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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1942
Page
4
A short devotional verse echoes Jesus's teaching that believers who remain in him bear much fruit. It quotes John 15 5 about abiding in Christ and drawing strength to produce spiritual fruit.
The University of Kansas opened commencement with ROTC commissions presented by Colonel Dusenbury and the Jayhawk air squadron sworn in by Governor Ratner. Chancellor Malott stated that the university will make further war related changes as needed and noted that over 1,400 faculty and students are already linked to the war effort.
The Cologne raid by over a thousand RAF aircraft caused destruction and horror beyond London’s worst bombardments. Refugees flee as neutral reports confirm extensive damage and smoke obscuring photos. The article argues Germany could be defeated by intensified Allied air campaigns with American and British forces growing in strength.
Fort Scott marks its centennial with a 60 page Fort Scott Tribune edition published Saturday. The issue highlights the city’s founding amid western settlement, referencing the Kansas Historical Quarterly article by Louise Barry on the Fort Leavenworth Fort Gibson Military Road and Fort Scott’s origins.
The text traces the 1842 military road marking Kansas western frontier, the Fort Scott and Fort Riley establishments, and the shifting lines of conflict from free state versus pro slavery to Civil War battles like Mine Creek. It notes Fort Scott’s 1853 closure and that some original army buildings survive as a museum.
Governor Ratner predicts major changes for Kansas as the University of Kansas completes a new industrial research building. He says wartime adaptations will leave defense plants in state and shift population, enabling Kansas to host permanent defense facilities and advance peacetime industry with skilled personnel.
The article notes Germans were unprepared for a Cologne air raid and the resulting death and destruction. It contrasts German expectation with British resilience and suggests the Fuehrer’s promise that such attacks would occur elsewhere, not in Germany, shapes their morale and recovery.
In a Navy shipboard tale, Talcott hides a secret document in a fire hose locker while June Paterson confides her loyalty. MacDowell pushes to expose a frame up as Talcott and June reveal feelings and seek alliance against a hidden adversary.
The attempted assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague raises alarms in Berlin as reprisals, arrests, and German fears grow. Subdued by the blow, Nazism faces renewed resistance from conquered peoples across Europe, signaling a dangerous shift on the invisible front.
Dr. James Hoopingarner fresh from KU hospital internship visits Baldwin with his parents Rev. and Mrs. J H Hoopingarner. Mrs. Henry J. Allen of Wichita hosts a luncheon for President and Mrs. Horn to present a second gift of pictures for Baker. Mrs. Allen's illness kept her from commencement. Mrs. George W. Zabel of Beloit attends Baker's 84th graduation with her son Stanley. Former Baldwin resident Mrs. J D Smith now living elsewhere is noted.
Twenty five years ago a donation was made to the University of Kan for a lasting endowment. The beneficiary institution plans to recognize the benefactor’s generosity in upcoming ceremonies and highlight the impact on scholarships and research.
Kansas traffic fatalities for May total 18, a 50 percent drop from 85 deaths in May 1941. For the first five months of the year fatalities amount to 115, down from 176 in the previous year, credited to reduced speeds, according to state highway safety engineer Claud R. McCamment.
The C P A will meet Thursday evening June 4 at 8 o clock at Kanwaka hall for the regular OE gathering.
A New York tale notes a dollar lost to taxes found in a sewer after Queens officials searched the scene for hours and recovered the bill for Mrs. Glasco. In Sandpoint Idaho Fire Chief Walter Kuebel left town for his daughter's graduation as a fire struck a shop district causing damage to several businesses.
Mrs. Alice N. Ko sinske gathered 60 relatives from three states at her Tl.-Mrs. Ko sinske home for an advance celebration of her 80th birthday. They feared gasoline rationing might prevent December festivities.
Highlights include a Puebla protest at the closed German consulate and no arrests, 70,000 parading for the war in Vichy, Dakar oath by 2,000 French Foreign Legion, German claims of sinking Allied ships, American women fliers joining RAF support, martial law in Sind, Balkan monarchs likely to visit Roosevelt, executions in Prague for Heydrich attack, and Soviet reaction to Cologne bombing.
A dense list of radio program airings across stations WREN KMBC WDAF KMB C various shows from 5:30 PM through 1:00 AM and into June 3 featuring news music comedy drama sports and public affairs with many named programs hosts and orchestras listed. It also notes a Wednesday schedule including Story Book Lady and a university choir performance.
Valletta Malta reports Axis defenses shot down 116 raiding planes in May. Ground and air defenses countered a heavy air assault during a 90 minute raid era with tens of thousands of bombs dropped.
William Curly, Swope Park Zoo director, holds an elephant gun loaned by Henry Bundschu as tempers rise over plans to shoot Temple the elephant deemed a menace. Bundschu cautions any keeper brave enough to fire would face a dangerous recoil and a risky retreat from the scene. Temple remains at the zoo, kept fed and cared for.
A violent windstorm in Manhattan toppled a large tree onto the automobile of Capt. C. E. B. Morekette, nearly demolishing it. The crash led to both front tires blowing out under the impact.
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