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Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1941
Page
4
Government takeover not a solution to defense production failure
The author argues that seizing plants is a makeshift and that production depends on effective management and workers. Racketeering labor bosses undermine output, while current laws overstate their role. Recognizing these factors is essential for lasting defense production improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Why Nazis Are Careful With French Resistance Rumors
The piece argues Nazi strategy toward France hinges on keeping De Gaulle’s supporters and reluctant Vichy forces from rebel lines. It notes Weygand’s African forces and Syrian units are loyal in name but prone to switch sides under pressure, complicating full subjugation efforts.
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Hitler
Fuehrer
de Gaullists
Vichy
Empire
de Gaulle
Weygand
Africa
Syria
Berlin
Germany
France
Greeks oppose Nazi rule despite German brutality
The text notes Greek resistance continuing under occupation as German forces intensify executions for more offenses. It frames life under Nazi domination as harsh and scarcely worthwhile, illustrating ongoing clashes and punitive measures.
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Greece
Hoover Urges Intellectual Honesty for Self Government
Former President Herbert Hoover spoke to Haverford College graduates stressing intellectual honesty as essential for both private and public life. He warned that the challenges in living well are not tied to overproduction but to character.
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Herbert Hoover
Haverford College
If the strikes end the fifth column must handle work
The speaker argues that once strikes end, the fifth column will have to take on its own labor tasks in the country. It claims the column has relied on delegating dirty jobs, doing so as effectively as Berlin could wish.
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Berlin
Too Much Power Boss Pendergast Faces New Contempt Sentence
The piece notes an appeal by Boss Pendergast against a two year contempt sentence tied to deceiving the court over Missouri insurance settlements. It argues power corrupts character, showing how a local boss grows from minor tactics to major crimes, illustrating a timeless degeneration under unchecked authority.
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Pendergast
Missouri
Anniversary Weather Tests on Kansas State Celebration
The Coronado Entrada dodges rain during Kansas rainy season as the University marks its seventy fifth anniversary with a five day schedule. Officials anticipate weather may interrupt events but Kansans adapt and continue with the celebration regardless.
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Coronado
French Collaboration Reveals Hard Realities of Occupation
A newspaper report notes the French collaboration with Germany shows stark realities as Germans eat while French citizens starve and direct while French workers toil, illustrating the unequal power and hardship under occupation.
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Germany
Why gas less Sundays and oil proration?
The Hutchinson Herald questions the need for reducing gas on Sundays and imposing oil proration simultaneously and notes no satisfactory answer seems likely to emerge.
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Hutchinson Herald
King's Man Independent Observer Clash in Cairo Report
The piece notes James Roosevelt delivering a letter to King Farouk from FDR on arrival in Cairo as military observer, boosting its importance in Egyptian eyes and in the President's view. It criticizes Roosevelt for favoring personal representatives over career diplomats, citing Hopkins and a pattern of crony appointments. It argues such diplomacy yields poor war posture results.
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Independence
James
Farouk
Egypt
Roosevelt
Cairo
Associated Press
Harry Hopkins
England
Careless Seedless Apple Discov ered
Arkansas Gazette reports a cryptic note of a careless seedless apple discovery and a humorous farewell to charity and posterity. The fragment hints at a quirky, local news brief with unspecified details.
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Arkansas Gazette
KU Honors 1941 42 Fellowsships and Scholarships List
The 69th University of Kansas commencement outlines graduate school awards for 1941 1942. Recipients include University Fellowships to Margaret Brenman Fred C Harmston David Ford McFarland Russell Mellies Reece Sailer Bruce Crabtree Vena Flory Wayne Jones Ernest Klema James Meredith Jean Throckmorton William Ward and Kenneth Rosebush among many named scholars and memorials.
