Labor shortage on coast farms widens harvest effort
Soldiers on furlough in Oregon are urged to volunteer as harvest hands as farm labor shortages grow in Oregon hop prune and bean regions and Arizona cotton and melon districts. Migrant workers from Kansas Oklahoma and New Mexico failed to appear as usual for the western slope peach crop, prompting growers to recruit in Denver for an 800 mile round trip. Some migrants headed for defense jobs, but many joined harvest work keeping shortages manageable.
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Oregon
National Defense
Arizona
Barnard Teets
Colorado
Iowa
Teets
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Denver
Grand Junction
Fort Collins
Nebraska
California
J. I. Hewes
Surprise for Sergeant on Pontoon Bridge Detail
Lieutenant General Ben Lear inspected troops in Arkansas when a British observer Major Morris of the 17th Battalion Royal Engineers approached. The sergeant corrected him about saluting proprieties, highlighting cross allied forces during the Second Army deployment.
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Second
Arkansas
Ben Lear
Uncle Sam
Morris
17Th Battalion
Royal Engineers
Topeka Wins 1941 Kansas Girls Softball Title
Topeka caps six year streak by winning the state championship with a 3 to 0 victory over the D X Oilers. Mary Birnbaumer threw a one hit game for the Marling Chesley club, who had earlier edged Coffeyville Sinclairs 7 to 6 in extra innings to reach the final.
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Topeka
Kansas
Marling -Chesiey
D-X Oilers
Mary Birnbaumer
D-X
Coffeyville Sinclairs
Moral virtues that sustain capital and labor relations
The virtues forethought thrift and prudence made capital possible and its continuity. Forethought means planning for the future, thrift means saving, prudence means good judgment in earning spending and investing. Labor history shows early resistance to machines but capital growth raised production wages and cut hours. Capital defined as saved productive means. many own stock, with big holders steering investments.
Eudora Schools Open with Mixed Enrollments and Band Change
Eudora schools enroll 215 students this year including 110 in the rural high school with 67 boys and 43 girls. One postgraduate, Edna Bond, attends high school. Grade school has 67 pupils with 38 girls and 29 boys. Catholic parochial school has 38 students, 24 girls and 14 boys, with five beginners.
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Eudora
Edna Bond
Robert Slater
Butler
Slater
Louise
Teresita
Mt. Saint Scholastic
Atchison
Battle of Russia Surges to Climax
German deadlock held as front lines stabilize around Leningrad amid air battles for control of the city. Finnish forces push from the south while Bryansk changes hands on the central front, and claims of recaptured Baltic isthmus surface amid conflicting reports from Helsinki and London.
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High Command
Leningrad
Red Air Force
Luftwaffe
Helsinki
London
Bryansk
Moscow
Gomel
Karelian
Finland
Russia
Senate votes to cut exemptions in tax bill
Senate action raises taxes on corporations and lowers exemptions as part of a package to bolster revenue. Amendments approved include higher corporate surcharges, a 10 percent tax on local phone bills, and elimination of soft drink, radio time, and billboard levies, plus a new 14 million committee to curb non defense spending.
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Ures
U. S. Steel Corporation
Senate
la Follette
Congress
Clark
D-Mo
Bracken invites US Congress to review lend lease materials in Britain
London reports Bracken invites United States congress to visit Britain to inspect lend lease materials and observe factories. He says witnesses and critics are welcome but not peace mongers, and that MPs will not be shown secrets. Bracken hopes a Moscow aid conference occurs soon.
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London
Brendan Bracken
United States Congress
Britain
Bracken
Germany
Moscow
Russia
United States
Marriage Licenses Issued by Probate Judge Gray
Marriage licenses have been issued at the office of Probate Judge Frank R Gray to Ross Alvin Hicklin Lawrence and Evelyn Ruth Rose McLouth Manuel Blanco Quenemo and Rose Arreguin Topeka and to Oscar Stevens Winchester and Esther Irene Kramer Bonner Springs
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Frank R. Gray
Ross Alvin Hicklin
Lawrence
Evelyn Ruth Rose
McLouth
Manuel Blanco
Quenemo
Rose Arreguin
Topeka
Oscar Stevens
Winchester
Esther Irene Kramer
Borner Springs
Jewish Businesses Seized in Occupied France
Xavier Vallat announced 80 percent of Jewish business activity in France halted as 1,500 firms were transferred to non Jews. The German occupied territory in Paris and broader France faced widespread asset redirection under occupation.
