Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Lawrence Journal World in Lawrence, Kansas

We have 6,677,888 pages in Kansas

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1940

Page

2

Allied Blockade of North Russia Reports Rise

Copenhagen reports a British French naval squadron blocks Russia northern coast to choke German supply lines and deter submarines. Rumors of clashes with the Soviet Arctic navy circulate as neutral Scandinavia worries over future events and regional stability. Aftonbladet cites Kuznetzoff inspecting Arctic defenses while Britain and France consider pursuing sea rights.

Copenhagen Berlingske Tidende Arctic Germany Nothern Murmansk Kola Bay Altmark Norwegian Stockholm Aftonbladet Russia Riawee” Ee Aris UPI France Paris Aierstelite Arctic Ocean Estawne

Edmonds Opens New Food Market at 1401 Massachusetts

Clarence Edmonds unveils a redecorated market at 1401 Massachusetts Street with fresh vegetables daily and frost ed food cabinets. The meat department will be led by Norman Weibel, formerly a butcher at the Edmonds chain, who joins the new location after two years with the company.

Clarence Edmonds Massachusetts Street Edmonds Massachusetts Norman Weibel

Deaths and Funerals Highlight McKinzie and Hoyt Obituaries

John Franklin McKinzie aged 69 a former Richland resident died at his son's home in Ozawkie Kansas Funeral services will be held at Twin Mound Methodist church Sunday with burial in Rock Creek cemetery He is survived by his wife three sons two daughters two brothers and three grandchildren Charles R Hoyt 62 of Auburn Washington died February 11 with services held in Waitsburg He is survived by his wife Blanche and sister May J Seetin of Lawrence He moved from Waitsburg fifteen months ago and operated Hoyt Drug Store in Auburn Born August 6 1877 in Lawrence He was a University of Kansas Pharmacy School graduate and had links to A F and A M Lafayette Judge No 16 Manhattan and Knights Templar Larned

John Franklin McKinzie Virgil Maves Baldwin D. W.'Mckinzie W. R. McKinzie Eudoraz Mary,Leona Floyd Gaines Charles R. Hoyt Auburn Wash Ames Apartments Waitsburg Hoyt Blanche Hoyt May J. Seetin Lawrence University School of Manhattan A.F. and A. M. Lafayette Knights Templar Larned Methodist Aid Society Allan Isaac L. R. Mitchell Tonganoxie Farm Bureau Clyde Hunter L. W. McKeehen Foster Laming Mary Kerston Iva Holladay Leavenworth Charles Bradley la Porte Ind L. C. Bradley W. T. Markham Topeka Kansas Tonganoxie Rural High School W. J. Stephenson Four Square Bridge Club Izola_ Farrell Kansas City Cora Findley Eula Throop Henry Geib Alicia Seifert Lucy McNaughton Carl Knox Knox Stanwood Jennie Winslow Jones Hazel Ridge Jones Tonganoxie Jonathan Sarah Winslow Andrew Jones Sadie ‘Powell Mae. Pearson Alice Buck Grace Schoonover Clintondale N. Y Frank Walter Jones Ida ‘Ballou Wichita Anna Pearson Gridley Calif Grace Bridges Idaho Falls Ida Roy Winslow Meeker Colo Will Winslow Grand Junction Verle Winslow R. A. Gregory Stanwood Church Wild Horse Cemetery Santa Ana Whitsed Laming James Wooten Kingman Kan Y.W.C G. A. Emerson Hunt William E. Keys St. John’s Hospital William Allen Ben Hoerner Silver Lake John Wortman Wortman Betty Jean Daiis Bobby McEnulty David Dickie Day Shirley Batten Jessie Marie Mc Alexander Lorene Rawlings Gloria Parker Martha Lawrence Aubrey Martin Fairy June Seymour Rhinda Chapter Eastern Star Chapter Easton

Centenary Methodist Church Special Service Notice

Special service scheduled at Centenary Methodist Church with details readable from the notice. Readers are invited to attend and observe the local church event.

Baker University Wildcats Grid Schedule 1940

Baker University announces eight game football schedule for 1940 led by Emil S. Liston. opener at Colorado College in Colorado Springs with possible ninth game. slate includes Bethany McPherson College College of Emporia Bethel William Jewell Kansas Wesleyan Ottawa and Ottawa at Baldwin.

