Harvest holds off as Kansas fields wait for big rush
Southern Kansas fields show binders and combines idle with the main wheat harvest a week away. Reports from Wellington, Arkansas City, Winfield, Parsons, Coffeyville, Pittsburg, Emporia, Junction City, Atchison and Wichita note slow ripening due to cool weather, with yields and prospects varying. some areas expect 20 bushels per acre, others show better than last year.
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Cowley
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John Wartick
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A. L. Clapp
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Cedar Vale
Parsons
Coffeyville
Pittsburg
Emporia
Gerald Moore
Américus
Junction City
Paul B. Gwin
Geary County
Atchison
Wichita
Combine
J. D. Montague
Montague
Cranium Crackers Fourth Quiz by NEA Writers
A fragment from a NEA Service quiz by Bruce Catton shows a Washington DC travel interview setup. Questions cover presidential succession first lady statues and Congress origins. The piece presents four questions with terse political fact prompts.
Bees Blank Pirates 2 0 Behind Fette’s Wedding Gift
Boston Bees pitcher Lou Fette shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates 2 0 as his bride watched from the stands. Arky Vaughn and Gus Suhr provided the offense with two singles and a triple. Boston played errorless baseball.
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Arky” Vaughn
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Lopez
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Hank Canning
Zeke Bonura
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Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Lee
Root
Hartnett
Gumbert
Brown
Danning
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Grammer 68
Mrs S F Grammer 68 died at home of her daughter Mrs Arthur Longfellow Richland Route 2 Funeral services Saturday at 2 pm from Washington Creek church Rev Louis Griffith officiating Burial in Washington Creek cemetery She is survived by seven daughters including Mrs Longfellow and Mrs Hoover three sons Walter Roy and Samuel Grammer thirty four grandchildren and four great grandchildren
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Arthur Longfellow
Richland
Washington Creek
Louis Griffith
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Longfellow
Clarence Hoover
Lawrence
Chris Straub
Oxerbrook
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Morris Ewing
Ed Garrett
Ivan Current
Overbrook
Walter Grammer
Roy Grammer
Samuel Grammer
Death of Mrs Ida J Hughes of Anaheim
Mrs Ida J Hughes of Anaheim California died yesterday morning at age 83 after a long illness from a broken hip. She leaves three sons Elmer Hughes mayor of Seal Beach California and Charles and Everett Hughes of Anaheim along with five grandchildren and a sister Mrs Will Ross of Onawa Iowa. She was a cousin of Eli Wilson of Lawrence and widow of Millard Hughes. Funeral services will be held in Long Beach Friday at 2 PM.
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Anaheim
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Vestal FE. Wilson
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Will Ross
Onawa
Eli Wilson
Lawrence
Millard Hughes
California
Ida Wilson
John Wilson
Sunnyside
Home Aid Society
P.T.A
Long Beach
Acacia Odze No 9 A F A June 8 Special
Acacia Odze No 9 A F A holds a June 8 meeting at 7:00 PM with stated 8:00 PM start. Piston welcome. Message signed BP Baker W and John H Parker secretary.
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Bishop O'Hara Installed as Bishop of Kansas City
The Right Rev Edwin Vincent O'Hara was installed today as bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kansas City at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral. Archbishop John J Glennon of St Louis escorted him to the throne as a papal message announced the appointment to about 80,000 Catholics in the diocese.
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Edwin Vincent O’hara
Bristow Warns Debt Repudiation Needed for U S
Former Kansas senator Joseph L. Bristow, speaking from his Fairfax Virginia ranch, says today the depression is worse than six to seven years ago and that the national debt must be repudiated by government action. He urges return to thrift and industry as relief and criticizes ongoing borrowing and spending. He attends Baker University commencement and visits Salina.
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Joseph L. Bristow
U. S
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Fairfax
Baker University
Baldwin
Salina
Bristow
Ober contest yields multiple winners for shoe size and peanut guess
Ober's store held a window display competition with Ked shoes. Tie winners for the large shoe size 42 were Jack Bell Perry and Robert Redford who each won a pair of Bike Keds worth 2.25. Second place went to Phillip Jones and Max Kennedy who won 1.45 Keds. In the peanut guessing contest several readers correctly guessed 450 and won Keds.
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James Mason
Indiana Street
Byron Merges
New York Street
Lavish Welcome for Royal Pair in Washington
The king and queen arrived in Washington for a two day visit highlighted by a formal reception at the White House. Royal procession and parade drew thousands as security and pomp surrounded the sovereigns with President Roosevelt hosting a luncheon and garden party. A later dispute involved a detained Irish Republican Army figure prompting House members to threaten a boycott if released.
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R-Mass
Marriott Passes Tests For Private Pilot License
Paul A. Marriott of Stafford, a KU civilian aviation student, passed his tests yesterday at Municipal airport to earn his private pilot license. Twelve of the 20 students now hold licenses. the remaining eight will be examined by Gordon Matthews of Kansas City on June 14 and 15. Brown Bombers Win 7 to 1.
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Stafford
K.U
Municipal
Gordon Matthews
Kansas City
CAA
Sam Snead Opens Open Lead in Early Round
Sam Snead shot a two under par 68 in the first round to lead the U S Open as Olin Dutra Tombhiy Armour and Craig Wood trailed by one stroke. Ralph Guldahl and others followed one back, with Wilford Wehrle Ed Meister and Harry Cooper in a chasing pack.
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Philadelphia
Sam Snead
Big Sam
Olin Dutra
Tombhiy Armour
Walker Cup and Amateur Championship Awarded to Clubs
The United States Golf Association awarded the 1940 Walker Cup matches to Town and Country Club St Paul Minnesota and the 1940 national amateur championship to Winged Foot Golf Club Mamaronneck North Carolina. The Walker Cup will be played August 30 and 31 with Britain defending the trophy and the amateur championship from September 9 to 14.
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United States Golf Association Today
Great Britain
Town and Country Club
St. Paul
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