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Gideon
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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1941
Page
4
Just Around the Corner School Year Returns
The Journal World notes August marks the end of vacation as students anticipate a new school term. Parents shift to school minded planning while teachers and pupils prepare to return, with preparations already underway in school offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gs Journal World
John
Mary
Lease-Lend Prospects See Four Billion Expansion
A White House briefing after the sea conference hints at adding about four billion more lease- lend funds to the seven billion already appropriated. President Roosevelt reportedly outlined discussed matters to congressional leaders along with Churchill. The statement notes only a small portion of the initial billions has been spent, suggesting future expansion of lend-lease programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Churchill
Wheat Surplus Could Help Europe After War Ends
The article notes a two year domestic wheat supply, hopes to boost wheat product consumption to reduce surplus, and discusses plans to feed starving Europe after the war. It highlights uncertainty about when the war ends and cautions against diverting surplus now without clear relief. Hoover administration previously tried buying surplus to remove it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
Hoover Administration
Farmers Split Over AAA Program In Topeka Meetings
Ten days ago two Topeka gatherings drew farmers with opposing views on the AAA farm program and the 49-cent wheat penalty. A southern Kansas leader, among early protestors, says the movement to junk the AAA plan lacks broader farmer support while a moderate faction argues for prior fixing of penalties before planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
AAA
Kansas
Atlantic conference points described as prudent and nonbinding
The eight points from the Atlantic conference read as postcard like and non revealing. They cover widely discussed issues and reflect a just constructive stance for the future but offer no guarantee of tomorrow. The future remains partly unpredictable and the course of events may still change.
Red Army Holds Strong Defensive Position Across Dneiper
The Red army has crossed to the opposite bank and holds a strong defensive line. Observers note this position requires a new approach to address the unfolding crisis facing Russia and its government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Army
Dneiper
Russia
Hens in Defense Work Rise Amid War Effort
The egg output has increased with hens contributing to the defense program. This cooperation sets a clear example to labor groups in industrial plants, reinforcing production goals and national effort.
Kansas students set for speech defect exams at KU
The Pittsburg Headlight notes KU will test incoming students for speech defects this fall. It argues graduates should also face a second test for grammatical defects before earning degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Pittsburg
Sage Price Jump Draws Scorn From Washington Star
The Washington Star notes sage price inflation from seven cents to 1.35 dollars per pound. It remarks that many Americans will turn to chestnut or plain bread crumbs as alternatives amid this surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Star
Clock Gift Idea for Bride Sparks Store Talk
A Great Bend shopper proposes a timely wedding gift while a Wichita Eagle retailer backs the clock as an ideal bride gift. The brief exchange signals popular wedding gift choices in local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Bend
Wichita Eagle
Neighbors Try to Keep Up Sparks Caution in Accounts
A Leavenworth Times quip warns that those who chase neighbors may fall behind in their finances. The brief aphorism underscores prudent money management and personal budgeting amid social pressure.
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Leavenworth Times
Hoover aide Gifford to lead unemployment relief effort
President Hoover named Walter S. Gifford of American Telephone and Telegraph to organize groups aiding unemployment relief with a nationwide advisory committee to assist him. Headquarters will be in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Gifford
Washington
Burns
Green Mountain Falls
Colo
Ralph Harman
Matthews Lumber ‘ Company
Colorado Springs
Wiggins Bankers Committee
Bank For International Settlements
Seven Power
London
Germany
Albert H. Wiggin
New York
Chase National Bank
Editor letter praises editorial How Did It Happen
Dr Frank Crowther of Schenectady NY commends the editorial How Did It Happen and says he will place it in the Congressional Record when Congress reconvenes. He notes his war vote record and criticizes wartime policies and figures including Harry Bridges Browder and F D Roosevelt. He signs off planning a Pueblo trip and requests a copy of another editorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal-World
Congress
New York
Schenectady
Harry Bridges
Browder
Dies Committee
F. D. Roosevelt
Joe Stalin
State Department
Hull
Welles
Joe
Pueblo
Colo
Congress Hotel
Frank Crowther
War Today Foresees Ukraine Fight to Volga Heat and Weather
A Ukrainian garage attendant discusses the war, predicting Hitler must reach the Volga and the Persian border before snow flies. He notes Bolshevik retreats, German pressure in Ukraine, and the strategic value of American bombers to aid the Middle East while Britain resists.
