Safety suits at Sunflower Ordnance Works for powder line
Sunflower Ordnance Works near DeSoto provides employees with the latest safety clothing. Women on smokeless powder lines wear light blue coveralls with plastic buttons and turbans, while lab technicians wear 100 percent wool suits. Acid workers use wool shirts and pants, special acid resistant shoes, and rubberized outer outfits protect outside workers. The clothing warehouse operates 24 hours, with strict fitting by veteran fitter K L Goss and rationing stamps for powder shoes valid 80 days.
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Sunflower Ordnance
DeSoto
Jack Wicker
Sunflower Rationing Board
Wicker
K.L. Goss
Military notices from Childress and surrounding bases
Graduates and new officers from Childress Army Air Field receive wings and commissions. Second Lieutenant George R Learned trains in navigation at Carlsbad Army Air Field while family members attend the ceremony. Other servicemen including Pontius and Street are noted with ranks and assignments. furloughs and North Africa deployment are mentioned.
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George R. Learned
Childress Army Air Field
Childress
Tex
Carlsbad Army Air Field
Carlsbad
N. M
Robert E. Learned
Pinckney Neighborhood Night Draws Pinckney District Residents
The Pinckney district hosted a well attended neighborhood night with outdoor eating and square dances. Playground director Mrs Conaday and event chairwoman Mrs Stockton joined Miss Joie Stapleton to supervise games and music provided by Mrs Dryden as plans hastened for a follow up gathering next Tuesday evening inviting all district residents.
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Pinckney
Conaday
Tuesay
ROTC Cadets Stationed at Camp Wallace Texas
Five Lawrence R. O. T. C. members who departed May 26 are now stationed at Camp Wallace Texas. They are Delbert Perkins Lloyd Svoboda Clair Coleman Billough and Howard Sutherland. Eighteen K. U. bays are at Camp Wallace together.
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Camp Wallace
Lawrence
Tex
Delbert Perkins
Lloyd Svoboda
Clair Coleman
Billough
Howard Sutherland
K. U. Bays
Masonic Club Plans Second Degree Ceremony
Ches No 9 A F M Special Committee announces a Second Degree meeting Thursday June 17 at 7 30 p m Visitors welcome light refreshments J J Coy and M Smith WM officiating Adv
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M. Smith
W.M. J. J. Coy
Adv
Artists to Perform Tonight at Fraser Theatre
John Weicher violinist and Rudolph Reuter pianist, both from Chicago, will present the first summer session concert at Fraser Theatre this evening at 8. Weicher is concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony and Reuter a prominent American pianist. Student tickets cost 25 cents. others pay $1. Transportation disruption from floods noted.
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Altho
John Weicher
Rudolph Reuter
Chicago
Weicher
Chicago Symphony
Fraser Theatre
River Flood Update Signals Crest Near Last Week’s Mark
River levels rise with the Delaware near Valley Falls rushing five inches an hour and approaching last week’s 26 foot crest. Wakarusa at the Holcom farm is 27 feet 10 inches, two feet above last week’s crest as rain continues.
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Delaware
Valley Falls
Perry
Union Pacific
Wakarusa
A. L. Holcom
U. S. Highway 69
Lawrence
Walter Schwarz
Worden
L. H. Griffith
Lone Star
C. E. Redmond
Lecompton Bridge
Eurora
Lake View
Emil Heck
Deaths and Funerals of O. C. Cartwright
O C Cartwright aged 68 died at Lawrence Memorial hospital last evening. He lived 13389 New Jersey street and belonged to Travers Rest Calvary Baptist church Hughes Ark. Survived by mother Mrs Teller Cartwright Greenville Miss a sister Mrs Victoria Mumps Greenville Miss three brothers Eugene and Delonia Cartwright Scott Miss Luther Cartwright Rosedale Miss a daughter Miss Alberta Jackson Lawrence and son in law John Jackson Lawrence. Body lying in state Bowser Gleed mortuary funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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O. C. Cartwright
O. Cartwright
New Jersey
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Travers Rest Calvary Baptist Church
Hughes
Ark
Teller Cartwright
Greenville
Victoria Mumps
Eugene and
Delonia Cartwright
Scott
Luther Cartwright
Rosedale
Alberta Jackson
Lawrence
John Jackson
Bowser-Gleed
Ater
Funeral for Mrs. Nancey J. Newman set at St James A M E
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancey J. Newman who died Moray will be held tomorrow at 2 o clock from St James A M E church with Rev. S W Boone officiating. Burial in Maple Grove cemetery. Body lies in state at Bowser Gleed mortuary until services.
