Ft. Riley To Get Buffalo Herd
Ft. Riley to receive four bison next month under an arrangement with Brig. Gen. Crawford of Ft. Carson and Junction City supporters. The herd will be placed in a corral near Highway K18 and the Wounded Knee monument, reviving a historic buffalo presence on the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Riley
Post
1St Infantry Division
Joseph B. Crawford
Ft. Carson
Colo
Junction City
K18
Wounded Knee Monument
Assn
U. S. Army
Washington
William H. Arnold
David H. Buchanan
John Montgomery
Howard Goad
Fred Bramledge
Robert Weary
AUSA
Buffalo
Crawford
Colorado Post
Montgomery
Junction City Union
Junction
Island Moonshine Plant Is Captured
CHANDLER Okla Frank B Seaton federal Alcohol Tax Unit agent ran into an enterprising moonshiner who set up his operations on an island in the Deep Fork River bottoms. The plan was to spot ATU agents, but agents reached the island first and found the moonshiner after he returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
Okla
Frank B. Seaton
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Deep Fork River
Seaton
ATU
Woman Flier Ruth Nichols Sets Speed and Altitude Records
Ruth Nichols 56, pioneering aviator, and Col. Fred D. Hook Jr. flew a two seat F102 Delta Dagger at Suffolk County Air Force Base. The jet surpassed 1,000 mph and 51,000 feet, reportedly breaking previous women’s records set in 1956 by Jacqueline Cochran. Nichols piloted most of the flight, with takeoff and landing during the 50 minute mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk County Air Force Base
N. Y
Ruth Nichols
Miss Nichols
Fred D. Hook Jr
Long Island
Hook
Air Force
Jacqueline Cochran
Pentagon
Funds Allocated For Forbes AFB Topeka Projects
The Air Force announced funds for five construction projects including Forbes AFB in Topeka. Col. James S. Caples said $1,476,000 is allocated to Forbes for ordnance storage facilities a weapons training building and a swimming pool. This raises Forbes construction program to $49,500,000 since reactivation after World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Air Force
Forbes Afb
Topeka
James S. Caples
Missouri River
Forbes
Col. Caples
Willing Workers Club aids Polio and sews for veterans
News from Quenemo reports the Willing Workers Club meeting with Mrs. Mary Painter and Mrs. Nelle White. New member Mrs. Harold Weiss. next meeting February 2 at the annex. Members donated to Polio and sewed carpet rags for blind veterans of Wadsworth Hospital. Local visits include Phil Norton of Topeka, Don Catuska assisting Ottawa Boys with a ham radio station, and a judo talk by Patrolman Marvin LaFollette of Osage City. Families from Waverly, Wenatchee, Lynden, and Ov erland Park also highlighted with social visits and travel plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willing Workers Club
Mary Painter
Nelle White
Marlin Larson
Lpolis
Ottawa
Don Catuska
Marvin LaFollette
Osage City
Toronto Dam Work Shut Down
Pulsa Army engineers report Toronto Dam on the Verdigrigs River in Kansas will halt for the fiscal year due to funding shortfall. Col John D Bristol notes Al Johnson Construction Co is ahead of schedule and has exhausted funds for the year while Oscar Englund says 690 cubic yards of concrete remain to finish the spillway and embankment with potential delays if funds are not released. Buchanan Bross of Kansas City, a dirt-work subcontractor, has moved some equipment away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PULSA
Army
Toronto
Verdigrigs River
Kansas
John D. Bristol
al Johnson Construction Co
Minneapolis
Oscar Englund
Johnson
Englund
Buchanan Bross Kansas
Chrome dinette set and chairs sale ad
Chrome drop leaf table with 4 chrome chairs offered in good condition at 39.95. Also a 5 piece chrome dinette set includes grey table with extra leaf and 4 chairs, three years old, priced at 37.50 with 3.75 down and 5.00 monthly.
Range sale: 36 inch electric range with clock
Advertises a 36 inch electric range three years old with divided burners deep well automatic oven. Priced at 49.95 or five dollars down and five dollars per month. Includes guaranteed offer and installment option. Local appliance deal highlights low down payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenmore
Ea. Mo
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Dean Berlin
Necchi Or
Elna
Albright
B.E
Goodrich Safety Tire Sale
Lesh Oil Co
Ottaw
Howard's
Conoco
N. Main
Richmond
Safe Driver
Egoodrich Tires
Quenemo
Sally Perry
Phil Norton
Torpeka
Leo Casten
Orville Brown
Russel Derbyshire
Overland Park
Emma Bennett
Carl Roney
Waverly
Carter Barrett
Wenatchee
Wash
Minnie Townsend
Texas
California
Owen Brann
Lynden
Fannie Davis
Bert Brann
Earl Whitcher
Toulon
Ill
Frank Hammock
van Cade
Merle Jensen
Herington
Dale Galutia
Bill Galutia
Columbus
Ohio
Gov't
Fogle Quarry
Clearence Sale
New Mexico
Maytag
Coronado
Bendix
Coontinue
O.K
Raytheon
Ca. Mo
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