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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
4
Rubber Drive Turns Trash to Treasure in War Economy
Rubber mines and auto graveyards are being opened as waste becomes a resource. The drive reverses the economy by refabricating discarded articles, aiming for nearly 100 percent net gain and broader national benefits from reusing what was once trash.
Wooden Chasers: Wood Vessels for Anti-Submarine Patrol
The navy plans wooden chasers alongside steel ships to speed production. Wood sub chasers can be built inland, accelerating delivery to water as submarine threats grow.
Rubber in Brazil and the future of its industry
A Brazilian scientist warns that Brazil faces slim prospects as a rubber producer due to rising U S synthetic rubber and the East Indies advantage. He argues Western Hemisphere nations may not rely on distant sources and suggests subsidies or protections may be needed to keep rubber production on this side of the water, lest strategic fears fade after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
East Indies
Western Hemisphere
Mediterranean power grows as war reaches Libya and Suez
American power in the Mediterranean appears uneven but rising. The sea border becomes a theater of armed action with Egypt and the Suez canal at risk. A skilled adversary is attempting a new push through Libya while Germany drives toward the Near East via Russia. The Italian fleet faced defeat this week by land based planes. Allies must hold current bases and establish new ones on those shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Egypt
Suez Canal
Libya
Near East
Russia
Not Too Bright on UN Progress Warns Australia Leader
Prime Minister John Curtin of Australia cautions that UN gains may be fragile and warns against assuming the war situation is improving for the United Nations. He notes Australia could still face loss if conditions worsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altho
United Nations
John Curtin
Australia
Allies weigh risks of looming attack on Australia
The text notes concern over a potential military strike against a nation of six or seven million, warning that the allied position remains insecure and danger could spread to countries beyond Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Petain’s Broadcast Reflects French Discontent Under Occupation
Marshal Petain’s Second Anniversary address reveals awareness of widespread misery and unrest in occupied France. He offers guarded hope for future salvation, while noting that resistance and freedom persist in spirits beyond French borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Petain
France
Germany
Marshal
Car of the Future Leaders of the Automotive Industry
Postwar forecasts favor lighter slower cars to match public needs. Top speeds around 60 mph may become common with a practical operating speed near 40 mph. Reducing weight cuts costs and tire wear while lowering accident risk. Some advocates warn only planes can meet higher speed desires as aviation improves.
Politicians Face War Sacrifices and Policy Tradeoffs
wartime measures constrain political actions as big firms win contracts and prosecutions pause. The War Production Board opposes extreme excess profits taxes. Leaders are urged to curb personal tools and luxuries for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
War era rubber plan tied to grain surplus
Bidding for the first new wheat on the market was weak as an old surplus lingers. Alcohol sources, abundant enough to threaten nuisance, could be redirected from liquor to synthetic rubber. Distilleries ready to shift to alcohol for rubber aim to aid the war effort and employ people.
Rainy June Threatens Wheat Harvest Outlook
The prolonged June rain has endangered the wheat crop. Farmers hope for a spell of clear weather to save yields in the wheat country.