Colorado College Colorado Springs Bethany Lindsborg McPherson Baldwin College of Emporia Emporia Bethel William Jewel Kansas Wesleyan Salina Ottawa

Ducks Flying North Signal Spring Flap In Lawrence

Lawrence residents report several flocks of ducks seen this morning flying north, an omen some see as a sign of spring. In district court Judge Hugh Means will hear the contested divorce case W W Hutton versus Sarah A Hutton on Tuesday February 27. W H Quakenbush of Lawrence is named district deputy in the thirteenth Masonic district by Grand Master Arthur H Strickland of Kansas City Kan.

Lawrence W. W. Hutton Sarah A. Hutton Hugh Means W. H. Quakenbush Masonic Arthur H. Strickland Kansas City Kan

Clinton Belyvoir church notes and community events

Attendance at Sunday school and church services at Clinton Belyvoir Presbyterian. Mrs Montgomery sang He Is Mine. Loyal class rehearses a play. Home Missions planned for Thursday. Missionary society met with Mrs Chester Baldwin. officers elected for the year. Various local moves, births, illnesses, and a Clinton 4 H club meeting are reported along with school make up day and community visits.

Presbyterian Church Montgomery O'Connor Harve Barton Edd Steele O’connor Johnson Barton Hight Charles Nemics Walter Kampschroeder Nemics Thomas Kampschroeder Laddie Demeritt Russell Koehler Topeka Stormont Hospital Koehler Ray Harrell Harry Unger James Duncan Eudora Chester Baldwin Lawrence Lewis Kemp Bruce Harrell Unger Clinton Ebon Anderson Faye Jack Clinton School Louise Baldwin Balbright Lone Star Eh Wey Moreland Baldwin Doris Anderson Lawrence Memorial High Liss Leona Tibbets Fienes Clinton 4-H Fred Baldwin Faye Anderson Lawren Foley William Bene Elmer Sawyer Lincoln Ned August Dreyer

Fire department called four times last week in Tonganoxie

Fire crews were dispatched four times in Tonganooxie during the past week. On Sunday February 12 a flue fire started in the chimney at the home of Mr and Mrs Oscar Brown after they cleaned soot from a heater pipe. The blaze was extinguished quickly.

Oscar Brown

Woodring Speaks on U S Neutrality in Topeka Rally

Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring addressed 1,500 Democrats in Topeka praising Roosevelt reforms and pledging that America must remain at peace. He warned that prolonged conflict could destroy democracy in Europe and Asia and urged closer cooperation between business and government to curb war’s costs. Local party leaders named new officers for the Washington Day Club and college clubs.

Topeka Kan Roosevelt Europe Harry H. Woodring Woodring Kansas T.am America Asia Marion Beatty Washington Day Club Paul Aiken Macksville Harold Harding Kansas City Marguerite McGrew Holton Joseph Redmond Wichita College Democratic Clubs First Voters’ Leagues of John W. Reed Tola

Fire damage reported at several local homes this week

Early Wednesday, February 14, an overheated stovepipe ignited the Claude Bowman kitchen partition. A blaze in the Rich Jarrett attic caused minimal damage. Friday afternoon, February 16, a defective fire caused a fire at Frank Allen Isaac residence, quickly extinguished with little damage. Other notes include social visits, births, anniversaries, and school events in Tonganoxie.

Claude Bowman Rich Jarrett Frank Allen Isaac Charles Bowman McGill Izola Farrell Lakeview Lodge Ruth Fowler Gwendolyn Morikes Irene Verhace Alten Grems Martha’ Jee Freeman Kansas City Lee Freeman Geonard Newton Campbell Alfred Skeets Cushing Hospital Leavenworth Beta Carol Roscoe Bedell John Gould Walter Gould Emmoria M. G. Farrell Edith McColiney Topeka Kan Bertha Himpel Jessie Himpel L. M. Rymph Kansas Congregational Churches Carl Knox Tonganoxie High School James L.fox Will Harling Dushcilla Coffin Leavenworth County Tonganoxie

Community notices from Tonganoxie area events

Local society meetings at the Methodist Aid and YWCA discuss kitchen planning and family budgeting for 1940. Farm Bureau hosts, bridge club gathers, library board officers elected, and births announced. Funeral services for Jennie Winslow Jones noted with family lineage and interment at Wild Horse cemetery.

