Kansas Population Declines 1.18 Percent Across State
The Kansas population totaled 1,757,196 on March 1, down 21,052 from last year. County assessors report Sedgwick and Johnson counties up while Shawnee leads counties with decreases. Kansas City gains to 121,492 and several cities show mixed changes across the state.
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Topeka
U—The Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Sedgwick
Wyandotte
Johnson
Shawnee
Montgomery
Sumner
Labette
Brown
Atchison
Butler
Kansas City
Junction City
Great Bend
Manhattan
Baxter Springs
Parsons
Hutchinson
Seneca
Cottonwood Falls
Allen
Linn
Anderson
Logan
Wees
Lyon
Barber
Marion
Barton
Marshall
Bourbon
McPherson
Meadow
Miami
Chase
Mitchell
Morris
Cheyenne
Morton
Clark
Nemaha
Clayds
Neosho
Cloud
Ness Nnn
Coffey
Norton Wa
Comanche
Osage
Cowley
Osborne
Crawford
Ottawa
Decatur
Pawnee
Dickinson
Phillips
Doniphan
Pottawatomie
Douglas
Pratt
Edwards
Rawlins
Elk
Reno
Ellis
Republic
Ellsworth
Rice
Finney
Riley
Ford
Franklin
Rush
Geary
Russell
Gove
Saline
Graham
Scott
Grant
Gray
Seward
Greeley
Greenwood
Sheridan
Hamilton
Sherman
Harper
Smith
Harvey
Stafford
Haskell
Stanton Wu
Hodgeman
Stevens
Jackson
Efferson
Thomas
Ewell
Trego
Kingman
Washington
Wichita
Wilson
Lane
Woodson
Leavenworth
Lincoln
Vocational Guidance Day Set for New University Freshmen
The University of Kansas announces a full day of vocational guidance conferences for new students on Thursday September 11, the day before registration. Selected staff will be available all day to discuss vocations and help undecided students learn training options at the university. The committee plans to continue faculty involvement throughout the year.
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University of Kansas
Vocational Guidance Committee
Gayda Reflects On Meeting Of Hitler And Mussolini
Il Giornale D Italia quotes Gayda describing a five day summit between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. The talks focused on war aims supply issues and plans to unite Europe under a new order with occupation of key strategic sites.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Gayda
Il Giornale D’italia
Mussolini
Fuehrer
Germany
Italy
Europe
Turkey
Portugal
Hitler
Roosevelt
Churchill
Lake Goodwin to be drained for better fishing
Jay Owens of the Kansas fish, game and forestry commission oversees draining Lake Goodwin in Ottawa county. The project aims to create permanent feed at the bottom, plant vegetation, install fish shelters and spawning beds, and use fertilizer and NYA workers to improve the lake over a year for long term recreation and fishing gains.
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Salina
Lake Goodwin
Ottawa County
Jay Owens
Kansas Fish, Game and Forestry Commission
Owens
NYA
Mass Growth Plan for Water Treatment Trial
A cautious note on rapid growth and water clarity outlines a small trial. If the experiment succeeds, officials may replicate the method at other Kan gag sites.
Capper Calls Small Business at Risk in Defense Shift
Washington reports Senator Capper says preliminary findings by special senate investigators show the small business sector is being squeezed as materials shift to large defense plants. He warns many small firms may vanish and urges tax relief and more subcontracting of big contracts to sustain civilian production.
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Washington
Senate
Capper
Kan
United States
Ary
Navy
Senate Finance Committee
Europe
Dodder Eradication Urged on Jespedeza Fields
Douglas county farm agent warns farmers to remove dodder a parasitic weed from lespedeza to protect seed quality. Recommended methods include burning with torches or covering with dry hay and burning on site while avoiding kerosene or gasoline. Immediate action is required before seed set to prevent field destruction.
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Deal Six
Douglas County
Penalty Wheat Figures Told by Shawnee Farmers Group
Shawnee county farmers under the 49c per bushel wheat penalty are being surveyed by the county chapter of the Independent Farmers of Kansas. Frank Colter Silker Lake, secretary, cites 18 accounts showing 20 155 bushels with 10 763 bushels excess and a total penalty of 5 273.87 dollars. Other officers Henry Frese and Jesse Haney assist in the campaign.
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Shawnee County
AAA
Independent Farmers of Kansas
Frank Colter
Silker
Lake Farmer
Colter
The
Henry G. Frese
Jesse Haney
Bombs Hit Southern Tehran Amid Claims of Russian Involvement
In Tehran Aug 31 bombs reportedly fell on the southern working class district and near Doshan Tappen airport after Iran ceased fighting. Civilian casualties were reported as U S officials examined two five foot craters and found leaflets alleging Russian friendship.
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Teheran
Iran
Doshan Tappen
Francis Tompkins
United States
Boards to Aid Soldiers In Re-Employment Plan
Topeka notices an effort to place returning soldiers in work as selective service aims to form re employment committees for Kansas 126 draft boards. Adjutant General M R McLean says some draftees and National Guard members inducted last year will be released in September.
