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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1941
Page
1
Topeka expected to endure a lengthy hot spell with temperatures near 100. Forecaster S D Flora predicts cooler northwest relief soon but distant. Rains were scarce with Sublette and St Francis reporting light amounts. Manhattan reached 96 degrees yesterday as highs near 98 to 112 are forecast.
Reports from London say Japan demanded military bases in Siam and control of rubber, rice and tin in exchange for promising Laos and Angkor return. Britain warns bases within 400 miles of Singapore threaten Burma and India as Burma defenses strengthen with new airfields and American bombers.
Secretaries Ickes and oil executives plan a nightly 7 pm to 7 am shutdown of about 100000 stations across 12 states and the DC to conserve fuel. If this curfew fails to slash consumption, further steps including bulk quotas, gasless Sundays, and rationing may follow.
In Truro, Nova Scotia, 500 Canadian soldiers attacked an amusement park after a comrade was shot in a row. They charged 50 military police, toppled booths and the merry go round, and a second charge followed as 145 more police arrived to clear the grounds.
President Risto Ryti told foreign correspondents in Helsinki that Finland fights for its rights and has no imperial ambitions. He said Finland hopes to remain friends with America and desires lasting peace in Europe after the war during an informal White House reception.
Douglas Aircraft announced that by January 1 it expects to hire 15,000 additional workers, bringing total personnel to 47,000. Further enlargements at California and Tulsa plants aim to raise eventual employment to 65,000.
UPI-DNB reports from Bratislava that several thousand children from Berlin and western Germany were settled in peovakin to escape British air raids.
The Tatuta Maru received customs approval to unload its cargo, valued at about $3 million including silk and furs, delaying its sailing for up to 50 hours. Attachments and a libel suit against the cargo prompted a hold on departure, while Heian Maru faced its own seizure and bond demands in Seattle.
Washington reports say price control legislation stalled again amid dispute over including installment buying restrictions. Senator Glass plans to introduce the measure in the Senate but withheld provisions. Representative Cannon called one draft inequitable and unworkable, as Rankin noted the price talk affected cotton prices. Senate agriculture members discussed safeguarding farmers' interests in any program.
The Lawrence planning commission adopted subdivision regulations at a luncheon meeting at Wiedemann's under an enabling act allowing city regulation within three miles of the city limits. The rules cover tentative approval, preliminary and final plats, with minimum standards. A Country Club Terrace subdivision near the Country Club was then submitted for commission review.
Washington reports sponsors aim to limit active duty extension to 18 months for selectees guardsmen reservists and regulars while proposing a total cap of two and a half years. Senator Taft critiques the plan as insufficient and warns of a political clash ahead as deadline pressure persists.
Bernard Frazier, University of Kansas sculptor, leaves by motor for New Mexico to mount a solo exhibition in Santa Fe galleries. Accompanied by Noble DeRain of Columbia, Mo., he will display Fractious Horse Lady With Falcon Cherokee Indian head and Mare Colt. The trip includes attendance at Santo Domingo corn dance and visits to ice caves cliff dwellings Las Vegas and Taos artists’ colony, with return in 10 days.
The index of 60 stocks averaged 44.1 points. Yesterday the same figure of 44.1 was recorded, signaling a steady reading amid market activity.
Tense reports from Vichy indicate possible major political changes within the government over the weekend. Influential figures from the occupied zone and calls in Paris press for shakeups fuel speculation as Petain meets Leahy and De Brinon to discuss foreign and internal perspectives.
Topeka daily the Capital and the Journal will share mechanical and business departments under a new non profit corporation the Topeka Newspaper Printing Company Inc. The editorial news departments remain independent while Capper and Stauffer lead the venture intended to cut costs and taxes.
Nearly 500 Western wheat growers arrived in Dayton on a nine coach train from Chicago to urge Ohio farmers to drop opposition to federal marketing restrictions. Ralph C. Brown led an Ohio delegation to meet them as Ray Schnell stated the aim to end two federal court suits challenging the wheat control law.
London reports an axis convoy off the Belgian coast was attacked in daylight by Blenheim bombers escorted by R A F fighters. At least one ship of about 2000 tons sank and bombs were seen to straddle another ship. Two bombers and one fighter did not return.
