Geology and groundwater resources of Morton County Kansas
A Kansas State Geological Survey bulletin reports on Morton County in the southwest High Plains. It details climate, geology, groundwater depth from 30 to 225 feet, recharge and discharge processes, water hardness, fluoride content, and water-bearing formations from Permian to Pleistocene. The 126 page bulletin includes maps, tables, and test-well data, with orders through the survey office in Lawrence.
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State Geological Survey of
Kansas
Federal Geological Survey
Morton County
Thad G. McLaughlin
High Plains
Great Plains
Cimarron River
Cockrum
Ogallala
Cheyenne
Richfield
Point Rock
Kiowa
Haworth Hall
State Geological Survey of Kansas
Lawrence
Nine Die in Plane Crash at Barksdale Field
A four motor bomber struck a tree near the south border of the reservation at Barksdale Field Louisiana and exploded. Nine crew members including three officers and six enlisted men were killed or burned to death in the wreckage.
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Barksdale Field
Russia arms China trigger war warned diplomat
Rome report says Toshio Shiratori, former Japanese ambassador, warned that supplying arms to China could provoke war. Meanwhile Allied observers note Britain and U.S. artillery crews studying joint field gun use in Northern Ireland as tensions rise.
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Rome
Russia
China
Toshio Shiratori
Siberian
Turkestan
Hutchinson to Confer With Lawrence Council on Bindweed Control
J. L. Hutchinson representing the state board of agriculture will meet Frederick city officials to discuss bindweed control. The session is set for Friday at 7 o clock in the council room to address weed management.
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J. L. Hutchinson
State Board of Agiculture
Lawrence
Junior Red Cross Aides Lead Douglas County War Effort
Douglas County schools intensify metal conservation for the war drive. Students in Junior Red Cross units collect scrap iron and metals under vocational agriculture instructor W. R. Essick. The shift from civilian to war production speeds up as demand for metals grows.
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Douglas County
Vocational Agriculture Department
W. R. Essick
Red Cross
War Production Board aims 25 percent output rise this year
Washington reports Congress backs WPB policy to taper plant expansions and push immediate weapon delivery. Senators predict 25 percent output gains across ordnance with raw materials redirected. some aircraft plants may hit 30 percent without new machinery. WP A reviews 1,400 projects to halt nonessential work as war aims focus on rapid results in 1943.
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Washington
UPL
War Production Board
van Nuys
Federal Works Administration
Congress
WPB
Charles Leopold Assigned to Kansas as Associate Field Representative
Charles Leopold of the division of child welfare at the social security commission in Jefferson City is assigned to Kansas as associate field representative. Ed McDonald, regional director of defense health and welfare services, says Leopold will work with communities on social problems arising from the war emergency.
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Kansas City
Charles Leopold
Division of Child Welfare
Social Security Commission
Jefferson City
KanSas
Ed McDonald
Defense Health and Welfare Services
Federal Security Agency
Leopold
Pennsylvania Republicans and Democrats Nominate in Wartime Primary
Voters in Pennsylvania cast ballots for wartime party control with governor nominations. Republicans split between Edward Martin and James J. Davis while Democrats backed Joseph F. Guffey ally Ralph H. Smith and F. Clair Ross with Luther Hart as harmony candidate. Lackawanna County sought to renominate a dead congressman, Patrick J. Boland, raising plans to replace him.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
U. S
James J. Davis
Senate
Joseph F. Guffey
Ralph H. Smith
State Committee
David L. Lawrence
F. Clair Ross
Meredith Meyers
Luther A. Hart
U. S. Bituminous Coal Consumers
Guffey
Lawrence
Davis
Martin
Joseph N. Pew
Joseph R. Grundy
John L. Lewis
C.S.C. United Mine Workers
Lackawanna County
Scranton
Congress
Patrick J. Boland
House
Boland
James J. Peck
G.O.P
Marriage License Issued to Rudolph and Mullin in Topeka
Probate Judge Frank Gray issued a marriage license yesterday to George Rudolph Jr and Evelyn Colleen Mullin both of Topeka.
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Frank Gray
George Rudolph, Jr
Evelyn Colleen Mullin
Topeka
Too Late to Classify column delights readers nightly
Nightly reads find pleasure in the column Too Late to Classify. The feature entertains quirky notes and unusual observations, inviting curiosity and amusement from readers who enjoy offbeat human interest snippets.
Engagement of Freda Rundell to Virgil Dieterich Announced
Mr and Mrs Fred J Rundell of Norton announce the engagement of their daughter Freda to Virgil Dieterich son of Mr and Mrs W H Dieterich of Norton The wedding will be in California early next month Miss Rundell is secretary to Dick Williams manager of the Watkins estate Mr Dieterich is an air corps cadet. The rest of the item notes social events and a May 18 Shawnee wedding followed by a reception for relatives and friends.
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Fred J. Rundell
Norton
Freda
Virgil Dieterich
W. H. Dieterich
California
Miss Rundell
Dick Williams
Watkins
Mr. Dieterich
Air Corps
Mary Elizabeth Richardson
Fred A. Richardson
Shawnee
Jack Applegarth
Shawnee Methodist Church
Mark Richardson
Birthday Cakes Honor Lyons and Longenecker
Winnie Lyons and Mrs. Longenecker celebrate June birthdays with decorated cakes and a program by the chapter. Highlights include Christmas boxes for blind veterans at Wadsworth hospital and a carnation sale. The group visited South park to plant two hackberry trees for the two oldest members.
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Winnie Lyons
Wadsworth Hospital
Southpark
Lyons
Longenecker
Lillian Brown
Ella
Winnie Lyons Longenecker
Will Johns
Ed Hope
Birch
Jim Belshe
F. A. Kelsey
Albert Poe
C.S Topeka Starkweather
Emma Welch
G. Plank
Kansas City Gardens Tour Planned With May Dates
The Kansas City Wellesley club announces its eleventh annual garden tour on Saturday May 23 with a rain date Sunday May 24. Fifteen gardens plus three interior flower displays open 10 to 6 with tea at Mrs James E Chandler. Proceeds fund scholarships for Kansas City girls at Wellesley College.
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Kansas City
Wellesley Club
Kansas City Gardens
James E. Chandler
Victory Gardens
William Kemp
Romany Road
Charles Schaeffer
West Thirty-seventh Street
Wellesley College
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England
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Adolf Hitler
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Tom Jones
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UB Demir
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Helianthus Club
Trinity Guild
Episcopal Parish
Lone Star Farm Bureau
Calvin Hoover
Aubrey Fishburn
Nellie Lindsay
Club
Howard Longanecker
T.A. Kackley
Alabama Street
Marjorie Albright
Ruth Ann Kieffer
Ina May Brewster
Tommy Laudon
Nita Brewster
Dale Wagner
Joann Elbel
Robert Wagner
Michael Getto
Marvin White
Sammy Moore
Harriette Wilson
Gretchen Zimmerman
Warren Zimmerman
W. B. Dalton
Kackley
Ella Longenecker
Allison - Armstrong
Santa Fe
Carlsbad
Ly. Lawrence
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Chase Cara
Santa Fe Ticket Office
E. P. Addy
Kan
Hugh Means
W. G. Hutson
R. C. Manley
Women’s Council of the First Christian Church
Vinland Farm Bureau
Vinland Grange Hall
United Home Service Club
American Legion Hall
John Stutz
Progressive Contract
Evans
Woodlawn P.T.A
Arrow
Courtney
McGregor Sportswear
Miller
Jenny Lind
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