Wednesday Is a Treat In Columbia Comedy Film
Wednesday is an apt title for a Columbia comedy at the local theater. Bert Gordon and Jinx Falkenburg star alongside Isobel Elsom with Nara Lou and the Pals of the Golden West providing the music. Charles Barton directs this zany spoof about society blue-bloods, Russian princes, and mistaken identities with plenty of laughs and romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Bert Gordon
Jinx Falkenburg
Famous Magazine
Nara Lou
Golden West
Charles Barton
Harry Sauber
Boris Rascalnikoff
Gordon
Pam
Change of Time for Princess Picture Shows
Due to busy season and late arrival of residents the start time at the Princess is set to 8 38. Two shows will be held each evening as before with the new time in effect.
Railroads as deciding factor in wartime fate
The essay argues Germany’s rail network may crumble under war stress while U S private railroads proved resilient through heavy investment. It cites New Republic on Germany’s test during invasion and urges boosting American rail equipment, asserting locomotives are as vital as guns.
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Hitler
Germany
New Republic
Wood family visit highlights Kansas State College training shifts
Joe Wood, son in law of Walter Prebble, and his wife visit Walt over the weekend. Wood has taught at Kansas State College eight years and now instructs Air Crew basics for 400 cadets at Manhattan College. Training lasts five months with a second group of 600 engineers to begin, housing shortages noted, three semesters replace two, and no Christmas vacation for staff.
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Joe Wood
Walter Prebble
Walt
Wood
Kansas State College
University of Town
Manhattan College
Warren Nelson Earns Yale Engineering Training
A Scandia resident notes Warren Nelson has military service roots and pride in local recruits. He was sent to Yale University for a year of engineering study under the Army Specialized Training Program after eight weeks at Fort Leonard Wood and a transfer to the University of Wyoming to test his qualifications. He was among thirty in his company to meet the requirements and enter Yale as a Swede from Scandia likely the first to do so in World War 2 era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
Warren Nelson
C. I. Nelson
Yale University
Ft. Leonard Wood
University of Wyoming
A. S. T. P. Arnay
Freedom and duty in postwar America and labor risk
A speaker denounces wartime strikes and government handouts as betraying freedom. He argues men must return to private employment, government must preserve private enterprises, and representative government hinges on ending abuse of freedom. He warns that postwar undermining of effort jeopardizes liberty and national resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
McKimsons Visit Concordia and Scandia Friend Dorbin Blair
Mr and Mrs C F E McKimson drove to Concordia to meet Mrs Derbin Blair of Wichita who spent the day in Scandia. Blair left for Smith Center to visit her grandparents, returned to Scandia, then left for home Saturday. Dorbin Blair, son of Mrs McKimson, works at Culver Aircraft plant.
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C. FE. McKimson
Concordia
Derbin ‘Blair
Wichita
Scandia
Smith Center
McBrien
Dorbin Blair
Pilot Performs Private Flight Between Cities for Medical Care
Le C. V. Hageman flew from Scandia at 11 to Concordia Hospital for a tonsillectomy on Carla Reece, daughter of Mr and Mrs C Q Reece, then proceeded to Norton for a professional call on Mr Wires, father of FE C Wires. The operation on Mr Wires was considered inadvisable at that time.
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le. C. V. Hageman
Scandia
Concordia Hospital
Carla Reece
C. Q. Reece
Norton
Wires
FE. C. Wires
Our City
Mr. Wires
Mrs Sophia Olson Dies In Sabetha Memorial Services Held
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon for Mrs Sophia Olson who died Sunday evening at her Sabetha home. Services were at Amana Lutheran Church with local mourners noting her life and faith.
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Sophia Olson
Sabetha
Amana Lutheran Church
Miss Verlee Reece Visits Friends in Lawrence
Miss Verlee Reece spent the weekend in Lawrence visiting friends and sightseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verlee Reece
Lawrence
Regulation with Justice on Federal Civil Aeronautics
The article argues for modernizing air navigation and commerce laws under Federal jurisdiction to prevent arbitrary centralization. It stresses the value of wartime civilian air transport and the need for uniform regulation to ensure public safety and service while protecting property rights with compensation.
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Congress
Costly Riddance to Deficit Theories in War Economy
An exhortation argues that unchecked deficits fuel debt and distort supply and demand. It claims war spending wrecks economic balance, elevates state socialism prospects, faults taxpayers and spenders, and calls for balanced taxation to preserve savings and wealth for postwar stability.
