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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1943
Page
2
Washington reports herald a new era of allied talks among Roosevelt Churchill Stalin Chiang Kai-shek aimed at coordinating Europe and Pacific campaigns. Observers see personal ties shaping decisions, while Japan's defeat potentially reduces Japan to a minor island power.
Tokyo radio said American forces made a new landing at Cape Torokina Bougainville Island near Empress Augusta Bay as shells blasted ashore. Japanese claims of annihilating two companies and sinking allied ships were reported without independent confirmation from allies.
American and Chinese planes provided brilliant air cover as Chinese troops pushed Japanese from Changteh the gateway to Changsha and the rice bowl region. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek announced Japanese forces entered the city Monday.
A reader notice lists November to January validity for meat fats and other items. It details Book three brown stamps G H J K and Book four green stamps A B CG D E F, sugar stamps, airplane shoes, and gasoline 9 A, B C coupons, plus fuel oil periods with area based expiry dates and unit values.
William E. Long director of the Kansas industrial development commission will speak at a Lawrence Chamber luncheon at 12:20 PM Wednesday December 8 at the Hotel Eldridge. The event, open to the public, aims to discuss postwar industrial development plans with local committees meeting afterward. Reservations close December 7.
A Kansas University student recital in Fraser Theater at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon features a septet ensemble four vocalists and a pianist performing works by Chopin Bizet Beethoven and others The program includes Sequidille from Carmen Calm as the Night and the Polonaise in A flat major Op 53 among others with noted performers Barbara Haas Mark Wiesselman Harry Spencer Peggy Kay Eugene Niniinger Martha Lee Baxter Ann Starr and more.
Funeral services for Clarence Brown will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Rumsey Funeral Home with the Rev. Alfred J. Biel officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Western Kansas wheat remains ungerminated or in critical condition awaiting rain. Germinated grain in the west and north central areas still struggles with die‑offs as the weekly crop summary notes. Livestock are generally in good condition but protein shortages persist and stock water is scarce in southeastern counties.
County commissioners visited the county home to inspect a newly completed gravel pack well. It reaches 85 feet and pumps 720 gallons per hour, promising ample water if performance remains steady despite past sand-related sandiness hindering supply.
New York December 1 Herb Pennock former ace pitcher and head of the Boston Red Sox farm system signed a five year contract to become general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.
E H Taylor will chair the University club smoker to be held Friday evening December 8. Entertainment includes group singing cards and other games.
George H. Butell a Douglas County farmer on Route 1 Baldwin is elected chairman of the county Agriculture Conservation association and thus leads the county USDA war board. He succeeds David V. Noe who steps away to focus on farming. Will H. Hayden and R. J. Allsup join the county committee with H. O. Butler as secretary and Marguerite Hillix as secretary already in post.
November brought only 0.40 inches of rain in Lawrence, 1.73 inches below normal, with 1.2 inches of snow on the 8th. Mean temperature 42.2 F, 5.5 F below normal, max 73 F on the 18th, min 20 F on the 16th and 28th, diurnal range 44 F, three days below freezing, 40 percent cloudiness.
The Associated Press notes that 25 years ago today American forces crossed the Sauer and Moselle into defeated Germany just 20 days after the Armistice. Troops reached Coblenz amid joyful Luxembourgers as hostilities were absent in Germany.
Reports from Istanbul claim Franz von Papen, German ambassador to Turkey, has been chosen by Adolf Hitler to replace Joachim von Ribbentrop as foreign minister. The dispatch attributes Ribbentrop’s decline to failure to control satellite states amid Russian advances.
In Lawrence tonight Chalmer Woodard Lawrence High School coach and Chief Specialist Hentze of the Machinist Mates naval training station attend the KU basketball event. November marriage licenses issued at the probate court totaled forty six, up from October and November 1942 figures. The rationing board issued tire and tube certificates and bicycle purchases to Thomas Johnson and Lucile B Mahieu. County Clerk T R Gerhart reports ready to accept 1944 farming tax exempt applications. County selective service tested twenty four registrants at the Community building including six 18 year olds and twenty four former 4 F classified men awaiting reclassification after new orders.
The note suggests selling unused furniture and worn clothing through a classified ad with a contact phone number 22.
