Studio classes end Friday for Lawrence children
The children's summer studios part of the recreation program will close Friday when the playgrounds close. Morning sessions end at 11 o'clock to finish tasks and reset the seven work rooms. An exhibition will be Friday evening at the Community building and a program Thursday at 9:30 in the Old High auditorium.
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Old High School
Mike Counts
Washington
Janice Readie
New York
Rhoher -Dykstra
Posey
Ohio
Kansas
Out of Lawrence
Hugh Vair
Cox
Topeka
Jane Rodkhart
Chanute
Bernice ‘Nash
Jean Akepeace
Red Cross
Dorothy McGinnis
Anna Murray
Providence Typographical Union strikes at Journal plant halting Evening Bulletin
Members of the Providence Typographical Union No 83 walked out today in a contract dispute at the Providence Journal Company plant. A picket line formed as publication of the Evening Bulletin was suspended, ending 114 years of continuous Providence publication. The WLB urged no strike, while the Journal faced arbitration interpretation after the award.
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Providence
Providence Typographical Union
Providence Journal Company
Pelestion
Evening Bullein
Alfred Whittle
WLB
C. M. Baker
International Union
Indianapolis
Journal Company
War Labor Board
Checks Problem to OPA
Washington July 7 A shortage of diapers and safety pins was pictured for the house today by Rep Frances P Bolton mother of three adult sons What do the new dealers expect us to do with our babies without diapers and pins with which to fasten some We can do without a lot of things but how can a baby do without diapers Mrs Bolton said the army anticipates a bumper crop of at least 800 000 babies with service connected fathers or mothers and this creates a major problem in fields still not solved by OPA
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Washington
Frances P. Bolton
OPA
Parking Violations Seen in Police Court Session
Six persons paid fines or forfeited bonds of one dollar each in police court this morning for parking violations. The absence of a court session last Monday due to a holiday caused the unusually large turnout.
Johnson Fined For Speeding In Police Court
David A. Johnson was fined ten dollars in police court this morning for speeding between forty and sixty miles per hour.
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David A. Johnson
Acacia Lodge No. 9 Stated Meeting and Birthday Party
Acacia lodge No. 9 holds a stated communication at 8 o clock Thursday July 8 to transact important business. A birthday party for several members will follow with refreshments in the dining room. Visitors and sojourners welcome. B J Coy secretary M Smith W M Ady
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Acacia Lodge No
B. J. Coy
M. Smith
W.M
Local Servicemen Promotions and Assignments Noted
Mrs Edna Forney informed word from her husband Kenneth D Forney in Libya of a captain promotion and command of a quartermaster company attached to the air forces. Raymond K Smith of Haskell Institute inducted into the marine corps reserve. July 5 meal tickets and transport to San Diego for active duty July 20. Sgt Floyd H Smith of the medical detachment Camp Dodge spent weekend with parents. Harold M Lefmann promoted to staff sergeant and stationed at Fort Riley as supply sergeant. Lefmann inducted Oct 5 1942 at Fort Leavenworth after graduating from Lawrence High School and University of Kansas. Eldon E Wood aviation cadet now at Santa Ana Army Air Base for flight training. Lieut Harry J Foster completed navigation school at Monroe La and will report for duty in Texas to navigate Flying Fortresses. George Blevins promoted private to technical corporal at Fort Meade Md. First Sgt Bernard C Mann writes from Australia to his parents, noting meeting S/Sgt Robert Frost who flew over from New Guinea. Frost is son of Mr and Mrs Robert Frost.
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Edna Forney
Chamber of Commerce Office
Kenneth D. Forney
Libya
Raymond K. Smith
Haskell Institute
Marine Corps Reserve
San Diego
Calif
Harold M. Lefmann
Jake Lefmann
New Hampshire Street
Cavalry Replacement Training Center
Fort Riley
Lefmann
Fort Leavenworth
Lawrence High School
University of Kansas
Armed Services
Wilson & Company
Kansas City
Eldon E. Wood
Harry J. Foster
Monroe
Delbert Foster
Texas
Bernard C. Mann
C. J. Mann
Kentucky Street
Australia
Robert Frost
New Guinea
Sergeant Frost
North Second
Yankee airman off beam drops bombs on Boise City
An airman from Dalhart Army Air Base misdirected bomb run on July 4 near Boise City Oklahoma. Five bombs fell during a town celebration. one hit a Baptist church and a garage, no injuries, city lights were cut to stop the attack.