Time for Drivers License due at Haggman Wires store
1943 drivers license renewal notice states license due and obtainable at Haggman Wires drug store with Miss Vivian Nelson handling paperwork. Price is 40 cents for operators and 1 dollar for chauffeurs.
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Haggman, Wires
Vivian Nelson
Honor for Mr Sandell with family visitors
Mr and Mrs Frank Isaacson and Carl and Mr and Mrs Elmer Danielson and Dorothy visited Mr and Mrs Netts Sandell Friday evening for his birthday. Miss Eve Sanborn of Clay Center was a weekend guest of Mr and Mrs E Cooper and their daughters.
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Frank Isaacson
Carl
Elmer Danielson
Dorothy
Netts Sandell
Eve Sanborn
Clay Center
E. Cooper
Wartime Kansas Briefs Highlight Medical Success and Bond Guidance
In wartime Kansas, medical care for troops is praised with low death rates and minimal serious illnesses since 1941, while farmers are urged to invest in war bonds using a farm yardstick approach. Gov Schoppel appoints Hawkins and others to state boards, a Lansing prison kitchen effort preserves 600 quarts of strawberry preserves, and a new bidding system for state food supplies favors local firms.
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John Luft
Kansas War Savings Staff
Luft
Kansas
United States
Lansing
Missouri River Island
State Board of Health
Charles Kincaid
Hammer Family Reunion Held at Alfred Hammer Home
A large gathering celebrated the Hammer family reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hammer on Sunday June 20. Attendees included numerous Hammers and relatives from Valley Falls Courtland Kansas Kansas City Waconda South Dakota Concordia and other nearby towns with many family members listed.
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Hammer
Alfred Hammer
Anna Hugos
Richard
Ollie
Lawrence
Dale Frazier
Anita Hammer
Max Wager
Larry
Valley Falls
Kansas
P. P. Hammer
Rudolph Johnson
Barbara Ann
Courtland
Leo Hammer
Porter Hammer
Charles
Ole Hammer
Allen Vannice
Loraine Christensen
Opal Vannice
Connie
Clarence Widen
Clarice
Harry Ringer
Fred Walter
Lars Hammer
Carl Hammer
Lloyd Hammer
Harold Hammer and
Robert Lervold
Elmer Eastvedt
Martin Larson
Pauline
Glenn
Ralph
Dale Ainsworth
Ilene
Kansas City
Lloyd Barleen
Janice
Theodore Hansen
Waconda
South Dakota
Marylin
Carolyn Clark
Norma Lee Fraser
Concordia
Record praising private industry in wartime resource development
The piece lauds oil mining and water power sectors for high wartime production. It notes rising costs for oil and coal but steady electric rates. It argues shortages were due to outside causes, not industrial failure, and defends private enterprise against bureaucratic control.
Wichita and Republic Families Dine With Panielsons
Mr and Mrs Frank Ignacson and Carl and Terry Lee of Wichita along with Chas Aspegren of Republic were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Elmer Panielson and family.
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Frank Ignacson
Carl
Terry
Lee
Wichita
Chas. Aspegren
Republic
Elmer Panielson
Scandia 15 2 Club Reopens in New Quarters
The Scandia 15-2 Club moved from the Post Office basement to the Ed Olson building above Hampton Furniture Store and report feeling secure in their new quarters.
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Post Office
Ed Olson
Hampton Furniture
Mrs Hortom Johnson Visits Robisons on Sunday Afternoon
Mrs Hortom Johnson spent Sunday afternoon visiting Mr and Mrs W H Robison at their home.
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Sweethearts
The
Princess
America
van Heflin
Kathryn Grayson
Marsha Hunt
Heflin
Miss Hunt
Cecilia Parker
Frances Rafferty
Peggy Moran
S. Z. Sakall
Isobel Elsom
Diana Lewis
Lewis Howard
Carl Esmond
Louise Beavers
Frank Borzage
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Joseph Pasternak
Warren
Los Angeles Examiner
U.S. Treasury
MR. Sandell
Late
Kansas News
Pearl Harbor
American Medical Journal
Schoppel
Phil R. Hawkins
Olathe
State Board of Administrations
Administer Hawkins
Frank Boyd
Phillipsburg
Mae C. Patrick
Santanta
State Crippled Children’s Commission
C. W. Jones
J. F. Hassig
Kan
O. L. Cox
Tila
C. E. Joss
Topeka
J. D. Colt, Jr
Manhattan
State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
Hammer Family Reunion
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