Rural Cancer Society fund drive organizers seek volunteers
The American Cancer Society canvass for education and funds runs in Chanute area with co chairs Mrs Wilbur Thompson and Mrs Ralph Reinhardt. Township chiefs plan for over 60 workers, needing about two weeks and extra helpers to cover routes impaired by recent heavy rains. Volunteers will phone residents before door calls to reduce travel.
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Cancer Crusade
Linda Evans
N. Steuben
Kayettes
American Cancer Society
Chanute
Neosho County Cancer Society
Wilbur Thompson
Ralph Reinhardt
Henry Watkins
Warren Knox
Walnut Grove
Tommie Nettles
Grant
Lyle Meyer
Big Creek
Harry Bak
Thompson
Bond issue approved for Taylor Seed Company expansion
Parsons reports the city commission backed a $20,000 industrial bond issue to fund expansion of the Taylor Seed Company. Taylor builds packaging equipment for seeds and fertilizers with plants in Missouri and one in Parsons.
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Parsons
City Commission
Taylor Seed Company
Taylor
Missouri
Workmen's compensation reform eyed in Kansas
Kansas labor leader Jim Yount pressed for liberalizing workmen's compensation as he warned of harsh limits. He cited Bergemann case where a bucket incident left a worker with lifelong costs and little state relief, contrasting Kansas with federal and other states' benefits and urging action to avoid welfare dependency.
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Topeka
Jim Yount
Kansas State Federation of Labor
Yount
National Commission On State
Kansas
Bergemann
National Commission
Butter Prices Slide While Meat Boycott Bares Shifts
A March AP spot survey of 14 items across 12 cities shows butter prices falling while all beef frankfurters and eggs rise in many markets amid a nationwide price-cutting boycott. Increases vary from one to thirty cents. butter drops occur in five cities, with milk largely unchanged. Major locales include Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Chicago, and New York.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
N.M
Salt Lake City
Utah
Atlanta
Miami
Chicago
Detroit
Dallas
Los Angeles
Seattle
Philadelphia
New York
Providence
R.C
Bird’s Eye
Maxwell House
del Monte
Buffalo grocery burglarized. cash and eggs taken
Owners reported their Buffalo store was broken into sometime Monday night. Thief stole $15 in cash and assorted items including cigarettes 15 dozen eggs ham bacon and cheese. State report filed with Wilson County sheriff Hubert Harris.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Grocery
Hubert Harris
Wilson County
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Lahore
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Centerville
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Neosho Valley Coin Club
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Chanute Tribune
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Jessie Deal
Bank OF Commerce
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South Forest Street
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Second Street
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State Highway Commission OF Kansas
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Highway Commission
THE
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