Record Winter Wheat Crop Forecast At 9.0 Million Bushels
Washington April 11 The agriculture department reports a record winter wheat crop of about 9.0 million bushels based on crop cards. Output is expected higher than last year with Kansas Oklahoma and California showing notable yields. The report notes average yields around 12 to 21 percent above the prior year, with state-by-state totals listed for major wheat regions.
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Washington
Gr S
Cornst
Starke Et Graes
Oklahowa
Local Telegraph Office Reports Hike in Business
Local telegraph office reports a surge in activity with more telegrams sent and increased hiring. Messages are heavy, and several messengers have joined since the rush began. Delays and emergency calls rose. officials note several days of intensified demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telemone Coke
Williams
Roger
Women Union Leaders Arrested in New Jersey
News item reports that several women union leaders in New Jersey were arrested amid a strike. The warrants were issued by Attorney General Walter Van Riper following a court hearing and police actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Vans Deliver Aid To Tornado Victims From Fort Worth
Fort Worth dispatch reports 21 commercial vans carrying supplies and comforts to 9,000 tornado victims in the Texas Oklahoma panhandle area. Co G G Strawn led the Fort Worth depot team in sending eight trucks toward Woodward Oklahoma for relief. The convoy aimed to ease suffering with food water and medical relief amid the disaster.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Apr
Fourth Army Headquarters
G.G. Strawn
Woodward
Oklo
Fort
Isidro Flores
Alabama Street
Frank R. Gray
Flores
RED Cross
Wichita
Kansas
Eta
Texas
Oklahoma
St. Lovin
Wise Triumphs at Close in Market News Brief
Market reports show gains near the close as Wise and South Kota Pontiacshed influence trading. Several financial names appear with scattered figures and unsettled bids while city and regional notes hint at firm tone and cautious profit taking.
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Wise
Vin Wala South Das Kota
In Memoriam and Market Notes Echo Postwar Slump
A fragmentary obituary and market roundup recount a death, likely Mrs J Revth Robin, amid notes on cotton, cattle, and live stock prices. The page mentions April New York trading and emotional reflections on loss, tying the obituary to economic mood signals.
Storm Struck Town Seeks Federal Loan Aid For Losses
Mayor R A Bosch says residents want loan assistance not charity as 80 percent of affected homes face repair needs. Two houses uninhabitable and seven percent of city homes damaged or destroyed. Relief operates with spare beds from locals, an Amnified kitchen from Fort Sill, and dormitories at Woodward Army Air Base.
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R.A. Bosch
Fort Sill
Okla
Woodward Army Air Base
City Schools Join Greek War Orphans Drive
City schools under Superintendent Dr E L Novotny cooperate in a county wide drive to aid Greek War Orphans. Funds come from salvage sales of papers magazines burlap bags clothes and rags with a benefit matinee at Granada theater April 18 at 4 pm. Winners in boys and girls divisions to receive prizes. tickets earned for high salvage pounds. Receipts support Lawrence reaction to the Greek War Orphans Relief campaign.
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E. L. Novotny
Aboole
Stanley Schwahn
Drive
Granada Theater
Schwahn
Guest Speaker Hayward Johnson At Medcalist Church
Hayward Johnson, noted lecturer and playwright, will speak Sunday morning at Medcalist Church. He comes from the headquarters of another Methodist church in Washington DC and gained national recognition for leading a reform drive in Williamson County. Johnson has decades of experience in social welfare and organization work, focusing on education and youth outreach.
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Wayeard Johnson
Medcalist Church
Hayward H
Ard
Other Methodiat
Washireter
Epraker
Williamson County
Herrin
Tntason
Minis
Vno
Attending Rifle Match by Liberty Meagerial High School Life Club
Seven members from Liberty Meagerial high school life club will travel to Kansas City on Saturday to compete against the ROTC team of Martial high school in a return match. The Lawrence team previously lost 24 to 16 in a crossable 1,400 by Kansas City on March 22 in Law TENCE. Roth hays ard gi high school teary O. Watson ig leanneor of the club. Mrs. Durovky Mar wire's rosser, W. H. Hinzen ix inetructey Track Meet Thnight at Haskell Stadium tonight starting at Fa'clotk.
