midshipman reductions tied to housing shortages in 1950 defense plan
The 1950 piece notes Bancroft Hall housing 3400 midshipmen amid a 3750 capacity and argues cuts or funds for new quarters were forced by economy measures. It criticizes defense planners and recalls the firing of Admiral Denfeld over opinions on future war, framing policy as inconsistent with claimed military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy
Louis Johnson
Bancroft Hall
Louis Denfeld
Popcorn Rival From Texas A M Sparks Interest
Texas A M researchers at the Southwest Experimental Station developed a new popcorn rival by crossing Haitian petite milo and Indian shaln strains to yield a thinner hull, crisper texture, and softer chewing. Promoters tout easier handling, potential as candy and cereal, and extended freshness, but the question remains whether it will satisfy movie theater audiences who dislike the crunch of kernels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A. & M
Southwest Agricultural Experiment Station
Haiti
Petite Mile
India
Texas
Unfortunate language row tests President pledge to Marines
A lengthy report notes the President’s slander of the Marine Corps and the ensuing convention debate over his apology. It discusses political tensions, Pendergast’s legacy, and Kansas Power & Light’s five million dollar expansion to meet rising demand, framed amid cold war saboteur hints and local pride in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
United States
Marine
Qorpe
Navy
Jon Stalin
Tom Pendergast
Eee
Kossier
Kansas Power & Light
Kamsas Power & Light Company
Kansas
Navy Academy appointments cut for most from five to four
Congress members are told that Annapolis appointment quotas will drop from five to four next year. Excluded are the President’s seventy five slots and the State Department’s twenty Latin American picks. All other quotas shrink by twenty percent.
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Annapolis
Congress
United States Naval Academy At
State Department
Old Home Town Polio Fears Open School Monday
City schools may open Monday if new polio cases are not reported. County has one care at present, at Clinton. Marriage rites held for Mise Tots Stephenton and John Henley Maynard in Ann Arbor. Wanda Branham and Norman Edmonds wed this afternoon. Mary Aston leaves for Springfield to teach. Joseph Eberhart family holds large reunion in South Park. City enrollment shows 2,731 pupils. Eldridge Hotel project promised for Christmas by Basil Green. Local movie week features The Lost World and other titles. Birth announced for daughter of Rev and Mrs C. C. Houck. Jacob Hammig and Mrs Mine F. P. Dias attend Angus reunion in Pleasant Hill.
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Kansas
Clinton
Mise Tots Stephenton
H. H. Stephenson
John Henley Maynard
Ann Arbor
Mich
Wanda Branham
Meda Beanham
Inde Lence
Norman Edmonds
J. R. Edmonds
Lawrence
Mary Aston
Springfield
Ohio
Joseph Eberhart
Nntal
South Park
Fedine
Eldridge
Basil Green
Dorothy Devore
Walter Hiers
Tully Marshall
Neil Hamilton
Mary Brian
Percy Marmont
C. C. Houck
Eudora
Jacob Hammig
Mine
Dias
Pleasant Hill
Forty Years Ago in Winfield and Nearby Events
Forty years ago George R. Lugton of Winfield resided in Lawrence from 1865 to 1888 and visited Mr and Mrs Jonathan Russell. Florence Jewe returned from a Kansas City visit. Will Hoadley was fined 25 for violating child labor laws. the case hinged on the print shop’s factory status. Dan Dahlene won first at the state shoot in Kansas City with an $800 handicap. Charles Tucker and family entertained in honor of Capt Adna Clark. Prof A D Pitcher and Miss Wilhelmina Everett were married. Miss Naonica and Miss Josephine Mackay returned from Min-
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George R. Lugton
Winfield
Lawrence
Jonathan Russell
Lugton
Washington Post
G.ar
Florence Jewe
Kansas City
Will Hoadley
Iosta
Dan Dahlene
Mis
Mra
Charles Tuckers
Adna Clark
A. D. Pitcher
The
University
Wilhelmina Everett
Jonte
Walter Wilson
Jack Howard
Charles Winter
Smell
Deony
Mias Kath
Jeen Clachey
Mire
William Kelly
Wil
Taratty
Pee Kelly
Lauress
Ark
Winter
Arieta Howlard
Mingle
EF. Abel
LK Fos
Robinson
Endora
Tatarence
Uve
Ray Long
Paul Gruber
San Diego
Catt
Robert Relfschneider
Hebron
Ja al Rueat
Otto Rosnan Ronert
Eudora
Rey
Relfschneider
Frugal Call to Cut Federal Civilian Spending Postwar
A reader urges Congress to curb civilian expenses after World War II. The letter warns that the 1950 civilian federal payroll reached 2,111,000, far above 1941 levels, and argues higher spending and debt fuel inflation. It urged citizens to press candidates to restore spending to prewar levels and avoid wartime debt.
