1949 Corn Yield Improves Across Major States
The July 1949 crop data show higher yields per acre in key states with Kansas and Oklahoma leading in corn and winter wheat. Production figures and pasture conditions are reported, noting pastures at 82 percent of normal and ten year averages in play. Oats and grain sorghum show strong Kansas numbers with Oklahoma following, while soybeans for beans in Arkansas show modest yields.
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Pered
Kansas
Oklahoma
First Video Antenna Erected in Lawrence And Broadcast Hopes
Local TV interest grows as M. E. Cleveland installs the town’s first rookie set ready since February. Dealers Luke Smith Hanna’s Bell’s Music expect a rush once Midwest telecasts begin in November. Residents report faint images from Omaha as they prepare for a TV era.
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Lawrence
M. E. Cleveland
New Hampshire Street
L Luke Smith
Oliver Beaman
Bell
Hanna's
Kansas City
Midwest
Beckie
Omaha
Web
Water Rate Boost Debated by Industrial Group
Decker calls for a full water department survey to reveal the financial picture. President Richard Barberi directs the industrial committee to negotiate with the city council. The group weighs buying a 20 acre tract and building a sewer link to a city main, funded by stock sales, or using city tax money from the half mill levy to cover the $10 000 cost.
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Decker
Water Department
Richard
City ‘Ax
Lawrence
Barber
Zook
Penny
R. Q. Brewster
Arthur Heck
E. L. Novotny
Woodrow Miller
Ralph Campbell
Mel Fisher
Jorn Andrews
Paul Husted
Chiften Calvin
L. E. Morgan
Pr. Monti Bett
Markets at a Glance: Mixed Gains Across Sectors
Stocks higher after a pause, rail demand steady, cotton and grains steady to easy. Hogs and cattle show gradual gains with prices near recent highs. Wheat and corn move lower on hedging. livestock receipts and poultry quotes mixed amid overall cautious tone in the Aug 16 market roundups.
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New York
Chicago
Wall Street Gains As Markets Rally In A Day Of Trading
API abreast movement rose steadily on a busy stock market day with fractional gains near two points and higher volume. Airlines and mining firms led the advance as rails and industrials climb. In Wichita Kansas Joe Nickell of Topeka will speak at the Rotary noon luncheon closing Kansas Legion convention.
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Wall Street
New York
API
Rafis
Otis
Timder
Air Ines
Superor Uno O of
California
Ramsdatan
Anderson-Prichard
Santa Fe
Southern Rrailway
Dresser Industries
Cerro de Pasco
Kennecott
Common
Wichita
Joe Nickell
Topeka
Kansas
American Legion
Wichita Rotary Club
Kansas Legion
Market Report and Livestock Prices From Kansas City
A noisy draft outlines cattle and hog market bids with prices rising to 23 for select beef and veal. Lean stock and fat steers show strength with higher bids, while heifers and cows move at varied levels. Grain rates, wheat and potato market notes, and Chicago prices fragment the page.
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Kansas
Killer Huntarite executed after three day reprieve
The 40 year old fugitive sentenced for murder of H J Love was executed after Gov. Shivers refused further clemency. Jones died in the death chamber at 2 01 a m CST following the board’s failure to reveal new evidence. He had shot Love outside a Floydada grocery on September 27, 1948.
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Huntarite
Tou. Ag
Fred Jone
Jones
Werzee
Pablas Negro
Gladys
Dallas
Itis
Austin
Decies
Allan Shivers Seppe
Shivers
Rdon
Pardenk
H. J. Love
Floydada
Flydada Brocery
Love
Rambletonian Stakes Won by Three Year Old Filly
Three year old filly Mine Tilly owned by Gov. Pheifa of Greenwich wins the first heat of the Rambletonian stakes at Meadow Brook in 2 03 for one mile. Coldstream Stud's Martha Doyle finishes second with Khan third. Bangawarrem Teledo ends well back.