War Today Reflects Mixed Allied Progress Across The Front
The piece notes fluctuating Allied fortunes with gains in the Pacific at Midway and in the Aleutians, while warning Libya setbacks and Rommel’s Tobruk threat. It cites Curtin's gloom over Libya and Russia, urging resolve as Sevastopol holds and Red Army counterattacks, with Petain's faith echoed amid harvest hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libya
Rommel
Tobruk
Petain
Lawrence Chronicle Briefs and Local Notes
Andrew Carnegie donates 100000 to the American Library Association. Haskell Institute defeats Merchant's club 11 to 6. City arc lights burned until 7 Tuesday night. Red Cross donation approved by the Lawrence Elks. J. B. Wilson runs for state senator on Republican ticket. Various locals depart for business, visits, or leisure in Kansas City and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
American Library Association
al Bromersick
Ord Clingman
Kansas City
Haskell Institute
Merchant’s Club
Arc
E. R. Keith
Clinton
Lawrence
Central Park
J. B. Wilson
Dean KE. B. Stauffer
Tacoma
Wash
M. W. Sterling
St. Louis
Charles Gruber
P. H. Klinkenberg
George Lowman
A. F. Babcock
Pleasanton
J. S. Eby
Hazel Fritz
Virginia Ann
John Monteith
J. S. Hunter
Lyons Harvests Wheat East of Pleasant Grove Field
W. D. Lyons reports a ripe wheat field located about half a mile east of Pleasant Grove. The update notes prepare for harvest with typical county conditions and nearby farm activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Lyons
Pleasant Grove
Flashes of Life: Noise Rules Target Dogs in Chattanooga
A new anti noise ordinance in Chattanooga limits dog noise after June 30 and excludes birds. In Wilson North Carolina the Squatters club, longtime chatters, lose their meeting space as Walls relocates and a new owner takes over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Wilson
N.C
Harry Walls
Walls
Tires Raised From Deep Canyon by Burro Team
In Prescott Arizona a service station owner hires eight boys with burros to recover old tires dumped in a 1,000 foot deep canyon. They have hauled up seven tons of tires so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safe Deposit Box
Prescott
Ariz
Harvest labor shortage threatens Holt crops in Missouri
In Holt Missouri a harvest labor shortage endangers a bountiful crop as merchants close shops and boys volunteer to work in the fields. The note highlights the town’s reliance on local labor to harvest the season’s yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay Holt
Burrows Tows Dirt Carrier After Tire Blows Out
In Los Angeles an operator named H. J. Burrows tows a 40 ton dirt carrier when one tire blows. He stops to inspect and a second tire, an 18x24 unit valued at $500, also fails. Burrows says he cannot replace the tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Bang
H. J. Burrows
Burrows
University chimes change curfew after 34 years
Chicago The chimes in Mitchell Tower at the University of Chicago, once rung at 10 07 each night, are to be played at 8 55. Sailors quartered nearby used to sleep after 9 p m, but the chimes woke them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
University of Chicago
Mitchell Tower
Bartlett Gymnasium
Radio executive pay swells as SEC reveals 1941 figures
Officials across wartime firms show big rises in pay with Standard Brands paying Ed Bergen $282000 for 1941 radio work. Thomas L. Smith at $75000 heads a list of major increases at Hercules Motor, Pittsburgh Steel Foundry, Columbia Gas & Electric, Union Pacific, General Outdoor, Commercial Credit, Household Finance, United Light, Kansas City Power & Light, and Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
UPI
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Standard Brands, Inc
Bergen
Thomas L. Smith
Securities and Exchange Commission
Charles Balough
Hercules Motor Corporation
Canton
Parker F. Williams
Pittsburgh Steel Foundry Corporation
Pittsburgh Steel Foundry
J. S. Dittrich
United Engineering and Foundry Company
George T. Ladd
Columbia Gas & Electric Corporation
Philip CG. Gossler
Union Pacific Railroad Company
W. M. Jeffers
F. W. Char
Don H. Rose
United Light & Power Company
William G. Woolfolk
United Light & Power Service Company
