Local Fire Department Built Into One of Best in Kansas
Lawrence's fire service, under Chief John Miller in his third year, has undergone major changes yielding high morale and efficiency. The department emphasizes training with courses nationwide and a new fire prevention bureau funds equipment and safety programs. Miller often leads from the front, recalling early fires and stressing modern, source-fighting techniques that reduce water damage.
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Lawrence
Kansas
John Miller
Miler
Kansas Fire School
K.U. Extension
Miller
Lawrence Bureau of Fire Prevention
Bureau
Hoecker Speaks on Radioactive Deposits in Bone at Geneva
Dr. Frank E. Hoecker of Kansas University outlines studies on radioactive deposits in bone using rat models and human bone comparisons. He notes lactation related calcium balance can reduce radium retention but finds no method to markedly reduce old deposits. work with Wilkinson Buie Kunz cited.
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Miller
Frank E. Hoecker
Radioactive Isotopes Research Laboratory
K.U
Geneva
Switzerland
Paul N. Wilkinson
Ban’ H. Buie
William F. Kunz
Hoecker
Theraniy Greex Mysicians
Union Violence and X Ray Warning Share Page Lead
In Texas a union leader was killed, a union hall bombed, and a home dynamited amid related violence. Separately at a Geneva conference U.S. scientists warn X rays may risk unborn children, advising limited pelvic exposure for women of childbearing age.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Jeff Mullally
Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
AFL
Oklahoma
Richland Hills
Houston
Houston Union
Galveston
James R. Huff
Boilermakers Local 132
Clarence Benson Wilkins
Lamarque Union
Mason Lankford
Mullally
Tulsa
Okla
Geneva
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Firemen Relief Fund receives large state check
City Treasurer Roy Baker reports a 4654.40 state insurance department payout to the Lawrence Firemen's Relief Association from 1934 tax on fire premiums. The fund aids injured or disabled firemen, with provisions for beneficiaries and medical costs, as part of a program spanning 338 Kansas communities.
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City Treas
Roy Baker
State Insurance Department
Lawrence Firemen's Relief Association
Lawrence
Kansas Cities
Boreal Association
Banquet and Ball Notices Mentioned in Local Agenda
A fragment notes events including an annual departmental banquet and a Firemen's Ball as items in a community schedule, indicating officer involvement and social gatherings. The brief mentions suggest upcoming safety and civic charity functions within the department.
Obituary of Roger E. Stanley
Roger Edmund Stanley born near Hesper December 17 1883 died July 22 1955. He married Katherine A Lind on March 1 1905 and had four children Clara, Samuel Lindley, Roger Edmund Jr, Marian Bernice Wilson, Lois Jean Kindred. Survived by his wife, four children and his brother Raymond Stanley.
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Roger Edmund Stanley
Samuel
Cgrorgianna (Rogers) Stanley
Hesper
Katherine A. Lind Jey
Samuel Lindley
Miami
Fila
Roger Edmund Jr
Eudora
Marian Bernice Wilson
Lois Jean Kindred
Raymond Stanley
Two Sisters and Large Family Mourn Loss in Lawrence and Azusa
Mis Laura Klopfent Stein of Lawrence and Mrs G Anna Dolling of Azusa California mourn a relative with two sisters and a host of other relatives and friends. He was a birthright member of the Hesper Friends church which he cherished до the end.
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Mis
Laura Klopfentstein
Lawrence
Ganna Dolling
Azusa
Cali
Hesper Friends Church
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