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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1940
Page
3
Brief society notices should be sent to the Fee Wenda attire by noon of the day in question to be published. The fragment indicates a deadline for notice submission and publication timing.
Friday events include Mrs B F Payne N L C club breakfast. Saturday activities feature Mrs L T Harris and Mrs W J Keeler hosting bridge for Mrs Ellsworth Ardmour at Colonial.
More than 50 people attended a country club picnic supper for members and families with numerous couples and children named among guests. Planned activities at Mrs Kerl Steiner’s home include bridge and sewing for attendees.
Miss Grace Forex entertained a small group of friends at a porch party yesterday afternoon and, in the evening, they attended a stadium exhibition of fireworks.
Mrs. Karl Euersteiner travels to Lexington Missouri for grandfather Dr. T R Butler funeral then returns Sunday. Cynthia Dungan of New York visits Agnes Emery in Lawrence. Numerous Kansas City Topeka Leavenworth Atchison and Burlington residents are noted visiting friends and relatives over the weekend and Independence Day.
Prof H B Chubb from Kansas University reports on Chicago meetings on foreign policy sponsored by the Norman Wait Harris Memorial Foundation. About 90 attendees from Midwestern universities newspapers and farm bureau groups heard roundtables. General support for current policy varied on Far East and Latin American roles with many favoring influence only in northern South America.
British authorities say actions were taken three weeks ago to prevent oil from Mosul fields falling into German or Italian hands. The Mosul to Tripoli pipeline via Syria has been interrupted for three weeks while the Mosul to Haifa line on the Palestine coast continues to operate normally.
The St Luke A M Church at Ninth and New York Streets lists services led by Rev J N Goddard at 9 30 with Sunday school on Job Tempted is Doubt Gods Goodness. at 11 00 ser mon by Rev M C Knight. Evening sac ram ent al sermon by Rev J B Brooks at 3 00 and 6 30 A C B S League with Mrs Della Bryant presiding. Missionary Ce July 12 at 2 30. The Joseph H Reid pastor at Twelfth and Connecticut Streets holds 10 00 Sunday school. Regular worship at 11 00 and 7 00 with 7 45 evening service. Youth prayer group meets Tuesday 7 45 parsonage, midweek class Wednesday 7 45 followed by annual circuit meeting. Camp meeting and conference August 8 18 at Manhattan 1000 block Delaware Street Alfred P Smith pastor and Arthur B Commons superintendent with Maude N Smith junior church.
The Memorial Union board will meet at 11 o clock tomorrow to elect new officers and add a member to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles P Woodbury. A financial report and operations review for the past year will be presented, and discussion will cover redecorating and remodeling the Union building sub basement. Architects plans are finished and bids opened, but no construction contract yet signed.
London reports a Dornier bomber was shot down by a British fighter after daylight. The four crew members were captured. The craft crossed the coast before being driven to sea by anti air fire and a pursuing Spitfire.
Rep Thomas E Martin demands fuller explanation of the reasons behind Harry Woodrings resignation as secretary of war. He cited telegrams and letters urging Woodring to clarify why he resigned and placed the statement in the congressional record.
The Italian high command reports Kassalla, a key post in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, has fallen. Italy says the capture is strategically economical and political, claiming Kassalla was taken from them in the 1891 border delimitation with East Africa. Farmers sell thousands of dollars in livestock and farm produce through Journal-World classified ads.
The Home Garden club met at the home of Rev and Mrs L E Mathis with the Double Seven Art club as guests. Miss Ellsworth demonstrated flower arrangements using color harmony and containers, followed by a luncheon hosted by Mrs Ethel Moore.
Caesar Kroeger a 38 year old superintendent at 121 West 81st Street was arrested in New York on Sullivan anti firearms law violations. Detectives found a loaded .32 caliber pistol and an unloaded .38 caliber pistol German made in his apartment along with a large map bearing chalk markings and a portrait of Adolf Hitler. Kroeger born in Germany has lived in the United States for 17 years.
Fire damaged room furnishings and clothing in a room occupied by Lloyd Roberts at 1128 Connecticut Street. Investigators arrived about 1 pm to find the blaze already destroyed the closet contents and furnishings, with insurance not covering the loss.
Two Chevrolet trucks, a 1935 model and a pickup, crashed a half mile west of Laptad corner yesterday morning causing minor damage. No injuries were reported. The truck was owned by Fred Bruch Miller of 500 Maple Street and driven by Fred Hemphill of 1835 Massachusetts Street. The pickup was driven by Mrs Clyde Husted of Linwood.
Advertises a vacation subscription to the Journal-World from the old hometown at 35 or 40 cents per month with a contact phone number.
Farm Agent J. P. Anthony told the county commissioners that all cotton fields in Wilson County had been mopped with molasses to combat boll weevil. About 68 000 gallons were used in the effort.
Morning worship and junior service at 7 45 with Union Park service on Wednesday includes a prayer meeting and a sermon subject for Sunday morning Rekindled Faith.
The 8:30 a.m. service features Dr. Robert A Hunt as pastor with the sermon Christian Competency. A quartet including Mary Elizabeth Bear, s0 piano, Melya Good, Robert Collett, and William Miller performs I Will Magnify Thee by Rogers. Bear also sings Land of Hope and Glory as offertory. Dorothy Enlow Miller plays the organ.
The Rev. Joseph King will give the sermon titled Barbarians and Christianity Steam and Democracy at the 11 oclock service. Alice Marie Smart will sing The Lord Is My Shepherd. The anthem Lord of Our Life by Flemming will be performed by the junior choir under Mrs George Bradshaw. Miss Winifred Hill will play Prie re Communion and Postlude pieces by Thomas Dubois and Brozig.
Fred Logan of 223 North Sixth Street received a flesh wound in the right forearm when a 32 caliber pistol accidentally discharged yesterday morning. He said he was cleaning the gun when it discharged and a bullet entered near the elbow and exited near the wrist. Logan was treated at Memorial Hospital.
Alton B. Huber, 35, a grocery store manager and former Kansas State College student, died of a heart attack while breakfasting at a restaurant in Junction City. He was past president of the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. Survivors include his widow and a daughter.
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