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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1943
Page
4
A devotional quotation from Ezekiel 34 28 asserts nations will live in safety and no longer fear predation by beasts or heathen forces. The verse emphasizes protection and secure dwelling for the people.
The analysis claims the higher wage settlement was a fiction, intended to spur production. Wages rose but production likely will not increase as promised. Consumers face rising coal costs as supply remains tight and demand remains strong.
Deaths from traffic accidents in the United States rose in October by 18 percent with no known reason. Experts note earlier declines due to fewer vehicles on the roads and enforced speed limits, but the October uptick disrupts the downward trend.
The North American Aviation plant in Kansas City Kansas installs a 75 mm cannon on a B-25 bomber. One Japanese destroyer is claimed in the toll of enhanced armament. Engineers devise a recoil mechanism making the gun feasible aboard air combat craft.
Advocates for higher taxes argue national income supports government inroads into personal finances to curb inflation. Subsidy supporters say consumers pay more for goods without subsidies, with taxes to cover subsidies. Both sides agree people should not spend their own money, while government spends faster. The issue gains focus as 1944 nears.
The proposal to vote the army in the next election threatens precinct voting authorities who lack voter counts as soldiers cannot register or reveal locations. This raises questions about where troops will be registered and how ballots will be managed.
The columnist weighs immediate peace vs. continued wartime punishment. He argues that crushing Hitlerism requires harsh shock to German mentality, including bombing Berlin and destroying morale, to begin true reform and lasting peace, even if it prolongs suffering for current generations.
Former professional wrestler Frank Robinson, known for Topeka bouts, is hospitalized at the Army General Hospital in Topeka recovering from a combat injury. He was hurt in a wrestling match for servicemen in Hawaii, not in wartime.
In Forne H Italy on November 24 a chaplain recalls a sergeant he knew in Africa and Sicily who refused to quit despite a knee injury and swollen feet. He persevered through brutal Italian mountains, but was killed by shell fragments, illustrating the duty some men feel toward their country.
The United Home Service club to host a covered dish supper and Christmas party for members and families at the community building on Tuesday December 7 at 7 pm. Guests bring a dish and family gifts for Winter hospital boxes with items like cigarettes and talcum powder. The program will include music and games and eligible nonmembers may attend. December birthdays listed include Arnold Elliott Vaughn W Pontius Charles Stough Agnes Laptad Ivan Roberts J Tate Clark Wayne B Traynor Daniel A Cantwell.
The Wednesday Duplicate auction club meets Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Robert House at the Manor. Various residents, including Mrs. W O Nelson and several others, spend days in Topeka and Lawrence for activities and visits.
The 8 a.m. temperature stood at 22 degrees above zero. The Twentieth Century club will meet Tuesday with Mrs. L. N. Lewis at 723 Louisiana Street. Lydia L. Longanecker and Robert R. Wilson were quietly married at 3 30 p.m. Wednesday November 27 in Kansas City.
Forty years ago H W Grant visited Ottawa on business while Miss Carrie Watson stayed in town. Will Green traveled to Lecompton for the morning. Thad Stevens and F S William headed to the Choctaw nation for a hunting trip. Lee McCain moved to Kansas City for a printing job. Mrs James Mitchell spent the day at Lake View with Mrs Eben Baldwin. Doctors G W Jones A W Clark B H Leslie G A Hamman E D F Phillips and A B Sellards attended the Douglas County Medical Society meeting in Lecompton. A horse hitched to a cart ran away on Massachusetts Street but caused no injuries. Snow melted rapidly and was expected to disappear by night.
Oklahoma City oilman R. Olsen filed an injunction suit in the PHA district court against Lloyd Catlin and Clyde R. Nuckols alleging planes roared and wobbled over his rural home across the road often at 60 feet creating danger. The petition claims the defendants leased the field in 1942 to train civilian pilots and seeks $10,000 damages.
Mrs. Bessie Plummer of 1138 Kentucky Street has received letters from New York California New Mexico and Pennsylvania all after Thanksgiving. The notes relay a radio message from her son Private First Class James E Plummer prisoner of war in Taiwan and in good health. He asks for mail and to convey love to his wife and mother. He has not mailed since capture and learns his father died last Christmas.
Rep Jed Johnson asks Economic Stabilization Director Vinson to reconsider rejecting a 35 cent per barrel oil price increase. He warns Congress will drop the hold the line policy when the Disney oil transfer bill passes, noting coal operator increases and oil as a war factor.
The Kansas Teacher magazine endorses a lay board of education and would let the board choose its own state superintendent or education commissioner. The proposal argues to remove the state superintendent from elective officers and create a new law board similar to the board of regents with selection power over the top administrator.
Denver first sergeant Robert E Payne wrongly tries courtship on a street corner and is rebuffed by a woman. Hollywood resident Basil W Mark faces arson charges after fires break out during Thanksgiving visit with his in laws. Deputy DA Howard Hinshaw quotes Mark about the fires as a ploy to remove relatives.
Jefferson City Missouri Joseph Slay of St Louis a delegate to the state constitutional convention proposes a provision in the new Missouri constitution barring landlords in St Louis from refusing tenants who have children Slay says he has ten children himself and supports the measure as a family oriented policy
Wichita mills and elevators offered $1.44 a bushel for wheat in Wichita Kansas on December 1 the highest price in 15 years and a 24 cent rise since harvest buyers hoped for quick sale amid market demand.
Governor Andrew F. Schoeppel urges Kansas women to join the Women's Army Corps as Pearl Harbor nears its second anniversary. He notes Air-WAC expansion and 18 occupational fields open to Kansas women, with recruitment sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Local residents and families are mentioned in related notes.
Mrs J W Ashton urges knitters to finish garments quickly as the quota ships in a week. Miss Agnes Evans asks volunteers to attend sewing rooms tomorrow for special hand sewing. Red Cross rooms in Central Junior High are open 9 30 to 12 and 1 to 430 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The first quarterly conference of the Methodist church in Eudora will convene at the church on Thursday evening December 2 with a basket dinner at 7 o'clock. Rev. George M. Boicourt of Ottawa becomes district superintendent and will attend his first conference in Eudora. Separately, Mr and Mrs William Miller and family and other relatives enjoyed Thanksgiving at Mrs E S Marshall's DeSoto home.
Frank pushes Emily for commitment but she resists as his mother softens objections. Emily learns Muriel Dawson becomes a topic of discussion while Jim counsels Timmy and a care plan. Emily later agrees to join Jim as he heads out, seeking a practical solution for Timmy.
5 30 WREN Jack Armstrong KMBC Salute to Stars and Stripes WDAF Joseph Galliccho Or 5 45 WREN News KMBC Western Echoes WDAF Newscast 6 00 KMBC Newscast WDAF Fred Waring s Orch
The listing shows a dense array of radio broadcasts across WREN KMBC WDAF and others for Thursday evening December 2. Programs include The Lone Ranger The Battle of the Sexes Eddie Cantor Dinah Shore and Major Bowes with orchestras and news segments, plus later features like a book review and a children story hour.
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