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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1940
Page
4
Advertisement lists carrier and monthly rates for subscriptions with 150 mile distance bands and a one year option. The page also includes the Christmas verse from Luke about the birth of Christ and the good tidings to all people.
The piece notes calls for a moratorium on Christmas amid war but argues the holiday endures. It links the festival to hope and healing despite turmoil and asserts the Christmas spirit will endure through dark hours, guiding mankind back to peace.
The Kansas memoir by A C Scott recounts early Carlyle life near Iola with Presbyterians from Indiana. Ten chapters describe hunting and fishing, schools, social gatherings, and frontier struggles, ending with a praise of simple country living over pampered city childhoods.
The Pittsburg Headlight weighs Christmas carving in America noting many carvers work only on this day and often show amateur traits. It cites the New York Herald Tribune classifying carvers into bunglers and other groups, arguing practice and timing affect quality.
A long, humorous reflection contrasts three carving types from hesitant beginners to deft veterans. The author lauds the quiet, efficient method as essential, noting carving should be done in the kitchen and served pre-cut to spare guests.
Industrial artists in 1941 designed two tone pastels for cars and Kansas license tags adopt old Spanish colors for the Coronado year. The harmony of soft car finishes with bright tags creates a jarring contrast like a Chicago fire scene. Kangana selects cars for their colors and must adjust to the change.
The British capture count in the Egyptian campaign has reached 85 949 with several thousand more reported en route to central centers for transfer to camps away from the front. Mussolini appears to have lost a significant portion of his army in Africa and the losses are primarily front line troops.
Althe Rome reports steady reinforcements for the troops in Albania while Greek forces push forward, occupying another coastal town recently held by Italians. Mussolini desires a stand, but the Italian army appears reluctant to stay in Albania.
The men's class of the First Christian church led by W. J. B. Turner and C. E. Birch urges restoring the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day. They argue historical precedent from Washington to Lincoln supports the date and warn that commercial and conflicting observances weaken the holiday. They call on Congress to eliminate the current two-day setup and unify observance.
Multiple families hosted Christmas dinners and gatherings across Hastings. Attendees included the Mitchells, Bryants, Evans, Moon, Emerys, Pine family, Dicker clan, Asher family, Allison relatives, and others. Centerpieces from New York and gifts for children highlighted the festive week.
Twenty five years of service are celebrated for Bower sock industries staff at a chamber music concert in Bowersock theater followed by gift distribution. The program notes include the Lawrence Paper Manufacturing Co Griffin Ice Co Lawrence Iron Works and the Bowersock theater. The 25 year veterans named are John Wey George Bryant Neeley Hensen and Val Vogler.
Mrs L J Newman and Miss Mil dred Newman accompanied by Mrs Charline Morgan and Miss Charline Morgan travel party to Kansas City to visit relatives for a few days.
The Sunday theater nears, a Topeka trek and green Christmas hues. Snow fell yesterday as Willie Hutson, manager at DeQuincy restaurant, sends holiday greetings. University faculty lack in residence telephones. Turkey shooting and Mormon colony debates stir Lawrence. George Barker and M Summerfield form a third partnership with Barker away for winter as state house speaker.
New York reports author George Sylvester Viereck resigned from the Overseas Press Club of America at members’ request. Secretary Burnet Hershey said meetings drew many dissenters and Viereck called the demand mass hysteria. Representative Patman had accused him of Nazi propaganda ties, which Viereck denied.
Ad miralty said British naval aircraft bombed the harbor of Tripoli in Italian Libya on December 20 and 21. Two merchant ships were sunk in a torpedo strike on a convoy on the afternoon of the 21st. One British plane was lost in the operation.
An 1808 visit to Pitcairn by an American whaler revealed John Adams the last surviving mutineer from the Bounty era. He led a small community of 35 women and children, preached Bible study, and aimed to modernize the island. Adams died in 1829 after a life of reform.
In a warm family Christmas scene, Jerry reveals he will not return to school. The Connellys share gifts and memories with Mary, Cleo, and Jerry, reflecting on traditions and the impact of travel and moves. The episode ends with a family conference set for the next day.
Bangkok dispatch reports ongoing combat across several sectors of the Thai land France Indo China frontier with no major set piece battles described in the latest high command communique.
Warm weather in Chardon Ohio has triggered maple sap flow, signaling the start of the state's sugar bush season in the district, as growers anticipate early tapping and production.
Oak Ridge reports a busy week with an impromptu Christmas program at Bleakley School, spelling prizes, and illness causing absences. Farm Bureau members attended the Trinity Lutheran church meeting featuring a pageant, reports on terracing, and Christmas gatherings hosted by Mrs. Van Neste, Wise, and others.
Readable radio programming list shows dense lineup across WREN KMBC WDAF and ABC stations. Programs include Tom Mix Easy Does It Hollywood Playhouse Glenn Miller’s Orchestra and Weather forecasts with multiple newscasts and live musical segments.
Misa Leona Fetty holds a position in a Lawrence store, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Vaneste visited Topeka, and several locals attended a Centenary St. E. church service with a Christmas program. Wille House of Kansas City will stay with Mr. and Mrs. Win Elouse and daughter Kathryn. Miss Marion Coyles vacationing in Winfield. Jack Toms and Jeanette Erwin shared birthday celebrations at the Erwin home in Lawrence with family and friends.
Elizabeth Magdaline Miller born November 19, 1875 in Greenville Ohio, moved to Kansas in 1888, long residence in Douglas County. Married Lewis Forman Mowder in 1894. Survived by eight children Chester Lawrence Charles Levi Samuel Clara Norman Florence Findley Mary Mowder Elsie Otis and nineteen grandchildren. Also survived by brothers C. P. Miller and S. W. Miller. Died at age 65 in Pomona Kansas at daughter Clara Norman's home.
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