Parliament Scalp Hunt After North African Defeat
The House of Commons vented anger at Britain’s war leadership after a Libya setback. Attlee warned events turned against ministers as calls grew to oust Churchill, with critics citing Churchill’s role in war direction. Attlee cited Allied losses and Tobruk convoy fuel delays amid fuel and supply struggles.
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London
House of Commons
Clement Attlee
Churchill
John Wardlaw-Milne
Attlee
Sir John
Commons
Claude Auchinleck
Eighth Army
Malaya
Burma
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Malta
Farming Country All Changed Now at SOW Construction Site
The article describes rapid development at the 9000 acre SOW site near University of Kansas with Lawrence workers and KU professors drafting plans. Heavy equipment, stone quarrying, rail ties and large water mains fill the area as roads, buildings, and utilities push toward quick operation.
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Lawrence
K. U.’s Memorial Stadium
K. U
Lawrence Business College
Hitler's Final Throw and Allied Resolve at Rally
At a Madison Square Garden rally, Hopkins and Soviet ambassador Litvinov discussed Allied strategy. Roosevelt hinted aid to Russia and multiple fronts as Japan and Germany faced mounting defeats from American air power and Allied forces.
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Russia
Hopkins
Hitler
White House
War Production Board
Anglo-American Munitions Assignment Board
Mr. Roosevelt
M. M. Litvindo
United States
Madison Square Garden
TO TAX FREIGHT SHIPMENTS
Washington June 23 The house ways and means committee agreed to tax freight and express shipments at 5 percent and include contract carriers alongside common carriers. The $6 64 billion revenue bill will not include special provisions for debt strapped corporations or insurance premium deductions. Contract carriers remain undefined but may cover interstate trucking firms with exclusive merchant contracts.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Postwar Credit Proposal for Corporations Considered
Washington reports tentative agreement on a postwar credit for corporations equal to 14 percent of income taxed under the excess profits rate of 94 percent. The proposal aims to ease tax burdens as the country transitions from war.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pre School Immunization Clinics Across City Schools
Immunization clinics for pre school children begin tomorrow under Miss Electa Kindlesperger and Dr H L Chambers. Clinics run mornings on June 24 25 26 29 30 at Cordley Pinckney Woodlawn Lincoln New York McAllaster with diphtheria and smallpox vaccinations.
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Electa Kindlesperger
H. L. Chambers
Recreation Council
Cordley
Pinckney
Woodlawn
Lincoln
New York
McAllaster
Massachusetts Street
Thirteenth Street
New York School
Thirteenth
Seventeenth Streets
McAllaster School
Seventeenth
Cordley School
Pinckney School
Eleventh
Fifteenth Streets
Massachusetts
Louisiana Street
Ellis Sells Lawrence Men's Store After 44 Years in Trade
W C Ellis veteran Lawrence merchant and former mayor sells his 933 Massachusetts store to Kansas City buyers F W Yeager and H Defowitz. Stock will be cleared in a storewide sale. Ellis, in retail since 1900, leaves after 44 years mostly in the 900 block, with 1919 onward in mens furnishings. Dwight Yates, his son in law, joined army officers training prompting the sale.
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W. C. Ellis
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Kansas City
Ellis
FE. Elill
Dwight Yates
F. W. Yeager
H. Defowitz
Cost of clothing for WAACs disclosed by House committee
Washington June 23. The army’s auxiliary corps will receive an initial clothing allowance of 184.91 dollars and a maintenance allowance of 70.77 dollars. A glove item of 10 dollars drew criticism from Representative Mahon who questioned its need outside Alaska. Major General E B Gregory of the quartermaster corps said only a limited number would be provided. The figures came from the House appropriations committee in a 1943 army funding bill.
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Washington
Sam
E. B. Gregory
The
Quartermaster Corps Assu
House Appropriations Committee
War Industries Commission to Meet in Lawrence
The war industries commission of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will meet tomorrow at 12:30 at the Hotel Eldridge. Dean Frank T. Stockton serves as chairman. A new shorthand and typewriting class will be organized at the Business College starting July 1.
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The
Business College
Giant Army Bill Is Before House
Testimony outlines a $4,500,000 bill due in 12 months and stresses planning for maximum manpower, production, and shipping to avoid delays. The committee notes rubber conservation is critical and urges reduced car use for nonessential needs. General Arnold predicts unprecedented air force expansion in 1942 with ready facilities and materials, while Maj. Gen. Echols reports high altitude craft and heavier armament development and global spare part depots.
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Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Air Force
C. P. Echols
Army Air Corps
Army
Arnold
Echols
Waste in War Policy Blames Public Funds Misuse
A wartime committee report denounces millions in public funds wasted through ill prepared contracts and demand for tighter oversight. It criticizes new boards and outdated purchasing methods while praising progress in aviation production and self sealing tanks. It cites friction with the air corps and RCA over procurement and stockpiles.
