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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1940

Page

7

Finns Hold Front in Soviet Russia Amid Harsh Winter

A Central Finnish Forces front sits five to ten miles inside Soviet Russia guarding two major highways near Lieksa. Fastrack winter mobility, Russian artillery and infantry attempts are repelled as Finnish ski troops and machine gunners hold dugouts, camouflaged tents, and forested routes in temperatures down to 51 below.

Russia Nieksa Finland Soviet Russia Salla Red Army Altho Rockies Lotta Svard

Russians Push Into Russian Territory Report

Partial OCR notes describe Russians advancing on the southern highway and, for the first time, pushing into Russian territory. The fragment suggests a breakthrough or raid but lacks full context or confirmation.

Tenement Kids See Opera From the Vanderbilt Box

Tenement youths from the East Side attend the Metropolitan Opera in the Diamond Horseshoe boxes hosted by Mrs. Astor and Mrs. Vanderbilt. Lily Pons and Giovanni Martinelli sing Lakme as the children judge beauty, tone, and the experience, calling it more fun than a movie.

New York East Side Vincent Astor Cornelius, Vanderbilt Metropolitan Opera House Lily Pons Giovanni Martinelli Miss. Pons Rose Caputi Julius Rudnyanski Pons Bing Crosby

Hardware Man Expects To Sell Lavender Hoe

Kansas City January 18. Clifford A. Triger a St. Louis salesman at the Western Retail Implement and Hardware Association convention discusses women buying hardware. He notes a survey shows five percent of hardware purchases are by women and 71 percent avoid stores, yet they will buy a lavender hoe. He adds men favor function over color and farmers focus on grain and absence of varnish.

Kansas City Clifford “A. Triger St. Louis Western Retail Implement’ and Hardware Association

Won't Sail His Own Ship

A 54 year old toolmaker Thorwald Anderson of New Jersey built a boat for two years with finishing touches remaining when a friend found him dead in a half finished bunk below deck. The Camden discovery notes his dream to sail to the South seas will never be fulfilled.

Camden N. J Thorwald - Anderson South Seas

Greater Lawrence Judicial Tax Sale of Several Properties Listed

A notice lists numerous properties in Lawrence and Douglas county including addresses on West 4th and West 6th Streets and Florida and Locust Streets offered in a judicial tax sale. Interested buyers may view from the street and contact Ernest Klooz or the county clerk for full details.

Lawrence Boa T. N. i Verhart Mildred LeSner Roy Wlory Frank TR. Giny Harold A. Beck Milton P. Teach John Callahan Harald C. Fisher i Charles FE. Ranning Truebtood Fred W. Wahn A. M. Gardner Lorene Taylor Barbara Fink Thelma Wanins Raeder Ov W Carman Esther S. McKinney Gathrop B. Read. Jr S. Warne Owens Ernest A. Pohl Ernest Klooz Douglas County

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