Kansas City Wheat and Potato Market Brief
Kansas City grain prices note wheat advances and declines across various futures, with details on No 2 and No 3 varieties and mixed corn values. Chicago potato shipments show moderate demand and steady markets for long whites and Russet Burbanks. New York stock activity reports fractional losses with Coca Cola rising briefly on rumors of a split while several large issues weaken.
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Chiesago
USDA
California
Col Khss
Idaho
New York
Geclne
Wall Street
W. Sterl
Youngstown
Tube
General Motors
Stuer
Unwed Goodrich
Nickel Viate
Southern “Fie
American Telephone
Montgomry Ward
J. J. Cane
Lockheed
Sebentey ‘Industries
Admiral Corp
Maenavox
American To
International Paper
Union Car
Market summary shows mixed agricultural and livestock trends
Markets at a glance report slight stock declines with mild selling, bonds down, cotton down, wheat firm, corn steady, hogs and cattle higher but uneven. Kansas City notes heavy hogs and steady to higher cattle, with lambs and hay markets showing mixed activity and price shifts across alfalfa and prairie grades.
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New York
Contmiguion
Chicago
Onitl
Carant
Kansas City
Cape Spa
Koolar
Sheeddh
Nebraska
Clutter
Des Capners
Kansas
USDA
Leone
Tnalk Coniman
Seosh
Prairie
Veterans Seek Insurance Dividends for County Riders
About 4,000 county veterans may qualify for GI insurance dividends though only 1,200 are expected to settle as permanent residents. Kansas University students from the group will largely apply from home before arriving on campus. The dividend formula hinges on premiums paid, veteran age, and policy size, with eligibility requiring prior GI insurance in force for at least three months since January 1, 1949.
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K. U
Starkey
Move to Settle a Major Goodrich Strike Fray
An eighth major walkout over a contract dispute at B F Goodrich Co affects about 16 000 workers at plants in Akron Alabama Michigan Tennessee Pennsylvania and California Ohio. Negotiations cooling since August 29 moved to Dayton as neutral ground with union seeking 24 cent hourly raise and company paid pensions. The union claims current wages average 161 per hour under the old contract.
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Frayton
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich
Ak‘rm
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Cadillac
Mich
Clarksville
Tenn
Los Celes
Oaks
Miami
Kia
CLO
United Rubber Workers
Dayton
Chicago
H. BR. Wroxd
Deaths and Funerals In Baldwin and Surrounding Areas
Cora Davison 78 died at daughter’s home in Emporia. Funeral at Ives Chapel Baldwin 2 p.m. with Rev. Warner. burial Oak Wood cemetery. Survived by two sons Ben M. Baldwin Slater Mo.. three daughters Viola Brown St Louis Mo Laura Barber Victorville Calif Verna Dunn Wells Alvin Enos Puckett 91 also noted. George No. 6 AF AM notice follows.
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Cora Davison
Cleta D. Busenbark
Emporia
Baldwin
Ives Chapel
Willia Warner
Oak Wood Cemetery
Ben M
John J
Slater
Viola D. Brown
St.uis
Laura D. Barber
Victorville
Calif
Verna M. Dunn
Wells
Alvin Enos Puckett
Mission Park
Shawnee
Rumsey Funeral Home
Leland Young
Flory Cemetery
Ben E
Renton
Wash
Gus M
Colorado Springs
Colo
Clyde
Leroy C
W. M
Lawrence
Helen Guard
Los Angeles
Charles
Mullensville
Kan
Clathe
Quickbearn transfer hinted amid Lawrence chatter
A Lawrence report mentions Rolly Clement Quickbearn a standout history major from Terwilliger Normal chosen to transfer to State this fall. Nearby notes describe a block between the bridge and city hall as the only liquor store free area post repeal and discuss traffic light stop-sign ideas at dangerous intersections. A Baldwin Junction crash highlights road safety concerns and a Wellsville resident’s courtesy anecdote. Photographs from a Liberty Memorial high school driver training lesson appear in Boy's Life.
