Congressmen Tour DC Schools Find They Are Disgraceful
Six members of the House Education Committee toured Pierce Elementary and Hine Junior High in Washington finding cramped overcrowded rooms, damp basements, broken ceilings, outdated textbooks, and poor janitorial facilities. They called the conditions a blight on the capital and urged construction funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Capital
United States
House Education Committee
Pierce
Hine
Frederick A. Smith
Dent
Edith Green
Dore
Mrs. Green
John Brademas
D-Ind
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
Carlton Sickles
D-Md
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Quie
District of Columbia
Elsmore Area Family Visits Highlight Weekend
Elsmore Elida Jackson of Mrs Ralph Bauer and family spent Sunday in Kansas City with Mr and Mrs Don Bauer, Judy and Mr and Mrs Ruben Jackson and the baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsmore
Elida Jackson
Ralph Bauer
Kansas City
Don Bauer
Judy
Ruben Jackson
Harold A. Johnson
George Johnson
Fort Scott Hospital
Chanute
Carl Otto
Billie
Otto
William Daniels
Herbert Johnson
Daniels
Lorraine Price
Wichita
Melvin Ard
Emporia
James Daniels
Yates Center
William Daniels Jr
Savonburg
Nancy Bland
Mattie Daniels
Erie
Pem Atteberry
Stark
Don Daniels
Gerald Johnson
Kristine
Leonard Carson
Julian Carlson
Fred Cunningham
Earl i Ericson
Alvin Ericson
Earl Ericson
Fredolph Hawkinson
Pittsburg
Duke Myers
S. E. Fowler
Bert Brown
Bill Baker
Cindy
John
Delbert Daniels
Blue Springs
Grace Ludlum
Junior Kyser
A. E. Kyser
Savoonburg
Conrad Jackson
Hubert Brown
Mildred
Elmer Browning
Elizabeth Alderman
Iola
Yale
Charley Alderman
James Nelson
Des- Teri
Clarence Hodson
Stn
Mervin Artland
Richard Ard
Eureka Herald
James Ard
Wendell Johnson
Mary Bauer
Charles Upton
Moran
Josephine Wolfe
Sheryl
Richard Fewins
Bert Fewins
Lunch Crowd in Office Locker By HAL BOYLE
A humorous sketch shows workers of various white and blue collar classes eating in office lockers. It contrasts overtime driven lunches with workers who bring meals—lamb stew, baloney, liverwurst. features names and scenes from Elsmore and Fort Scott hospitals, Chanute and Wichita reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
L. E. Moore
Julia Carlson
Pem Atteberry
Stark
Clippings Show Quips From Local Papers
Light quotes from Wellington News and Au gusta Gazette feature playful exchanges. A reader asks about sweater girl term while a pantry scene yields a joke about temptation.
Mrs Conger Heads Speakers Bureau in Wheat Referendum
Brewster Kansas AP reports Mrs Carla Conger of Iola named as a member and head of the speakers bureau for the Kansas Citizens Wheat Committee led by Lud Strand. The Triple C farm at Iola is run by the Congers. The panel promotes a Yes vote in the wheat referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster
Kan
Lud Strand
Kansas Citizens Wheat Committee
Carla Conger
Iola
Physicist to Deliver Spencer Memorial Lectures
Sir John Cockcroft, Nobel winning English atomic physicist, will give the first Kenneth A. Spencer memorial lectures at Kansas City and the University of Kansas on April 3 and 4. Chancellor Wescoe announced Cockcroft will arrive in Kansas City April 3 for a private lecture and then speak publicly in Lawrence April 4.
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Lawrence, Kan
Sir John Cockcroft
Kenneth A. Spencer
Kansas City
University of Kansas
W. Clarke Wescoe
John
Lawrence
Rice, the Central Staple of Global Diet
Rice serves as the main daily food for more people worldwide than any other crop, underpinning meals across Asia and beyond. The grain's central role shapes agricultural priorities, economies, and cultural cuisines in numerous regions.
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John H. Dent
D-Pa
Howard F. Bolden
Youngland
E. Main
Hood
Marys
Dar
Emporia Gazette
Coffeyville Journal
Parsons Sun
Burgundy
Wellington News
Augusta Gazette
China
Koch
W. Main
Mrs. Conger
Spencer
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick's Gym
Litwin
Litwins
Coats
Pontiac
Tempest
RAN Motor Company
North
Lincoln
Chanute, Kansas
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