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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1944
Page
4
A brief religious citation notes Acts 11 14 urging guidance for salvation. It emphasizes delivering divine words to households and communities, highlighting the mission to proclaim spiritual salvation and instruction. The fragment underscores faith and instruction as a path to safety.
Allied progress in Normandy shattered the German Seventh Army though not fully destroyed. The pocket remained partially open allowing much armor to escape through a final gap. Still, Allied victory is substantial with swift, daring operations and beach landings nearly complete in northern France. The Germans retain interior supply routes while Allies push to secure threatened sectors.
Senator McKellar proposes by resolution to forewarn enemies and friends alike of the United States intention to obtain permanent possession of bases it must have for security after the war. Before the people can notify of security plans they must first formulate the policies they will support.
The administration relies on wartime urgency to push the fourth term, arguing that endless emergencies boost national reform while critics see mounting debt and lasting programs as a burden. Voters show fatigue with sixteen years in power, prompting a strategist push from the inner circle to frame this as a greater crisis.
Governor Dewey will not issue a Labor Day special message but will speak broadly on the working man’s issues. He stresses that general welfare deserves constant presidential attention over special-interest appeals. He notes twelve years of policy favoring unity over group conflict to drive progress.
Many Allied troops expected tough defense inland from the southern France beaches but found the advance easier than anticipated. The Riviera gap narrows the front, shaping the push to liberate France with the flank secured. The operation targeted the area risking the most German forces in France.
The piece critiques Henry Ford for reviving an old idea that wars are driven by profits from munitions. It argues World War II arose from different causes and that Ford’s view ignores evidence, warning that once crises fade people revert to outdated thinking, dampening hopes for lasting peace.
American and French troops form the Allied Seventh army as it enlarges beachheads in southern France. The French are armed, uniformed and equipped by the United States, ensuring close cooperation between manpower units. French underground members will link with advancing forces, aiding the effort to drive out the invaders.
The passage notes Nimitz weighing a shift from Pearl Harbor to Saipan to be near action, alongside Ike Eisenhower relocating to Normandy for proximity to the front, while the public quips about cooking goose for a leader in the Atchison Globe.
The author argues Roosevelt’s plan to occupy defeated Germany and Japan is necessary to secure lasting peace. It would enable disarmament and maintain order, prevent revolutionary disorder, and avert revenge by foreign slaves. The piece urges a firm, unyielding approach to reshaping postwar thought and society in the defeated nations.
Local society notes report visitors and residents in Baldwin. Mr and Mrs John Baker and daughters Kathryn and Mary Jean travel from Hiawatha to Sunny Side farm. Various families share moves, funerals, and military updates from Baldwin and Lawrence with relatives in Topeka Italy and Ireland.
Members of the Dorsey-Liberty American Legion post elected officers last night including Dr J W Twente as commander Dr H R Lindenberger as vice commander J G Carter as finance officer Sam Moyer as chaplain Arch Oliver as historian and Harry Gregs as sergeant at arms Mrs W M Auchard hosted 30 youths for her daughter Maurine's birthday The So Sew Quilting club met with Charles Ice. local families announce moves travel and returns from Chicago and Kansas City
Twenty five years ago a homecoming welcome to returning soldiers will be a feature of the CPA picnic at Eudora city park Thursday. Justice John Marshall of the ate supreme seat and Rev M B Collins will attend. Escorted by local bands and units they will entrain for maneuvers at Ft. Riley. The marriage of Myrtle Davidson and Omar Browning occurred at Linwood home. Miss Lois Burke and Miss Lillian Martin leave for a Girard house party. A daughter Mildred Irene was born to Mrs. W M Auchard and former Mildred Coker. Lieutenant Auchard returns from Camp Lee VA and will be discharged from Camp Dodge in two weeks. Grace Gaskill, now in YWCA playground work in the south, received commendation in Montgomery AL papers.
Forty years ago the Plymouth Congregational church decided to call the Rev W W Bolt of St Joseph to fill the pulpit left vacant by the death of Dr Cordley. Thirty University of Kansas faculty members on vacation with many abroad and in several states. Edna Hannold and Alfred Lawrence wed at Ed Hope home with Dr Frank Lenig officiating.
Rep Winter of Kansas argues postwar employment will improve if corporate income taxes drop once the war ends. He says industry will hire more, workers return home to restore local economies, and individual taxes should fall too. He estimates postwar tax revenue around 25 billion dollars yearly.
An OCR style puzzle item appears to present a cryptic clue board with numbered hints and abbreviations. The fragment shows entries like Doctors ab and French article and legal point, suggesting a word puzzle or glossary snippet from a newspaper page.
A wartime diary excerpt, dated July 31 in France, recounts American MPs and a German lieutenant discussing discipline and convoy rules. Pvt Carl Willmy, a former Patchogue high school teacher now in the Army, chats with the German officer about penalties for speeding and AWOLs, revealing harsh front line measures and mutual misunderstandings.
Washington August 14 Georgetown estate Dumbarton Oaks is readied for American British Russian peace maintenance talks starting Monday. Modern state department furnishings contrast with the 143 year old mansion where La Fayette visited. Grounds will be guarded by military police. army cars will shuttle delegates to sessions from 10:30 to 12:80 and 2:30 to 6:30.
A well informed traveler from France asserts German military leaders plan a fresh attempt to overthrow Hitler before Allied troops reach Germany. He says the oil trusted source believes officers now largely consider the war lost and seek to negotiate peace to save future generations.
Otto Ludwig Schwarz born September 1, 1876 in Willow Springs, Douglas County, son of Charles Schwarz and Magdalene Hack. He received the sacrament at ten weeks old on November 6, 1876.
Eisenhower traces his prewar career from the end of World War I through the mid 1920s. It covers his commands at Camp Dix and Fort Meade, the Versailles Treaty debates, time in Panama and Colorado, and early education at Fort Leavenworth. The piece links these experiences to his outlook on world cooperation and rising global tensions.
The obituary notes the death of a 67 year old man after a stroke at the state hospital. He aided his father in farming, joined the Evangelical and Reformed Church, and retired six years ago. He is survived by a brother Piatt in San Bruno and a sister Mrs Bertha Altenbernd, plus many nephews and friends. Funeral services were led by Rev H M Awistus, burial at St. John's cemetery with pallbearers and singers named.
George Schuyler Edmonds was born in Fort Wayne Indiana on September 20 1867 and died August 8 1944 at 76 years 10 months and 21 days. He moved to McLouth as a child and grew on a farm southwest of town. He married Eliza Tingel on January 29 1894 and had ten children. He was survived by his wife six sons three daughters two sisters and several grandchildren. He was buried in Memorial Cemetery near Vinland.
A fragmented OCR list outlines multiple radio programs across WDAP WREN KMBC WDAF and other stations with varying shows from news to music and dramas. It names titles such as Western Echoes Musical Mysteries The American Story Newsroom and City Services Hour alongside personalities like Harkness and the Parker Family, reflecting a bustling but incomplete broadcast slate.
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