U. S. Liner Washington Docks With Refugees After Submarine Chase
The United States liner Washington arrives in New York with 1,786 passengers, many Americans fleeing the European war zone after a near encounter with a German submarine off Spain. Crew members debated stopping at Galway for refugees, while some joined a Lisbon meeting to protest the Galway stop. Notables aboard included Ray Atherton, U S minister to Denmark, and Mrs Atherton. A second ship, the Britannic, with 768 passengers and about 400 refugees, also docked after convoy from Liverpool.
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Washington
Donald Harper
Paris
Harry Manning
Galway
Ireland
Lisbon
Bay
Denmark
Ray Atherton
Atherton
Copenhagen
Spain
Europe
Liverpool
Seven Kansans Sentenced in Liquor Charge Sweep
Seven Kansans were among 87 persons sentenced by Federal Judge Heartsill Ragan on liquor charges tied to a grand jury investigation of illegal liquor running into dry Kansas and Oklahoma. The list included Norval Horn and others.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Heartsill Ragan
Oia
Kansas
Oklahoma
Norval Horn
EXPECT MORE SURPLUS Grain crop to swell beyond last three seasons
Chicago on June 21 reports favorable weather boosts the 1940 grain harvest to about 4.6 billion bushels across wheat corn oats rye and barley. Analysts note potential value below 2.5 billion unless prices rise, contrasting with nearly 5 billion bushels in 1937 1938 and 1939 and a value exceeding 3 billion. Combines are already moving through southwest wheat fields.
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Chicago
United States
Miracle 1949 Winter Wheat Crop Revival
Experts hail the 1949 winter wheat crop as a historic miracle. After a poor start with 400 million bushels forecast, favorable weather post Christmas boosted the harvest by 25 percent through the presale. The combined winter and spring wheat crop stands around 728 million bushels with an estimated market value near 567 million dollars, versus 657 million in 1939 using Chicago price data.
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Chicago
1937 crop valued near one billion dollars
The 1937 crop was worth nearly 1 billion dollars, highlighting the era’s agricultural scale. Readers are urged to subscribe to the Journal-World for summer delivery, via phone 22.
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Journal-World
Stafford County Gains While Pratt and Harper Dip
In preliminary census returns Stafford County Georgia shows population growth from 10 460 to 10 504 over ten years. Pratt and Harper declined with Pratt dropping from 18 312 to 12 317 and Harper from 12 823 to 12 048. Paroles Granted For 26 Convicts In Topeka state penitentiary, Payne Ratner approved paroles upon parole board recommendation.
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Harper
Stafford
Topeka
Payne Ratner
Parole Board
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