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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1944

Page

3

Chicago centers offer free furlough facilities for servicemen

Chicago runs four large centers in the Loop and surrounding areas to host service members on furloughs without cost. Food, beds, and laundry are free. tickets to movies and events number about 30 000 weekly. Volunteers staff the centers with entertainment, language lessons, photography help, and stenography services. A sailor praised Chicago for kindness to uniformed personnel and said the city may gain future benefits from wartime goodwill.

Chicago Loop Chicago Commission On National Defense Edward J. Kelly

Mussolini Urges Italian Troops Not to Fear Killing Countrymen

London July 25 Mussolini in a pep talk to Fascist trainees trained by Germans for action on the Italian front urged no anxiety about facing other Italians in the firing line. He warned any Fascist soldier who makes reservations is a traitor and said those who do not fight are morally dead.

London Benito Mussollini Pepi Mussolini Berlin Adolf Hitler

Hope for 25 Carloads Floss Campaign Aids Children

Topeka in July 59 eastern Kansas counties prepare for a floss collection drive intended to supply 25 carloads of milkweed floss to be used in life belts and aviation jackets. State director C F Gladfelter said the effort could mean about $20 for school children paid 15 to 20 cents a day, with the target by October.

Topeke Kansas Navy C. F. Gladfelter Gladfelter Emporia State Teachers College

Community Service League dance hosted by McAllaster P T A

Servicemen and families attended a community building event with hospitality by the McAllaster P T A. The lobby and game room featured flowers, cookies, and a junior hostesses register. Annie Dunlap Guild served buffet supper with families invited. Joie Stapleton praised the family-inclusive plan. Police found stolen tool boxes at 638 New Hampshire Street. boxes taken to station. Charles Payne, noted naturalist from Wichita, dies at 92 with widow and three daughters surviving.

Elmer. Schaake Martin Denlinger M. J. Patterson Dorothy Woodard Thomas Pearson M. H. Moore McAllaster P-T.a Community Service League Homer King Jimmie Brooks J. C. Elliott Altha R. P. Stringham A. E. Woestemeyer Harold Fisher L. E. McPheeters H. B. Harnarf Hazel Lee Simmons Iva Palmer Hattie Shockey Emma Elston Allen Yey Ed Starliper Vogler Lester Sells Wireside Annie Earle Patton Penfield Jones Robert Haggart New Hampshire Street Wichita Kan Charles Payne

MacArthur signals move on Philippines in Pacific timetable

General MacArthur, in a first communique after King and Nimitz met on strategy, hinted at imminent operations against the Southern Philippines and noted air raids near Mindanao and Halmahera. He emphasized that isolated strikes offer limited strategic value without sustained attacks.

Associated Press Douglas MacArthur Pacific Ernest J. King U. S Chester W. Nimitz Tinian MacArthur Philippines Corregidor Mindanao Philippine Halmahera

Invasion Talk Stirs Pacific War Plans

The dispatch outlines prospects of a Marianas invasion timing and a broader push toward the Philippines. It notes MacArthur’s desire to return to the archipelago, with aerial softening preceding any ground assault and signals awaiting authorization for planned operations.

Marianas Philippines MacArthur Halniahere Pation

Barnum and Bailey Fireproof Tents Ahead of Tour

Sarasota July 25 UP report says fireproofing material is being applied to sideshow tents of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus before resuming its tour with a stadium show at Akron August 4. The aim is to prevent a repeat of the July 6 Hartford fire that killed 164 people.

Sarasota Fla Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus Akron Hartford Conn

Circus Officials Cite Test Aimed to Prevent Spontaneous Tent Fires

Circus officials report a test indicating Pars method would prevent tents from burning spontaneously after a blow, torch and glow were removed leaving a charred hole.

Radios Are On The Blink Wortonatons July 25

A War Production Board survey shows one in four of 4000 radios in Americans homes need repairs and six percent do not work at all. The report ranks radios as the top appliance needing repairs nationwide. Navy flight training ends at Washburn University as V-5 cadets finish classwork August 3 under Lt. John J. Cummings.

Wortonatons Oa War Production Board Washburn Topeka Pi—Navy Washburn University John J. Cummings Swoyer Jefferson County Oskaloosa Swoyers K. U K. U. Law School Lawrence Maine Street Iskaloosa Jefferson County Abstract Company County

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