Meetings on the Wheat Allotment Explain Plan to Douglas Farmers
A flood of letters to Douglas county wheat growers from the federal wheat allotment offices announced allotment application blanks from Washington and outlined a series of meetings this week and next to explain how to fill them. The notices list dates and local committee members for communities including Baldwint Belleview Big Springs Biel Jack Clearfield Clinton Enterprise Eudora Fairview Kaw Valley Lecompton Lone Star Pleasant Grove Stud Twin Mounds Vinland and others with county agents available at the courthouse for legal descriptions of farms.
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Douglas County
Federal
Washington
Terrell
Court House
Baldwint
W. Co .Counts
Frank Kernsani
WE Wineiger
Belleview
Biurade
Henry Jirecheisen
Clinton
W. C. Boardman
Harvey Berton
Barry Unger
Enterprise
J. A. Terrell
Ani Dohr
Miller
Ed Hardtarfer
Eudora
C. C. Gerstenberger
Jerry Harris
Erwin Thoren
Fairview
Deal
Lone Star
Thuteday
Fred Flory
Pleasant Grove
W. E. Poste
Ed. Heaston
Stud
W. Boardman
Albert Whienubteikna Kreft
R. A. Baldwin
Dexl
Clarence Higgins
Oscar
Worden
Perrell
George Shuler
Boatle
Peal Bix
Susan Emery
G. 3S
Sheppard
Kansas Corn Crop Deteriorates Across State
Topeka dispatch reports the U S Weather Bureau finds corn in most of Kansas continues to deteriorate due to lack of rain. 50 to 75 percent in southern and western counties may yield poorly while eastern areas show up to 25 percent damage. Grain sorghums suffer from dry soil and pastures are poor. stock water is in short supply in the southeast.
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Topeka
Kansas
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Wileys and Cubs Win at Woodlawn Softball
North Lawrence league results show Wiley Brothers beat Varsity Velvets 5 to 4 and Cubs defeat Royal Shoes 8 to 6. Tonight Varsity Velvets play Owls in the opener with Forrester Dairy vs C Teeh in the second. Schedule changes send K.T Lunch vs Rowlands in first game tomorrow and Forrester Dairy vs Wiley Brothers in the second. Friday Carl's on Cubs faces Cubs in the first with Royal Shoes and Rowlands in the second.
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North Lawrence
Wiley Brothers
Varsity Velvets
Cubs
Royal Shoes
Owls
Forrester Dairy
C Teeh
K.T Lunch
Rowlands
Carl’s
Funeral services for Wesley Cunningham to be held in El Paso
Wesley Cunningham a John Tarleton college student died in his dormitory room Monday night from an electric fan with faulty wiring. Funeral services will be held in El Paso Saturday. father W A Cunningham traveled from Topeka for arrangements. The report also notes Maine Street resurfacing in Topeka and a car collision near Garden City Kansas.
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Stephenville
Tex
el Paso
Wesley Cunningham
John Tarleton College
Cunningham
W. A. Cunningham
Topeka
Objective of Agricultural Adjustment Act and Its Wheat Plan
J A Terrell county agent discusses the Wheat Domestic Allotment Plan and the Agricultural Adjustment Act. He explains world wheat factors, exporting and importing country dynamics, and the need to adjust via exports or reduced production to address a growing 400 million bushel surplus by 1935. He notes Europe’s tariffs and the challenge of expanding exports.
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United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Europe
England
Germany
Italy
Kansas
Douglas County
America
France
Prussia
United Kingdom
Government Plans Concentrate Army Posts
President Roosevelt moves to consolidate army posts into fewer major establishments to cut costs and improve coordination. He is reviewing army outlays, withholding funds, and aims to reassign posts. Secretary Dern and Ickes clash over army appropriations and housing. No specific posts named. War Department and White House weighing consolidation before action. Ottawa Collects Beer Tax And World Wheat Agreement Also noted are Ottawa’s beer tax licenses and a forthcoming wheat price accord conference in London involving the United States, Canada, Argentina, and Australia. Elks bowling scores conclude the brief with lineups and results.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Hou. A
Dern
Public Works Board
White House
Public Works Administration
Ickes
War Department
Geneva
Legatie of Nations
London
Canada
Argentina
Australia
ELKS
Beer Dispensing Bar Stolen In Leavenworth
Police report a complete beer dispensing bar 18 and a half feet long with two mirrors two kegs 250 towels and 50 glasses missing from 106 Delaware street Leavenworth valued at 500 dollars. The item appears in a Lawrence area blotter along with a note of Dr Edward Baumgardner arriving forty years ago and a community NRA banquet at Eldridge hotel featuring Cape Jasmines and flares. Two former camp buddies W M Symon and Arthur Lawrence reunited at the NRA gathering after serving together in the Thirty fourth division at Camp Cody and Camp Doniphan.
