Dormitories Open for Sunflower Ordnance Works Workers
About 350 workers at the Sunflower Ordnance Works near DeSoto occupy two story frame dormitories built in the plant’s administrative area. The complex has single and double rooms with furnishings, laundry, maid and janitor service, linens, mail delivery, and free telephone use. Rents are 10.85 dollars per two-person room and 15.50 dollars for singles per 31 day month. Facilities include a cafeteria open 24 hours and recreation amenities such as a baseball diamond, horseshoes, badminton, darts, ping pong, and singing gatherings. The housing area is near intra-plant buses to speed commutes. One couple and eight families already reside in the dorms, with more barracks to open as furnishings arrive.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto
Helen
Hog Prices Decline Amid Possible Government Floor plans
Chicago May 15 hog prices fall to record lows for 1948 as traders cite threats to set a price ceiling near 14.50 dollars. Top price Friday around 14.45 and average near 14.25. Government may enforce a price floor at 13.75 if sagging continues while packs cut kill pace and farmers ship hogs as wet weather limits field work. The corn hog ratio slides to 13.8 for week ending May 8, offering 13.8 bushels of corn per 100 pounds of hogs.
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Chicago
L. M. Wyatt
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Sailors Join Farm Work Under Local Crop Corps
Twenty seamen of the British Royal Navy stationed in Philadelphia volunteered for farm work under the Junior Chamber of Commerce crops corps program. Some offered to pay their own expenses and read the journal-World classified page daily for opportunities.
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Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce
Dean Stockton Advises Isolationism After War
Dean Frank T. Stockton of Kansas University warns Kansas Saving and Loan League that the United States should prepare for an isolationist stance once the shooting war ends. He argues alliances may erode liberty and questions federation strength, urging careful demobilization and peace planning without relying on emotion.
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United States
Kansas Saving and Loan League
Frank T. Stockton
School of Business Administration
Kansas University
America
Russia
Ceiling prices set for meats in zone 4 next Monday
The Office of Price Administration announces ceiling prices for beef veal lamb and mutton in zone 4 ahead of May 17. Independent stores with under 250000 volume face higher caps than larger retailers with more volume.
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OPA
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Porterhouse Steak
Education Day Observed at First Baptist Church
Education Day will be observed tomorrow at the First Baptist Church at Eighth and Kentucky streets with Dr. Raymond A. Schwegler of the University of Kansas delivering a talk on Schoolhouses Red and Otherwise. The service features a Meineke arranged anthem with violin obbligato by Barbara Huls and a vocal offertory by Rose Ireland, plus organ selections and a Mendelssohn dedication. The Youth Fellowship meets at 9:45 to discuss Global Religion, with no evening service due to local baccalaureate events.
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Eighth
Kentucky
Raymond A. Schwegler
Northern Baptist Convention
Schwegler
Department of Education
University of Kansas
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Rose Ireland
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Paul C. Rankin
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Nazi girl gunners tale told by wounded soldiers
Phoenixville Pennsylvania May 15. American troops in Tunisia report a story of girl gunners in Nazi bombers told by wounded soldiers. Sgt Victor R Woodard describes a blonde gunner shot down near his unit and says girls are small enough to reach bomber tails and can shoot as well as men.
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Phoenixville
Tunisia
Victor R. Woodard
Seymour
Ind
Valley Forge General Hospital
Fortifying the Dutch Coast Faces Hard Job
A Dutch officer recalls the weak coastal defenses along 250 miles of sand and how pill boxes with 3.6 cm guns struggle against shifting ground and heavy winds. He recounts escape from Holland to Gibraltar, German deception, and Dutch morale amid famine and resistance.
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New York
Holland
United Nations
Hague
Orj
Gibraltar
Dutch Women Seen Leading Movement Says Volk En Vaderland
The Volk En Vaderland editorial claims Dutch women are at the forefront of the resistance movement and criticize eastern front fighters by jeering and laughing during German film showings.
