and view four or five KU home football games at a specially reduced rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KUFFS
Kansas University
Larry Heeb
Probe Air Crash At Flagler Colorado
Civil Aeronautics Authority and Civil Aeronautics Board teams probe a fatal air show crash at Flagler. Twenty dead, 17 injured. inquest called. Pilot First Lt Norman L Jones among the dead. crowd scene described as devastating with mass funerals planned. Washington decision on public inquiry pending. five days for findings.
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Flagler
Colo
Civil Aeronaut Administration
Civil Aeronautics Board
R. P. Parshall
CAB
Kansas City
Parshall
R. V. Reynolds
A. C. Goddard
CAA
Deriver
Washington
Kit Carson
William Hendricks
Norman L. Jones
Lowry Air Force Base
Davis- Monthan
Tucson
Ariz
Stratton
Arriba
LMHS May Have Boys Lead Cheers This School Year
Early returns from LMHS balloting show boys breaking girls monopoly on Liberty Memorial cheerleading. Top contenders Vernon Bell Don Carney Phylllia Springer Nancy Underwood Gretchen Zimmerman lead votes with Barbara Bradley Pat Riling and Martha Holmes close behind as final results loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Memorial
LMHS
Vernon Bell
Don Carney
Phyllia Springer
Nancy Underwood
Gretchen Zimmerman
Barbara Bradley
Pat Riling
Martha Holmes
Senate committee blocks two Truman nominations in Illinois
Washington reports the Senate judiciary committee blocked President Truman's picks for two federal judgeships in Illinois. The committee neither approved nor disapproved a pair opposed by Senator Douglas. Truman had ignored Douglas's objections, and the panel's decision halted the nominations for now with a possibility of later reconsideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Truman
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ilinois
Douglas
Fire Injures Painter at West Seventh Street Studio
Fire department responded to 212 West Seventh Street shortly before 2 p.m. today after a spark from an electric motor ignited gasoline while painters cleaned brushes. No property damage reported. Charles Pringle, 521 Indiana, sustained slight facial burns and was taken to a doctor for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Seventh Street
Charles Pringle
Indiana
Seemingly Harmless Pig Bank Blamed for Copper Shortage
Local banks report a penny shortage as piggy banks drain copper. Lawrence National Bank offers 3 percent premium for pennies on Thursday and Friday with a counting machine in lobby and 1.03 dollars per 100 pennies. First National Bank notes the shortage though a disappearance is unlikely. Federal Reserve Kansas City says mint workers are increasing. U S mint director Nellie Tayloe Ross estimates if 38 783 000 American families return 10 pennies each 1 200 tons of copper would be saved, requiring five months of mint production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence National Bank
First National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Nellie Tayloe Ross
U.S. Mint
Small Lands Push for Greater Voice in NATO Plan
Small nation delegates at the North Atlantic Council demand a bigger say in early policy making, seeking to expand the treaty’s scope beyond military matters to political and economic fields. The United States backs the move, while Denmark and Norway express initial opposition before likely acquiescing after home-government consultations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
North Atlantic Council
America
Britain
France
Treaty Organization
Canada
United States
Council
Greece
Turkey
I-nation Council
Acheson
Attion
Lester B. Pearson
Herbert Morrison
Jan Stem
Educators address student drop outs in Lawrence schools
Lawrence educators report dropouts in the junior and senior high schools. W D Wolfe Neal Wherry and Ralph Graber spoke at the Rotary meeting about keeping students in school longer for personal and community benefit. They cited financial reasons and lack of interest, noting only 13 dropouts so far this year, well below the average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Lawrence Rotary Club
Eldridge Hotel
W.D. Wolfe
Neal’ Wherry
Ralph Graber
Ne Aed
Truman Not On List Of Eligibles In 1962 Race
Mississippi Governor elect Hugh L White said any 1952 Democratic nominee would be acceptable to Mississippi but added that Truman would not be acceptable He warned against a Southern coalition with Republicans in choosing a 1962 candidate and suggested Truman’s nomination could push the South toward a third party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Hugh L. White
Mississippi
Truman
White
Harriman Refuses To Deliver Iranian Oil Ultimatum
Tehran reports indicate Harriman refused to serve as messenger for Mossadegh's oil talks ultimatum to Britain. The note, delivered to Mossadegh via a U S embassy officer, urges Britain to reopen talks within two weeks or risk expulsion of about 300 British technicians from Abadan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
A. S
W. Averell Har- Thnan
Britain
Harriman
Mohammed Mossadegh
U. S
Washington
Mossadegh
Truman
Idegh
Abadan
Iman
Conditions Of Three Polio Cases Reported Improve
One of Douglas county s three polio patients at the K U Medical Center in Kansas City is improved today and the other two remain in fair condition. John Wertherwax Westvaco Chemical plant office manager is improved and in fairly good condition. Mrs Robert Alice Stoland 1008 Maine street and Mrs Carl Margery Gray 1301 Connecticut street are in fair condition after illness last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
K. U. Medical Center
Kansas City
John Wertherwax
Westvaco Chemical Plant
Robert Alice) Stoland
Maine Street
Carl
Margery) Gray
Connecticut Street
Red Sox topple White Sox 12 to 3 in Boston
Boston on Sept 17 beat Chicago 12-3 as Scarborough contributed 13 hits in a strong Red Sox win. Yankees edge Indians 2-1 after Rizzuto bases, DiMaggio drama. Cubs rally past Dodgers 5-3 with late homers Sauer and Hermanski. Washington advances veterans aid bill to Senate for free or reduced equipment and care costs estimated at 27.96 million.
