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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1943
Page
4
A biblical verse urges wholehearted service to the Lord, recalling how great deeds have been shown to the people. The admonition emphasizes remaining faithful and obedient in daily life and worship.
The July forecast projects Kansas wheat output at 150,597,000 bushels averaging 14.5 bushels per acre. Labor shortages were overcome but gasoline limits harvesting, rail transport weak, and grain piles form in western Kansas. Harvest will finish and reach market as big business run by experienced hands.
Army units will repair dikes and restore productive farmland damaged by the Kaw river flood. The effort supports the food front, though local drainage manpower is focused on harvest and unavailable for immediate repairs.
Congress members leave the capital for a September 14 recess to reflect on events from a broader view. Two months of comparative leisure may ease strain and bickering, allowing calmer minds to tackle old problems when sessions resume with potential new issues.
In discussions with General Giraud in Washington the Martinique situation was reviewed. German authorities claim they hold information that the formal transfer of the island’s affairs to the Allies will soon be effected, though Admiral Robert’s tactics may delay the process.
A Lawrence craftsman who has long employed men notes that the country’s 150 year work pattern and the last 11 years of New Deal policies cannot both be right. He stresses doubt about conflicting economic approaches.
The OPA cites the poultry black market as the hardest to regulate with color lines ignored. Even Rhode Island Reds are implicated and no questions asked.
A Kansas City session on tropical diseases gathers experts to discuss how air travel and wartime mobility spread tropical pathogens. The clinic focuses on new quarantine challenges and regional health responses as travel expands disease reach.
Belated dispatches recount the American cruiser Helena sinking after sustaining fatal damage in Kula Bay Solomons. Her crew kept firing killing two Japanese cruisers and two destroyers before the ship vanished beneath the sea. The report praises American courage and aggression in the southwest Pacific offensive.
In Pennsylvania the coal mine employer crossed a picket line to return to work. The miners overturned a fashion set by Lady Eleanor who avoided crossing picket lines. The miners said they are done with the foolishness of that picket line.
Three times as many individuals filed income tax reports last year as in 1940. Today the first deductions under the withholding tax are made on all payrolls nationwide, and yet more taxpayers will learn that Uncle Sam must be paid ahead of others.
A clandestine Italian radio message urges the Italian people to overthrow Mussolini. The broadcast suggests growing concern that Germany may not shield Mussolini if it is drawn into other theaters.
In Topeka the State Journal notes former governor and U S senator Henry J. Allen declined dinner at a friend’s home. He said Wichita’s rapid growth leaves them without maid service and that he must return home to help dry the dishes for Mrs. Allen who is expecting him.
In 1939 FDR told a reporter to wear a dunce cap about a third term. Now W A Blair in the Oswego Independent jokes that the president might tell boys to think he is running for a fourth term by urging them to stand on his end.
Robert McNair Davis urges Second Kansas district voters to influence nominating committees for the September 14 1943 special election to fill the remainder of the term ending January 1 1945. He argues no primary exists and district committees will nominate. citizens should press for a statesman with wartime vision and postwar stability. He notes the House's pivotal role in war and peace decisions and urges timely voter engagement.
The Douglas County prohibition rally at Southpark on Thursday evening will feature local musical talent and remarks by Congressman U. S. Guyer. A youth reportedly drove a sports roadster up Frank Strong hall steps and fled unseen.
Captain Bruno T. Scher arrived in Lawrence to organize the R C T C military department at the University. Douglas County reports a near perfect wheat crop praised for yielding over 30 bushels per acre from a 60‑pound variety. The text also mentions Miss Matilda Smithmeyer Miss Margaret Fitch and Miss Genevieve in incomplete context.
Fort y years ago Mr and Mrs E Huddleston will celebrate their fifty fifth wedding anniversary tomorrow with a family reunion. W H Pendleton received a tele cam this morning stating timber for the floor in the bridge passed Goodman Mo July 6. B B Swallow has purchased the restaurant in West Warren street and will take possession next Monday. J L H Belle Isle has taken a position with Bell Bros as salesman and piano man. Frankler and wife left yesterday to Chile Ala to make their future home there. Mrs G H Morgan announces the engagement of her sister Lillian Simmons to Whitman A Churchill in this city.