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Margaret Brenman
Topeka
Brooklyn College
Columbia University
Fred C. Harmston
Provo
Utah
Utah State Agricultural College
David Ford McFarland, Jr
State College
Pennsylvania State College
Russell Lloyd Mellies
Wellington
Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science
Reece Ivan Sailer
Roseville
Til
University of Kansas
Bruce Crabtree
Wichita
Vena Flory
Lone Star
McPherson
Wayne R. Jones
Pittsburg
Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg
Ernest D. Klema
Salina
James B. Meredith
Lincoln
Jean Lavon Throckmorton
Friends University
William .R. Ward
Norton
George A. Spang
Kenneth E. Rosebush
Great Bend
Carter David Butler
American Association. of University Women
Lawrence
Mary Margaret Anderson
Minneapolis
John Battenfeld
Richard Burge
Kansas City
School of Engineering
Warren K. Lowen
Ottawa
Charles Todd
Arthur Jerome Boynton
Irvin E. Youngberg
Ulathrop
Dorothy M. Wiggins
Ellsworth
School of Fine Arts
Margaret Hagstrom
Jack Stephenson
John Ehrlich
Bruce Thomas
Grace Schroetter
Silver Lake
School of Business
Donnelly
Howard Barnett
Mary Jo Cox
Atwood
Victoryetta Dawes
Mary Gene Hull
Joanne Johnson
Maribelle Jean McClelland
Marjory JL. Runyon
Peabody
Nadine Schuerman
Jeanne Thompson
Leavenworth
Kansas Chapter of
Order of Eastern Star
Betty Kimble
Mulvane
Herbert Spencer Hadley
David Prager
Fort Scott
Aldie Haver
Moyne Lichlyter
el Dorado
University of Kansas Housemothers’ Association
Semen Bartz
Eudora
Colege
Eldon Beebe
Bucklin
C. H. Mullen
Marion
Ida H. Hyde
Dorothean Viets
George Innes
Dorothea Thompson
Virginia Porter
Cherryvale
Hulda Ise
Betty Jean Hicks
Eliza Parry
Robert B. Cater
Bethany
Jeanne Scott
James Berkson
Atchison
Margaret Fultz
Osawatomie
Emma Elizabeth Strain
American Bankers
Dell Alexander Love
American Association of University Women
Junction City
Wandalee Carlson
Hutchinson
Olga Lessy Baumgartner
Helen E. Wilson
School of Education
Emily W. Berger
Ivor Tatum
Lucinda Smith Buchan
Mary F. Fitzpatrick
Frank Egbert Bryant
Dorothy Sturdevant
Bluff City
Willard M. Harris
Glen Ellyn
Joan
Clarence Hammond
Charles Johnson
Coffeyville
Harlan Cope
Greensburg
Louis Whuitert
Kalamazo0
Mich
Lawrence Johnson
Osage City
Loren Withers
Monett
Persis B. Cook
Rowland S. Raup
Timken
Persis Bell Cook
Alpha Chi Omega
Herbert G. Hoover
Daughters of the American Revolution
Betty Washington
Marjorie Wiley
Kansas Council of Teachers of Journalism
Kenneth Jackson
Alma
Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Association
Mary Lou Ekstrom
Malcolm Aftr Bonner Springs
J. C. Neuen Schwander
John Brereton Covey
Phi Delta Kappa
Bill Bass
St. Joseph
School of Pharmacy
Pi Lambda Theta
Louise Wilks
Dwight
Ernestine Stever
Eureka
Fern Menschke
Altoona
Lawrence Reading Club
Robert C. Humphrey
Lucile Brown
Margaret Adams
Jane Erhart
Valley Falls
Round Table
Bertha Mix Rice
Jean Brown
Kansas State
American Society of Civil Engineers
Leonard Schroeter
American Pharmaceutical Association
William K. Walker
Cedar Vale
Carter Stationery Store
Dorothy M. McGinnis
Ane Sgphomore
School of
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Richard Samuel Hepworth
Delta Sigma Rho
Bob McKay
Alpha of Delta Phi Delta
Virginia Scott
Patty Lockwood
Ecpm Ash
A. Morris Ginsberg
Department of Medicine
Francis O. Trotter, Jr
School of Medicine
Graduate Magazine
Arma
Harry McCarter
School of Engineering and Architecture
Keeler
Robert Ludlow
Holton
Lehn and Fink
Jim G. Murphy
Augusta
Merck
Midwestern Druggist
Joe
Iola
Rowlands ‘Book Store
Harry Taylor
Larned
Ben Mantz
Norman B. Lanneman
Lucille L. Bryant
Vernon Hardware Store
Dorothea B. Thompson
Kansas Notes From The University Town
Lawrence items recall 59th annual Kansas commencement with 9 000 to 10 000 in attendance.ramblings include James Howe injured, Houk-Green outfit sold to Wilson and Houk, puppet shows for children, Clara Bow contract release, 170 cars testing brakes, KU summer session record, and local announcements on veils, D T C picnic, lumber for elevator, new refreshments parlor, buggy accident, long serving teacher Miss A S McAllister, and a cracked old bell from the Unitarian era.
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Kansas
University of Kansas
James Howe
W. T. Howe
Route 6
Harry Green
Houk-Green Clothing Company
Clarence “Swede
Paramount Studio
Kentucky Street
Police Department
Lawrence Public Safety Council
KK. U
Frank E. Jones
National Guard
D.T.C. Club
Woodland Park
Louise Hutt
Kansas City
Irene Cutter
Marian West
Alice Docking
Edwina Peckham
Lois Burke
Lyda Longanecker
Charlotte Cutter
Heloise Wilson
Catherine Oder
Kathryn Lane
Jessie Wyatt
Margaret Haworth
Dorothea Engel
Douglas County
Massachusetts
Ed Hope
Massachusetts Street
Fred Saxman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Hill
Fred
A. S. McAllister
Lawrence
Miss McAllister
Unitarian Church
Dual Tickets Emerge as Conventions Conclude Day Two
As leaders met for the second day of the Republican and Progressive national conventions, it became clear that two tickets would compete in the field. Victor Murdoch, Progressive national committee chairman, summed up the tension with a concise remark.