German sources report Pi-Two armored trains two munitions trains and 40 tanks were destroyed by the German air force on the Russian front yesterday, in a significant wartime loss for Soviet forces near Berlin.
Fifty printers and linotype operators from across Kansas gather at the University of Kansas for a two day Printers Mechanical Conference. Topics include cylinder or Webb press choice, preparing copy for engravers, care of composing machines, and reducing engraving costs. A World Company tour, stockroom leak talk, and a banquet with speeches and demonstrations cap the program.
Four Chicago grain experts completing their monthly surveys raised spring wheat to 260 million bushels, the largest since 1932, and increased corn to 2.602 billion bushels. The revisions, though tempered by a late July heat wave, placed total spring and winter crops at 925 million bushels, the highest since 1938.
Claude Eugene Parker, listed in the U S Navy, reports he is stationed with the U S Asiatic Fleet. Son of Mrs A S Murphy of 982 Vermont he enlisted June 18 1940. He has visited Guam Honolulu and the Philippine Islands and says shore leaves are scarce. He thanks Lawrence friends who signed his autograph book and notes his Ascap backed memories. Parker is a Garrene Memorial High School graduate. In New York Aug 1 the Ascap-NBC contract clears for music to return to NBC networks.
A summer subscription to the Journal-World is described as a long daily letter from home. It reassures readers they will not feel like strangers when returning to Lawrence and provides the contact phone number 22.
Atlanta August 1 Governor Eugene Talmadge said he would urge the legislature to burn all books in Georgia schools and libraries that advocate racial coeducation He cited a copy of We Sing America by Marion Cuthbert published by Friendship Press New York The Rosenwald fund helped finance the book and distribution to Negro schools while state official M D Collins confirmed its Rosenwald library status with cost sharing by the fund and counties
Fort Hays State College president C E Rarick died at 62 from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born March 17 1879 in Glen Elder Kansas he led Fort Hays since November 30 1934 after serving as acting president. He previously studied at Kansas Wesleyan University and did graduate work at Kansas and Colorado.
Douglas county farmers are invited to a second wheat penalty protest meeting Monday at 8 in the Community building. Gerald Gordon of Brown county will speak. Ed Heaston, association chairman, says an executive committee will be named and a membership drive begun. Attendees invited include Sen Thale V Skovgard and Harry Woodring. A public address system and songs by a quartet are planned.
The Rev. Alfred J. Beil of Trinity Lutheran will deliver the sermon at the Sunday union service at 7 45 o clock in Southpark on A God Centered Life. Mildred Reuter will accompany on piano and a men s choir with Mr and Mrs John Urich performing a duet. Louis Must Pay 200 a Week in Alimony Case Chicago Aug 1 Heavyweight Champion Joe Loris ordered to pay his estranged wife Marva 200 a week pending alimony petition Circuit Judge Michael Feinberg noted 100 a week had been paid voluntarily since last April.
A shower in Coffeyville Kansas on August 1 dropped temperatures by 20 degrees in 90 minutes and brought 0.24 inch of precipitation, including some hail.
Charles Constant Rankin of Barker avenue will depart Monday for Fort Leavenworth to join the army. Walter Hamilton Lucas, also slated for service, has a second deferment and plans to enlist in the army air corps. Four inductees and four alternates were named by Bruce Cameron, board chairman. Inductees include Howard Hood, Harry Edmondson, Joseph Cox, and Robert Mason. Alternates are Roy Moll Jr, Howard Howell, Bill Reed, and Glenn Smith.
Britain and Finland formally cut diplomatic relations with the Finnish government recalling its minister and ordering the British ambassador Gordon Vereker to return home. The move follows Finland's alignment with Germany and a British air raid on Petsamo.
The Royal Air Force reports heavy bombers attacked Benghasi on the Libyan coast causing several fires with one visible 50 miles away. Bombers also attacked ships in Messina harbor in Sicily, with all planes returning safely.
ARles Fanning, former Australian featherweight and lightweight champion, was appointed by the WPA as a boxing instructor at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. The Bartlesville Oklahoma native won five Australian titles in 1916 during a six month stay and has taught at the Municipal boxing club for two years.
Five day outlook from 6 30 p m August 1 to 6 30 p m August 6 predicts above normal temperatures across the district with scattered thundershowers and light rainfall. Localized heavy rains are possible in Kansas and Oklahoma with mostly fair conditions elsewhere.
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