KU Statewide Activities promoted by Jayhawker group
Lawrence KA February 3 1950 Porter chair of Statewide Activities organizes KU outreach to high schools and out of state clubs. Over 600 Jayhawker copies sent to Horariea Kansas and beyond while six members meet Liberal High School girls glee club.
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Lawrence
Horariea
Kansas
United Ten
Don Porter
Beloit
Otis
Bud” Hill
Wichite
Porter
K.U
Allyn Browne
San Francisco
Calif
Karmen Edwards
Emporia
Carol Krehbiel
Topeka
Mery Lou Fisher
Alexandria
Liberal High School Girls’ Glee Club
University Extension
Hails Kansas Hybrids Higher Corn Yields From Sunflower Site
Manhattan Kansas February 3 1949 Kansas State College agronomist A L Clapp reported at the Kansas Hybrid Association meeting that hybrids outyielded other varieties in 1949 performance tests statewide by 42 bushels. The average yield of hybrids was 6 5 bushels higher than open pollinated seeds. Eighty two percent of Kansas corn last year came from hybrid seed.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State College
Kansas
Agronomist
Kansas Hybride Association
I Waa
Clapp
Statewide hybrid test yields compared to 1948
Clapp notes a 29.3 bushel per acre difference on the C. N. Montgomery farm north of Oswego. Average top yield in 1949 tests was 103.8 bushels, 14.2 bushels higher than the 1848 top yield.
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Clapp
C. N. Montgomery
Oswego
Chrysler strike hits Detroit commerce with layoffs
The nine day old Chrysler strike disrupts Detroit commerce as the Municipal Street Railway reports 50 bus drivers will be laid off tomorrow due to reduced patronage near plant vicinities.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Municipal Street Railway System
Washington Strikes Dock In Gale At Southampton
The 30,000 ton U S liner Washington rammed a Southampton dock in a fierce gale on February 3, 1949, flooding the number two hold. Most of the 622 passengers were shaken but none hurt. The vessel sustained damage while western Europe felt the impact from Britain to Portugal.
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London
U. S
Washington
Southampton
Europe
Britain
Portugal
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Oread
Amdeewood
Pear
Pre-Vue Party
TWA
Kuppenheimer
Michaels-Stern
Doncaster
Yorktown
Me Palace
Massachusetts
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