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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1943
Page
2
Congress questions draft rules urging compliance with the expressed intent to favor nonfathers before inducting prewar fathers. Hershey defends oversight while McNutt shifts supervision. Whiskey hoarding prompts calls for taxing bonded liquor to the open market. Senate debates mustering out pay boosts range from 200 to 750 dollars.
The University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences committee proposes adding a required course in American history or an examination path. Dean Paul B. Lawson notes the aim is to ensure all graduates understand American institutions and essential facts, inviting faculty input on needed subjects.
Probate Judge Frank R. Gray performed wedding ceremonies at the courthouse yesterday for J R Cantrell of Archie Missouri and Jeweldean Williams of Harrisonville Missouri and Woodrow W Masterson of Kansas City Missouri and Dorothy Hay of Kansas City Kansas.
The notice lists meat, fats, and other ration stamps with validity through early 1944. It covers Green stamps A to C in book four, D to F in book four, Sugar Stamp 29, Shoes stamps, Gasoline coupons A through C, Stove certificates, and Fuel Oups with expiration deadlines.
Private Harry Ray Beard from Bloomington Maryland writes his mother that a German bomber crew included a woman. He landed with the first anti air unit at Salerno as the battle unfolded. He recalls a large bomber going down with a girl in it.
New York December 11 Senator W Lee O Daniel a Texas Democrat warned that a small group of professional politicians hold power in Washington and that only abolishing reelections can restore control to the people He urged a six year limit on the president vice president and Congress as a cure and said both major parties have become tools of bureaucratic bosses amid a centralized political machine
Selections from The Christ Child by Hawley performed by the church chorus tomorrow at 11. Dr R A Schwegler presents The Keys to Happiness. Miss Lea Blanche Edgar missionary from China serves as honored guest after Shanghai evacuee held in Japanese camp since February 1945. Open house for Baptist Youth Fellowship follows at 1124 Mississippi Street with carols readings and refreshments.
October applications for the dairy subsidy cover October milk and butter fat sales with a 35 cents per hundred pounds for whole milk and four cents per pound for butter fat. Reports for November and December sales are accepted January 1 through February 28. Sellers should not file until the new year January 1.
Lawrence Lodge No. 6 A F and A M holds its annual stated communication next Monday night for election of officers and other matters of importance. Visitors welcome. Turner W M. Quakenbush Secy Adv.
Salt Lake City December 11 Republicans heard a farm program critique of the New Deal. Gov Dwight Griswold Nebraska voiced goals to boost production and farmer returns outlining eight points including abundance over scarcity and marketing adjustments. A platform from the two day conference was to be submitted to the national convention next year. Griswold urged politics to stop at the water’s edge and backed a long term national foreign affairs policy.
Military personnel from Lawrence and surrounding areas are reported in transfers, furloughs, and overseas letters. Lt. Harry W. Hill moves from Ephrata to Sioux City, Alfred Gallup earns first lieutenant, paratrooper T/Corporal Howard Creel Jr. visits with family, Major H. J. Longenecker in the Southwest Pacific sends Thanksgiving dinner details, ACC Rex Mills on furlough from Amarillo, England-bound Lt. Johns and Col. Cummings share Old Home Town Day, KU alums become blimp pilots, vets John and Edward Riling on furlough, and Larry-area families receive Christmas notices and greetings.
President Roosevelt sent an invitation to King Farouk I of Egypt to visit the United States after the war. The king thanked him but gave no definite commitment. The letter was addressed to a Cairo hospital where the king was ill and not seen in person.
Washington reports the Senate Military Affairs Committee unanimously recommended a graduated muster-out pay plan for all armed service members. The scheme, attached to a Barkley bill, pays 500 dollars for 18+ months overseas service, 400 dollars for 12–18 months, 300 dollars for shorter overseas or U.S. service, and 200 dollars for U.S. service under a year, disbursed in three installments.
Gov Andrew Schoeppel commuted life terms for three inmates. John Clark of Atchison county saw his life term cut to 15 years for grand larceny. Gordon Strode of Douglas county received 15 to 20 years for narcotics possession. W E Thompson of Butler county had his life term reduced to 15 to 20 years with the new sentence starting March 27, 1933.
Lawrence leaders Heard In Lawrence Frank Liggett and Elmer L. Winfield of Lecompton were named main maintenance men for the state highway department. A carload of 34 Holstein springer heifers was shipped to Fort Worth by cattleman Roy LaFaver with Jim Wiggins assisting. the heifers aim to improve Fort Worth area dairy herds. The city fire rationing board issued eight grade 8 tires and three passenger tubes. The K A vespers will feature a tableau of American shepherds with Navajo students from Haskell and Kost family involvement arranged by Mrs Speelman and Madeline Waubunsee.
The Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation plans to provide soul food alongside K rations. A small folder with 12 non denominational hymns and the twenty third psalm will accompany each package, with distribution mainly through chaplains.
John W Ashton chairman of the University English department attends the Regional Committee on the Humanities in American Institutions conference in Denver from December 3 to 5. About 100 educators and 75 colleges and universities participated to plan applying history philosophy and literature to war and postwar world.
