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This article from the Topeka Daily Capital covers the rapid decline in aviation industry jobs at the end of World War II. In particular, Wichita, Kansas, lost 22,000 aviation industry-related jobs by June 1945.
Creator: Topeka Daily Capital
Date: June 14, 1945
This article can be used to help students understand not only the impact of Kansas aviation companies on World War II, but the impact of the end of the war on aviation companies in Kansas such as Boeing, Stearman, Beechcraft, and Cessna.
KS: 11th: 2.4.: understands the role of Kansas aviation companies in World War II
Item Number: 213717
Call Number: K 629.13, vol. 4, Aviation Clippings
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213717
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Beech
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Beechcraft
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Boeing
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Cessna
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Aviation companies in World War II (Indicator 4)
Date - 1940s - 1945
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Beech
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Beechcraft
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Boeing
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Cessna
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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