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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
4
A religious excerpt offers the biblical line Genesis 17 1 and a price tag of 2.60 amounting to a church or sermon note. The reference to Abram’s age ninety nine and the divine call to walk before God appears as the main point.
Farmers anticipate a 15 cent planting penalty rising to 49 cents before sale. next year’s parity price will set over acreage penalties, but its level is uncertain. Washington experts push for centralized control, viewing self-reliant farmers as a hinderance to policy, favoring a robot farm population that follows orders.
President Roosevelt urged 17 000 shipyard workers and management to put national defense first as mediation stalls the strike that has halted nearly 500 million dollars of navy and merchant marine shipbuilding since August. Dispute centers on a union maintenance clause seen as a closed shop. government takeover couldembed the clause in terms.
Debate centers on a maintenance clause pushed by a small union faction. Critics say the measure imposes extra costs on workers, with no broad benefit. Supporters claim it safeguards long term interests of members in control.
Delay but not decisive Russian counter-attacks claim three days of fighting that pushed Germans back and marked their farthest advance. Both sides call the line fiercely contested as Russians slow retreat while Germans press where resistance is strongest.
A midnight vote launched a four hour deadline strike tying up streetcar and bus service in Detroit yesterday. Strikers had just won pay raises, but the dispute centered on which union should be the sole bargaining agent. Production and city commutes suffered as defense industry work slowed and the conflict echoed broader organized crime and public life concerns.
The army bill, signed by President Roosevelt, authorizes drafting young men deemed fit for service. Officials say most recruits may be released after 18 months if conditions permit, but the slow world situation could lead to another amendment extending service time.
A physician publishes a bold book arguing against common health beliefs and urges lay readers to avoid sun exposure in midsummer. He claims no advantage to sun exposure and recommends staying in the shade and wearing proper clothing. The note hints that endurance athletes may oppose the book’s ideas.
The armed forces promise that some troops could return home after 18 months of service remains surrounded by reservations and conditions, leaving the probable length of army service still a matter of conjecture.
Ten years ago reports showed heavy fighting between federal and insurgent forces in Cuba with a near showdown claimed. Britain prepared another emergency budget meeting as Ramsay MacDonald's Labor government loomed as a crisis solution. A half billion dollar deficit was feared. A Sunday school picnic at Brown's Grove drew about 1000 organized by the Douglas County Council of Religious Education with Dr. R A Hunt as speaker.
President Roosevelt and Churchill are seen as fearing a protracted conflict through 1943 while Signor Gayda argues the war could last ten years or longer. The piece notes Britain’s blockade, Soviet drought, and Germany’s attempt to secure oil, copper, and rubber as decisive factors in the war’s duration.
Amid market chatter hay now sells for ten dollars a ton as prices continue to fall. In a nearby historic site the Quantrill raid anniversary sees the House building being painted today yet still standing after a small fire is put out. In Kentucky street residents gathered to witness child performers from several families, while a former circus clown proclaims religious spiel. The Tailor Bird Sewing Club forms with about a dozen South End girls meeting weekly.
Baldwin notes include John Francis visiting Shawnee and attending Rev. Runyan's golden wedding reception. Miss Ruth Phenicie’s funeral in Reno. Miss Marian Williams attends. Helen Hale travels from Great Bend for Letha Chapman and John Hurt wedding. Circuits of travel, reunions, and church ties mark the week with updates from Kansas City to Oswego and beyond.
Sergt. Paul Watson of the Kansas State highway patrol was critically injured when his motorcycle collided with another vehicle in front of the Union Station in Washington Kansas. He was responding to an emergency call and has served four years with the patrol.
Jim Mallory probes the Sonora mystery after a salvage failure and learns Hammond planned the sinking to shield the company. A tense meeting aboard Jeffery Hammond's yacht reveals sellout motives and a $25 000 bounty for secrecy. Lois confronts Jim over his ties to Mary Larsen and Eric Forbes.
In Maysville Kentucky patrolman J F Brodt Jr signs a bus to the hospital after informing driver Roy Mitchell that Mrs Mitchell has given birth to a son. The driver completes one route before relief arrives at the wheel. In Winston Salem a prison convict vanishes during topsoil loading. Superintendent Bud Flynn says the guard observed him at truck start but not when it pulled away.
University of Oklahoma president Joseph A. Brandt says professors with doctor titles should be called professor or mister. Brandt, an honorary doctor himself, states he prefers Mr Brandt or Joe.
A WPA writers project notes that in pioneer Illinois sheriffs who caught escapees had to take the offender's place, assume debts, and pay the fine for which the prisoner was jailed. This law explains the strict guarding of prisoners in early Illinois.
Louisville, Aug. 21. Leaders of the Young Democrats predicted that the Young Democratic Clubs of America will endorse all Roosevelt domestic and foreign policies at their fifth biennial convention opening tonight. Patt Tyson Maner of Montgomery said members believe U S existence is threatened and favor strengthening armed forces. Rep. Lyndon Johnson of Texas will deliver the keynote address tonight.
Radio lineup for Thursday August 21 shows WREN KMBC WDAF and WDAFE air times from 5:30 PM to 12:00 AM across multiple programs. Notable entries include WREN Intermezzo KMBC Newscast WDAF Star's Newscast KMBC Death Valley Days and KMBC Glenn Miller's Orch and Benny Goodman selections.
Thomas E Kinney 79 former Kansas State trapshoot champion died from injuries suffered August 10 in an automobile accident. Kinney, of Winfield Kansas, had been hospitalized since the crash on August 10 and passed away on August 21.
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