Teachers turn to war work at Sunflower Ordnance Works
More than 1500 teachers from Kansas Missouri and Arkansas joined Sunflower Ordnance Works near De Soto Kansas to produce smokeless powder. They receive 78 cents an hour for women 83 cents for men and attend full day induction training. Many volunteer for swing or graveyard shifts to help relieve the manpower shortage and support the war effort.
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Claid
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Sunflower Ordnance Works
de Soto
Kan
Hercules Powder Company
Althous
Sunflower Employment Office
Sunflower
George
Gertrude Rohe
Nita Rohe
Bunker Hill
Famous Six-Horse Hitch of Clydesdales to Visit Lawrence
The Douglas county Fifth War Bond Drive will feature Wilson & Co. Six-Horse Hitch of Clydesdale geldings in Lawrence on June 20. The team, weighing about 13,000 pounds, arrives June 19 from Kansas City and will be housed at 840 New Hampshire. Kansas Livestock Association and Kansas War Finance officials co sponsor, with Thomas E. Wilson supervising selections for 25 years. The horses, Lochinvar Rob Roy Malcolm and Sir Robert, will perform daily around Wilson & Co. Chicago plant, under driver Frank Housley, with veterinary and dental checks to keep them in prime condition.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Wilson & Co
Clydesdale
Kansas Livestock Association
Kansas War Finance
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Board and Moore
New Hampshire
Frank Housley
Chicago
Lochinvar
Rob Roy
Malcolm
Sir Robert
Scotland
Powering War Goods At Sunflower Plant Attracts Local Staff
In Sunflower Kansas workers and their families join the war effort at a powder plant. Staff Sgt Earl K. Rohe, in Italy, is married to a local teacher. Miss Maurita Plunkett, a Novelty Missouri teacher, operates a large press for propel lant powder. Irene Minor, a kindergarten teacher, helps production between summers at a Social Security office. John W. Hedges and Goldie return to work at Sunflower, while Dr. Cecil Marshall, Baker University historian, joins Hercules.
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Earl K. Rohe
Italy
Miss Plunkett
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Irene Minor
Edina
Social Security Office
Navy
Sunflower
Miss Minor
John W. Hedges
Peru
Kan
Goldie
Cecil Marshall
Baker University
Hercules
Marshall
Termed threat to state by rep in interview on commerce
Washington reports Representative Winter of Kansas called the Supreme Court ruling that insurance is interstate commerce another straw in the wind toward regimentation of business. He warned the decision could curb state powers and affect local regulation.
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Washington
Winter
R-Kan
Supreme Court
Court decision challenges insurance as interstate commerce
A speaker argued the ruling pushes life insurance control to the federal government, potentially altering Kansas rules. He noted a pending House bill declares insurance not interstate commerce and not subject to antitrust laws, signaling a broad regulatory shift.
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Kansas
Navigation Class For Lawrence Area Under Civil Air Patrol
Residents of Lawrence and nearby towns may study navigation meteorology power plants and other ground school subjects through arrangements by C R Shields Civil Aeronautics Administration War Training Service at the University of Kansas and Lt Geo F E Berg Lawrence Civil Air Patrol commander A class of 36 is enrolling now with night sessions at KU Navy classrooms free of charge Qualifications are interest in flying or air applications for CAP provisional membership Enrollment begins after 36 are registered For details contact your local Civil Air Patrol at 7 30 tonight Community Building or call 919
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Lawrence
C. R. Shields
Civil Aeronautics Association
War Training Service
University of Kansas
Geo. FE. Berg
Lawrence Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol
Marriage Licenses Issued in Douglas County Court
Warren C. Flory of Lone Star and Gleniece M. Cox of Lawrence. Jack H. Wilmont of Aaron and Carol D. Buchanan of Lawrence secured marriage licenses at the Douglas County courthouse yesterday.
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Warren C. Flory
Lone Star
Gleniece M. Cox
Lawrence
Jack H. Wilmont
Aaron
Neb
Carol D. Buchanan
Douglas County Court House
Study Reconversion War Plant Closures in Kansas
Washington reports a postwar subcommittee study on reconverting war plants, including Wichita airplane factories, with Rep Hope noting a decision is needed on lockup sale or reorganization. He warned employment and industrial development in Kansas will fall after the war regardless of disposition.
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Washington
Kansas
House
Representative Hope
Detroit
Hope
Wichita
Prediction Comes True General Eisenhower Forsaw Superior Weapons
Washington dispatch notes that a once obscure lieutenant colonel, now a four star general Eisenhower, predicted years ago that American arms would surpass German equipment. The forecast, once doubted by higher officers, is said to have come to pass.
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Eisenhower
Washington
D. Eisenhower
Douglas county war price board issues tire certificates
At yesterday's meeting the city panel of the Douglas county war price and rationing board issued tire certificates calling for three grade one casings, 18 grade three passenger casings, and four truck tires and tubes to be allocated.
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Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Albin Exhibit of Watercolors and Prints at KU Thayer Museum
Edgar A. Albin, assistant professor of art at the University of Tulsa since 1938, will display watercolors and linoleum prints at the Thayer Museum on the University of Kansas campus during June. The show features his works alongside past exhibitions, including pieces shown in Tulsa, Columbus, Santa Fe, and Seattle, with notable pieces such as Saw Mill and Leap ing Fish. The exhibit runs through the end of June.
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Edgar A. Albin
Thayer Museum
University of Kansas
Mr. Albin
University of Tulsa
Arizona State Teachers College
University of Iowa
Grant Wood
Charles Okerbloom
Fletcher Martin
Gene Charlot
Donald Mattison
Tulsa Junior League
Columbus
Kan
Santa Fe
Seattle
Kansas City
Austin
Tex
United States
Albin
National Art Week
International Business Machines Corporation
Midwestern
Nelson
Wash
Amana Garden
Tank Town
Texas State Association
Denot
Saranac Lake
Philbrook Art Center
Tulsa
Oklo
Atkin
Fliers at Strother Field Recall Nazi Invasions
Three veterans stationed at Strother Field Kansas who wear the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal reflect on three invasions they supported over Nazi held territory. They express interest in current invasion news and recall their roles as cover during those historic operations.
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Strother Field
Underpass Opens on Highway US 75 Near Topeka
A long delayed project reaches completion as an underpass on Highway US 75 south of Topeka opens to traffic today after nearly three years of wartime delay. Grading and early inspections proceed, with officials noting improved safety and reduced congestion for travelers in the area. The item references military personnel including Capt. Jerry Collingworth and First Lt. M. W. Musby and mentions Pico California residents Leonard H. Brown and Topeka origin.
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Ritary
Dieppe
Leonard H. Brown
Pico
Calif
Jerry Collingworth
Borger
Tex
M. W. Musby
Indiana
Miss
Topeka
Stimson urges pay boost for infantry as casualty rate cited
Secretary of War Stimson told Congress that infantry bears the heaviest losses in western Europe and North Africa. He cited 19.8 percent infantry share of total casualties and asked for legislation to raise pay for doughboys holding infantry badges, proposing $5 monthly boosts and $20 for combat infantry badge holders. A separate Navy note announced Midshipman Ernest John Kins Jr. graduation at Annapolis.
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Santa Fe Railway
Stimson
Rayburn
D-Tex
Washington
Western
Europe
Congress
Admiral Kong
Navy Annapolis
Ernest John Kins, Jr
United States Navy
Naval Academy
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Vaughn Monroe
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Spike Jones
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Nat Pendleton
William, Gargan
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Kay Kyser
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