Many Kansas Farmers Now Live In Town
Washington AP report notes a shift since World War I with many wheat farmers in western Kansas leaving farms. Warren R. Bailey of the Agriculture Department cites intermingled farm and nonfarm interests and family move to towns as causes. By 1955 about 30 percent of cash grain farmers in 18 western counties lived off their farms, rising to 40 percent in Greeley, Hamilton and Stanton.
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Kansas
Warren R. Bailey
Agriculture Department
Farm Economics Research Division
Yearbook of Agriculture
Bailey
Greeley
Hamilton
Stanton
Wheat farmers across regions described as central to Great Plains
The text profiles a wheat producing farmer who holds a central role in the Great Plains economy. It notes tenant operators, seasonal work off the farms, and wheat as the dominant crop. Mentions Nebraska roots, Topeka ranching, and wheat farming across Montana Colorado New Mexico Kansas Texas and Mexico.
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Mexico
Texas
Nixon Out Campaigning Fires Away At Truman
Vice President Nixon signals a return to 1954 campaigning with a Indianapolis speech urging Republicans to fight hard in a bid for a stronger Congress. He attacked Democrats, defended Eisenhower’s record, and warned of Democrats growing strength, while Truman portrayed as soft on communism. The two leaders offered stark contrasts on national policy and political strategy.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Indianapolis
Ind
Harry
Ord
Eisenhower
United States
Bailey
Encouraged by Warsaw Talks and U S Policy Shifts
Nixon warned that a Democratic victory would trigger a wild spending binge by radical Democrats while Dulles reported a labor racketeering probe and a fire torch accident injuring Jerry Reed as campaign notes pressed hard on policy. Chou En-lai urged peaceful negotiation but warned the conflict remains unsettled as U S Red China ambassadorial talks resume at Warsaw.
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Colby
Kas
Capseneck
Wby
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Italy
Dulles
Jerry Reed
Formosa
Rees Reaainen
Reed
Lence
Chou En-lai
China
United States
Chou
States Department
Warsaw
Bank Call Issued By Comptroller In Washington
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a bank call requiring all national banks to report their condition as of September 24. The directive aims to assess capital, assets, and liabilities across the banking system.
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Washington
Teamsters Union Contributors Backing Democrats Cited
Senate Rackets Committee cites Teamsters donations dating to 1954 including 30000 dollars given to Democratic funds to aid Senator Wayne Morse in his 1956 bid for re election.
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Union
Senate
GOP
Teamsters
Wayne Morse
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