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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1943
Page
4
Water Deal Stalls Over Non Discrimination Clause
Government intervention blocks Haskell Institute from paying its water bill to Lawrence. City officials reject adding a federal non discrimination clause, fearing scope beyond local needs and contractor issues. Deadlock persists as water service remains in limbo while the school remains owed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Haskell
Senate Panel Votes to Freeze Social Security Tax Through 1944
The senate finance committee recommends a one year extension of the social security payroll tax freeze through 1944. If not enacted the tax would double starting January 1 under existing law. Treasury reports show current collections cover demands with a balance of credit in government IOUs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
1.C.u.s
Congress
OPA Cases Prompt Calls for Special Courts by OPA
A local citizen twice faced federal court on OPA charges and won both times as judges found the OPA evidence unworthy of standing in federal court. The piece notes a federal judiciary principle to avoid harassing guiltless individuals and mentions OPA requests to create special courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Courts Safeguard Against Bureau Regulation Expansion
The passage argues that OPA cases must go before regular courts to prevent government by bureaucratic regulation. It cites the Lawrence cases as a reminder that protecting the courts and other institutions preserves public interests against experimenters seeking change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legal Department
Bureau
OPA
Patton in Cairo Signals New Trouble for Berlin Schemes
General Patton and staff are in Cairo on holiday with Seventh Army planners. The Greek and Yugoslav governments in exile also base operations there, signaling possible trouble for Berlin tied to Balkan and broader war plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patton
Cairo
Seventh Army
Berlin
Balkans
Germans Plot to Prolong War for Possible Victory
The Long War strategy aims to stretch the conflict to gain a fluke win or avoid outright defeat. Axis planners count on Allied momentum wane and battlefield gains by the Allies to erode both sides. They hope a drawn out stalemate could prevent a decisive military outcome, even as the war’s duration remains uncertain.
Leaked Cairo Conference News Traced to Chinese Journalist
A Chinese journalist who passed through Cairo to London observed Allied heads meeting and faced no censorship stopping disclosure. He publicized the event, breaking a hush hush arrangement that would have kept the news from the public a few days longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
London
Rules For Safe Parcel Delivery From The Independence Reporter
A mail and delivery man urges the public to follow five simple rules to aid parcel delivery. Ensure secure wrapping, clear complete addresses, ringing doorbells, and note if the recipient is away with a safe leave message. Do not ignore the ring and delay returning to the truck.
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Uncle Sam
U. S
Joe Doakes
Santa
Joe
Postwar peace hinges on Big Three unity say Eden and Mackenzie
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that lasting global peace depends on a postwar international order led by the United States Britain and Russia. Field Marshal Jan Smuts argued the same three powers must lead both war and peace as Europe and the world rebuild after Japan Germany and Italy decline and Russia rises in influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Russia
United States
Mr. Eden
United Nations
Pacific
League of Nations
League
Assembly of Nations
Jan € “Is
South Africa
London
Empire Parliamentary Association
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
Japan
France
Students Buy War Stamps at Oklahoma University
A banner service flag flew over the University of Oklahoma campus as 90 percent of the students purchased war stamps. The event took place in Norman Oklahoma on December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Lawrence High to face Wichita North at Liberty Memorial
Lawrence High and Wichita North meet on the basketball court at Liberty Memorial High School Friday night. The Old Friends club plans a Tuesday gathering at 2001 Tennessee Street. About 50 attended a Co-Operative club dinner at Wiedemann's last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence High
Wichita North
Liberty Memorial High School
Lee Schwinley
Lloyd Ware
Paul Schriver
Lake of the Ozarks
E. W. Penchard
Kansas City
Old Friends Club
T. H. Hack
Tennessee Street
Co-Operative Club
Wiedemann’s
Discharged Army Officer Returns Home From Camp Pike
Twenty five years ago Thurman Fitzpatrick, formerly at the officers training school at Camp Pike Arkansas, has received his discharge and comes home after a recent return. Mr. and Mrs. E L Charlton are visiting Chicago for several weeks. S Amick spent yesterday in Leavenworth. Mr. and Mrs. S J Hunter and
Forty Years Ago Items From Emporia College News
Forty years ago Miss Minnie R Owens studying oratory at Emporia college is home for the holidays. Baumgartner K A 88 visited the University and now works near Chicago. Miss Mary Monroe travels to Kansas City with J H Glathart to Eudora on business. Leap Year dance planned by Arc Light club alumni in the A Q U W hall for New Year’s Eve. Mrs George Schultz leaves to visit relatives in Oklahoma for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie R. Owens
Emporia College
Baumgartner
Chicago
Mary Monroe Arent
Kansas City
J.H. Glathart
Eudora
Arc Light Club
A.Q.U.W. Hall
George Schultz
Oklahoma
Memorization Plan Cuts History Names and Dates for Johnny
A Minnesota led committee proposes limit memorized dates to ten for junior high and thirteen for high school students. Johnny would still learn about 43 notable figures including Clara Barton Samuel Gompers Stephen A Douglas and Francis Parkman. The report by Edgar B Wesley will be published December 28 and released by MacMillan.
