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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1942

Page

4

Prayer Verse From Matthew Cited In Silent Reflection

A brief biblical quotation from Matthew 6 6 urges prayer in private to seek reward from the unseen father. The line emphasizes personal devotion and divine reward for secret supplication.

Scrap aluminum drive falls short of wartime goal

The War Production Board reports the scrap aluminum drive last year yielded just over 11 million pounds, far below the 20 million pound forecast. While reclaiming was beneficial, the overestimate highlights the difficulty of predicting metal needs. The effort also shifted back to using regular channels for collecting and moving scrap.

War Production Board

Second Front Plans Amid Allied Setbacks

Allied prospects to open a second front dim as Libya risks, Tobruk siege, Axis pressure in Crimea, and Japanese advances near the Siberian border pressure Western efforts. China fears a Japanese push toward Russia while the second front remains a cautious, thinning threat to the axis.

Africa Russia China Libya Tobruk Crimea Siberian

Gestapo Faces Backlash After Heydrich Slayers Reach End

The article notes mass reprisals failed to capture Heydrich’s killers and that Gestapo leaders grew irritated. They announced the attackers had been found and killed, seen as face saving. Public horror at the killings did not move Gestapo, which pressed to end its failed method.

Heydrich Gestapo Germany

Steel wage rise eyed by war labor board

The steel industry believes the war labor board will grant wage increases totaling 200 million dollars annually. Concern grows over how higher wages will affect price ceilings as costs rise, making price stability seem nearly impossible, say businessmen studying the issue.

War Labor Board

Expectations for School Building Stopped by Material Shortage

The southern city school head says construction paused as material flow is cut off. He hopes the project will resume with federal funds after the war and employ returning soldiers. Many expect postwar federal funding will continue at current levels, sustaining local government support.

National Legion Convention Emphasizes Serious Agenda

National commander says Kansas City gathering next fall will drop the slapstick elements. Legionnaires, growing older, will focus on a serious program as the convention progresses.

National American Legion Kansas City

Air corps and navy vie for enlistment by young men

The air corps competes with the navy as a branch for young men to join and see the world. Flying crews have already traveled widely and will make return visits to several important areas.

Air Corps Navy

Beet Sugar To Help Counter Sugar Shortage In 1942

Beet sugar will play a major role in easing wartime sugar limits. Philippine and Hawaii supplies are cut off, West Indies output is diverted to war needs, and shipping is prioritized for materials. Beet sugar, produced in 19 western states, will shift eastward to meet demand while remaining identical to cane sugar in composition.

Garden City Telegram United States Philippine Islands Hawaii Philippines West Indies Continental Chicago

Wisdom of the Ages Proverbs Sayings Feature

Clergymen in a major city ranked ten wise sayings from Solomon. Notable lines include restraint brings power, ant wisdom, avoiding drink, gentle speech, and guidance for children. Proverbs verses cited span 6:6 20:1 15:1 30:18 19 1:7 14:34.

Lyons Daily News Solomon

Railways to Speed Supplies for German Armies

The Valley Center Index predicts railroads will improve next winter to deliver more supplies to Hitler's forces in Russia. It forecasts a shorter haul for logistics and military materiel.

Hitler Russia

Morale Bomb Idea Mocked as Smell of Beefsteak

A Cheney Sentinel line wryly jokes that to crack German morale one could invent a bomb that smells like beefsteak frying with onions. The quip blends wartime bravado with culinary imagery.

Cheney

Graduates face prospective employers at commencement

It must have been quite an experience for this year's graduating classes to look out over the commencement audiences and see the eager faces of all those prospective employers.

Lincoln County News

Cemetery Road Resurfacing Plans Announced

Utilities commissioner J L Constant says road work from Haskell Avenue to Oak Hill Cemetery will begin in about a week. Local residents travel and errands may be affected as crews start resurfacing and improving the cemetery approach.

Haskell Avenue Oak Hill Cemetery J. L. Constant V. K. Bruner Besler Manhattan Pittsburg J. R. Holmes Blue Mound Virginia Kennedy Clyde Kansas City A. Mitchell W. H. McKone Violet McKone Evelyn Swarthout John Selig, Jr J. E. Selig A. C. Reuter Washington, D

Mediterranean Front Wins or Loses the War

Churchill in the United States urges reinforcements to stabilize the Mediterranean front as Rommel aims at the Suez and the Caucasus. The article argues Britain and the United States must defend routes via Ukraine and Turkey to curb Nazi advances and protect allied war aims. It also briefly reports on Joliet police catching two youths tied to a car theft and attempted flight toward a munitions plant.