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Chester C. Smith
Kansas City Power & Light Company
Missouri - Kansas - Texas Railroad Company
Matthew S. Sloan
Sall Rand Added To Junction City Rodeo Lineup
Sponsors of an army relief benefit rodeo in Junction City added Sall Rand to the performer list. Rand's husband Pvt Thurkel Greenough trains at Fort Riley cavalry center, she arrives today for a two week visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
yAdd
Junction City
Sall Rand
Pvt
Thurkel Greenough
Cavalry Replacement Training Center
Fort Riley
Hunter Dent in Jail After Ballard Case Ends in Standoff
Hunter Dent wakes in a jail cell after a rough night tied to a daring scheme at Ballard's estate. Sheriff Anderson and Strick Ballard press him with accusations of robbery and murder while Dent insists on legal counsel. Ballard confronts Dent about his son Junior's condition as tension rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter Dent
Hunter
Middleton
Rascals
Neal Frazier
Mr. Dent
Lf Anderson
Ballard’s
Strick Ballard
Anderson
Hannings
Sheriff Anderson
Dent
Ballard
Boy Temple
Hank Temple
Miss Ballard
Junior Ballard
Strickland Ballard
Mr. Ballard
Junior
Weddings, visits, and society notes from Eudora area
Mrs Marion Burris visited Rich Hill Missouri. her niece Miss Melba Payne Schopper wed Bernard L Farrell in Butler Missouri. Numerous locals shared events from weddings to church visits, visits with relatives in Kansas City to Montanan births, and a Flower Club luncheon with a garden tour in Eudora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Burris
Rich Hill
Eudora
Carl Papenhausen
Louistown
Mont
Nancy Kay
Papenhausen
Rosebelle Hadl
Belleview
Fred. Rothberger
Herbert Tweihaus
Barberton
Ohio
Carlyle Trabant
Charles Gerstenberger
Donna Baker
Clay Center
Kan
M. H. Cox
The
Friends Church
Prairie Center
Fred Papenhausen
Fred Bartz
George Bartz
Doris Ann
Ed Seyler
LeLoup
Clarence Daugherty
Gene Daugherty
California
Baldwin
Illinois
Clar
Ence Daugherty
Daugherty
J. D. Adams
Ray Warmker
San Benito
Tex
Fred Walker
George Warmker
Dorothy Alexander
Lawrence
Sam Beadleston
Kermit Broers
Eudora Flower Club
City Park
Irene Roberts
Weaver Bottom
Frank Greiner
Augusta Durr
C. F. Weidensaul
Wenry Reifschneider
Tena Miskimens
Minnie Jones
J.D. Adams
Pete Edelbrock
A. Durr
Rose Lothholz
Clara Lotz
C.E. Smith
Jeannette Alexander
Bertha Peschel
Tena Miskimen
Ray Ogders
Sarah Hausman
Ray Ogden
Round Table
Homer Abbott
Mrr
Elton Jones
Kansas City
Radio Programs Thursday Evening Timetable
A dense listing of radio programs across stations WREN KMBC WDAF WDAPF WDALK in June including Lum and Abner News sports music and variety shows with host lineups such as Vera Barton Fred Waring Ray Clapper Glenn Miller and Rudy Vallee plus news broadcasts and station identifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren—Lum
Abner
KMBC
Vera Barton
WDAF
Tack Armstrong
Wren
Fred Waring
Kkmnbc
the World Today
Noewsroon
al Pearce
Maudie
Tinty Pea
WDALK
Aldrich
Raymond Clapper
Heart of America
Major Bowes
Pam
Music Hall
Max Falkenstien
IKMBC
WDAP
Rudy Vallee
Rosemary
Frazier Hunt
Gabriel Heatter
Amos and
Andy
Glen Miller
Orch
War Transportation
Wren—Rainonna
Eskinee Hawkins
Val Ernie
Muehlebach
A.P
Lum
KMBU
Frank Parker
Jack Armstrong
Millard Ireland
WDAPF
WDAKM
Orb
Treasury
World Today
U.S. Army
Red Cross
Hank Keene
Kate Smith
Ontario
KKMBC
K.C
Toledo
Brewster Boy
Ginny Simms
Bob Hawk
Grand Central Station
KMBBC
Wren—Ramona
Bobby Byrne
H. V. Kaltenborn
Moonbeams
Buddy Franklin
Tommy Dorsey
U.P
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North Michigan Ave
Baltimore Ave
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Postoffice
Journal-World
United States of America
United America
Car of the Future
Axis
Churchill
Curtin
Hawaii
North American
Midway
Aleutians
Sevastopol
Kharkov
Caucasus
Lawrencey Elks Lodge
C. C. Carl
Hutchinson
Owen
Johnson and Carl
W. J. Francisco
Garden Springs
H. S. Harrison
Parsons
Charles Greenlees
Wellsville
Claram
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
J. B. Fugate
Tennessee Street
Harry Harrison Kroll
NEA Service, Inc
Optometrist
B. G. Gustafson
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