The NAACP held a meeting at the Pentecostal church. Rev. W. A. Jackson was elected president and Theodore Hamilton treasurer. Dr. Homer A. Jack of the Unitarian church joined the executive board.
Topeka officials report a new parcel post record with seven hundred dollars worth of mail during an eight hour rush for Christmas packages. The previous record stood at five hundred eighty dollars.
Pearl Harbor reports Lt. Ernest M. Snowden’s air group shot down 65 Japanese planes since October 5 with only two pilots killed and three planes lost. His squadron attacked targets at Kwajalein on December 4, hitting a cruiser, a cargo ship, and an anchoring vessel, as Adm. Nimitz noted ongoing sinkings.
The Douglas County Medical service logged 780 people on medical aid in November with income of 1453.50 and expenditures totaling 1452.49. Spending covered drug stores 617.49 hospitals 322.91 transportation 16.40 County Home care 25. ad eers 121.45 doctors 349 with 306 office calls 150 day calls four night calls and one hospital call. There were 788 prescriptions written costing 617.49.
The Mid-West Research council was granted a state charter today by Circuit Judge John F. Cook. The institute aims to cooperate with college and industrial laboratories to better channel natural resources into factories across Missouri Kansas Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma and Arkansas.
The Kansas supreme court refused a rehearing of its ruling upholding the filled milk statute. It also ruled Justice Jay S. Parker was not disqualified due to past legal connections as former attorney general.
Former supreme chief of Mussolini's fascist army and later commander of the Italian southern army, Emilio de Bono, was captured by German forces on treason charges after Italy's surrender. The arrest marks a pivotal development in the collapse of Italian military leadership during the German occupation.
Local salvage officials praise the Waste Paper Rally as hundreds of tons of old paper flow toward the junk yard on East Ninth Street. Scouts, Salvation Army volunteers, and school groups pedal effort to ease a critical shortage. buyers pay 50 cents per hundred pounds and officials expect totals to exceed 40 000 pounds by day’s end.
Kansas Governor Andrew F. Schoeppel was re elected chairman of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission at the closing session of its winter quarterly meeting in Wichita. The move confirms Schoeppel will lead the commission through its upcoming term.
UPI reports a six year high in influenza deaths for the week ending last Saturday with 700 fatalities across 126 towns in England and Wales.
Mrs Will Nowak hosts a surprise birthday gathering with friends and relatives. Lillian Nowak hosts a Neighborhood Circle meeting with a covered dish luncheon, a brief business session, and contests won by Mrs. Max Rollin and Mrs Champion. Barbara Zook visits Kansas City. Mrs Luella Daniels Oliver of McLouth dies in Lawrence Memorial Hospital aged 76, survived by daughter Mrs Lucy Large and sons Edward and Frank.
Lt. Albert C. M. Steffens Fifth Army chaplain and former Arch bishop Spellman aide receives the Soldier's Medal for saving an American and a British officer from drowning off the Algerian coast last summer.
The Chinese high command said a Chinese column moving to block reinforcements for recaptured Changteh pushed within 30 miles of Hankow, historically a major central Japanese supply base.
William Edward Herdlinger of Fort Worth Texas married Shirley Jean Noyes of Dallas Texas today at the courthouse. The ceremony was performed by Lorene Hollingsworth probate judge pro tem.
The Algiers radio reported from London on December 11 that a former Fascist leader was arrested. Details remain sparse as the wire notes an authority action by unspecified officials. The broadcast notes ongoing investigations with no official confirmation.
Mixed stocks with narrow changes. cotton steady as New Orleans buyers cover. Wheat hits new seasonal highs in Chicago with limited offerings and notable buying by eastern houses. rye and oats rise while corn and barley show modest gains. Kansas City hogs and cattle trade uneven with week’s tops and price shifts across weights. cash grain shows scattered gains on wheat and oats, with light potato demand and dull market conditions.
Kansas City price report lists eggs with special 45.2 46.2, extras 42.7 44.2, standards 41.7, current receipts 41.7. Butterfat 44 47, retail butter 43.47 44.22. Poultry items include hens 23.7, brokers springs 27.2, old roosters and stags 19.7, young turkeys 30.1 34.6, old turkeys 28.69 31.18, geese 20, guineas 45.50 per old, pigeons per dozen 0.75.
Grain Wheat 1.45 yellow corn 1.04 oats 72. Poultry No 1 hens 21 springs and broilers 25 cocks and winee 15 17. Butterfat No 149 No 24 Eggs 39. Hogs 13 20.
The Day in Wall Street notes continued demand for selected stocks while leaders were neglected. Weekend caution slowed extending commitments and some profit taking tempered recent gains. Overall sentiment remained bullish despite the mild setback.
Market commentary notes year end tax liquidation largely completed and reinvestment hopes fueling a general recovery. Investors edged toward conservatism awaiting a potential European war. Minor fractional moves balanced by stronger positions near close. activity rose with about 400 000 shares traded.
The family expresses sincere thanks for sympathy and floral offerings following the death of John Sanders Smith. Geneva Greene Henry Smith take note of condolences and support.
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