Benson criticizes two price wheat plan at Kansas talk
Ezra Benson urges differentiated loan rates to foster high gluten wheat, condemns a universal two price system as detrimental to growers. He argues CCC treats Chiefkan and Pawnee同. preferred open market pricing would reward quality, while buyers and millers would shape values. He cites corn belt influence as misaligned with wheat country needs.
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Topeka Increases Police to Curb Double Parking
Topeka adds two motorcycle policemen downtown to ticket double parkers. The rule bars waiting while parked for friends or family and allows only brief loading or dropping. Delivery vehicles and taxicabs must keep moving. The measure is praised as a step toward courtesy and order.
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Topeka State Journal
Garden City letter from Bob Greene on hometown ties
"Bob" E. B. Greene writes from Kearney Nebraska addressing Garden City friends. He identifies as shop foreman for Caldwell Manufacturing Co. Inc. and notes 85 workers plus a second shift. He recalls past local ventures and expresses pride in Garden City as his home, hoping to return someday.
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Memorial Day Reflection on Valley View Cemetery
Garden City and Finney County residents should take pride in Valley View Cemetery. A longtime local, CHAS FINELLO of La Junta, Colorado, recalls living here until 1944 and visits each Memorial Day to honor family buried in the cemetery.
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Gladsome Day In Water Bow Across Kansas
The Dodge City Globe shows a nearly bankful Arkansas river with a first page 4 column picture. Garden City Telegram and Ulysses News report record rainfall and a shift from gloom to rejoicing as rains recede the dust bowl image.
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Senator Russell Won’t Seek Presidency
El Dorado Times reports Rolla Clymer quips that Senator Russell will not run for president, noting the humorous contrast with Liberace as a fallback entertainment.
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Garden City Telegram Publication and Terms Shown
Garden City Telegram published daily except Sunday by The Telegram Publishing Company with staff roles listed. Subscription rates are given for Garden City and surrounding areas, plus annual and second class mail details and copyright notes for reproduction of the newspaper and AP dispatches.
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Red China End Blockade Demand Shapes Peace Talks
The Washington Merry Round column reports that India's Prime Minister Nehru told the State Department Red China will demand the end of the economic blockade as the price for a cease fire around Formosa, a stance tied to Chou Enlai’s latest talks with Krishna Menon. The piece weaves in political chatter on Senate figures, Adenauer’s western alliance role, and Thailand’s premier visit, plus comments on U.S. security policy and Humphrey’s critique of agency decisions, all set against broader Cold War diplomacy and upcoming Geneva and Big Three discussions. The report notes China’s blockade since the Korean War, Adenauer’s possible inclusion in New York talks, and planned Soviet openness on atomic energy uses ahead of a Geneva conference in August.
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Indian scare near Lawrence in 1855 sparks defense rush
A Kansas Territory panic in April 1855 reports Kaw Indians near Delaware clashing with settlers and prompting Lawrence residents to organize armed defense. Citizens rushed into streets armed with Bowie knives and rifles while fear stirred, though the alarm proved unfounded. The Herald of Freedom described a town mobilizing under imagined siege.
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Prayerful Nation Seeks Wisdom and Courage to Act
A reflective prayer calls for wisdom and zeal to follow the Master’s example. The piece urges labor in the spirit of prayer, trusting in guidance from the Father in heaven. It quotes Luke and emphasizes discipleship through action and faith.
Report on possible release of U.S. airmen from Red China
Hong Kong based sources said there were no reports from inside the Communist country indicating the release of more American fliers. They had correctly forecast the earlier release of four U.S. jet fliers but Manila quoted an Indian editor predicting 11 more would be freed within 24 hours. The U.S. Air Force in Hong Kong had no word, and Hong Kong officials heard nothing.
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Indian violence report stirs town amid drunken Kans
Eyewitness recounts a recent incident where two Kans were intoxicated by locals seeking native gold. During their revelry, Indians fired at a saw mill, causing panic but no injuries as families fled. Indians encamped nearby then withdrew, leaving no threat of return. The company gathered and dispersed, regretting no chance for hand to hand fighting.
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Cryptoquip Puzzle Clue List From Chicago Paper
A mixed Cryptoquip puzzle with encoded clues and a playful editorial note about a newspaperwoman. Readers decipher phrases such as go in large cistern earth and sacred Egyptian goddess while enjoying a Saturday cryptogram feature from a Chicago publication.
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Distaff Side and Summer Musings on Family Life
A collage of light human interest items from a summer issue. Notes on mothers handing out pillar-lots of sniffles and mumps, a quip about living cheaply with a collegiate son, a mother who judges junior high grades, and a tip about using iris rhizomes and fragrant roots for sachets and scent.
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