Elm Tree Disease Inquiries On Control Methods
The article explains elm tree disease control via June applications using tested DDT formulas. It lists mixtures with technical DDT in benzene xylene and oil bases, warns of flammability and toxin fumes, and notes skin washing after exposure. It also discusses spray volumes for 51-foot trees, the need for a second application 1 to 2 months later, and cautions about red spiders when DDT use is frequent.
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Ohio Agrcultural Experiment Station
State Senator Defeated After Canvass of Votes
In a Republican state senate race, Sam Brookover defeated incumbent Ralph Perkins after vote canvassing. Revised totals show Brookover 2,120 and Perkins 7,194 in Greenwood County with minor absentee shifts and isolated town errors. Elk and Chautauqua counties contributed small absentee totals, with Greenwich- area township adjustments noted.
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Eureka
Sam Hreakover
Eure
Elaase
Ralph Perkins
Teesard
Inj
Reypublican
Zund Distretanvass
Greemwod
Brookover
Greenwood County
Perkins
H Brookover
Chautauqua County
Elk County
Multi colored bug deflectors spark debate in Lawrence
Lawrence reports weigh in on hood deflectors as decorations and potential drivers aid. Varying opinions from filling station workers note marginal glass protection at speeds above 40 mph. Lawrence mechanic advances to Kansas City, with job pay rise amid new contract talks. Douglas County commissioners tally 20 absentee ballots from 12 counties, below last year, per deputy clerk.
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Fisling
Lawrence
Kansas City
Kan City
Douglas County
Gerhart
Delbert Mathia
Wis
Kansas corn crop ailing for lack of needed rain
Kansas crops struggle as inconsistent rainfall hampers corn stands in southwestern districts. Federal and state agriculture reports note thin, uneven stands with limited recovery possible even after recent showers. Sorghum shows some recovery where rain occurred. soybeans and alfalfa show delayed development and weak seed prospects overall.
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Kansas
Topeka
Mary
Tribune
Kline Visits Ike. Ike Discusses Farm Policy In General
Kline's arrival to meet Eisenhower is expected Tuesday night with a Wednesday lunch. Eisenhower, questioned by eight House members and Senate Agriculture Committee members, said they agreed generally and would speak for him in a forthcoming statement. The congressmen framed a forward looking farm policy but offered no firm plan. Senator Milton R. Young noted Eisenhower favors continuing some form of price supports.
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Eisenhower
Kline
House
Senate Agriculture Committees
Milton R. Young
R-N. Dak
Kansas State Coach Gardner to Lead Japan Clinic
The army said Coach Jack Gardner of Kansas State will head a one day basketball clinic in Japan starting in October as part of a program sending veteran coaches to wartime theaters to lead clinics for service personnel. The effort also includes football clinics in Europe and the Far East with coaches like Bud Wilkinson and Gomer Jones among others from Oklahoma.
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Ashington Uf
Army
Jack Gardner
Kansas State
Andune-Day Basket Cclmnic
Japan
Germany
Bisketal
Far Eastern
European Command
Bud Wilkinson
Gomer Jones
Bill Jennings
Frank Ivy
University of Oklahoma
Deaths and Funerals in Topeka Area
Multiple obituaries from Topeka and nearby areas note John O Berridge 70 of Topeka died in a local hospital. Georgia Smith 24 of Valley Falls died in a Topeka hospital. Lester W McNamara 58, a salesman, died in Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Mrs sucaine a ruce award 28 KU graduate died in Wichita after birth in an iron lung. Funeral services and burial details follow for each case.
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Georgia Smith
Topeka
Valley
James Smith
Jimmy
Jeanneane
Margaret Ann Smith
Tom Sanders
Thomas Saunders
Valley Falls
Valley Falls Baptist Church
Lester W. McNamara
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Pochler Mercantile Co
Rumsey Funeral Home
H. M. Sippel
Memorial Park Cemetery
Merle McNamara
J. A
Bruce Howard
United States
Long-Time K. C. Golf Pro Dies After Long Illness
Kansas City Harry Robb aged 58, longtime golf pro at Milburn Country Club, died Tuesday after a long illness. A Scottish native, he came to the U.S. in 1912 and worked at Hutchinson and several Kansas courses including Great Bend, Dodge City, Iola, Newton, Ottawa and Emporia before joining Milburn in 1917. He reached the semifinals of the A F F Tournament at Nice during World War I and was the first president of the Midwest Professional Golfers Association after its 1923 reorganization.
