Rains Bring Some Relief in Drouth
Washington reports spattering rains lift morale in the drouth belt. Hopkins says rains conserve forage crops, but many crops already lost. About 200 million dollars for forage crops in Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa. relief efforts continue. Cattle buying resistance grows. five liaison officers appointed for rural rehabilitation. AAA cattle program awards contracts for 598,900 cattle and 195,000 calves to 19 packing houses for distribution to unemployed. First movement starts in North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin. President seeks 525 million-dollar appropriation. 150,000 on work projects. 4,000 stranded families to move to farms by September 1. Relief grants totaling 16,237,917 announced for 11 states.
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Washington
Drouth Belt
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Farm Administration
Lawrence Westbrook
T. P. Lee
Memphis
Tenn
South Central States
A. D. Cobb
Newark
Del
A. G. Smith
Atlanta
Graf
Ames
Wentral States
Harry Carroll
Spokane
Wash
AAA
Federal Surplus, Relief Corporation
Grouth
North
South Dakota
Hoylins
Still Heat Center Braces Kansas With 102 Degree Readings
Tropical heat grips Kansas with Emptoria and Phillipsburg posting 102 degree highs. White rain to the north may cool Kansas tomorrow, but no widespread precipitation forecast. Scattered showers yesterday failed to moisten dry fields. lows tonight expected around 70 east to 45 west.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wheat
Emporia
United States
Phillipsburg
Flora
Concordia
Dresden
Garden City
Hays
Hanover
Norton
Britain Rejects Barthou Armament Proposals at Geneva
Britain refuses French proposals at the disarmament conference in Geneva. London reports say Anthony Eden, the British representative, was instructed to press France to accept the original arms suggestion. The British position signals a firm stance ahead of talks with Lou is Barthou on disarmament.
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London
Louis Barthou
Geneva
Anthony Eden
Privy Seal
Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
Community notes from De Soto and nearby towns
Local residents attend church events and weddings, with several family visits and dinners reported. School board re elects L L Kindred as director while hiring Miss Maxine Schellack as teacher. multiple trips to Lawrence, Topeka, and nearby communities noted along with picnics at State Lake.
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Chris Meuffle
Lawrence
H. J. Meuffle
L. L. Kindred
Eugene McFarland
Helen Brecheisen
Ralph White
State Lake
Tonganoxie
Glen Wilson
Baby
Bennie Wallace
Walter Wilson
Weaver
Elfreida Koehler
Eleanora Wallace
Wilson
Gideon Neis
William Spitzli
Maxine Schellack
Black Jack
Schellack
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Arthur Bernitz
Wanda
Alice Bernitz
Pfleger
South Eudora
Emma Crabb
Kansas City
Topeka
F. M. Brown
Gideon Ness
Floyd Broers
Vernon Strobel
Salem Evangelical Church
Eudora
Clearfield Church
Neil
Broers
Strobel
Trabant
Helen Strobel
Fred Thomas
Local visits and summer plans noted in community write up
Lawrence residents spent Sunday with the Strobel family and the Browns hosted the Bowlings with their child near Prairie Center. Willie Lawler from Kansas City visited his relatives the Lawler family. The piece also notes privately owned New York gardens opening in spring for charity and museums collecting old tools illustrating America's industrial history.
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New York
America
Little Igador Cohen Seeks Crackers With Pigs Left Out
A playful line shows Little Igador Cohen offering a dime to a grocer for enamel crackers for ten cents, requesting to omit the pigs in the bargain, reflecting humorous boyish intent from a bygone era.
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Igador Cohen
Pills to cereal relief in old health ad copy
An old styled health ad extols cereal All-Bran as relief after thirty years of pills for constipation. It praises bulk fiber, blood-building iron, and gentle cleansing by eating two tablespoonfuls daily, claiming the cereal replaces medicines and improves energy and appetite. A reader from Youngstown NY is cited.
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Drouth
Britain
Barthou
Gleed Bros
Nutrona Poultry
Seymour
Evening Star
Dortha Breer
Misa Pearl Koehler
Gus Koehler
Minas Virginia Starr
Ruth Neis
de- Sots High School
Delbert Neis
Miss Brecheisen
Orthy
Belleview
Cook
Grandma
Walter Wilton
North Lawrence
Sunda
Liliam |Incher
Nita Gibson
Haverty’s Groceries
Mass
Barker
Japan
Folger’s Coffee
Swift
Bireley
California
Lawrentee Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Co
Foot of
Vermont
Lawrence, Kan
Ralph Bowling
Baby Near Prairie Center
Willie Lawler
Robert Lawler
Sirlom
Frank
Oleo
Hamburger 2
Frisco Market
West End Grocery
Ind
Webster’ S Grocery
Arnold’s Grocery
W. E. Palmateer
R. 1
H.G.F
H.G.F. Peas
Lee
Central America
W. 13Th
Klock’s Grocery
Miss
Lee New Pack
Lee Soda
P. & G. Soap
Kraft
Dr. Price
Jenny Wren
Mr. Forsythe
Allbran
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