William Allen White was an American newspaper editor and writer. He was born in 1868 at Emporia, Kansas and died in 1944. In 1895 he started Emporia Daily and Weekly Gazette, and became known nationally during the 1896 presidential election for his anti-Populist editorial 'What's the matter with Kansas?'. During the Second World War he founded the 'Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies' that encouraged America, then neutral, to send aid to Britain and the Allies in their fight against NaziGermany and encouraged America to enter the war on the side of the Allies. Research William Allen White
The USS Emporia was an American frigate of 1430 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Emporia had a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 194. She was armed with three 3 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and four depth-charge throwers. Research Emporia
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