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Paris
France
Xavier Vallat
Varsity Theater to Reopen With Double Bills and Westerns
The Varsity theater will reopen Sunday with two changes weekly and double bills throughout. First run films at opening include One Night in Rio with Betty Grable and Don Ameche and A Very Young Lady with Jane Withers, plus a 20 cent admission. Thursday openings offer two first run films including a western and a serial. Wahoo program moves from Granada to Varsity on Wednesday nights.
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Varsity
Stan Schwahn
Schwahn
Rio
Betty Grable
Don Ameche
Jane Withers
Granada
Jayhawker
Playground program in Lawrence draws Kiwanis spotlight
Maurice Cannady reported on Lawrence summer playground activities at a Kiwanis luncheon. He showed stereoscopic views of work on school grounds rooms and fields including the swimming pool. Enrollment reached about 700 with daily attendance 325 to 350, a good level for such a program. Guests from the University fire college area included Beaty, Heisler, Tomlinson, and Capt. Oulton from Kansas City Kansas Fire Department.
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Maurice Cannady
Lawrence
Kiwanis Club
Cannady
Fire College
University
O. H. Beaty
Pittsburg
W. Fred Heisler
Stillwater
Okla
D. W. Tomlinson
Fairfax Field
Barnes City
Roy S&s.oulton
Kansas City, Kan
Fire Department
Alabama Coal Miners Are Called From Their Jobs
Birmingham, Sept 4. The United Mine Workers of America notified Alabama coal operators it is canceling the temporary agreement in effect since May 8 and calling all members from work. District president William Mitch said the cancellation was voted by the union scale committee due to delays in negotiating a permanent contract. About 20,000 of the 25,000 Alabama miners were out this afternoon, with others expected to cease work.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Mind’ Workers of America
Alabama
William Mitch
UMWA
Mitch
Archduke Otto's Driver License Suspended in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Registrar Frank A. Goodwin suspended Archduke Otto of Austria's driving license for speeding at 60 miles an hour. He lives in Royalston and was criticized for driving too fast since Hitler had not arrived.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Frank A. Goodwin
Archduke Otto of
Austria
Hitler
Royalston
Award Auditing Contract for County Books
The county board hired Allen French of Topeka to audit the books of county officers after bids from three firms. French quoted 900 dollars, the same as last year, beating Paxson and Bjorkman at 1100 dollars and Brelsford and Gifford Co. at 1500 dollars.
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Board of County Commissioners
Allen French
Topeka
French
Paxson and
Bjorkman
Brelsford and Gifford Company
August Proves Deadly on Kansas Highways
August was a black month on Kansas highways with 52 traffic deaths, up from 42 the year before and 34 in July. The provisional total for the year shows 299 fatalities, compared with 263 for the same period in 1940, according to the highway commission's safety division.
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Topeka
Kansas
Highway Commission
Lawrence Coach and Mrs Replogle Return from Yellowstone
Heard in Lawrence is that Bill Replogle the coach and his wife have come home from Yellowstone National Park where he served this summer as a ranger.
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Bill Replogle
Army to Release 5000 Officers Because of Age
The War Department announced plans to retire about 5000 regular army national guard and reserve officers due to age. The department also said it would seek a $1 billion appropriation to buy more tanks anti tank weapons and anti aircraft gear. Transfers will occur over the coming months to maintain army efficiency.
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Washington
War Department
Robert P. Patterson
Department
Congress
Patterson
British Cruiser Sinks Italian U-Boat in Mediterranean
The British cruiser Hermione rammed and sank an Italian U-boat in the Mediterranean. The U-boat was sighted on the surface and cut in half as Hermione plowed ahead at full speed. No survivors were found.
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London
Méditerranean
Admiralty
Hermione
Allied Shipping Losses Reported in Early War Period
Berlin reports that 13,088,283 tons of British shipping and British service vessels were lost in the first two years of the war. The agency credits the German navy with sinking 9,532, and the air force with 8,555,582 tons.
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Berlin
DNB
Airforce
British invitation to visit Britain prompts cool senate response
The Washington report notes a British invitation for U.S. congress members to visit Britain and study lease-lead materials drew little enthusiasm in the senate today. The subdued reception reflects cautious interest in a potential international inquiry.