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Topeka
Kansas
Adj
M. R. McLean
Selective Service
Army
Pike's Peak Hill Climb Draws 15 Racers for 23rd Run
Colorado Springs reports the 23rd annual Pike's Peak hill climb features 15 drivers racing 12 miles up to the 14,110 foot summit. Competitors include Jean Trefoux Rene le Begue Joel Thorne Lou Unser and Ab Jenkins will start the race with a $4000 prize at stake.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pike’s Peak
Red Summit
Nels Kullgren
Denver
American Automobile Association
Jean Trevoux
Rene le Begue
Joel Thorne
Burbank
Calif
Colorado
Lou Unser
Ab Jenkins
Bend Merchant Dies at Local Store Firm
Frank Post secretary treasurer of Lischesky Dry Goods died Sunday of heart disease. The company operates stores in Bend Larned and McPherson. Survivors include his widow and two daughters.
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Bend Merchant
Beryl
Frank Post
Lischesky Dry Goods Company
Larned and
McPherson
Stockyards Union Gives Strike Notice in Kansas City
Union stockyards workers warned of a 9 a.m. Wednesday strike unless a wage increase is granted. Elmer Tuttle, vice president of Packing House Workers Local No. 16 C.S.O., said the demand seeks a 10 cent hourly raise.
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Kansas City
Kan
Elmer Tuttle
Packing House Workers Local
No. 16
C.S.O
No Yield but Big Profit in Lyon County Wheat Patch
An Emporia field in Lyon County yielded no grain this year yet produced 27 dollars per acre thanks to AAA parity payments. Harve Lawson of Neosho Rapids owned the 12 acre wheat patch insured against flood and hail and damaged by both, highlighting profit from disaster via insurance and parity subsidies.
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Emporia
Kan
Lyon County
Harve Lawson
Neosho Rapids
Lawson
Do You Know Why Labor Is Not Paid All It Produces
The piece questions why labor does not capture all output, noting how capital like farm machinery and buildings influences earnings. It asks whether a laborer owning land and capital would receive all he produces, implying a discussion of value, ownership, and distribution.
Labor and capital in production explained by W.S.R.
The text argues that labor alone cannot produce goods. capital and natural resources must work with labor. It notes that capital goods wear out and must be replaced, and that even farmers must invest in capital and pay wages, interest, and profits. If capital is not replenished, production collapses.
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W.S.R
U S NAVAL CHIEF HORIZONTAL CLUES PUZZLE SOLUTION
The puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues for a crossword style grid. Entries cover terms like idle talk excuse gems of shrubs bored mystic word serene tales justice of peace spread for drying theft dove s cry dash limbless body in good taste think fluid small spot first name of 52 vertical gentle vital organs inhabitant suffix paid notice analyzed a sentence esne mine en trances male singer telers 49 storage placi 50 golf mound 51 river in italy 53 army officers abbr 54 greek letter 55 used in rowing ruin yes apportion run away to marry regal quality book of word die and many more with cross references and wordplay
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Placi
Italy
Social notes recall visits across regions and families
Singapore Chief daughter Mrs Arthur Coker and Miss Louise Jewett visit aunt Mrs C A Kobler who is convalescing. Miss Margaret and Miss Mary Christner return from Grand Lake Colorado with Miss Velma Plummer. Irma Hambleton accompany them. Ralph Shaw and daughters from Yonkers visit John Whitelaw and family. Clyde Steed and family visit to supervise new house. Forest Koop and Albert Wiley rent B F Heckert property. Warlie Cunningham plans L H Plummer acreage in Corliss bottom. Journal-World Classified Page remains busiest market place.
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Arthur Coker
Coker
Louise Jewett
C. A. Kobler
Margaret Christner
Mary Christner
Grand Lake
Colo
Irma Hambleton
Christners
Velma Plummer
Lockwood
Ralph Shaw
Anne
Jane
Tarrytown
N.Y
Shaw
John Whitelaw
Whitelaw
Neill G. Whitelaw
Shaws
Kidder, Mo
Mr. Whitelaw
Margaret Whitelaw
Clyde Steed
Dalhart
Tex
Forest Koop
Albert Wiley
B. F. Heckert
Warlie Cunningham
L. H. Plummer
Corliss Bottom
T. A. Hall
Lutheran Pastor Resigns for New Charge in Emporia
The Rev. Ernest F. Tonsing, pastor of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wellington for three years, has resigned to become pastor of St. Mark's Church in Emporia, effective Sept. 1.
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Wellington
Kan
Cpi
Ernest F. Tonsing
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Mark’s Church
Emporia
De Soto Families Visit Ottawa and Area
Mr and Mrs Howard Blaylock and children traveled to Ottawa to see Clyde Blaylock and returned Sunday. Rev and Mrs J M Torrence and daughters were called to Princeton for a friend’s funeral. The Whitelaws visited old neighbors the Whitakers. Barrett Whitaker teaches at Downs high school. Robert Whitaker is a second lieutenant at Camp Robinson Ark Elizabeth Whitaker will teach at Cedar Smith County high school. Mrs C S Hambleton and Neal Hambleton returned from a visit in Parsons.
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Howard Blaylock
Ottawa
Barrett
Downs
Robert
Camp Robinson
Ark
Elizabeth
Ottawa University
Cedar
Smith County
C.S. Hambleton
Neal Hambleton
Parsony
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New Supply Priorities and Allocation Board
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Earl Willison
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Stearman Aircraft
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Brooklyn
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Pike's Peak
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Singapore
Journal - World
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T. B. Drew
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