Freshmen rush to KU ROTC amid rising enrollments
Lawrence Daily Journal World notes a surge in students applying to the University of Kansas Army and Air Force ROTC programs as 45 officers have been produced through KU ROTC since World War I. Col E F Kumpe cites increased Selective Service calls and benefits of reserve commissions. Vacancies remain in the Army unit with priority to early applicants.
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University of Kansas
Army Wavy
Air Force
E. F. Kumpe
Kumpe
K. U. Rotc
Pleasant Grove Residents Host Dinners and Local Fire Briefs
I L Montgomery helped cut hedge on George Florance farm near Worden. Mr and Mrs Florance and daughters from Lawrence dined with Montgomery Monday. A pasture fire east of the Pleasant Grove garage threatened Lew Churchbaugh property and Hilltop store until under control. Mrs Donald Andrews and children visited Harold Rothrock's Sunday. An accordion concert by Miss Marion Madl's band was held on the Sullivan lawn in Baldwin. Families from Pleasant Grove, including Poole, Kingery, Pine, Messer and Tietjens attended. Jack Atwood returned home from Wisconsin after four weeks with Floyd Atwood. Thursday visitors to C Tillery home were Leonard Tillery and Chicago kin. Patty Gish and Karen and Sherril June spent a week at Magarene Girls Camp in Overland Park. Mrs Bill Porter and son Terry of Kaw Valley visited mother Mrs John Daniels. Dale McMillin family and Dan Flory plus Frank Johnsons from Lone Star spent Saturday with Emerson Ot home in Lawrence for Kerry’s birthday. Danny McMillin and Cheryl Sue Johnson visited the I L Montgomery home Sunday. Nolan Robison of Williamstown hosted a dinner for her brother Melvin John-
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I. L. Montgomery
George Florance
Worden
Florance
Lawrence
Montgomery
Pleasant Grove
Lew Churchbaugh
Hilltop
Donald Andrews
Harold Rothrock
Marion Madl
Sullivan House
Baldwin
Hoy Poole
Lonzie Kingery
Raymond Pine
Jerry Messer
William Tietjens
Jack Atwood
Floyd Atwood
Wisconsin
Mr. Hand
C. Tillery
Leonard Tillery Vand
Chicago
Patty Gish
Karen
Sherril
June
Magarene
Overland Park
Bill Porter
Terry
Kaw Valley
John Daniels
Dale McMillin
Danny
Dan Flory
Frank Johnson
Lone Star
Emerson Ot
Kerry
Danny McMillin
Cheryl Sue Johnson
Dave Wray
Extra Fingers Toex Removed: CORPORA Spain
In CORPORA Spain Gines Caballero Zurita will walk better after an operation to remove surplus digits. He had nine toes on each foot and six fingers on each hand. The operation aims to relieve him of the excess digits. The young chainmaker never has been able to wear shoes.
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Corpora
Spain
Gines Caballero Zurita
Atchison First Kansas City to Secure a Railroad
The Atchison Globe notes Atchison as the first Kansas town with a railroad and a hub of industry. It highlights major plants, the Santa Fe line, and historic figures linked to Atchison, including governors and notable writers and explorers, along with the city’s role in transportation, education, and state institutions.
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Atchison
Kansas City
AL Bennett
Atchison Globe Atchison
Kansas
Wieshangton
Dia
Almahem Lincoln
Cooper Union
New York
Ville
Atchingon
Atchison, Toyoka and Santa Fe Railway
Missouri River
Lewis and Clark
Atchison and Topeka Railroad Co
Santa Fe
Burlington
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
Locomotive Finished Materials Co
Atch
U.S
Pillsbury
Minneapolis
Milwest Solvents Co
Lcohol
Washington
John J. Ingalls
George Washington Glick
John A. Martin
W. J. Bailey
Ed Howe
Atchison Glove
Walt Mason
Fier Amelia Earhart
Jim, Gene
Marcel Howe
Ray Trolland
Field and Stream
John Cameron Swayze
John Faber
Saturday Evening Post
Kathleen McLaughlin
The
New York Times
Marcel Wallenstein
Paris
Kansas City Star
Chris Reisner
State Receiving Home
FBI Adds Florida Prison Escapee to Ten Most Wanted
Leonard Joseph Zalutsky, a 37 year old with a long crime record, escaped four Florida state prisons and is now on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list. Described as highly intelligent and armed, he has an artificial left eye and is linked to a deadly prison fire and kidnapping during his latest escape in September 1951.
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Washington
Florida
FBI
Leonard Joseph Zalutsky
Raiford
Isaw
Eighth suit seeks return of Western Kansas wheatlands
Files in Wichita federal court reveal Eighth Suit against George and Margaret Ross to cancel 1300 acre land sale contracts valued around 1 million dollars. Plaintiff alleges a conspiracy to deprive him of property and seeks 75 000 000 in damages. Earlier litigation began April 29 with a separate claim against the Wheaton Til Colportage Association over promised publication of writings. Other defendants include tenant farmers and three wheat elevator companies.
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Wichita
Wheaton, Til, Colportage Association
Ely
James E. Bly
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Ree
Satin Eummau
America
Wallaam
Prine
matotT’s Laluatt
Benedict's College
Mount St. Scholastic College
James Fly Serking
Owens-Corning Fiberglas
Vermont
Big” Smith
Sisea
Oxfords
Ana Oxfords
nOoYs
Toggery
Mkownie Hawkeye
Feshelder
Big Kodak
Musser Suen
Frank
Chinchilla
Sealy and McIntire
Simmons Sturk
Meeker
Filkins
Massachusetts
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