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Victor Murdock
Progressive National Committee
Repainted Signs and Church Facade Highlight Town Updates
Forty years ago George H. Smith repainted the wooden horse sign in front of his store. The Baptist church on the north side is also being repainted. A heavy rain fell last night, improving the soil condition.
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George H. Smith
Baptist
British and French Move In To Syria Front
The piece assesses British and Free French forces advancing into Syria with air superiority and ground support, while German air and ground reaction remain uncertain. It notes French Levant troops in the line, supply shortages, and British naval protection, with possible German focus shifting to Egypt and Turkish leverage shaping the confrontation.
Steps in the Fog Echoes of Czech Hero Sabotage Rumors
Angela questions Stephan about rumors from former Czechoslovakia that organized sabotage hinders the Nazis. She cites a daring agent who is hailed as a Czech hero. Stephan dodges, laughs off suspicions, and avoids answering.
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Angela
Stephan
Building a Fire and Hidden War Ties in a Fogbound Evening
Deborah hosts Bridgie while Stephan and Deborah drift through tension and confession as a harbor beacon glows. A German captain named Wilhelm arrives with news, hints of war era secrets, and Stephan reflects on a father’s war deeds. The scene blends domestic angst with looming international strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah
Agin
Thim Murtherin
Stephan
Local Social News Highlights From Eudora Area
Mr and Mrs Eli St John of Ola and Mrs Rhetta Daugherty hosted visitors. Miss Pearl Daugherty of Lawrence stayed with her mother overnight. Miss Charlotte Stadler visited Kansas City. Miss Carolyn Ann Zimmerman joined Mr and Mrs Jake Milburn for Sunday dinner. Eleanor Bartz and Katherine Reetz hosted a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Martin Fermaier with contests and prize winners C B Johnson Charlotte Weidensaul Virginia Shirk Lois Williamson.
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Eli St. John
Olathe
Jake Milburn
Pearl Daugherty
Lawrence
Rhetta Daugherty
Charlotte Stadler
Kansas City
Carolyn Ann Zimmerman
Eleanor Bartz
Katherine Reetz
St. Paul Church to Observe Children’s Day With Picnic
The St. Paul church will observe Children’s Day next Sunday with a 10 30 a m Sunday school program. There will be no 10 a m Sunday School or 11 a m worship. After the program the congregation goes to Nieder’s grove for a picnic dinner and the annual Sunday school outing. Also noted is a list of social guests and local visits among families including Miss Janice Guenther of Kansas City and Mr and Mrs Gus Bohnsack with relatives.
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Eleanor Wallace
Lois Williamson
Virginia
Shirk
Ruth Bartz
Martha Able
Charlotte Weidensaul
Margaret Hadl
Fesmeir
Gus Ziesenis
Louis Hadl
Martin Able
Otto Able
Luther Fesmaier
Harald Daugherty
Mary Copp
Ben Bartz
Reetz
Miss Bartz
Martin Fesmaeir
Luther Fesmaeir
Janice Guenther
Kansas City
George Bartz
Doris Ann
Charles Conger
Lawrence
Jake Milburn
Gus Bohnsack
Roseanna Schellack
St. Paul Church
Nieder’s Grove
George Bicklemeyer
Davie Smith
Alice Jean
C. B. Johnson
Ohio
Radio Programs Schedule for Kansas City and Surrounding Area
A dense list of weekday and Tuesday evening radio lineups across stations WREN KMBC WDAF and others. Programs include news broadcasts sportscasts theater musical variety and early television prep notes with numerous show titles and host names.
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Wren
KMBC
Mandrake
WDAF
Linwood Cavaliers
Local Social Notes Reflect Visitors and Travel
A physician attends a multi day medical convention. The Spitzlis rent a vacated apartment from Colemans and moved in Monday. Sommer women visit Zillner and Virginia Lawrence on Thursday. Sommer couple visit Edgerton to see Breithaupt family. Warmker leaves for San Benito after staying with Walker parents. Elmore family from Halstead visit friends. Baeckers and Bretthaupts spend Decoration Day in Topeka with relatives and picnic at Gage Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar Spitzli
Albert Coleman
Paul Sommer
John Sommer
Clem Zillner
Virginia
Lawrence
Edgerton
Henry. Breithaupt
Jay
Raymond Warmker
San Benito
Tex
Fred Walker
Everett Elmore
Sue Ann
Halstead
Charles Baecker
Chester Baecker
Topeka
Gage Park
Clarence Bretthaupt
Oklahoma City
Finn Jensen Receives PhD at USC Commencement
Finn Bjorn Jensen, economics instructor at the University of Kansas, earned the doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Southern California during the fifty eighth annual commencement at the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday, June 7.
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Finn Jensen
Finn Bjorn Jensen
University of Kansas
University of Southern California
Los Angeles Coliseum
Sommer's Groc Ad Targeting Fresh Berries
A local grocery advertises fresh red and black raspberries Minn Etrawberries and fleshing cherries from Sommer's Groc. Ady.
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Sommer’s
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