Battle Hoppers By Use Of Planes In West War On Grasshoppers
U S Department of Agriculture official Jim R Dutton says the airborne poison campaign in Wyoming and Montana has temporarily reduced the grasshopper threat but not ended it. Millions of acres remain infested as farmers battle the hoppers at their own expense while authorities plan a broader drive to finish the job. The Nevada swarms moved into California and Oregon. Kansas flights and new infestations in Colorado Arizona the Dakotas Wisconsin Idaho and California valleys are noted as next targets.
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Denver
Wyoming
Montana
Jim R. Dutton
U. S. Grasshopper Control Division
Nevada
Canada
Texas
Dutton
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U.S.D.A
Congress
California
Oregon
IS. D. A
Patton
Kansas
Colorado
Arizona
Dakotas
Wiseconsin
Idaho
San Joanin
Sacramento
Struggle for Power at Fairchild Engine and Aircraft
In Hagerstown Maryland July 7 tellers count votes to decide who controls Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corporation. Sherman Fairchild battles to oust chairman J Carlton Ward and current management as proxies from absentee stockholders are tallied. Proxies may determine outcome with up to 2.3 million shares outstanding. Fairchild with about 5,000 shares leads a bid for economical operation and higher dividends versus management claims of past prosperity without Fairchild.
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Hagerstown
Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corporation
Sherman Fairchild
Huene
J. Carlton Ward
Fairchild
Truman states he will speak freely on Missouri election
President Truman indicated he plans to express his opinions on the Missouri 1950 election but will not participate in the Democratic primary fight. He noted Missouri is his home state and said he would speak in the November election. Senator Forrest Donnell faces re-election next year amid Truman’s irritation with Republican representation.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Forrest Donnell
James Pendergist
Kansas City
Donnell
New York
Agner
Requests for Stenographers Rise at University
The office of the dean of women at KU reports a unusual demand in several days for part and full time stenographers to fill new vacancies due to increased correspondence loads. No turnover or expected turnover among current staff. Fewer requests for typists. vacancies need experienced stenographers. Many applicants seek room and board positions. few vacancies. An unusual note is students wanting to sell orchids.
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Ofice
K. U
KU to Add Psychiatric Social Work Major With $3074 Grant
A $3074 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to the University of Kansas will fund a new psychiatric social work curriculum in the graduate department of social work, starting September. Esther Twente notes a new faculty member will be added, with field work at KU Medical Center and other local institutions, expanding a program that already offers courses in psychiatric social work. The department enrolled 51 last year and expects about 70 this fall amid rising demand for geriatric social workers nationwide.
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United States Public Health Service
University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
K. U
Department of Social Work
National Institute of Mental Health
Esther Twente
University of Kansas Medical Center
Child Guidance Clinic
Kansas City
Department of Neuropsychiatry
General Hospital
Menninger Foundation
Winter General Hospital
Topeka
Wichita Guidance Clinic
Veterans’ Administration
Washington appoints four health service leaders
The public health service unveils four new posts today. Dr Joseph C Dean becomes associate chief bureau of state services. Dr Daniel J Naley is named chief division of federal employee health. Dr John Cronin leads division of hospital facilities. Dr Forsyth and Dr Dean hold assistant surgeon general ranks with prior posts across New Orleans Philadelphia and other facilities.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Bureau of State Services
Joseph C. Dean
Kansas City
Federal
Daniel J. Naley
Luzerne
Villanova College
Georgetown University
Wilkes Barre
Pa. General Hospital
Marine Hospital
Ellis Island
Leaven
Dean
Forsyth
Long Island
Kan
University of Nebraska
Johns Hopkins University
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Louis
Puerto Rico
Kansasity
Davison
Mich
Michican School of Denistry
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Air Force Opens Navigator Training for Cadets
Air Force allows men aged 20 to 26 to apply for navigation training under the aviation cadet program. Training will be at Ellington Air Force Base Texas with new classes each 30 days, starting November 1 1949. Applicants must be under 27 on training start and have at least half a college credit program or meet aviation cadet exam requirements.
