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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1941
Page
6
Local feature presents a directory style list of businesses including addresses and telephone numbers intended to aid Journal-World readers. The guide highlights services and contact details in a concise, period-typical tone.
Authorities recovered a man found on a beach after a search. Investigators interviewed him to determine identity and origin, while forensic teams collected evidence on site. A timeline of events is being compiled to establish where he was and how he ended up there.
Chicago market notes show wheat slumping about two cents as rain in the southwestern belt delays harvest. Traders hedge and balance gains for weekend. Kansas City reports steady hogs and higher cattle while cash grain lists mix through June 14.
AP market brief shows mixed stocks with a lower trend in specialties, U S government securities, and quieter foreign exchanges as the Canadian dollar gains. Cotton rises on trade and buying in New Orleans while metals stay steady as steel scrap supplies shrink. Wool tops fall amid liquidation by commission houses. Chicago wheat declines on hedging and profit taking, corn follows wheat higher or easier, cattle steady, hogs weak to steady.
Chicago market notes show arrivals at 197 with total U S shipments 665 and prices for U S No 1 potatoes across several states including California Mississippi and Idaho. Kansas City reports egg prices current receipts and poultry markets with hens broilers springs and turkey figures plus dairy butter prices.
Grain prices show wheat 85, yellow corn 64, white and mixed 62. Butterfat quotes No 135 No 282. Poultry values list hens under 4 pounds 12 and over 4 pounds 16 roosters 6 8 springs 13 16. Hog price 9.60. Government bonds no quotations today.
The New York stock market opened with a few strong specialties lifting sentiment but failed to spark a rally as leaders gell and trading remained slow. About 200000 shares changed hands as brokers noted government price‑stability moves in autos and other sectors focused attention on rising costs and potential earnings limits.
Lawrence resident Richard Stewart enjoys vacation on the Bernhart farm with grandparents. Betty Papenhausen visits from Kansas City. Ruth and Patsy White spend Wednesday in Kansas City. Anna Caylor returns home from the hospital with family. The Penninars head to Chicago for six months. Busy Bee club meets with Mrs. White. prizes and desserts featured. Several locals attend events, travel to Kansas City, Wichita, and Tennessee. Government builds 3700 houses for defense workers. Honolulu crowded with military and concern over food supply.
Mrs. E L Brown and Mrs Ruyh Brown Ellis with children from Muskogee Oklahoma and Mr and Mrs Burton Brown and baby from Topeka Kansas were supper guests of Mr and Mrs Paul Koehler and Edna Friday. They also called at the Ernest Leary home with Mr. and Mrs Bill Cooper of Sterling Colorado and Mr. and Mrs Orin Jordan and family of Beloit.
A challenging crossword style puzzle lists across and down clues referencing actors and elements of theater. Entries include family background, film work, and stage terms spanning mythic to modern, inviting solvers to map connections.
Auction of the late W A McNish estate features 160 acres 16 miles southwest of Lawrence and 4 1/2 miles southwest of Clinton on the Moss farm. Items include multiple horses cattle hogs farming machinery a 1940 V8 pickup truck household goods and alfalfa in barn with lunch on grounds Thomas Brothers auctioneers The Journal World Classified Page notes its busy marketplace.
Roy Day and families from South Oklahoma along with Miss Virginie Detler of Lawrence visited Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Day the past week. Memorial Day trips to Ottawa were made by H. F. Nisely and family and C. A. Nisely. Lula Karnes is visiting Mrs. Minnie Wells after a Kansas City hospital stay. Henry Shirar of Nickerson joined Ernest Leary’s guests, returning Sunday. The Women’s Society of Christian Service met at Eu gene Leary’s home with 29 in attendance.
Gov. Payne Ratner accepted the resignation of Samuel E. Bartlett Democratic member of the state corporation commission Bartlett will enter private law practice July He joined the three member commission May 16 1939 and was appointed for a four year term ending March 20 1943 He will return to Ellsworth where he was city attorney and county attorney of Ellsworth county
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