Japs Bring War Across Pacific
Washington reports say a Japanese battle fleet attacked Midway and Dutch Harbor. Observers see this as a sign of plans that could threaten Alaska Pearl Harbor and possibly the U.S. West Coast.
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Washington
Midway
Dutch Harbor
Pacific
Yokohama
America
Japsand
Ashington
Russia
Alaskan
Siberia
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Panama
Alaska
Southwest Pacific
Guardian Islands
Hawaii
North Pacific
Japan
North American
Wake
Bataan
Corregidor
Philippines
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Wake Island
U.S
China
Manchukuo
Demonstration of Gas Masks by Civil Air Patrol Unit
The Civil Air Patrol unit under Miss Grace Hess attended a gas masks and respirators demonstration in the University engineering building. Officers from the state health board presented the session with participants Lewis A. Young Wendell C. Wyatt Edwin Hyatt and Dr. L. K. Zimmer organizing the training in gas defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Grace Hess
Division of ‘Ganization
State Board of Health
Lewis A. Young
Wendell C. Wyatt
Edwin Hyatt
L. K. Zimmer
Kansas Graduate Joins Aircraft Research Lab in Connecticut
Jessie Irene McClune, a University of Kansas graduate, begins work June 22 at an East Hartford Connecticut aircraft research laboratory. A mathematics major from Michigan Valley Kansas, she will engage in active research work in liberal arts and sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Irene McClune
University of Kansas
United’ “Aircraft Research Laboratory
East Hartford
Conn
Free Lessons by Miss Ednah Hopkins for Salvation Army
Recreational Music director Miss Ednah Hopkins will offer free voice piano and violin lessons for children and adults. Enrolment is by visiting 729 Vermont. A public musicale by Salvation Army children will be held Saturday from 4 to 5 p m at the Citadel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ednah Hopkins
Salvation Army
Miss Hopkins
Vermont
Congress protests nationwide gasoline rationing effort
Lawmakers from oil producing states push back against federal move for broad gas rationing, warning of chaos and harm to the war effort. Representatives Johnson Gossett Scrugham Voorhis Brown and others call for hearings and expert review before any rationing action, criticizing Hendersons push for funds and a 90 000 employee force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Jennings
R.-Tenn
Henderson
Jed Johnson
D.-Okla
Congress
Johnson
Gosset
D.-Tex
Voorhis
D.calif
Brown
Ohio
Washington Briefs: MacArthur Day resolution and lend lease actions
The house approved a resolution naming June 13 as MacArthur Day for Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his men. The U S offered lend lease agreements to Norway and the Netherlands. Belgium’s Albert de Vleeschauwer met President Roosevelt before heading to the Congo where the army and raw materials production rise. To ease shipping, dairy output shifts from evaporated to powdered milk for lend lease to Britain and Russia. The government must refund bids above price ceilings in some cases. Leon Henderson announced forthcoming price ceilings on fall and winter garments.
