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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
4
Lawrence journalists cherish local print heritage in Kansas
Kirke Mechem lists 759 newspapers and periodicals in Kansas with Lawrence boasting 104 new titles since 1854. Topeka leads numerically with 86 titles, Wichita 37, Kansas City 17, and Manhattan 16. Newspapers comprise about 61 dailies and 487 weeklies statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Lawrence
Kirke Mechem
Topeka
Wichita
Kansas City
Manhattan
George W. Brown
Herald of Freedom
Mechem
Katy Rail Line Boosts Local Industrial Plant Location
Parsons credits the Katy railroad for nearly locating a shell loading plant, while Oklahoma praises the Katy for a smoke free powder plant near Chateau. Railroads increasingly shape site choices. Santa Fe’s efforts in Kaw Valley and Eudora-De Soto face hurdles, and a belt line connection remains desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Katy Railroad
Oklahoma
Katy
Chateau
Kaw
Santa Fe
Eudora-De Soto
Altho the
Lawrence
Kaw River
Eudora
Kansans press road shoulder repairs on aging highways
Public concern grows over deteriorating highway shoulders in Kansas. Officials face calls to repair long stretches of concrete roads to prevent rollovers from deep cuts and reduce danger of drifting into oncoming traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Labor leaders seek limits on defense production
The text notes that months of labor leadership may have restricted defense output more than German bombing of England, and references the Wagner Act as aiming to reduce strikes in American industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
England
Astrologer Claims Hitler's Star Waning Comet Tied to Mussolini
An astrologer states Hitler's star is waning in solemn terms. He suggests Hitler may have never had a star, but was a comet, with Mussolini as part of its tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Mussolini i
Picnic Time at Eudora C P A Gathering Draws Thousands
Several thousand people will attend the Eudora C P A picnic next week drawn by a traditional summer program. The event features a merry go round concert athletic contests lemonade and lively conversation among neighbors as towns revive picnics fairs parades and county festivals to keep community life vibrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora C.P.A
New York
Eudora
C.P.A
Chief Executive Writes Five Magazine Articles
Under national emergency strain the chief executive finds time to author five pieces destined for a national weekly magazine.
Yankee ingenuity boosts wartime production at home
William S Knudsen asserts the US can out-produce two nations, crediting Yankee ingenuity and resources. NEA Editorial Service describes explosive rivets speeding aircraft assembly, with charges in rivet shanks that set rivets instantly, saving time on blind riveting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville Journal
William S. Knudsen
OPM
United States
NEA
Kansas chooses humble weed for auto tag decoration
Kansans opt for the weed as the first marking on state motor vehicle plates highlighting modesty amid neighbors to Wyoming Nebraska Texas Wisconsin and Georgia noted for bold symbols and grand depictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanute Tribune
Georgia
Wyoming
Nebraska
Texas
Lone Star
Wisconsin
Kansas
United States
Mulberry
Coolidge
Secret German weapon loud speakers touted by Marion Record
Press reports state that loud speakers are a secret German weapon capable of making one gun sound like many to the enemy. The piece suggests if loud speakers work, the nation is safe and quips send Iekes to the front to replace an army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iekes
Marion
Slips Found in Baltimore Bible Linked to Numbers
A Washington Star report notes slips were found in Baltimore hidden inside a Bible, with speculation they originated along the approximate area of the Book of Numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
Star
Sad eyed girl at pool loses compact with Bathing suit
A sad eyed girl at the swimming pool misplaced her compact along with her bathing suit in the same item, leaving her in a difficult situation as noted by the Stafford Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford Courier
Criticism of AAA program in Topeka meeting
A Letter to the Editor details a Topeka gathering of AAA supporters led by large farmers and government workers. The writer argues the New Deal program favors big landowners over small farmers, citing a trustee with 80 acres and an allotment of 22 acres for wheat, showing skewed income where tenant and landlord gains are offset by government penalties. The piece targets figures like Henry Wallace and Harold Ickes, arguing government dictates harm smallholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Topeka
AAA
Henry Wallace
Harold Ickes
Tugwell
KU to cut football admission prices announced by athletic director
