Women Into Own As Low Workers At Sunflower Plant
April 1944 marks a high share of women on powder lines at Sunflower Ordnance Works near DeSoto. Since April 1943 women have moved from 28 percent to about 45 percent, with men reclassified to 1-A. Women operate presses, mix ingredients, test powders, and even proof fire for ballistic approval while balancing home duties and wartime shifts.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto
Army
Sunflower
Chemical
Margaret Bell
Ellsville
Beatrice Geer
South Pyle
Kansas City
Kan
Evelyn Kincaid
West
Santa Fe Road
Olathe
Miss Geer
Kincaid
Navy
WOW
Women Ordnance Workers
United States
Troops Take Over Manchester Gas Works
British troops today took control of the Manchester gas works after 500 employees quit their jobs, depriving 220000 consumers in the area of gas. Technicians were sent to train soldiers, aiming to resume gas flow soon as munitions works, aircraft plants, mills, and hospitals faced shortages in the city of 766000. Workers protested over a pay increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Eng
Poultry Ceiling Up Amid OPA Revisions
The Office of Price Administration raised poultry ceiling prices by 1.8 cents per pound for stall sales and extended increases through April. The plan includes increases for May and June and for January through June 1945, projecting an overall rise of about two thirds of a cent per pound over the year. May and June rises are 2.2 and 1 cent respectively, with ceilings returning to prior levels in July and through December 1944, then resetting in January 1945.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Fred M. Vinson
OPA
Poultry Price Increases Planned Through Midyear 1946
OPA announced schedule of modest price rises through June 1946 with increases of half a cent in one month, one cent in February, and 1.4 cents in March. Officials expect producers to hold poultry for egg production, increasing supply in the first half of the year.
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OPA
Kansas Soldiers Listed Missing in Action by War Dept
Washington April 21 eleven Kansas soldiers are among 650 listed by the war department as missing in action in the Mediterranean and European theaters.Names include Pfe Lawrence M Crawford Clay Center Pvt John E Dugan St George S Sgt Albert H Edgett Clay Center T Sgt Charles H Ford Sedan 5 5 Robyn P Fulton Fulton Jack Garrett Wichita Sgt Virgil C tty Morrow Kansas Set Glen E Murray Hope S Sgt Arthur F Parent Pittsburg Second Lt Max J Quackenbush Beloit Sgt Eldon A C Williams Plainville.
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Washington
Kansas
War Department
Mediterranean
Pfe
Lawrence M. Crawford
Clay Center
John E. Dugan
St. George
Albert H. Edgett
Charles H. Ford
Sedan
Robyn P. Fulton
Fulton
Jack Garrett
Wichita
Virgil C Tty
Morrow
Glen E. Murray
Hope
Racial issue fuels Alabama Senate race
In Birmingham on April 21, the Democratic contest between Lister Hill and James A. Simpson spotlighted white supremacy and segregation. Each accuses the other of actions against traditional southern racial customs while Simpson frames the issue as statewide against bureaucrats enforcing national social equality.
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Birmingham
Ala
South
Alabama
Lister Hill
Senate
James A. Simpson
Acta
Simpson
Turkey Halts Chrome Shipments to Germany in Allied Move
Ankara says chrome exports to Germany and allies will stop at 7 p.m. tomorrow in response to British and American requests. Foreign Minister Numan Menemengioglu told parliament that Turkey, while an ally of Britain, will be treated as neutral if it does not comply, though officials insist Turkey is not neutral. Dispatches from London estimate the move will deprive Germany of chrome supplies.
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Ankara
Germany
Numan Meneşmencioglu
National Assembly
Turkey
Britain
Menemenologlu
London
Campus Quarantine chosen for Eudora High School play
The Eudora High senior class selects Robert Ray’s Campus Quarantine as the spring play to be staged on April 28 at 8 p m under Miss Monte Robbins. Cast includes Rosenau Mary Grosdidier Bob Lothholz Charles Winters Robert McCabrin Harold Sparksi Howard Ross. Largest merchant seamen quota in seven months announced for Missouri area. enrollments welcome in Kansas City and St Louis with pre induction processing. Police arrest warrant leads to Kansas City Kan arrest.
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Eudora High School
Robert Ray
Monte Robbins
Rosenaumary Grosdidier
Bob Lothholz
Charles Winters
Kansas City
Maritime Service
Robert Connell
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Connell
U.S. Maritime Service
St. Louis
Revival Continues At Williamstown Baptist Church
A church revival at Williamstown Baptist will run through April 30 with services each evening at 8 except Saturdays. Evangelist is Rev. Lester Tomberlin and song leader is Art Melerin.
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Williamstown Baptist Church
Lester Tomberlin
Art Melerin
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Sherwin-Williams Paints
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Eudora High
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New Hampshire
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Mass
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertowns
Thre
Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
Massachusetts ST
America
Gilbert Francis
B. F. Goodrich Silvertowns
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Johnson
IGLOC
Regent
Mada
Hamilton
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Amity
Style King
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Oakwood
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Wright & Ditwon
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Prute Can
Simonize
Erra
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