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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1940

Page

8

Roosevelt Inspects New England Defenses At Portsmouth Navy Yard

President Franklin D Roosevelt began a weekend tour of New England defenses, visiting the Portsmouth navy yard where five submarines worth 27 500 000 were under construction. He rode to the yard with Secretaries Knox and Hopkins and was greeted by Governor Murphy and Rear Admiral Wainwright before sailing aboard the Potomac for Boston.

Portsmouth N. H Roosevelt New England Portsmouth Navy Yard Navy Frank Knox Hyde Park N. Y Francis F. Murphy New Hampshire Maine John D. Wainwright Boston Navy Yard Piscataqua River Dennett’s Island John Anne Roosevelt Nahant Massi Mr. Roosevelt Admiral Wainwright Bass White House Boston Navy Yard Wainwright Ann Potomac Haven Pier 2 Watertown Mass William Donovan Europe White’ House Newnport R. I Naval War College Narragansett Bay Quonsett Point New London Conn Electric Boat Company Groton Washington Knox and Hopkins E. M. Watson Daniel J. Callaghan Ross T. McIntyre

Topeka marksman Mart Enoch Sr wins gun doubles cup

Mart Enoch Sr of Topeka topped the Lawrence Gun Club event by breaking 47 of 50 targets to win the T. J. Leapure doubles cup. Atchison’s Heklenkaengver claimed the evening’s trophy in the added carget race, while readers were urged to renew their Journal-World subscription before summer vacation.

Mart Enoch, Sr Topeka Lawrence Red Heklenkaengver Atchison

Census shows 256 denominations with 55.8 million members

Washington August 10. The census bureau reports 256 religious denominations in the United States with 55,807,366 members in 1936 and a rise of about one million since 1926. Largest group Roman Catholic 19,914,937. smallest Friends Primitive with 14 members.

Washington Census Bureau United States Negro Baptists Methodist Episcopal Church Southern Baptist Convention South Presbyterian Church In United States of America Protestant Episcopal Church Northern Baptist Convention United Lutheran Church In America Disciples of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri Ohio Congregational and Christian Churches Friends Primitive

Hopewell and Independence social notes in Kansas City visit

Hopewell and Independence residents are listed from a busy period of social visits and community activities. Entries mention Mr. and Mrs. Taul traveling to North Kansas City to visit relatives, Char lie Pitts injured by a bull, neighborhood help with hay, and several guests at local homes. Bonnie Jean Adriance attended the Epworth League Institute in Baldwin and WIBW singing trip.

B. L. Taul Kansas City Independence James Gale Arthur Flory Henry Seele Ray Price Charlie Gale Hibbard Taul Stanley Alvin Heinen Larry Jamie Taul Bonnie Jean Adriance Baldwin Epworth League Institute R. B. Holloway Virginia Earl Black George Topeka Willis Warner Altha Evelyn Dorothy Gleason Barbara Beals Edith le Master WIBW Leo James Dyer John Osborne Corvallis Ore Mr. Osborne Black Charles Vaughn Vaughn Martin Roche, Jr William Cox Judy Lawrence Lewis Tucker

Alaska cruise tale with Brinkmans recalls iceberg sighting

Mr and Mrs H C Brinkman report a Northwest voyage aboard the S S Aleutian visiting Seward Anchorage Cordova Seattle Rainier National Park Portland San Francisco and the world's fair They recount seeing a large iceberg break from a glacier near the Columbia Glacier and note the cold snap felt aboard the ship with foghorns and a 20 degree temperature drop in minutes They describe Alaska Nellie s cabin relics salmon canneries and wildflowers during the trip including pink fireweed and delphinium

H. C. Brinkman Northwest Alaska Columbia Glacier Glacier Cordova Brinkman Lawrence Walter T. Stuart Ketchikan Stuart Edward Bumgardner Seattle Ranier National Park Portland San Francisco Redwood Forest Salt Lake

Bleach Banishes Hot Weather Kitchen Odors

When temperatures rise food smells intensify in kitchens. A simple method uses a small amount of Purex bleach daily on the drainboard and wiped surfaces to remove lingering odors from the sink stove and refrigerator, then a cloth damp with water finishes the job.