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Red Sox
Boston
Scarborough
Chicago White Sox
Yanks
New York
Phil Rizzuto
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Cubs
Dodgers
Chicago
Hank Sauer
Whitter
Gene Hermanski
Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs
Washington
Senate
KU Enrollment Near 6400 Total for Fall Term
Kansas University opened its 36th fall term with about 6400 students expected. Current figures show 6282 registered, 150 late enrollments anticipated, 5773 at Lawrence, 509 in Kansas City medicine division, and 1072 fewer students than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas University
James K. Hitt
Lawrence
Kansas City
School of Medicine
K. U
Norveteran
No Decided Changes in Kansas Weekend Weather
Topeka reports a weekend weather treat for Kansans bright sun and clear cool nights. Forecaster says fair with little temperature change tonight and Tuesday. lows 40 to 45, highs near 80. No precipitation in Kansas over the weekend and rivers back within banks. highs yesterday in the 60s and 70s with Goodland at 81. Hill City at 39 the previous night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Goodland
Hill City
Grid Kickoff Dinner At Eldridge Attracts 150 Reservations
About 150 reservations have been made for the annual football kickoff banquet tomorrow evening at 6 30 at the Eldridge. John Andrews chair of the Chamber of Commerce sports committee will be master of ceremonies. Athletic directors and football coaches of K Lawrence High and Haskell Institute will attend as guests and discuss the coming season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridge
John Andrews
Chamber of Commerce
K. Lawrence High
Haskell Institute
Korea Vets Seek GI Bill Improvements
Senator Kerr urged swift action on a measure to grant Korean veterans education benefits modeled on the GI Bill with safeguards against excess public spending. Kerr and budget official Hughes described the bill as improving the original program and promising better training for veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Kerr
D.-Okla
Old Settlers Association Elects Officers in Snowy Year
The Old Settlers Association of Douglas County held its annual session at First Baptist church with officers elected for the year. President al B Winter presided as weather reduced attendance, with 125 members noted as deceased since the last meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al B. Winter
Tennessee
Association of Douglas
Peal Jayne Kenn
V.miller
East Nineteenth
I. F. Eberhart
Ee Feanee
See Street
LF. Eberhart
Guy . Bigsby
Fonte I
Mra. R. Love
West Ninth
Pin School
Jane Dicker
Molly Ma
Mary Sippel
Capeviere
Jewett
Li Price
Ieee
C. W. Straffon
Eberhart
Ednah Hopkins
Gluck
Mary Lois Pontilla
Lena Kenney
Huddleston
Bucs
Dale E. Turner
Plymouth Congregational Church
Richard Cordley
Plymouth Church
Lawrence
Ondline
Ley
Turner
Mra
Hudgeston
Ralph” Graber
Helen Norwood
Maxine Mott
James Parsons
Mabel Mallory
Mildred
Mast
Edyth Salvesen
County Convalescent Hospital
Flood Meet Called for Tomorrow Night at Tongy High
A flood meeting will be held tomorrow night at Tongy High School to discuss high water on Stranger Creek. Col Sydney Davis of the army engineers and E J Myers content engineer are among those expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stranger Creek
Ti : High School
Col
Sydney Davis
The
Army Engineers
E. 1 Myers
Murphy Installed As KU Chancellor
Dr. Franklin David Murphy, formerly dean of KU medical school, was installed as the ninth chancellor before 4,000 students and state officials. In a carefully phrased speech he linked Kansas history with the university, stressing the inseparability of state welfare and the university, and noting a nearly 12 million dollar budget as he urged prioritizing moral education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin David Murphy
K. U. Medical School
Hoch Auditorium
University of Kansas
K. U
University
Lester McCoy
Board of Regents
Lee McCoy
Doctor Miranda
Mia
Edward F. Ann
Memorial Union
Arn
State
Murphy
Kansas
Sulk
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Naval Air
Rae Alaska
Oe Whitehair
Rep. Mitchell
D.wash
Montgomery
Ala
Draper
Alabama
Goodrich
Adv
Edward F. Arn
Franklin D. Murphy
Center
Doctor Murphy
Stronghall
Journal-World
Rich Larkson
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Business
Old Settlers
Paul Winter
Plymouth
Tongy
Bent
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