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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1943
Page
4
Fragmentary biblical verse fragment shows Psalm 104 24 and praise of God's wisdom reflected across the earth. The text readings hint at reverent meditation on creation and divine abundance amid damaged page material.
A 1948 note emphasizes safeguarding freedom passed through generations. It frames the struggle as a test of liberty under a representative government, citing Americans at sea and on land in a total war framed for freedom rather than war itself.
In New Guinea the Japanese attempted to close on Rendova Munda air base and harbor targets with a naval task force. Allied surface units opened fire and drove off the attackers, with heavy gunfire at Munda and Salamans, while air bases in the region remain closely invested. The operations are designed to protect supply lines and hinder further Japanese effort toward Japan.
Fireworks and Fourth of July noise faded in the heartland as people accepted quiet celebrations. While civilians enjoy the peace, reports from distant fronts note bombardment and gunfire as Americans fight for liberty, with news that forces opposing liberty are being pushed back.
The Chicago Tribune marks its centenary with a new volume titled The Chicago Tribun Its First Hundred Years by Philip Knoyh. The book is the first in a series detailing the paper’s history and its role in the city and region.
The Chicago Tribune’s first volume covers 1847 to 1865, tracing its rise from a 400 copy hand press to a national voice supporting Lincoln and emancipation. It links the paper’s growth to Kansas, Lawrence, and the origins of the Journal-World through mergers and the Lincoln era.
German prisoners of war are quartered in the stockade at Camp Phillips near Salina. Italian prisoners moved elsewhere as both contingents, Axis partners, are understood not to get along. These POWs are part of the Tunisian yield of war prisoners.
The holiday is only partial with essential activities continuing as usual. Some people take a day or half day off to rest or use the time for farm or garden tasks. The idea of obtaining it by chance occupation is gaining some traction this year.
The Axis propaganda bureau continually predicts new invasion targets along the European coast for United Nations forces. Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, French ports, Italian shores, and the Balkans have been named in turn as likely landing spots. The speaker notes Germans will be surprised by a defeat and calls the guesses inevitable.
The Chicago Tribune warns that Americans favoring surrender of sovereignty to an international body and a permanent international army are as active as after the war. It notes postwar drafts on international air traffic control and warns that faulty peace conference representation could jeopardize victory.
A Leavenworth Times snippet recalls a mother who cooked and cared while men served. it notes the war ending and shifts to memories of a woman doing a two-man job and enjoying it.
Governor Schoeppel warns that US oil reserves are dwindling as wartime demand climbs, urging higher crude prices to spur domestic production and exploration. He expects deeper drilling and new methods to unlock high gravity oil, while public schools face contract delays and a labor federation elects A V Lundgren as president in Topeka.
Mary Lawrence stores will be closing at 5 80 p m daily except Saturday. Most groceries and hardware stores stay open until 6. Kaw Valley potato harvest expected to begin this week with optimism for a strong season. A Thompson with Tuaching Eun added to the sheriff’s office arsenal. County commissioners discuss personnel changes and local Legion delivery to Alta Vista. Jolad family Fourth of July activities noted with fewer casualties than usual in Law rence area. Shook visits Kan 835 this morning. National Guard Fourth celebration host arrives in Lawrence. Motor trucks convey crowds to Brown’s Grey for Woodmen and Royal Neighbors parade. A 25 cent trip charge applies. Tom Sweeney circulating about 500 American flags among friends. Picnic lineups announced for tonight at Ie and Park with several girls named.
The article notes abandoned courthouses and public places for the July 4 celebration. Harvest is lighter than in four years but yields look promising. Farmers are well supplied with seed and crops replanting. corn yield could be good. Miss Josephine Downey visits Leavenworth. Mrs Randalf and children visit Olathe. Buch’s band to perform in South Park. Fred Olson travels to Ottawa.
Lancaster scene features Phil S Hovitz still rolling his own cigarets at 94, nine years after retirement, smoking 76 daily. In Kansas City, detective Earl Kruser and clerk Arthur Pope chase a car with a misread license tag reading Foo-Goo before discovering Goo-Foo.
At the San Francisco Zoo Babe and May, two elephants, were in adjoining rooms when military guns fired during the night. The next morning keeper C. N. Bald swin found the animals together after a one ton steel door separating them was battered down by practice fire.
In Kahsag City a woman led a dog into a theater lobby. Manager John McManus refused admission for the dog. She accepted a refund and dismissed the scene with a sharp parting remark.
Washington Letter notes a shift from potato shortage to surplus with early crop from North Carolina to Arkansas flooding markets. War Food Administration pledges to buy surplus and divert shipments to relief agencies if needed. Beef supply worries mirror the potato flex, as cattle stay off ranges amid rationing pressures.
In Alameda California a patrolman and another officer freed an 11 year old boy who had wedged himself inside the frame of a chair. The boy dropped into the chair and became stuck until rescue. No injuries reported.
Report of a hay field incident where five farmers were injured after a horse line collapses and a wagon runs away. Two others counted as recovering and the scene described as chaotic with teams becoming unmanageable.
Mr and Mrs William G Deel and family joined Mrs Samuel A Deel and Mrs Hershel Hemphill in Baldwin for the Fourth. Fred Christ reported to Pueblo Colorado to begin Army Reserve service. Lt Harold Addington visited home after Fort Monmouth training. Elvin Miller and Calvin Ermey started Navy training at Park College. John Howard Jones left for Fort Leavenworth to enter the Army. Thornton Jefferson of Kansas
The column lists local families visiting and events in Baldwin and nearby towns. It mentions Clyde Stewart's funeral guest, Willon and Mrs Jefferson hosting, John Enyart hosting a dinner for servicemen hopefuls, and other social visits, travels, weddings, and church activities involving residents and relatives. Also notes Miss Emma Emery and Mrs Merry in Kansas City for a wedding, and Sun Valley lodge becoming a naval convalescent hospital with 42 sailors arriving.
Lincoln Elliot, an American now military governor of a French Central African colony, recalls his past in the Foreign Legion and stalks through a nocturnal Arab quarter. He revisits an abandoned mansion linked to a once vibrant past, knocking seven times to hear echoes inside.
Corporal Thomas H. Frolin aged 27 from Fort Leavenworth Kansas drowned while swimming in Allendale Lake in Harrisonville Missouri on July 5. Local authorities reported the incident as a fatal drowning with no other persons injured.
Radio listings show a jammed July 5 program slate with WREN KMBC WDAF and others featuring Armstrong Merriman Waring’s Orch and major news segments. Highlights include Victory Band Parade coverage at 9 pm and Famous Jury Trials at 8 pm.
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