Reopening of Kansas Lake at Tonganoxie Planned for July 1
Topeka March 24 Kansas Fish and Game director David D Leahy announced the state lake at Tonganoxie will reopen July 1 after a 1947 closure. The six member commission agreed on the date after stocking 20 000 channel catfish and 75 000 bass. Paul Doege named superintendent and boating concession contract signed. The 175 acre lake now holds crappie bluegill and other varieties plus stock from Pratt. Fishing expected to be good once lines are cast again.
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Topeka
Mar
Tonganoxie
David D. Leahy
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Leshy
Paul Doege
Pratt
Kan
Leahy
Migrant camps in California's Great Valley face harsh living
Fresno reports depict migrant families in Kern and Fresno counties living in crowded shacks and tents with poor sanitation. Some breadwinners remain off relief while camps offer rough clinics, lighting, and rent from 11 to 35 dollars. Health officials warn of infant deaths and malnutrition, linking child illness to farm labor conditions. A camp administrator urges improving parents' conditions to aid children.
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California
Great Central Valley
Fresno
Calif
James Tush
Tush
Kansas
Garrison City
Kern County
Garrison
Jang West
Kfarma Central Valley
Cabing
Firebaugh
Westside Growers Association
Fsbor
Oor
Jim Stinson
Orb
Kings
Raymond F. McCarthy
State Department of Justice
Madera County
Harris held without bond after fatal fire arson charge
James Harris, arrested in Junction City Kansas, is held without bond after his arraignment on arson and murder charges. He declined a preliminary hearing. Harris reportedly admitted setting fire to a house he owned to claim insurance. Two young children in the tenant family died in the March 15 blaze.
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Junction City
Kan
James Harris
Lee Hornbaker
Harris
Indictments for tax evasion and veterans' pay fraud near Topeka
A federal grand jury indicted seven including E Haldenman Julius, publisher of Little Blue Books, on income tax evasion charges. Ten others faced separate counts over false veterans 52 20 claims. Also named were Dr Hugh Hope and several Kansans. Water safety courses will start at KU and Baker University next week under Red Cross supervision with Walter Mikols and Gilbert Gribble leading those programs.
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Topeka
Kan
Mar
E. Haldenan-Julius
Girard
Little Blue Books
Delmas C Hill
Veterans
Hugh Hope
Hunter
Lester Lutherlaaid Haldemantulius
Haldeman-Julius
George Haar
Guymon
Okla
Albert F. Wempe
Marysville
Ray H Graverson
C. E. Jones
Wichita
Melvin HW
Olpe
Pittsburg
Frank L. Hagenmaster
Dodge City
Elmer C. Atkins
DuWayne R. King
John Banks
Donzell Fisher
Marcel B. Trammer
John H. Penn
Kansas City
Cyril J. Koch
Goodland
Earl B. Martin
Holton
Harold G. Thateuer
Danville
Harry Rayton
Lawrence
Kansas State Employment Service
Bawton
Ilinois Street
Red Cross
K.U
Baker University
Baldwin
Walter Mikols
Mikols
Red Cross Acquatic Sthoo
Greeley
Penn
Robinson Gym
Gilbert
Gribble
Kansas
Car Struck a Bridge Near Pittsburg Kansas Man Killed
Fleming Kansas man Frank Paul Seiner about 40 was killed early today when his automobile struck a bridge on highway 69 south of Pittsburg city limits. He lived near Fleming a small community about 10 miles southwest of here.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Frank Paul Seiner
Seiner
Fleming
Draining Lakes Aids Fishing As Leahy Marks 20 Years
Leahy, director for two decades, argues draining and restocking lakes boosts statewide fishing. The article notes a 1933 lake opening at sunrise on June 1. It also recalls U S Marine Dan Daly, twice awarded the Medal of Honor, for actions in China in 1900 and against Hainan bandits in 15 years later, dying in 1937.
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Leahy
Commission
Shy
U.S
Dan Daly
China
Hainan
Leatherneck
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