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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1943
Page
3
Washington marks two years since Pearl Harbor with President Roosevelt opposing observance. The piece details U S mobilization gains, industrial output, and Allied advances from Pearl Harbor through key battles, noting the Teheran conference and projected continued relentless attacks.
A Senate judiciary subcommittee approved public hearings in its probe of liquor shortages with Friday testimony from Stewart Berkshire deputy commissioner of internal revenue on alcohol withdrawals from bonded warehouses. Chairman Van Nuys noted existing information shows whiskey production has lapses.
The note states that due to war conditions alcohol production can sustain supply for more than three years at normal consumption rates. It reflects wartime controls and industry forecasts.
The tale of war after Tarawa and Makin shows ambulances lined on the seaplane ramp as wounded from the Gilbert Islands arrive. Medics and intelligence officers await details while lingering crews smoke and the beaches glow under lagoon lights.
Dr C F Taylor superintendent of Norton state tuberculosis sanatorium urges public to participate in the Red Cross Christmas Seals sale. He urges readers to get health checkups and support the drive, saying the effort pays large dividends in health for self and neighbors.
In Readings Kansas on December 7 the Methodist church women report honey salvaged from a swarm that settled in the Aid Society hall over the summer. The honey will be offered for sale at the Christmas bazaar.
Miss Dorothea Schroeder announces two canning clinics in Lawrence to assist Farm Bureau unit women and county residents. The 2 p.m. Thursday session is in the basement of the Community building, with an 8 p.m. open meeting at the same venue. Carol Theim from Kansas State College leads, with Mrs. W. C. Boardman assisting. Other clinics are set in Kanwaka, Eudora, and Baldwin, while a Marion township or Stull session is cancelled due to the Lawrence expansion.
Izvestia expressed full official approval of the Tehran meeting of Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill. Premier Stalin returned safely to Moscow after a hazardous 1700 mile trip through snow and cold. The editorial praised four days of talks on wartime strategy and postwar peace organizations.
Sell unused household goods for cash via a classified ad. Phone 22.
P T Bowlus president of the Allen County State Bank offers $50 000 and site toward a new 200 000 hospital for Iola if the local balance is subscribed The Sisters of St Joseph accept the offer and plan to raise 150 000 soon They operate St Johns hospital two miles from Iola Funds to be placed in trust and construction to start after the war
The First Baptist church raised 390 dollars toward the World Emergency Forward Fund of the Northern Baptists, well over its 300 dollar quota. Most funds came Sunday, with no personal solicitation, and contributions from church groups include University class and several youth and women’s groups. The drive supports wartime relief, postwar rebuilding, and church missions in Burma and China as part of a nationwide effort by about 7000 Northern Baptist churches.
Early today a portable gas stove fire on a wall at Floyd Shobe’s 1935 Barker Avenue home damaged the wall and ceiling but was put out by the fire department. A second alarm at 3 30 a m reported a blaze at Mrs. Nellie Bryant’s 945 Vermont address.
Smoke wakes residents as fire starts from hot ashes in a wooden basement container. The blaze consumes the container but does not spread to other basement areas.
Berlin radio quotes Saburo Kurusu, former Japanese envoy in Washington during Pearl Harbor, arguing US war weariness is false and that Roosevelt will keep fighting. He says the US views the Japan-China war as a test and notes Japan’s increased production while Britain and the US underestimated Japan.
Lt. Col. James Roosevelt returns to San Diego after serving as a Marine Corps observer during the invasion of Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands campaign. The President's son was part of the forces that participated in the operation.
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