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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1941
Page
1
Adolf Hitler warned of a major naval offensive in March and April and boasted that 215000 tons of enemy merchant shipping were sunk in the last two days, including a 125000 ton convoy. He pledged stronger strikes in April and urged confidence amid praise for Italy and Germany's unity.
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 3 812 311 197 dollars for national defense for the balance of the current fiscal year. The request includes 1 716 225 000 direct appropriation and 2 006 086 197 for contractual authority.
British Mediterranean Fleet escorts a convoy through the central Mediterranean as German bombers and low level raids attack. Anti aircraft fire and navy fighters claim five Luftwaffe bombers down. Italians report German hits near Derna but British ships remain unharmed. Mussolini's hopes for Libya reinforcement are thwarted by submarine strikes.
The Kansas House approved an 88 to 9 vote to send a half‑mill occupation tax on threshed grains to the Senate, targeting grain shipments out of state before assessment. The measure taxes producers and handlers and would take effect after March 2, with rival bills on other topics also advancing in a busy seventh week of the legislative session.
Rome February reports Dr Colazza says ex monarch Alfonso XI remains gravely ill yet shows relief in some symptoms after a quieter night and is able to hear Mussolini's radio address. last rites administered Saturday night.
A safe place to save and a profitable place to save as well as a pleasant place to borrow for buying building or modernizing a home. Located at 800 Mass St with phone contact listed for Adv.
A bill to widen powers over absentee ballots advances in the Kansas Senate. Sen. John Filing proposes posting a public list of voters out of state and allowing party or attorney challenges at hearings. Records would be public and lists sent to the secretary of state.
Dr Eugene B B Ebling 54 a Lindsborg Kansas dentist of 31 years and father of Raymond and Donald Ebling formerly University of Kansas basketball stars died last night of a heart attack Survivors include his widow a daughter Mrs Eurenia Holmes Eureka another son Jack of Lindsborg and a brother and sister Burial will be Wednesday in Kansas City where his sons Raymond and Donald now live
A stock market index covering 60 issues posted a level of 412 on Friday. Trading activity showed mixed to higher moves across sectors as investors weighed earnings and macro cues.
Washington February 24 government places aluminum producers and machine tool builders on mandatory priority basis in the first industry wide action under the national defense program. Director Arram a J R Stettinius Jr calls the measure broad and sweeping to speed defense efforts. The pref rating order to all defense orders expires May 31 1941 with hope the situation will ease by then.
Snow covered or fell across Kansas with Phillipsburg reporting five to seven inches and Dodge City and Geneseo three to five inches. Garden City saw lighter accumulation while eastern counties predicted more light snowfall tonight. Highs ranged from 22 to 38 with northern areas reaching 28 to 82 tomorrow and Topeka topping 42 yesterday.
Topeka February 24 01 The state supreme court upheld the constitutionality of an act by the legislature allowing Johnson county to issue 878000 in bonds for an airport near Gardner The decision followed oral arguments with an opinion to be written later Taxpayer Higgins challenged the law as special legislation and unconstitutional District Judge G A Roberts ruled for the county Attorney General Jay S Parker intervened noting national defense use of the airport
Buffalo and Lackawanna union officials scheduled a conference after a 60 hour secret ballot yielded a strike vote. Local 6 WLOC says uses 14,000 workers at the Lackawanna plant facing lockouts amid defense production. Company notes ovens damaged by coke-oven workers and threatens indefinite suspension.
Topeka February 24 Actor Richard Arlen visiting the Kansas house of representatives after a snowbound landing at Topeka airport Autograph seekers surrounded him Rep Joe Harrigan introduced him Arlen says he landed by fortune and plans Hollywood work after the funeral of his father in St Paul He contemplates growing a beard for his next role as Kansas legislators host him during a hotel visit
Rotarians marked the thirty sixth anniversary with a Quiz Club program led by Stan Schwahn. Young members organized the event meeting Gerald Hesse to stage it. Prizes included a loving cup loaned by Justin Hall and a packet of one hundred dollar bills loaned by Ed Meade, though the prize portion proved to be phoney.
Howard Schneider and Pvt John McAlearney of company Hy 18ath infantry are home on a five day furlough from Camp Robinson Arkansas. They plan to report back to duty on Thursday.
Senator Wheeler of Montana warned that if the British aid bill passes the senate he and other opponents will rally the country from Boston to California to keep the United States out of war. Senator La Follette called the bill a war measure and said it would strip American defenses, while Senator Clark argued Britain seeks commercial gain, not democracy. A White House poll indicated administration support above 52 votes, with final passage aimed by week’s end and quick house approval to reach President Roosevelt.
Chief Paul Ingels says the fire department answered three alarms with moderate damage to each home. The Rodney Wright residence at 211 Maine Street faced a 10 07 Sunday morning fire from a wood stove near a partition. The Br McAhissack home at 446 Florida Street reported a 10 03 fire near a chimney that spread to the attic. The Emma Robbins residence at 829 Garfield Street saw a porch fire.
Senator Gillette of Indiana pledges to present alternate legislative remedies in Congress to curb intolerable campaign literature. He condemns scurrilous and religiously prejudiced material and urges action to curb destructive influences in political races.
In Lima on February 24 the fifteen aboard the Condor airliner were rescued from the Sechura desert after three men walked forty miles over two days and nights to seek help. John Lear formerly of Mechanicsburg PA, pilot Hugh E Wells of Shrewsbury MA, and Peruvian engineer Hermann Baumann led the desert trek during the fuel shortage following a storm en route from Iquitos to Lima.
Census figures show only Wakarusa township outside Lawrence increased over the past decade. Douglas County totals rise by 28, with a county population of 25 172 and Wakarusa at 2 778 up 255 in ten years. Other neighboring counties include Jefferson 1718 Leavenworth 411172 Johnson 3482 Franklin 20889 Osage 15118 Shawnee 91247.
Montreal reports the missing military plane carrying Sir Frederick Banting has been located near Newfoundland. Ottawa confirms no direct word of survivors. A snow message suggests someone survived. a rescue plane with skis is enroute to the scene. Capt. Joseph Creighton Mackey is identified on the coast as in charge of the aircraft.
Baldwin Feb 25 Mary Jo Thew of Burlingame a Baker University journalism student received a $22 check and word of her first submitted story to a magazine The Modern Pharmacy for the piece My Father Owns a Small Drug Store The excitement matched by wearing a new formal gown at her sorority sweetheart dinner March 8 Thew is on Baker’s The Wildcat staff The Orange Baker weekly panel and Asuka Chi Omega sorority member.
British forces reinforced by Free French Senegalese fighters captured Gelib and Margherita on the Juba river front in Italian Somaliland and took Jumbo north of Chisimaio. RAF destroyed 10 Italian planes and damaged several in Eritrea and Ethiopia while South African airmen claimed eight more Italian aircraft.
City attorney notified that the state board of regents favors a one year lease of the municipal airport land owned by the University of Kansas and controlled by the regents. The deal includes a $15 000 bond vote on April 1 for airport improvements and a $1 000 annual rent to supersede current terms.
Sir Norman Angell, journalist and author of The Great Illusion, will lecture at the University of Kansas Convocation at 10 oclock next Thursday morning. He criticizes British policy, argues the war signals a world revolution, and surveys its impact on American life and the new global order.
The notice states that voters must be registered by March 1 to vote in March 4 primaries. About 4008 women and men are registered, with registration books closing in early April and the election to be held at the city ring.
Occasional light snow expected this afternoon tonight and into Tuesday across Kansas. Temperatures will be slightly cooler in the northeast portion tonight.
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