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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1941
Page
3
Washington reports a massive defense tax bill moves to the Senate after a lopsided House passage 369 to 30 but faces immediate talk of major revisions. The measure would raise trillions in revenue via new surtaxes, broadened bases, and new excises.
C Brown from the Kansas State Employment office said workers from southeast Kansas would be hired first for the new shell loading plant in Parsons. All jobs would be filled through state employment offices, and applicants should register at their local offices rather than come to Parsons. He expects registrants from offices besides Parsons to be needed.
Chief Paul Ingels told the city council that eleven fire alarms were recorded in July with total property value of 43 975 and estimated loss of 315. Four alarms occurred outside city limits. Content value was 15 310 with a 60 loss.
President Roosevelt and Rear Admiral Ernest J. King discussed naval matters as the Potomac cruised in northern Atlantic waters en route to an undisclosed destination. The Potomac announced no definite schedule and said weather and fishing prospects would shape daily moves while all aboard were well.
Faced with a shortage of suitable young men, National City Bank hires 60 girls ages 16 to 18 as page boys messengers and runners. The program provides salaries plus stenographic and business training aimed at future responsibilities, building on an earlier six month trial with girl graduates.
Kaw Council Boy Scouts announce the annual Douglas district plunge party on August 7 at the Jayhawk pool in Lawrence. The meet splits into Junior (under 15) and Senior (15 to 17) divisions with two entries per troop and a four event limit per Scout.
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Scouts in the district swim meet will start at 8 p.m. at the Jayhawk pool in Lawrence. Events include dive, various 50 yd strokes, plunge for distance, spoon race, old clothes race, four man relay, and rescue drill. First and second place finishers advance to the council preliminaries on August 13 at Ottawa pool, with finals that same evening at 7:30.
Four gunmen wearing dark sunglasses robbed First National Bank employees in Stroudsburg Pa and escaped in a black sedan with $76000 in currency. They disarmed guard Lewis Heiney and teller Ralph Rheinfels before crossing the Delaware River bridge into New Jersey. The car was likely stolen in Easton Pa. The money was insured and in small denomination pills.
The pegged price plan guarantees a fixed number of bushels at a set price for all farmers, reducing dependence on last year’s acreage. It aims to limit big versus small farmer competition, restore supply demand signals, and tailor regional crops. Administration would focus mainly on measuring production and ensuring pegged values.
The Journal World classified section stands as the town’s busiest marketplace, linking buyers and sellers across jobs, services, and goods with active listings filling pages and daily turnover.
Police plan augmented mounted patrols and detectives to cover Times Square tonight as electrical workers in a city wide strike call a 30 minute blackout in the Broadway district. The action aims to disrupt advertising signs and theater marquees while streetlights and store windows remain lit.
Three Lawrence residents Edith Borden a KU graduate student Mary A Grant and Dr Florence Brown Sherbon attended the 12th annual Writer's conference in Boulder Colorado this summer. Borden and Sherbon returned home Sunday while Grant will stay until the session ends next Friday.
Mrs. Katie M. Miles wife of J T Miles funeral director attends the Progressive National Funeral Directors Association meeting in Galveston Texas August 4 8. She is the only colored woman licensed and practicing in Kansas and also holds a Missouri license.
The only senior recital of the summer session was given last evening in Hoch auditorium by Barbara Anne Brooke. An audience of about two hundred heard five organ numbers performed in an excellent manner with each piece followed by its completion.
The concert featured Moonlight by Karg-Elert and a Concert Variation by Joseph Bonnet praised for accuracy. The performer earned many congratulations after the program and a reception followed at Miller Hall for out-of-town guests. the stage was elaborately decorated.
The Mu Phi Epsilon sorority member Miss Brooke attended the recital with others as the school of fine arts closes its summer session calendar of music events.
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