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Boise City
Okla
Oklahoma Panhandle
City Light
Dalhart, Tex
Army ,Air
Dalhart
Conlon
Tex
Institutional Users to Get Additional Coffee
The Office of Price Administration announces a 20 percent coffee bonus for institutional users including restaurants hotels and large boarding houses. The bonus applies to September October allotments and reflects improved shipping allowing green coffee stocks to rise to pre rationing levels.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Woodlawn School Hires New Custodian
John E. Taylor resigns after years as Woodlawn custodian and G O Wulfkuhle is hired by the board of education to fill the vacancy.
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Woodlawn
John E. Taylor
Woodlawn School
G. O. Wulfkuhle
Board of Education
Culverhouse Forfeits Bond In Police Court
W. H. Culverhouse forfeited a $75 bond in police court this morning on a charge of driving drunk.
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W. H. Culverhouse
U S Victory in Kula Bay Air Skirmish and Pacific Raids
Reported downed planes put enemy losses at 164 in Kula Bay as U S fighters defend Rendova and the beached destroyer. Allied air forces also attack Lae, Penfoei, Roepang and Dutch New Guinea targets while Spitfires down seven bombers and two Zeros with three pilots saved.
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Rendova
Kula Gulf
Darwin
Australia
Nassau Bay
Salamaua
New Guinea
Bena Bena
Bey
Penfoei
Roepang
Dutch Timor
Lae
Salameua
Dutch New Guinea
Work on New Tax Bill
Washington officials report congressional and treasury experts drafting a wartime tax plan to tax higher incomes more. The Ways and Means Committee orders study of excess profits style taxes for individuals and outlines a non retroactive general tax measure starting January 1 1944 with possible sales or spending taxes as alternatives.
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Washington
Congressional
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Fair price offered for old heating plant salvage
Attorney General A B Mitchell said the state should accept a $3 599 42 offer from the War Production Board for salvaging old heating plant equipment. The WPB requisitioned the obsolete gear earlier this year in the war salvage campaign.
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Topeka
A. B. Mitchell
Schoeppel
War Production Board
WPB
Leavenworth Authorized to Issue Warrants for Budget
The state revenue and taxation commission authorized Leavenworth to issue five thousand dollars in warrants against its general fund to cover unforeseen expenses in the current budget year.
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Topeka
State Revenue and Taxation Commission
Leavenworth
Harvest Under Way in Kansas Wheat Regions
Topeka reports farm labor shortages persist in many Kansas areas but wheat harvest proceeds without delay. Western two thirds of the state show rapid progress while eastern areas face delays from recent rains. Barley yields disappoint, corn grows well, and sorghums respond to favorable weather. Kaw Valley potato quality surpasses last year as alfalfa and pastures support livestock through summer.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas
South Central
Kaw Valley
Copper Processing Halts As Railroaders Strike In Utah
Copper production in the United States slowed as Utah Copper Company mills closed due to a labor dispute. Arthur and Magna mills halted after ore transport from the Bingham open cut mine stopped when 126 railroad workers walked out. Thousands of mill workers faced idleness because ore could not be moved.
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Bingham Canyon
Utah
Utah Copper Company
D. D.moffatt
Arthur and
Magna Mills
Bingham Open Cut
House Rejects Funds to Complete 29 Airports
Washington July 7 the House rejected an Senate approved appropriation of 8 832 000 to the Civil Aeronautics Administration for finishing 29 airports left unfinished when the Works Projects administration was liquidated. The Pittsburg Kansas airport is listed at 600 000 to complete.
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Washington
House
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Ork Projects Administration
CAA
Pittsburg
Kan
French General Bergeret Relieved From West Africa Post
Algiers reports that General Jean Marie Bergeret, formerly in command of all French air forces under General Giraud, has been relieved by the French committee of national liberation. The decree notes his attachment to West Africa and cites alleged Vichy ties and sympathy for loyal Petain officers.
