Weekend Socials and Engagement News in Lawrence
Community events fill the paper with society notes from Lawrence. Engagement announced for Rosemary McClure to Capt. John Gibson of the Army Air Forces. Open house events for Col. Karl Baldwin and Mrs Malott invite friends. Births, wedding plans, and service family updates provide a bustling social calendar amid wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale
State Board
P. E
Deane W. Malott
Col
Karl F. Baldwin
Rensselaer Wright McClure
Rosemary
John’m. Gibson
Army Air Forces
L. D. Gibson
Elkhart
Ind
St. John’s Episcopal Church
White Sulphur Springs
West Va
Gibson
Ashford General Hospital
Sicily
Personal notices of summer travel and visits
Mr. and Mrs. Max Wilhelmi depart for Wyoming with travel assistance to Colorado Springs provided by Mrs. R. M. Fitzpatrick and Miss Sally Fitzpatrick. Mrs. Nate W. Downes of Kensay City visits Edna Teeter and Ella Teeter before moving to Wichita. Mrs. Downes known in Lawrence as Miss Delis Coffman. Mrs. Margaret Coghill left for Chicago after visiting her mother at 824 Mississippi Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Teeter
Wichita
P.E.O
the Colonial
Teeter
Isabel Gilmore
Nate W. Downes
Kansas City
Ralph Ward
Nina, Hester
Ruth Kenney
Edgar, Klein
Agnes Evans
Lyons Street
Ida Miller
Missouri Street
Miller
Ora Lyons
LeRoy Purdue
Nellie May
Fred S.montgomery
Memorial Hospital
Betty June Sullivan
Frank T. Sullivan
Wallace Weekes
Indiana Street
E. D. Hicks, Jr
St. Louis
Pauline Rankin
Lawrence
N. W. Rimmer
Jerry Norman
Norfolk
Mississippi Street
Rimmer
Minnie Marshall
W. E. Marshall
H. Simpson
Kath-leen Simpson Armstrong
Kan- Isag City
Kan
Katherine
Jean
Ruth Emery
Emery
Security Benefit Association
Topeka
Harold Snyder
Harold
Doc” Gill
Alice Gill
Ann Gill
Seventh Service Command
Deane W. Malott
University of Kansas
Florida
Army Air Corps
Max Wilhelmi
Wyoming
Wilhelmi
Colorado Springs
R. M. Fitzpatrick
Sally Fitzpatrick
Colorado
Kensay City
Ella Teeter
Natives of New Guinea Pick Up English Quickly
From his New Guinea post Cpl Benedict P Bagrow writes that locals are not ignorant of American life. They trade with soldiers, beg for goods, and speak practical English. Women wear grass skirts for sale ads, huts show tin can debris, and some dye hair red with peroxide.
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New Guinea
Cpl
Benedict P. Bagrowski
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Tates
Local Housewives Busy With Fruit Canning This Week
The week sees many housewives canning to stock cupboards and save blue ration stamps for delicacies. California apricots move fast at 3.99 for 24 pounds and 2.09 for 14. Georgia Elberta peaches near 5.69 per bushel, California peaches about 2.39 per 16 pound lug. Homegrown tomatoes and beans are processed. fresh tomatoes sell around 20 cents a pound. Apples cost about 5 dollars per bushel and are in demand for children’s canning foods.
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California
Georgia
Georgia Elbertas
Window Washing and Flavoring TipsExcerpt
Cleaning guidance advises washing windows with soapy water then a vinegar rinse. A tablespoon of vinegar per two to three quarts of water is suggested. Wiping cloths should be clean and lintless. A teaspoon of water in flavoring bottles is for economy.
Jean Crawford Writes Of Experiences as Red Cross Assistant
Miss Jean Crawford, serving as an American Red Cross club staff assistant in Italy, recounts her experiences visiting wounded American servicemen in Malta and Sicilian hospitals. She describes delivering comforts, sharing moments with pilots and sailors, and witnessing resolve amid recovery.
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Jean Crawford
Red Cross
American Red Cross Club
Italy
Ivan C. Crawford
University of Kansas
University of Michigan
National Broadcasting Company
Kington
Newsweek
Isa Crawford
Malta
Robert F. Scott
Greeley
Colo
Luge Field
Mediterranean
United States Army
Air Corps
Victor Conforti
U.S.N.R
U. S
Connecticut
Conforti
Melta
Ward M
New York Red Cross
New York
Licata
Ploesti
Naples
U. S. Coast Artillery
Jetmore family to produce play clothes for children
Lawrence area project by Mrs. H A Jetmore Jr opens a factory operation under Jetmore Toys branding. Ten machines employ about two dozen workers as plans include year round play outfits for ages 2 4 and 6. Mrs Jetmore, a Ames trained designer, previously ran Belton dresses venture and now sources fabrics in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jetmore
Iowa State Agricultural School
Ames
Nelly Don
Mra
van Brunt
Belton
New York
Besse Sultch
Olathe
Harvey
Lynda Sue
Jetmore Toys
Weaver’s
Recital by Hilda Ohlin Cancelled Due to Illness
A wire from Hilda Ohlin’s manager to Dean Swarthout announces the soprano’s illness has forced cancellation of her recital and entire summer tour. No outside recital is expected to be rescheduled. The Summer session next features a faculty program on Monday July 31 at Fraser Theater with piano voice two piano vocal duet and string ensemble pieces.
