Korean Typist and the World of Foreign Typewriters
A New York feature profiles Martin K. Tytell a master of keyboards who can adapt machines to 147 languages and dialects including Korean Persian and Arabic. He notes the challenges of Korean input with dead keys and mixed character systems while comparing keyboard layouts across English French Portuguese Spanish and more.
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Baul Pett
New York
Korea
Fetia
Martin K. Tytell
Tytell
Tytellasys
Dr. Song
Tyrell
Dominion
Brazil
Portugal
France
United States
Market fears and policy shifts cloud postwar inflation
New York July 17 traders faced high stock volume and skittishness as inflation fears and expected tax hikes cloud demand. Wartime controls loom with possible allocations in steel and copper, while oil output tweaks and synthetic rubber reshuffle availability. Industry braces for higher living costs amid uncertain policy.
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New York
A Cn
Levala
Federal Defense
Ork
Asia
Washington
Texas
Tech
Scurry County
Blum to enroll at Kansas State next fall
Frank Blum, a high scoring Joliet Til basketball star, will attend Kansas State College next fall per coach Jack Gardner. The notice also covers estate matters and local city clerk registration updates from Lawrence Daily Journal World.
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Manhattan
Kan
Frank Blum
Joliet, Til
Kansas State College
Kstate
Jack Gardner
Blum
Altho
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
T Chy
Institute Graduates 564 Speech Defective Children
Wichita Kansas July report from the Institute of Logopedics shows 564 youngsters graduated from speech training in the year ending June 30, up from 360 the prior year while 1,207 were in training. The institute urges broader community access and notes travel for therapy should not burden speech impaired children.
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Wichita
Kan
Institute of Logopedics
Last Rites Held For Sheriff Will Johns Jr
Last rites for Sheriff Will Johns Jr aged 50 were held Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church led by Rev W W Aleheel. He died July 13 after a long pneumonia. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. Over 600 attended. many floral tributes filled the sanctuary as attendees stood in aisles and law enforcement officers from near and far looked on. Out of town guests included Harold Fatzer attorney general Kansas Frank Sullivan state commissioner of insurance Lou Richter head of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation Charles Edmonson deputy warden Lansing Col Hugh Edwards superintendent Kansas Highway Patrol and chiefs and captains from Kansas City Fire Department and Kansas Highway Patrol officers. Police formed a guard of honor outside the church.
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Will Johns, Jr
Trinity Lutheran Church
It. W. Ale Heel
Johns
Oak Hill Cemetery
Harold Fatzer
Kansas
Frank Sullivan
Insurance
Lou Richter
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Charles Edmondson
Prisen
Lansing
Hugh Edwards
Kansas Highway Patrol
Olander Lival
Roy Moulton
Kansas City Fire Department
Kansas Ay Police Department
Lawrence
Kansas City
O'Leary Reaches Centenarian Birthday Milestone
Jeremiah O'Leary, aged 101, celebrated a long life with family nearby. He recalls his mother living to 98 and grandmother to 104, noting seven children and 30 grandchildren in the local area.
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Emey Noy
Jeremiah O
O'Leary
Monument Honoring U S Dead Unveiled At Bastogne Hill
Crowds in Bastogne Belgium braved rain to dedicate a 40 foot high star shaped monument honoring American war dead from the Battle of the Bulge. Maj Gen Anthony McAuliffe spoke, stressing Atlantic nations unity under a common pact and the enduring friendship of Belgium and America. The Bespo American association raised 501000 dollars for the memorial displaying the 48 states and battle history.
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Bastogne
Belgium
America
Anthony C. McAuliffe
101St Airborne
Perch McAuliffe
Atlantic
Agetesson
United States
Trulanan
Alert Fr. Murphy
Tire Maniac Strikes Ventnor City Streets
Residents on Atlantic Avenue report a nighttime spree in which every car on the south side had a punctured right front tire. Police say the vandal, who has upset many along the avenue, remains at large as efforts continue to identify him.
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Ventnor City
N. J
Atlantic Avers
Stemdbiry
Atlantic
Atchison Teen Wins Local Soap Box Derby
Fourteen year old Jerry Overton of Atchison qualified for the national soap box derby by winning the Atchison competition. Bernard Trompeter, 11, also of Atchison, earned a close tokeners post.
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Atchison, Kan
Jerry Overton
Atchison
Bernard Trompeter
Mid-Western Music Camp Band Concerts Highlight Week Four
Guest conductors led two programs at the Mid Western Music Camp marking the fourth week. Under Gerald Carney and others, the orchestra performed Weber Euryanthe Overture, Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade, Bach Sheep May Safely Graze, Mendelssohn Scotch Symphony, and more. A Cappella Choir featured Purcell and Kubik pieces. weather allowed an Outdoor Theater show. Concerts drew good crowds and strong solo work from Richard Gray and Deleine Guest.
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Gerald M. Carney
Raymond
Zepp
Russell L. Wiley
Weber
Rimaky- Korsakov
Mendelssohn
Donald Gleckler
Wayne Nelson
Lawrence
Cain
Foster
Glendy Burke
Christiansen
Moody
Deleine Guest
Coffeyville
Marcus Hahn
E. Thayer Gaston
K. U
Nevin Wasson
Kansas City
Morton Gould
Johnny
Milhaud
Chinese Admit Raid Against British Ship Glenearn
Chinese nationalist authorities confirmed one of their planes attacked the British steamer Glenearn north of Formosa. The defense ministry said the Mustang fighter pilot will be court martialed for disobeying orders. The Glenearn’s British chief officer and Chinese steward were seriously injured and steering gear damaged. Meanwhile Ian Lincoln, 52, of Wichita, was killed when a car plunged down a 100-foot embankment near Portland, Oregon during a business trip.
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Taipei
Formosa
Foreign Office
United States
Great Britain
China
Britain
Defense Ministry
Glencarn
Wehire
Kan
Ian Lincoln
Wichita
Portland
Linecoln
West
Houston Lumber Company
Wichijtms
Sabotage Suspected In Ammunition Barge Blast
London reports a blast that blew up nine munitions barges near Gosport and Portsmouth. About 80 injured, no fatalities. An admiralty statement said sabotage is suspected after a fire started one barge, with earlier notes claiming sabotage unlikely despite several recent attacks on British naval vessels.
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London
Admiralty
Gosport
Portamouthaval Yard
Meeting in Topeka July 31 Will Be to Discuss Treatment
Fumigation of stored grain will be the subject of six meetings over Kansas, per Dell Gates of K State. The northeastern district meeting in Topeka on July 31 will draw county agents and instructors from Douglas County for a day of methods and materials discussion and a fumigation demonstration. At the same time, Hartadale New York reports General Evangeline Booth, 84, near death after weeks of illness, feared to die any moment as she lies in a coma at her home.
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Paris
International Cancer Research Congress
C. Chester Stock
Sonja M. Buckley
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
New York
Memorial Hospital
Sorbonne
Hodgkins
Stock
Topeka
Dell Gates
K-State
Manhattan
Douglas County
Hartadale
N.Y
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Army
Lakewood Park Promoted as World’s Largest Planned Community
Los Angeles July 17. The first families move into an 17 000 home Lakewood park planned community designed to house 65 000 people. Nearly 6 000 homes have been built since construction began last February. The project covers about 10 square miles.
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Los Angeles
Lakewood Park
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