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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1943

Page

4

Near At Hand Verse From Deuteronomy Read

Short religious verse citation from Deuteronomy speaks of the word near in the mouth and heart and ready to be done. Reflects moral instruction and scriptural emphasis typical of sermon pages.

Subsidy plans and inflation policy debate

The article discusses using subsidies to hold prices and curb inflation, noting Congress narrowly avoided banning subsidies under threat of a veto. It contrasts U S practice with Britain and Canada, where subsidies are limited and tightly controlled, and warns that administrative powers tend to expand and spread subsidies widely, risking failure and renewed calls for an alternate remedy.

Congress Great Britain Canada United States

Delays From Strikes Questioned By WPB Chairman

Don ald M. Nelson, WPB chairman in Canada, minimizes the effect of strikes on war production. He cites that only 0.07 percent of output was delayed in five months, while noting time delays can impact front line operations. He argues strikes are not a major factor, but critics say the figures are questionable and incomplete.

Donald M. Nelson WPB Canada Nelson

Liberators complain over glory share in bombing reports

Crews of American Liberator bombers protest that Flying Fortresses receive most credit for successful enemy raids. The dispute recalls World War I censorship where infantry units were not named, while Marines appeared in dispatches, leaving Liberator crews in a similar predicament.

Liberator Lads Share Credit After Victory

Patches mention the marines liberally while other land forces are not named. After the enemy is defeated, credit is shared, and the Liberator lads will receive their portion.

Government attorney downgrades AP in summary judgment bid

The government attorney argues against the Associated Press by stressing AP’s efficiency and success as a news gathering organization. The brief asserts no monopoly exists and that other outlets compete with AP, reflecting a New Deal era theory that business success could justify penalties.

Associated Press

Kursk Battle Lifeand Death Standoff Reported

Reports from the Kursk salient describe heavy losses in men planes and tanks in the early days of fighting. The sector is a graveyard for thousands of troops and hundreds of aircraft though Nazi gains are limited and Soviet defense shows signs of continued resistance.

Kursk Salient Russia Altho

Salvage Nears Completion of French Liner Normandie

The Normandie, sunk on its side in New York harbor during the war, is nearing salvage completion. The project has exposed the folly of the new order and the costly, careful effort engineers endured amid wartime constraints.

New York Harbor New Order

Allied production to outpace Axis with planes and pilots

Donald M. Nelson told a Toronto audience that the United States and Canada will produce a plane every five minutes before year end, surpassing Axis output. He stressed the allied effort includes aviators who know how to use the planes, a fact demonstrated in raids across the Mediterranean and Pacific.

United States Canada Donald M. Nelson Toronto Axis Mediterranean Pacific

Policy Shift Reduces Highball Strength While Prices Rise

A reporter notes that over time Kansas City bars have served progressively weaker highballs while prices climb. The change is framed as a public policy move to bolster wartime morale and funding, arguing stronger drinks are unnecessary for public effort.

Kansas City

Administration Victory Over Subsidy Issue Cools Rift With Congress

The White House welcomed a subsidy related victory momentarily before the congressional recess but friction remains. Congress appears to have given substantial latitude to observe executive action and potential responses.

Congress Executive Branch White House

Hitler Drives Eastern Front Offensive for Survival Says Mackenzie

The analysis argues Hitler aims a major push at Kursk to break Soviet lines and delay Allied invasion. It suggests a defensive, survival impulse, with Berlin fearing Anglo American landings while Russia remains the main target. It notes German logistics cost the Army $240 per soldier in their first year.

Hitler Kursk Berlin Moscow Tester France Russia Sam John Bull

Lawrence area notes and community items

Fifteen Boy Scouts of Troop 51 plan a five day camp at Otto Dreher farm south of Lawrence. West Lawrence Vacation Bible School at West Side Presbyterian church concludes a successful season. Community canning fund now $44.25 after a $5 gift. Alfred Anderson of Ottawa visits Charles A. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. E. Tuttle. Kanwaka Good Will club meets Wednesday. roll call on Burbank Vegetables. Mrs. George Miller to host Wednesday contract club at the Eldridge hotel. Lawrence horseshoe team beat Kansas City Club 240 to 24 in Barles City, Mo. Chester Woodward offers Red Cross relief services. Red Cross Auxiliary No. 7 to entertain Kanwaka district Saturday for Red Cross. Fire lightly damages a barn at 645 New York street. smoking suspected. William Docking and George depart tomorrow for business trip through Oklahoma and Texas. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Clevenger travel to Kansas City to retrieve a new automobile.

Otto Dreher Lawrence West Lawrence West Side Presbyterian Church Alfred Anderson Ottawa Charles A. Johnson E. Tuttle Kanwaka Chester Woodward Round Corner Red Cross Military Red Cross Auxiliary Kansas City

Douglas County Farm Agent to Speak at Chamber Luncheon

Fred T. Rees the new Douglas County farm agent will deliver the principal address at the weekly chamber of commerce luncheon. A farm near Lawrence yielded 373 bushels from three acres of oats, an average of 91 bushels per acre, breaking county records.

