Washington Feud Escalates Over RFC BEW Clash
A tense exchange pits Jesse Jones and Henry Wallace against each other over BEW metals purchases and RFC handling. Jones accuses Wallace of malice and misrepresentation while defending RFC actions amid senate scrutiny and calls for investigation. Perkins counters with a smokescreen allegation as Congress weighs postwar planning probes.
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Pi—Sixfoot
Jesse Jones
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Board of Economic ‘Warfare
Jones’ Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Hmn
James F. Byrnes
Jones
BEW
Mentary
Milo Perkins
RFC
Rip van Winkle
Senate Appropriations Committee
Perkins
Senate
Bridges
R-N.h
Congress
Dyes
Banking Committee
Senate Committee
George
D-Ga
G - Jones
RFC Ad
Centiacs
Brazil
Casaglanca
Dones
Jap losses heavy in Gulf of Kula recall
The article notes heavy Japanese losses near Attu and in the Gulf of Kula as American commanders MacArthur and Halsey press offensives. It discusses Japan's split naval strength between a home fleet and a South Pacific force, and suggests further weakening could imperil the Japanese main fleet.
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Gulf OF Kula
Attu Island
North Pacific
Douglas
MacArthur
William F. Halsey
Japan
South Pacific
Truk Island
Saa
Solomons
Japanese Air Power Defeated, Allies Claim Superiority
Reports note that recent and earlier battles demonstrated the Allies' air superiority over Japanese forces. The statement emphasizes decisive outcomes in multiple engagements, underscoring strategic dominance in the air arena.
Liquidation of NYA program begins in four states
Kansas City July 6 Regional Director Miss Anne Laughlin announced the liquidation of the national youth administration program in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas. She said funds for liquidation are limited yet no of 6 261 youths at 61 locations will be stranded and many residential center workers volunteered to continue without pay until closure. Since last July 54 964 youths in her area were trained for war industries and many students have arrangements to return home this week.
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Kansas City
National Youth Administration
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Anne Laughlin
Red Cross Blood Drive Offers 440 Appointments
Volunteers for the July 19 and 20 visit include 86 people, with more than half having donated three months ago. Mrs. Ralph Canuteson notes many returning donors. appointments run 1 to 6 on Monday and 10 to 12 then 1 to 4 on Tuesday. Call 640 or visit the Red Cross classroom for enrollment. Blood becomes dried plasma for service members and requires millions of pints to supply fronts.
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Red Cross
Ralph Canuteson
U. S
Army
Navy
Alma couples wed in local licenses filing
Marriage licenses are issued to Lebanon Gardenhire and Alice E. Alexander of Alma and to Wendell Robb and Betty Baysinger of Lawrence. Both marriages were officiated by Lorene Hollingsworth probate judge pro tem.
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Lebanon Gardenhire
Alice E. Alexander
Alma
Lorene Hollingsworth
S. L. Lashbrook
Ethel A. Mills
Topeka
Wendell Robb
Betty Baysinger
Lawrence
Summer Recreation Program Ends This Week
The Recreation Council and boards conclude a summer program for children and adults with supervised games art Bible school swimming and tennis. Leaders and assistants guide preschool and primary grades with volunteers and teachers from Lawrence and nearby areas. A Round-Up Friday at Southpark will close the events with a band concert and singing.
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Recreation Council
Board of Education
Mabel Mallory
Piickney
Lawrence
Barbara Richards
Jeanne Cooper
Dryden
Julie Fox
Irene LaFayette
Woodlawn
Miss Barnhart
Leonard Wymore
Becky Pickens
J. L. Hagen
R. E. Wood
Cordley
Jayne Johns
Sheila Wilder
Georgia Peppercorn
Essie Anderson
Lincoln
West Virinia
Texas
Manhattan
K. U
Davida Jones
LaVone Jacobson
New York
Pearl Leigh
Darlene Howe
Charlene Starliper
Susan Todd
McAllaster
Jeannette Pollom
Bevoly Jane Dodds
Laurel Hessler
Betty Lou Stevenson
Maurice Cannady
Southpark
Senate Limits Rollback Subsidy Funds Debate Ends
Washington July 6 The senate approved a rollback subsidy cap of 525 million dollars for six months to curb food prices. The action clears the way for final action on extending the Commodity Credit Corporation to January 1, 1944 and contrasts with a house bill that would add 176 million dollars for 1944 CCC commitments.
