CHICAGO – A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Topeka says:

“Kansas is sending out the strongest appeal of her history for men to work in the Harvest fields.

At least 25,000 more men than are in sight now will be needed and desperate measures will be adopted to draft men into the service behind the self-binders.

State free employment agent Cersow holds that a number of railroads are largely to blame for the shortage of harvest hands. He says the railroads need every man they can get to complete their own work and for this reason they have refused to grant the one cent a mile passenger rate that usually is made for the harvest hands. They fear, it is said, that a call from the wheat field with attractive wages will draw away their laborers who get only $1.25 for working the tracks.”

50 Years Ago, 1956

Several persons tried to transact business yesterday at the Androscoggin County building and were much surprised to learn the county offices were closed. For all county employees except the sheriff’s department, it was a long weekend. Under the new law county building offices are closed all day Saturdays during the summer, starting the first of June, and with offices closed the three-day holiday.

25 Years Ago, 1981

At the movies. Lewiston Twin: “Clash of the Titans,” PG; “The Four Seasons,” PG. Northwood Twin, Auburn: “The Cannonball Run,” PG; “Nice Dreams,” R. Auburn Drive-In: “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,” R; “The Children,” R; “Terror,” R. Lewiston Drive-In: “Excalabur,” R; “The Awakening,” R. Empire Theater, Lewiston: “Superman II,” PG. Parkview Cinema, Lewiston: “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” PG. Ritz, Lewiston: “Blue Magic,” XXX. Lisbon Drive-In: “Bustin’ Loose,” R; “The Incredible Shrinking Woman,” PG.