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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1941
Page
5
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Monday Mra and F T Stockton host a breakfast meeting at Lawrence Flower club with Mrs C E Harrison as hostess. Mr and Mrs C B Althaus and Mr and Mrs Bert Nash host a picnic supper at the former home. Tuesday features a guest day at the Country club. Wednesday brings Scotch foursomes at the Country club.
Miss Mary Lou Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs B P Baker married Darrel Sproat Lis ton son of Mr and Mrs Roy Liston Fort Madison Iowa Saturday evening at 8 in the First Presbyterian church Rev Theodore H Astman officiated. Attendants wore white organza gowns with tri cornered hats and red rosebuds. The bride wore white chiffon with a train and carried stephanotis. After a church reception the couple will live in Schenectady New York after August 20.
Morning wedding at the Presbyterian church in Salina joined a KU alumna bride and a KU graduate groom. They plan a Colorado trip and will reside in Wichita after August 1. He heads Tilford Drug in Wichita. she belonged to Kappa Kappa Gamma.
The Midwestern Music Camp wrapped its season at the University of Kansas with Percy Grainger directing and performing in two concerts. An audience of about 1,000 attended the afternoon orchestral recital at Hoch Auditorium, while over 2,000 filled Fowler Grove for the evening band concert. Grainger played piano parts in Bach and conducted works by Scott and others, showcasing modern musical experiments and Transcriptions of 15th 16th century folk tunes from European sources.
Grainger directed three numbers The Duke of Marlborough The Lost Lady Found and The Immovable Do during an evening concert in England The performance featured Grainger on piano for Over the Hills and Far Away and Billie Sears and his baton twirlers offering a baton twirling demonstration with electric batons and George Rhodes of Kansas City performing with torch batons.
Two British American ambulance corps drivers who escaped German guards by leaping from a train and walking four days through France have returned to America. They volunteered for service with Gen. Charles de Gaulle's Free French forces in Africa, sailing for Suez on August 20. Their companions, detained during the Zarazam sinking, were freed in negotiations and will reach New York aboard West Point next week.
The University of Kansas recreational program hosts a cornmeal cakewalk tomorrow night in Fowler Grove from 8 to 9 30 with Russ Chambers providing music. Attendance is encouraged for summer session students and Lawrence residents as the center stays open until August 6.
Summer session advanced students from KU present a recital in Hoch Auditorium at 8 pm featuring works from teachers Hirschler Wilkins Kuert Steiner Taylor Peabody Moore with organ, voice, violin, and piano numbers including pieces by Haydn Bizet Puccini Wieniawski and Kreisler among others performed by Doris King Mary Louise Belcher Mary Catheryn Boydton Liza Lehman Clarnell Wehrll Margaret Dunn Barbara Huls Eva Jessye and Sidney Dawson.
The House approved and sent to the Senate a defense appropriation bill totaling 8,063,238,478 dollars. Army funding totals 4,760,203,813 dollars for a 1,727,000 man land force and upgrades for a 3,000,000 man future army. Navy funding 1,569,374,665 dollars increases enlisted strength to 369,000 and marine personnel to 75,000. Maritime Commission receives 1,698,650,000 dollars for 541 cargo vessels and 350 additional ships.
Prime Minister Robert Menzies declared Australia would stand firmly with Britain and the United States in the Pacific. He rejected Japan's alleged encirclement and noted the occupation of French Indo China as a major concern for Australia and New Zealand while maintaining normal relations with Japan.
Washington announces 32 state directors of the public work reserve to plan postwar projects. preliminary studies estimate a six year program could total 25 to 30 billion dollars. Directors coordinate among local, county, state and federal officials to create a national shelf of public work. Kansas Lawrence F. Whearty Topeka Missouri Howard C. Williams Jefferson City.
Ottawa Kan July 28 Karel Kozeluh pro tennis star sustained a bruised shoulder and knee in an automobile accident on US 50 west of Baldwin He swerved to avoid a stopped car causing his car to overturn He was en route to Arkansas City for an exhibition with Bill Tilden and others and planned to stay in Ottawa overnight Tilden to pick him up tomorrow to resume the schedule
Washington reports chairman Doughton of the house ways and means committee forecasts a general consumption tax and a broader income tax base. He predicts another revenue measure will be drafted next year due to world affairs, while lawmakers push for broader tax consciousness and exemptions.
Speaker Rayburn said price control legislation has been revised and will likely be introduced next week. He anticipated a presidential message and urged Congress to expedite passage.
The National Safety Council reports that in 1940 accidents at home caused 88,000 deaths, 140,000 permanent disabilities, and 4,710,000 temporary disabilities. Camp Robinson has 6544 telephones to serve officers and regiments.
In Manila on July 28 war jitters rose as Americans and Filipinos discussed safe spots to avoid air raids. The common remark among residents reflected anxiety about imminent conflict.
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