Kansas Born Navy Officers Highlight Nation's Command
Washington report shows 61 active high ranking officials from Kansas including rear admirals Walter Vern on and Ferdinand Reichmuth. It lists captains lieutenants and commanders born in Kansas serving in destroyer divisions ships and naval districts across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Kansas
Washington
Navy Officer Register
Walter Newhall iVernon
Fort Larned
Mary Service
Michigan
Ferdinand Louis Reichmuth
Beloit
Wisconsin
Nathanial Moore Pigman
Concordia
California
Harry Donald Felt
Topeka
Lexington
Russell Groesbeck Sturges
Charles Edwin Reordan
Junction City
Texas
Naval Rerave
Twelfth Naval District
San Francisco
Railroad Pay Boost Set for 70 000 Workers
Washington January 9 A federal wage order raises railroad worker pay by more than 7 million dollars yearly and takes effect March 1 The minimum wage for track workers dining car staff and other trunk line employees rises to 36 cents an hour with an 83 cent base for short line workers The change affects about 70 000 employees and is based on a wage hour committee recommendation Col Philip B Fleming announced the figures on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip B. Fleming
Fleming
Workers on trunk lines to gain pay raise
The report states that workers on trunk line carriers will net a pay increase, while 5,000 out of 21,000 workers on short lines will benefit.
Aged Benefit Proposals Stir Social Security Debate
Washington lawmakers urged bolder aid to the elderly with two main ideas. One calls for a flat federal payment of 20 to 30 dollars monthly for those over 60, the other would change the matching formula so the federal share could rise to two to one up to a set maximum. Senator Downey backed the flat grant. Connally pressed the two to one match. Democratic Leader Barkley warned reforms could dominate the new Congress starting tomorrow.
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Washington
Downey
Calif
Connally
Barkley
Senate
Congress
Nation's Women Invited To Aid in Home Defense
Washington reports that women nationwide are urged to volunteer for home defense training. Mrs. Florence Kerr, assistant WPA commissioner, says millions are ready and local programs could cover first aid, cooking, map reading, child care, communications, nursing and more to prepare time of national mobilization.
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Washington
Florence Kerr
WPA
Kerr
America
Baldwin News Highlights Local Celebrations and Guests
Miss Carol Campbell of New York visits Baldwin with her mother Mrs. E L Campbell while Baker graduate Dorothy Boicourt earns $50 prize in a Kansas City Star poetry contest. The Douglas County Red Cross hosts a January dinner with Judge Hugh Means as speaker and many local residents attend golden wedding anniversaries and community gatherings in Baldwin and nearby towns.
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Carol Campbell
New York City
Baldwin
E. L. Campbell
Campbell
Baker
New York
Robert
Harold
Eugene
James S. Chubb
Baxter Springs
Aie Sapid
Alva
Powers
Lawrence
Dorothy Boicourt
Neodesha
Kansas City Star
State College
Douglas County Red Cross
Fellowship
First Methodist Church
Charles A. Kalb
H. K. Ebright
Hugh Means
C. E. Lockwood
Lockwood
M. D. Ballard
C Bailey
E C. Allderdice
Grace Huey
Edward Wood
Suzanne Ballard
Marilyn Ballard
Suzanne
Marilyn
Dr. Ballard
H Ebright
Dorothy Jean Webster
Mary Eloise Terrill
Miss Huey
United Brethren Church Activities Parade Through Holidays
News of the United Brethren church community includes Christmas programs, oyster supper for about twenty men, gift exchanges, home makers club events, and a church Christmas dinner with a fifty pound turkey. Members such as Mrs. Russell Worley Mrs. George Lasswell Mrs. A. O. Kellogg and Buddy Worley feature prominently alongside visitors from Topeka and Brush Colorado.