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Nancey J. Newman
Moray
St. James A.M.E
Rev
S. W. Boone
Maple Grove
Bowser- Gleed
Brown vows cleanup of OPA mess in Washington
Price administrator Prentiss M. Brown announced he would take action to clean up what is described as the mess surrounding the Office of Price Administration in Washington. He pledged decisive steps to restore order and confidence.
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Washington
Price
Prentiss M. Brown
Elmer Davis under fire from two congressmen
Washington lawmakers assail Elmer Davis head of the OWI calling him a propaganda minister and urging investigation. Senator Bridges accuses Davis of silencing press while reacting to war production coverage. Representative Short says Davis seeks the American propaganda role.
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Washington
Congress
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
OWI
Davis
Bridges
R-N.h
Senate
New Deal
American Newspaper Guild
Capital
OPA
OWL
Short
R-Mo
House
McCormack
D-Mass
Shoe Rush Tests Stock Ahead of Father's Day
Stores report heavy foot traffic as ration stamp shoppers seek footwear for men women and children. Clerks note mixed stock levels with some sizes and styles scarce and deliveries from factories shaping choices for summer. Customers adapt by self selecting in some shops while others wait as workers cope with limited staff. A fox ridges itself to shed fleas by submerging in water and releasing the wood.
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Weaver's
C. H. Mustoe
Ober’s
Charles Radcliffe
Harry Short
Royal Shoe Store
Ad Offer Urges Quick Call to Save One Day Rent
A classified note warns readers not to lose two days rent and invites calling 22 for an Ad-Taker to place an advertisement with quick action.
United States To Send Representatives To England
OWI testimony lists invited speakers including Frank Lausche Cleveland mayor and Clarence Dykstra University of Wisconsin president. Others cover education, industry, and culture as part of effort to educate Britons about America.
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Washington
Iowa
England
Office of War Information
United States
Robert Sherwood
OWI
House Appropriations
Sherwood
Frederick Redefer
Progressive Education Association
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Lausche
Clarence Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Eric Johnson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Mark Starr
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
Treasury
War Savings
Betty Gram Swing
Robert Lynd
Margaret Mead
Lawrence Notes Move of Northwestern Mutual Agent to Mount Hope Nurseries
Heard in Lawrence reports that Corlett J. Cotton, district agent for Northwestern Mutual, has moved his office to Mount Hope Nurseries at 108 West Seventh Street from the Jayhawk Theater building. The item also notes local comments on a garden variety letter about pets and wartime coupons, plus other Lawrence items.
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Corlett J. Cotton
Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company
Mount Hope Nurseries
West Seventh Street
Jayhawk Theater
Raid Nazi Tank Base London June 16
Russian planes raided a German tank concentration near Sevsk as part of several days of sharp activity on the Orel front. The Soviet midday communiqué said the raid occurred last night in the vital sector.
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London
Sevsk
Orel
Local Notices from Eudora and Area
Eudora resident Eudora Wayne Bly travels to Lexington Nebraska after his sister Mrs Ruby Darby dies. Arliss Honstead leaves Wa terville Kansas for summer with Hanstead parents and will return next year. Kansas City visitors include Leo Simpson Paul Seibolt and Paul Jr. Will Miller and son Bill spend time there on business. Louis Gerstenberger of Byers Colorado visits Douglas Harris family after a week in Ottawa for a serious illness.
