Ford Production Walkout Possible as Labor Poll Looms
Michigan labor board prepares a secret strike poll of 75 000 Ford workers to back wage and pension demands. A U A W vote of 106 000 employees approved a walkout if needed, though no action will occur until polling ends. Ford contract expired July 15 and wage freezes were rejected.
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Michigan
Labor Mediation ‘Board
Ford
U. A.W
U.A.W
Mediations Board
Noel P. Fox
Teo
Milwaukee
Auto Workers International Convention
U.a.wax .Ite
State Labor Board
Ken Bannon
F F A Shows Increase In Kansas And Missouri
Kansas and Missouri FFA chapters report growth in membership from July 1948 to July 1949. National totals indicate a rise from 262,000 to 279,946 members as farm boys in vocational agriculture programs join the organization.
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Betra
Missouri
Kansas
The
Future Farmers of America
Agriculture Service
Office of Education
Federal Security Agency
FFA
Kansan Keaton Guests Schoeppel in Washington
Senator Schoeppel of Kansas hosted former Kansan and silent film star Buster Keaton at a luncheon in Washington. Keaton, born in Piqua Woodson County Kansas, joked about his ties to the state during the informal gathering.
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Washington
Schoeppel
Kan
Buster Keaton
Keaton
Piqua
Woodson County
Kansas
Parking tickets on docket face judge’s option for fines
Twenty overparking tickets appeared on the police court docket this morning. Judge Wayne Allphin offered fines or forfeitures for each violation.
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Wayne Allphin
Farrier Arrives in Okinawa as Army Engineering Veteran
David C. Farrier, 36, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Farrier of First and Mississippi Streets, has arrived on Okinawa in the Pacific. He enlisted last December and was placed in the Army Engineering Corps after training as an engine operator at Fort Belvoir Virginia. Previously he worked at the Indian motorcycle agency in Topeka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David C. Farrier
J. Fred Farrier
First
Mississippi
Okinawa
Pacific
Farrier
Army Engineering Corps
Fort Belvoir
Indian Motorcycle Agency
Topeka
Aft
DeScte News Publisher Encounters Deer While Harvesting
DeScte News publisher Jacob Schellack, while riding with ELV. Cox to harvest a wheat field near Kill Creek, encountered a wild deer on the edge of the field. He reported the deer pausing to feed on trees before retreating back into the timber.
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Jacob Schellack
DeScte News
Shellack
Elv. Cox
Four Douglas County Schools Benefit From Lunch Program
Four schools in Douglas County operated a hot lunch program last term and received 16 food items valued at about 4236.60. Frank Long, state social welfare director, announced that all county schools will be eligible this fall to receive fruit juices and other foods if available regardless of lunch program status.
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Achoaly
Dounizs Gee
Baringer Ately
State Department of Social Welfare
Frank Long
Long
Douglas County
Agricultural notes on chlordane and Texas on pest control
A fragment discusses using chlordane and Texas (Texa ne) insecticides to control armyworms or covers. It notes one to two pounds per acre with caution, warns about toxicity, and says treated vegetables must be washed or stripped before consumption.
Baseball schedule shows Wichita power games and derbys
The listing outlines a series of baseball showdowns in Wichita and nearby cities with times ranging from 2 to 10 p m across multiple matchups. Notable pairings include Kansas City Tuzedo versus Wichita Cess, Topeka Decker Otters against Emcky Bombers, and El Dorado Vets versus Arcaneasa City Maurer Neuner Tackers.
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Soo
Sonny Bul
Seles
Glaesco Logics
Winener
Kansas City
Wichita
Cessna
Topeka Decker Otters
Emcky
el Dorado Vets
Arkcaneasa City
Maurer-Neurer Tackers
Lawrence Colts
Boeing
Atchison Colta
Coffeyville
Tex-Acs
Jenire
Fined On Drunk Charge In Police Court
William Fairbanks of DePew Oxls was fined $10 in police court this morning on an eight charge case.
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William Fairbanks
DePew, Oxls
Death of Wells Noggie in Kansas City Factory Collapse
Kansas City report says Wells Noggie owner of a confectioners supply firm died after collapsing in the southern district. Born in Ada Ohio he helped organize the Manufacturers Association of Kansas City and once worked in Newton Kansas for the Santa Fe Railway. A nearby note mentions fish catching insects by water jets.
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Kansas City
Sherman Wells
Ogale
Swee ’ Company
Ersers
Ada
Ohio
Manufacturers Association of
Newton
Kan
Santa Fe Railway
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Reuster Kasten Was
Lola
Okbiawa
David Fereier
Fa Avns Bierring Corpo
PVT
David Farrier
Fecvice
T He Ome
Core
Freshs
ARROW
Batiste
Feedo Deily City
ACK
Phees
Lee Colman
Eudora, Kan
Isth
Baby
Kansas Electric Power Company
C. T. Hough
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