University of Kansas reduces home game prices with fifty cent to one dollar cuts across all six stadium contests. First Kansas Missouri clash in over twenty years to be possible at $2 in one section. A downtown collector notes Lawrence has 181 vacant houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
F. C. Allen
Lawrence
Gary Cooper-Lupe Velez
Mexico
Cooper
Olive Figgs
Barbara Olinger
Lina M. Shippy
C. Jane Kirk
Virginia Heinrich
California
Elena Ernst
Vesta White
Secretar
Beingipalrnold Bell
Membave
National Guard to Border Tensions and Local Changes
War department considers mobilized units for border duty amid rail strike concerns. Sunday services saw Rev. F W Ainslie resign as associate pastor. Nine Mile Farm barn near Lawrence burned by lightning will be rebuilt. ranch spans 1160 acres and is near St. Joseph Missouri. Congressional nomination count gives E C Little a one vote edge over U S Guyer in the second district. Estimated 1500 vessels sunk in war, 120 of them from neutrals. The line ends with a fragment: Solon Emery has returned from.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
War Department
Baptist Church
F. W. Ainslie
Nine Mile Farm
Lawrence
Farmer
St. Joseph
E. C. Little
U.S. Guyer
Exposure urged of scheme before the next election year
A letter from Jack Parnell argues that the scheme should be exposed and repudiated soon, predicting its exposure before another election year tolls. He urges public scrutiny and action ahead of forthcoming elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Parnell
Flashes of Life and Sound Effects in Small Towns
In Richmond a truck toppled a barrel of glue coating the Fourteenth and Mill intersection prompting a quick city response. In Lancaster Art Gibble woke a band’s siren miscue, discovering the alarm was a town music number. In Corsicana Brice Bonner and relatives led lodge ceremonies as the sole candidate. Milwaukee a Marquette professor announced the French Irish consulate’s closure with a farewell flourish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Fourteenth
Mill Streets
Public Works
Lancaster
Art Gibble
Milwaukee
Hugh L. Riordan
Marquette University
Seneul
Gunmen Inrob Beauty Shop Steal Sixty Dollars
Six women customers at a Chicago beauty shop were herded into a booth by two gunmen who rifled purses and fled with $60. Police sought suspects and reviewed nearby surveillance for leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Postmaster Caldwell mustache backers and local ordination noted
The piece reports friends backing Postmaster Caldwell after he cut off his mustache and McHale being ordained as a regular minister in a Christian church. It mentions the weed crusade, river level, air boat riding, and an officer election in Company H Kansas National Guards, with Clarence Cole named captain and Private Dodge promoted. It also notes readers' interest in Janice Meredith at the city library, George A. Flory moving to Rhode Island street, and remodeling work planned for W. E. Spalding store fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
John L. F. M. McHale
Christian Church
Kansas National Guards
Usher Guards
Hook
Clarence
Cole
Dodge
Twentieth Kansas
Lawrence
Janice Meridith
George A.’ Flory
Rhode Island Street
W. E. Spalding
Allies' Win Likely Yet Still Facing Risk as War Extends
A war column analyzes renewed Allied hope under Roosevelt and Churchill while cautioning against overoptimism. It notes Russian resistance, reduced Luftwaffe raids, and the looming Russian winter as critical factors that could alter Hitler's fortunes. The piece stresses uncertainty, the need to monitor weather and momentum, and the possibility of a Nazi knockout if breaks favor him, with the aim of avoiding a complacent view of the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hitler
British Isles
England
Steppes
Fuehrer
Ukraine
Redeem Treasury Tax Savings Notes Details
Series A notes can be redeemed at the owner’s option at the price paid, anytime with no advance notice. Series B notes may be redeemed after 60 days from issue with 30 days notice. Redemption is at the Federal Reserve Bank that issued them per note instructions. For full tax savings plan details, ask your banker or write to the Treasury Department Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury Department
Secret Voyage tangled deal over the Sonora
Jim Mallory confronts Jeffery Hammond and Eric Forbes over a secretive plan to locate the Sonora. A Havana chartered boat haunts the affair while blackmail and bribes surface, Mary Larsen remains wary, and romantic tension with Lois Hammond complicates the stakeouts and conversations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffery Hammond
Jim
Hammond
Mary Larsen
Eric Forbes
Sonora
Havana
Jim Mallory
Mallory
J.H
Forbes
Eric
Hammond’s
Mr. Hammond
Baldwin News Full of Family Visits and Travels
Baldwin residents welcomed relatives visiting from Kansas City Lawrence and Texas. The article lists several families visiting Baldwin, including Runyans, Gilhams and Runyans relatives, and notes trips to Topeka Winnipeg and Duluth with family reunions and fishing. A local drunk driving case ends with a $5 fine for Clarence Chanman.