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D. M. Swarthout
Hilda Ohlin
Miss Ohlin
Fine Arts Music
Fraser Theater
Letter from husband Lt Col Alexander from Normandy
Mrs. Mark Alexander received a letter from her husband Lt Col Alexander describing wounds from July 4. He was hit at 2 a.m. and evacuated by jeep to hospital, undergoing immediate surgery for a shell fragment through the back and lung. He expected to resume full command of his regiment after recovery, while returning to the United States when travel allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Alexander
Col. Alexander
Normandy
Alexander
United States
INTEREST IN QUIGLEY FOR KU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
News item reports E C Quigley a noted sports official from Hampshire near Williamstown being considered for the Kansas University athletic director post. Chancellor Malott denies any appointment or knowledge of the Lawrence visit or talks. Additional board of regents members reportedly show interest in Quigley as a candidate. Julius Holmes to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Quigley
Hampshire Swine
Williamstown
Lawrence
Iay
Deane W. Malott
University of Kansas
Journal-World
Quigley
Kansas
Board of Regents
Malott
Uigley
Julius Holmes
Europe
General Julius Holmes Negotiates in Washington
Brig. Gen. Julius Holmes, former Lawrence resident and senior allied staff officer under General Eisenhower, left Washington for Europe after presenting General De Gaulle. He headed negotiations with De Gaulle and directed allied military governments in Sicily and Italy. Holmes was cited this spring as a distinguished University alumnus.
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Julius Holmes
Lawrence
Washington
Europe
General Holmes
Eisenhower
General de Gaulle
Frat to Hold Initiation at KU Memorial Union
The University of Kansas Phi Delta Kappa professional education fraternity will hold initiation at 4 30 p m Monday in the Pine room of the Memorial Union with a dinner for members and initiates at the Colonial Tea Room. Dean E B Stouffer will speak and the final initiates list will be announced Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Phi Delta Kappa
Memorial Union Building
Colonial Tea Room
E. B. Stouffer
McGlue Becomes Unstuck From the Administration
Two Massachusetts Democrats plan a Dewey Bricker push in New England. Joseph Lee and Charles H. McGlue announce headquarters in Boston and form Jefferson Democrats to back GOP nominees. McGlue becomes regional director for the movement across six New England states. An unrelated item notes Lt Brabham parachuting after a plane fire in Emporia Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Massachusetts
New England
Dewey and
Bricker
Joseph Lee
Boston
Fighter plane crashes near Emporia after midair fire
A P-33 fighter plane caught fire while safely near the area yesterday and crashed in a pasture about 10 miles northeast of Emporia at a height of 000 feet. In Topeka, Goodyear Kansas plans expansion of its syn thetic tire plant, seeking authorization to raise capitalization from 110000 to 1000000, with a $6000000 factory expected to start under defense plant corporation auspices possibly in September. Professor John W Ashton of the University of Kansas attends a western folklore conference in Denver.
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Emporia
Braione in English Literature as Read by Professor Ashton
A fragment notes an event titled Braione in English: Literature with Professor Ashton returning home. The readable text hints at a literary topic and an academic figure, but details are sparse and no dates or places are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ference
Whic
Ashton
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Liberty Memorial High School
Lone Star
Alice Claire Bronefield
Clifford Dean
Karl Kioozirs
L. G. Carterra
Stanley Jones
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George Casebier
Miss McClure
J. R. Lee
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Mra. Hayth
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Country Club
Robert Pugh
Louis G. Spurlock
Harold Avenue
San Francisco
Calif
Spurlock
Ore
Viola Kraft
Irwin. B. Kraft
Stull
Service Men's Wives Club
H. A. Jetmore, Jr
Ickers
Barker
Independent Ice Co
New Jersey
Sam
Mass
St. Sam
Stone's
IGA
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Kaw Valley Oil Co
Arkstiens
Han
DeGaulle
W. Twente
School of Education
McGlue
UPI
John W. Brabham
Rogers Field
Oklahoma’ City
Allison - Armstrong
Lawrence Laundry
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N. H
Hercules
S.O.W
Hercules Powder CO
Vi's Gift
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