War Dads Keep the Home Place Going
Kansas City June 19. The American War Dads organize father and son morale efforts from 300 chapters to 200 more, aiding soldiers with transport, magazines, day rooms, and shelter. Nat Milgram led the drive, Roe Bartle became executive director, and a khaki cap with insignia symbolizes their work to support troops and spur bond sales and Red Cross drives.
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Kansas City
Johnny Doughboy
The
American War Dads
Wat Milgram
Nat Millram
Milgram
Roe Bertle
Red Cross
Chana
de Boto
Kan
F. EF. Taylor
Bartle
Washington
Circus workers ill from food poisoning in Washington
More than 100 Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey performers and staff were hospitalized with food poisoning after a meal in the circus tent. Officials planned to proceed with the matinee as substitutes filled in and doctors treated patients attempting to secure releases.
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Washington
Cfhk
Ringing Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Draftees Inducted Into Navy and Marine Forces
Additional draftees who left here Monday have been inducted into the navy according to a notice received by the selective service board. Names include John Alden Erickson George McFadden Hall Francis Ibert Flores Vernon James Leach Baldwin James Deering Dresser and Charles Edward Black. One inductee joined the marine torps.
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Navy
Selective Service Board
Hey
John Alden Erickson
Louisiana
George McFadden Caull
Kansas City
Francis Ibert Flores
Haskell Institute
Vernon James Leach
Baldwin James Deering Dresser
Ode Island
Charles Edward Black
Illinois
Marine
Lawrence Lodge No 6 Meeting Next Monday Night
Lawrence Lodge No 6 will meet next Monday night for work in the Entered Apprentice degree opening at 7:36. Visitors welcome. Wm. M. Turner, W.M. W. H. Quaken ush, Secy. Ady.
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Lawrence Lodge No. 6
If. B. Turner
W.M. W. H. Quakenush
Secy
Army production chief warns May drop risks year-end equipment
Patterson warns that production must rise through 1943 to meet troop needs as May showed a decline. He notes over 7 000 airplanes built in May, a 40 percent increase from January, but most other items lag scheduled outputs. He stresses frequent production shifts to leverage tech advances and align with strategy.
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Patterson
V-12 Naval Training Program Dropped at Bethany College
Bethany College in Lindsborg Kansas had prepared to host a V-12 naval training unit for 250 to 300 sailors beginning July 1. Officers had arrived June 10 to set up facilities but naval officials canceled the assignment after an inspection by a contracting party.
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Lindsborg
Kan
Bethany College
Naval
Soldiers Return Home and News of Promotions
Pvt Carl W. Curry returns to his camp after a 10 day furlough at 567 Mechanic street. Pvt Lyle Eldon Stooper visits his parents Mr and Mrs Ray Rogers in Vinland before leaving Thursday for duty. Relatives hear of Herold C Walton’s promotion to captain now in Alabama. Loren R Pine petty officer 3c and Mrs Pine visit their parents in Lawrence and Stull. Pfe Bob Mull of the US Marine corps is home on a 30 day furlough visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Mull at 212 Lincoln street.
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Carl W. Curry
Mechanic Street
Pvt
Lyle Eldon Stooper
Coast Artillery
Ray Rogers
Vinland
Herold C. Walton
Loren R. Pine
Pfe
Bob Mull
United States Marine Corps
Charles Mull
Lincoln Street
Surgical Dressings Room Reopens Monday After Shipment
A government shipment of surgical gauze reached Red Cross production headquarters and the surgical dressings room will reopen Monday. The unit will operate four mornings weekly 9 to 12:30 and Monday evenings 7 to 9, with new volunteers urged to join at Central building, Junior High School. Mrs. Hovey Hanna notes the new quota is about sixty percent higher than before.
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Red Cross
Journal- World
Flood relief efforts called after great valley flood
City county and drainage districts lead flood recovery with 30 000 sand sacks assembled from Union Pacific potato growers and firms. Patrols on dikes continue while Salvation Army feeds workers and ship mobile canteen to Kansas City flood area.
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Chamber of Ommerce
Union Pacific
Chamber of Commerce
Emil E. Taylor
Sunflower Ordnance Works
U. S. Army Engineers Corps
Hugh Turner
Salvation Army
Kansas City
Kan
Supreme Court Ousts Sedgwick Sheriff Hale
The Kansas Supreme Court removed Sheriff George W. Hale of Sedgwick County after finding him drunk in Ottawa on February 13. Attorney General A. B. Mitchell led the action. Hale faced costs including a $100 fee for a commissioner to take evidence. Undersheriff Filmer Arnet served as sheriff pending governor Schoeppel's next steps.
