Women’s Pas Society notes and farewell for Mrs Kahler
Mrs Ruth Kahler was honored as guest of a farewell party hosted by the Friendship class of First Dartist church at the Corbett home in Ottawa. Kahler and her children Ruth and Ralph will move May 28 to a farm home in Hernando Ross Mee. Members of Faith Lutheran Guild gave $100 to the church treasury. Several social events and meetings are recapped, including confirmations, birthday and get well cards, and plans for an annual luncheon on June 21.
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Ruth Kahlor
Dartist
Eherd
Kenneth Corbett
Niles
Faith Lutheran’ Guild
Ralph Meharry
Henry Dehn
Fritz Brinkman
F. A. Wegener
Annual flower show judges and events across towns
Lively reports from Topeka, El Dorado and To peka flower shows as Mrs Harding and Mrs Nehammer lead judging duties. May’s Women’s club sponsors the annual event in the Chay Building with judges from the National Council of Garden Clubs visiting Kansas City for a luncheon.
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Stee
Lerding
Maythe Women’s Club
Chay Building
Ower
Ottawa Society May 18 1940 event roundup
The Beta Gammas will present the Ottawa university choir at Tary Jones hall with guests from the Columbian Shakespeare club Tri Gammas and Delphi Anns. Marion C. Hume and Mrs. Hume attended a dinner in Lawrence to install the Lawrence Chapter of the Soroptimist club. Rev David Nelson visited Richmond for a luncheon with Rev and Mrs John J. Ross. Mr and Mrs T W Flory spent the weekend in Coffeyville with Mr and Mrs R G Laferite.
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Beta Gammas
Ottawa University
Tary Jones Hall
Columbian Shakespeare Club
Tri Gammas
Delphi Anns
Marion C. Hume
Eastern Kansas Rotary District
Hume
Lawrence
Soroptimist Club
David Nelson
United Presbyterian Church
Richmond
John J. Ross
T. W. Flory
Coffeyville
R. G. Laferite
Socialettes at Mrs. Barnes Home Guests Include Mrs Doty
The H. B. club held a 6:30 dinner at Mrs. Emile Barnes' home last evening. Guest of honor was Mrs. Edgar Doty of Colton California, a former member, with attendees Mrs. Levier Hough, Leo Howard, Ralph Williams, Merrill Bliss, Harry Hjorth, Carl Barnhart, Ed Brown, Clarence Keefer, Emmett Taylor, Glenn Weien, and Rose Campbell.
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H. B. Club
Emile Barnes
Edgar Doty
Colton
Calif
Mmes
Levier Hough
Leo Howard
Ralph Williams
Merrill Bliss
Harry Hjorth
Carl Barnhart
Ed Brown
Clarence Keefer
Emmett Taylor
Glenn Weien
Rose Campbell
Texan Cracked Filibuster Mark Corbin’s 28-hour stunt
AUSTIN Tex W Sen Kilmer Corbin of Lubbock ended a 28 hour 15 minute filibuster to spotlight what he calls flawed water conservation financing He said the aim was to draw attention to a plan he deems poor The record stood at 28 hours 6 minutes set by Senator Wayne Wagenseller of Bowie on March 31 Also includes a separate cooking note explaining how to stew a chicken with a long simmer time.
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Austin
Tex
Kilmer Corbin
Lubbock
Corbin
Wayne Wagenseller
Bowie
Baby Douglas Ryan Born to Lusienski Family
The baby boy named Douglas Ryan was born May 7 to Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lusienski of Nsatitias California. He weighed nine pounds and 14.4 ounces. The mother is Mary Joe Fitzgerald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fitzgerald of eight miles southwest of Ottawa.
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Lusienski
E. J. Lusienski
Nsatitias
Calif
Douglas Ryan
Mary Joe Fitzgerald
Joe Fitzgerald
Ottawa
Community Dinner and Events at North Baptist Church
The Hood community hosts a potluck dinner at North Baptist Church with Mrs. Ed Wingfield and Mrs. Theate Armstrong assisting. John Shepherd serves as hostess for a Kindred Safe US Savings Bonds event, and a birthday celebration for Mrs. Ed Wingfield is noted.
Berlin Red Cross reports 300 German POWs freed
The Red Cross in Berlin announced 300 German prisoners of war, including 10 women, have been released after serving terms for war crimes. In New Delhi, Nehru plans a six day tour of Yugoslavia at month end. In Tokyo Peiping radio said Haiphong, seized by North Viet Nam forces April 16, has opened to trade.
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Red Cross
New Delhin
Foreign Ministry
Nehru
Yugoslavia
Tokyop
Peiping Radio
Haiphong
Indians Visit to Red China Ends Without Return
In Bombay a group of 32 Indian workers on a trip to Communist China failed to return. Reportedly they found the country uncongenial and one member said there were attempts to indoctrinate Indian delegates during the visit.
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Bombay
India
Red China
Thirty Farmers Reported Killed in China
Reports in two non Communist Chinese papers say the Reds executed 30 farmers in central Kwangtung province who opposed government control of agricultural production. The accounts note the killings occurred amid food shortages and wartime measures in the region.
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Hong Kong
Kwangtung
Birds Move Wings in Alternating Flaps More Often
Most bird species flap their wings alternately rather than simultaneously across the wingbeat cycle. This pattern aids agile flight by balancing lift and thrust while reducing adverse body yaw.
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Chevrolet
Fisher
America
Mail Carrier Celebrates 46th Birthday With Kiss Parade
In Long Beach California a birthday party for mail carrier Pugliese drew 529 women on his route. He kissed each woman, posted a cart to tow his mailbag, and handed out 115 dollars in cash.
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Long Beach
Calif
Trosfph
Pugliese
Pluto distance from Earth given as 3,700,000,000,000 miles
A historical note states Pluto lies about 3.7 trillion miles from Earth. The figure reflects a simplified distance used in era texts, illustrating planetary scale and interplanetary space concepts.
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Pluto
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