Local notices and social highlights from Lone Star church week

Sunday school attendance 55 with 11 o clock services led by Rev. L Griffith. Absent students listed by name. Many visitors and dinners at multiple homes. Community events include a leap year party and a missionary luncheon. Several families visit relatives in nearby towns and attend a Pathers Daughters banquet.

Neighborhood Visits Highlight Weekend Gatherings

Will Kinzie and Frank Flory families hosted and visited friends across Centropolis and Washington Creek. The Flory households welcomed Daggett Ulrich and Flory kin for Sunday and Monday gatherings with Spiegel and others from New Mexico and Appanoose, reflecting a busy social week in the community.

Will’ Kinzie Frank Flory Erma Ivan Jeas Wray Centropolis Ezra’ Jamison Quanter Clyde Hoover Raymond Eunice Delma Jean Paul Washington Creek J. D. Flory Arthur. Flory John Daggett Billy Margaret W. H. Ulrich Joe Flory M. D. Flory Delbert Anderson Robert Billy Childs Jim Ray New Mexico Arthur Spiegel Appanoose Mart Flory

Fall Leaf News Roundup From Fall Leaf Community

Local notes recount visits to Kansas City by Mrs Frank Schoenhofer and family. Florence, in California, spoke by phone to her mother. Several residents traveled to see ill relatives in Memorial Hospital and to Briggs sale. A Happy Hour club gathering and school activities are noted with brief social details.

Frank. Schoenhofer Kansas City Florence Gilbert Titus California Daisy Strand Tulsa Okla Frank Schoenhofer Vincent Jim Prichard Bobbie John Memorial Hospital Minnie. Bowen Hanna Pfleger Albert Steinbring Otto Vitt Arlene Jim Dyer Alma Reetz Seele Fred Reetz Happy Hour Club William Reetz Arthur Kirkman Arche Meinke Allison Steinbring Robert Schellack Howard Whaley Eudora Clarence Hummvelexard Fall Leaf Gretta Lou Reetz Ruth Reifschneider Gretta Lou St. Paul's Evangelical Church Lorene Reetz Fall Leaf School Alvin Reetz Milton Reifschneider Harvey Schellack Bartlesville Johnnie

Belleview Social News and Gatherings Across Town

Belleview residents visit Kansas City and Sulphur Springs. The Belleview Ladies Aid met for quilting in Lawrence. Funeral notices, a Valentine party at Belleview school with Supt. Harold Fisher guest, and a death in Eudora reported. Mrs. Duncan stays near Clinton with aunt Chester Baldwin.

Everett Chronister Will Sese Turret Kansas City Kan Fred Whaley Minnie Whaley Carl Wichman Sulphur Springs Ark Harry Whaley Gertrude McCall Gary, Tl Sarah Shirck Louis Traxler Marilyn Roger Sharon Lee Bahnmaier Lecompton L. Jshitek Belleview Ladies Aid Lawrence Clifford Coffman Roy Cramer Will Cramer Paola Topeka Belleview School Harold Fisher George Eichelmeyer Eudora James Duncan Clinton Chester Baldwin Claud Landon, Jr Arthur John

Birthday party honors Helen Lucille and friends

Sunday gatherings at the Frazier home and others around Lawrence feature visits, dinners, and cake as families celebrate birthdays and attend funerals. Numerous neighbors and relatives from Perry Kansas City Topeka Tulsa Linwood and Eudora are listed with activities from Friday to Sunday.

Paasch Ralph. Wotan Clifford.Eisele Kansas Roy Cramer Levi Woodard George Vera Rollins Sayy Dre Tulsa Howard McKinney Fairview Warner Forsythe City L. C. Rapier Louize Topeka Lucile Houtsne Linda Lou Goff Rap Merle Milton Shafstall Adolph Torneden Linwood Howard Whaley Kenneth Chris Meuffles East Eudora

Wall Street Slips as Markets Close Quietly

New York stocks eased amid a thin session totals showing about 700,000 shares traded with many traders away for a four day weekend. Downticks appeared in Loft and Seaboard Airlines alongside declines in Eastman, Johns Manville, General Motors and Standard Oil while gains came from Fajardo Sugar Du Pont Westinghouse and Goodyear. Bond prices followed the stock trend with Treasury issues listed. Cotton rose 10 to 45 cents per bale on brisk demand.