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Buddy Worley
United Brethren Christian Endeavor
Daisy Bair
United Brethren Church
Wendland
Nace
Mary Maust
John Taylor
Paul Maust
George Lasswell
Allen Kellogg
Russell Worley
Buddy
Betty Jean
George Holly
John Schriener
Fred C. Smith
Charles
Jack
Frank Smith
Barbara Worley
Smith Clarence Smith
Saltsman
George Mathews
Fay Glenn
Lucille Hildenbrand
Topeka
August Hildenbrand
Mathews
Dr. Maust
The
Harold Summers
Kellore
A. O. Kellogg
Kansas
Fred Smith
F. C. Smith
Ted Smith
Freddie and
Carplyn
Joe Smith
Billy Joe
Virginia Rose
Richard
H. L. Paslay
Faye Glenn
Vic. Taslay
Pete Bahnmaier
Else Irene
Phyllis Martin
Lucille Parlay
Charles Worley
Len Potts
Brush
Colo
Rosa Smith
Ruth Stienmuth
Mary Boydston
Lois Hayes
Lee Hunt
Hilden
Brand
Elva Bell
H. F. Summers
Evi
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Felix Xerxes Gygax
Twin Creek
Naval Reserve
Office of Chief of Naval Operations
Charles Clifford
Gill
Fourteenth Naval District
Pearl Harbor
Bureau of Ordnance
Herbert Ross Hein
Fort Leavenworth
Wilbur John Ruble
Horace
John Marie Creighton
Leaveneworth
Wilder DePuy
Francis Kendall
O'Brien
Ralph Gilber Pennoyer
Harper
Colin Campbell
Pittsburg
Harold Biesemeier
Hiawatha
William Wakefield
Humboldt
Clyde Charlie Laws
Walnut
Lester Milburn Harvey
Tonganoxie
Raymond Wilson Holsineer
Rosedale
Norman Ridgeway Hitchcock
Oswego
Willis Williamson Pace
Longton
Palmer MacKenzie Gunnell
Great Bend
John Domain Murphy
Newton
John’ Edward Gingrich
Dodge City
William Gosell Tomlinson
Leavenworth
Raymond Grégory Deewall
Wendell Prescott Roop
Holton
Chester Lee Walton
Arkansas City
Edward Elwin Dolecek
Wilson
Delbert Lawrence Conley
Garnett
Wendell Gray Switzer
George Harbord ‘DeRaun
William Bristol McHugh
Conway Springs
Donald Lordin Erwin
Kinsley
Adelbert Frink
Converse
Wellsville
Milo Ryan Williams
White Cloud
Bruce Bryan Adell
Cecil Clinton Adell
Toneka
Harry H. Keith
Harold Nordmark Williams
Wichita
Kenneth Duval Rinele
Hutchinson
Frank Engish Deam
Henry William Goodall
Salina
Clarence A. Hawkins
Kellorg
Linfield Lee Hunt Tola
Warren Sherman Parr
Victor Bovlan Tate
Lakin
Thomas Harold Dyer
Orawatomie
Hermann Garretson
Page
Emnoria
Dennis ‘Larkin
Francis
Philinshure
Thomas Joseph Kimes
Baldwin News
C. Eb, Lockwood
Susie Curby
Ottawa
C. W. Bailey
Ee H. Webster
M. Ballard
Roy Clary
T. B. Jones
Dewey Schmittendorf
Charles &.Beeks
W. M. Clark
J B. Ross
Matt Amos
F. C. Allderdice
Charles F Hobbs
Florence Hobbs
Othy Jean
Eleanor E. Lockwood
Kansas City
J. H. Campbell
Bonner Springs
Haven Graham
Susan
Chanute
A. Lockwood
Joan
Henry Martin
Esther Martin
Washington, D. C
A. P. Miller
Marion Charles
Cal
Leroy Sharp
Centralia
Ill
Liberey
United States
World Headquarters Building
QW Avenue
Rew Tork, & Y
Lecompton
Mass
Thia
Melton
Ar Saale
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