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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1940
Page
2
Washington July 1 27 The state military committee releases final draft legislation requiring universal registration of men 18 to 64 for potential military service. The bill outlines age determinations, exemptions, deferments, training terms, pay, and postservice reemployment, with a 42 million eligible pool and penalties for noncompliance.
Hollywood gossip notes Gloria Blondell eloped to Las Vegas to marry Albert B. Broccoli while Loretta Young plans to wed Tom Lewis. Violinist Jan Rubini, now citizen, shared a kiss with actress Terry Walker. Gretchen Young Withers announced intent to wed Lewys 38. Rubini hails from Switzerland and has lived in the U S for 15 years.
C F Mc Coin manager of a filling station at Seventh and Lo cust streets reported a burglary last night. Three repair kits and a peanut vending machine were taken after a window was broken to gain entry. The incident marks the third burglary at a filling station in recent weeks.
Independence Kansas candidate Lewis A Martin for state superintendent of public instruction visited Lawrence with his son Jimmie. He earned a KU master’s degree in 1938 and taught science at Liberty Memorial High School. He previously chaired Wilson county schools and taught in 36 institutes across 19 counties.
Thousands flocked to the lake for opening festivities with 200 boats from kyaks to 18 foot river boats. Al Eliot rented all 60 boats early while Wyandotte and Shawnee counties led delegations. Cars from multiple states arrived, all-night fishing allowed, no accidents reported, and visitors praised the scenery and hopeful for future visits.
Prof H E Jordan of the mathematics department and summer session faculty will address the First Baptist church school this Sunday at 1030 am His talk concludes the summer school series on Life s Problems Today Readings note the morning worship begins at 930 with Howard E Koelb speaking Alfred Gallup as guest soloist will sing the ninety first psalm Mrs Nita Constant Rankin will play organ numbers by Stebbins Frysinger and Silver
Dr. William Bizzell, president of the University of Oklahoma at Norman, was appointed by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board as public interest director for the Topeka bank serving Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma. He will serve the unexpired portion of a four year term ending December 31, 1943. Each regional bank has twelve directors with eight elected by members and four appointed to represent public interest.
Berlin broadcasts quote Salzburg sources saying the time has come to liquidate the unreasonable state of affairs in which Romania finds itself due to Western policies and postwar treaties. The program asserts Romania was maneuvered by Britain and France into an unnatural position and must now resolve future crises once and for all.
Report from the Luther League camp held at Junction City July 21 to 26 notes the Lawrence Luther League winning the prize for the largest delegation present. Rev. Alfred J. Beil will preach at 11 o clock on A Sure Foundation for Your Life with Miss Ednah Hopkins as guest violinist.
Professor L N Flint burned a rival limerick after critiquing its line This is all I saved from the Chicago fire John Laforgee becomes assistant manager at J C Penney replacing Warren Waters relocating from Kansas City Kan He and his wife move with their son to Lawrence Dunie Johns creates a moving target gallery for summer display Liberty Memorial High School hand closes its summer concert series at South Park Mrs Robert C Brown and husband welcome a daughter born this afternoon at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Official quarters said Romania has been ordered by Germany to negotiate directly with Hungary and Bulgaria to fix the size of territories to be ceded and begin discussions quickly to keep southeastern Europe quiet during an expected invasion.
A year‑old boy and one year old girl fled in a stolen car in Syracuse Kansas after a warning shot was fired by a marshal. The female passenger Thelma Rather identified herself. The male suspect Max Decker was taken into custody in Garden City. The injured onlooker Don Hobedn received a minor wound. The car reportedly stolen in Salt Lake City. They are held for Salt Lake City authorities as Garden City officers cooperate.
Admiral Nikolai Kisznetzoff announced that Soviet Russia will add 168 war ships to its fleet this year and urged boosting naval power to parity with the army and air strength.
Pravda reports American pressure at the Pan American Conference in Havana as an effort to exploit the weaker American nations. The article labels U.S. moves as economic coercion aimed at the region.
Amsterdam reports Pi Twelve million laying hens, about two thirds of the national stock, will be slaughtered before September 15 due to a shortage of kin feld. An announcement was made today. A travel advisory suggests sending the World to a summer address.
