Seventy WPA Workers Return to Finney County Projects
About 70 WPA workers resumed duties as Finney County Projects reopened at 7 AM after a ten day shutdown to meet harvest labor demand. Buckhannan expects Hamilton and Kearny sites to reopen later. park, stadium, farm to market road, and sanitation projects restart with varied counts of 28, 19, 12, and 12 workers.
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WPA
Finney County
J. P Buckhannan
Finney
Hamilton
Kearny
Hamilton County
Buckhannan
Bruce King
National
Western Kansas Wheat Harvest Surpasses Expectations
Grainmen and farmers in western Kansas report yields larger than anticipated as peak harvest hits dry land up to 30 bushels per acre and irrigated plots up to 60. Finney County elevators rapidly fill with over 100000 bushels marketed while much grain is stored for seed.
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Kansas
Finney County
Goss Brothers
Garden City
John Landgraf
Landgraf
Graimen
Crist
R. L. Crist
Friend
Haskell
Hodgeman County
Shallow Water Refinery to Process Scott County Oil Daily
The Shallow Water Refining company in Scott County begins 1500 barrel daily processing from Atlantic Oil Producing wells in the south Scott county oil field. The plant will run at full capacity by tomorrow with a 20000 barrel storage reserve and plans for a fourth No.1 Pile well to supply future expansions. The operation will employ 20 to 25 men with steady day shifts and three night workers. Main outputs include road oil diesel domestic fuel oil with gas, kerosene, tractor fuels and blown asphalt also produced. The refinery is managed by D M Dryden, with Morton Brown as president and J B Alison as secretary.
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Shallow Water Refining Company
Scott County
Atlantic Oil Producing Company
Atlantic Company
Kansas
D. M. Dryden
McPherson
Dryden
Morton Brown
Kansas City
J. B. Alison
Scott City
Daily Telegram
Cash Brisby
Brisby
Germany
Winkler-Koch Company
Globe Refining Company
Harry Caplan
C. B. Jenkins
Brisby and Kaplan
Garden City's Hollywood Premier Tonight At The State
Garden City hosts its first Hollywood premiere tonight at the State theater with a two reel comedy Runnin Wild and a Daily Telegram news reel featuring 2000 locals. Cast arrival ceremony at 8 pm includes car procession and loud speaker introductions followed by Jane Withers Angels Holiday and local news. Organist Richard Dreiling will perform between 7 45 and 8 pm then again before local pictures.
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State Theater
Hollywood
Garden City
Daily Telegram
D. W. Baird
Baird
Jane Withers
Richard Dreiling
Frank Barlow
Betty Brayfogle
Harry Lightner
Audry Herron
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