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Volk En Vaderland
Eudora High Graduation Class of 26 to Receive Diplomas
Eudora Rural High will graduate 26 seniors this year, 17 boys and 9 girls. Class colors blue and white, flower carnation, motto We climb the ladder step by step. Graduation candidates listed by principal D. B E Kerr. Baccalaureate services set for Sunday evening May 16 at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium with processional, invocations, ensembles, and benediction.
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Eudora Rural High School
D. B E. Kerr
Mendelssohin
Priority Expert to Meet Lawrence Thursday
Priority procedure expert Roger P. Meyers from WPB Priorities District Office in Kansas City will visit the Lawrence Peter of Commerce office Thursday. He will assist farmers, business people, jobbers, manufacturers, repair shops, and individuals with procedures to obtain production materials and maintenance or operating supplies. George Hedrick, secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce, says appointments can be arranged by phone to ensure access.
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WPB
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Peter of Commerce
Thursay
George Hedrick
Chamber of Commerce
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Hedrick
Churchill Talks Ignite Interest During US Visit
Washington reports on May 15 say Prime Minister Churchill’s speech during his US visit spurred speculation of talks with President Roosevelt on postwar plans and new military drives. The leaders meet with military staff after strategy sessions as invasion risks are stressed and WW II aims discussed.
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CPI
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Roosevelt
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Europe
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British Information Service
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Delegation Greets VIP at Dock on Presidential Arrival
Kins, presidential special assistant, and other high officials welcomed him at the dock on behalf of the President. The arrival underscored formal ceremonies and official reception for the visiting dignitary.
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Kins
Bob Jarden wins fourth in Kansas City Lamb Show
Bob Jarden of Baldwin placed fourth with his light lambs and sixteenth with his heavy lambs at the seventh annual Kansas City Lamb Show held yesterday. His light lambs, averaging 73 pounds, sold for $16 while top lambs brought $17.25. Jarden received $15 for fourth and $2 for sixteenth. payment was by war stamps. Fred Peterson and Deal Six of Lawrence accompanied him.
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Baldwin
Kansas City
Jarden
Vinland
Visits the K U Campus Fencing Spark Lives On
Percival Parrott of New York, class of 1897, visited the hill with L. N. Flint, the University’s father of journalism. They introduced fencing at the university. an eye injury from a wooden saber ended their bout, but fencing classes continued long after. Parrott left with only a black eye.
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Percival Parrott
New York
N. Y
L. N. Flint
Parrott
Flint
Altho
Congress clears bill to build 1 million tons of small craft
The House swiftly passed a measure authorizing construction of 1,000,000 tons of small naval craft for amphibious warfare. The act targets opening new fronts on foreign soil wherever necessary as stated by supporters.
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Washington
UPI
House
Governor Schoeppel Address at Kinsley May 15
Governor Schoeppel spoke at Kinsley on May 15 praising American schools for forging the fighting spirit of boys on battle fronts and citizens at home. The address highlighted education as essential to wartime strength and national resolve.
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Governor Schoeppel
Kinsley Kinsley
Governor Schoep
OPA Announces Schedule For Ration Book No 3 In Kansas
Wichita Kansas May 15 The following timetable for the distribution in Kansas of ration book three was released today by the district OPA office May 20 to June 5 Application cards to be distributed by mail carriers June 1 10 Consumers to mail the pre addressed application cards to the OPA mailing center in Kansas City June 20 to July 21 Applicants to receive books
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas
OPA
Expect 200 Delegates for Spanish War Veteran Joint Encampment
Two hundred delegates are expected at the annual joint encampment of the United Spanish war veterans and auxiliary in Emporia Kansas. James S Bunch chaplain at Hines hospital will speak on veterans hospital facilities. The opening meeting is a joint memorial service tomorrow night for the public. A joint dinner will be held Monday night with officer elections Tuesday morning.
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Emporia
Kan
United Spanish War Veterans
James S. Bunch
Hines Hospital
Hines, Ill
Bey of Tunis Deposed by General Giraud
General Giraud announced the deposition of the Bey of Tunis for endangering Tunisian security. A successor was named but not identified. The Bey Sidi Mohammed al Mounsaf had been crowned king by German forces during the occupation.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
Tunis
Sidi ‘Mohammed al Mounsaf
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