Five design department students at the University of Kansas sold gift wrap designs to Chicago Printed String this summer. Helen Cady Barbara Smith Gladys Hendricks Norine Ginder and Margaret Eberhardt were selected from fifty submissions. The company paid 15 dollars per design and praised the quality while inviting more submissions.
Wendell L. Willkie invites Gov. Payne Ratner to a Des Moines meeting of midwestern Republican governors and agricultural leaders on August 5. Ratner may not attend due to prior engagements at Lyons Great Bend and Larned but would send representatives if unable to go. The governor may meet the Republican presidential nominee in Colorado next week. Willkie's secretary said efforts were under way to fix a date for the conference.
Robert Clark a 31-year-old St. Paul Minnesota hardware salesman won the nineteenth annual public links golf championship here today with an 8 and 6 victory over Michael Dietz of Detroit.
From Bern Switzerland July 27 reports say the German occupation army is freeing hundreds of thousands of imprisoned French soldiers and shoving them across the demarcation line into French ruled territory. Vichy officials fear feeding the ex soldiers as homes in the unoccupied zone lack supplies. Travelers describe soldiers being herded across the line with no shelter or barracks, prompting a mass exodus to the border and confusing instructions from authorities in Niort Surgeres and St. Jean d Angely.
Mrs Gussie Lee Chappell aged 48 died this morning at her parents home 1815 Connecticut street Funeral services will be held at 2 o clock Monday afternoon from the Rumsey funeral home Rev Harold E Barr will be in charge Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery Mrs Chappell is survived by her parents one daughter Mrs Rebecca Bleisner of Kansas City Missouri four sons Lindell Edward J W and Dale Chappell all of Lawrence one brother O K Ince and five grandchildren
Mrs. Lizzie Stancliff received word of the death of her former husband Noah Wesley Isley who died July 16. He lived in Lawrence until 1923 and worked as a motorman for the street car company. Survived by two sons Ozzie of Grand Junction and Huel of McCook and a daughter Edna Foster of Long Beach.
Funeral services will be held for Rev E J Malone 63 and his wife Mrs J Malone 67 who died in a Thursday night auto crash near Lawrence. Services go from St James AME church Sunday at 8 pm with Rev M C Knight presiding and Rev L E Mathis assisting. Burial Monday at St John Kan. Survivors include three sons Harvey Paul Scott a daughter Leona Rawlins seventeen grandchildren five sisters a brother and seven nieces and four nephews.
Raymond Chanel of 1838 Brooks Street was arrested at Second and Locust Streets just before 11 last night. He was charged with petit larceny and released on a $25 bond awaiting a police court hearing Monday morning. Officers reported he took articles from an automobile.
Lawence police with Topeka officers and Union Pacific railroad staff arrested an individual described as 42 year old Ace Mann near a location called Pidve around 9 o clock last night. He was handed over to Topeka police for questioning.
In Brooklyn July 27 AP Stu Martin delivered a sixth inning pinch triple with two aboard, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 4 to 2 win over the Dodgers in the first game of a doubleheader. Second game results not shown. Also Philadelphia beat Cincinnati 5 to 4 as Mulcahy shut down the Reds. New York Giants beat Chicago 1 to 0 in a tight pitching duel. Chicago White Sox defeated New York Yankees 6 to 5 in 12 innings. Detroit crushed Philadelphia 16 to 2 in the other doubleheader tilt.
Eudora residents record a flurry of visits and gatherings with friends and relatives from Sublette Humboldt Lawrence and Baldwin and Lone Star. Phyllis Baecker suffers a foot blood vessel injury while Sam Kraus hosts Kansas City guests. Local families including the Nieders and Frazier share weekend visits and welcome guests from nearby towns.
Lucille Price of Baldwin serves as office secretary at L. B. C. Nadine Phillips spends the weekend at her Burling ton home. Ruth Doll left school to take a stenographic position with the Standard Life Insurance Company. Marjorie Potter of Westmoreland enrolled this week as the summer session reports strong attendance and quality work. The fall term opens September 9 with two calls for machine operators.
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