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Kansas City
Harry Robb
Milburn Country Club
Finess
Scotland
Robb
U.S
Hutchinson
Kas
Great Bend
Dodge City
Iola
Newton
Ottawa
Emporia
Milburni Club
Nice
France
Midwest Professional Golfers Association
Wichita Budget Set At Record $9.1 Million For 1953
Wichita city commissioners approved a record budget of 9,107,646.28 dollars for 1953. Officials said the rise funds bonds interest and emergency warrants to cover capital improvements and sewer projects plus street and public works needs.
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Wichita
Truman May Play Very Quiet Role in Cabinet Start
Truman may take a quiet role in a cabinet meeting as Democratic leaders favor the President deferring to the nominee in a developing clash. Stevenson will sit in with Truman along with Acheson Bradley Bedell Smith Harriman Steelman Gorrie Sparkman at lunch and later private talks.
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Springfield
Truman
Stevenson
Acheson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefd
Walter Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence
W. Averell Harriman
John Steelman
Defense Mobilization
Jack Gorrie
National Security Resources Board
Sparkman
Barkley
Judge Denies Oust Petition in Wichita Deeds Case
A Sedgwick County judge rules against ousting Aukerman as register of deeds, finding fee provisions under Kansas law not violated. The decision caps disputed special fees at 3000 dollars for 1949 onward, noting payments covered chattel mortgage abstracts and searches conducted during office hours. Aukerman acted in good faith and within official duties, with no wrongful motive.
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Wichitaa
3Ikerman
Trier
George
Austin Brown
Brown
Tom Seed
Kansas
Seed
Aukerman
State of
Office of Register of Deeds
NAACP Leader Says Group Not Involved in Suits
Kansas City NAACP vice president Joseph Moore says the KC branch has not actively participated in suits over municipal pools for Negroes. He supports opening city pools to all citizens and would cooperate if asked. Earlier, Negroes sought access to Swope Park pool, which remains closed pending settlement.
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Kansas City
Joseph Moore
K.C
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Kansas Cities
Moore
Swope Park
Memorial Hospital Births and Residents List
At Memorial Hospital various residents are listed including Olivia Smith. Names appear with addresses in Sunflower Lecompton Kley Caviness Michal Palmer Conn Street and Mass Street. Several births are noted including a son born Monday to Mr and Mrs Weatherwax and a son born today to Mr and Mrs Miller and an Otawa daughter to Mr and Mrs Smith.
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Mary Kelly
Eudo
Mae Henry
Lecompton Kley Caviness
E. Lath
Michal Palmer
Route 1
Aie Tucker
Conn
Ida Stumbo
E. Lath St
Mary Nall
15Th St
Rose Hausman
Mass
Hope Cline
Linwood
John Weatherwax
Roy Siscoe
Oak St
Alvin Smith
Ottawa
Raffle Miller
Parisians Ignore Parks Tourists Rave About
Paris maintains a vast parks and gardens system totaling about 7 400 acres. Robert Joffet, conserver in chief, laments locals’ indifference and calls for flower and tree education in schools. Tourists praise Paris greenery, while Parisians show little knowledge of trees or flowers and neglect parks yearly planting.
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Paris
Robert Joffet
Joffet
Meyer Dairy Sells Milk Concern to West Coast Group in Kansas City
A syndicate led by Paul Young of San Francisco bought Meyer Sanitary Milk Co. with its Kansas City headquarters and three Kansas branch dairies at Valley Falls, Lawrence, and Nortonville. The deal, about $500,000, includes two retail stores. New owners take over management. Young becomes president and GM. Others joining the venture include Edward Hunt, F. Ransom Bennett and Bennett Jr., R. B. Anderson, Glen A. Phillips, and Keith Young.
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Kansas City
Kas
Paul Young
San Francisco
Meyer Sanitary Milk Co
Kansas
Valley Falls
Lawrence
Nortonville
Young
Golden State of
Kasplant
Edward 5. Hunt
F. Ransom Bennett
F. Ransom Bennett Jr
R. B Anderson
Ottawa
Glen A. Phillips
Orinda
Calif
Keith Young
Los Angeles
Local Guard Unit to Train at Camp
Local Unit Heavy weapons company at Lawrence guards drills weekly and attends two week camp yearly. Lt Reber says modern equipment and training aids keep unit in good shape. Most members are 17 to 26. key posts held by veterans. Company blends farmers students from KU and Haskell plus city workers.
