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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
5
Washington reports draft age fathers have about 17 out of 100 chances of induction before next year. Most farmers will be deferred for work, while non-farm fathers face tighter odds. For 1944 the draft target and replacements depend on releases from deferments, age 18 turnouts, and the addition of childless men and women enlistees to reach about 1.8 million yearly.
The Mexican government announced it would raise its legations to embassies in Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador Haiti Honduras Nicaragua Panama Paraguay the Dominican Republic and Venezuela to reflect equality in democratic relations. Existing envoys will stay in place and embassies already exist in other American capitals.
Victory gardeners push pressure cooker rationing as canning season nears. Mrs. Leslie Demeritt says limited production means cookers added to farm machinery lists. Groups like neighborhood pools and garden clubs gain priority, with bona fide users considered. Applications go to the county war board at the AAA office in Lawrence, Kansas.
Reuters dispatch from Algiers said General Henri Giraud had accepted in principle an invitation to visit Washington. It noted he was unlikely to leave Algiers under current circumstances.
In San Diego on June 9 two sailors leaped into a bear pit at the city zoo to save 13 year old Joyce Howlett. The girl was clawed and bitten as Malayan sun bears attacked. Fire control by W H Fields and Leon Chriskrutz drove off the animals with clubs then a hose.
Gov. An drew Schoeppel of Kansas turned down a request to form a new state agency to coordinate gasoline and rubber conservation. He proposed designate a department to collect mileage and conservation reports for the OPA. The conference, at the request of H. O. Davies, discussed why seven OPA officials sought the plan, noting Kansas lacks an official to coordinate conservation.
Stockholm reports Finland yielded to German pressure and recruited replacements for every unfit Finn from the Finnish SS battalion after its return from the Russian front. Nearly half of the battalion’s 1,400 men were killed or invalided home.
Mr and Mrs Ira Cripe and Mr and Mrs Donald Norris with their son visited D A Wray Sunday. Norris has just returned from a nine month Texas camp on a six day furlough. Lassen and Mrs Tucker hosted visitors from Yuma Colorado and Herbert Fitz and Mrs Rockhold helped pick strawberries at Martin Holcom home.
A dated ad promotes Moone's Emerald Oil as a clean powerful antiseptic that opens pores with a hot towel and provides relief after a few treatments. It claims the oil is effective for back and leg discomfort and stresses its non staining, non greasy formula.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Griffis have moved to Wichita and Mr and Mrs Russe Deay have moved to the Griffis home. Mrs Glen Cordell of Nebraska and Mrs Patrick McAlearney of Wichita, daughters of the Griffis, spent several days at the Griffis home.
Mr and Mrs Bert Carry of Lawrence visited the Wray home Sunday afternoon. D A Wray is suffering an injured shoulder from a fall Thursday evening while he and his son Ernest were unloading a load of hay.
In the barn Mr Wray rode a wagon when the trip rope broke on the hay fork causing him to fall. A misc shower for Mr and Mrs Amos Wrightsman was held at their High Prairie home attended by Mr and Mrs E D Wray Mil dred and Mary Alice. The Wrightsman couple, married last December, live on the spring vacated farm of the Churchbaughs. Solon Tucker D A Wray and Ernest went on a business trip to Ottawa Saturday afternoon.
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