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Algiers
Jean Marie Bergeret
West Africa
French Committee of National Liberation
Bergeret
Henri Giraud
Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaullists
Marshal Petain
Governors Seek War Board Aid for Caddoa Dam
Governor John Vivian and Governor Andrew Schoeppel agreed to petition the War Production Board for materials to complete the John Martin dam of the Caddoa reclamation project. The July 7 announcement states joint efforts to secure essential supplies and advance the massive irrigation initiative.
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Denver
John Vivian
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
War Production Board
John Martin
World Wide Chi Gite Band at St James Church
The World Wide chi Gite Band will present a concert at St James Church this Sunday July. Evangelist Sadie McWilliams Anderson will lead the program. The public is invited to attend.
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St. James Church
Sadie McWilliams
Anderson
Russians report heavy losses in Orel Kursk Belogorod push
Soviet communiques say two days of fighting cost Germany 586 tanks and 1 271 tanks in total and 314 planes shot down. The Red Army also said two towns near Belograd were briefly abandoned as it counterattacked to halt the German advance on a 165 mile front.
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Scien
Orel-Kursk-Belgorod
Belograd
Red Army
Soviet Information Bureau
Orel-Kursk
Government Men Here May Aid Spud Market
Potato growers in the Kaw Valley area spanning Shawnee Jefferson Douglas Leavenworth Riley Johnson and Wyandotte counties will receive a 1943 crop price under a Food Distribution Administration purchase program. U S Department of Agriculture prices range from 2.00 per hundred pounds for U S No 1 to 1.80 for 80 percent No 1 quality. Chester F. Gibbons and E J Peterson oversee purchases with an office at the Chesterfield hotel building. Peterson leads area purchases from Topeka 21125 and was in Lawrence this afternoon. The price support aims to aid major producing counties and help lesser areas while allowing higher market sales if available.
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Kaw Valley
Shawnee, Jefferson
Douglas
Leavenworth
Riley, Johnson and Wyandotte
Food Distribution Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
U. S
Lawrence
Robbers Hit Hulbert Bank in Cherokee County Heist
Two pistol wielding men robbed the First State Bank of Hulbert Oklahoma at 11:30 a.m. escaping with 3000 dollars including 150 in silver. Suspects described as 19 and 27, drove a dark green Plymouth without plates. Missouri and Arkansas highway police chased toward border points.
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Muskogee
Okla
First State Bank
Hulbert
Cherokee County
Cookson Hills
State Safety Department
Missouri
Arkansas
Local Marriage Licenses Reported for Four Couples
Marriage licenses issued to James Lee Houston and Evelyn Lorraine Sargent of Tonganoxie and Albert John Burgardt and Mary Gladys Wolfe of Chicago Illinois. All marriages conducted by Frank R. Gray probate judge.
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James Lee Houston
Evelyne Lorraine Sargent
Tonganoxie
Albert John Burgardt
Mary Gladys Wolfe
Chicago, Ill
Frank R. Gray
King George VI Meets General Devers at Buckingham Palace
In London on July 7 King George VI received Lieut. Gen. Ludwig Devers commander of Allied forces in the European theater in an audience at Buckingham Palace marking their first meeting.
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London
George VI
Sree L. Devers
Buckingham Palace
Missouri Legislature Approves 12.08 Million for State Institutions
In Jefferson City on July 7 the legislature passed a 12,083,650 appropriation for state penal institutions, about 2.5 million more than the last biennium.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Mrs Raybourne welcomes newborn at Memorial Hospital
Society notes report the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Raybourne of 625 Walnut Street yesterday at Memorial Hospital. Additional society items note a meeting of the W T Sonteece club with Mrs. C F Hardtaker on Friday at 1 30 PM and a luncheon bridge gathering at The Hearth by the West Lawrence Wednesday contract club.
