Stevens Elected President of World War I Memorial Corp Board
Lawrence attorney Richard B. Stevens was elected president of the World War I Memorial Corporation board of directors at its annual Kansas University meeting. He succeeds Topeka leader Clarence Munns. new board members include George Waggoner, Robert Anderson, Hubert Brighton, and Olin Petefish, while several past directors become honorary life members. The group governs the Memorial Union and Stadium and revised by laws set 12 elected and nine ex officio directors with a four year term limit.
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Richard B. Stevens
Lawrence
World War I Memorial Corporation Board of Directors
Kansas University
Clarence Munns
Topeka
Laurence C. Woodruff
Leonard H. Axe
Karl Klooz
Fred Ellsworth
George Waggoner
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Robert Anderson
Ottawa
Hubert A. Brighton
Olin Petefish
John Porter
Drew Mclaughlin
Paola
Walter Thiele
Esther Twente
W. J. Baumgartner
F. C. Allen
Allen
Baumgartner
Irving Hill
Memorial Union
Memorial Stadium
Gagliardo Scholarship Established At Kansas University
Chancellor Franklin D Murphy announced the Gagliardo Scholarship in Economics at Kansas University. The $100 annual award honors late KU economist Dr. Gagliardo, with preference for labor economics and insurance majors, and the first recipient to be chosen for 1956 57 by economics faculty.
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Domenico. Gagliardo
Kansas University
Franklin D. Murphy
Gagliardo
School of Business
Department of Economics
Kansas Library Association
Greater University Fund
K. U. Economics
K. U
Harvard
Chicago University
Airman Reunites With Parents After 11 Year Gap
French-born U.S. Airman John D. Jones, 20, traced his wartime separation to find his French parents in Bourg a Bourg near Lyon last September with Red Cross help. The memory return followed the reunion, and he declined to name his parents for personal reasons. The Air Force confirmed unofficial guidance on citizenship status.
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Landstuhl
Germany
U.S
John D. Jones
U.S. Air Force
Raymond Jones
Georgetown
Danville
Ill
United States
Red Cross
Air Force
Bourg-a-Bresse
Lyon
Jones
Stars & Stripes
U.S. Army
One of Nine on Plane Hurt in Takeoff Crash
A C47 transport crashed on takeoff at Smoky Hill Air Force Base injuring one of nine aboard. The aircraft carried a crew of three and six military passengers and suffered major damage. A crew member was thrown through an escape hatch as the plane struck the ground. officials with the base public information office withheld the name until injuries are assessed. New rice milling processes claim to preserve more of the grain’s value.
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Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Lincoln
Neb
Air Force Base
Northeast Kansas Teachers Split Convention Sites
The Northeast Kansas Unit of the Kansas State Teachers Association plans two convention sites next year Topeka and Kansas City to ease overcrowding in Topeka. The board elected Miss Helen Case of Dorado as 1956 KSTA president succeeding Joe Ostenberg of Iola.
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Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas City
Kansas
KSTA
German Department Plans Annual Christmas Party
Kans as Univ y WIN hosts its eighth annual Christmas party at 8 pm in Fraser The ater with a 16th century German play and Christmas carols. Students from German classes perform under Dr Gerhard Fisch and J Morgan Sherwood. Children from Lawrence Public Schools sing two old German Christmas songs, directed by George Kreye and Mrs Kreye. A Swedish choir led by P M Mitchell and old orthodox chants the Russian Hallelujah and Christmas Kontakion will be presented by students.
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Kansas Univ Y Win
Fraser Theater
University
Gerhard Fisch
J. Morgan Sherwood
Liberty
Lawrence Public Schools
George Kreye
Kreye
P.M. Mitchell
Studenst
Christmas program at school led by Samuel P Anderson
Community singing of old German Christmas carols closes the program. Those interested are invited to attend its Christmas program Friday evening December 16 at the school. A plate lunch will be served. Miss Marian Harll is the teacher.
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Samuel P. Anderson
Ning
Marian Harll
State tax official Albert A. Nattler dies at 70
Albert A. Nattler, 70, chief of the State Inheritance Tax Department, died Sunday in Wilson County. He previously served as county attorney and probate judge of Wilson County and practiced law in Fredonia from 1919 to 1939 before joining the Tax Department.
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Albert A. Nattler
State
Wilson County
Fredonia
Tax Department
Pope to Broadcast Christmas Mass Worldwide
Vatican sources say 79 year old Pope Pius XII will celebrate midnight Mass in his private chapel and deliver a Christmas speech to the world. The ceremony will be broadcast by radio globally, with additional school program at Pleasant Grove School on December 24.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Pleasant Grove
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