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Topeka
State Supreme Court
George W. Hale
Sedgwick County
A. B. Mitchell
Ottawa
Hale
A. T. Ayres
Howard
Franklin County
Kansas City
Filmer Arnet
Schoeppel
Arnett
Meeting on June 23 to plan truck conservation
The Douglas County USDA War Board calls truck operators livestock and grain producers to a meeting at 8 p m on June 23 in the district court room at the court house. The aim is to devise a local truck conservation program to maintain livestock and grain transport despite a shortage of new trucks with Neil L Teedman of the Office of Defense Transportation attending to explain the situation and goals.
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Douglas County District Court Room
Court House
Douglas County
Usda War Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Neil L. Teedman
Kaw Valley Spud Crop Damaged by the Flood
Floods along the Kansas and Missouri rivers devastated potato cropland in the Kaw Valley and Kansas City area. Estimated losses reach 2,006,000 dollars with about 1,800 acres of potatoes destroyed in Wyandotte county and 90 percent of eastern Jackson county bottomland crop wiped out. Corn, truck gardens and wheat also inundated.
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Kansas City
Juna
Kansas
Missouri
Kimball L. Backus
Wyandotte
Kaw Valley
B. F. Larkin
Courtney
Jackson County
Training plane makes forced landing near Lawrence
A training plane from the local airport landed by force in a wheat field about three miles east of Lawrence near Highway 10 around 5 PM yesterday. The pilot and aircraft were unharmed and undamaged. The plane was moved by tractor about a quarter mile to a field where it could continue or be towed away.
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Lawrence
Highway 10
Men's Night Dinner at Lawrence Country Club
A Men's Night dinner is planned at the Lawrence Country Club next Monday at 6 30 PM followed by a putting contest.
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Lawrence Country Club
South Park Summer Band Concert Under Hobbs Direction
The Liberty Memorial high school summer band directed by Oliver Hobbs played a varied program last evening in South Park. Will Yearout served as announcer. The band plans another concert next week in the park.
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South Park
Liberty Memorial High School
Oliver Hobbs
Will Yearout
Park
Harry A. Strong Pleads Guilty in Highway 40 Offense
Harry A. Strong pleaded guilty in O. J Lane's justice court to driving on the wrong side of Highway 40 and paid a $5 fine. He was arrested Monday by Patrolman Harvey Schede ynann.
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Harry A. Strong
O. J Lane
Harvey Schedeynann
Pleads Guilty to Charge in East Lawrence Incident
Robert W. Sailor, arrested by county officers east of Lawrence, pleaded guilty before Justice O. J. Lane to being drunk. He paid a fine of 10 dollars and costs of 7 dollars and 50 cents.
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Robert W. Sailor
Lawrence
O. J. Lane
Basis to avert mine tie up in wage dispute continues
Conflicts over travel time and wage rules surface as union locals urge the UMW policy committee to present the case to the wage board and the Office of Price Administration. Courts have already weighed in on underground time as working time, with large potential back wages and ongoing legal challenges.
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Richeyville
Denbo
Jamestown
WLB
UMW Policy Committee
Office of Price Administrator
OPA
WLE
Little Steel
Labor Board
UMW
Federal District Tribunals
C.I.C
Smaltar
Department of Labor
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Federal District Court
Alabama
District Court
Circuit Court
New Orleans
U.M.W. Legal Department
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pet Week Pet Show Planned At Summer Playgrounds
A Monday pet week event at the summer playgrounds features a pet parade open to all animals, with first to third place badges. Rules require proper cages, dog leashes, water dishes, and exhibitor ownership. Judging categories include dogs, cats, and other animals with various criteria.
Miners in Oklahoma Arkansas District Report Yet to Strike
Muskogee Oklahoma reports coal mining in the district continuing as usual. UMW president David Fowler is in New York with John L. Lewis and others for committee meetings. No word whether over 6,000 miners will walk out when the working truce ends at midnight.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma-Arkansas
United Mine Workers
David Fowler
U.M.W
New York
John L. Lewis
Elections Called Off in Argentina Presidential Vote
Buenos Aires reports that Argentina's presidential elections set for September 5 have been cancelled by decree. The government of Gen. Pedro Ramirez says elections must meet aims behind the military movement. A second decree bans the word provisional in reference to Ramirez's regime.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Ramirez
Ramon Castillo
City to Trim Weeds On All Lots Under Ordinance 1777
City Council will have weeds cut on all lots or portions of land deemed necessary and bill the property owner if not cut within ten days. Costs to be assessed against affected property under Ordinance No. 1777. H. C. Fisher, City Clerk-Adv.