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Washington
Congress
Britain
Senate
Axis Raid on Suez Kills One. 21 Hurt in Cairo
An air raid on Cairo and the Suez Canal area last night killed one person and wounded 21, with casualties reported today.
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Suez
Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
Bombing of Rotterdam Docks by Fortress Planes
American built Fortress aircraft bombed the docks at Rotterdam in occupied Holland this afternoon, authorities stated authoritatively.
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Rotterdam
London
Holland
Raid Casualties in Berlin
Berlin reports an Royal Air Force night raid Tuesday left thirty killed and seventy two injured. The Berlin dispatch notes the casualties were confirmed by DNB sources.
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Berlin
R.A.F
DNB
Swiss Germany communications cut off at 11 p.m.
The Columbia Broadcasting System reported that communications between Switzerland and Germany were cut off at 11 p.m. Swiss time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Switzerland
Germany
Prairie City Community Club Meeting Friday at School
Ives Chapel area notices show the Prairie City Community Club plans a Friday evening meeting at the school house with special entertainment Ice cream and cake to be served by the committee Nearby social updates include visitors and visits among residents with multiple households hosting and traveling to and from Denver Omaha Topeka and Kansas City through the week
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Prairie City Community Club
Arthur Rockhold
Near Worden
Charles Vaughn
Albert Williams
Filda Kring
Walter Dyer
Cora Trumbull
Denver
Colo
C. M. Lange
Della Marshall
Ernest Butell
Martin Rohe
Prospect District
R. C. Trotter
J. C. Baker
Sheboygan
C. L
Marilyn
Pati
Mike
Omaha
Neb
Mamie Andrews
High Prairie
L. C. Baker
Roy Clary
Roy Barkley
Union District
Earl Clary
Independence District
Sherman
Frances
W Horace Twichell
Fresno
Calif
Forbid Red Shorts on Tennis Courts
Local notices recount visits and gatherings across Kansas with families from Lawrence Ottawa Topeka and Vinland. Guests include the Butell and Herman Butell families. deaths noted of W. A. Felt of Lawrence. A horse owned by Omar Schoonover contracted sleeping sickness on Tuesday.
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August ‘Wartsack
L. L. Hadley
Frank Lobingler
Mary Lou
L. O. Friedrich
Eugene
Juliana
Kansas City
L. B. Trxwichell
Joe
Tom: Craven
Princeton
John Lightle
Johnny
Alice Hemming
New Union District
Donald Miller
Glenn Howard
Lawrence
R. C. Eichman
Paul and
Tillie
Pasadena
Calif
T. G. Hiatt
Russell Montgomery
Lebanon
Herman Butell
H. &. Cook
Topeka
Marlin Cook
Raymond Barkley
Ronald
Beverly
Rosa Barkley
Mildred Barkley
Harve Athey
W. A. Felt
Philip Miller
Albert Willams
August’ Wartrack
Omar Schoonover
Social News Week of Gatherings Across Kansas City to Gardner
A flurry of visits fills a Baldwin area week with relatives from Kansas City Indianapolis Bloomington and Tulsa guests. Notable events include a family reunion at Charlie Jordon’s with Ehart Shriver and Vaughn clans, a shower for Mildred Marshall Miller, and a basket dinner at Philip Miller’s with Emery Taylors and numerous neighbors.
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George Richardson
Karen
Pleasant Valley
T. G. Hiatt
Kenneth Butler
Dickie
Lincoln
Neb
Howard
Butler
Bertha Dean
Bloomington
John Dean
Miss Dean
Ilinois State Normal
Harold Heiser
Tulsa
Okla
Mary Dean
Ponca City
Dean
Farrell Walker
Ottawa
Milo Story
W. W. Whitted
Leonard Whitted
Lyle and
Ivan
Ted Brown
Bob
Berniece Carnahan
Oliver Price
Baldwin Lake
Henry Bailey
Frances Bailey
Mildred Marshall Miller
Kansas City
Will Johanning
Charlie Jordon
Grandmother Ehart
Wynnewood
Ray Ehart
Larry Smith
Bessie Smith
Melvin
John F. Shriver
Audrey
Dittsburg
Clyde Freund
Charles
Harold Freund
Ronnie
Harry Freund
Gardner
John Ehart
Des Jordon
Peggy
Buddy
Betty
Charles Vaughn
Martin Roche
Albert Williams
A. T. Rockhold
Winland
Weston McWilliams
Paola
George Butell
Donald Miller
Marshall
Oscar
Maxine
Gene
No. 10
Bill Barnum
Betty Marie
Oskaloosa
Elva Emery
Joe
Lymn Taylor
Emma Emery
Ben Davison
Bertha Hemming
Dorothy
Baldwin
Ralph Madl
Prospect District
Cecil Vining
Aileen
Richmond
C. W. Newcomer
Valley Chapel
Valley Chapel social notes tell of Sunday visits
Mrs Will Curtis and Harold Gilbert spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Everett Bond near Centropolis. The McClellands of Overbrook called on Harold Gilbert at the Curtis home. Mrs Lucy Frantz and Esther of Kansas City visited Mrs John Dunn. Walter Thome and another man drove to Osawatomie for a planned baseball game which rain prevented.
