Pure Pollyanna Outlook from RUARK on Modern World
Robert Ruark offers a hopeful, slightly Pollyanna viewpoint on polio vaccines, Nobel laureates, leaders like Eisenhower and Churchill, and everyday gains from science and culture. He notes medical victories, improved public health, and a general sense of progress amid global tensions, ending with a resolve to stay glad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas Salk
Arthur Fleming
Abert Schweitzer
Congo
Walt Disney
Eisenhower
White House
Mr. Churchill
Indonesia
America
Marilyn Monroe
12 Kansas Girls Given Study Grants for K U
Twelve Kansas high school senior girls will study at Kansas University next fall with a total of 3060 dollars in cash scholarships. Linda Marie Wright of Lyons receives the Women's Self-Government Association honor scholarship of 300 dollars. Elsie Livonia York of Garden City earns the Sadie A Lawson honor scholarship of 165 dollars. Ten girls win Donnelly scholarships from a trust fund by the late Jennie M Donnelly of Kansas City, each 300 dollar awards to Phyllis Anderson Wellington Georgia Dillon Garden City Carolyn Ely Newton Trudy Gilman Leavenworth Bonnie Lee Meyer Sylvan Grove Ravenna Peterson Ottawa Barbara Richards Hays. Donnelly scholarships of 165 dollars go to Patricia Linngren Enterprise Donna Esslinger Clifton Janet Pruitt Emporia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas University
Linda Marie Wright
Lyons
Women's Self-Government Association
Sadie A. Lawson
Elsie Livonia
York
Garden City
Donnelly
Jennie M. Donnelly
Kansas City
Phyllis Anderson
Wellington
Georgia Dillon
Carolyn Ely
Newton
Trudy Gilman
Leavenworth
Bonnie Lee Meyer
Sylvan Grove
Ravenna Peterson
Ottawa
Barbara Richards
Hays
Patricia Linngren
Enterprise
Donna Esslinger
Clifton
Janet Pruitt
Emporia
Rescue boats sent out from Jakobshavn to aid drifted fishermen
Rescue boats fought through drifting ice to reach dozens of fishermen marooned on three ice floes off Greenland's west coast. The precarious operation aimed to pull them to safety as threats from cold and ice persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakobshavn
Greenland
Dr Mix to Be Honored With Hamilton College Degree
Dr Arthur J Mix, KU botany professor, to receive Hamilton College Doctor of Science at June 5 commencement in Clinton New York. He studies Tahorina fungus affecting plants for 30 years and coauthored manuals and reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Baruch
America
Salk
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Britain
Dr. Mix
Hamilton College
Arthur J. Mix
Kansas University
Clinton
N. Y
Theodore H. Ingalls
Harvard School of Public Health
Hamilton
Mix
K.U
American Philosophical Society
Doctor Mix and his theories on Mongolism and birth defects
The text notes Dr Mix, known for theories on the causes of Mongolism and acquired malformations, and his mouse experiments showing oxygen supply changes during pregnancy can produce defects. It mentions his PhD from Cornell and studies at the Royal College of Science in London, Hamburg Botanical Institute, and Stockholm Botanical Museum Institute of Plant Protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mix
Ingalls
Cornell
Royal College of Science
London
Botanical Institute
Hamburg
Botanical Museum Institute of Plant Protection
Stockholm
Pets and Spelling Merge For Be Kind Week at Pinckney
In observance of Be Kind to Animals Week, Pinckney School fourth grade taught by Mrs. Russell Steen held a pet show this morning. Twenty four pupils in the class displayed pets from 9 to 1 on the west side of the building with viewing from other rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Steen
Pinckney School
Ch. 22
Carpenter Pact Calls for Pay Step-Ups in Kansas City
A two year contract between the AFL Carpenters District Council and the local union calls for three wage step-ups totaling 20 cents an hour. The agreement target is to raise pay progressively, reflecting standard industry practice. The article notes the negotiated terms and anticipated impact on workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth County
Kansas
Kansas City
AFL Carpenters District Council
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Robert Ruark
Pippa
God
Washington Senators
Old Griff
Miraces
Polly-anna
Dixie
Dixie’s
Carmel
Henry
Denier
Asters
India
China
Royal College Chop
Mass
Mother's Day
Bullock's
East Seventh St
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Kanasaa
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