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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1942
Page
2
The Cordley area and public library launch a summer program led by Margaret Perkins with 139 new cards issued in week one and a 114 book per day circulation in the children's room. Parents urge balanced reading beyond grade lists as librarians mark grade sections to guide exploration.
The preliminary hearing of George W. Welsh Jr. for the slaying of his sister Leila was continued to June 22 at the state's request. Prosecutor Michael W. O’Hern said Attorney General Roy McKittrick would be unavailable this week. Welsh, free on bond, appeared with his attorneys and pleaded innocent. A prior murder charge was dismissed then refiled, and a county grand jury indictment was set aside for overstepping authority.
Lieut. L B Read returned home for the first time since entering service. He spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. L B Read. Read, a military police citation recipient, is assigned to duty at the Seventh Corps Area headquarters in Omaha.
Kansas City paper reports the death at 97 of Mother Clark, famed for aiding convicts for 72 years. Her work helped Missouri inmates secure parole, with a 95 percent success rate, and she urged balanced justice for those deserving another chance.
National Co-Operative Club convention set for June 28 to 30 at French Lick Ind has been cancelled due to the present emergency. Officers report a two day business meeting will be held in Chicago IL on June 27 and 28.
Berlin reports three prominent journalists Powell Opper and Woodhead were held for court martial on charges of espionage and disturbing the peace. The gendarmerie said they acted under protection of official organizations and their activities worsened Japan's international relations and helped trigger the Pacific war.
A meeting of colored women interested in joining a Home Nursing class will be held at the Red Cross office in the community building on Tuesday at 8 p m. Mrs Ed Anderson will teach the new class and the meeting will set a schedule.
Washington reports the war department has created fixed expeditionary forces messages for home communication. Message No 53 says Happy Christmas and New Year and the system includes 102 texts with about 80 more in progress. Messages cost 60 cents each and up to three texts may be used per message.
The U S Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of the American Medical Association and the Medical Society of the District of Columbia for illegal restraint of trade under antitrust laws. District court penalties included fines of 2500 for the AMA and 1500 for the DC society, while individual defendants were acquitted. The opinion, written unanimously by Associate Justice Justin Miller, discusses limits on medical regulation and notes the broader impact beyond medicine.
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The court notes social and economic shifts force readjustment across professions. It rejects criminal methods to resist changes and argues licensing creates needed but restrained competition. The better educated public questions current medicine and may challenge licensing as a public privilege.
Twelve volunteers prepared sugar canning certificates today at the Junior High Manual building. Chief Clerk George Wetzel warned that if registration stays steady, all certificates could be used by tomorrow afternoon. A thousand certificates arrived Friday from Johnson County. more are on order. No certificates are being issued at the rationing office in the Lawrence National Bank building. The Junior High office operates 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. Justice Murphy training at Fort Benning, Ga., as he prepares for possible assignment under Gen. George C. Marshall. The Journal-World classifieds page remains the town’s busiest marketplace.
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