Drouth relief sought as drought deepens nationwide
Washington reports paint a growing drought crisis across central and southern states. Louis J. Taber warns the drought could become a major catastrophe without rain within 10 to 30 days. Calls for low freight rates to move hay and feed and extended credit to farmers rise, as dairy farms report low rainfall and milk output declines.
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Washington
Louis J. Taber
National ‘ Grange
Taber
Hoover
Legge
Farm Board
William F. Schilling
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arkansas
Michigan
Ohio
Ilinois
Iowa
Indiana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Mississippi
Miss New Orleans Chosen Beauty Queen in Pageant
Dorothy Bell Goff of New Orleans won the title Miss United States of America at the Galveston pageant, among 32 contestants. She will compete tonight in the finals for the Beauty Queen of the Universe against seven foreign entrants. Goff, 17, 5 foot 6, 122 pounds, has 34-26-36 measurements, and is a high school student who sings on radio.
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Galveston
Texas
Dorothy Bell Goff
New Orleans
United States of America
Miss Goff
Light oil output down but heavy oil lifts total yield
In the week ended August 2, light oil production fell by 18,034 barrels while heavy oil rose by 38,548 barrels, lifting total daily average output to 2,498,363 barrels from 2,477,849. Kansas declined by 735 barrels to 116,210. southwest Texas led gains with heavy output up 37,795 to 113,703 barrels. The St. Louis Browns remain pennantless and in cellar position this season.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
Oil & Gas Journal
Kansas
Texas
Hyde Sees Hope for Disposal of Wheat in Damage to Corn Crop
Kansas City August 5 AP Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M Hyde sees hope for disposing of the large wheat carry over from drought damaged corn crop He predicted a rough balance in supply of wheat and corn with corn losses estimated at about 200 million bushels possibly rising toward 500 million The department stresses wheat as feed and indicated a substantial reduction in wheat acreage may occur Hyde and Alexander Legge will head to Omaha for an acreage reduction drive into northwest wheat regions.
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Kansas City
Arthur M. Hyde
Midwest Retail Merchants Association
Department of Agriculture
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Kansas
Hyde
Omaha
Legge
Northwest
Senorita Fights Bull in Monterrey Ring
Senorita Celia Montalvan, famed Mexican actress, entered the bull ring to prove she was better at bullfighting than a professional, but was gored and thrown against the arena wall by an enraged bull. She was treated at a hospital and later removed from the ring as onlookers watched. A pianist among her friends shot the bull to stop the peril.
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Monterey
Mexico
Celia Montalvan
Senorita Mantalvan
Soviet Rebuffs Caspian Basin Quake Reports
Moscow authorities rejected abroad earthquake reports along the Caspian shore saying no knowledge of any quake exists here and that unverified sources must be regarded as unreliable.
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Moscow
Caspian Sea
1000 Back to Work at Frisco Shops in Springfield
One thousand employees of the Frisco railway locomotive and coach shops in Springfield, Missouri, returned to work after a brief layoff. Officials said they expect better business later in the month with the grain movement beginning and hoped there would be no further shutdowns this year.
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Springfield
Frisco Railway
Real Estate Transfers In Lawrence and Eudora Areas
Minerva Williams and others transfer lot 129 on Indiana Street Lawrence to L W Kuhn. George W Lothwitz and wife convey lots 9 and 10 in block 137 Eudora to Home Dairy Company. Home Dairy Company transfers lots 9 and 10 in block 137 Eudora to The Borden Company.
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Minerva Williams
L. W. Kuhn
Indiana Street
Lawrence
George W. Lothwitz
Home Dairy Company
Eudora
Home Dairy
Borden Company
Local McLouth primary candidates and town notices
Local voters see candidates for superintendent of schools Gladys Williams and Floyd S Browne district representative E D Bradford county treasurer EW Sheldon county coroner Dr Frank Schaeffer sheriff Conrad H Aull township trustee Albert Vox. Edmonds Ladies Aid served dinner election day. Visiting relatives include Mr and Mrs P Roy Brammell of Washington and Mr Ira Brammell. Summer school folks Mildred Baer Bethel Graham from K S T C. Elden Smarr of Canton visits family. Enid Edmonds of Manhattan visiting hometown relatives. Charles Browne host to Shoemaker and Lientz families from Leavenworth. Bowmans from Leavenworth and Kansas City guests of Shoemakers. George Bowman and Will Stout of Lawrence visited. Band concert featured Jeannette Mileham of Topeka. Nolan Campbell family visited. Fire destroyed Mrs D D Reynolds farm residence southeast of McLouth, loss insured. Union Sunday service on school lawn with Rev Hammers. Roy Brammell and a duet performed. Marianna Taylor and Margrette Chapman sang. Elgie Brown of Chicago visiting relatives. Karl Richardson vacationed at Estes Park. Wilma Witzhugh of St Marys visiting Cecil Luse. Ed Myer of Kansas City weekend guest. Day Light Circle met hosted by Mrs Walter Means with Blanchard Umholtz assisting. Roll call household hints. one o clock luncheon. Contest winners Mrs Hubert Herries and Mrs John Willits. Dorothy Emerson visiting friends in Kansas City. Sunday guests at C A Emerson included Lloyd Hotchkiss, Norman…
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Ballos
Gladys Williams
Floyd S Browne
E. D. Bradford
Ww. Sheldon
Frank Schaeffer
Conrad H. Aull
Albert Vox
Edmonds Ladies Aid
P. Roy Brammell
Washington
Ira Brammell
Mildred Baer
Bethel Graham
John Bowman
Leavenworth
Joel Dobbs
Kansas City
A. G. Shoemaker
George Bowman
Will Stout
Lawrence
Jeannette Mileham
Topeka
Nolan Campbell
Tonganoxie
D. D. Reynolds
McLouth
Harry Means
Union
School Lawn
Hammers
Baptist Church of
Valley Falls
Roy Brammell
Marianna Taylor
Margretta Chapmn
Elgie Brown
Chicago
Browns
Harkers
R. B. Jones
Karl Richardson
Estes Park
Colorado
Wilma Witzhugh
St. Marys
Cecil Luse
Ed Myer
Will
Harding
Walter Means
Blanchard Umholtz
Hubert Herries
John Willits
Dorothy Emerson
C. A. Emerson Home
Lloyd Hotchkiss
Norman
Acropolis City Is First Greece Tire Repair Shop Site
Athens reports the establishment of Greece’s first electrically operated tire repair shop in the Acropolis area, marking a milestone for local automotive service and urban modernization.
