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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1940
Page
4
Republication line shows a lawrence Kansas daily edition dated Saturday August 3 1940 with subscription guidance. It notes post office entry as second class matter under the 1879 act and requests readers report non receipt by 7 pm with a 7 to 7:30 call window.
A brief religious quotation from the Gospel of John scene where Jesus proclaims that those who follow him will have the light of life instead of darkness. The verse emphasizes spiritual guidance and salvation.
The piece notes Tuesday's primaries will conclude the campaign with few contests and emphasizes Americans duty to vote. It underscores citizen responsibility and the quieter pre election period, calling for thoughtful judgment in choosing public servants.
The article argues that air power has become a two way battle with both sides bombing German centers and ports. It notes German pamphlets and blitzkrieg experience, British counterattacks, and the widening destruction behind lines. It suggests neither side yet commands the air, though British strength nears German levels.
Lawrence unit members prepare to join with others for an extensive 20 day training of modern field operations. The exercise will form regiments brigades divisions and armies in peace time. Congress will decide further training for a guard brought to full peace time strength.
The president spoke in favor of a selective service act amid defense concerns, stressing nonpartisan national defense matters during an election year. The remarks follow earlier silence on the subject and reflect not an exclusive administration policy but a stance on conscription.
The text discusses party positions on defense needs and selective service as essential to career military readiness. It contrasts proposed pay raises for soldiers with broader calls for civic sacrifice and fair distribution of service burdens. It also notes CCC camps and relief pay may deter enlistment, arguing against “easy living” in favor of sacrifice for the common welfare.
A Republican candidate for Missouri governor declares opposition to pressure groups funded from any source. He defends blunt talk as honest discourse, arguing that political rhetoric should reveal genuine thoughts rather than conceal them.
New regulations would halt about 20 percent of U S scrap iron exports to Japan. The report warns some material could return as shells, giving the government a reason to retain more scrap iron domestically.
The piece asserts the Nazi plan for England has altered its tactics but retains the objective of destroying England. It states that without reaching that aim, seized territories cannot be deemed fully won.
General de Gaulle, who refused surrender, has been condemned to death by a French court martial. He is in England, where he remains in exile from fascist France during the war.
The government moves to remove aliens and alien sympathizers from Zone employee rolls in a careful, thorough ongoing effort.
The piece portrays U S foreign policy as juggling European affairs and China while remaining politically attentive at home. It reflects a cautious stance amid shifting alliances and economic pressures of the era.
The U S stands first in ratifying the London naval treaty and placing its terms in effect. Three of its 13 battleships have been withdrawn for scrapping this fall. Weather records show Lawrence’s 108 degree day the hottest on record, matching readings in 1874 1901 and 1926. Douglas county 4 H club members joined a tour directed by J B Taylor visiting local households and families. Guests of honor at a Lakes Geneva Wisconsin party included Miss Harriet Daniels and Miss Winifred Koenig with supper and dancing.
Fuehrer Hitler scatters peace leaflets over England while Nazi aims endure. The piece argues the war trends toward attrition, urges a rapid settlement to halt Europe’s slide into chaos and restore economic order, noting Germany’s boosted iron coal and wartime production from occupied areas.
Trinity Lutheran Church plans to join the Parish Education program of the United Lutheran Church in America. Rev Alfred J Beil will announce the program Sunday to the congregation. The sermon centers on the Greeks in Jesus day with the theme We Would See Jesus. Miss Jeanette Erwin will sing Lord Make Me Strong and Miss Winifred Hill is guest organist playing Meditation by Lucas and Marche Romaine by Gounod.
University opens with three new buildings on the hill the Dread Training school the Pi Beta Phi chapter house and the Plank apartment house at 1201 Dread street. School board names new clerk and notes retirements and new appointments while reports from Belgium describe heavy fighting near Ypres and a steady stream of wounded. Social events include Una Stockwell entertaining guests Bertha and Katherine Henry and Irene Pickard plus a picnic in South Park for Murray Snow’s birthday. Mr and Mrs George Oder and family plan a trip to Bell Fountain Ohio for the remainder of the summer.
A 46-year-old Frenchwoman in Tarn north of Toulouse recounts life hiding with family and Paris friends after May 10. She details shortages of sugar butter and fuel, heavy cooking duties for 18 in one house, and wartime morale sustained by hope for France. She notes relatives’ exams and futures, and a Belgian husband missing for 12 weeks.
The navy awarded 4,305,000 in contracts for work at naval air stations on Kodiak and Unalaska islands to strengthen defenses opposite Russian territory. A coast guard cutter confirmed a Russian air base is under development on Big Diomede in the Bering Strait, close to American Little Diomede.
Senator Burke predicts Vice President Garner will resume presiding over the senate early next week after a ten day absence spent voting in the Texas Democratic primary. Some associates doubted his return to Washington.
Forty years ago residents discussed drought and rain needs. H D Whitman fears aging, Charlie Doane and Claude Hullett plan a Fraternal Aid ritual. Sewer fights earlier resurface and curb debates recur. A walk along Teck street on the south Leis side and Bob Summerfield’s late night gathering are noted. A mechanical piano player with perforated paper rolls fascinates observers.
Senator Burke of Nebraska said he wrote to 150 opponents of a third term urging testimony on a constitutional amendment for a single six year term. He backs Wendell Willkie and expects hearings soon. the plan would apply to presidents elected after this election and would require ratification by 36 states.
Fire at the Oklahoma City stockyards destroyed pens and four barns, injuring three workers and killing more than 100 head of livestock before control was achieved. Assistant Fire Chief J. J. Lynn estimated damage over 50 dollars thousand. Injured were stockyards employees Robert Allen J. B. McFarland and L. D. Watson.
The board of education will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday night at 7 30 at Liberty Memorial High School. A public hearing on the proposed budget is scheduled. The board room is to the left as one enters the building off the superintendent's office.
Local Baldwin notes a string of visits and travels with Ulrich and Gander couples returning from Colorado trips joined by relatives from Topeka and Michigan. Obituary for Mrs. Alexander Bruner follows a decade of illness, with funeral plans to be announced. Dr. Nelson P. Horn to guest preach in Topeka, broadcast on WIBW, and community events include Guernsey breeders meeting at Baldwin High School and Delta Kappa Gamma induction for Anna Moore.
Johnny Regan loves Molly Travers while Jean Reynolds vies for his affection and the Reynolds cameo drives tension. Jean plans to leave Cape Town for Boston as Molly and Andre Masters stir jealousy, with Molly forcing Johnny to choose between love and theater life.
Sarah Esther Tudhope born July 21 1860 in Nevada Ohio came to Stranger Kansas with her parents in 1867 and died July 1940. She helped witness the first school and church unions in Stranger and married Hugh Parry April 13 1881. Survived by sons John and William Theodore Parry, brother James Tudhope, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral from The Cedars July 26 conducted by Rev H L Nelson with Eastern Star members. interment Mt Sydney cemetery east of Linwood.
Saturday evening programing features WREN and KMBC with music by Gordon Jenkins and the Cavaliers. WDAF hosts casino orchestra and Listener's Playhouse while KMBC and WBAP present foreign news and a barn dance lineup.
In Shenandoah Iowa on August 3 a bee caused Mrs G Apple to fall from a car seat. She fractured her arm and sustained severe facial cuts while trying to shoo the bee away at the door.
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