Cottage Cheese Salad From Mrs. Alfred Mikesell

A gelatin based cottage cheese salad recipe from Mrs. Alfred Mikesell Route 1 Oskaloosa. It uses pineapple juice boiling water pineapple, lemon juice or vinegar, cottage cheese, pineapple, celery, pimentos and whipped cream. The mixture is chilled in a mould and served on lettuce with salad dressing.

Plums and Apricots Make Rich Butter and Jam

Plums and apricots yield old fashioned fruit butters and jams with a winey tang. The butter uses dried apricots and ripe plums, cooked with sugar and salt until thick and spreadable, then canned hot. The peach and plum jam blends ripe peaches with plums, sugar and fruit pectin for a rolling boil and quick set.

Jewel Box Refreshments At Shower With Ice Cream

A jewel box dessert features sweetened wafers forming a box filled with brick ice cream. The oblong wafers are bound by pink icing with a pink iced lid adorned by lilies of the valley. Gifts were placed in a large decorated jewel box.

Vacation subscription pitch for Journal World

An old hometown notice promotes a vacation subscription to the Journal-World priced at 35 or 400 cents per month with a contact phone number 22.

The Journal-World

Death of Edith Eustace in Southbourne England reported

Mrs H E Eustace learns of the death of her cousin Miss Edith Eustace on July 14 at her home in Southbourne a Bournemouth suburb England. Miss Eustace had visited Lawrence in 1935 and made friends there. A paralytic stroke occurred as she mailed a letter.

H. E. Eustace Edith Eustace Southbourne Hournemouth England Miss Eustace Lawrence Isle Wight Eustace France Dunquerque Empire

Miss Agnes Mumert Chosen for Midwest Campus Fashion Feature

Will Report Campus Fashions Miss Agnes Mumert of Kansas, a KU senior this fall, among 20 college students selected to send campus style news to a leading fashion magazine next year. She edits the K-Book at the University and represents a first for a Middle Western university in the magazine’s fashion news.

Agnes Mumert Oue Kan University of Kansas

Fairview Marks Fiftieth Anniversary of Present School

A celebration at Fairview school on Sunday August 25 marks 50 years since the present building's erection. A basket dinner and program follow a request for former teachers, district residents, and friends to attend. Information on past teachers from 1877 to 1890 and names such as May Richardson and Ella Pierson is sought by organizer Mrs. C. E. Ralston.

Fairview C. E. Ralston Nettie Ten S Brook P. E. Vestal C. E. Smith Sineiss Ripley J. W.phelps Pearl Smith Julia McAffery Mamie Ellis Mamie Allis Roberta Stratford Mary Rowland Charles Elwell May Richardson Ella Pierson Joseph Owens C. B. Cramer Imma Beckwith Maggie Wilson Will McQuiston

Peach Nests Jellied Peach Mold Dessert

A lime tang peach mold with green molds and sun ripened fruit. Serve chilled as a salad and dessert or with lemon cream dressing. Dissolve gelatin in hot water. Pour into sherbet glasses then set. Slice peaches onto firm gelatin and top with remaining gelatin. Serves 6.

Spiced Fruit Punch Recipe Entrusted to Mrs Cooke

A handwritten fruit punch method by Mrs Byron F Cooke instructs boiling sugar water cinnamon and cloves then straining into pineapple and orange juices with lemon juice. The mix is served over crushed ice and notes sending the Journal-World to a summer address via phone number 22.

Byron F. Cooke Vermont St Journal-World

Woman Seeks Divorce Over Snake-Handling Husband

Mrs Blanche Meador of Independence Missouri filed for divorce alleging her husband Walter Meador kept poisonous reptiles in their home. She claims ten rattlesnakes and two copperheads roamed the premises and asks custody of their two minor children.

Independence Blanche Meador Walter Meador

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