University of Texas chief ousted amid regents dispute
Dr. Homer P. Rainey was dismissed as president of the University of Texas after a long board clash over administration and autonomy. Acting president Dr. T.S. Painter was named, as three regents resigned amid ongoing friction and proposed moves on the Galveston medical school.
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Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Board of Regents
T.S. Painter
Leo Haynes
H. H. Weinert
Seguin
Dan J. Harrison
John H. Bickett, Jr
Dallas
Rainey
Dr. Rainey
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Fagg Foster
Wa. N. Peach
Medical
Galveston
Austin
D. F. Strickland
Mission
Strickland
Texas
American Association of University Professors
Ralph E. Himstead
Dr. Painter
RECORD IN SORGHUMS
Topeka reports high sorghum and corn yields aided by labor from high school boys and prisoners of war. Weather in the third favorable week sped harvests to near record levels while box car shortages forced ground storage. Wheat, rye, barley, sugar beets, soybeans and lespedeza yield well as livestock move to pasture and feedlots.
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Topeka
UPI
University opens women residence halls in fraternity houses
Fifty five Kansas women occupy the old Kappa Sigma house at 1045 West Hills and 44 women live in the Delta Upsilon house at 1025 West Hills. House mothers are Mrs. George D. Vogt of Montromery City Missouri and Mrs. R. H. Wilson respectively. Meal service began yesterday amid a University housing plan to ease the shortage. Marriage licenses were issued at Douglas county court house to Theodore R. Breitizan and Mercedes M. Tuckwin. Ram Bower and Mary H. McElroy. Kansas grain interests meet with Senator Reed to press for more box cars to move sorghums and other products. no decision yet.
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University
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Mont- Romery City
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Douglas County Court House
Theodore R. Breitizan
Finley
Mercedes M. Tuckwin
Topeka
Ram B. Bower
Mary H. McElroy
Denver
Colo
Kansas City
Millera
Clyde
M.reed
R-Kan
Kansas City Board of Trade
Kansas
Reed
War Corner: Americans, Dutch Meet in Hollan Crossfire
Hal Boyle captures vignettes from front lines and occupied towns. An American private shares a moment with a Dutch girl as a pursuing soldier disrupts their stroll. Across Aachen and Germany, medics treat more Germans than Americans. stories note bravery, misdirected signs, and improvised camaraderie amid bombardment.
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Aachen
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Ira
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New York
Edward J. Korona
New Bedford
Mass
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Raymond Scott
Los Angeles
E.s Hulen Denton
Casper
Wyo
Robert M. Batley
Detroit
Ray Towson
Cleveland
Home Town Paper Boost for Returning Soldiers
Capt Asa Bernard of Glennville Ga, an officer in a front line armored battalion, hails the morale boost from clippings in news accounts of the unit’s fighting. He notes many clippings reach battalion personnel and the effect is remarkably heartening.
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Asa Bernard
Glennville
Landon Demands Roosevelt Dismiss Morgenthau Plan
Alf M Landon accused President Roosevelt of backing a plan to turn Germany into an agricultural nation and urged voters to retire the Roosevelt administration. He called the plan costly and unsound, saying it has increased American casualties and prolonged the war.
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Ill
Alf ‘M. Landon
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Germany
Treasury
Kansas
Landon
Kansan
Soldier finds bones of missing Swiss cattleman in cave
In Colorado Springs a soldier exploring a mountain cave uncovered the bones of Gottlieb Fluhmann, a Swiss immigrant missing for over 50 years. A passport found with the remains identified him as 21 when the document was issued in 1880. The cave mystery remains unsolved.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Gottlieb Flohmann
Francis Brahler
Peterson Field
Fluhmann
Trees for Christmas Enough to Meet Demand Foresters Say
The forestry service reports ample Christmas tree supply for the season. Cutting began two weeks ago with trees moving to market via railroads. Northwest producers, Montana, Lake states, and Canada supply about ten to fifteen million trees, with Minnesota and New England area figures adjusted from last year. Manpower appears sufficient to meet demand.
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Agriculture Department
Forestry Service
Association of American Railroads
Pacific Northwest
Montana
Lake States
Canada
United States
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
New York
Minnesota
Postal notice on simplified money orders distributed
Charles W. Gibbs of Hudora paid a $32.50 fine and costs after being arrested by sheriff's deputies for disturbing the peace. He appeared before Justice O. J. Lane and was released from Doon county jail following preparation and printing of a notice intended for post offices.
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Charles W. Gibbs
Hudora
Doonlas County
Gibbs
Justice of the Peace
O. J. Lane
Obituary Marion Strong Lives Lived in Kansas
Marion Strong was born December 23 1869 in Nan Castle Indiana. He moved to Kansas at age 12 and lived in Edgerton and Lawrence. He died October 24 1944 at 1417 Prospect after 15 years there. He married Flora Isabelle Reusch July 27 1892 and had 11 children, 8 living: Charlie Strong Kansas City Kansas Arvell Florence Earl Burns Vernon Kansas City Myrtle Lawrence Harry Worden Carl Fort Cook Nebraska Lonnie Lawrence.
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Ind
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Eudora
Charlie Strong
Kansas City
Kan
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Florence
Earl Strong
Burns
Vernon Strong
Myrtle Broeker
Harry Strong
Worden
Carl Strong
Fort Cook
Neb
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Leon and kin noted in scattered family lines
Leon and three sisters are mentioned along with Mrs Yada Jones of Waco and Shrae yg Dosha Burnell of Polo Mia in a brief family reference.
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Yada Jones
Waco
Shrae Yg Dosha Burnell
Polo
Mia
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