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Liberty Meagerial High School Life Club
Kansas City
R.O.T.C. Tea
Martial High Schoo
Lawrence
Lawtence
Roth Hays
Rosser
W. H
Haskell
Fa'clotk
Temporary plan to fund trash pickup in business district
Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce approved a temporary continuation plan for trash collection in the business district. A pledge fund will pay Vernon King for daily pickups, with amounts varying by business size. A committee will set details, and another panel will plan a dealers exhibit for the farm and home improvement program on May 28 and 29 in the Community building.
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Merchants Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Vernon King
Ralph Campbell
Bureau
Campus Building Workers Strike On
Non-union workmen refinish fronts in a university building near Lindley hall while pickets appear on campus for the first time. The University plans occupancy by September and awaits guidance from the Kansas attorney general on whether picketing may occur on university ground. Leonard Axe, director of University service, seeks a ruling but has no reply yet.
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Frank Strong Hall
Univn
Leonard Axe
University Service
Kansas Attorney General
Axe
Fire at Treasure Island Naval Base Ravages Buildings
A large San Francisco Bay facility at Treasure Island, prewar exposition site turned camouflage base, burned yesterday evening injuring 44 people including 29 sailors and 5 civilians. Fire destroyed five navy structures and equipment valued at about $800,000 with electronics over $100,000. cause undetermined after a three hour battle.
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San Francisco
Apr
Treasure Island
Inday
San Francisco Bay
Bay Area
12Th’ ‘Naval District
Zaleye
Elmer Beth to Address Stauffer Executives in Topeka
Elmer Beth the speaker to Elmer F Beth acting chairman of the journalism department will address a meeting of executives of Stauffer Publications Saturday morning in Topeka. About 45 managers and editors from nine Stauffer newspapers and four radio stations will attend. Milton Eisenhower Kansas State College president will speak at the dinner. Newspapers represented include Arkansas City Traveler Grand Island Independent Maryville Forum Nevada Mail Pittsburgh Headlight Sun Topeka State Journal Shawnee News-Star York News-Times. Stauffer radio stations KSOK KSEK GFF and KTSW.
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Elmer F. Beth
Department of Journalism
Stauffer
Topeka
Milton Eisenhower
Kansas
State College
Arkansas City Traveler
Grand Island
The
Topeka State Journal
Shawnee, Okla
News-Star
York, Neh
News-Times
KSOK
Ksek Gff
KTS
TITHER WILL SPEAK BUITORS IN Tongano
Fragmentary text notes a speaker named Mr Ha and a time around six p m with references to Tongano and bidders or mink, lacking clear context or full facts. The readable parts suggest an event where a person named Ha may be involved in a speaking engagement about bidders.
Protestant Churches Sponsor Eudora School Auditorium Meet
The passage describes religious community groups hosting meetings in Eudora with support from local Protestant churches. Mr Jeien began tithing in 1940 using 81 square feet of land and a small grain yield. Henry Ford supported land, machinery, and labor to plant and harvest, enabling large crops through 1945-48 with broad farmer participation and vast yields.
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Eudora
Jeien
Henry Ford
Lawrence community building tenants delayed to next week
In Lawrence, tenants moved from the Community building have been postponed until next week due to difficulties recruiting service staff for available quarters. A minor local flood update notes Kaw River rising to around 18 feet with no overflow expected, after climbing six feet since yesterday afternoon.
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Biy
Kaw
Lawrence
Man pleads guilty to assault in Junction City
Dennis Grubb 39 of Manhattan pleaded guilty in district court to assaulting Simon Presse 61 a Geary county farmer last December. He was sentenced to one to 10 years in the state penitentiary. Prosecutor said Grubb helped beat and rob Presse of 25 dollars. Also in dispatches Kobe Japan April 11 W N Todd of Fort Leavenworth Kan assumed duties as chief of staff at Kobe headquarters replacing Col E C Johnson of Corsicana Texas returning to the United States.
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Junction City
Kan
Dennis Grubb
Manhattan
Simon Presse
Geary County
Robert Schermerhorn
Grubb
Presse
Kobe
Japan
Cal
W. N. Todd
Fort Leavenworth
Kane
Col
E. C. Johnson
Corsicana
Texas
United States
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