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Alfred Anderson
Anderson
William Neustifter
Lawrence
Ida North
Arthur Gabriel
DeSoto
Leon Durr
Jessie Grimes
Fort Oglethorpe
Arleta Grom
Waac Training Center
Grom
Motor Transport
Saturay
Nellie Cordell
Melvin Sellars
Sellars
Ottawa
William Ziesen
Erickson
Washington State
Donna Mae Zillner
Hercules Powder Company
William Lorimer
Fort Worth
Tex
C. B. Johnson
Johnson
Curtis Diedrich
Kaw Valley State Bank
Phillip Meeder
Oliver Brecheisen
Garden City
Kan
Sarah Hausman
Leon Parker
Kansas City
Barbara Johnson
Lindenwood College
St. Charles
Eudora
C.B. Johnson
Burhans
Kansas State Board of Health
Elmer Ziegler
George Bartz
Doris Ann
Oscar Neil
Donald
Don Pierce
Earl Murrell
Clifford
James Taylor
Ronald
Topeka
Alice Ziegler
Ed Diedrich
Maxine
June
Paola
Ernest Bowling
Henry Rausch
Ben Bartz
Melford Bartz
Leavenworth
Eleanor Stogsdill
Wayne Luther
Roger and
Dale
Benetta Melford
Chariton Bartz
Clifford Morse
J. D Adams
Dan Seizer
Baldwin
Rebecca Fuchs
Frank Seibolt
Joe Zillner
Leta Morse
Will Miller
James Mitchell
Miss May
Kate Schuman
Chicago
John Ott
Wayne Bly
Lexington
Neb
Ruby Darby
Arliss Honstead
Waterville
A. G. Hanstead
Hanstead
Leo Simpson
Paul Seibolt
Paul
Market News Roundup From New York June 16
Stocks higher as rails gain. bonds steady and carriers rally. Grains turn weak after early advances. wheat ends steady to lower while corn and rye retreat. Kansas City hogs and cattle mixed with steer and calf prices rising, and sheep trading with limited demand.
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New York
Chicago
Canada
Livestock Market Report from Kansas City
Hogs steady while cattle show mixed behavior with slaughter steers and several heifer classes rising 15 to 25 cents. Sluggish demand in stock cattle and weak to 25 cent drops in some prices. lambs and sheep firmer with several quotes near 14 dollars and up for spring lambs and good slaughter ewes around 7.50 to 7.75.
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Kansas Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Wheat and grain futures at Kansas City prices
Kansas City cash grain quotes for June 16 show gains in wheat with No 2 dark and hard values around 1.37 to 1.38, No 3 about 1.37, and No 2 red around 1.41 to 1.49. Corn and oats trade near ceilings with mixed No 2 white at 0.73 to 0.74. Futures show July wheat around 1.35 with Sept near 1.36.
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Kansas City
Chicago Potato Market Update Causes Steady to Firm Read
Potatoes Arrivals 100 On Track 128 Total Shipments 850 Supplies Light California Long Whites Demand Good Market Steady to Firm Southern Tribs Slow California Long Whites Price Range 0.8 to 4.15 Commercials 3.80 to 4.00 Texas Bliss Triumphs at 3.70 to 3.85 Alabama Bliss Triumphs Fairly Good Quality 3.77 Oklahoma Bliss Triumphs Victory Grade Noted.
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Chicago
Ap-Usda
California
Texas Bliss
Alabama Bliss
Oklaa Bliss
Kansas City Produce Prices Across Eggs and Poultry
Kansas City market report lists egg grades firsts at 8 dollars with butterfat around 42 cents, butter prices near 41 to 42 cents, and poultry values for hens, broilers, fryers, springs around 27 cents with old roosters noted. The data reflects current receipts and specific price points recorded June 15.
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Kansas City
Wall Street Holds Moderately Higher Tone On Light Volume
The Day In Wall Street from New York on June 16 reports a lightly higher market with slow progress across divisions. Rail loans rise in the bond division as trading stays near 900000 shares for the session and Ralls momentum wanes.
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Wall Street
New York
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Country Club
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Grant Township
E. C. Bassing Road
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U. S
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Schuman
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Robert
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Frank
Suppor
George Allen
Carl Perkins
Emma Lotz
Tennessee
U.S.O
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Victory Theater
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George Lothholz
Charles F. Pruden
Sunflowers Ordnance Plant
Stan
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Otto Rosenau
Marilyn
Shirley
Erwin Kanzig
Journal- World
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Roy Flory
the Ration Board
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Legion Rooms
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Osborne
Reno
Leavenworth County
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Lawrence Municipal
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Phillips
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H.G. van Neste
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Lecompton Township
Douglas County
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Lete
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Ynolds
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