Kansas agronomist cites potential wheat and corn yields in state
Topeka January 9 Kansas State College agronomist Dr Harold Myers head of the agronomy department told the agricultural council of the State Chamber of Commerce that yields of 150 bushels per acre for wheat or 250 bushels per acre for corn could be realized with intensified research. He noted past record wheat and corn yields and urged more funding and facilities, citing sorghum substitution after wheat losses in 1951 and urging annual agricultural research spending rises.
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Topeka
Kansas Farm Law
Kansas State College
Harold Myers
Agricultural Council of the State Chamber of Commerce
Myers
Kansas
Ober
East Central Kansas Holstein Breeders elects officers
Ronald Robb reelected president of the East Central Kansas Holstein Breeders Association at yesterday's annual meeting in the Chamber of Commerce offices. Officers include Carl Dempsey as vice president Allen Meyer as secretary Grover Bascher as state director and Francis Wempe as district wire marketing agent for the nine county district. Committees formed cover shows district sales and membership with members from Olathe Pa Osawatomie Wellsville and Kansas City. T Hobart McNickergon outlined Holstein program updates and a planned addition to the national building in Brattleboro Wisconsin.
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Ronald Robb
East Central Kansas Holstein Breeders Association
Chamber of Commerce
Carl Dempsey
Olathe
Allen Meyer
Edasehoc
Groer
Bascher
Francis Wempe
Douglas
Leavenworth
Franklin
Jefferson
Linn
Johnson
Miami
Anderson
Wyandotte
Langdon
Merton
Todd Bradford
Osawatomie
Art Jensen
Allen Moye
Carl Demp
Grover Meyer
Marlin Dickinson
Homewoot
Arthur Jensen
Percy van Hon
Wellsville
Norman Westheimer
Kan City
Clifford Beckwith
Easton
T. Hobart Me Nickergon
Holstein Association
Whe Imer
National Association
Bratuehoro
Richard E. Nelson
Wichita
Eden to Speak at Columbia on Honorary Degree
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will address Columbia University on Friday afternoon as he receives an honorary Doctor of Laws. Columbia said the British embassy indicated it would be a major address during Eden’s U.S. visit with Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The speech will be Eden’s only address in this country.
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New York
Anthony Eden
Columbia University
Columbia
Eden
United States
Winston Churchill
Will of George Moffett Leaves Estate to Whitehall Foundation
The will of George Monroe Moffett, who built a corn and starch empire, probate in Centreville Maryland assigns the bulk of his $200 million estate to the Whitehall Foundation to aid students through college. Widow Odette Moffett receives $50.08 yearly from a $1.5 million trust. brother James A. Moffett and Helen Barker get $10,000 annually from a $300,000 fund. son James A. Moffett III gets tangible property. another son George Moffett II, now in France, receives nothing but is said to have been provided for. Moffett died December 22 in New York City.
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Centreville
George Monroe Moffett
Whitehall Foundation
Moffett
Odette Fuller Feder Moffett
James A. Moffett
The
California Oil Co
Helen M. Barker
James A. Moffett TI
Glen Head
Long Island
George M. Moffetty
France
Dee
New York City
Mural by KU student hangs in Lindley Annex front hall
David Johnson a KU Fine Arts sophomore painted a 125 square foot black and white oil mural titled The Toil of Creation. It depicts building activities from surveying to welding and was donated to the Architecture Department this weekend.
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David Johnson
Winona Ave
University of Kansas
Lindley Annex
Johnson
R.E. Johnson
Architecture
Ate Architecture Department
Young Johnson
University High School
K.U
Ise
Australia
United States
FBI Crackdown on Luxury Car Theft Ring Across States
The FBI announced eight arrests in a multinational theft ring targeting luxury cars led by a Cadillacs network. Seven defendants were rounded up in New York and one in Hoboken, charged with interstate transport of stolen vehicles. Hoover said 94 cars were involved and many were sold abroad.
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FBI
New York
Hoboken
N. J
J. Edgar Hoover
Cuba
Mexico
Venezuela
Hoover
Leo
New York City
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Oread Mixed Feeds
Baily City Delivery
Mere
Sanfrich
Manuel
Ron
Duncan Phyfe
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Sa. Va
Formica
Sid Luckman
Gor Myns
Kansas City
Daly
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Trachutets Street
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Overland
Greyhound Lines
Southwestern Greyhound Lines
Ay Jas Full Fain
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Sterling Furniture CO
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