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Tom Raybourne
Walnut Street
Faison
Memorial Hospital
W. T. Sonteece Club
West Lawrence
Personal notices of locals travel and visits
Senator Rankin left for Alameda to spend weeks with his daughter and grandsons. Miss Elizabeth Sherbon arrives from Gulfport to recover from virus pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery and son visited the Simons. Chancellor Malott heads to Boulder for a state universities meeting. Lieut Miller travels with his wife en route to the Pacific coast after returning from South America. Mrs. Mullins and Dickie stay with her sister in Wichita. Davidson family back from St Johns wheat harvest. Chitty visiting Rosa Ise and Prof John Ise family. Rosa Ise improving after a fall. Chitty to return home Monday. Cunningham attends Humboldt church anniversary. Lauderdale family depart after visit with Shimmons cousins.
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Robert C. Rankin
Alameda
Calif
Robert Haggart
Bob
Peter Haggart
Elizabeth Sherbon
Gulf Park College
Gulfport
Miss
Florence Brown Sherbon
South
John D. Montgomery
John Grey
Miami Beach
Fla
Dolph Simons
Deane Malott
University of Kansas
Boulder
Colo
National Association of State Universities
M. E. Phenicie
Ethel Harman
Howard E. Miller
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Lieutenant Miller
South America
Richard F. Mullins
Dickie
Charles Radcliffe
Wichita
Kansas City
K. W. Davidson
St. Johns
Chitty
A. W. Cunningham
Humboldt
Humboldt Presbyterian Church
Shoemaker Lauderdale's Oregon Retail Ventures
Local businessman Mr Lauderdale of Goringfield near One Ore operates Supershentatore and several shoe stores across Oregon. He recently traveled east to purchase more inventory to expand his shoe business footprint in the region.
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Goringfield
One
Ore
Lauderdale
Oregon
Red Cross Dressings Room Open For Girls Event
Central building at Junior high hosts Red Cross dressings room tomorrow afternoon from 1 30 to 4 30 for junior and senior high girls and attending women in morning sessions. G A R badges were removed from Serans hall and are sought for return. A potato grower hires six 14 year olds on short notice for today. A business song line mocks draft age workers.
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Red Cross
Acacia Lodge No. 9 Plans Birthday Celebrations
Following the Acacia Masonic lodge No. 9 meeting at the Masonic Temple, a birthday celebration for various members will be held Thursday evening with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acacia Masonic Lodge No. 9
Masonic Temple
Secretary Hazel Riggs Hired by Junior High Principal
The board of education appoints Miss Hazel Riggs as secretary to Warren Smith principal of the Junior High School on an eleven month basis.
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Hazel Riggs
Warren Smith
Board of Education
Prospective renters and home buyers on classified page
Classified readers show strong interest from people seeking rentals and homes. Prospective renters and buyers scan listings for apartments houses and pricing across districts and neighborhoods.
Chigger bite surge prompts medical warnings this summer
A local doctor notes a rise in severe chigger bites as immunity wanes with the season. Many previously resistant individuals now suffer bites and itching, with one patient misled to think the rash was poison ivy. Lawrence Lodge No. 595 will meet tonight at 8 with refreshments after. the next summer meeting is in August.
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Lawrence Lodge No
B.P.O. Ellis
Commissioner announces Wagner to attend Minneapolis hearing
The corporation commission said Kenneth W. Wagner will attend a federal injunction hearing against the Investors Syndicate of America Inc. in Minneapolis on Friday. The state has no official stake, but Kansans hold about $3,750,000 in the company with funds tied up pending the litigation outcome.
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Topeka
Corporation Commission
Kenneth W. Wagner
Investors Syndicate of Amerie Inc
Minneapolis
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George Blevins
Alice Blevins
New York Street
Fort George G. Meade, Md
Oklahoma
Kula Bay
U.S
Mitchell
Fred B. Shimmons
Charles C. Shimmons
H. L. Lauderdale
Springfield
H.R. Fuller
Jack Dunkley
Henry Martin
Clara Emerson
Erna Corey
Will Olmsted
Charles Oehrle
W. H
Se Rans
Little Red Bugs
Ole J Service
America
Vaal Service Co
East 7Th Street
William’ Stevens
L. S. McLean
U.S.A
U. S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
W. 8Th
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Lawrence National Bank
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