London Churchill Rosevelt United States Mediterranean Britain Egypt Suez Canal Rommel Libyan Desert Hitler Russian Caucasus Middle East Timoshenko Red Front Ukraine Turkey Syria Russia Fuehrer Joliet, Ill N. J. Fornango U. S Vill H. McDonnell Chicago Kankakee

Flashes of Life Prized Customers Triplets Born in Urbana

Urbana Illinois milk man Guy Moore and his wife welcomed triplets all girls, fulfilling their wish for a baby girl. The Moore family, with a son already, celebrates the birth as a bright moment for the household.

Urbana Ill Guy Moore Moore

War spirit boosts Longview mill workers solidarity

In Cozy Longview Washington a dozen lumber mill workers rally to support the war effort declaring this war is everybody s funeral if we don t win it and pledge to save what they can for victory.

Longview Wash

Baldwin News Items Highlight Local Visits and Events

Wayne Dougherty of Eudora visits grandparents the Ackermans this week. Dr. Basil Mathews of Boston addresses at ministerial school in Buckhannon West Virginia. Judith Ellen Bennett born May 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bennett of West Plains New Jersey. Dr. William C. Hanson of Kansas City tours Baldwin en route to California. celebrates 25th wedding anniversary. Arden Booth reports directing a talent show during Pacific crossing to Hawaii. Bishop William C. Martin of Omaha speaks at Kansas conference school banquet. reception at Horns. Family reunion at the Black home with siblings Mildred Gladys and Donald Black. Car accident near Ottawa injures Mrs. Mosslander and Ruth Mosslander. Rev. G L Taylor assists. Fayetteville Ark visitors Mrs Gilliland and children stay with Wilder parents.

Wayne Dougherty Eudora George Ackerman Basil Mathews Boston Buckhannon W.va Mathews Howard T. Bennett West Plains Judith Ellen Baker Delta Zeta Sorority William C. Hanson Kansas City Baldwin California Hanson Arden Booth Harvey Booth Pacific Hawaii Arden Wren William C. Martin Omaha Kansas Conference School of O. E. Allison Lawrence Earl Black Mildred Black Chicago Gladys Black Los Angeles Donald Black Camp Hulen Tex Lieutenant Black Camp Davis S. C George Black J. W. Mosslander Ruth Mosslander Iola Ottawa Mosslander

Old Home Town and Various Local Happenings

The board of education bought land in South Lawrence for a proposed new high school site. A Red Cross meeting in Eudora drew over 150 attendees. Notables include E W Cross and T D Funk returning from Hutchinson meetings and Otto Barteldes' qualification in St Louis. The Rotary convention for 1918 will be in Kansas City. Miss Leila Thorne visits Eudora. Alexander Baldwin Mitchell and Edna Davis married in Junction City. Rolltop desk inventor C E Tyler died in Colorado Springs. Public notices include a special city council session on Carnegie library funding.

Board of Education South Lawrence Red Cross Eudora E. W. Cross T. D. Funk Association of Funeral Directors Hutchinson Otto Bartéldes Lawrence St. Louis Owen Carl H. T. Jones Herman Olcott C. E. Tyler Colorado Springs Colo S. O. Watson Topeka A. Palm Osage City J. C. Northup Stella Excelsior Springs Carrie Watson Judge Benson Ottawa L. S. Purcell Bismarck Charles Crowder Lake View Andrew Carnegie Laswrence A. L. Selig

Community Dinner Guests and Church Class Meeting

Local families from Barker Centropolis Baldwin Lawrence Worden and Wor den shared Sunday meals and afternoon visits with neighbors. The Worden church Sunday school class met at Orville Platz's home with many married couples in attendance.

