Ripening Delayed by Rains Across Kansas Fields
Kansas crop report notes delays in wheat ripening due to scattered rains. Winter wheat shows modest gains while stem rust appears in the south central area with no damage yet. Corn grows slowly in weeded fields, barley harvest delayed by wet weather, soil moisture improves in the southwest, and Kaw Valley potatoes bloom with a fair to good outlook. Pastures show nice growth as rains boost moisture.
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Topeka
Kansas
South Central
Kaw Valley
Japanese Air raids hit Chungking center
More than 100 Japanese planes attacked Chungking in waves for 15 minutes causing fires in the capital. Heavy casualties feared as smoke rose from bombed districts. It followed a prior day of bombing with fifty casualties reported, including a blast near the U S embassy.
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Chungking
United States
Second Culvert Completed Near Baldwin Creek and Lake View
The last of two box culverts bridging Baldwin Creek and Lake View is finished. Douglas County installed a culvert over Lake View road. The second culvert, with a geared floodgate, was built by the club and sits nearest the creek to move water to the lake and release excess water to the creek during floods. Lake View has risen slightly in recent days.
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Baldwin Creek
Lake View
Douglas County
Button Wearing Baned Slogan At State Unemployment Office
Harrisburg June 12 Four thousand workers in the Pennsylvania unemployment compensation division were barred from wearing buttons reading The Yanks Are Not Coming. Secretary Lewis G Hines said the slogan was conceived by communists and distributed by a communist front. He warned of action against offices where buttons appear.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Division
Lewis G. Hines
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Communist Front Organization
Hines
Obituary for Mrs. Alice J. Meyer
Mrs. Alice J. Meyer aged 170 years and widow of Albert A. Meyer died after a long illness at her daughter Mrs. Newlin Westfall's home in Kansas City Kansas. She was the daughter of Thomas Stout who came to McLouth from Lincolnshire England in May 1871. She married Albert A. Meyer in 1893 and spent her whole life in the area.
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Alice J. Meyer
Albert A. Meyer
Newlin ‘Westfall
Kansas City
Kan
Meyers
Thomas Stout
McLouth
Lincolnshire
England
Mrs Meyers Memorial Noted as Christian Mother in Kansas
A obituary notes the passing of Mrs Meyers of a farm near McLouth Kansas. She leaves nine children including Louis Meyer Annie Moses Alberta Westfall Fred Meyer and others in Kansas City Kansas City Missouri Olathe Merriam and Cheyenne. She attended the United Brethren church and the funeral is set for Thursday June 13 at 2 p.m. at the United Brethren church.
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McLouth
Louis Meyer
Annie Moses
Alberta Westfall
Fred Meyer
Kansas City
Kan
William Meyer
Christine Moore
Olathe
Nell Walker
Merriam
Ed Meyer
Cheyenne
Wyo
Lester Meyer
Community church program plans and a tragic fire death
Lawrence visitors Mr and Mrs W A Simon attended by Lloyd Simon family. Overbrook church Sunday program features a pantomime The Basket of Flowers by Ruth Bailey with local youths aiding under Martha Easton Opal Mae Talley and Esther Talley. Relatives report the death by fire of Edwin Ellis Snyder at a Riverdale California ranch. his mother Maxine Fuqua narrowly missed the flames as a gasoline stove exploded. Furniture and clothing losses noted. local residents and guests are named among Sunday visits and hospitality across several households.
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W. A. Simon
Lawrence
Lloyd Simon
Jay
Overbrook
Ruth ©. Bailey
Martha Easton
Opal Mae Talley
Esther Talley
Edwin Ellis Snyder
Riverdale
Cal
Snyder
Maxine Fuqua
Tle
Mary Rose Prim
Chris Straub
Ivan Currant
Kenneth Peck
Billy Lee
Pete van Ess
Topeka
Ede
Emprind Dia
George Raible
Edith Mae
al Dodder
Joan
L. FE
Tedder
Joe Baldwin
Clifford Desque
Ralph Fuqua
Agnes Baldwin
Sarah Faye Bond
Ted
Sunday Evening Guests At Fuqua Home In Michigan Valley
Sunday evening visits clustered around Mr and Mrs Charles Fuqua of Michigan Valley with a list of relatives and friends from Kansas City Lawrence Topeka and Baldwin. Notable attendees included Mr and Mrs Clifford Hardtarfer, Miss Frances Harde tarfer, Mr and Mrs Arthur Hase, and Mary Rose Prim who is recovering from measles.
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Fuqua
Charles Fuqua
Michelgan Valley
Clifford Hardtarfer
Kansas City
Frances Hardetarfer
Lawrence
Arthur Hase
Gottlieb Oehrle
George Raible
Edith Mae
Clifeford Desque
Chester Dodder
Joe
Floyd Dodds
Overbrook
Lora Matthews
J. C. Miller
Agnes Baldwin
Ralph Fuqua
Joe Dyer
Tommy
Oscar Dyer
Baldwin
Gene White
Dan White
Topeka
Lloyd Simon
J. P. Prim
Anna
H. Prim
Clarence Allbright
Noah Shuler
Ted Fuqua
Carter's Little Liver Pills Prompt Morning Vitality
An old advertisement urges readers to take Carter's Little Liver Pills to promote bile flow and alleviate bloating constipation and low mood. It promises quick morning energy and physical well being with a claimed daily bile release of two pints, selling for 10 or 25 cents.
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Carter
Bame
Italy reports active troops as war expands in Europe
Rome reports Italian forces active along the Ligurian coast with battles framed as interlinked with Egypt and Malta developments. Mussolini reiterated neutrality while Crown Prince Umberto lauded infantry efforts. British air actions and Italian defenses at Turin and Milan punctuate a tense first day of hostilities.
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Rome
Italy
Leghom
Genoa
Turin
Milan
Sybia
Egypt
Mussolini
Malta
Umberto
Tadar
Lata
Cyrenaica
High Command
Begu
Germans Express Concern For Fate of Paris
Berlin reports from authorized German sources warn it would be a crime for France to defend Paris as Poland defended Warsaw and fear the defense would be used as a pretext to accuse Germany of cultural dishonor. The rhetoric suggests an aim to provoke the United States into war.
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Berlin
Paris
Warsaw
Burglars Fail to Breach Steel Door in Valley Drug Store
Burglars pried open a reinforced rear window and forced entry to Ed Frederickson's drug store in Valley Nebraska but gave up when blocked by a steel door. They did not try the front door which Frederickson had left unlocked.
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Valley
Neb
Ed Frederickson
Frederickson
Highway Toll Increaseed Kansas Traffic Deaths Rise
Topeka June 12 The Kansas traffic death toll for May rose above last year marking two straight months of higher highway fatalities Preliminary count by State Safety Engineer Claud R McCarmment shows 25 deaths in May up from 24 last year Total deaths this year reach 111 versus 129 at the same point last year McCammment notes early June deaths are lower than last year June 1989 had 45 deaths the second highest monthly total
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Topeka
Kansas
Claud R. McCarmment
McCammment
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