Fred T. Rees Douglas County Chamber of Commerce E. Shields Lawrence

Ice cream social planned on Trinity lawn this Thursday

Forty years ago the Daughters of the King schedule an ice cream social on Trinity lawn for Thursday evening. The Haskell band performed a farewell concert before departing for a Colorado trip. The thermometer showed 94 degrees at 2 pm. E Pierson travels to Kansas City to seek new office locations. Mr. Pier Son plans a Kansas City move around August 1. A.O.U.W. members hosted a surprise party on W D Keller last evening with Brothers Keefe Ecke Johnson Major Dick Langley Gardner Brockersby and Rinehard. Euchre was the pastime. The water utility restored full pressure and fire protection after work on the standpipe.

Daughters of the King Trinity Lawn Haskell Colorado E. Pierson Kansas City Mr. Pier Son A.O.U.W W. D. Keller Brothers Keefe Ecke Johnson Major Dick Langley Gardner Brockersby Rinehard

Kansas miscellany of quirky notes from Montezuma to Topeka

A humorous Kansas roundup reports Mrs. Charles L. Anderson hiring harvest hands after restaurant bread ran out and three diners volunteered to return home with her. It notes other oddities from Topeka Molotov cocktails to worm bait, a wrist watch on a girl’s ankle in Manhattan, a brassiere found in Lyons, and a runaway milk wagon incident in Wichita.

Montezuma Charles L. Anderson Tsk Manhattan Lyons

Soldier's rousing trip ends with Kansas dry joke

A college-bound youth travels by bus to Washburn University, while Lieut Maurice C Murphy of Illinois, a North African war casualty, lands at Winter General Hospital in Topeka. The quip about liquor and Kansas dry sentiment adds local humor to the wartime note.

Washburn University Maurice C. Murphy Illinois Winter General Hospital Topeka Kansas Murph

Kansas Headlines Mixed Bizarre Reports From Across State

A string of odd incidents spans Kansas cities from Chanute to Topeka. A burglar attacked a revenue collector over $282 tax money and pants recovered next day. A Dodge City commissary asks for cat donations to curb rats. Wild life patrols prompt police actions in Manhattan and Leavenworth. A dog Brownie aids Ark City police and longs for his master in the army, while an Afghan hound Ahmad of Isa queena dies and is buried nobly. Billy Irwin explains a vaudeville fish stunt. Ada Montgomery notes a Topeka woman washing at home, and Karl Kuehner jokes about Kansas weather after naval service.

Internal Revenue Chanute Dodge City Air Base Manhattan Ark City Brownie Clay Lemert Leavenworth Ahmad C. A. Eggler Billy Irwin McPherson Missouri Humane Society Irwin Ada Montgomery Topeka Karl Kuehner Navy Aleutians Kansas

Child Ingests Sunny Lotion Prompting Hospital Care

A two and a half year old drank a bottle of sun tan lotion. He has a fine sun tan though it is not visible. Hospital attendants removed most of the lotion with a pump.

Deer Jumps Car In Idaho Collision Fatal

In Ketchum Idaho a deer struck 8 D Burks car head on breaking its neck and killing the animal instantly. Burks was not allowed to keep the deer by the forest service because it was out of season. He reported an $80 repair bill.

Ketchum Ida D. Burks Forest Service Burks

Tulsa man asks police to halt drunken crowd under window

A Tulsa resident asked police for a water pour to disperse a group gathered beneath his bedroom window. Officers approved light pouring but warned against overdoing it, noting the man could use one bucket for the entire crowd.

Tulsa Okla

Oil Washington mobilizes drive to increase oil output

Ardmore Oklahoma oil man Wirt Franklin was placed in charge of intensified effort to boost oil and gas production amid looming shortage. Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced the program targeting more prospecting, expanded secondary recovery, and stricter conservation practices.

Washington Gp—Wirt Franklin Ardmore Okla Oil Man Ickes

Baldwin News Highlights Local Visits and Alumni Plans

Mrs. Marion Charles returns from Wichita after visiting her sister Minta Charles. James Griffith, stationed at Solomons Maryland, to meet parents in Kansas City and then lead troops to Tulsa en route home. Dorothy Feldmeyer and Margaret Beans travel to Chicago for Alpha Chi Omega convention with Feldmeyer hosting Omicron chapter. Lucile Owen from Topeka visits Baldwin. Mrs Alfred Leach hosts birthday gathering for Mrs Mabel Hartley. Jimmie Griffith praised for good health after surgery last August.

