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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1942
Page
3
United States newsman Louis P. Lochner details Hitler's demand for loyalty from generals and field marshals, the rift with the SS and church, and the persistent belief that a generals' uprising remains a myth despite muttered discontent within the officer corps.
The estate of John Barrymore, once earning over a million, totals about 10 000 dollars cash plus personal property. His will, filed next Tuesday for probate, leaves the estate to Diana Barrymore 21 Michael Strange and John Blyth Barrymore 10 and Ethel Dolores Barrymore 12. Elaine Barrie attended funeral services at Calvary cemetery where the actor was buried after a brief rite conducted by Father John O Danny. Lionel Barrymore showed emotion during the ceremony and walked with Diana to his car afterward.
The Duke of Windsor, royal governor of Nassau, returned from Washington to riots costing two lives and extensive property damage. Unskilled laborers protested a four shillings per day wage, triggering a curfew, police and garrison clashes, and a news blackout as negotiators sought wage agreement terms.
The War Production Board classified Parsons Kansas and Wichita as essential war housing sites. Wichita includes a public project of 2,300 units and private work totaling 2,000 units while Parsons adds 400 public and 125 private housing units.
Jay Parker longtime attorney general since 1939 filed as Republican candidate for the Kansas Supreme Court seat held by Justice Harry K. Allen. Parker, 46, of Hill City, a KU Law School graduate admitted to the bar in 1919, faces Topeka Democrat. State Printer W C Austin announced re election bid on GOP ticket after serving 1911 1915 and returning in 1933.
The state highway commission establishes Pi-Five defense area speed zones with 30 mph limits on U S 69 Crestline and DeSoto Sunflower area 35 mph near North American bomber plant Wyandotte county and south of Salina 40 mph from Olathe to Gardner and Sunflower area to Eudora. warns of $65 000 in road maintenance contracts including Keats to U S 77 on Fort Riley detour near Manhattan Junction City.
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