De Witt Mackenzie reports the Allied landing in Sicily as the first major step in Europe’s liberation. Troops from American Canadian and British forces faced mine fields submarines and coastal batteries while storming ashore amid heavy fire. Commanders warn the campaign will be costly with more difficult battles ahead before any continent crossing.
Flashes of life show Long Island railroad crafts workers at Morris Park in New York dancing during lunch hour on alternate Tuesdays. About 1,800 overalled train repairmen compete to waltz with 50 women employed in the shops, a new relaxation form replacing paid performance acts.
Mrs. Bowers explains at length how a calf ate several books, detailing the circumstances that led to the incident and the farmer’s concern over livestock behavior and feeding gaps.
Actor John Payne, on furlough from an army airbase, met his screen pal Cesar Romero now serving in the coast guard. Payne quipped a wolf in ship s clothing as the men traded tales of life in uniform.
Miss Mildred Black visits Baldwin from Kansas City while Jay Morgan plans a quick departure from Liberty Missouri for an undisclosed destination. Dr and Mrs Harold Baker of New Rochelle arrive to help at Sunnyside farm. Mrs Baker visits Denver later. A postnuptial shower honors Mrs Quincy Seymour. Miss Ruth Crouch and Lieut Harold Addington announce their June wedding. Neighbors honor Mrs John Thomas for her birthday. WSCS postpones July meeting for a Africa mission speaker. Nautilus club hosts pot luck and plans August meeting. Roscoe and Mrs Roscoe Davidson plan a ten day visit to Winona Minnesota with Rev R B Pruitt.
UCP president David L. Mullendore reports 70 percent of the wheat harvest is complete in western Kansas and plowing for fall planting is underway. He notes improved conditions, a potential good crop, and a milder farm labor shortage. Cattle ranges are thick and heavy cattle shipments are expected in the last four months of the year.
Lawrence residents, especially women, are urged to file applications at once to receive new pressure cookers via the county agricultural program in Douglas County. The effort aims to distribute cookware to eligible households through local extension offices.
The State Conservation association in the Peoples State Bank building, led by chairman David V. Noe, will require purchase certificates from Noe's office before dealers can sell cookers. Many applications are on file, but the exact number of upcoming shipments this month is unknown.
City clerk Harold C. Fisher announced that no bids had been received yet for hauling trash and garbage in 1944. Separate sealed bids will be accepted at city hall until a stated deadline, with options to bid for city units or regional units and details available at the city hall.
Lincoln Elliot, newly named military governor in a Central African French colony, plans a secret probe into a dervish conspiracy. Disguised as a dervish, he learns of a plot, contemplates rash action, then resolves to hunt the mastermind, the hykmoot ameez, without full disclosure. The chapter ends with him sending a note to Captain Pelletier and setting his escape in motion.
A dense, era style schedule lists radio programs and hosts across stations KMBC WREN WDAF WORE WDAF for Saturday evening and Sunday, detailing times to 15 and 30 minute blocks. Programs include news reports orchestras dramatic readings and variety shows with names such as Benny Goodman Boston Pops Duke Ellington John Vandercook Jan Savitt and Groucho Marx among others.
A dense listing shows radio station lineups for WDAF KMBC and WREN including anchors such as Nan Merriman Fred Waring and Earl Godwin. Programs span news talks music and dramatic readings with orchestras and commercial features scheduled across evening hours.
KMBC commentator Caroline Ellis highlighted the Kansas story of LaDean Sage who was blind for about twenty one years and later regained sight. Edwin Browne, KMBC education director, revealed Sage is his cousin during the broadcast. Sage spoke in a Friday necrophone interview with Ellis guiding the program.
Caroline Ellis anniversary program marked a week of KMBC broadcasts. Gene Moore the organ wizard headlines brushes Creek Follies and Western Echoes with Herbie Kratoska. Upcoming week features Colonel Stoopnagle in Coronet Little Show and Bob Hawk’s Thanks to the Yanks with a Pro Nationals vs American League All Star game on KMBC.
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