Complete Census Figures Are Out in Nationwide Release
Washington reported the first complete census totals showing the continental United States with 122,728,873 inhabitants. Outlying possessions add 14,772,688 for a grand total of 137,501,561, with New York and California leading numeric gains and Montana showing a population decline. The report notes urban growth and shifts in representation, plus details on state rankings and regional growth patterns.
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Washington
Continental
United States
Associated Press
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District of Columbia
New York
Fond California
Michigan
Texas
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California
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Whitehall
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Pine Will Leave Friday for South Dakota Tour
Wilfred Pine of the Jayhawk 4-H club will depart Friday for a three weeks tour of potato growing sections in South Dakota. The trip honors his record as the best 4-H club worker for 1927, 1928, and 1929, as announced by J. B. Taylor, director of 4-H club work.
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Myer
C. H. Gonder
Kansas City
Kans
Gonder
Young Pines
Young Pine
Taylor
Wilfred
Kansas State Agricultural College
Wilfred Pine
Jayhawk
South Dakota
J. B. Taylor
No Hint of Relief in Forecast for Kansas
Topeka August 6 AP No relief seen in the forecast from the United States Weather Bureau for Kansas scorching hot dry weather. Meteorologist S D Flora said temperatures would run 100 across the state except in the west where cooler. Tonight 65 west to 100 tomorrow. Rain scarce with only scant totals at Hays Iola and Fort Scott. Skies mostly clear as heat persists across corn belt.
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Topeka
United States Weather Bureau
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Corn Belt
Hays
Iola
Fort Scott
Temperature Report From Kansas Cities
Statewide weather notes list Emporia Manhattan and Liberal with a high of 104 degrees. Tribune records a low of 60 last night. The western third of the state also experienced fairly low temperatures.
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Emporia
Manhattan
Liberal
Tribune
Oil Operators Ordered to Keep Stream Clear
Oil operators in Franklin county have ten days to stop pollution of the Marais des Cygnes after inspectors found oil draining from tanks and ditching toward the river. Ernest Boyce and F M Van Gaasbeek cited illegal oil waste practices and warned of prosecution if not remedied. Farmers report tainted water and fish kills as the stream runs low.
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Franklin County
Ernest Boyce
Lawrence
State Board of Health
F. M. van Gaasbeek
Marins Des Cygnes
van Gaasbeek
Wichita Firms Closed After Bank Failure
Topeka Aug 6 AP The Guarantee Title and Trust Company and the Guarantee State Bank of Wichita with liabilities totaling 3 346 244 53 failed to open for business this morning by order of their boards of directors announced by state bank commissioner H W Koeneke.
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Topeka
Guarantee Title and Trust Company
Guarantee State Bank
Wichita
H. W. Koeneke
State Bank
Cee Programs Schedule Notes
The listing shows Cee programs with time slots from 10:00 to 11:00 and a later 6:30 AD 6:85 reference. The fragment hints at a broadcasting timetable possibly for a local station and a schedule block across morning and evening hours.
Musical variety program listing and groups in a 1920s station schedule
Radio and concert lineups feature Phil Cook Quaker Man Mildred DeWeese pianists and numerous ensembles including The McGrew String Trio O Cedar Time The Manhatters Tuana Troubadours and Mona Motor Orchestra. Weather forecasts market notes and program sponsors appear alongside segment titles and performer names in a dense station reading.
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McGrew
Phil Cook
Mildred DeWeese
Kews
Sue
Quaker Crackers Man
Parnassus
Manhatters
O’cedar Time
Barbara Gould
Mildred’ DeWeese
B. A. Rolfe
Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
Knox. Dunlap Orchestra
Maxwell House Melodies
Ollendorff
Victor Herbert
Red Mil
Longine
Mona Motor Orchestra
Mona Motor Girl
Amos ‘N’ Andy
Literary Digest
Floyd Gibbons
Jack Riley
Weather Forecast
Plans for Kaw Valley Poultry Show Tonight
Kaw Valley Poultry Association will meet Thursday evening August 7 at 8 in the Chamber of Commerce Rooms to plan the fall show and membership drive. Nelson LeSner reports recent poultry development activity and urges all members and prospective members to attend. A report on the egg laying contest will be given and a new financing plan to replace merchant solicitation will be presented. Refreshments will be served.
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Kaw Valley Poultry Association
Chamber of Commerce
Nelson LeSner
le Seur
Kaw Valley
Garden City Legion Hosts Winner of GOP Governor Nomination
Garden City American Legion post celebrated Frank Chief Haucke after it became clear he would win the Republican nomination for governor. Haucke, a former state commander, drew honors from the local post as results solidified.
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Associated Press
Garden City
Frank
Haucke
Parade Leads with Six Gun Salute in Loyalist Town
A parade led by the fire and drum corps opened the night. Kansas City men Lansing-Orville Smith, 27, and D. E. Ford, 24, were arrested on penitentiary liquor smuggling suspicions after a guard found two pints in their car on prison grounds. A Kansas City youth Ernest E Hepworth, 14, was shot and killed by a patrolman while fleeing a house break in. Adeline Walton, 30, was found dead in a cistern on her father's Kaw farm, with unclear cause.
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Lansing
Orville Smith
D. E. Ford
Kansas City
State Penitentiary
Ernest E. Hepworth
Jews and Assyrians find common grievance in restricted returns
The British restrict Jews from returning to Palestine while Irak under British mandate bars Assyrians from northern Mesopotamia. About 70,000 Assyrians live in Irak with 200,000 scattered nearby. They fought with the British in the war and many fled, preserving Aramaic and Nestorian Christian rites.
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Bagdad
Irak
Palestine
Mesopotamia
Near East
India
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