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Germans at Lawrence POW camp went from Panzers to pea picking B
y nearly all accounts, they were pretty fair pea pickers. Heck, in 1945, we may not have gotten a pea crop in the bins here in Douglas County without those boys. What’s that, you didn’t know we grew peas? In 1945, there was a canning company in Lawrence that shipped 45,000 military rations of peas per day, according to some reports. There were potatoes and beets growing from the bottomland in those days, too. It is amazing what can be grown in our fertile fields. But in 1945, there was a question of whether the pea crop would get picked. Then along came a “fine looking bunch of
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blond, young men.” “If it had not been for the 100 men that helped our growers, the cannery would not have been in operation this season owing to the fact that the farmers raising peas
THE GUARD HOUSE OF THE GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP in Lawrence is shown in this photo provided to the Watkins Museum of History by Willie Jaeger, left in the group at top. did not have sufficient help to handle a pea crop,” W.H Pendleton, an executive with the Lawrence cannery of Columbus Foods wrote in a 1945 letter. So, yes, they could pick peas. In fact, we could go so far as to say they were good pea pickers.
They also were damn Germans.
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In 1945, it was easy to damn a German. Just one year earlier — 70 years ago — our American “boys” were storming the Please see CAMP, page 2A
Topeka — A senior policy analyst in New York says state officials misrepresented her research into unexpected drops in tax revenues in April and May so they could blame the federal government for poor performance and dismiss it as a fluke. State tax revenues fell $217 million short of projections in May after coming up $92 million short in April, putting state revenue for the fiscal year roughly $310 million below estimates with only one The large declines month left, The in Delaware, Kansas, Wichita Eagle and North Dakota reported. Gov. Sam are mostly Brownback and attributable to the officials with the Department of legislative changes Revenue say the that cut income tax shortfalls were rates as well caused by federal tax changes as restructured tax and should not brackets.” continue in the next fiscal year. — Excerpt from federal Others, in- report cited by Kansas cluding several revenue officials economists and lawmakers, are afraid the shortfalls will be around awhile. Lucy Dadayan, a policy analyst with the Rockefeller Institute of Government, told The Eagle the revenue department misrepresented her research about state tax revenue, and that Kansas could be forced to make cuts in the near future. When they announced the May shortfall, revenue department officials pointed to an April report Dadayan co-authored that said states across the country are having trouble forecasting revenues because of uncertainties with the capital gains tax created by the fiscal cliff. High-income earners across the country sold stock at the end of 2012 in anticipation of the federal tax on capital gains increasing because of the fiscal cliff. While that boosted income for that tax year and resulted in
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KU seeking to add new major in human sexuality By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com
To understand the problems of human trafficking, family violence and even the recent killing rampage in California, it is important to gain a knowledge of human sexuality, according to Kansas University Pro-
fessor Alesha Doan. Doan, chairwoman of the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department, is hoping the Kansas Board of Regents later this month approves a request from KU for an academic unit that will lead to Bachelor of Art and Bachelor of General Studies degrees in human sexuality.
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The major would cover a wide range of subjects examining how sexual identity and practices affect numerous issues. She said the incident last month 22-year-old Elliot killed six people
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“There are very few human sexuality majors in the country, but it is a rapidly growing field, so it is really exciting to be on the front end of KANSAS that,” said Doan. UNIVERSITY “It also fits in so well with the other pro- when gramming,” she said. Rodger
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and himself after expressing outrage over women is an example of something that can be better understood when examined through the lens of how sexuality is viewed by some. “You have to understand misogyny and how masculinity is constructed that gives rise to these kind of tragic events. It’s
not just about women, but it’s about men and how these identities can be limiting,” she said. A major in human sexuality would also open doors in the workplace, allowing students to pursue careers in policy and advocacy, KU officials said.
Red light, blue light Greg Robinson changed his party from Republican to Democratic 10 days before filing to run against Mike Gaughan. Page 3A
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