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Pearl Harbor
Uy Leas
Congress
Senate
Gla
Korea
Hom
We Should Sacrifice Too in War Time Budget Plea
The piece argues politicians push spending while wartime needs require restraint. It condemns extravagance and urges families to trim costs. Kansas residents support arming front line troops yet reject deeper debt for spending schemes steering the nation toward socialism. It cites a 1941 fiscal year outlay of 6.8 billion dollars to illustrate savings options.
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Wichita
Washington
Korea
Harry Byrd
Bird
Tey
Kansas
United States
Can Kansas Be Bought by a Political Column
Escribe reflects on if Kansas can be bought amid Topeka GOP alarms that Democratic Truman money could flood the state. He notes distrust of complacency, recalling past influence of federal funds and Treasury drafts on Kansans, suggesting voters’ susceptibility without condemning a purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia Gazette
T. Beck
Holton Recorder
Kansas
G.O.P. Party Council
Topeka
Beck
G.O.P
Washington, D.C
Treasury
United States
Ena
Datas
Seve
Ramun
Democracy vs Communism Ideology Under Global Pressure
A broad analysis argues that democracy must counter Communism not just politically but spiritually. It notes Moscow’s aim for universal ideology, asks how democracies can rival a system that seeks to replace religion, and urges a revival of spiritual as well as economic appeal to poor regions. The piece also references the Korean War incident and a Burmese rebellion impacting inland waterway plans, with economists estimating losses.
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le Popalaona
Moscow
Kremlin
Stalin
Jacob Malik
U. N
Washington
HU. N
Korean
America
Asia
United States
Democratic Bloc
Radio Programs Schedule Across Stations and Times
A dense listing of radio programs across stations MBC WREN WDAF KMBC KCMO and others for a weekend, detailing show titles hosts and time slots including Music with the Girls, Voice of the Army, Newscasts, Education News, Catholic Hour, Lutheran Hour, and various performances and sports bulletins with multiple dates and times across Friday Saturday and Sunday. The schedule names entities like Beulah WREN EMBC KMBC WBAF KCMO KMBC KMBC and others, with program blocks spanning morning to late evening and special events referenced.
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Mbc
Ware Wren
Ranger Embc
Beulah Wren
Miki Dicky
KCHO
Milt
Scotty Hangers
EMBC
Teres
WDAF
Voice of the Army
KCMO
Bob Jones
KMEC
KMBC
EKCMO
Touth
Three Bane
Breata
Wren
Daloe
Yanghs
Afonroe Banes
Lme
Brum, Creek Felllow
Donnie
Bhamrock
XKMBC
Pope
Anses City
Reno
Vie
KMEBC
Gov. Cariaca
Church of the Aif Rae
WbAs
Ty K. C. Wren
Wichita A
Falcon
Pat Duns
Mt Hope Tower
Roth
Harvest of Stars
Mi BC
Reddy Martin
Drew ‘Pearson
KMBUC
Weather Bureaut
Pmeatoo
Saint
Spade Wren
Hiws Jay Singers
Percy Faith
Dave Rose
F—Theater Guild
Screen Guild
Allen Franka
Tex Baneke
Reptile HOREZONTFAI 1 8 Depicted serpent
A compact word puzzle presents a grid of clues across numbers and tangled hints. Across and down entries include terms from science language to everyday items, with several entries hinting at chemical symbols and geographic names.