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Minneapolis
Johnny Schoolboy
Edgar B. Wesley
University of Minnesota
Johnny
Daniel Boone
Sam Houston
de Soto
Wesley
Clara Barton
Charles Goodyear
Nathan Hale
Samuel Gompers
Stephen A. Douglas
Francis Parkman
MacMillan Company
American Historical Association
The
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
National Council For the Social Studies
Planes Off Bougainville Support Trains for Solomons Fight
American transport planes from Torokina air field on Bougainville flew for the first time carrying Sunpites to soldiers and marines in the drive against the Japanese base in the northern Solomons. Navy Sea-Bees began work on November 3 and broke ground November 6 with Japanese nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Torokina
Bougainville
Solomons
Navy Sea-Bees
Flashes of Life Secret Weapon in Spokane Amid Gun Permit Talk
In Spokane a blonde opera singer jokes she may need a gun for singing or protection. She buys as a Christmas gift for her gun-collecting husband. A Oklahoma City clerk notes Andrew Hartley Payne ready to swear into service and choosing the army. He had footwork that earned a $25,000 bunion derby crown in 1928.
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Secret Weapon
Spokane
Wash
Helen Jepson
Oklahoma City
Supreme Court
Andrew Hartley Payne
Army
Navy
Payne
Men Hunt Goose in Harsh Idaho Winter
In St. Anthony Idaho M E Briggs his son Bill and Reed Lyons trudged through near zero weather. After miles of snow they spotted a flock of geese and fired together. Only one goose fell, the one all three targeted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony
Idaho
M. E. Briggs
Bill
Reed Lyons
Bugler Stops Japanese Assault on Bougainville
Henderson Kentucky marine bugler Robert L. Green opened fire upon four advancing Japanese on Bougainville Island. He killed the leading man before the others fled. A bugle found in the dead soldier's pack underscores the ironic line that it took a bugler to kill a bugler.
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Bougainville Island
Solomons
Robert L. Greenwell
Henderson, Ky
Greenwell
Poets Also Are Building Highway of Columbismo
Venezuelan senator and poet Andres Eloy Blanco spoke to University faculty and Spanish students on Columbismo, a spirit of discovery and mutual understanding between North and South America. He urged cross cultural bridges, noting good will as the basic material and highlighting his four poems read at the end.
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Frank Stronghall
Andres Eloy Blanco
Blanco
United States
State Department
Americas
North
South America
Columbismo
Altho
Columbus
New World
Sarmiento
Eldorado
Greece
Pericles
Senor Blanco
Faculty member may be named acting OU president
Regent President Joe W. McBride announced the possibility a faculty member could be named acting president of the University of Oklahoma. The plan will be discussed by the regents on December 23 as President Joseph A. Brandt departs January 1 to join the University of Chicago Press as director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. Anadarko
Okla
LPI
University of Oklahoma
Regent
Joe W. McBride
Anadarko
McBride
Joseph A. Brandt
University of Chicago Press
Coal heated bases at Liberal and Dodge City air fields
Kansas City reports that the army air bases at Liberal and Dodge City used coal heating despite proximity to the Hugoton field. Maj. Scott of the army quartermaster said coal boiler installation was not his jurisdiction. Officials discussed a 300 000 ton regional coal shortfall affecting civilian and military supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Hugoton
Army Air
Liberal
Dodge City
W. F. Turrentine
Andrew Schoeppel
Turrentine
Schoeppel
Garth Scott
Army Quartermaster Corps
Chicago
Scott
E. M. Douthat
Sinclair Coal Co
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Christmas Tree Fire Safety Rules From Oklahoma A. and M
Oklahoma A. and M professor Harry P. Rigdon urges Christmas tree safety with tips to prevent fires. Cut an inch off the stem and keep the tree in water, away from open flames, ensure lights and decorations are in good order, and discard trees promptly after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Harry P. Rigdon
Oklahoma
Freshman Woman Drives Local Bus Sparks Debate
A letters page highlights a freshman girl from Kansas University who drives a local bus, drawing criticism and praise as residents react to a woman operating in a male dominated field. The piece mentions named locals and the broader discussion of women in urban transportation.
Artist Killed in Burma-India Theater Crash
Reported in New Delhi and Pee Adolph Labands, a San Pra artist, among 12 killed when an American plane crashed near Burma. The other victims were army personnel. names released immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Pee
Adolph Labands
San Pra
Burma
Laband
Burma-India
The Haunted Man and Olive Ghost Bargain Chapter IX
Redlaw and a university professor have closed a bargain with a phantom to forget sorrowful memories. Milly challenges him about the hurt he inflicts on others and urges him to face his feelings. The scene shifts to a stormy night as the phantom’s world looms over the narrative.
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Redlaw
Milly
Longtor
Edmund
Thes
Race Progracs Wednesday Zeng December 15
Race program fragment lists Wednesday schedule with unclear entries and scattered letters. It mentions December 15 and partial times or codes. Intended to guide attendees though many characters are garbled.
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