Rifles Reused and Repaired by Women Workers in Arsenal
War era article details rifle stock damage from field use and the repair process at Sunflower Ordnance Works and other arsenals. Women and girls, replacing soldiers overseas, disassemble damaged stocks, select repairable units, and reassemble rifles. Foremen assess repair cost versus new stock value of six dollars. Major Charles H. Pruden Jr. praises women’s mobilization and contribution to war production.
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Charles H. Pruden, Jr
Sunflower Ordnnance Works
Ordnance Department
Army Service Forces
Metuchen
N. J
San Antonio
Tex
Benicia
Calif
Raritan Arsenal
WAC
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Armed Services
Pruden
G A R to Hold Encampment in Emporia May 14 16
The 64th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment will be held in Emporia Kansas May 14 through 16. Meetings of allied patriotic groups will accompany the event. Four Kansas Civil War veterans are listed as G A R members and several other veterans are believed to be living in the state. National Daughters of Union Veterans President Ora Cox of Medford Oregon is expected to attend.
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Emporia
Kan
Grand Army of the Republic
Women’s Relief Corps
Ladies of the
G.A.R
Daughters of Union Veterans
Sons of Union Veterans
Auxiliary Sons of Union Veterans
Federated Patriotic Societies
Kansas
T. B. Williams
Chapman
Ora Cox
Medford
Ore
The
Miners Trapped Rescued After 18 Hours in Shaft
Stellarton, N S May 11 Two men were trapped for more than 18 hours by a mass of fallen coal in a shaft. They were rescued unharmed early today.
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Stellarton
N. S
Trade help for food in Kansas harvest plan
Farm leaders in Colby driven by a Stockton suggestion to use town women for cooking and household duties during harvest in exchange for food in a Kansas labor exchange. The idea aims to free farm wives to work in fields while high schoolers also contributed last autumn. Governor Scheeppel asserts we can manage with labor and machinery again after last year’s jump. Measles cases in Kansas eased with 633 reported last week, marking a decline from prior levels.
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Colby
Kan
Kansas Town
Stockton
Dean H. Umberger
Kansas State College Extension Service
Umberger
J. D. Fellers
Hays Dairyman
Lew Galloway
Wakeeney
Andrew Scheeppel
Distinguished Service Crosses for three U S Army Air Forces pilots
In England on May 11 three pilots received Distinguished Service Crosses. Capt Robert S Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma credited with 27 enemy planes led nine planes to break up a German formation near Brunswick on March 15 and shot down three fighters. Capt Robert Woody of Roanoke Virginia and Lt Carl Luksic of Joliet Illinois were cited for actions in raids on Friedrichshafen and Munich on April 24 including shooting two fighters and assisting in a third enemy aircraft while escorting bombers deep into Germany.
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U. S. Army Air Forces
England
Robert. S. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Robert Woody
Roanoke
Carl Luksic
Joliet
Johnson
Brunswick
Germany
Woody
Friedrichshafen
Munch
Valor Medal Honoring Berlin Raid Veteran Luksic
Four Luksic was decorated for valor in a raid on Berlin May 8. He dove into two German fighter formations of 15 and 25 planes, destroying five enemy aircraft and strafing four oil tank cars during the attack.
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Luksic
Berlin
Swimming to Be Offered at Lone Star Scout Camp
Lawrence Girl Scout council announced swimming as a new feature at the Lone Star camp this summer. Camp opens June 29 with five five day periods and will include showers, kitchen improvements, a kerosene stove, and extra ice chest. Parents to fill blanks.
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Lawrence
Lone Star
L. E. Carter
Lawrence Girl Scout Council
Livestock and Equipment Sold at County Farm Sale
The county farm held a public sale of surplus livestock and equipment with council representatives and leaders in attendance. Total proceeds reached 3218.75 dollars with milk cows selling up to 160 dollars and other stock bringing 120 to 160 for cows, 18 to 27 for heifer calves, 6.50 for 35-pound shoats, and 25 to 27 for 200-pound hogs. The sale supported enrollment in a Recreation Institute planned for the KU campus next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Institute
K. U
Guernsey
BACK TO FORD PLANTS VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY FOR RESUMPTION
Windsor Ontario May 11 Four Ford Motor Co of Canada plants prepared for early war production restart after 50 of 14 000 striking workers opposed the back to work movement. Employer accepts bargaining committee recommendation of United Automobile Workers CIO noting valid collective agreement and clarified grievance procedure per wartime labor board ruling.
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Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Co
Canada
United Automobile Workers
C.L.O
Canadian National Wartime Labor Relations Board
Otawa
Negotiating in Moscow Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Fo arrive
Berlin radio reports Madame Chiang Kai-shek wife of the Chinese generalissimo and Sun Fo president of the legislative Yuan arrived in Moscow yesterday. The broadcast said it was under discussion as a possible step in Sino Soviet talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sun Fo
Berlin
Legislative Yuan
Moscow
Negotiations in Moscow on Frontier Issues and Chinese Parties
A report notes she engaged in talks in the Russian capital on frontier problems and on relations among the Kuomintang Chinese Nationalist government party and the Chinese Communist Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derstood
Kuomintang
Chmingking Government Party
Chinese Communist Party
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Kansas State Board of Health
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Hollywood
FORD
Associated Press
American Radio Service
East 9Th
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Dushkion
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