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Washington
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
House
CCC
Service Members Promotions and Transfers Reach Local Families
William J. Barnum promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant after graduating the University of Kansas School of Engineering. Several others including Cpl. Paul Florance, Pvt. Charles W. Ingle, Lt. Pendleton, Pvt. Virgil J. Leigh, Aviation Cadet Elden Eugene Williams, Jimmy Anderson, Arthur H. White, and James D. Reed are noted for training progress, furloughs, and assignments at bases such as Fort Leonard Wood, Camp Santa Anita, Gardner Field, Camp Crowder, Camp Endicotte, and Camp White. Families of Lawrence and surrounding areas are mentioned with addresses and connections to the service.
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William J. Barnum
School of Engineering
University of Kansas
Anna’May Barnum
Troy
N. Y
Pvt
Virgil J. Leigh
C. V. Leigh
Louisiana Street
Ordnance Training Center
Camp Santa Anita
Calif
Elden Eugene Williams
Gardner Field
Ernest E. Williams
Barker Avenue
R.O.T.C
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Tech
Glen E. Turner
Camp White
Ore
Guy Turner
Maine Street
Installing a New Boiler Under County Supervision
The county commissioners held a regular session to oversee a new boiler installation at the county farm. They inspected the home area and planned work, noting the courthouse closure yesterday. They also toured Le Moodyle near Eu dora and discussed repairs to a washed out bridge near the state highway. The note adds that the Portuguese man o war jellyfish remains unaffected by the toxin.
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le Moodyle
Eudora
Canning Warnings And Guidelines From Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Dorothea Schroeder reports many complaints about home canning across Kansas and neighboring states due to inexperience and poor quality produce. She urges use of pressure cookers for non acid vegetables and follows detailed steps for preparation, filling, sealing, processing, and storage to prevent spoilage and ensure safe canning.
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Kansas
Dorothea Schroeder
Farm Bureau
Miss Schroeder
Boeing Protest Vote at Wichita Plant
Boeing officials said they would protest a recent election among workers to choose a bargaining agent, claiming the rights of employees favoring no union were ignored.
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Boeing Company
Wichita
Boeing Airplane Company
Wheat Crop Rolls In as 2217 Cars Pile Up in KC
Kansas City reports the largest post Fourth of July wheat shipments since 1941 with 2 217 cars piled on the market. No restrictions this year as elevators moved freely, and facilities are improved. The 1943 harvest is forecast around 800 million bushels with ample space to store it.
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Kansas City
Fine Arts Staff To Give Concert
The first of two All-Musical Vespers by the school of fine arts will be next Sunday at 8 in Hoch auditorium. Dean Swarthout and the music faculty present instrumental and vocal works including Vierne carillon, Mendelssohn trio, Verdi Requiem selections, Schumann quintet, and a seventy-voice A Cappella Choir. The public is invited.
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School of ‘Fine Arts
Hoch Auditorium
D. M. Swarthout
Fine Arts
Vierne
Laurel E. Anderson
Erring
Ruth Orcutt
Waldemar
Gelich
Mendelssohn
Meribah Moore
Irene Peabody
Joseph Wilkins
David Lawson
Schumann
Waldemar Gelich
Barbara Huls
Donald Michel
Jan Chiapasso
Dean Swarthout
Edward Elgar
Noble Cain
Lake View Club Seals Fish In Flood Cutoff Ditch
About 15 Lake View club members spent yesterday afternoon hauling fish trapped by floodwaters in a cut-off ditch between the lake and Baldwin Branch. They kept bass and crappie, returned others to ice, and donated several hundred pounds of carp to the Salvation Army.
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Lake View Club
Baldwin Branch
Salvation Army
Return Sought for Saline Lanterns Used in Flood Work
Lanterns loaned by Lieut. Col. Jack Gage and G E E Linquist were taken from the Chamber of Commerce office for flood relief. Authorities urge immediate return and warn of penalties for institutional food allotment abuses. Judge Hugh Means to hold sessions in Ottawa and Garnett this week. County officials received a Navy Department praise letter for swift action protecting food and property in the Kaw river valley flood.
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Jack Gage
G. E. E.linquist
Chamber of Commerce
Shasher of Commerce
Sai
Kaw River
Loretta
Washington
Navy
Arthur H. Buhl
EK. U
Bliesners Quietly Mark 64th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs F A Bliesner observe their sixty fourth anniversary at home 940 Rhode Island street. He is 88 and she 84. They wed at Holton on July 7 1879.
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F.A. Bliesner
Rhode Island Street
Bliesner
Mrs. Bliesner
Holton
Classified Opportunity to Sell Used Furniture and Wearables
A reader notes many unused furniture pieces and discarded clothing available for sale. The suggestion invites readers to reach out by phone number 22 to place classified ads and connect with potential buyers.
Red fox Exhibits Silver Black and Yellow Coat Variants
A note describes red fox fur appearing in silver black and yellow tones. It highlights color variants observed in fox populations and notes their rarity in wild sightings and fur trade records.
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Red
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