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Rolly Clement Quickbearn
Terwilliger Normal
State
Scroggs
Quicklearn
Adams
Massachusetts Street
Baldwin Junction
Liberty Memorial High School
Iscite
Boy's Life
Richard Clarkson
Lowell Bailey
General Eisenhower to Speak in Topeka Friday Banquet
General Eisenhower will keynote a Topeka banquet Friday at 7 p.m. in the municipal auditorium. About 1,200 guests are expected, each paying $19 for a citizenship education program fundraiser. Gov. Carlson and state notables will attend. tickets available via Fd Roach or Topeka Junior Chamber. Reservations due by Thursday noon.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Topeka
Eisenhower
Kansas
Columbia University
Armed Forces
Stabbing Victim Thomas Wright Hospitalized After Attack
Thomas Wright of 453 Maple Street is in Lawrence Memorial hospital with good condition described by staff. His ex-wife Willie Lee Wright was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after a series of stabbings at a trailer at 1013 Delaware Street. another woman was wounded lightly. Mrs Wright is held at the county jail.
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Thomas Wright
Maple Street
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Willie Lee Wright
East Lawrence
Wright
Delaware Street
Eight-year-old wins prize in Kansas fishing rodeo
Eight year old Bobby Harvey of Wichita captured a 19 pound catfish at Big Eleven lake near Wichita earning the top prize in the national better fishing rodeo for children under 12 sponsored by the Kansas rod and gun club. Harvey, son of Mr and Mrs Claude Harvey, was visiting relatives when the catch was made. Marriage licenses were issued in Leavenworth and Lawrence to several couples including Edmond B Sampson and E Stinson and to Orbie H Hardister and Patricia A Ice among others.
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Kansas City
Kan
Bobby Harvey
Wichita
Big Eleven Lake
Here
Bobby
Kansas Rod and Gun Club
Roby
Claude Harvey
Edmond B. Sampson
E. Stinson
Leavenworth
Orbie H. Hardister
Patricia A. Ice
Lawrence
Perry Lee Sellars
Margaret V. Jaimes
Francis L. Tuck
Helen L. Reyer
Topeka
Direct Move In To Settle Farm Program Rift
Senator Elmer Thomas disclosed a direct White House push to settle farm program differences. President Truman invited top advisers and lawmakers to discuss farm legislation and next year’s price support approach. The plan would swap market supports for perishable goods with Treasury subsidies if consumer prices fall.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Truman
Thomas
Senate Agriculture Committer
White House
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Treasury
D-Tenn
List of Residents Linked to Memorial Hospital Notices
A jumble of names and street addresses appears tied to Memorial Hospital births and notices. Multiple individuals including Mrs Diana Doyle and Mr Donald Holm Ferry are listed with home addresses across towns, indicating a collection of patient or associated notices rather than a single cohesive story.
Unies Pacific Crew Rescues Road Maintainer in Salina Incident
A Union Pacific locomotive paused freight work on the Salina McPherson branch to pull a 23,000 pound county road maintainer from a ditch at a narrow grade crossing near Assara. A track inspector arrived and used torpedoes to stop traffic as the train crew and a chain freed the machine.
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Salinas
Union Pacific
Salina-McPherson
Assara
Convalescent Veteran Weds at Wadsworth Hospital
Arthur H. Baker and Valera Block of Kansas City Missouri were married at the Wadsworth Veterans Hospital in Leavenworth Kansas on a Saturday night. The ceremony took place in the sun room of Baker’s fifth floor ward conducted by Chantin James E Robers. Baker had been hospitalized since August 14 for surgery with wartime injury complications.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Wadsworth Veterans Hospital
Arthur H. Baker
Valera Block
Kansas City
Chantin James E. Robers
Baker
Repaint Water Tank Delays At University Campus
Major Hagar urges Lawrence residents to conserve water as the city’s main elevated storage tank near the KU campus goes offline for four to five days to repaint its interior. The tank serves about 55 percent of Lawrence with a capacity of one million gallons. West Hills tanks will supply KU after repairs.
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Twelfth
Oread Streteh
Lawrence
Hagar
K.U
Hacer
Old Settlers Picnic Set For Saturday September 10
The annual Old Settlers meeting will be held at the First Baptist Church at 2 pm. Officers of the association were chosen at a Saturday meeting and include FE. C. Fec, Route 4, president. Dr. Gorrill, vice president. Asade Fherhart, secretary. Mrs. Nellie Colman, treasurer. Miss Eleta Ernst, historian. Details of the program to be announced.
