Axis Sally trial sparks mixed wartime memories
Axin Sally, real name Elizabeth Gillars, is on trial for aiding Germany by war-time broadcasts aimed at breaking allied morale. The article recalls her radio persona, public image as a glamour figure, and the shift in public opinion as prosecutors portray her as a treasonous propagandist while veterans recall her lullabies and the desert’s harsh winds.
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Intimates Hope For Capture of Fugitive
Prison warden says an escaped inmate, William Higgins, may be captured soon after he left a dental appointment in McAlester. Warden Clarence P. Burford notes Higgins is missed for his role in prison dental work and safety inside the penitentiary. In court, Frank Ireland and Asher Son were fined for drunkenness, while Ryan’s case for DUI and license violations was continued. Catherine Zink of Lincoln has been elected president of the Home Economics division at the Kansas Vocational Education Association meeting in Topeka.
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Topeka
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Dorothea N. Neilson
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Blue Ribbon Distributing Co Incorporation In Topeka
The Blue Ribbon Distributing Co Inc a wholesale beverage firm based in St. Vitts Kan completed incorporation yesterday in the secretary of state office. A J Haderlein of Frontenac is named resident agent for the new corporation with authorized capital of 1500 shares.
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Blue Ribbon Distributing Co. Inc
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Frontenac
Tokyo Rose Arrest Chronicle in American War Trials
Tokyo, Aug. 25. Mrs. Iva Toguri admitted being one of four Japanese American radio personalities aiding Japan during World War II. The charge concerns treason against the United States. Her trial focused on how she allegedly aided Japanese interests while in exile. She reportedly married here shortly before her planned ship departure.
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Russia Calls U N Move From Lake Success
Soviet Russia urged shifting the United Nations headquarters from Lake Success to Geneva, arguing the lake area and current facilities hinder the UN's work. The proposal backed a 1940 Geneva council plan to set general conditions for UN operations and criticized the Lake Success environment as unsuitable for the organization.
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Western Electric Ad Spending At Bell System Hearing
At Topeka on August 26 191 Young of Western Electric testified advertising costs against the Bell system emergency rate increase. He noted total ad costs amounted to one mill per dollar of sales with nine tenths of that per dollar sales. The hearing resumed after a four day recess.
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Southwestern Hell Telephone Company
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Calls Grid Meeting For High School Football Players
Announcement by Head Coach Chalmer BE Wondard invites all boys including freshmen to a football meeting at the high school gym starting at 6. Students will receive equipment instructions, physical exam timing, and details on the athletes’ benefit plan. The session lasts about one hour and includes a treat.
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Mother dies in iron lung after cesarean birth
Morganton August 26 1951 a 24 year old mother Lucy Hell Smith wife of a furniture factory worker died after bulbar polio left her unable to breathe. Doctors performed a cesarean section while she lay in an iron lung to deliver a son who survived long enough for the bellows to pump.
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