| Show NEWS ITEMS FROM THE MIDDLE WEST I 1 0 1 the following items were re from dr I 1 M cohn who clipped them from a kansas news 1 paper j itans have become accas turned to seeing women replacing men but it is a source of wn w n derment to visitors they coma to wichita prepared to see women attired in overalls slacks and jeans while working at de defense plants they are not even sur when they board a bus P z one couple did di d monday and count 13 women out of 17 en cm the bus wearing trousers of some sort instead of dresses but they are nc not t prepared to see women cab drivers girl telegraph messengers and whole armies of girl defense workers and defense students stu dents walking ing down the street V relative to women handling jobs formerly reserved for men me the situation has caused a s serious erious shortage of female help needed in restaurants offices and homes one example cited d is the case of a restaurant across the street from a wichita plane plant apologize ing for the service the manager I 1 j told his patrons 1 I had a complete change of hep help for breakfast I 1 had another complete change of help for lunch and I 1 expect another complete change for dinner this evening one reason for this is the fact that women register for wor work k at defense plants and then accept temporary jobs while waiting to go to work when they are called they quit without notice V you think youre having trouble finding help the other sunday morning the allis hotel had aal a I 1 breakfast tu at for guests and not one waitress was on hand to serve it so frank ripple the 1 manager and J J lammons the maitre de served the entire break fast themselves trotting in with the tomato juice taking away the empty glasses and bringing on the bacon and eggs SAVED BY A HEAT WAVE hays kas disposing of waste oil cans at the city dump marvin fellers filling station operator heard the chirping of young fowl investigating he found nine baby turkeys and one chicken the sun had hatched eggs which had been thrown away by the hays hatchery |