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Old Settlers
First Baptist
FE. C.fec
Gorrill
Asade Fherhart
Nellie Colman
Eleta Ernst
Coroner's Inquest Schedules Fatal Quarrel Shooting
Paola Aug 29 419 A coroner's inquest was set today into the fatal shooting of 46 year old farmer George Boekelman. Sheriff Kenneth Cook said the man was shot during a quarrel with 33 year old Mrs Boekelman who had just obtained a divorce. The couple, still living on the farm, faced a public auction of livestock and equipment. The sheriff said the woman described an argument Friday night when Boekelman announced she would leave with a razor and later took a sheet from the house. she said the gun was fired accidentally.
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Paola
George Boekelman
Sherif
Kenneth Cook
Boekelman
Cook
Cook Said Mrs. Boekelman
Wrecker Lifts Kansas Cow From Deep Well
A two year old Kansas cow named Lassie fell into a 28 foot well filled with water. Owner C A Hinderliter tied a rope around her neck and kept her head above water while a wrecker arrived and hoisted her to safety. Lassie returned to the barn uninjured.
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Ottawa
Kan
Kansas
C. A. Hinderliter
Lassie
Aowarage
Ne Whitnakes
Silent New York Popcorn Bag Pitches Quiet Night
Movie goers may enjoy a rustle-proof popcorn bag announced Aug 2017 in New York. The bag uses a cloth paper design that cannot be blown up or popped or filled with water, aiming to reduce balcony disruptions during screenings.
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New York
Birth Reports From Local Families This Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Zepp announce a daughter born Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hamilton Sunflower report a daughter born Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Santiago Riesgo Eudora announce a son born Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis May Jr Route 3 report a son born Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Menzies Route 4 report a daughter born Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E J Rollo Sunfluker report a daughter born Sunday.
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Raymond Zepp
Robert C. Hamilton
Sunflower
Santiago Riesgo
Eudora
Ellis May, Jr
John Menzies
E. J. Rollo
Injury Recovers After Lone Star Lake Cut
Phyllis Springer, 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Springer of 2127 Massachusetts Street, was treated in the emergency room for a leg cut. She slipped while swimming in Lone Star Lake and struck a sharp rock, requiring two stitches.
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Phyllis Springer
Charles Springer
Massachusetts Street
Lone Star Lake
May Call on Truman to Probe Robeson Riot
The Civil Rights Congress says a delegation may appeal to President Truman to investigate a riot that disrupted a Paul Robeson concert in Harlem. Eight injured, two seriously, as war veterans clashed with concertgoers after a planned fundraiser for the Harlem CR Congress.
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New York
Civil Rights Congress
Truman
Leeksshall
N. Y
Paul Robeson
Will Lawrence
Congress
Justice Department
White House
Robeson
Harlem
Civito Rights Congress
American Labor Party
Lawrence
Thomas E. Dewey
Hilles Former G. O. P. Leader Dies in New York
Charles D. Hilles 62, longtime assistant secretary of the treasury and former Republican National Committee chairman, died Saturday at his Speonk New York home. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in New York. Hilles rose from Ohio farm roots to prominence in Taft administration.
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Willie A. Floyd
Lawrence
Shawnee
Ames
Floyd
Lillie Moser
Alta Breen
Karen Breen
Charles Casemore
Baton Rouge
Elsie Floyd
Kansas City
New York
Charles
Hilles
Elbow Breaks In Two-Car Headon Collision Near Chetopa
The injured driver Jimmy Mount 18 of Chetona sustained a broken left elbow when two cars collided head on around midnight three miles west of Chetopa on US 166. Homer Collier of Wichita also involved said headlights blinded them as they met. Sheriff J W Boelens of Labette county reported the incident.
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Chetopa
Jimmy Mount
Chetona
Us- 166
J. W. Boelens
Labette County
Mount
Homer Collier
Wichita
Boelens
Ice needs for railroad refrigerator car and gas pipeline speeds
Ice requirements for a single railroad refrigerator car reach up to ten tons on a coast to coast trip. Natural gas moves through pipelines at speeds from ten to twenty miles an hour.
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