This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1941
Page
3
Washington reports a coming gasoline and fuel oil shortage beginning July 1 as defense needs rise. Experts urge strict oil use limits, gasless Sundays, and lower home temperatures to stabilize supply through autumn and next year.
Thousands of prospective buyers and sellers meet on the Journal-World classifieds each day. Call 22 and ask for an Ad-Taker to place or respond to ads about what you have to sell or trade.
The War Department announced two stand by shell loading plants to be built at Parsons Kansas and Texarkana Texas with one shift each unless emergency. Parsons site spans about 16 000 acres five miles from the city and will use 2700 workers including 900 women. Texarkana site covers about 24 300 acres on U S Highway 82 eight and a half miles from the city with about 4850 workers including 2000 women. Both plants will load 105 and 155 millimeter shells and 100 pound bombs and others.
A listing of recent library acquisitions across fiction and non fiction categories. Notable titles include We the Guardians of Our Liberty by Albjerg, Blood Sweat and Tears by Churchill, and Many Works from Federal Writers' Project collections. Also mentions price protests from Manhattan and Fort Riley land condemnation resolutions.
The Cordley school library will serve all district youngsters during six weeks of the summer recreation program. It opens Thursday June 12 and will be available every Tuesday and Thursday 1 30 to 3 30. Mrs E C Buehler heads a committee that selected about 1500 books for summer reading matter. Mrs B Yeaton will oversee the library and create a card catalogue and repair damaged books.
Farmers living near Riley Keats and Manhat signed a statement backing Secretary of Agriculture Wickard. The document reflects rural support for national agricultural policy and reflects local voices in the midwestern community.
C E Johnston of Chicago leader of the Western Association of Railway Executives blasted a 30 percent wage rise sought by five major operating unions. He told freight shippers and rail officials the demand is preposterous and harmful to national interests, noting railroads already pay high wages while much mileage remains in bankruptcy or reorganization.
Latest census bureau figures show that 1,252,029 bicycles were produced in 1939, about double the 656,828 manufactured in 1935. The data highlight a sharp rise in bicycle output over the period.
Huntington Park California June 4 Mrs Libbie Wilcox a housewife with a pastime of monkeying with trees and flowers reports she found a careless seedless apple grown from a seed she planted The U S department of agriculture calls it the first of its kind and is studying the blossom to learn why the fruit has no waste The apple is red and unusually large weighing over a quarter pound and the tree is ten years old with consistent seedless fruit
A 21 year old registrant in East Orange New Jersey was found nearly missing a molar four weeks earlier. The draft board dentist noted incoming tooth development and the molar emerged just in time to classify the man as 1-A. The item reflects a draft classification brief.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.