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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1944
Page
4
A cryptic biblical verse fragment from Job 34 24 offers an austere meditation on divine discipline and the limits of human power leaving others unchosen in the act of judgment.
The Allies announce an immense airborne army combining air crew and ground troops. Transport personnel and paratroopers will operate under a single command to speed operations and extend reach behind enemy lines if needed. The force will rival a ground army in size, signaling massive new air power.
The piece asks how politics should enter the army during the current campaign. It notes soldiers can vote unlike in WWI era, but questions how to conduct campaigns within the military. It cites President Roosevelt in Hawaii refusing campaign questions as a contrast to officers in action.
Reports from Guam recount hopeful prayers for American return after three months of fighting that ended organized Japanese resistance. An American marine, hidden in Guam for nearly three years, has returned home. French towns show WWII scars mirroring World War I, as Allied forces press into occupied territory. Over 500 German submarines have been sunk, yet a substantial U-boat force remains active in the Atlantic. Russians cheer Allied western-front progress and match American speed records.
German high command urged defenders to fight to the last man but the tactic proved ineffective as the siege at St Malo showed. A fanatical Nazi commander vowed a “little Stalingrad” but mounting American pressure led the garrison to shoot officers to surrender. It remains unclear if the commander was killed by German fire.
The rapid Allied advance in France prompts Ike to move command post to France to cut decision time. General Wilson also relocates his Mediterranean HQ from Africa to Italy for the same aim. The swift push from south and west could speed up the war’s final phase as headquarters sit nearer action.
Advance in the Pacific shows American bombers striking from bases near targets and Japanese resistance on Guam being eliminated. Other nearby islands are expected to fall, with more decisive assaults likely soon as American landing forces move toward the Philippines under MacArthur.
The piece notes talk of arming the populace in Japan for total war, implying what if regular forces fail. It parallels Nazi circles discussing mobilizing civilians for total war as regular war-making bodies struggle. Allied air forces await chances to strike and complicate German retreats.
Ivan R. King president of the Kansas State Council AFSCME defends a non political stance. He argues state employees seek merit and civil service reforms while cooperating with officials and honoring national duties during wartime. He stresses union independence from partisan political action.
War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes German claims that Soviet forces are expanding a flank west of the upper Narew as the battle of the Vistula builds to a climax. He suggests Russia may be using a East Prussia style double-pronged approach similar to 1914, with two armies advancing north and south.
The Country Jains met yesterday with Helen and Eather Heck Beverly Jane Dodds hosted a farewell for Majeric and Katherine Linscheid as they leave for Newton after two years in Lawrence Mr and Mrs A M Dieh of Lehighton visiting P A Diehl and Mrs Diehl left today Eugena Donahue hosted Miss Eloise Bryan of Oklahoma City Mrs C W Sparr returned from Pelham Manor with Mrs Elizabeth Slade and Mrs Oscar Schmitz who is visiting Los Angeles Mrs Hepse returned to her list John Allred back in Tulsa after visiting George Allred Lethe Lemon left for vacation in Los Angeles Miss Guseka from Mt Pleasant Iowa visited Wellsville Sadie Cleland and Jean Wheeler left for Chicago Mildred Marie born to Mr and Mrs A B Ewing Missing the rest of the list and places here.
Forties era items report a son born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Standing. Local races at the Driving Park drew many Lawrence residents. Mrs Carl Graeber hosted the Modern Priscilla club with out of town guests. J N Barley returned from Illinois visit. Roy Cater came back from Marcelline Missouri after summer. Miss May Carpenter visited Burdette. Mr and Mrs Ames Herd celebrated Mr Herds 76th birthday and 23rd wedding anniversary. G A R excursion participants listed including Armstrongs Weatherby Roberts Danskin Lenig Eberhart Anderson Fitch Cooper Johnson Blood McIntire Sears Northrup.
Twenty five years ago Burst settled in Lawrence and named his children Dorothy May and Arthur ill. Mrs C R Andrews hosted a line party for her granddaughter Bett Andrews. A list of women and televisions appears, including Jessie Underwood Hazel Phillips Marion Decker Martha Segre Martha Meade and Betty, with references to Mr and Mrs E A Weibel and others.
A wartime column compares the 1914 Masurian campaign to current East Prussia and Vistula front risks. It notes Russian flank maneuvers south of Tannenberg and near Warsaw, warning that a collapse of Warsaw and Paris would deal a devastating blow to Hitler.
Miss Mary Jo Kimball returns to Kansas City after visiting relatives in Baldwin. Local residents hosted visitors from Webb City and Wichita. Families vacationing in Baldwin include Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Greer and children in Topeka. A July 20 anniversary was celebrated at the Houghland home with relatives attending from Edgerton and beyond.
A biography excerpt portrays Dwight D. Eisenhower at West Point as a standout cadet fascinated by military tactics and leadership. It details his midranking class positions from 1912 to 1915, his disciplined rise in studies, and his preference for maneuver and engineering work over pure academics, while noting early hints of his future character and fairness.
A fragmented OCR style list presents numbered clues and partial terms such as measures, names, substances, and professions. The items include land measures, names like Gaelic and Meadow, and technical terms such as electrical engineer and engine. The full context and solutions are not provided.
An assortment of social notes references residents and guests in Baldwin and nearby areas. Mentions include family gatherings, travel plans to Tucson and San Francisco, teaching assignments in Tucson, a forthcoming move of Elmer P. Myers to Riverside to become Sherman Institute chief clerk, and local personnel changes at Haskell and Fort Minae Boarding.
The listing shows WREN and KMBC stations with evening segments including Safety Council SWREN News and WDAF Newscast. Programs feature KMBC Western Echoes and WREN To Be Sonotanet, with 6 30 p m slots and six o clock starts noted.
A fragmented timetable lists radio and television programs across stations WREN KMBC WDAF and EMBC including news rounds, orchestras such as Diamond's Orch and Bob Strong's Orch, hotel program moments at Hotel Muckiebach, variety acts like Abie's Irish Rose and It's Fanine, plus parade and church events.
A scrambled OCR snippet lists radio programming across stations KMBC WDAF WREN WDAY and others. It mentions musicals, news, orchestras, serials, and personalities such as Blondie and Walter Winchell with times ranging from morning to late evening.
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