Army ordnance day observed at Sunflower plant near DeSoto
The 7 ordnance department and army ordnance officers celebrate Army Ordnance Day by working as usual and hosting a Washington ceremony at Constitution Hall for 3,000 civilian employees. Maj. Gen. L. H. Campbell Jr. will lead, praising ordnance role since 1812 from a 900000 dollar initial appropriation to a 1943 ten billion dollar allotment and its peacetime advances in metallurgy and manufacturing.
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Ordnance Department
Army Ordnance
DeSoto
Army Ordnance Day
Ordnance
Washington
L. H. Campbell, Jr
Constitution Hall
Army Service Forces
Hope
U.S
Campbell
Wright Brothers
New England
Plan Joint Services for July and August Unite Two Churches
Congregational and Presbyterian churches will join for summer services after decisions by their boards. A joint committee including Karl Klooz John V Lees Robert M Davis and Caryl Dodds oversees plans. Hughes preaches in July and Astman in August with joint ushers and shared offerings.
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Congregational
Presbyterian
Prudential Board
Congregational Church
Presbyterian Church
Karl Klooz
John V. Lees
Robert M. Davis
Caryl Dodds
Sees
Hughes
Plymouth
Astman
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Meeting of Association of American Universities Ends Pending Plans
Dean E B Stouffer left for Washington to attend the executive committee meeting. Four additional members make up the committee. Plans for the annual conference, likely in October or November, will be discussed. The Toronto meeting last fall was cancelled but higher education problems warrant a fall gathering. Stouffer completes his fourth year as secretary, with Duke University serving as president this year.
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E. B. Stouffer
Washington
Association of American Universities
Toronto
Dean Stouffer
Duke University
Agreement on Facts in Kansas Labor Case
In Topeka on June 9 attorneys for the state and unions challenging Kansas’ new labor control law moved toward a stipulation of agreed facts. A federal judge directed both sides to present facts, with A. B. Mitchell noting the process would take several days. Agreed facts will not be argued at the June 28 and 29 hearing.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. B. Mitchell
Byrnes Faces Herculean War Mobilization Task
War Mobilizer James Francis Byrnes must coordinate conflicting temperaments and overlapping war plans from a log cabin start in Charleston to a position as economic stabilization head. The 64 year old former Supreme Court aspirant and longtime politician has friends across parties and now must curb inflation and guide production amid wartime needs.
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Byrnes
James Francis Byrnes
Supreme Court
White House
Charleston
S. C
Jimmy
Senate
Congress
Jimmy Byrnes
FDR
War Information Office advises letters to soldiers
The Office of War Information outlines what to include in letters to soldiers sailors and marines based on a survey of servicemen at home and overseas in cooperation with the Army Service Forces Special Service Division. Include family updates community news and omit personal complaints or doleful futures. A taxi driver and two Lawrence youths were in police court after a street fight on Massachusetts Street. no charges were filed and they were dismissed by Judge O J Lane.
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Office of War Information
Special Service Division
Army Service Forces
Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Pryor
State Highway Patrol
Topeka
O. J. Lane
Youths admonished on city streets after car collision
Judge hears admonition not to repeat their actions as the youths recount an incident in which their car bumped a taxicab near Tenth and Massachusetts. The article also notes readers may enjoy the classified page for bargains.
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Tenth and
Massachusetts Street
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertises Bile Flow Claim
A vintage advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming to stimulate the liver to produce two pints of bile daily for digestion. It asserts relief from constipation and discomfort, urging readers to buy a package at 10 cents or 264.
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Carter
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