Society calendar and gatherings fill busy week
Social calendar lists meetings at Colonial and at home venues including a Thursday bridge lunch with Mrs Harold Allen, a first Christian church picnic honoring Rev Harold G Barr and wife, 200 attendees at the event. Birth of a daughter announced for Mr and Mrs Richard Verhage of Tonganoxie at Memorial hospital. Also notes club supper at Country Club with square dancing, and various visits, travel and hospital affairs of local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Allen
Colonial
First Christian Church
A. B. Ewing
Harold G. Barr
Barr
Reginald Strait
I. W. Hartley
L. L. Gaines
W. J. B. Turner
Richard Verhage
Tonganoxie
Memorial Hospital
Son of Major General Ennis Whitehead Sworn In at West Point
Ennis C Whitehead Jr 17 Kansas City son of Maj Gen Ennis C Whitehead Southwest Pacific air forces officer has been sworn in at West Point on a war department appointment He was born in Westphalia and his mother is a Kansan He has attended Pembroke Country Day School In Washington temporary army promotions include First Lieutenant to Captain Arthur Benjamin White Topeka and several second lieutenants from Kansas with 2nd Lt Harry Todd Hedges Wichita ordered to active duty
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ennis C. Whitehead, Jr
Ennis C. Whitehead
Southwest Pacific Air Forces
West Point Military Academy
War Department
Whitehead
Westphalia
John ©. Nicholson
Newton
Middle West
Pembroke Country Day School
Washington
Kansas
Arthur Benjamin White
Topeka
Wesley
Upton Taylor
Bentley
Arvid David Jacobson
Lawrence
William Paul Deam
Manhattan
Robert
Leo Hogan
William Wynn Beuttel
Broadway
Wichita
Harry Todd Hedges
Local personals note broad social visits and arrivals
Lt Frank Gray and Mrs Gray expected today from Cambridge to visit Mr and Mrs id Allen in Independence Kansas before heading to see Gray's mother. Lt Jay a Glas county probate judge has finished at Harvard and will report to Chicago. Kansas City visits include Mr and Mrs Allen with four children and Miss Nancy Teel. Other items mention Mrs Penn and Mrs Holmes visits, Rae Riggs moving to Camden New Jersey and KU graduate work, Palmateers visiting Liberal, Green Mountain Falls guests, and several travelers to Los Angeles Denver and Denison with furloughs and vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gray
Radio Corporation of America
Kansas City
Riggs
University of Kansas
Walter Palmateer
Pvt
Donald
Patty
Liberal
Kan
Palmateer
Liberal Army Air Base
C. A. Coa
Leagee Ines
Green
Mountain Falls
B. H. Sleight
Sunflower Dance Works
Harriet Bleakley
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Wigginshag
Denver
Dorothy Neilson
Myrtle McConnell
Denison
Tex
Lawrence
A. H. Sluss
Mississippi Street
E. G. Lindquist
Camp Fannin
Kathryn Nelson
Chanute
Reginald Strait
Olin Mabe
California
Foreclosure of 1938 Delinquent Taxes Ordered
County Attorney J Riling instructed to file foreclosure on real estate with 1938 taxes delinquent and later charges. Ernest Klooz, special abstractor, said taxpayers may pay delinquent taxes before suit and should visit the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Riling
Douglas County
Ernest Klooz
Man Injured In Tree Fall At Haven Home
Guy V. Keeler director of ESMWT suffered a broken arm and facial cuts after falling from a tree at his mother in law's Haven residence. He received treatment in Hutchinson hospital. The Keeler family was visiting Haven and plans to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy V. Keeler
ESMWT
University of Kansas
Haven
Hutchinson
Keelers
Enlisted Men Aid In Ordnance Jobs
An army ordnance officer cites a China theatre orientation booklet guiding troops on supplying Chinese forces. Hyden cites training Chinese mechanics, language hurdles, and practical lessons in handling tools, ammunition, and maintenance to empower Chinese soldiers and aid combat efforts against Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ordnance
China
Southwest
Pacific
Hyde
Army Ordnance Supervision
Neighbors to Know May Read How Much Gas You Have
Washington July 6 public record reveals gas allotments for B and C cardholders and the reasons for extra allotments. Office of Price Administration allows local boards to publish details by safe methods. Also notes unused furniture and discarded apparel available via classified ads. Market Basket prize offered for best carrot serving recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Ons
Chinese cadets praised for practicality and humor
A historical note quotes a Chinese colonel describing the Chinese people as practical, tolerant, and modern with a keen sense of humor. He contrasts attitudes toward wall symbols and history, suggesting different perspectives on modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conten
Hyde
FIX MELON PRICES Washington sets first time max prices
The Office of Price Administration announces six to twelve cent maximums for all melons except watermelons. Retail pricing will remain uniform across communities. Season average prices are projected lower than last year with cantaloup 9.1 cents per pound and other melons ranging from 9.8 to 12.1 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ufi
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Man Pleads Guilty to Passing on Hill in Justice Court
George B. Dobbs paid a 2 dollar fine and 3 dollars costs in Justice Court after pleading guilty to passing another car on a hill. He was arrested by State Highway Patrolman Harvey Schmedemann this morning on the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Dobbs
J. Lane
Dobbs
Harvey Schmedemann
Invasion Increases Demand for Used Fats
Wartime plea urges housewives to save every ounce of waste fat and turn it in to meat dealers. Standard Rendering Co in Kansas City will accept shipments direct or provide truck pickup, with contact at 635 Adams and phone Harrison 1645.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Rendering Company
Kansas City
Express
Adams
Kansas
Harrison
Adv
Hopkins Returns to Roosevelt Team After Illness
Harry L. Hopkins has resumed duties as special assistant to President Roosevelt after a six month illness and convalescence. He had spent time in Rochester and California before returning to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Earl Hopkins
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Oelinie
Rochester
Wartime figure recovers at White Sulphur Springs
A political leader associated with wartime mobilization and the Office of War Mobilization is recuperating at a sanatarium in White Sulphur Springs. The column notes his role as chairman of a munitions panel and a member of the war mobilization committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks
White
Suiin
Office of War Mobilization
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W. B. Brown
John F. Pies
Colonial Watoriel
B.ree Hayslar
Mra
Serarola Allen
Country Club
Irene Moll
Veronicans
Albert Winters
Charles Saile
A. Simon
Frank Griner
Eudora
Fred Ziesenis
W. C. Brownlee
The
Woman's Relief Corps
American Lion Hall
Helene Farrell
Mary Helene
Jean G. Hall
Pasadena
Calif
Louisa Thomas
Fred G. Laxman
Chicago
George Kuhne
Qinois Street
George, He
Guy Keeler
Army Ordnance
Donald R. Hyde
Ordnance Department
Army Service Forces
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Hercules Powder Company
tilwelPs
Merril’s ‘Arauders
Allison - Armstrong
Dorothy Stein
Misa Stein
Cosmetic Dept
Lancheon
Kentucky
Vw's Gift Shop
Hotel
Eldridge
Hopkins
FDA Jn Assistant
Arce
Operet
Oer Eee
American Institute of Laundering
K. Ue
Rise
Bes
Beodcran
Vickers’ Gift Shop
Mass
Rose
Beauty
Vermont
Denim
Jeffries
Cailie
Entury
Tenel
Elizabeth Arden
Tropics
ARENA
Ardena
Soadn
Cosmetic
Phoenix
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