Wall Street New York Washington Great Northern Preferred Sears, Roebuck Fajardo Sugar du Pont Westinghouse Goodyear

Vinland Town Basketball Team Narrowly Drops Game

Vinland and vicinity report the town team entered Gardner tournament Monday night and lost to Stanley by one point. Players listed include Bast Covey Roy Vandeventer Roy Hoskin son Perry McPheeters Leo Hagere man Louis Heinrich Aubrey Hager man Hubert Hoskinson Earl Jameson. Local spectators included Mr and Mrs Homer Staadt Faye Hagerman Bernice Hagerman Esther Johnson Arliss Watkins Gerald Millbern and Frank Hagerman.

Martin Holcom Woodrow Sturdy Gardner Stanley Bast Covey Roy Vandeventer Roy Hoskin Perry McPheeters Leo . Hagereman Louis Heinrich Aubrey Hagerman Hubert Hoskinson Earl Jameson Homer Staadt Faye Hagerman Bern Ce* Hagerman Esther Johnson Arliss Watkins Gerald Millbern Frank Hagerman

Also Mentioned on This Page

North Scandinavia Christian Church 7Th and Elm Centenary Clinton-Belyvoir U.S. Neutrality Acine Telephoto Wilma Palmer Robert N. Palmer Rev. L. Griffith Calvin Raymond Flory Margaret Daggett Aileen Alvin Anderson C. BE. Johnson Carol Tucson Ariz George Miller Lillie Johnson Everett Bond Wee Pharon Miller John Smith Walter Markley Fred Sanders Billy Lou Olive Hoover H. R. Stover Familly Bronson Pathers‘Daughters Memorial High School Irene Maxine Olive Flory Fred Will Ulrich Missionary Society Bert Flory C. A. Ward Neb Hugo Nieder Dean Catherine Carl Nieder Max Henry A. E. Keefe Tommy H. T Melton Frank Perry Ewing Tucson,Ariz Lawrence Glock Orris Wells Rudolf Dietz J. W. Gorbutt Joe Gorbutt A. W. Reynolds Kane Alice Wiggins Lutz Will Curtis Harold Gilbert Ees Austin Ory Jolly Stitchers Club P. Cc Harrell Belleview Schulz Blacksmith Truck Insurance Exchange KER, Dist Mgr J.F Fred A Bremer Delbert C Richardson Gon Cloude London, Sr Paul Frazier Helen Lucille Ralph Wotan Dorothy Mae Herbert Knabe Richard Harold Morley Edd Paasch Delbert Paasch Vestal’ Stebbins Perry Ralph Rood Mr. Rood Sam. Beadleston Jean Walter Osborne Eugene Rood Berthold Durr Elvin Durr Mound City Barbara, Eichelmeyar Kansas’ City L. M. Holmes Charles Holmes Charles Baecker Walter Witt John Burke Vinland Glen Wilson Buddy Lulu Lots Durr M. L. Allen Claud Landon B.Y.E. Club Edd Treasury Ar — & Dye Poe Am Smelt & Rw Tel & Tel Liz Atch T & SF Beth Steel Erenreae Tn Cerro de Pasco Chrysler Corp Montgomery “Ward Nat Dairy Pr North Am Co Penney Phillips Pet Aeneas Standard Brands Standard Oil Union Pacific Impwee U_S Steel West el & Mfg Vinland and Vicinity C. Henshaw Eldridge Hotel Mr Cee Fa Eee Mate Elizabeth Patterson Sterling Holloway Granada Nut Logan-Moore Co Orley M. Smith Coal Co Krum Koal Kompany Arry Turner Coal Co University Coal Co John’s Coal Co Jayhawk Harry Turner Coal Co Quality ‘Coal N. H. St Douglas County Building & Loan Association Massachusetts St John C._Emick
Search Courier

Search the Lawrence Journal World Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Lawrence Journal World?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication