Red Cross seeks knitters for heavier sweaters this summer
Red Cross knitters are urged to return for summer work making men's and women's sweaters from yarn allocated by the War Production Board. The sewing and knitting rooms at Central building, Junior high, will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A room chairman will be on duty, and the contact number is 392.
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Red Cross
War Production Board
American Red Cross
America
Douglas County
Central Building
Subs Sink Two Boats In Caribbean Attacks
CPI-All 83 crewmen and eight passengers including three women and a four year old boy escaped when a U S merchant ship and a British vessel were torpedoed in the Caribbean in early May. The U S ship sank May 6 off a West Indian island with 38 crew and eight passengers. the British ship went down May 9 in another area.
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Miami
Fla
CPI
United States
Caribbean Sea
U.S
West Indian
Caribbean
Navy
Bobby Davis
Jacksonville
Barbara W. Davis
Mexico
Wife Sues for Divorce in Douglas County Court
Jewell Smith files for divorce from Lawrence Frederick Smith in Douglas County district court citing extreme cruelty gross neglect and abandonment She seeks custody of their two minor children Legal action notes appear amid a local newspaper notice inviting readers to subscribe to the Journal World for vacation news rates and contact details
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Jewell Smith
Douglas County District Court
Lawrence Frederick Smith
Chilren
Flying Tigers Destroy 32 Jap Planes in May Report
Chungking June 3 American volunteer group Flying Tigers reported to have destroyed 28 to 382 Japanese planes and made 12 major attacks in May while losing six aircraft. AVG bombing of Japanese troops crossing the Salween river May 7 and 8 aided Chinese defender lines in Yunnan from Burma. Kunming fighters, soon to be absorbed by US air forces, destroyed 24 fighters three bombers and damaged 39 planes.
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Chungking
Flying Tigers
Salween River
Yunnan
Burma
United States
Washington Briefs highlight tax talks and war finance moves
Chairman Doughton orders night sessions to finish discussion of the tax program amid a near 2.0 billion shortfall toward an 8.9 billion revenue goal. A $5 annual federal use tax on autos remains in place. Justice approves industrial war programs. Philippines casualties rise to 796. Price ceilings adjust for lard. fire insurance against enemy damage offered June 20. Treasury reports record May financings and refis. Mutual Broadcasting chief defends FCC practices. Currency brought from Europe exceeds $250 per person remains under investigation.
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Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
War Damage Corporation
Man Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving in Justice Court
Jack Sees was fined 25 dollars after attorney Robert Oyler entered a guilty plea to reckless driving in Justice Q O Lane's court. Sees, arrested May 20 on Massachusetts street for drunken driving, pleaded not guilty May 23. trial moved to May 29, then June 4. He was freed on 300 dollar bond. ultimately found not guilty of drunken driving but guilty of reckless driving, first such past conviction.
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Jack Sees
QO. J. Lane
Robert Oyler
Oyler
Sees
C. A. Bliesner
Massachusetts Street
Lees
Community notices from McLouth and nearby towns
Local residents and visitors are listed with travel, visits, and gatherings. Barney Black returns to San Diego naval station. Memphis and Atlanta visitors finish two week stays. Helen Bradford visits with Kansas City family. Emma Kessel visits Lawrence. Ruth McHenry wins Bible quiz. West Side club holds May meeting with 18 members and 3 guests. refreshments served.
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Barney Alvin Black
Ninth Division
Naval Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Reba Black
van Rhodes
Memphis
Tenn
Merle Davis
Atlanta
Evelyn Burnau
Helen Bradford
Kansas City
Walter Bradford
Mirs
Margaret Hummer
Topeka
A. M. Dick
Emma Kessel
Lawrence
M. G. Nickels
Emma. Herries
Leavenworth
McLouth
Long Beach
West Side Club
ROTC commendation for Jayhawker article by Stanton Kreider
Col. James S. Dusenbury, commandant at the University of Kansas ROTC, sent a letter of congratulations to Stanton Kreider of Lawrence for his article on the ROTC in the Jayhawker yearbook last issue.
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James S. Dusenbury
R.O.T.C
University of Kansas
Stanton Kreider
Karl M. Kreider
Lawrence
Jayhawker Magazine
Arthur Scott to occupy Benne residence after Scales
Arthur Scott will occupy the Benne residence recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Scales. James Ray Scott underwent a ton sillectomy last Tuesday at Cushing hospital in Leavenworth. Miss Margaret Steeper spent the weekend in Baldwin. Mrs. George Tay and Mrs. Orville Dick of Los Angeles are visiting their mother, Mrs. Edmunds. Mrs. Lucille Roos and son Charles of Lawrence, with Mrs. Walter Bradford, left Saturday for Los Angeles to visit relatives. Rev. Harry Sims is enjoying a visit.
