Box Car Shortage Hits Wheat Harvest Across Plains
Great Pond Kansas June 26 UP Nearly 300 grain elevators in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas report harvest near peak but a shortage of box cars limits movement of wheat to larger terminals. Gov Schoeppel appeals prompt promised railroad cars. 020 daily for harvest. Yield reports vary with 14 bushels in Kansas and 11 in Texas on average, while storage remains tight at several markets.
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American Association of Railroads
Collins
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Enid
W.O. Stark
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Sedgwick
Arkansas River
A. H. Stephenson
Wichits
Consolidated Four Mills
Fred Burns
Wichita
Elkhart
Salina
W. E. Gregory
Clarence Green
Mentor
Pratt
Garden City
Areca
Labette County
McPherson County
McPherson
Reno
Don Ingle
Hutchinson
Grain Harvest Prospects Across Ottawa and Ellis Counties
Ottawa elevators accept No 1 grade wheat without inspection at 1.77 per bushel with 25 to 80 bushels per acre yields. Cowley County reports 65 percent wheat combined as storage remains ample. Ellis County forecasts rise from 1.5 million to 2 million bushels with average yields around 13 to 20 bushels per acre and prices near 31.73 per bushel. Dan Pfeifer of the farmers cooperative says with more ripening all grain could be grade one. storage is adequate though harvest is early.
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Cowley County
Ellis County
Dan Pfeifer
Farmers Cooperative Manager
Ellis
UNRRA funds tied to press access in Russia
Washington reports a push to bar UNRRA funds to nations denying American press access. President Truman noted Moscow bans reporters from two Soviet republics, prompting House members to demand no money without access. An appropriation of 465 million dollars increases U.S. UNRRA funding to 2.7 billion in the deficiency bill.
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Moscow
Soviet Republics
Hadge
United States
Clarence Brown
Ohio
House
Brown
Russia
Congress
Soviet Socialist
Republis
Rayburn
Censorship Rules to Cover UN Relief Efforts in Ukraine and Byelorussia
The President announced that censorship rules will apply to all Soviet correspondents reporting on UNERA supplies distribution and utilization. Accredited UNERA representatives are to receive necessary facilities for charging and reporting the agency activities in the two Soviet republics involved, Ukraine and Byelorussia.
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UNERA
Sovet
Ukraine
Soviet memorandum reaches American officials and public
A fragment notes that through certain representatives the Soviet memorandum was conveyed to American official circles and to the public, indicating a channel of communication and exposure in the United States.
Lawrence Summer Band Concert at Weedlawn Ground
The Lawrence summer band under director Jack Stephar son will perform this evening at Weedlawn school ground at eight o'clock.
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Weedlawn
Lawrence
Jack Stepharson
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