Awards Made to Ordnance Men at Sunflower Works
Three officers at Sunflower Ordnance Works received Army commendation ribbons for meritorious service. Major Arthur Inman announced the awards, praising Lt. Nass wass for his work at Aberdeen Proving Ground on artillery and bombs, Captain Rotenberry as ordnance inspector at Sunflower, and Major Thman for executive roles at Sunflower and the Ammunition Division. Brig. Gen. Hardy commended all for their crucial contributions to the ordnance program during wartime.
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Sunflower Ordinance Works
Chief of Ordnance
Arthur E. Inman
Oficer
Secretary of War
Army
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Maier
Rotenberry
Sunflower
R. R. Klanderman
Delief
Toplain Rotenberry
Sun- Mower
Arthur FE. Thman
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Industrial Service
Washington, D. C
R. E. Hardy
Washington, D.C. Id
Ordnance Department
Eisenhower awards second Oak Leaf to MacArthur
Tokyo apr 19 61 percent General Eisenhower awarded a second Oak Leaf cluster to the Distinguished Service Cross to General MacArthur for extraordinary heroism on Luzon. The citation notes MacArthur’s inspiration of the 25th division as he advanced within 75 yards of enemy lines after two men were killed and several wounded. Marshall presented the decoration.
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Brooks Speaks Here at Pinckney PTA Meeting
Dr L W Brooks state superintendent addressed Pinckney school Parents Teachers Association. He outlined Winfield summer programs and urged a manners course and religious training to curb vandalism while stressing experiences shape students.
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Corlette Cotton
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Lucille Hisey
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Hill
Grant Eichhorn
Ray Kanehi
Dixie Rawless
Bernice Nash
Hazel Featherston
Nash
Cotton
Wichita
Winter hospital meeting gathers Red Cross council members
The April session of the Sunflower camp and hospital council met at Winter General hospital in Toneka with 12 counties represented. Dr Karl Menninger spoke on the Veterans Administration run hospital. Red Cross items listed included razor blades writing paper envelopes and cigarets donated by Ming Jonnie Watt. Tut's Billiard Parlor in a new glass front building on Massachusetts street opened by Harold and Wallace Tuttle former Swede's operator Clarence Wilson.
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Toneka
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Douglas County
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Karl Menninger
Army
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Murray
Reader's Digest
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Tut's Billiard Parlor
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Tut's Billiards
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Wallace Tuttle
Clarence Wilson
New Guinea
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Texas! Democrat Knocks OPA Out in House Vote
James Marlow reports on a Texas Democrat and House amendment driving the OPA toward a near-total loss of price controls. If the Senate and President sign, meat dairy farm products coal shoes wool rayon goods and other items would lose controls based on 1940-42 production.
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Congress
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Senate
Peace Time Army Reserve Program Opens This Fall
About 6,000 officers and 10,000 enlisted Kansans qualify for peace-time training in the army reserve corps Lt. Col. James W Hill says. Training starts this fall with reserve offices planned for Kansas City Kansas Independence Wichita and Dodge City.
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Emporia Teachers To Compete In Kansas Relays
Emporia Kansas April 19 Kansas State Teachers College Coach F G Fran Welch will take a mile relay team a two mile relay team and three individual track performers to the Kansas Relays in Lawrence on Saturday He will bring six men for the mile relay and five for the two mile relay with four selected for each event Harold Smith Kansas City Missouri John Lane Lincoln Prentice Gary Dunlap Chester Peterson Nickerson Tom Carr Peabody Melvin Winters Herington will run for the mile relay Candidate for the two mile relay are Lane Gary Tarr Peterson and Lloyd Juhlin Emporia Individual performers include Harold Smith in the 100 yard dash and broad jump Bernard Ruddick Council Grove in the high jump and Elmer Carpenter Independence in the discus
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Peabody
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Peterson
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Harold Smith
Bernard Ruddick
Council Grove
Elmer Carpenter
Independence
Baseball scores and golf win report mixed in early season notes
A jumble of game results shows the Yankees edging the Phillies 3 1 in a Houston homer fray while the Red Sox sweep with two Pesky RBI hits. Tigers beat St Louis 6 1. Cardinals blanked by Canilnalas Pollet eight K s. Dodgers top Giants 8 7. Aggie golf team beats Oklahoma 10 8 at Manhattan with Kansas State’s Funk and Oklahoma’s Coe and Jacob earning medalist honors with 69.
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Renew Effort to End Coal Strike
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach said he will again confer with John L. Lewis and coal operators separately next week to seek a settlement to the bituminous coal strike. He noted limited progress and that sessions with both sides are planned, though dates are not yet fixed.
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White House
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Union Demand and Labor Pact Tangles Food Crisis Coverage
Report notes a food crisis emphasis as operators left negotiations saying talks would resume when the labor secretary deems it possible. Workers seek a union controlled health and welfare fund and compliance with federal mine safety recommendations, while operators push wage and hour concessions. Journal-World classifieds note thousands of rooms and housing rentals.
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