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Leavenworth
Delaware Street
NRA
Eldridge Hotel
T. J. Sweeney, Sr
Camp Doniphan
W. M. Symon
Kansas City
Dairymen Receive State Order on Branded Receptacles
Local dairymen and others were sent a notice from J C Mohler acting state dairy commissioner about the use of branded receptacles by others than the rightful owner. The order cites a statute prohibiting use of cans bottles or other receptacles bearing another owner trade mark.
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J. C. Mohler
Lewis Knight
Springer
U S Bank Structure Is Back On Its Feet
The Associated Press reports that the American banking structure is virtually back on its feet with 13 951 licensed banks operating without restrictions and 2870 closed or on a restricted basis as of August 12 for member institutions and July 26 for non-members. Cummings notes 4 961 national banks unrestricted and 740 state member banks with deposits, plus 8 250 nonmembers, all on full-time basis as of July 26, 1932, with deposits totaling billions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Walter J.cummings
Secretary of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Cummings
Woodin
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Reserve Board
Q.K
The
Treasury
United States
E. W. McNamara
Reunion at Forest Park and Kansas City trip report
Mrs. George White and her son Joe spent a weekend in Kansas City visiting relatives. A Sunday family reunion at Forest Park drew seventeen guests including Mr. and Mrs. James Montgomery and Mrs. Sarah Stotta, with basket dinners. Also present were the Barker and Hutton families and visitors from Ottawa and Ohio. A separate note mentions Argentina’s senate bill restoring death penalties, now before the chamber of deputies, with execution by shooting or electrocution chosen by the condemned.
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George White
Joe
Kansas City
Mr. White
George Jr
A. H. Hutton
Forest Park
James Montgomery
Sarah Stotta
Ellis Waldron
Larry
Ottawa
Albert Barker
Iona Barker
Hutton
Albert Hutton
Garfield Watson
Alvin
Ohio
Wichita
Buenos Aires
Senate
Argentina
Chamber of Deputies
Robbery case linked to three Casper prisoners
A morning report from Sheriff G O Housley of Cay per Wyoming ties three Casper inmates Emil Pretto Richard Kolp and Fred George Clayton to the July 31 hold up of A L Alexander a Kansas City executive. Pretto faces 17 robbery counts in St Louis while Housley seeks further details before sending Kelp and Clayton to Douglas County for prosecution.
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G. 0. Housley
Cayper
Wyo
Lawrence
A. L. Alexander
Kansas City
Housley
Casper
Alexander
Emil Pretto
Richard Kolp
Fred George Clayton
Sheriff Housley
Ellis
Pretto
St. Louis
Kelp
Clayton
Douglas County
Jack Dunkley
R. B. Stevens
Bond Set For Bailey In Oklahoma Kidnapping Case
United States commissioner in Dallas set a $100,000 bond for Harvey Bailey and $50,000 bonds for four others on federal warrants tied to the kidnapping of Oklahoma City oilman Charles F Arch, with hearings held at Dallas County Jail. Bailey, an escaped convict, faced the formal bond setting and did not speak. The others requested lawyers and argued the amounts were high.
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Lewis Knight
Belmont Addition
Charles Springer
Knight
Dallas
Tex
Lee R. Smith
United States
Harvey Bailey
Charles F. Archel
Oklahoma City
Paradise
Bailey
Shannon
Armon Shannon
Smith
Chicago Police hunt for Touhy gang kidnappers
Chicago police led by Lieut Andrew Barry mobilized fifty officers with machine guns into southern Wisconsin in a bid to corral suspected kidnappers linked to the Touhy gang and Moran, after a gun battle in a western suburb left two fugitives at large. Federal authorization backed the operation as detectives investigated disguises and hideouts across the region.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Touhy
William Hamm, Jr
St. Paul
Barry
APJ
John Factor
Napers
Factor
William Shoemaker
Huttons announce birth of daughter Nancy Jo
Mr and Mrs Paul G Hutton Route six announce the birth of a daughter this morning at Memorial hospital naming her Nancy Jo.
