Benson Sees Farms Nearing Prosperity in World War II Context
Agriculture Secretary Benson says farm prosperity is rising and revised federal farm programs are needed. He cites record farm income, easing price pressures, and calls for policy shifts to reflect abundant production, higher market access, and to avoid price supports that restrain efficiency. He notes draftee screening and manpower shifts affecting the Fifth Army area and broader mobilization.
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Tary
Benson
Tata
Allie
Taney
South Dakota
Vatican Decree Bans Hungarian Priests From Public Office
The Vatican, by decree dated July 16 and published in ACTA Apostolicae Sedis, forbids priests in Hungary from seeking or holding public office under excommunication. Priests must resign within a month and cease aiding or cooperating with their offices. Unclear if any priests currently serve in Parliament or hold other posts. The move aims to prevent Communist influence on the church in Hungary.
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Pius XI
Vatican Congregation of the Council
Hungary
Acta Apostolicae Sedis
Vatican
Speeding in 35 mile zone draws protest from motorist
Miss Winifred Ann Zebley, 21, says she was ticketed for going one mile per hour over the limit in Hightstown New Jersey on Labor Day. She calls the charge ridiculous and Keystone Auto Club will provide a legal representative for her Monday court appearance. The officer said her speed was electrically timed and she was not offered a chance to pay a fine then.
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Philadelphia
Hightstown
N. J
Lasbor
Winifred Ann Zebley
Anie
Keystone Automobile Club
Korea Flu Rate High Amid Summer Epidemic
South Korean government officials estimate extensive illness from a flu outbreak across June July and August. The epidemic swept the peninsula prompting health authorities to monitor infections and response measures.
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Seoul
Mental Hospital Escapee Captured in Kansas City
Kansas City police captured William Otto Tairri an escapee from the Colorado Shoe Hospital Pueblo after a tip led to him talking on a telephone at a neighborhood drug store. He was armed with two weapons but had no chance to use them. Tairri was held for investigation and observation on robbery and conspiracy charges as authorities questioned how he arrived in the area and his activities since escaping.
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Kansas City
William Otto Tairri
Colorado Shoe
Pueblo
Palice
Ruri
Burri
Desoto Community Notes Include Visits and School Events
Desoto residents hosted and visited relatives across Kansas and Missouri. The De Soto High School band joined Gardner Centennial events while residents attended weddings in Belton and visits spanned from Olathe to Clinton, with travel to Buffalo and Belton noted for family occasions.
Longs Return From St Louis Visit via Ozarks
Mr and Mrs Charles Long return from a visit in St Louis with her sister Mrs Flossie Bowen Draper. They drive home through the Ozarks. Harold Streator comes home from Exeter NH where he spent the summer at Exeter School for Boys.
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St. Louis
Flossie Bowen Draper
Ozarks
Harold Streator
Exeter
Eixeter School
Howard Wellman
Richard
Oregon
Washington
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Ariz
Leland
West Coast
Yosemite Park
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Black Hills
Homer Trapp
Roy Sellars
Joe Cavanaugh
Will Armstead
Sellars
Cavanaugh
Armstead
Roger Barker
England
Jonathon
Yellowstone National Park
Europe
Barker
Congress of Psychologists
Brussels
Belgium
Palo Alto
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Local residents and students pursue education and travel
Barker teaches at Stanford while Jonathon heads to Cambridge to enter Harvard for junior year. Means family moved near town and is employed at Fort Leavenworth Fort Hospital. Mary Lindsay returns to Leavenworth after visiting family. Leechs return from Estes Park. George Nickum and son James visit with aunts Margaret James and Rebecca O'Brien. Havel Jenkins starts second year at Mt Union School near Nortonville. Lopp family from Jones Oklahoma guests of Chloe Grimes and Alpha Dennis. Harvey Rash visits Harrisonville Arkansas for Labor Day with parents E. L. Young. Topeka secretaries visit homes here. 4 H winners from valley falls. Jolly Juniors members Bateman visiting Parkville. Patrick returns from Salina with Presbyterian Youth. Ruth Steller of Austria befriends Don Simon and Mrs Simon via Church World Service. Robert Taylor home hosts Rainwater family from Bendena. Arden Rusk teaches at Pleasant Hill unit Ozawkie August session. Marie Heibsch returns to nursing in Topeka. Ailee Henry hosts Jefferson County Women’s Republican club meeting at country home.
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Bellflower
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Kansas City
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Loved Talley
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Clea Rhodes
DeSoto East
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Quivera Lake
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Pauline Broveak
Evanston
Ruby Wertenberger
Morrowville
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K.U. Medical Center
Clinton
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Ernest Sigman
DeSoto High School
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Maurice
Tom Davison
Ann Linden
Nancy Davison
Belton
Barker
Stanford University
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Cambridge
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Edgington Place
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Ft. Teavenworth
Fort Hospital
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Leavenworth
William Leech
Estes Park
Cola
S. George Nickum
James
Margaret James
Rebecca O'Brien
Havel Jenkens
Mt. Union School
Nortonville
Lottie Lopp
Tnd
Wilbur Lopp
Jones
Chloe
Grimes
Alpha Dennis
Slaughter Fielen
Harvey Rash
Harrisonville
Ark
E. L. Young
Topeka
Tauise Butzbach
Nedra Wie
Hans
Donahc Ruth Dunbar
Betty Metguer
Shirley Rogers
Nancy Means
Nancy McPherson
Valley Falls
Harry Bateman
Ross Bate
Parkville
Patricia
Edmonds
Curtis
Patrick
Salina
Ruth Steller
Austria
Don ‘Simon
Simon
Steiler
Church World Service Organization
Robert Taylor
Percy Rainwater
Bendena
Arden Rusk
Ozawkie
Pleasant Hill
K.ulb
Margaret Ford
Roswell
Nlm
Edith Ford
Agnes Stover
Marie. Heibsch
Leo Helbsch
Ailee Henry
Jefferson County Women's Republican Club
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