Views of the News: But Not Chanute This a CHAnute
A Kansas columnist notes debates over the pronunciation and spelling of Chanute, arguing for CHA pronounced SHA. The piece cites historian Fred Brinkerhoff of Pittsburgh Headlight, explains origins naming the town for engineer Octave Chanute, and laments local mispronunciations.
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Shanute
Kansas
Fred Brinkerhoff
Pittsburgh
Balkans
Chautauqua
Chanute
Pshawnute
Canute
Canutey
Brinkerhoff
Octave Chanute
Proposals for Government Loans to Fund College Studies
A presidential committee weighs government guaranteed loans up to 7500 dollars with 60 percent underwritten and repayment over 200 years to expand science and professional training. It suggests alternative like a Students Army Training Corps style program to house and develop students on campuses as both soldiers and scholars.
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Students Army Training Corps
This & that by j p h
A reflective column with witty jabs at magazines pretenders political ads and travel gags. It notes broadcasting delays after New Year a shift from White Christmas to Easter Parade and jokes about Helen and Bill on an unidentified card.
Clips and Quips A father and son exchange at home and in an opera
A five year old overhears talk of a new baby and fears being traded. At the opera a boy asks why a man hits a lady with a stick, and learns the answer from his father that the man is the conductor.
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Dad
Sonny
Stone Castle Models and Local Transactions Twenty-Five Years Ago
A. Baird of 28 W Sixth formerly a machinist for 25 years now builds castle models in stone. A 30 inch castle with base for a water pool is finished and a Little Brown church at 24 inches high is underway for a sunken garden village plan. A deputy sheriff W H Pile of Chautauqua County was badly wounded in a restroom scuffle with two prisoners during transport to Lansing. Mr and Mrs Lee Francis visited Parsons for business. Weather outlook promised a mild Christmas with a white Christmas last seen seven years ago in Chanute. Santa Fe ordered no days off for Christmas and New Year unless sickness. manpower shortages require continued duty. Leila Sain arrived from Blackwell to visit sister Mrs Parks Helmick. Fred Goodseal became station porter on No 201 after the regular porter missed the Kansas City train.
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W. A. Baird
W. H. Pile
Chautauqua County
Pile
Lansing
Lee Francis
Parsons
Chanute
Santa Fe
Fox
Topeka
Leila Sain
Blackwell
Okla
Parks Helmick
Fred Goodseal
Kansas City
Santa Claus and Children Should Not Fear Santa’s Visit
Edward Lawson urges parents to stop threatening that Santa will skip visits if children are not perfectly good. He argues kids self-control stems from inner guidance, not fear, and suggests telling children Santa arrives as always next Christmas Eve.
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Santa Claus
Ice Construction Marvel Under Arctic Army Engineers
In northern Greenland Lt. Col. Elmer F. Clark leads the Arctic Task Force in building a subwaylike tunnel under the polar ice, ice silos for gasoline storage, and a 170 foot high ice roof room. The project uses snow poured like concrete and self-supporting ice structures. Colonel John Batter of Harmon Air Force Base coordinates Newfoundland relations with Stephensville officials, while Commander Orla Jensen maintains Danish-American ties in Thule.
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Pearson Harmon
Newfoundland
Greenland
Elmer F. Clark
1St Army Engineers
Arctic
Colonnel Clark
Clark
Air Force
Greenland Polar Cap
John Batter
Houston
Harmon Air Force Base
Stephensville
Harmon
Batter
Orla Jensen
Thule
The Worry Clinic Explains Alcoholism and Guilt
Dr. George W Crane outlines alcoholism as a byproduct of inner guilt and childhood dynamics. He cites Bert Z. and others, notes probing motives, and offers a booklet on impotence while urging readers to seek further guidance from his Hopkins Syndicate column.
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Crane
Hopkins Syndicate Inc
Mellott, Ind
Family reunion plans cited for Brown clan scattered abroad
Brown family members listed across Kansas, Utah, Japan, and Louisiana prepare a reunion at the father’s home. The text notes sons and daughters with locations Fort Scott Ellsworth Topeka Utah and more, with several relatives named. A mapmaking expert was dismissed from a St. Louis teaching job last summer and had prior service at an Air Force base in Alamogordo New Mexico. The wife joined him in the Soviet Union and Tass quoted Makar saying his dream of working in the Soviet Union has come true.
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Brown
St. Louis
U.S. Air Force Base
Alamogordo
N.M
Soviet Union
Tass
Makar
Father of 10 Remembers After 20 Years
In 1933 Robert L. Brown disappeared from the Brown farm near Mapleton, leaving ten children. A postcard gap followed, and decades of search ensued. A Prineville amnesia case led to contact with relatives, revealing his wife had died and his mother aged 93. Brown is slowly regaining memory as a son travels to bring him home.
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George W. Crane
Bert Z
Prineville
Ore
Leona Hutton
Mildred
Moran, Kas
Wenatchee
Robert S
Rhoda) Brown
Brown
Orville
Ellsworth
Kas
Washington
Former U S Professor Works in Russia
Orest Stephen Makar, a former St. Louis University professor who renounced his American citizenship and arrived in Russia December 15, is now reported to be employed at Lvov Polytechnical Institute. Makar, born in Ukraine, relocated amid geopolitical tension and is identified as a Ukrainian-born scholar.
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Moscow
Orest
Stephen Makar
St. Louis University
Russia
Lvov Polytechnical Institute
Makar
The Tribune Carrier Ad Rate Boost Blocked
The Tribune offers a 30 cent weekly carrier price, with no change in delivery terms as of press time.
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the Tribune
Australian flight pioneers honored in Brisbane memorial
The historic Southern Cross plane that completed the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928 is being preserved as a national memorial in Brisbane. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Charles Ulm, James Warner and Harry Lyon are named in connection with the historic voyage.
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Southern Cross
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Charles Ulm
James Warner
Harry Lyon
Brisbane
Radio Schedule Highlights Morning to Evening Lineup
A detailed radio and TV timetable lists show titles and times from 7:25 a.m. through 10:30 p.m. featuring Our Miss Brooks Christophers Accent Tennessee Ernie Ford Your Time House Party Matinee Theatre Studio Kitchen Lookin at Cookin Bob Crosby Man to Man Queen for a Day Brighter Day Secret Storm Edge of Night Modern Romance Comedy Time Movie Matinee Terrytoon Theatre Kids Theatre Dr N Ventor Children Hour Bunny Show Little Rascals Lone Ranger Dinah Shore Rosemary Clooney Sgt. Preston NBC News You Bet Your Life Bob Cummings Dragnet and more with a semi red entry at 7:30 p.m. through 10:30 p.m.
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Studio Kitchen
Bob Crosby
Terrytoon’ Theatre
Dr. N. Ventor
Lone Ranger
Dinah Shore
Rosemary Clooney
Sgt. Preston
NBC News
Bob Cummings
Dragnet
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