Puzzle Answer Key Line From Previous Round
Native American is a clue, 3811 and 41 to 45 form a puzzle grid. Poker stake and close clues point to terms used in gaming and proximity. Doctor (ab.) yields Dr. State yields the abbreviation for state. Unaspirated indicates a linguistic feature, age and girl’s name appear as common entries. Silver symbol is Ag. Prefix two is bi.
Mine Collapse Traps 128 Men In Scottish Coal Shaft
Rescue workers tunnel through thick sludge to reach 128 miners trapped 170 feet underground after a mine collapse at New Cumnock Scotland. Eight men escaped before the cave in last night as relatives gather and volunteers man shoring efforts and dam floodwater.
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New Cumnock
Scotland
Securn
Ayr
Robs Store but Repents in Memphis Theft Case
A Memphis man, John Leonard Holt, 48, entered Mrs. Siarpey’s store and stole 25 dollars, then returned yesterday to apologize. Police charged Holt with robbery after identification by officers. He reportedly said he would wait for the police. The incident occurred Tuesday with a subsequent apology and accommodation by Mrs. Murphy.
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Memphis
Trin
Fred Siarpey
Postite
Quints to Visit Gotham For an Honorary Dinner
The Dionne quintuplets will visit New York for an honorary dinner on October 13 hosted by the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation to raise funds for the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Building at St Vincent’s Hospital. Proceeds support hospital construction as the five Canadian sisters appear in the big city for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Big City
Alfred E. Smith
Woman Finds Her Own War Bond After Radio Appeal
Cincinnati reported that Virginia King of Homestead Florida heard a radio notice about a $10,000 war savings bond found in a grocery store. She checked her purse and identified the bond as hers, which had been lost earlier. The bond was returned to Mrs. King after police verification. Mr and Mrs King were visiting Cincinnati en route home to Florida from Michigan.
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Cincinnati
Pi—Mra
Virginia King
Homestead
Fla
Social rounds and travel notes from Eudora scene
Sunday dinners and visits as residents of Eudora and nearby towns gather at homes of Roe family and others. Lawrence and Baldwin residents travel, while Everett Miner’s Alaska heart attack prompts funeral plans. Glen Wilson visits from San Diego and prepares for Marine camp in September.
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Kansay
Old Home Town
Naoni
Josephine Mackay
Min
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Minn
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Delta Omicron Fraternity
Carter
Ledrae H
Denver
West Pinckney Street
Willis K
Atlorado Springs
Happily Ever After
Seid
James E. Obeton
Inland Waterways Eeanaportation Board
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Horezontfai
Paradise
Nevada City
Michigan
Dickname
Keial
Patti Pois
Gotham
Kansas City, Mo
E. R. Roe
Lansing
Ster
Milas Ellen Melville
Afr
Joe Stavenson
Hawaas City
Melville
Jim Kearne
Jimmy
Raymiona
Leonard Kuckleman
Shawnee
John Kurta
Sophia Kurtz
Donna Marie
Kurtz
Wantea Marshall
DeSoto
Denny
Myre
Ozarks
Herbert Miner
Everett
Falknols
Alaska
Miner
Cancy
Glen Wilson
North Carolia
Marines
Glen
Sedeman
Vivie Television
Szies
Lith &N
Phillips
B. F. Goodrich
St. Phene
L Loke
Sanith Co
General Tlumsng
Walt Sneegas
Bellinger Electric
Pere
Derby Grain Inc
Ae Wdaf
Comedy
Telenews
Beeacens
Tim ‘Tyler
Prevision ‘Theater
Wrestling From
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Buddy Gallagher Motors de Ssto
Fiymouth
Oliver Farm
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