St Marys Farmer Laments 145 Acres Lost to Kaw River
Ferdinand Wild, a St Marys resident, recalls selling 145 of his original 175 acre farm to the Kaw River over decades of erosion and flood losses. He notes 20 acres vanished here and 40 there while riverbank shifts plagued land on both sides of the river near Wabaunsee County. In 1945 floods ruined a northside crop, yielding 600 bushels of corn from 100 acres, while wartime years brought prosperity for others.
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Mr. Wild
Kaw
Wild
Wabaunsee County
St. Marys
Ferdinand
Ferdinannd
May Name Bald Peak for General
Senator Edwin F. Johnson of Colorado urged naming a mountain for General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower quipped about a bald headed peak and nearby good fishing, setting two conditions for the honor.
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Washington, D. C
Edwin F. Johnson
Colorado
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Pike’s Peak
Eisenhower
January 16 1946 Rancher Beats Stork and Fire in Kerman
Roy Bowers of Kerman faced a dramatic day when he woke early to a freezing car, battled a dead engine, and discovered his wife en route to hospital. He returned to find his ranch house ablaze, neighbors forming a bucket brigade to save the home with little damage. The day also marked the birth of his grandchild.
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Kerman
Calif
Roy Bowers
Kerman Rancher
Bowers
Lola Stewart
Fresno
Cattle Rustlers Busy in Illinois
Manteno area farmers consider forming a vigilante committee to combat cattle theft after nine head were stolen from the Sylvester Thilmony farm and four head from Roy D. Piper farm. Farm Advisor George Tupper cites potential rally across five Manteno township farm bureau districts.
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Manteno
Ill
Sylvester Thilmony
Roy D. Piper
George Tupper
Farm Bureau
Flying Fliers and Fi
A fragment about new pilots learning to fly, a first solo near their airport, and a wife piloting a plane after her husband’s coaxing. It details the Skycar by Consolidated-Vultee, Blanche Noyes’s air markers project, and notes higher air travel potential and price effects from mass production.
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Ripley
Rural Social Security for Farmers Proposed by Benedict
Washington Digest outlines Professor Murray Benedict's plan to include farmers and farm workers in a simplified social security system. The proposal uses a stamp book to record payments and sets deductions by income, with gradual phase in and education required. It notes opposition concerns about fund sustainability and increased government paperwork, but argues benefits are modest and aim to keep retirees from dependence on charity.
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United States
Esquire Magazine
Fish and Wildlife Service
Murray R. Benedict
University of California
Truman
Benedict
Jake Duncan
Tom
Mr. Benedict
Jake
Treasury
Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Air Force Vets Form National Organization AFA
Washington report announces the creation of a national veterans group for World War I and II air forces. Temporary president is former Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle. Non profit with no commercial aims. Notable organizers include Col. Willis Fitch Sgt. Forest Vossler Lt. Col. Thomas Lanphier Sgt. Merry Forst and Col. James M. Stewart. The AFA seeks to preserve AAF traditions and informs President Truman of its aims.
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Washington
James H. Doolittle
AAF
Doolittle
AFA
Air Force Association
Truman
Air Force
Willis S. Fitch
Forest Vossler
Syracuse University
Thomas G. Lanphier
Admiral Yamamoto
Boise
Idaho
Merry] Forst
Dartmouth
James M. Stewart
8Th Air Force
Hollywood
Farmers plan food withholding to end strikes in Nebraska
In Edgar, Clay county farmers voted 271 strong to withhold produce from market until labor disputes are settled. Organizer V Hubert Johnson said the action aims to pressure sides, noting farmers blame labor more than management. Similar hunger tactics were used by Chickasha farmers in Oklahoma.
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Edgar
Neb
Clay County
Hubert Johnson
Johnson
Chickasha
Okla
Rural radio news tops listenership in farm areas study
A Census of listening habits among 4,293 rural residents shows news programs rank first for rural radio listeners. Women in the West lead in listening while southern women favor religious and music content. men listen less overall and vary by region. The study was prepared for the FCC as hearings consider expanding clear channel air space.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
South
North Central States
West
FFC
Barbs by Bankhag on space, war and politics
The column jokes about borrowing, moon trips, and the UN ending wars, predicting Martian trouble before a unified planets council. It notes a senate hearing for Eawin W. Pauley as undersecretary of the navy and mentions Ickes oiling Pauley’s head in a non biblical sense. A Mouse Trap gadget promises a hair tunic spray while combing, aimed at bald readers.
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United Nations
Millenia
United Planets
Senate
Eawin W. Pauley
Navy
Ickes
Pauley
Puffed Sleeve Nightie Pattern No 5318 Sale
Advertisement offers a complete pattern for a round necked nightgown with puffed sleeves in sizes 14 16 and 18. Instructions and pattern number 5318 available for 16 cents payment plus name address and pattern number provided.
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Raw River
ST. Marys, Kans
Ferdinand Wild
St. Marys Star
California
Illinois
Pearl Harbor
Pfc
Annette Hatcher
Gaffney, S. C
Walter C. Short
Consolidated-Vultee
Blanche Noyes
CAA
Blanche
Jefferson Republican
Ranson
W. Va
Editorial
Polo
Tri-County Press
Port Chester
N. Y
Tom Thomas
Thomas
Washington Digest
WNU Service
Eye Street
N. W
Sarah Young
Susan Liston
GAR
Pittsburgh
Swissvale Lions Club
Bankhag
Trousseau
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
Chicago
Gov't SU
Aircorp
Aircorp Mechanic's
Pii Aid Surplus Merchandise
Commenspaw Ave
Jersey City
N. J
Anna
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