How to Clean Washable Lampshades and New Water Resistant Fabrics
Directions for washing silk or rayon lamp shades with trim, including surface dirt removal, soaking in lukewarm soapy water, careful brushing, rinsing, and drying to prevent rust. Also notes USDA fabric development delivering water resistant cottons with tight weaves, likely for rainwear and industry, and a Kansas City craft union contract update affecting carpenters and painters.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas City i
Assa
Carpenters and Painters
Kansas City
Weedy Losses Hit Kansas Farms Hard Says Agronomist
Kansas Extension agronomist L E Willoughby estimates weed losses at 132 million dollars annually in Kansas, the second largest crop-area drain after soil erosion. He touts crop rotations, mowing, cultivation and spraying for control, and notes Dalapon and 2,4-D as effective herbicides with specific application guidance and timing.
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L. E. Willoughby
K-State
Kansas
Kansas State College
Poultry Judging School Set in Garden City
4-H Club Agent Don Bernbeck announces district poultry judging school in Garden City June 5 at 9 a.m. at the fairgrounds conducted by M. E. Jackson. Classes include Poultry production dressed broilers and egg candling. Prerequisite for selection to Finney County's state fair poultry judging team in Hutchinson.
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Garden City
Fairgrounds
M. E. Jackson
Finney County
Hutchinson
4-H clubs schedule spring tours and camp cleanup
County 4-H clubs announce upcoming spring tours with dates in June and May. Wide Awake plans a first spring tour on June 2. Pawnee Indians schedule a New York city event on June 14 with reg city-nightclub dancers. Happy Hustlers set a rescheduled tour for June 15 after rain delay. Southwest camp cleanup drew 55 participants, with praise for Jimmy Webb and Larry Billings for dormitory work at the Dodge City area camp.
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New York
Oajactars
Happy Hustlers
Will Men
Billy Grahold
Graham
Southwest
Las
4-H
Jimmy Webb
Lincoln Livewires
Larry Billings
Friend Flyers Club
Dodge City
Maryland Governor McKeldin Receives Honors Abroad
The Maryland governor Theodore McKeldin is praised for his work by 4 H clubs in Indianapolis and details of a five week Europe trip. He visited Africa where he earned an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Liberia and received a Liberian government decoration. He quips about a tribal title claiming 100 wives.
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Inapolis
Theodore McKeldin
Mary
Aje
Europe
Jess. Rica
Africa
McKeldin
University of Liberia
Agricultural Extension Calendar and Memorial Day Plans
Washington plans show Eisenhower at the White House over Memorial Day weekend with June 2 Wide Awake 4-H Tour and June 3 County 4-H council meeting. June 5 District 4-H judging at Fairgrounds 6 30 am. Also notes Graham New York crusade crowds and confidential testimonies, plus assorted farm and local incidents and a bartender converting after a radio program.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Fairgrounds
Graham’s Meeting Sparks Hope for Actors and Dancers
A leading actor telegraphs to Graham seeking guidance as a blonde stage star agrees to dine and pray with him. A calypso dancer, once rising, becomes a narcotic addict involved in a disturbing alleged plot, then seeks Christ and a new life.
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Graham
Christ
US Help Pay Russian Defense Says Senator
Senator John Marshall Butler asserts that American aid to Yugoslavia and other Communist nations finances a vast Russian defense system. He questions why Congress would not justify halting all such aid. Leader Knowland and others push for ending assistance to Russian satellites and oppose jet fighter shipments to Marshal Tito.
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Washington
John Marshall Butler
R-Md
Yugoslavia
State Dulles
Congress
Senate
William Knowland
Calif
Marshal Tito
Cavalry Charge Stopper Fined After State Lake Ride
In Roswell New Mexico a 19 year old discharged from a bar rode a rented horse into Bottomless Lakes State Park causing a disturbance. The rider was charged with disorderly conduct and paid a $30 fine. A woman reported the galloping horse nearly hitting her.
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Roswell
N. M
Bottomless Lakes State
Ark
Hoover and Mrs FDR To Library Ceremony
Kansas City report lists former President Herbert Hoover and Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt among attendees for the dedication of the Truman Library on July 6. Harry S Truman said government leaders would speak and Chief Justice Earl Warren would deliver the dedicatory address as the Independence, Missouri library is turned over to the federal government.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman Library
Harry
Truman
White House
Earl Warren
Independence, Mo
Lincoln Livewires Firecracker Stand Opens for Fourth
4 H Lincoln Livewires announce a fireworks stand east of the city limits across the highway from the Drive In theater. It opens a week before July 4 and closes July 5. At May meeting thirty members and ten leaders discussed the stand and joining 4 H. Don Bernbeck recited and Carla Morgan gave safety talk. Jack Jewell and Gene Huff served refreshments. Wide Awake 4 H reports Go Getters visit and program with Hazel Weldon Mada Cronin and others. A pattern cutting demonstration and a June 2 club tour were planned plus health committee outreach for polio shots.
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Lincoln
iLincoln
Don Bernbeck
Jack Horner
Carla Morgan
Jan Morris
Jack Jewell
Gene Huff
Jim Doughtery
Hazel Weldon
Mada Cronin
Saundra McGehee
Doyle McGraw
Gary Beach
Karen Jones
Marsha Cronin
County Health Council
Worry Lightner
Boy robbed of excursion funds on way to bank
Police said a boy carrying a sugar box with money for a student excursion to the Bronx Zoo was knocked down by an older boy who grabbed the box. The collection money was largely from a student fund for the trip.
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Bronx’ Zoo
Bakers Union Faces Senate Corruption Probes
Washington hearings begin Tuesday as Senate rackets probes target Bakers Union funds. Chairman McClellan presses inquiry into alleged misuses alongside the Beck case, with Dave Beck Jr. and three others summoned. Beck invokes the Fifth Amendment repeatedly while Curtis B. Sims accuses James G. Cross and George Stuart of fund misuse. The panel cites about $15 000 to $20 000 in questioned disbursements.
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Washington
Bakers
Senate
McClellan
D- Ark
Senate Committee
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Dave Beck Jr
Teamster Titan
Beck
Joseph McEvoy
Fred Verschueren Sr
Ton Teamsters Union
Curtis B. Sims
Sims
James G. Cross
George Stuart
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St. Rose of Lima
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