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H. C. Fisher
Adv
Sailors Help Enforce Health Rule During Flood
Sanitarians warned against drinking flood water as a cistern near the North Lawrence river was deemed unsafe. Sailors at the levee saw to it no one drank from it while awaiting a condemnation sign. The pump later disappeared and was found later in a barn with no damage reported. Boil all well water in flooded areas until cleaned out per health director Dr. H. L. Chambers.
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Howard Weindel
Kalter
Carl Graeber
North Lawrence
Graeber
H. L. Chambers
Gasoline Rationing Progress and Local Incidents
In Lawrence volunteers have issued more than half of third quarter gasoline ration books. Police investigated a window smashing at 807 Vermont Street with 11 panes broken and blood evidence. The draft office reports 90 percent of staff invest in war savings bonds.
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Burt Kuhn
Varmont Street
National Selective Service
Extension of Interstate Oil and Gas Conservation Compact
Senator Elmer Thomas introduces a resolution to extend the four year interstate compact for oil and gas conservation. The extension signed April 1 includes Kansas Oklahoma Texas Colorado New Mexico Arkansas Louisiana and Kentucky. first formed 1985 by Oklahoma Texas California and New Mexico.
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Washington
UPY
Elmer Thomas Deoxia
Congress
Thomas
Senate
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kentucky
California
Birth of a Son for Mr and Mrs R T Davis
Mrs Davis formerly Laura Zook announced the birth of a son at Lawrence Memorial hospital. Sunny Valley Farm Bureau plans a Tuesday 10 30 meeting with Mrs Kenneth Jones. roll call features milk recipes. So and So club met with Mrs Jones last Thursday with ten members present. guests included Mrs Vernon King Mrs Arthur Ousdahl Mrs Tom Holladay and Mrs C A Jones.
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Set
R. T. Davis
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Davis
Laura Zook
Sunny Valley Farm Bureau
Kenneth Jones
So and So
Vernon King
Arthur Ousdahl
Tom Holladay
C. A. Jones
Local Club Meetings and Social Notes From Town
Various groups held gatherings at homes and halls including July meetings at Mrs Lloyd Weibel's, a small luncheon at the Colonial, and the Ladies Auxiliary closing summer event with a covered dish dinner. Members, guests, and officers from Adah Chapter and Easter Scar group attended, with programs, prizes, and plans for September 17 and 30 including a Flag Day history program and a Trinity Lutheran event.
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Dread
Odd Fellows Hall
Frank Lescher
Frank Penner
D. Z. Ransdell
A. BL. Ewing
A Granu
Topeka
the Colonial
Adah
Stemasonic Temple
Gertruds Varna
Simer
Letty Ho
Aye
Gladys McNuch
From Lawrence Meas
Mildred Saas
Jarasy Parnes
Reighes Avianies of the Indians play preview
The article notes a stage play titled Reighes Avianies of the Indians with plans for a concerted tour. Tickets for the convention may be aimed through various city offices and official channels.
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Reighes Avianies
Itu
Unclear OCR Entry of Names and Events From Vermont to Missouri
Fragments show mentions of Mrs Dew W Jearmin arriving Thursday from alums iy fom ag Fisit Wa Lier RS and Mo amt Mos L a Seurman Raate, with references to Vermont Liaurenans Seurman and Matisse Sieh. Mentions of visiting Somer Brooks, Mag Hatem, Poiede O and KLOL. Timelines and places are garbled, suggesting a social or travel note with scattered names and locations.
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Dew W. Jearmin
Alums Iy Fom Ag
L. A. Seurman
Kesh
Thames ci
Fragmentary civic notes on voting and elections in a local paper
The readable parts describe election activity and voting logistics with scattered lines about polling, candidates, and local official notices. Names and places are largely unclear, but the tone and scattered details point to a brief civic update on upcoming or recent ballots.
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R. A. Petrie
C. A Patrie
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Indian Service
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Independent Lea Co
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Lew Seamon
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C. Moncvorery
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Treascr Company
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