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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1941
Page
8
Chicago reports U.S. farm livestock values up sharply as wartime demand and government purchases raise prices. Milk cows hens and butterfat show record outputs while parity levels exceed targets. hogs and cattle gain in value with 1941 profits forecast to top 1929.
Chicago August 5 The rail unions demands for wage increases were rejected by railroad management representatives who argued the increases would raise operating costs by 900 million dollars yearly. Union leaders promised to take necessary steps to protect workers.
The state board of regents appoints Dr. L. D. Wooster acting president of Fort Hays State College to succeed the late Dr. C. E. Rarick. Wooster, longtime faculty member since 1919, earned a Ph.D. from Stanford in 1936 and a Master of Philosophy from Wisconsin in 1919.
Julian Price of Greensboro N C president of a large insurance firm arrived at a Columbia South Carolina office meeting with his shoes off to help a shabby man outside the building who asked for better footwear. He removed his own shoes and gave them to the astonished man who could not thank him.
Readers show strong daily engagement with the classifieds as 76 percent of subscribers report reading the page every day. The data highlights classifieds as a core reader habit and a key engagement metric.
In New York, Judge Franklyn Taylor recessed the murder trial of Louis Buchalter and three co-defendants until September 15 due to widespread veniremen reluctance to serve. The judge noted an unprecedented jury runout as July heat affects attendance. 26 of 250 grand jury panel members failed to appear and 129 sought excuses.
Homer Baker a 59 year old farmer from near Ottawa Kansas died from injuries after a collision between his car and a street car as he rushed to the hospital where his wife was to undergo major surgery. Baker suffered a skull fracture July 29. Mrs. Baker, 55, had surgery the same day and has not been told of the accident. This marks the nineteenth traffic fatality in the city this year compared with eleven last year.
German submarine surrenders to H M S Broadway after depth charge attack by Aubretia and escort ships. Broadway fired and prepared to ram as crew emerged with hands raised. Officers and men awarded two DSOs, three DSCs, and three DSMs among three attacking ships.
A representative of the state board of agriculture will confer with city council members on bindweed control in a session Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock in the city hall. Cities must eradiate bindweed within their limits under 1937 statutes. Mayor C B Russell urges all members to attend.
Several persons from Lawrence attended the thirty third annual convention of the Woman's Mite Missionary Society of the Kansas Conference held in Iola last week.
Rev. Mr. Vaughn and members of his congregation hosted a meeting on Wednesday and Thursday. Attendees from Lawrence included Mrs. Robert May Mathis, president of the local society, Rev. L K Mathis, Mrs. Della Bryant, and Mrs. Ida Walker. A summer vacation subscription to the Journal-World is described as a long daily letter from home. Phone 22.
Public notice announces a budget hearing for the Wear 1941 Drainage District in Douglas County Kansas. The meeting set for August 15 1941 at 9 AM at the Court House will review expenditures receipts and proposed tax levy with amendments. Authorities listed include Wesley E Brune president Emil W Heck treasurer and F H Jahns secretary.
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