Army Defends WAC Women in Uniform in New History
Washington reports the Army defends its women in uniform against a wartime rumor campaign. The 800 page official WWII history by Mattie F. E. Treadwell details WAC formation, early uniforms, medical exams, and internal and external challenges including gossip, accusations of immorality, and the "victory girls" dresses confusion.
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Washington
Army
Womens Army Corps
Orlando Ward
Ward
WAC
Mattie FE. Treadwell
Dallas
Tex
Civil Defense Administration
Ovela Culp Hobby
Wacs
Victory Girls
El Dorado backs Wichita on water issue
In a special meeting the El Dorado city commission urged the Legislature to defer action on SB 288 and pass a bill to authorize expert analysis of the state's water problem with reports to the Legislature in 1957. El Dorado aligns with Wichita on the water issue.
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EL Dorado
Eas
el Dorado City
Senate
House
Wichita
Veteran Biologist of K State Dead
Dr. Frank C. Gates a 67 year old Kansas State College faculty member since 1919 died at his Manhattan home yesterday He was a leading authority on Kansas and Michigan vegetation and had worked at the University of Michigan biological station each summer since 1915
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Manhattan
Kas
Frank C. Gates
Kansas State College
Kansas
Michigan
University of Michigan
Former C. of E. President Died at Emporia Kansas
Dr. Daniel Hirschler, president emeritus of the College of Emporia, died last night in Emporia. He retired in 1947 due to ill health after a long tenure as dean of music from 1914 to 1941 and then as president.
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Emporia, Kas W
Daniel Hirschler
College of Emporia
Hirschler
Fears of Chinese Reds Attack Grow in U S Senate
Senator George of Georgia warned the possibility of a summit between power chiefs could push the Soviets to restrain Red China from assault on Formosa. He chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and fears Chinese Communists may strike Nationalist outposts soon.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
Red China
Formosa
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Enforcement checks mailed to counties in Kansas
State Treasurer Richard Fadely announced checks totaling 259,442 have been mailed to the 105 Kansas counties as their share of the 2 percent enforcement tax on retail liquor sales for the quarter ending March 15. Gov. Fred Hall proclaimed April 18 to 23 as Clean-up Week in Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Fadely
Peka Im
Fred Hall
Volunteer Fire Department Quits in Wolcott Vermont
Fourteen members of the Wolcott volunteer fire department quit and put their 1924 pumper up for sale at $500 after requesting a $500 town appropriation at the March 1 town meeting and receiving no funds. They told 766 residents to call Morrisville seven miles west or Hardwick six miles east for alarms.
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Wolcott
Morrisville
Hardwick
Women Killed In Highway Crash Near Lawrence
Mrs. Blanche Durr, 80, Kansas City, and her daughter-in-law Mrs. Margaret Ruby Durr, 43, Lawrence, were killed yesterday in a two car collision on snow covered U S 24 40 about four miles east of Lawrence. Frederick C Durr, about 50, husband of the younger woman, survived.
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Lawrence
Kas
Blanche Durr
Kansas City
Margaret Ruby Durr
U.S. 24
Here
Frederick C. Durr
Grain Storage Abuses Reported by Investigators
Congressional investigators and the Government Accounting Office report serious abuses in the governments grain storage program. The House Appropriations Committee says future losses on grain held under federal price support operations will be heavy due to unsatisfactory bins purchased and past mistakes. Occupants of the other ear, Ed win Jones, 57, Topeka, and Lloyd Hoehler, 38, St. Marys, Kas., were not injured.
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Edwin Jones
Topeka
Lloyd Hoehler
St. Marys
Kas
House Appropriations Committee
Government Accounting Office
Repeated Costs Prove costly in Recent Events
Repeated incidents have proven costly as financial strains and damage accumulate. Officials warn ongoing repetition risks further losses to communities and budgets, urging preventive measures and tighter controls to curb future setbacks.
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Studebaker Commander
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Stubebaker-Packare Corporation
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K-State
C. of E
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Blue Shield
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Fred Kaiser Rexall
Ottawa
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