Radio Schedule Highlights From Kansas City Stations
Friday and weekend radio listings for WREN WREC WDAF KMBC KMBC WDAF and others show daily programs from news to music and dramas. Notable acts include Ted Steele Guy Lombardo Benny Goodman and Woody Herman with many weather and news updates throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
Wrec Mandrake
WDAF
Cavaliers
Woap—Star
MBC
IMBC
Claudia
Death _ Valley
KMBC
Elmer Davis
Henry Stimsom
Hollywood
Uncle Walter
Nickel Man
Poe
Romance
Wings of Destiny
Maudie
Kansas
Oenee
Amos
Fred Waring
Lanny Ross
Amweer Man
Howard and
Shelton
Chez Paree
Woody Herman
Bob Grant
Seiberling
WDAP
AP News
WRIEN
Don Allen
Eamillo Petii
Baron Elliott
W.dae
Muehlebach Or
United Press News
Press News
KKMBC
Wren—Little
Wdaf—Star
IXMBC
Sportcasy
Ted Steele
WMBC
Guy Lombardo
Orch
United Service
Wdaf—Palladium Orch
City Desk
Jimmy Flynn
Grant Park
Wayne
King’s
Grand Ole Opry
JXMBC
Herbie Holmes
Ray Heatherton
KMLBC
Brush Creek Gang
Gabriel Heatter
Wdaf—Orchestra
Will Bradley
Matty Malneck
Bob Gyrch
Wdafo Hotte Mueliebuch Or
Kmbc—Press News
Enmile Petti
Tiny Hill
Nighthawks
WRWN
Benny Goodman
WDAKF
Drake
Press
Kansas City
Walter Gross
Joe and
Mabel
KMBG
Delta
Rhythm Boys
John ‘Tompkins
Husing
Silver Theatre
Musicc
Edward Tomlinson
Mom
Drew Pearson
Jean Cavall
Star Spangled Theater
Kostelanetz’ Orch
John Gunther
Wren—Parker
Teat John
Bill Sternaus
Columbia’ Workshop
NBC
A.P
McAlpin Orch
Duke Moffett
Ray’ Kinney
Medical Society
Eit Ee
Venin
Rexyjom
Raven x
Rae Eohtner
Spe
Red Nichola Orch
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West 44Th St
Michigan Ave
San Francisco
Sansome
Los Angeles
New Orpheum
Baltimore Ave
St. Louis
Detroit
General Motors
Atlanta
Walton
Associated. Press
Associated Press
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Fen
Lake View
Rody Skinner
Clifford Nichols
Las Vegas, N. M
The
Corsicana
Tex
Brice Bonner, Jry
Father Bonner
Grandfather Bonner
Uncle Bonners
Bonners
By Dewitt MacKenzie
BY Joseph.l. Chadwick
NEA Service, Inc
Mary
Lois Hammond
Venturi
Jeffery
Lois
Miami
Iss
Baldwin News
Louis Reb
Christine Reb
Urbana
Miss Reb
University of Illinois
Samuel Gilham
Baldwin
Gilham
Emma Gilham
Larry Miller
Murfreesboro
Nancy Jean Price
Galveston
E. B. Enyart
Memorial Hospital
Minnie -Hadley
Leo Hadley
E. L. Emery
Hadley
Elston
Meriden
Frank C. Leitaker
Boy Scouts
Ted Freeze
LeRoy
R. J. Zeidler
Richard R. Marsh
F. C. Leitaker, Sr
Leland Runyan
Bakersfield
Cal
William M. Runyan
Theodore Bunyan
Federated Malay States
Stanley Flickinger
Jack
Winnipeg
Canada
St. Paul
Minn
Flickinger
Vernon Shannon
Lawrence K. Hall
Eleanor
Springfield
Mass
Cheney
Dr. Hall
Clarence Chanman
Massachusetts
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