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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1947
Page
10
Northeast Kansas league football opens the 1947 season with non conference games. Lawrence travels to Ottawa for the lone M.E. league match while four others play non conference bouts. KXEO broadcasts local actions as Manhattan slips to a close 19 13 defeat amid season debut notes.
Chairman Hope of the House agriculture committee says any special session on European and domestic issues should await reports from committees in Europe. If emergency findings occur, Congress may reconvene this year. He notes price controls require months to implement and favors voluntary rationing and conservation of foods to curb prices.
Portland will see Christmas toy prices drop up to 30 percent from last year as wholesale supplier Louis Block notes a shift from wartime pricing. Some items remain scarce like electric trains and tree lights, but toys should be better built this year reducing breakage.
Washington reports a navy ruling blocking $100 extra mustering out pay for sailors who travel through Canada or Mexico en route to new stations. The policy claims such travel is service outside continental U.S. eligibility then drops to $300 for service abroad. Army and navy officials note uncertainty until cases are reviewed. many sailors learned of the rule only via newspapers.
Three Kanees horses won at the world championship Palomino show in Fort Worth. Rose Bageoa of Greensburg Kansas earned reserve stock bore, Man O Gold owned by Louis Stomley of Gardner Kansas was champion pleasure stallion, Bowen of Fort Scott Kansas was a pleasure star, Mise Norma Jean Haley of Wichita Kansas named Mise Palomino of 1947. Near Wichita, Kansas, owners H J Haley run a stock farm. Nearly one third of American farms raise cotton.
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