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Paul G. Hutton
Route Six
Memorial Hospital
Nancy Jo
Miss Dorothy Shufflebarger Returns From Chicago Vacation
Miss Dorothy Shufflebarger returned Monday from a vacation in Chicago where she attended the world's fair. Mrs. Caroline Spangler and Miss Irma Spangler also returned after a week in Chicago for the fair. Ruth Dillon, Route five, was taken to Memorial hospital this morning for medical treatment.
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Dorothy Shufflebarger
Chicago
Caroline Spangler
Irma Spangler
Ally
Ruth Dillon
Memorial Hospital
Weather and crime roundup in Topeka area Aug 16
Cooler weather and scattered rains were forecast for Kansas as federal meteorologist S D Flora predicted relief from heat across the eastern part of the state and showers in the next 24 hours. In Morris, Kansas, night agent William Hillman was robbed of $400 during a hold up by three men. two bound him with rope and forced the safe. Also, John DeWitt received a 30 day suspended sentence for disturbing the peace. A suspect named Johnson faced liquor and drunk driving charges in police court.
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Topeka
S.D. Flora
Canada
Kansas
Flora
Bind
Rob
Kansas City, Kan
William Hillman
Santa Fe Railroad
Morris
Kan
Hillman
C. H. Hobart
John DeWitt
Seventh and
Arkansas Streets
George Ulrich
DeWitt
Restauran
Foa Johnson
Massachusetts Street
Lilburn Dowers
Houston Turner
Johnson
Rabies Fatality in Portsmouth Man
Richard Turner, 26, unmarried, died of rabies contracted after froth from a mad dog touched an open wound as he rescued his pet dog. Twenty-two people who had contact with Turner are receiving Pasteur treatment, including nurses, physicians and relatives. Fort Dis In Storm Kingston Jamaica Electric Storm Kills Forty Floods Cause $2,000,000 Damage.
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Portsmouth, O
Richard Turner
Turner
Pasteur
Kingston
Jamaica
St. Andrew
Marriage Licenses Issued for Topeka and Lawrence Couples
Marriage licenses were issued to Clayton R. Hensley and Vera A. Kingery of Topeka, who planned to wed by Rev. C. Cunningham, and to 8. M. Purcell and Ida Miller of Lawrence, who also planned to marry by Rev. Cunningham.
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Clayton R. Hensley
Vera A. Kingery
Topeka
C. Cunningham
M. Purcell
Ida Miller
Lawrence
Mr. Cunningham
Endeavor Chil dren's Drill at St Luke A M B Church
A special drill event will be held at St Luke A M B Church at 8 p m Thursday by the Stewardess Board. The program features 22 children with Mrs Love and Mrs Knight as directors and Rev M C Knight as pastor. Refreshments will follow the program. Rain totals in Great Bend Kansas reach 1 60 inches this morning, bringing yearly total to 8 30 inches, compared with 19 54 inches last year.
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Endeavor
St. Luke A. M. Burch
Aupires Stewardess Board
Love
Knight
M. C. Knight
Eee ES
Great
Bend Great Bend
Kan
Police Advance Motive in Poisoning Case
Five members of the Colley family were poisoned on a highway near Malvern. Mark H. Shank of Akron, Ohio, confessed, police say, and motive alleged as the imminent arrest of a victim for forgery. A note found in Mrs. Ethel Colley’s clothing urged silence and imminent wealth. Clyde Colley, age three and a half, survived after hospital care.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Mark H. Shank
Akron
Ohio
Shank
Ethel Colley
Alvin
Colley
Malvern
Shankiad
Clyde
Scrip Use Order Sets Spending Rules for Emergency Funds
A Topeka communication from the state federal emergency relief committee to county commissioners states that effective August 11, grocery orders scrip and other orders funded by federal emergency funds may be spent only at stores that have agreed with the approved code of their group or have signed the President's reemployment agreement.
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State
Federal Emergency Relief Committee
Topeka
Board of County Commissioners
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