Will Houser Verna Everett Beckner Barker Ralph Kline Ed Johanning W. H. Johanning Leonard Flory Centropolis Ezra Churchbangzh Fred Eggleston John Baldwin Philo Beck Luella Beck Harold Lawrence Robert Wohlgemuth Dwight Ed Randel Karl Niebrugge Bertha Niebrugge Emma. Griffith George Lester Schwartz Donald Joanne Wilbur Sawyer J. C. Breithaupt Roy Schwalm J. W. Breithaupt Worden Roy Barkley Homer Hobson Barkley No. 10 H. B Orville Platz

Hunter Dent Walks Free and Pursues a Clue

Hunter Dent is released on bond by Judge Elkins after a jail stay. He visits Sally Riker to learn what she saw the night of the bank stick‑up, believes Sam Doolittle is linked, and pieces together a theory that inside men in Red Ballard’s circle seized seventeen thousand dollars. Red later hints she knows who has the money.

Hunter Dent Sheriff Anderson Hunter Jhis Junior Sally Kiker Sally Sally Riker Sam Doolittle Sam Squire Doolittle Doolittle Mr. Dent Doolittles Mr. Doolittle Wewell Red Hank Temple

Marriages at Worden and Worden Evang Church

Two weddings mark Tuesday and Wednesday at Worden. Geneva Reynolds and Ralph Pohl wed in a garden flower decorated ceremony at Worden Evangelical church. Pauline Stoebner and Alvin Johanning also married at St John’s church with garden flowers and a two course dinner.

Worden Evangelical Church Geneva Reynolds George Reynolds Ralph Pohl Henry Pohl W. J. Deckinger Donald Bretthaupt Chester Gibson Ottawa Orville Pohl Baldwin High School Baldwin Telephone Office Pohl Ottawa High School Lyle Enwart Harry Flory St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church Worden Pauline Stoebner John Stoebner Alvin Johanning Anna Johanning Pearl BroOhammer Marie Hornberger Ernest Pohl Baldwin Walter Pohl Guy Deskins Worden Evangelical P. O. Hubenett Hilda Lee Hutchinson Mike Young Ethel Turner Lawrence Milo Embry St. Louis Oscar Turner Hibbard Taul Tom Miller Roy Gould Centropolis Frank Steen Laurine Bertha Knop Paul Koehler Edna Aurelia and Dudley Regina Steen Lyle Enyart Elmer Rappard Hallie Hale Will Peffly Walter Lindholm Duane Patricia Jack Thomas Jack Hamilton Dennis Thomson Fred Lynas Bethel Conrad Gastrock Naomi Walter Dyer

Radio Programs and Schedule Highlights Across Stations

Saturday Evening and Sunday listings show KMBC WDAF WREN and others broadcasting music plays news sports and variety programs. Notable items include Nova WuBOC Tile the Torelf er and Abie's Irish Rose plus Coast Guard Talk and Hotel Muehlebach Orchestra.

Wren KMBC Ritin WDAF Cavaliera Edward Tomlinson Israel Noah Webster Wren—Nova Wuboc Tile the Tolfér Musicana Free Shore Af—Church Page Ratec Guy Lombardo Orch Abie K.C Toledo KAMBC Hobby Lobby Kubc John Nat'l WWDAF Bill Stern Bob Ripley Ted Steele Frazier Hunt Brush Creek Follies Carmen Cavallero Coast Guard Ray Heatherton USC WDAIF Wren—Ikx Columbia Symphony Hollywood Church Cavaliers Army Hour A. Kostelanetz Joh Tompkins WDAFW Tommy Tibbett N.B.C John Freedom Tommy Dorsey Canterbury Edgar Bergen Walter Winchell Fred Allen WDA Gabriel Heatter U.S. Gov't WDAPF Clifton Utley Buddy Franklin Wdaf—Maritime Commission Alvino Rey Erskine Hawkins Jan Garber Carl Hoff Muehrebach Or United Press News A.P Slum Abner Jack Armstrong Kmlblg Fred Waring Treasury Belen Ortega World Today Blondale Hank Keene Ox Pop Cavalcade of America Voice of Firestone Columbus Freddie Martin Ord ICMBC Amos and Andy Ramona XMBC Les Brown H. V. Kaltenborn Guy Lombard Moonbeams Will Osborne Nell Bondshu Muehlebacher Press News A.P. News

Classified page readership among subscribers

A reader survey notes 76 percent of subscribers read the classified page daily, indicating strong engagement with ads and notices across the section.

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