Churchill Attacks UN Over Suez Stand at Royal Albert Hall
Sir Winston Churchill, 82, criticized the United Nations for its stance on Britain and France’s Egypt action. He defended Eden and urged support for peace while warning of changing global power dynamics and future risks.
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London
Winston Churchill
United Nations Today
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Free World
Primrose League
Royal Albert Hall
Britain
France
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U.N. Security Council
Israel
U.N. General Assembly
Dulles
Suez Canal
Kansas Farm Prices Continue to Gain
Kansas farm prices edged upward in late March and early April to 244 percent of the 1910-14 base, higher than a month earlier and above a year ago. Beef cattle calves hogs lambs chickens and eggs boosted the index while feed grains hay and wholesale milk declined.
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Topeka
Kansas
Record sunspot in 1947 spans 200000 miles across
Historical sunspot reached a record size in 1947 with a spot roughly 200000 miles in diameter. The immense feature drew attention from astronomers studying solar activity and its potential effects on Earth.
Wheels of Industry Turning Inside Leavenworth Prison
The Leavenworth Times reports the U S Penitentiary runs multi million dollar Federal Prison Industries with 800 plus inmates in factories producing shoes clothing brushes furniture and printing for government agencies. Shoe and brush plants dominate output with Navy and other federal buyers, while earnings fund sustaining inmates dependents and staff.
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Federal Prison Industries, Inc
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Atlanta
Treasury
Oscar N. Shelton
C. H. Looney
Ft. Leavenworth
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General Services Administration
Uncle Sam
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Veterans Administration
Prison Industries Provide Civilian Suits and Printing
The clothing factory began in 1936 and now makes about $250,000 in garments yearly while employing around 75 inmates. The annex printing plant, organized in 1930, prints government forms for the federal prison service and the GSA with about 40 workers. Warden Looney notes inmate work teaches trades, supports families, and aids rehabilitation, while privileged industry assignments improve behavior and prison control.
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Annex
Federal Prison Service
GSA
Looney
Service Guild to Merge with WSCS in Erie Church
The Service Guild of the Erie Federated Church will merge in June with the WSCS and then meet weekly with the WSCS. Wednesday’s session featured devotional guidance by Mrs. G C Freeley and a historical talk with slides from Mrs. Seth Nation. Performances included a piano solo by Gordon McKinnie and a duet by Dickie Wright and Charles McKinnie with Sarah Jane Wright on piano. Visitors Mr. and Mrs. H L Brown of Kansas City visited and joined Mr. and Mrs. William Standley for a short trip to Springdale Arkansas to see Mr. and Mrs. G C Sly.
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Erie Federated Church
WSCS
G. C. Freeley
Seth Na‘tion
Old South
Gordon McKinnie
Dickie Wright
Charles McKinnie
Sarah Jane Wright
William Hill
H. L. Brown
Kansas City
William Standley
Springdale
Ark
G. C. Sly
H.D
Paul Cassady
Paul Nel
WSCS Monthly Meeting and Local Community Notes
The WSCS held its monthly gathering with co hostesses and a lesson on Color In The Home by Mrs Loren Showalter Refreshments followed social hour and games led by Mrs Kenneth Beeney Next month the organization will include the present Service Guild New WSCS officers will be installed at Sunday church hour President Mrs William Hill Vice President Mrs Cleo S Dalton Secretary Mrs Inez Phelps Treasurer Mrs Harold Heaton There were 30 members present at the meeting A talk and pictures by Mrs Rosa Morrison covered a visit to the Old South Merle Yockey is improving his residence at Butler and Fourth doing the work himself Mrs Verne Jackson is in the city visiting her father Tilman Foxworthy and daughter Mrs William Harvey Mrs Charles Weller has left for Chanute to serve as floor mother at the Bryan Rest Home She and her late husband Charles Weller operated the Weller Service Station here for 24 years and since his death she has managed the station The blood bank committee of Erie St Paul and Galesburg announced the next blood bank visit will be Wednesday May 8 with a quota of 110 pints Donor registration is handled by Mrs Roger Kensinger Charles Forsyth has purchased corner lots on West Fourth from Mrs Roy Ewen and plans to build a home in the future.
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Loren Showalter
Kenneth Beeney
WSCS
William Hill
Cleo S. Dalton
Inez Phelps
Harold Heaton
Butler
Fourth
Verne Jackson
Axtell
Neb
Tilman Foxworthy
William Harvey
Charles Weller
Chanute
Bryan Rest Home
Charles Forsyth
West Fourth
Roy Ewen
Chinese Language Teaching in U.S. Colleges Limited
A factoid notes that Chinese is spoken by about 500 million people and is taught in only 20 colleges across the United States. The remark highlights the discrepancy between global language prominence and American college availability.
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United States
Dispute Over Kansas Parole Board Reshuffles
bitter clash between Democratic and Republican members of the Kansas State Penal Board over parole agent reorganizations. Democrats under Dan Cain and Gov. Docking aide Dale Spiegel created three provisional positions, moved permanent agents, and redistricted ten parole areas. Republican Robert Turney denounced the moves as a bid to force resignations. Cain said Turney’s charges are political venom and noted two other Republican-fired parole agents were replaced. a fourth provisional appointee to be named, with civil service exams ordered for new hires.
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Topeka
State Penal Board
Robert Turney
Kansas
Dan Cain
George Docking
Dale Spiegel
Turney
Cain
Josephine Rupp
Hays
A. A. Pottinger
Lew Wiley
Oskaloosa
Redistricting Aims to Even Agent Parole Load Across Districts
Democrats transferred agents William E. Klamm from Baselior to Garden City Rev Carl A B Swanson from Page City to Wichita and Vern Barrow from Topeka to Salina. Cain said the redistricting balanced supervision workload, noting some districts handle 50 to 60 parolees while others exceed 100.
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William E. Klamm
Baselior
Garden City
Carl A. B. Swanson
Page City
Wichita
Vern Barrow
Topeka
Salina
Cain
Scarecrow Wardrobe Helps Store Holdout Reveal Suspect
New York vigilante police report details Julius Switkes and Selma Switkes, a couple robbed five times over 11 years near their Manhattan delicatessen. They crafted a scarecrow with a police cap and badge to ward off further hold ups.
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New York
Julius Switkes
Selma
Manhattan
Robber Holds Up Store Then Flee With Getaway Car
In Chanute a holdup man demanded money from a counter clerk. Mrs. Switkes warned of a police presence in back, as she pointed to a cop’s hat on the counter. The robber fled in a car after revealing a revolver.
Nine Oclock Gun Marks 90 Years in Norfolk Navy Yard
The Nine OClock Gun has boomed nightly on the hour for 90 years at the Norfolk and Portsmouth Virginia Navy Yards, a long standing tradition reflecting the base’s history.
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Norfolk
Portsmouth, Virginia Navy Yards
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