Farm Youth Renounces Pro Ball For Family Farm Life
Walter E Thome 23 runs a 420 acre farm nine miles southwest of Lawrence on Lone Star road near Washington Creek school. Born September 6, 1920 he left a Class D Evangeline League stint in Appelousas to take over the farm in the years after his father's death. He and wife June Louise Abel have daughter Linda Sue, and the couple maintains a large garden, canned goods, and hybrid chickens with his mother-in-law Mrs Mary Thome. The Thomes live in a remodeled home with gas heat and KPL lighting and participate in St Paul’s Evangelical church activities.
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Walter E. Thome
Tommy
Lawrence
Lone Star Road
Washington Creek
Walter
Mary Thome
Nick Thome
Walter Thome
Thome
Liberty Memorial High School
FFA
American Royal
Farmers’ Union Commission Company
Walter E Thome Endora Farm Notes Mechanics and Cattle
Walter E Thome Endora manages a mixed farm with welding shop gear, rotating crops, and 150 to 200 Hereford cattle a year. He grows corn wheat clover and 45 acres of bromen pasture while using contour plowing to prevent wash. The Theme farm feeds and winters cattle with ensilage, pastures them in summer, fattens in fall with corn, and added new Kentucky 31 pasture on ten acres. All day on the farm is put in silo with a binder field harvester and four tractors. He keeps one saddle horse and plans to mechanize further to save hand labor.
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Endora
Thomne
Yamie Sport
Theme
Kentucky
Thone
Senate Approves Wage Price Rationing Measure 85 to 3
Washington Aug 22 Senate gives overwhelming approval to a home front mobilization bill authorizing President Truman to impose wage price controls and inflation safeguards. The 85 to 3 vote includes added limits requiring simultaneous wage and price controls, curbing administration flexibility. The measure moves to a White House conference with the House to reconcile differences.
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Senate
Washington
Truman
House
White House
Senate-House
Bricker
Ohio
Wherry
Neb
Shortage of steel threatens Kansas industries and jobs
Topeka reports a severe steel shortage may force several Kansas manufacturers to shut down. Maurice Fager of the Kansas Industrial Development Commission cites months of delayed deliveries and already two firms facing possible closures. A Wichita meeting on September 1, called by Sen. Schoeppel, will address the defense related impact with government officials in attendance. Submarine deposits estimated at 2,200 million years old are reported from Atlantic Ocean core samples per the Encyclopedia Americana.
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Topeka
Kansas
Maurice Fager
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Manufac
Kansas Cities
Wichita
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Atlantic Ocean
Encyclopedia Americana
Wartime price controls split in Senate and House action
Lawrence reports the Senate refused to strip wage and price control authority from a wartime bill while an amendment to centralize allocations of scarce materials and defense production priorities to the Commerce Department was defeated. The House bill would empower the President to set up allocations and priorities.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Lawrence
Kansas
Senate
Capehart
R-Ind
Edwin Jc. Johnson
D-Colo
Commerce Department
Truman
House
Mmail Chit
Inquest Planned Over Death of Pfe Robert Bowen
Coroner to convene in district court at courthouse tomorrow at 10 am to determine the cause of death of 18 year old Robert Bowen whose body was found by hunters eight miles southwest of Lawrence. Authorities deem it a death by own action but will present coroner’s jury findings.
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Pfe
Robert Harry Bowen
Lawrence
F. S. Deem
Harry Bowen
Route 6
Keesler Air Base
Biloxi
Miss
Bowen
Travis Glass
Glass
Keesterfield
FL. Leavenworth
Emergency landing after engine failure on American Airlines DC-6
A DC-6 from Los Angeles to Chicago with 52 passengers made an emergency landing near Denver after the right engine separated from its wing. One passenger died, seven injured, and all the injured were treated at Denver General Hospital. Flight crew included Captain Baker and Miss Robinson. others listed. American Airlines arranged alternative transport for remaining travelers.
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Denver
American Air Lines
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles
Chicago
Theer
R. K. Baker
Denver C.A.A
Oe Pase Senger
Tenver General Hospital
Jack Krehey
Denver General Hospital
Jean Robin Stewardess
Chiraro
Y Sp
Daties Mackin
Detroit
Hayemin Kay
Kays
Gladys
Sara Zimmerman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sugar Messinger
Toronto
Canada
Baker
Miss Robinson
Robert Reinke
Dan Niemick
M. Peterson
U. S
Chile
Katanga
Belgian Congo
Personal News Items From Area Residents
Mrs. Wilbur Kettan hosts guests at Do. Dr. George TL Anderson and child Jeft plan a Colorado mountains trip. Mrs. Anderson and Marilyn return Aug 30 with Jimmie. Mr. Anderson to attend Brookings seminar in Denver. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sexman and Mr. and Mrs. George Kuhne back from two week motor trip through Grand Teton Yellowstone and Black Hills. Oswald Backus III and daughters Mary Elizabeth Frances arrive from New Brunswick to 5-D Sunnyside. Backus to teach history of Russia and Germany at University. Mrs. Harry C. Craig returns from Oklahoma City after visiting L. M. Wilshire. wedding of Leslie M. Wilshire and Ruth Carol Rusher in Tulsa noted. George Brewer and Shirley Ann of Monte Bello, Calif, visit the Reynolds. Willis Calman and family at Missouri State Fair Sedalia. daughter Mrs. Harold Willits and family at Namloc Acres during absence.
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Wilbur Kettan
Bill Semple
George TL. Anderson
Colorado Mountains
Anderson
Marilyn
Jimmie
Denver
Brookings
University of Denver
Fred Sexman
George Kuhne
Grand Teton National Park
Yellowstone Park
Black Hills
South Dakota
Oswald Backus
Mary Elizabeth
Frances
Lawrence
New Brunswick
Sunnyside
Backus
Russia
Germany
The
University
Harry C. Craig
Oklahoma City
L. M. Wilshire
Leslie M. Wilshire
Ruth Carol Rusher
Tulsa
George Brewer
Shirley Ann
Montebello
Calif
W. B. Reynolds
Willis Calman
Sedalia
Harold Willits
Mr. Willits
Baby
Abilene
Namloc Acres
Calman
Grateful relief from constipation with All-Bran claim
A testimonial-style note praises Kellogg's All-Bran for regularity after persistent constipation. It urges daily intake, water, and a money-back offer, claiming satisfaction within ten years and instructs returning empty cartons to a Michigan address. The fragment mentions Mrs. Kunz and Kellogg's branding.
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Smith Electric Company
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Candensera
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Sendis
Golden Crest Dairy
Robert Bowen
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Spokane, Wash
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Union Bus Depot
Chet Lottin
Cook
Hadacol
Senator Dudley. LeBlanc
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Louisiana
LeBlanc
Mr. John Geary
New Orleans
John Cox
Gander St
Springfield
Hilton Shaff
Mark Wendell
Link Robinson
Lindsey
Newport
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