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Lawrence
Reber
K. U
Haskell
No Doubt of It Theyve Been Getting the Breaks
CENTRALIA Al A mother and daughter have shared dangerous breaks. Shirley Underwood 11 broke her right arm in a fall from a horse at the same place. Three months later her mother Dorothy 29 broke her left arm at a skating rink. Her cast had just come off when she tripped on a rug and re fractured her left arm. Three days later Shirley fell from the same horse and fractured her left arm again.
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Centralia
Shirley Underwood
Dorothy
Shirley
Higher taxes welcomed in Galveston report
Sam F. Ward Jr. says some self employed avoid deductions to boost income for higher Social Security benefits. The Galveston field manager notes some may not have net income of $600 after deductions and near retirement age 63, creating an unusual headache for the Social Security Service.
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Galveston
Tex
Social Security Service
Sam F. Ward Jr
Obituary of Riley Lee Cosand
Riley Lee Cosand was born October 1879 near Russiaville Indiana and died July 30 1952 aged 72 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was one of seven children, married Ella May Woodard in 1902, and had a daughter Helen Margaret in 1904. He served as a pastor in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana, his wife died in 1932, and he is survived by his daughter Verle Chase and two brothers, J P Cosand and Edwen Cosand, plus many nieces and nephews.
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Riley Lee Cosand
Russiaville
Ind
University of Kansas Medical Center
Benjamin
Sarah Cosand
Hesper
Friends Hesper Academy
Baker University
Baldwin
Ella May Woodard
Helen Margaret
Kansas
Nebraska
Congregational Church
Wyoming
Montana
Verle Chase
J. P. Cosand
Alhambra
Edwen Cosand
Imperial
Calif
Food Freshening Unit Disc Uses Moisture Crystals
A small aluminum disc with moisture absorbing crystals keeps food fresh in canisters jars or boxes and can be reactivated by heating in the oven. County Court records show Darryl Dean Spena pleaded guilty to passing with insufficient clearance and was fined $20 plus costs. A warning about supervising children accompanies the item.
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Darryl Dean Spena
Markets At a Glance Lower on Stocks and Rails
Markets at a glance show stocks and rails under pressure with goods varied. Wheat steady. corn firm on export demand. cotton higher as textile mills buy. hogs and cattle uneven with losses in hogs and mixed moves in cattle. Nebraska and Kansas City livestock activity described with feeder and steer movements and prices noted.
Reunion of long separated Kansas siblings to meet in Concordia
A long awaited family reunion in Kansas brings Mildred Tracy and Henry C. O'Brien together with their sister Bertha Barrone of Brooklyn. Separated from Bertha at an orphanage when she was 17 months old, the trio traces roots through letters, finds past addresses in Salina, and plans visits to Concordia and a vacation to Minnesota and Colorado.
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Kansas City
Mildred Tracy
Concordia
Kas
Henry C. O'Brien
Mission
Kan
Bertha Barrone
Brooklyn
Tracy
Daniel [O’brien
Warrensburg
Minnesota
Colorado
Drunk Driving Pleas in County Court
Walter Hull of 145 Ky. St and Ross Otto Bryson of Eudora pleaded guilty to drunk driving in County Court. Each was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail. The report also notes Abraham Lincoln at 21 crossing the Wabash River to view Illinois plains.
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Walter Hull
Ky. St
Ross Otto Bryson
Eudora
Abraham Lincoln
Wabash River
Illinois
Commodity markets report and livestock prices in Chicago and Kansas City
Slaughter ewes mostly 5.00 to 7.75 with a few at 8.00 and small lots of native feeding lambs 16.00 to 20.00. Chicago Potato Market notes arrivals, moderate supplies, good demand, firm to slightly stronger market with Idaho bakers around 6.70 to 6.85 and russets in the mid 6.40s to 6.90s. Nebraska warbas around 6.75. Wisconsin whites about 5.50 to 5.75. Kansas City eggs, butter, poultry, and hog prices listed. cattle and hog receipts and market activity reflected.
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K. C
Kansas City
JUSDA
Nebraska
Chokce
Chicago
USDA
Idaho Long
Whitesee
Wall Street closes lower as rails and oils lead losses
Day in Wall Street reports selling pressure depressing the market with rails oils steels and motors among the hardest hit. Volume around 1.1 million shares with a modest decline and profit-taking hints seen in oils and rails. Additionally a family notice thanks friends and doctors after illness and death of Judith Ann Wiggins.
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Wall Street
New York
Judith Ann Wiggins
Elwood Wiggins
Otis Wiggins
Tom Pugh
Dass Vict Pugh
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