Ray Dumont and the Wichita Baseball Boom
Ray Dumont, a Wichita sporting goods clerk, built a baseball boom by staging a Kansas state tournament. He expanded to form the National Semi-Professional Baseball Congress, hosting annual tournaments in Wichita that drew up to 110000 visitors and sparked nationwide and international interest. His sales philosophy centered on arousing desire to lure customers into the store.
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Wichita
Ray Dumont
Kansas
Mexico
Puerto Rico
United States
Carmelite Valentine party at St Mary's hall Sunday
Carmelite Fathers and Brothers of St Marys parish sponsor a charity Valentine party from 3 to 5 30 PM at Saint Marys hall Clinton and Ottawa streets. tickets return requested and a list of committee workers and helpers is given with music and national anthem to be sung. Public invited. War manpower note follows about women in the workforce to free men for battle.
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Carmelite Fathers and Brothers of
Sylvester Snee
Albert P. Dunne
Victor P.o'nowak
Pius L. Boley
William Irwin
Joseph Collins
Arle Murphy
Irene Murphy
Margaret Bombassaro
Anna Mae Brisbin
Ida Mae Wilda
Phyllis James
Lois James
Joyce Brophy
Mary L. Milligan
Corrine Taylor
Shirley Albright
Dolores James
Florence Maxwell
Mary Lynn Nolan
Mary Crayden
Roberta Williams
Elaine Vavrek
Lillian Mavrin
Mary A. Adams
Mary L. Nussbaum
Lois Stoiber
Vivian Herbert
Pauline Macklin
Viola Elwood
From Where I Sit We Must Honor Others Rights
The column cites Bert Childers on postwar planning being hollow without individuals acting. It argues governments can draft treaties, but real progress requires people to respect others rights and liberties, including drinking rights and voting rights, to ensure plans matter.
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Bert
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Charlies P. Casey
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United States Employment Service Office
Scott Street
Casey
Anyalive
Joe Marsh
Bert Childers
Brewing Industry Foundation
Kindelstyx
Ethyl
Roy Duckmanton
Colutins St
L. L. Wood
Chicago and
Jackson
Joliet, Ill
Joliet, Til
Frank Zupancic
Joliet S Plainfield
Vernon C. Smith
Joliet
Clarence Clover
Lester Wise Barnett
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