Missing in Action Memorial Plot in National Cemetery
A new special plot at Fort Scott National Cemetery holds 302 MA I markers for missing service members. The first marker honors Joseph Robert Coble, 21, missing from the USS Houston in 1942. His mother says the markers give a place to honor while acknowledging the absence. The Cobles have multiple sons in Navy service, including Linville, Fred Jr., and James.
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Fort Scott
National Cemetery
Fred Coble
Joseph Robert Coble
Linsville
Joseph Robert
Houston
Java Sea
Cobles
Linville
Fred Jr
St. Louis
James
Olathe Naval Air Station
P. C. Crawford
Pioneering radiologist Dr Grubbe faces 92nd radiation operation
Chicago AP report profiles 84 year old Dr Emil Grubbe, among the first to use X rays to treat cancer, who after 64 years of pain and 91 prior operations endures another procedure. He recalls touching Crookes tubes in 1895 and witnessing Roentgen's X-ray discovery. He has trained over 7,000 doctors in radiology and may lose two fingers amid this latest surgery.
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Chicago
Emil H. Grubbe
Grubbe
Swedish Covenant Hospital
Gabes
Wilhelm Roentgen
Cer
Organize Against Glen Elder Dam Organizers Elected
Opponents of the proposed Glen Elder dam and irrigation district formed the Solomon Valley Citizens Assn. C. L. Hemmingway of Cawker City was named president with Harvey Parkett as vice president Mrs Don Dooley of Beloit as secretary and Keith Dean of Glen Elder as treasurer at a meeting Tuesday night in ReLOIT Kansas.
New Technique Saves Big Plane Over Griffiss AFB
A KC1135 tanker failed to retract its fuel boom after refueling near Erie. Sgt George M McCabe devised a ground test guiding the crew to retract the boom midair. Capt Wendell Olson landed the aircraft safely and Col Bryson Bailey praised the provisional technique.
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Rome
N.Y
Griffiss — Air Force Base
Bryson R. Bailey
Air Force
George M. McCabe
41St Air Refueling Squadron
Erie
McCabe
Julius H. Gericke
Bobby Flynn
Wendell D. Olson
Fatal One Car Crash North Of Howard Kills Tulsa Woman
Mrs. Jean Walker Chandler of Tulsa Oklahoma was killed in a one car crash four miles north of Howard Kansas on Wednesday. A teenage boy believed to be her son was seriously injured and taken to Eureka hospital. The car left a curve on K99 and overturned into a creek.
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Howard, Kan
Jean Walker Chandler
Tulsa
Okla
Howard
Eureka
Kan
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Fort Scott Tribune
P. O. Crawford
Glen Elder
Hillman
Mock Motors
N. Main
Underwood
Dempster
Chas. Underwood
Ottawa
Dundee
Chuck Roast
Rexall Drug
Candy Department
Raney's
Revlon
Revlon’s New
Bonnie Bell
Folger's Coffee
Stokley No
Discovery Discovery
A-Con
Prufa Sale Speant
Pet Oferes Sa
Harry Williams Rexall
S. Main
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