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Athens
A’ P
Acropolis Sc
Plato
Greece
Kansas City figures head to Cincinnati convention
Hall family and Mrs B M Hall of Kansas City, along with Mr and Mrs J W Malloy, plan to attend the national convention of the A R and W R C in Cincinnati on August 24 aboard a special Kansas department officers train. Rankin Woodhead spends the month in Washington D C. Mrs Francis Zabriskie visits the Estel Chapman family in Kansas City. Ed Fellows, 50, pioneer garage man of Cankers City, Kan, died of heart failure aggravated by heat. his wife had died recently. Arthur Longbrake, once famous for 1910 song Cutey Who Tied Your Tie, now runs a shoe store in Mechanicsburg, Ohio.
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Cankers City
Kan
Ed Fellows
Arthur Longbrake
Cutey
Mechanicsburg
Ohio
How Women Lose Fat In England GAIN PHYSICAL CHARM
How would you like to lose 15 pounds of fat in a month and at the same time increase your energy and improve your health. Get on the scales today and see how much you weigh then get an 85 cent Bottle of Kruschen Salts. Take one half teaspoonful every morning in hot water to reduce food intake and increase activities. After four weeks weigh yourself again and laugh at costly fat cures. Kruschen salts claimed to improve health and weight loss with drugstore availability.
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America
Round Corner Drug Store
Programs and Guests Mix in August Radio Schedule
A cluttered radio listings page for Tuesday and Wednesday August 5 and 6 shows Mildred DeWeese and various acts like The Two Troopers Phil Cook and Mac Gorman's Tricksters. Weather forecasts, time signals, and program blocks fill the schedule with musical performances, comedy skits, and news items. A separate brief notes a fatal car injury in Coffeyville Kansas and a plant disease cost to the U.S. from last year.
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Mildred DeWeese
Phil Cook
Theaker
Ross
Gorman
Pure Oil Orchestra
Eddy Younger
Ollendorff
Westinghouse
Longine
Amos
Andy
Literes
Floyd Gibbons
Art Nassel
Orchestra Weather Forecast
Quaker Crackers
Id Witches
The
Parnassus
the Manhatters
Hale Martin
S! Army Band
Kansas
Helen Beard
Karl Bratton
Traces of Aged Races of Men Sought in Plains of Nebraska
University of Nebraska expedition led by Dr. W D Strong with Smithsonian help seeks traces of people who lived in Nebraska 5 000 to 10 000 years ago in eastern and southern regions. Sites near Murray Cass county and nearAshland Platte River yield bones tools and signs of early habitation. Strong says Nebraska lies at plains culture center and rivers aided migrations. findings promise light on American archaeology. New York area population near 11 005 069 within 40 miles of city hall.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
W.D. Strong
Smithsonian Institution
Murray
Cass County
Strong
Platte
Ashland
New York
Joy Bath Offers Foot Pain Relief With Radox Baths
Joy Bath advertises Radox Baths to relieve corns callouses and hard skin. It claims one to four baths over several nights zap roots and soreness leaving feet strong and vigorous that won’t return, with availability at Round Corner Store and other druggists.
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Round Corner
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Marlane J. Mirica
Misa Rumania
Senorita
Tony
Stsnco Inc
Copeland
Olson Bros
Pioneer Garage Man
England
Pater
Pauline Starke
Victor Hugo Featipink
Conrad Veidt
Mary Philbin
Coffeyville
Henry McClure
Valeda
U.S
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dolores Winters
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Chanute
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W. W. Burnett
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Way
E. W. Penchard
WDAF
Atwater Kent
Atwater
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RADIO
Golden Voice
Arthur Pryor
Atwater Kent Radio
Mr. Kent
Hanna Radio Shop
Lon Chaney
Oswald
Mance
Lowell Sherman
Hugh Trevor
June Clyde
Raymond Hatton
Rita LA Roy
Ivan Lebedeff
Marcelle Corday
Midnight Myster
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Wm. Powell
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Ilo Vance
Jack Oakie
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