Strikes Loom Across Coal, Auto, Naval Projects
A $30 million Boston naval drydock project ended a strike. Hartford CIO strike at Colt’s patent firm arm company stood to reopen. Washington mediation seeks to avert a General Motors walkout as Newport housing project, Vandergrift steel workers, and Appalachian coal fields face stoppages.
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Big
Boston Naval Drydock
Thomas P. Spellacy
Coit
Arm Company
Hartford
Conn
Washington
General Motors ‘Corporation
Newport
R. I
C.I.0
Vandergrift
United Engineering and Foundry Company
Appalachian
San Francisco Bay
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern
C.I.O
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corporation
Colt
U. S. Army
Great Britain
Ravenna
Merit Exams Scheduled Across Kansas State Social Welfare Posts
The State joint merit council will hold exams May 17 at 12 locations including Topeka Kansas City Chanute Pittsburg and Wichita for 16 state and county social welfare posts. About 2 700 applicants who filed by December 23 1940 will test. Local schools will supervise.
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Topeka
Joint Merit Council
Kansas City
Chanute
Pittsburg
Emporia
Salina
Wichita
Hutchinson
Concordia
Colby
Hays
Dodge City
Tra E. McConnell
State Department of Social Welfare
Board of Health
Unemployment Compensation Division
Crippled Children’s Commission
Merit Council
Social Welfare
McConnell
Kansas University Carruth Poetry Contest Winners Named
Bill Stafford, a Kansas University graduate student from Ed Dorado, won first prize with Communication from a Wanderer. Fern Meuschke placed second with In Our Time March 1941, from Altoona. Judges included Wm Johnson, Elizabeth Drew, and Theodore M. O Leary, honoring three runners up.
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University of Kansas
Bill Stafford
Ed Dorado
Fern Meuschke
Meuschke
School of Education
Altoona
Ilse Nesbitt
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Tulsa
Okla
Marjorie Houston
Kansas City
Ulee Et Decorum
Mark Wiesselman
Lawrence
Johnson
Engle
Elzabeth Drew
Farmington, Conn
Theodore M. O'Leary
The
Kansas City Star
Topeka Couples Wed by Probate Judge Frank R Gray
Two couples were married yesterday by Probate Judge Frank R Gray in Topeka. The pairs are Freddie Rosebrough with Margaret Morris and Lester H Shove with Ruth B Lunday.
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Topeka
Frank R.gray
Freddie Rosebrough
Margaret
Morris d-Lester
H .Shove
Ruth
B. Lunday
Autograph Week Draws KU Students to Kozach and Haskins
Throngs of students crowded the Hoch Auditorium wings after the Young American concert to seek autographs from pianist Thaddeus Kozuch and Virginia Haskins. The 22 year old performer posed with fans, discussed a pipe hobby, and shared campus chatter with KU faculty member Robert Palmer.
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Kozach
Virginia Haskins
K. U
Hoch Auditorium
Thaddeus Kozuch
Robert Palmer
Eugene Kilinski
Rochester, N. Y
Kozuch
Composer Palmer’s CBS commission falters amid stormy reception
Composer Palmer, once featured by the New York Symphony and others, faced a failed May 8 CBS national broadcast for a Concerto for Small Orchestra due to station dropouts and severe weather interference. John Kirkpatrick, pianist, has performed his works. other highlights include college tours and student social events on campus.
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Palmer
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Nebraska
New York Symphony
Cleveland Symphony
Rochester Symphony
John Kirkpatrick
New York City
Midwest
Association of American Colleges
Guffin sells interest in Jayhawk taxi service
Ike Guffin announced the sale of his interests in the Jayhawk taxi service to five drivers who had worked for him for years. The buyers are Leo Redding, Lemuel Rothenburger, Fred Bignall, Wesley Asby, and Ed Moranville. Guffin will continue to operate the cottage on Mt. Oread. He began in 1920 with his father and took over the company in 1929.
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L. A
Ike) Guffin
Jayhawk Taxi Service
Tenegentent
Guffin
F. R. Guffin
Mt. Oread
Leo Redding
Lemuel Rothenburger
Fred Bignall
Wesley Asby
Ed Moranville
Music at Lions Club observes Music Week program
Lawrence Lions Club marks Music Week with a special musical program during tonight's regular dinner meeting.
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Lions Club
Lawrence Lions Club
Annual Gypsy Pattern Dance by Liberty Memorial Girl Reserves
The Liberty Memorial High School Girl Reserves host the Gypsy Pattern event tomorrow at Clinton Park starting 4 PM. Girls bring lunch with dessert from G R. buried treasure chest with letters from past presidents will be opened by Betty Liebbrand, with Jane Woestemeyer as president elect and four class bands placing stones on the monument.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Clinton Park
G. R
Betty Liebbrand
Junie Sutherland
Jane Woestemeyer
Wanda Schumann
Muriel Rodgers
Barbara McBeth
Doris Brewater
Martha Dooley
Ah Verl Pontius
Mildred Newman
Dorothy Wilson
Alice Bernhard
Faye Orelun
Kenneth Weaver
Pearl Carnenigr
Gertrude Ruttan
Carter's Little Liver Pills Claim Quick Bile Flow
An old advertisement urges readers to take Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate bile production and relieve constipation. It promises improved mood and energy by promoting bowel movement and daily bile flow.
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Carter
Sue
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Lawrence Tibpete
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Csamp
Crosley
Fourteenth Street
John Alexander
Bartlesville
Stuart Bunn
Oklahoma City
Alexander
Beta’s
Francis Alexander
Stuart
R.O.T.C
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Henry J. Allen
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Britain Work
Kansas Board
Colonial Tea Room
Alpha Omicron Pi
A. O. Pi
Gardner Lake
Marjorie van Keeble
Brown Farm
Betty Harmon
Ben Witt
Jayhawk Taxi
Conoco
U.S. Pot
Ethyl
Christian’s
Conoco Service
Ind
DeSoto
Hanitetsaaors Alll
Ahad
Cvteoet
Postcoad
Tea Ebets
Oaks
Buddy Gallagher Motors
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Kansas Electric Power CO
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