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Martin W. Lane
Lawrence
Air Force
Ellington Air Force Base
Texas
Educa W
Kish
American War Dead in Nine Permanent Cemeteries in Europe
War correspondents recount that about two thirds of the 150,000 Americans killed in western Europe are buried in nine permanent cemeteries across the continent, with another American cemetery in England. Hamm near Luxembourg holds over 8,400 graves including General Patton, while St Laurent near Omaha Beach holds nearly 4,000. The article notes surrounding communities honor the dead with annual Memorial Day ceremonies and local acts of remembrance, with graves often tended by locals and dog tags still attached to each cross.
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Europe
Continent
England
Berlin
American Overseas Airlines
War Department
St. Laurent
Normandy
Omaha Beach
Hamm
Luxembourg
St. Laurient
George S. Patton
Third Army
Patton
St. Laurie Comers
English Channel
France
U. S
Luxembourg City
Voss
Belgium
Obituary for Mary Gottstein Vitt in Eudora Kansas
Mary Gottstein Vitt born February 22 1861 near Gardner Kansas daughter of John and Mary Gottstein. She married Joseph Vitt in 1882 and lived on farms near Eudora later moving to the town. Survived by three children Walter Vitt Ollie Edler and Ethel Bohnaack six grandchildren one sister Mrs Charles Harris and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held June 26 1949 at the Methodist church with burial in Deay Cemetery.
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Mary Gottstein
Gardner
Kansas
John
Eudora
Joseph Vitt
Walter Vitt
Lawrence
Ollie Edler
Ethel Bohnaack
Vitt
Ethel
Charles Harris
Linwood
Methodists Church
Deay
George Boiecourt
May Adama
Henrietta Schubert
Misa Maxine Diedrich
Clifford Gottstein
John Gottstein
Floyd Gottstein
Perry Dunn
Approval of Liberal Distributing license announced
Topeka July 7 UP approval of a liquor distributors license for Liberal Distributing company was announced yesterday by Arthur A Herrick state liquor director In Alabama ranks fourth as a selling state it is the heaviest industry state in the country
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Topeka
Liberal Distributing Company
Sf Liberal
Arthur A. Herrick
Pee Ih
Alabama
Playground Stunt Night Promises Fun at South Park
Children in the summer playground program entertain parents tomorrow night in South Park. Seven playground groups perform ten minutes each at 7 44 o clock. Dances tap and folk, tumbling, rhythm band and more are planned. Parents and friends invited. past shows drew good crowds.
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South Park
Plas
Granddad's Nap Sparks Indian Play Fire Under Truck
In Abilene Texas on July 7 WN. F. Wilson dozed as two grandsons aged five and seven played Indian. They built a fire beneath Wilson's pick up truck, causing heavy damage before firefighters and a now awake grandfather extinguished the blaze.
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Abilene. Tex
F. Wilson
Wilson
Controversy Over Altitude Of Brows In New York
In Manhattan during a heat wave a social class debate erupts over highbrow middlebrow and lowbrow status based on tastes and manners. The piece mocks snobbery while urging neutrality, noting salons favor beer or red wine and predicting a cultural truce rather than decisive brow-beating.
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New York
Manhattan
Abody
Communist Party
National Association of Manufacturers
Unian
Echo
Lafec
Extentis
Ofc
Baden
Bean Pan Sartre
Sana Triad
America
Harvard University
Funeral services for Mrs May H Codding in Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kansas July 7 funeral services will be held here Saturday for Mrs May H Codding widow of J OK Codding prominent Leavenworth attorney and former president emeritus of the Kansas Parent Teachers association She was a supporter of women’s suffrage and died yesterday in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Leavenworth
Kan
May H. Codding
Tulsa
Okla
J. OK. Codding
Kansas Parent-Teachers Son
Irade Kas
Athletes Foot Germ Stowits Tells How To Kill It
The advertisement urges use of a penetrating fungicide to kill athletes foot germs. It promises a 35 cent refund from Stowits Renall Drug Store if not satisfied and stresses strong effectiveness.
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Renall Drug Store
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Jameson
Mary Gottstein Witt
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