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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1944
Page
8
An excerpt describes punishment for pilots with improper landings aboard a carrier during wartime service. It notes discipline actions for violations of flight deck procedures and references a wardroom piano and casual shore leave details, with censorship removing individual names. The piece evokes life aboard a naval vessel and the mix of strict rules with peacetime remnants.
Washington reports the War Production Board and War Department pressing the War Food Administration for immediate action to relieve a serious shortage of corn for vital war materials. Plants close or limited due to grain shortages. corn used in explosives adhesives sulfa drugs penicillin starches for metals. movement to market nearly halted by feed shortages and rising farm prices under hold-the-line policy. Representatives urge more acreage this spring as two policy options meet agency objections. Joc h ems heads War Fund.
Topeka April 20 W D Jochems of Wichita was chosen to succeed Lt Gov Jess C Denions of Dodge City as president of the Kansas United War Fund He also serves as state USO chairman Other officers named include Al Hancock E W Stillwell Mrs Will G West and Frank Haucke with David Neiswanger and Frank L Dynam continuing in key posts More than 300 athletes from 23 high schools in Missouri Kansas and Iowa will compete at the first St Joseph Relays Friday afternoon and night.
A Miss Twente led a panel discussion in Topere sponsored by Kanate PTA. The event gathered community members and local figures to discuss civic issues and upcoming activities.
The Kansas executives council named Jack Beey Peka Hensack to lead the project with a 90 day term. He will oversee the demolition plan and supervise the power plant razing for a budget around 2,296. The decision comes as Topeka awards the contract and sets the schedule.
McLOUTER Mission Circle met April 6 with nine members and guests from Omaha. Agnes Bower led the devotional, and Easter hat contests plus refreshments were enjoyed. Neighborhood Circle Club met April 5 with Opal Wellman. two contests awarded to Mrs. William Nowak. Next meetings set for April 29 and May at different homes. McLouth seniors plan a mystery comedy on April 21. Maurice Chapman arrived for a ten day leave. Delbert Burnam enlisted in the navy for training.
A reader 78 credits Kellogg's All Bran with solving chronic constipation after six weeks of daily use with milk and fruit. Scientists cite All Bran’s cellulose-like elements aiding colonic bacteria while stressing it is a gentle regulating food, not a purgative.
The garbled text lists numerous names, teams, and events in a jumbled sports or column section, mentioning Pacers, Margret, Kane, and various places and people in a dense, unreadable OCR fragment. It reads like a stray mosaic of scores, players, and venues without coherent narrative.
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