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Carpathians
Hitler
Odessa
Black Sea
Ukraine
Red Army
Volga
Caspian
Caucasus
Berlin
Volta
Pansal
Middle-East
Persia
Roosevelt
Middle East
Near Eastern
Balkan
Western
Africa
Mediterranean
Atlantic
General Funston Pushes Withdrawal of Pershing Expedition
Twenty five years ago General Funston upset admin plans for a joint border solution with Mexico by telegram to the War Department. He recommended the immediate withdrawal of the Pershing expeditionary force from Mexican territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funston
Mexico
War Department
General Funston
Pershing
Castro Seizure of Panama Isthmus Prompts Canal Concession Demand
Forty years ago Castro the Venezuelan dictator president was credited with planning to seize the isthmus of Panama. With the isthmus in his power he hoped to force the United States to pay him millions for canal concessions. Captain Algie of the E U football team has finally sent in his resignation to Manager George O Foster.
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Castro
Venezuela
Panama
United States
Algie
E. U
George O. Foster
College football outlook gloomy and captain to be chosen
The piece notes no probable captain this fall as last year’s team may not return, signaling a bleak football outlook. It also mentions a Ladies Auxiliary YMCA meeting with Dudley Asher and Joseph Alford teaching swimming, plus campus humor about peanut thieves and Buch’s band uniforms priced at 350 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Asher
Joseph Alford
Y.M.C.A
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Buch
Flashes of Life High Finance Philadelphia Mrs Gertrude Simonne Files Bankruptcy
Philadelphia housewife Gertrude Simonne files a federal bankruptcy petition. She lists assets of 1 485 015 20 with no income in two years and no tax returns or bank account. Debts largely tied to mortgages dating back to 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Finance
Philadelphia
Gertrude Simonne
Spies
Wild West Patrolmen Find Deer Hunter After Radio Disturbance
Osborn Rutherford and William McGree of the Los Angeles patrol traced a distress call from Trial Canyon to a lone deer hunter who had been listening to a portable radio for three hours. He was injured by a rattlesnake while posing for a traveler’s photo with Shorty Broadbent’s snake. Doctors say Shorty will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Osborne Rutherford
William McGree
Trial Canyon
Carlsbad
N. M
Shorty
Broadbent
Attempt to Seize French Colonial Bases in Dakar
The note suggests a plan to capture French colonial bases such as Dakar with major role for air fleets. It frames a strategic scenario where air power could determine success in the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakar
Roosevelt assigns Rosenman to study defense agency roles
President Roosevelt taps Judge Samuel I. Rosenman to study differences between the Office of Production Management and the Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply. Stephen Early notes Rosenman is in Washington but no report date is set amid policy frictions and talk of a policy board or a single head for defense. The clash between Knudsen and Henderson over auto production underscores broader agency tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Samuel I. Rosenman
New York State Supreme Court
Office of Production Management
Office of Price Administration
Stephen Early
Rosenman
OPM
OPACS
Wallace
Budget Bureau
Altho
Defense
Defense Agency
National Defense Advisory Commission
Leon Henderson
Defense Price
General Wark Discharged for Physical Disability
Brig. Gen. George H. Wark of Omaha Nebraska former commander of the 35th division 60th field artillery brigade was discharged by the War Department for physical disability announced by Lt. Gen. Ben Lear commander of the Second Army at Prescott Arkansas on August 19. Wark had been relieved of his command at Camp Robinson last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Army
Prescott, Ark
Ben Lear
George H. ‘Wark
Omaha
Nel
35Th Division
60Th Field Artillery
Wark
Camp Robinson
Mrs Dolpha Sams Killed in Highway Collision
