Record harvest dominates Douglas County fall farm activity
The fall harvest in Douglas County centers on soybeans with 60 carloads shipped so far this year and 120000 bushels valued at about 324000 dollars. Corn shipments total 50000 bushels, about 75000 dollars, with Baldwin and Eudora reporting large soybean sales. Local elevators note wet conditions delayed seeding and farmers are storing green corn on farms to avoid docked prices.
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Condi
Lawrence
Eudora
Baldwin
Frank Barnett
Baldwin Elevator
Derby
Kaw Valley
George Born
Poker Parlor Raid In Hutchinson Ends With Arrests
Reno County Sheriff Vic Frazey and an attorney general agent led a raid on a back-room poker game at a Hutchinson recreation parlor. Operators C Ray Johnson and D H Osborne, plus Mrs. Johnson, were jailed while four players were released to court. Officers seized ten packs of playing cards and a signaling device. Local sheriffs Vernon Buell and Paul Smith and undersheriff Lyle Dickinson reportedly played in the game.
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Reno
Vic Frazey
C. Ray Johnson
D. H. Osborne
Frazey
Stafford County
Vernon Buell
McPherson County
Paul Smith
Smith
Lyle Dickinson
Engineer Says Someone Shot at Him in Station
An engineer on a Rock Island freight train reported Friday that someone fired at him Thursday night as the train passed through Tampa Kansas in Marion county. The bullet penetrated two panes of cab glass and shattered a third. the engineer Chester Scarborough of Pratt Kansas was peppered by glass fragments as he rode with his head in the path of the shot. Trainmen said they saw a man run from the station platform after the shot.
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Rocksland
Tampa
Kas
Marion ‘County
Chester “Scarborough
Pratt
Scarborough
Wiggs Named Manager Of Swift Packing Plant In Kansas City
Herbert M. Wiggs, longtime Holmes aide since 1951, is appointed manager of the Swift Company meat packing plant in Kansas City. He succeeds John M. Powell, who died September 19, as announced Friday by Swift president John Holmes.
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Herbert M. Wiggs
Swift Company
Feit
John Holmes
Wiggs
Holmes
John M. Powell
Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan Divorce Talk Sparks Rumor
Rita Hayworth has returned to Paris, living at Aly Khan’s home while filing for divorce. Reports say the actress and the Aga Khan heir discussed the split with reporters as they were seen together in public venues after she flew to Europe two weeks ago.
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Euineet Ay Khhan
Paris
Aly Khan
Aga Khan
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Children 5 to 15 Show, Increase of 1,035,000
The census bureau reports American children ages five to seventeen rose by 1,035,000 or 3.4 percent from April 1, 1950 to July 1, 1951, totaling 31,595,000. The rise is blamed on a high postwar birth rate, with all regions showing gains led by the West. California added about 142,000, while Alabama and Kentucky showed no increase.
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Census Bureau
West
Alabama
Kentucky
California
President elected to head Kansas garden clubs at 25th convention
Mrs. Sam Grossnickle of Topeka was elected president of the Kansas Associated Garden Clubs at the 25th annual convention in Independence. The group plans to meet next year in Leavenworth. Other officers include Mrs. M. M. Martin of Parsons as first vice president and Mrs. Walter (name truncated) as another officer.
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Sam Grossnickle
Topeka
Kansas Associated Garden Clubs
Leavenworth
M. M. Martin
Parsons
Jfirse
Walter
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