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House
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Albert de Vleeschauwer
Roosevelt
Belgian Congo
Central Africa
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
Russia
Leon Henderson
Lindsay Warren
Five-Man Jury Hears Hass DUI Case
The Will Hass driving while intoxicated trial continued in Justice Robert Oyler's court with a five-man jury. Testimony was not finished by 8 p.m. The crash occurred May 10 when Hass’s car collided with another near the North Lawrence underpass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hass
Robert Oyler
Hass
North Lawrence
Bankers Clinic Closes at University of Kansas Meeting
Northwestern University professor gave the closing address titled The Road Ahead at the annual Bankers clinic held in the Union building on the KU campus. About 230 bankers attended as W Laird Dean president of Merchants Bank at Topeka died during the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark G.kuebler
Northwestern University
Bankers Clinic
University of Kansas
W. Laird
Merchants Bank
Topeka
Mee
Alinic
Union
Landon denounces rubber policy and urges alcohol rubber plan
Alf Landon criticizes gasoline rationing and says rubber should be produced from grain alcohol rather than petroleum. He urges quick rubber production through distilleries and grain alcohol plants, criticizing Ickes and the WPB while calling for faster oil and farm policy solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Chicago Executive Club
Landon
Jesse Jones
East
Ickes
War Production Board
WPB
Washington
Larrys Lawrence News Briefs on SSS Visit Protests and Weather
Major Schlegel invites Douglas county selective service board members to the North American bomber plant in Kansas City for tomorrow. The board members are Bruce Cameron Neal Wherry and Rev. John Bowers. County commissioners begin inspecting protestedLawrence properties and then township plots, a multi day process. Potatoes seek rain as vines show weather damage and a dry week could hurt crop yields. Ground needs moisture to grow a crop of calls into U.S. No. 13. Early season weather ends as summer starts. Market prices are favorable. Lawn sprinklers proliferate amid rainless periods. Reservations for a K U picnic Monday evening must be in by noon. Dr. F C Allen director of summer recreation at KU says to call 83 for reservations food tickets cost 40 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schlegel
Kansas City
Douglas County Selective Service Board
Bruce Cameron
Neal Wherry
John Bowers
K. U
K.U
Federal Judge Grants Immediate Possession for Army Camp Land
Judge Richard J. Hopkins signed an order giving the government immediate possession of 3 424 acres southwest of Salina for an army triangular division camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina Campopeka
Richard J. Hopkins
Salina
Lawrence rent committee names Hosford as chair
C B Hosford was named chair man of the Lawrence fair rents committee at a city hall meeting last evening. Mrs. R C Manley was chosen secretary. Members include J J Biennan A B Martin and George M B. The chairman was told to seek Washington guidance on the committee’s work as locals seek to stabilize rents and avoid federal control or a required rent schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Hosford
Lawrence Fair
City Hall
R. C. Manley
J.J. Biennan
A. B. Martin
George M. B
Oh Beat
Washington, D.C
Lawrence
Berlin asserts British mistreatment of German captives
World briefs report Berlin claims British prisoners in Libya were denied food and drink until Britain canceled an order. A London source denies improper treatment by the British of prisoners, says no confirmation yet on official notice. Additional items note RAF claims of sinking or damaging axis ships, Belgian officer registration, and other wartime dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Libya
Largest convoy of reinforcement ships for India unloads at eastern ports
British authorities announced that a massive convoy for India has arrived at eastern ports. The force includes light and heavy anti aircraft guns, British and American tanks, and numerous fighting and technical personnel as Japanese troops advance 45 miles east of the Burma frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Burma
Work Resumed at Sealed Power in Muskegon
Production of pistons and piston rings for war engines resumed at Sealed Power corporation Muskegon Michigan after a dispute over a cost and production checker employment was settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon, Mich
Sealed Power Corporation
Art classes open Monday at old high building
The Lawrence summer studio for children opens Monday at 9 AM in the Old High building at Ninth and Kentucky. Instruction will cover painting drawing design clay wood marionettes weaving leather and more with free tuition for residents and a 1 dollar fee for non residents for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth
Kentucky Streets
Lawrence
Jean Makepeace
Velma Knowles
Ann Murray
Michael Andrews
Margaret Bushong
Mildred Weideman Nelson
Margaret Cunningham
Miss Makepeace
Miss Knowles
Miss Murray
Andrews
Miss Bushong
Nelson
School of Fine Arts
University of Kansas
Cunningham
Kansas City Art Instiute
Frances McCleery
Department of Design
K.U
Mary White
Janet Renzin
Bette Moore
Velma Stumbo
Two Ships Torpedoed Off Eastern Port
Navy reports two ships, one Norwegian and one Dutch, torpedoed in the Atlantic. Fifty crew on the Norwegian vessel with 14 survivors. Dutch ship had 75 crew plus two passengers and 14 rescued. Over 15 Chinese crew killed. 23 survivors landed at another port. Survivors endured days in lifeboats before rescue by fishing boat and plane.