Marion Charles Wichita Minta Charles Charles Griffith James Griffith Solomons Kansas City Tulsa Okla Jimmie Dorothy Feldmeyer Margaret Claire Beans Chicago Alpha ,Chi Omega Edgewater Beach Feldmeyer Omicron Omicron’ Chapter and Miss Leitaker Rush Lucile Owen Topeka Baldwin Dean Grace Irwin Alfred E. Leach South 8Th Street Mabel Hartley

Betsy Ross Hopeful Makes U S Flag For Tokyo

Mrs. Yoshiye Abe, American of Japanese ancestry, aims to help craft the flag for U S forces in Tokyo. Evacuated from Fresno to Santa Anita, then Denver, she works in a flag factory with her husband on the assembly line.

Yoshiye Abe U. S Tokyo

Local social notes from Baldwin and surrounding towns

Mrs. F. H. Flickinger spent Tuesday in Kansas City while Prof. William C. Rice travels to St. Louis. Mrs. Rice and baby Janet visit her parents in Odessa, Missouri. Mrs. Paul Kochan and Mrs. Merle Hitchcock recently returned from Austin Texas and Florence en route to Baldwin. they were joined by Paul Kochan Jr. and Dorothy Lou Kochan. Mrs. Homer Schoepflin and Letha Mae Taul visit Mr. and Mrs. Merle Weible in Coffeyville over the Fourth. Mrs. Kate McGehee of Richmond visits Baldwin sister Emma Hall. Mrs. Lester Daugherty arrives from Sioux Falls to visit her parents. Daugherty takes a ten day vacation. Donald Moore and wife and children stay with Sullivan and Callan family in Baldwin area. Mary Alice Martin meets her daughter and grandchildren in Baldwin.

F. H. Flickinger Kansas City William C. Rice St. Louis Rice Janet Florence Merle Weible Coffeyville Kate MceGehee Richmond Baldwin Emma Hall Lester Daugherty Sioux Falls S. D E. B. Enyart Daugherty Donald Moore Billy Donna Cimarron P. Sullivan Ellen Callan Mary Alice Martin Kenneth Houghland Curtis and Barbara

The Meeting of the Elephants Plot Unfolds in Africa

Lincoln Eliot, newly appointed governor in Central Africa, meets old allies in a dervish lodge scheme. Fasiha confesses love and betrays him, then murders the conspirator with a dagger. Fosiha dies in his arms as the scene ends with a cliffhanger.

Lincoln Eliot Central Africa Terek el-Medjahiri Ei Hassanyieh Sitt Fasiha Ali el-Andalusi Ameez Lincoln Lake Tchad Allah Fassha Mahmoud Kassem Mahmoud Sidi Elliot Fosiha el- Andalusi

Tragic Street Car Accident Claims Elderly Father

In Kansas City an elderly man was struck by a street car. A bystander named Paul Wilamson identified the victim as his father and found him unconscious. Paul and his brother Manuel Williamson stayed with the man until he died an hour later before police were alerted. Interior Decorator Berkeley Calif Charles Bean

Kansas City Paul Wilamson Manuel Williamson Paul

Death Notice for Frances Mosely in Salem Oregon

Goodland Kansas reports the death of Frances Mosely in Salem Oregon on Wednesday. Frances was the niece of Mrs Charles Griffith and daughter of Mrs Laura Mosely of Kansas, with many local friends in the community.

Goodland Lawrence Charles Griffith Frances Salem Ore Laura Mosely Kansas

Radio Programs Friday Evening Listings Summary

Friday evening radio schedule lists hosts and shows across WREN KMBC and WDAF stations from 5:50 pm to 11:45 pm with musical programs news segments dramas and comedies including The Lone Ranger Easy Aces Listen for Mr Keen and The Greats such as Gracie Fields and Jane Savitt Orchestra. Saturday and Sunday timetables extend through midnight featuring Cantor War programs and variety hours.

Wren Jack Armstrong KMBC Jer Sullivan WDAF Nan Merriman Fred Warting WRHN Mr Keen Earl Godwin Curtiss Archer Wren—Parker Your Navy the Playhouse Tommy Riggs John Vandercook Gracie Fields Bill Stern Dick Seibert Road To Danger Elmer Davis A.P. Newa Jon Venuti Tommy Dorsey Office of War Ing Cavaliers Treasury Ellery Queen Sanderson & Drummitt Roy Porter Boston Hobby Lobby Edward Tomlinson Jan Savitt Groucho Marx Dover Diary Freddie Martin Statler Orch Ray Peart Will Osborne Philharmonic Upton Close Wake Up America Army Hour A. Kostelanetz John Tompkins Homer Rodeheaver NBC Symphony Gunther & Vandercool IMBC Silver Theatre Catholic Radio Hour Ews Melody Ranch Drew Pearson WDA Walter Winchell Radio Reader's Digest Jimmy Fidler Ella Fitzgerald Goodwill Gabriel Heatter Joe Venuti Vesper A.P Stan Kenton Russ Morgan

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