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Will Curtis
Harold Gilbert
Everett Bond
Centropolis
Melvin McClelland
Overbrook
Lucy Frantz
Esther
Kansas City
John Dunn
N. F. Thome
Walter
Osawatomie
Market News Stocks and Wheat Rise Amid Steady Loan Levels
New York markets report steady to higher sentiment as wheat prices climb to government loan-rate levels. Oats and rye hit four-year highs, soybeans unsettled. contracts show gains amid cautious seller behavior. Kansas City hogs, cattle, and calves show varied, mostly steady to higher trade with selective strength in beef and stocker classes.
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New York
Hong Kong
Wall Street
Chicago
Livestock Close Kansas City Hogs Unchanged
Kansas City livestock summary reports hogs unchanged and grain fed steers steady but uncertain demand. Cattle market shows limited activity as buyers assess feed costs and season cues.
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Kansas City
Missouri and Kansas City Livestock Prices Report
Prices move unevenly with steady to weak cattle trends and steady sheep and hogs. Missouri steers 11.50 to 11.85 per cwt. native spring lambs up to 12.50. slaughter ewes down from 5.35. receipts: about 500 cattle 150 calves 1,500 hogs 3,000 sheep in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Missouri
Montana
Kansas City Wheat and Corn Prices From AP Report
Wheat and corn futures and cash prices across Kansas City markets show steady to modest gains with varying grades. Notable quotes include No. 3 dark hard wheat around 1.09 to 1.16 dollars, No. 2 yellow corn near 0.70 to 0.75 dollars, and oats around 0.42 to 0.45 dollars, with contracts in September through January indicating slight upwards drift. Updated Chicago close figures list wheat around 1.16 for Sept and 1.20 for Dec, with soybeans near 1.65 to 1.75 and lard futures at 10.50 to 11.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago
Chicago potato market report notes varied demand and prices
Potatoes arrivals total 272 shipments with moderate supplies and good demand, led by Northern Triumphs and Cobblers. Idaho and Oregon Triumphs priced around 1.85 to 1.60 per 100 pounds, with Western Triumphs weaker and Idaho Russet Bur banks steady. Prices listed for U.S. No 1 and commercial grades in multiple regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ap-Usda
U.S
Idaho
Bliss
Oregon Bills
North Dakota Bills
Kansas City Produce Prices Include Poultry And Butter
Kansas City market report lists eggs at 27 and 28 percent, hens at 12 and 18, broilers 15 or 16, springs 13 14 4 17, old roosters 11 12, geese 5, ducks 7 10, tom turkeys 16, hen turkeys 17, butter at 72, creamery butter at 72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Springs
Wall Street Holds Steady Amid Mixed stock Moves
The market today stayed in a stalemate, with prices edging lower on opening losses in steels and rails while copper and some specialties showed steadiness. Turnover approached 500000 shares as U.S. Steel and other leaders lagged, while A N Y Shipbuilding and Lockheed rose to near record levels and cotton futures gained between five and thirty cents per bale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
Hst
U.S. Steel
Youngstown
Sheet
Republic
Goodrich
United Aircraft
American Telephone
Westinghouse
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Southern Pacific and Southern Railway
N.Y. Shipbuilding
Lockheed
Anaconda
Union Carbide
Case
U.S
Night Classes Start Time and Tuition
Night classes will start at 7 15 and run to 9 15 with tuition set at five dollars per student.
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Business College
Nea
The
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Denton
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Wellsville
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Frank Drake
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Armstrong
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