Missouri farm crop values per acre show lower trend in 1926
A report by the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics and the state board of agriculture finds Missouri farm crop values per acre declined in 1926 from 1925. Across 34 crops, 20 values fell, 14 rose. grains, oats, and cotton slumped while hay crops soybeans timothy seed and certain vegetables edged higher.
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Missouri
States Bureau of Agricultural Uics
State Board of Ag Iture
Tron
Marshall Scout Camp Near Isailles on Gravois River
About forty Mar boy scouts are encamped on the Gravois River four miles from Isailles. A physician and seven leaders accompanied them.
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Marshall
Gravois River
Isailles
Atwater Kent Plans Scholarship Contests In This State Soon
The Atwater Kent Foundation announced a nationwide audition to find unknown radio voices with scholarships and cash prizes. State winners will be chosen from male and female singers, with a state final broadcast and district winners advancing to national finals in New York. Prizes include 5,000 cash plus tuition and a gold decoration for top nationals. Contestants must be 25 or younger and not yet professional. Choir singers may enter.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Missouri
Atwater Kent Foundation
Philadelphia
New York
St Joseph Bureau to Continue Free Employment Service
A state free employment agency will continue its service in St Joseph Missouri under the state labor department. Roye B Hinkle the labor commissioner announced the continuation as the department will consolidate with the industrial inspection department on July 3. The St Joseph branch had been set to close due to funds but will now operate, serving an estimated 12000 to 15000 workers annually.
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St. Josph
State Labor Department
Roye B. Hinkle
Hinkle
Labor Department
State Industrial Inspection Department
St. Joseph
Free
Missouri City
Body of man found in Missouri river near Kansas City
The body of a man believed to be blank Conway of St Joseph Mo was found in the Missouri river near Kansas City. The coroner said the body had lain in the river about ten days after a June 9 alert from St Joseph police.
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Kansas City
Blank Conway
S. Thirteenth St
St. Joseph
Missouri River
Shreeve
Senway
Stop line plan leads to 31 traffic violators arrested
In Chillicothe a system of stop lines at street intersections resulted in 31 traffic violators being arrested on the first day. Nineteen pleaded guilty and were fined three dollars each.
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Chillicothe
Lindbergh Plans Nation Wide Air Transport Line
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh aims to establish a national passenger air line. Committees will draft organization and routes and an announcement is expected in weeks. He briefed Paul Henderson and other backers before leaving for New York.
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Associated
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Lindbergh
Paul Henderson
National Air Transport, Inc
Howard Coffin
Harry H. Knight
Harold Bixby
William B. Robertson
St. Louis
William B. Mayo
Chester W. Cuthell
Casey Jones
Windbergh
New
Bartlett
Glover
Regar
Ward and Goodman in final contest
Johnny Goodman the Omaha teen and Kansas City’s James Ward reach the Trans Miss golf final after defeating Jimmy Manion and James Kennedy respectively. Goodman trailed early but finished 32 to move two up after 18. Ward won against Kennedy to advance.
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Jimmy Manion
James Kennedy
Colorado
Associated Press
Broadmoor
Colo
Exaldie Held
Johnny Goodman
Omaha
James Ward
Kansas City
Goodman
St. Louis City
Ward
James A. Kennedy
Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Missouri
Major Dargue to Be Honor Guest in Kansas City Today
Major Herbert A. Dargue leader of the Army Pan American Good Will Flight will visit Kansas City for a 9 000 mile tour. He arrives at Richard's Field around 5 p m and dines at Mission Hills Country Club. The flight began December 21 1926 from San Antonio Texas in five amphibian planes traveling to promote air links between the Americas. A crash on February 26 in Buenos Aires killed Capt Woolsey and Lieut Benton. Major Dargue and Lieut Ennis Whitehead parachuted to safety. President Coolidge welcomed the fliers upon their return.
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Kansas City
Herbert A. Dargue
Army
Richard’s Field
New York
Mission Hills Country Club
Dargue
San Antonio
Texas
South America
Buenos Aires
Darg ‘E
Detroit
Woolsey
John W. Benton
Decoit
Major Dargue
Ennis Whitehead
Newton
Kansas
Coolidge
Wally Wales and Vaudeville at the Jefferson Today
The Jefferson presents a vaudeville line up with Wally Wales in the western feature Double Daring. Wales plays a bank clerk framed for robbery and escapes to hunt the real criminal. Also on the program are Dixon and Harris in a polished vaudeville act and a cartoon comedy.
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Dixon and Harris
Jefferson Theatre
Wally Wales
the Jefferson Today
Cigarette Output and Exports Reported by Census Bureau
The Census Bureau reports nearly 100 billion cigarettes produced in U S factories and bonded warehouses last year with over 9.5 billion exported. About 90 billion remain for home consumption.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Fifty Chinese Troops Raid Steamer Lungwo Off Jardine Line
Chinese Nationalist troopers staged a raid on the steamer Lungwo, said to belong to Jardine Matheson and Company, but British destroyer detachment repelled them with no casualties.
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Chinkiang
Jardine Matheson and Company
The Last Outlaw and Our Gang at the Miller Today
Gary Cooper stars in The Last Outlaw the Paramount western on the Miller program with Flash the horse and Betty Jewel as lead. An Our Gang Comedy Uncle Tom's Uncle features Farina and Fatty with light humor. Major General Lassiter warns the U S faces renewed war testing time ahead.
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the Miller Today
Gary Cooper
Paramount
Miller Theatre
Flash
Betty Jewel
Gram
Uncle Tom
Farina
Topsy
Fatty
NC State student wins third national intercollegiate oratorical prize
H. J. Oberholzer, 28, junior at North Carolina State College, won the third national intercollegiate oratorical contest in Los Angeles last night. Born in the Orange Free State, South Africa, he has been in the United States only a year and received a prize of 1500 dollars.
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Los Angeles
H. J. Oberholzer
North Carolina State College
Orange Free State
South Africa
United States
Mitten Manager Withdraws From Brotherhood Proposal
The Philadelphia firm Mitten Manager withdrew from helping steer the Bank Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, signaling a pause in the proposed collaboration. The move affects plans for leadership guidance and industry relations.
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Philadelphia
Mitten
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
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