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Eon N.Y
Mine Tilly
Gov. Pheifia
Greenwich
Conn
Horsa
Coldstream Stud
Martha Doyle
A. L. Derby
Wichita
Khan
M. Saunders
Bangawarrem Teledo
Feood
Time Fork
Local births and notices in city and surrounding streets
A river of names records births and family arrivals including Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Smith a son Mrs. N Vi Welantes a daughter Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rudd a son and several other newborns with addresses across Connecticut New Jersey Michigan Tennessee and Kentucky plus a reminder to renew the World mail subscription and a Masonic lodge notice for a Stated Communication on Thursday Aug 11 with officers named and visitors welcome.
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Forrest Smith
Louisiana Street
N. Vi
Banker's Interruption Sparks Shrimp Shellrow Incident
An unspecified banker interrupted a scene involving a person named Fsamal and a shrimp shell, triggering an attack or seizure. Details are unclear from the fragment.
Fugitive Roy Kimes Captured After Manhunt Ends
Roy Kimes 31-year-old Crawford county farmer was jailed after four officers and a Postal Inspector cornered him at his father’s home near Rudy Arkansas. He surrendered after running from the house with a shotgun. A Chester post office burglary charge led the pursuit and allowed questioning about other burglaries in Rudy Winslow Natural Dam Cedarville and Duton Mills.
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van Buren
Ark
Roy Kimes
Crawford County
Kimes
L. C. Moore
Larry O'Deil
Rudy
Here
Moore
Rimes
Chester
Winslow
Natural Dam
Cedarville
Duton Mills
Sherff
Wheat and corn crop estimates show continued decline
Kansas agriculture officials report wheat yields dropping and corn output near two million bushels, down from prior estimates. Meanwhile a farm accident in Fredonia left Mrs. Clara Mellon with a broken arm after a bull attack. Albania accuses Greece of invasion with intense clashes along a ten mile front and heavy Greek casualties.
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Fredonia
Kan
Clara Mellon
Greece
London
Albania
Tirana Radio
Athens
Ambassador Douglas to resume duties on half-time basis
London said Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas will work on an hour-a-day basis due to eye surgery from April fishing accident. Embassy sources described his condition as generally good but added that vision tests will not be possible for another month.
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Gib Francia
Lawrence Colts
Colts
Francis
Alon
Clarence Douglas
Araaareinett
London
U.S
Lewis W. Douglas
Retreet
Secretarial Training Praised For Business Growth
Business leaders value young men and women in secretarial roles. Without secretaries, operations would revert to past eras. The program trains youths for these key positions.
John C Larson Jr Pleads Guilty in Reckless Driving Case
John C Larson Jr. Repute 2 pleaded guilty in county court to reckless driving. Judge Frank Gray fined him 45 dollars plus court costs after highway trooper James Martin picked him up near the Highway 24 40 intersection a mile north of Lawrence last Saturday night for passing a group of cars on approach to the intersection.
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John C. Larson, Jr
Repute
Frank Gray
James Martin
Lawrence
Cited Drivers Fined in Police Court Morning Session
Darrell Norris of Louisiana Street, 48, fined 14 dollars for no reckless driving charge. Dean Comfort of New York Street, T, fined 10 dollars for speeding. Court docket lists 15 over parking tickets. Judge Allphin sets one cent in fine or forfeiture per violation.
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Darrell Norris
Louisiana Street
Dean Comfort
New York Street
Allphin
Deaths and Funerals Samuel Marshall of Overbrook
Samuel Marshall 82 Overbrook died Tuesday. Services 2:50 p.m. Friday at Overbrook Methodist Church. Burial in Overbrook Cemetery. Marshall carpenter and cabinet-maker born in Douglas County settled Overbrook in 1889. Survived by wife Maude, foster daughter Marie Minford, brother Herbert Marshall Reise Ida, and sister Mrs A E Topping Overbrook.
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Samuel Marshall
Overbrook
Overbrook Methodist Church
Marshall
Douglas County
Maude Marshall
Marie Minford
Herbert Marshall
Reise
Ida
A. E. Topping
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