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Atlantic
Navy
Netherlands
Veessel
Social News Notes From Local Gatherings
Mrs Lyle Powell hosts Society Friday activities with Robert Calderwood and Mrs Jan Chiapasso at a breakfast for Miss Ruth Swarthout. Ida Vette and L N Lewis arrange a family dinner at the Country club for Eugene Ware of Coeur d Alene Ida who is visiting at E E Bayles home. A First Presbyterian garden party at Stanley Schwahn home drew a large crowd with lawn rock garden and buffet by sunset. Mr and Mrs Theodore Psullin announce the birth of daughter Karen Colleen at Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Powell
Robert Calderwood
Jan Chiapasso
Ruth Swarthout
Mothers’ League
Ida Vette
L. N. Lewis
Country Club
Eugene Ware
Coeur A’ Alene
Ida
E. E. Bayles
Kansas City
Ioa
First Presbyterian Church
Stanley Schwahn
Paul
Theodore Psullin
Ohio Street
Memorial Hospital
Karen Colleen
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie Hunter
Mrs. Nannie Hunter dies Thursday and funeral services are set for Saturday at 4 30 p m at Bowser Gleed mortuary. The body lies in state there until services and burial will follow in Oak Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Hunter
Bowser-Gleed
Oak Hill Cemetery
James A Wallace 69 dies in Lawrence home
James A Wallace aged 69 dies at his home 446 Arkansas street in Lawrence after lifelong residence. He belonged to Ninth Street Baptist church and Western Star Lodge A F G A M. Survived by daughter Edna Wallace sister Hattie Sparks stepson Absoline Wallace and grandson Eugene Wallace. Funeral Saturday at 2 from Ninth Street Baptist church. Body lies in Bowser Gleed mortuary. Oak Hill cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Wallace
Arkansas Street
Lawrence
9Th Street Baptist Church
Western Star Lodge
A.F.G.A.M
Edna Wallace
Hattie Sparks
Absoline Wallace
Denver
Colo
Hudsons Offers Top Body and Fender Spares in Town
M. F. Hudson markets high quality body and fender spares for cars, promising reliable stock and attentive service to customers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town
M. F. Hudson
Lawrence area group gathers for summer travel and visits
Local residents and relatives visit in Lawrence over the weekend. Army Air Corps Lieut John H White returns to Patterson Field after a weekend with his mother Mrs Louisa A White and family in Hassel. Other guests include Miss Betty Ruth Skinner and Miss Billie Ellis, L T Greiner visiting Lawrences friends, and families planning summer trips to Estes Park Colorado and Colorado Springs.
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John H. White
Army Air Corps
Patterson Field
Louisa A. White
Haskell
Minn
Needham
Betty Ruth Skinner
Hays
Billie Ellis
Skinner
St. Paul
L. T. Greiner
Kansas City
Lawrence
Greiner
University of Kansas
Ferguson-Sherman
Journal-World
R. C. Jackman
Omaha
William Carter
Cynthia
Oak Park
Ill
Vernon Smith
Estes Park
Colo
Jackman
Tovefa
Frank Hosford
West
J. B. Mack
Longview
Wash
Portland
Ruby Hosford
Oregon
Lawrence National Bank
Maude Shaler
Ethel Shaler
Ore
Topeka
Colorado Springs
Visitors And Weddings Stir Local Ties After Commencement
From Los Angeles to Holton and Parsons visits unfold as Mrs. Vander Vries travels from Winnetka to see relatives before returning home. Mrs. Ross Channell and Mrs. Melvin Meinke head to Parsons to join husbands, with plans to settle in Lawrence after the war. Mrs. H C Hubbard and her son travel from Rockford to visit Aunt Swarthout and attend Ruth Swarthout's marriage.
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Los Angeles
J. N. Vander Vries
A. Anderson
Holton
Winnetka
Ross Channell
Melvin Meinke
Parsons
Channell
Meinke
Lawrence
H. C. Hubbard
Davie
Rockford, Ill
Classifieds readers drive daily engagement
A reader survey shows 76 percent of subscribers read the classified section daily, underscoring strong engagement with ads and notices across the paper.
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Trondheim
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France
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Children’s
J. F. Baker
Brance
Fred A. Bremer
W. L. Clayton
Service
Tyrone Power
Betty Grable
Yank
Conrad Veidt
Tas
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John C. Emick
Mohair
Yorktown
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