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Arthur Scott
Benne
Scales
James Ray Scott
Cushing Hospital
Leavenworth
Margaret Steeper
Baldwin
George Tay
Orville Dick
Los Angeles
Calif
Rachel Edmonds
Lucille Roos
Charles
Lawrence
Walter Bradford
Harry Sims
G. Sims
Coffeyville
Katherine Meyer
Kansas City
Elizabeth Ehler
Ella Jones
R. B. Jones
Marlin White
John White
Marilee Garrett
Topeka
Edna May Means
James Means
Rupert Edmonds
McLouth
Clomagene Taylor
Val Rhodes
Memphis
Tenn
Charles Davison
Paul Brockman
Max Whitaker
Nortonville
I. J. Davison
J. Ri Edmonds
Mce- South
Robert Nickels
Hutchinson
May Dick
Milo
Long Beach
Orville Carey
Ralph Daugherty
Eagles, Ida
June Steeper
Satanta
E. C. Steeper
Opal Isoble
Baldwin First Methodist Church
Lobb
Alpha Delta Sigma Honorary Scholastic Sorority
Baker University
Hattie Landon
Letitha Sl
Tom
Business
Dave Wilson
Maning
Conkey
Wilson
Eugene Luge
Tommy
Assyria
Robert Ritchie
A. C. Ritchie
Karl Richardson
Emporia State Teachers College
E. H. Dicke
Beula Trackwell
Donald Fryhoffer
California
Frank Sherman
Olathe
George Dick
W. C. Ressmeyer
W. H. Rhodes
M. C. Davis
Atlanta
Ressmeyer
Mary McHenry
East 59Th Street
Youth of Unity
International Organization of Young People
Unity Farm
U.S. Highway 50
Colburn Road
Miss McHenry
Orrin Chapman Smith
Local Social Notices Include Graduates and Visitors
A long list of local visits and travel from Coffeyville to Kansas City and McLouth fills a community social page. Names include Katherine Meyer, Ella Jones, Marlin White, Edna May Means, Clomagene Taylor, June Steeper, Opal Isoble, Thelma Ray, Mary McHenry, and Orrin Chapman Smith among others. People travel to Topeka for business training and to Memphis Tennessee for extended visits.
Obituary and local notices from McLouth area
Died at his home in McLouth May 380 after a lin illness. Funeral services held Tuesday at Rumsey funeral home Lawrence. Burial in Memorial Park cemetery. Betty Ressmeyer of Leavenworth and Edna Mae Dick visited McLouth. Decorations services at McLouth cemetery with Major Shaffer of American Legion speaking. Salute by firing squad from Oskaloosa. Mrs Anna Glynn and others visited. Commencement at Baldwin Methodist noted. Red Cross chapter received yarn for knitters.
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McLouth
Rumsey
Lawrence
W. L. Post
Memorial Park Cemetery
Betty Ressmeyer
Leavenworth
Edna Mae Dick
A. M. Dick
Shaffer
American Legion
Charles Pyle
Topeka
William Pyle
Roy Lobb
Baldwin Methodist Church
Prairie Center Seeks Move to DeSoto for Church Use
Prairie Center Methodist Church offers its building to the DeSoto congregation as a newer facility. Plans are made to relocate the church to a suitable lot in DeSoto. Nearby residents and families visit, travel, and attend Memorial Day services amid growing community changes in De Soto and Sunflower area.
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Prairie Center
DeSoto
Deoto
Forest Coop
Eureka
Relaves
FE. Ashlock
G. V. Longstreth
Phyllis
Argentine
Mr. Kraus
Krauses
Lorraine Whisman
Hoisington
Swope Park
Miss Whisman
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Maurice de Boever
Billy
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Kansas City
Ross Relph
Lawrence
A. J. Nelson
DeSoto Bank
Kyle wedding party heads to Harlingen after training
Williamstown reports Tom B Kyle and his bride depart Colorado Springs where Sergeant Kyle trained en route to Harlingen Texas. Oak Grove Sunshine club met with Mrs Nancy Shoemaker on Thursday afternoon May 14. Meeting was brief.
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Tom B. Kyle
Bride
Colorado Springs
Kyle
Harlingen
Tex
Oak Grove
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Pensacola
Washington Briefs
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Oscar Cox
Senate Judiciary Committee
War Department
Philippines
Office of Price Administration
Alfred J. McCosker
New York
Mutual Broadcasting System
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House Interstate Committee
Europe
Drottningholm
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Sirgin
Hugh A. Drum
Eastern Defense Command
First Army
Jack
Texas LaGrange
Mass
Mother
Mary Deloof
Shoemaker
Melvin Shoemaker
Carl Tabbert
Jefferson County
Williamstown
State Dairy Commission
Service
Henry
Grandma
Southwestern Bell Telephone CO
Greyhound
Office of Defense Transportation
Union Bus Depot
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