In Glasco Kansas on a narrow bridge last night Mrs Dolpha Sams 52 wife of Dr Louis V Sams a Denver surgeon was killed when her car and a truck collided. Her daughter Mrs George Bach of Johnson County Kansas and a maid were in another car a short distance ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasco
Kan
Dolpha. Sams
Louis V. Sams
Denver
George Bach
Johnson ,County
Sams
Secret Voyage Sparks Blackmail Threat on Salvage Mission
Jim Mallory faces a tense salvage as a mysterious moneyed man offers bribes to reveal the Sonora’s location and break his contract with Jeffery Hammond. The Aurora crew suspects foul play, with Eric Forbes and Mary Larsen entangled in the intrigue. Jim vows to sail, while engines and depths conceal danger below.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Jeffery "Hammond
Aurora
Hammond
Mary Larsen
Eric ‘Forbes
New York
Mary
Jim Mallory
Eric Forbes
Mallory
Sonora
Jeffery Hammond
South America
Forbes
Mallory Baby
Curly Bates
Curly
White
Collins Avenue
Caribbean
Spike
Ati
China
Coast Guard
Baldwin News Briefs Highlight Local Weddings and Reunions
Local society notes report two weeks in Evergreen Colorado for Dean Grace Irwin and Miss Edna Mae O'Hare. A Baldwin Sunday wedding linked Miss Letha Jane Chapman and John Hurt. The piece lists numerous local family visits, scout trips, illness, and a large 93-year-old Dr. Bailey's active lifestyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Grace Irwin
Edna Mae O'Hare
Evergreen
Colo
Lee Garrett
Sedan
Baldwin
Letha Jane Chapman
John Hurt
Garrett
Baker University
Harold W. Guest
Olathe
Guest
Methodist Church
Eugene Frank
James S. Chubb
First Methodist Church
Nevada
Merle Fischer
Topeka
C. J. Fischer
J.M. Montgomery
Teri
Jimmie
Kansas City
Fischer
Jean Curry
Nelson P. Horn
Baker
Heil Bollinger
Board of Education of
the Methodist Church
Nashville, Tenn
Gertrude Gray
Towanda
Neosho River
LeRoy
Keith
Clare Adriance
Frank Leitnaker
Dale Mosslander
Alvin Warner
Robert Willey
Robert Brown
Ted Frazee
F. C. Leitaker
Richard R. Marsh
Amelia Betts
Fred Betts
Greensburg
Charles W. Bailey
South Eighth Street
Herbert Bailey
Los Angeles
Henry S. Bailey
Fred Bailey
Jefferson City
W. A. Bailey
W. T. Bailey
Lyndon
Kan
Earl S. Johnson
Chicago
C. W. Gates
Wichita
Elmer D. Axton
George S. Counts
New York City
Bailey
Radio Tonight Listings For August 10 and 20
Portable schedule of radio programs across stations WREN KMBC WDAF for Tuesday August 10 and Wednesday August 20. Includes musical acts like Jimmy Lytell's Orchestra Glenn Miller's Orchestra and Ted Steele's, dramatic readings, news casts, quiz shows, weather forecasts, and theater pieces with numerous host lines and durations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
Jimmy Lytell
KMBC
WDAF
Cavaliers
Owen Roberts
Camp Robinson
America
Ted Steele
Orch
Nickel Man
Kansas City Blues
Glenn Miller
Judy
Amos and
Andy
Fred Waring
Langy Ross
Johnny Presents
Paul Sullivan
Star
Will Bradley
Richard Byrd
Wdaf—Orchestra
Woody Herman
Bob Crosby
Muehlebach Or
Kmbc—America
WRDN
AP News
Kmbc—Press News
Matty Malneck
Dale
Dave
Lenny Goodman
Dick Jurgins
Colony Club Orch
United Press News
Press
Marian Mann
Mandrake
Wren—Musicail
Clipper
Grand Central Station
Thin Man
Manhattan
Dr. Christian
Elmer Davis
Quizzer Basebell
Kay Kyser
Mr. Meek
Lanny Ross
Emile Petii
Elliott
Malneck
Muehlebacher
Press News
Local Notices and Social Roster From Reno and Nearby
The column lists illnesses like whooping cough in Reno and Billie Skeets recovery, visits by Mrs. DeHoff and families, Kansas City travel, Arlington trips, and a Dwyer family wheat tour in the Dakotas. It notes Busy Bee club picnic at the state lake with a tea cream finish, musical numbers, a club history, and the 20th anniversary celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Billie Aaron Skeets
C. L. DeHoff
Eugene Hess
Kansas City
A. C. Hess
Alfreida
Almeda
Las Animas
Colo
William Winkleman
Lawrence
Frank Barnes
Dakotas
Colorado Springs
L. I. Pearson
Eisle
Jeanie
Bobby
Ft. Smith
Ark
Mr. Pearson
Granberger
Ed Korb
Edgar ‘Ff. McRill
Grace Jones
Tonganoxie
Charles Peterson
Edgar Davison
O’dea
Edgar
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