Berlin radio claimed a meeting of Franklin Roosevelt Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin and Chiang Kai shek was taking place in Teheran Iran with German circles saying the talks mirror Moscow discussions and carry equal calm and some satisfaction. Ankara reports a Cairo conference between Roosevelt and Steinhardt with Turkish papers declaring a momentous United Nations leaders conference is underway.
Army and Navy personnel from Lawrence region report furloughs and home visits, paratroop training, aviation cadet enlistments, and postings. Several servicemen stationed at camps and bases in Texas, Colorado, California, and England are noted, with family connections and training details.
Cromwell, operations manager, said less than 10 percent of total personnel at the plant will be affected.
A House Smith committee hearing probed Montgomery Ward's charge that postal service to its Portland Oregon plant was curtailed in May 1941 to aid a strike. The company's attorney John A Barr testified the Portland manager was told orders came from Washington. A post office witness was requested to testify next day.
Secretary Ickes promised that southern coal mines would not be returned to owners until a general wage contract with John L. Lewis is secured. Lewis met with northern and western soft coal operators to draft the agreement, with a two to three day deadline. Operators expect seized properties to be released once signed.
U S government monitors recorded a Tokyo radio broadcast claiming more than 10 Allied bombers and fighter planes raided Hong Kong today with only negligible damage. The report notes the raid was described as having little effect.
Senator Langer of North Dakota urged a senate investigation into charges that supporters of Wendell Willkie tried to buy votes of delegates at the 1940 Republican national convention in Philadelphia. White House and party leaders weighed the allegation as a test of party integrity.
A warning from the millers national federation says wheat is being consumed too rapidly for safety. Grain men see it as stressing the nation’s food and war effort reliance on the staff of life.
Mrs. Harry Hopkins oversees renovation of an eightroom Georgetown house to become the Hopkins residence when they move from the White House. The work includes dodging ladders lugging lumber and applying paint and paper.
Instructions describe mixing flour baking powder salt and sugar then cutting in shortening to form a crust. The fragment ends while detailing how to add cold water to finish the dough. The passage reads like a home baking recipe.
The directions describe kneading a dough with knife, adding water to form a soft dough, spreading about an inch thick in a greased pan, then covering with prunes. The passage reads like a brief recipe step.
New York market summary shows stocks higher with leaders in recovery, bonds steady, rails in demand. Wheat at Chicago advanced amid mill buying then eased, corn and oats up modestly, and hogs weak while cattle rise to a midsummer high.
Kansas City market notes show hogs 6,590 head with fairly active bids and top at 13.54, cattle 6,500 with slow slaughter steadiness and various prices for steers heifers cows and calves, vealers, and stockers. sheep 5.00 trade slow with little sold early.
The production of 1,000 pound bombs at the Kansas Ordnance Plant near Parsons was halted today by orders of the War Department, according to officials. The halt affects ongoing wartime manufacturing and reflects a shift in ordnance priorities. The report notes no injuries or accidents tied to the halt.
Hogs steady in Kansas City with unchanged close. Cattle sees steady to weak slaughter hendlers and slow beef cow clearance. loads of choice slaughter steers 15.00 to 15.25 and medium to good 11.65 to 12.50. Sheep show slow demand. natives 25 lower with top truck-in at 14.00 and yearlings around 12.00, slaughter ewes 5.85 to 6.00, other terms 10.75 to 14.25.
Kansas City and Chicago market brief shows wheat and corn prices with bids for No. 2 dark and hard wheat and No. 2 red values. Futures quotes list highs lows and closes for December May and July. Chicago potatoes arrivals on track with Idaho Russet Bur banks and Colorado Red Meats prices for various commercial grades.
AP listing from Kansas City shows egg grades 46.2 47.2 and extras 4 grades 42.2 45.2, butter and dairy items at 43.47 44.2, boots and hens prices 23.68, fryers and stags 19.68, turkeys young 80.1 and 34.6 noted.
Local markets list poultry prices including turkeys and geese with per unit and dozen rates, grain quotes for wheat corn oats, butterfat, eggs, hogs and poultry rings. The Day in Wall Street notes a broad stock advance led by rails steel motors with profits trimming highs and bonds rebounding as UN meetings loomed.
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