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Air Corps
Congress
Jesse Jones
R.F.C
Rubber Reserve Company
Jones
Maritime Commission
War Department
Europe
Revised tire rules in Wichita for war workers
Wichita Kansas June 28 details of revised regulations for second grade new tires issued for war workers were outlined by OPA Director H C Davis. Firms with more than 100 workers will be eligible to purchase tires July 15. Workers must obtain a plant committee statement approving tire use and maximizing transport efficiency. An amended order allows certain executives and staff in small plants to receive recapped tires while others still qualify only for recapping.
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Wichita
Kan
OPA
H. C. Davis
Davis
Junior Red Cross Drops Paper Drive to Summer Campaign
The Junior Red Cross extends its conservation work through summer with a new district sponsored program. Children will house to house collect newspapers and magazines every two weeks to support Junior Red Cross projects. Mrs. R. E. Learned handles Pinckney district calls and coordinates with Pinckney Cub Scouts for pickup. In New York district, girls including Billie Katherine Hahn and Vera McKelvey make scrapbooks from magazines before selling the waste paper.
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Junior Red Cross
John Stutz
R. E. Learned
Pinckney
Red Cross
Pinckney Cub Scouts
New York
Billie Katherine Hahn
Virginia McKelvey
Betty Dockery
Barbara Corel
Donna Corel
Vera McKelvey
Inventory limits lifted on slow moving building materials
The War Production Board removed inventory reporting for a broad list of slow moving non critical building materials. Dealers with stock no longer must file records under the inventory limitation order though they still follow basic priority rules for a minimal working inventory. Included items cover Portland and natural cement lime gypsum gypsum products roofing materials concrete pipe cut stone sand gravel crushed stone clay products insulation board acoustical materials mineral wool paving materials concrete products brass lumber wooden millwork.
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Washington
War Production Board
Portland
Navy dental corps lieutenant to report for duty in July
Dr. Ted Kennedy has been commissioned as a lieutenant in the navy dental corps and will report for active duty on July 20 in San Diego. His wife and son Franklin will accompany him and they will reside there for the present. He has worked with his father Dr. A. R. Kennedy.
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Ted Kennedy
Navy Dental Corps
San Diego
Franklin
Kennedy
A. R. Kennedy
Deaths and Funerals Godlip Oehrle
Godlip Oehrle 79 of Douglas county died last evening at his home near the Globe store. He was born October 2, 1862 near the Globe store. Survived by wife and three daughters Mrs Roy Dodder Mrs John Brecheisen and Mrs Charles Rappard all of Overbrook. Funeral Thursday afternoon at 2130 from Overbrook Methodist church with Rev. L B Pruitt in charge. Burial in Overbrook cemetery.
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Godlip Oehrle Godlip Oehrle
Douglas County
Globe Store
Roy Dodder
John Brecheisen
Charles Rappard
Overbrook
Overbrook Methodist Church
L. B. Pruitt
Overbrook Cemetery
Law srace Business College Announces New Classes
The Law srace Business College invites applicants to enroll in new classes starting July 1. The program offers updated courses across business law, accounting, and management with flexible schedules for working students.
Faculty Concert at Hoch Auditorium Features Wilkins and Hill
The university school for fine arts presents its sole summer concert in Hoch auditorium at 8 p.m. with Marie Wilkins as assisting artist and Winifred Hill as accompanist. The varied program includes organ pieces, piano ensembles, vocal duets, a violin ensemble, and a string quintet, featuring works by Widor Arensky Offenbach Bach Dohnanyi and others.
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University School For Fine Arts
Hoch Auditorium
Marie Wilkins
Winifred Hill
Widor Ye
Bach Waldemar Gelich
Karl Euersteiner
Ruth Orcutt
U S Army Bombers Aid Egyptian Defense in June Raid
Cairo reports U S Army bombers joined RAF forces in a heavy raid targeting Benghazi and Libyan supply bases. The operation aimed to hinder German Italian advances toward Egypt as RAF and US aircraft patrol and strike enemy transport and airfields.
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Cairo
United States Army
Egypt
Libya
Eighth Army
Tobruk
U. S
R.A.F
Royal Air Force
Sidi Azeiz
Victory theater opens in Eudora with opening program
Commonwealth Theaters of Kansas City brings the Victory theater to Eudora converting the old Eudora Hardware building. Fred Lawn arrives from Macon to manage. The house offers three weekly program changes, two weekday shows, two Sunday matinees, and a 7 30 opening. The initial feature is Male Animal with Range Riders of WREN Ted West Slim Ward and Nellie Brown.
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Victory Theater
Eudora
Eudora Hardware and Implement Company
Commonwealth Theaters of
Kansas City
Lawrence Theaters
Fred Lawn
Macon
Victory
Wren
Ted West
Slim Ward
Nellie Brown
Oatman Leads Trans-Miss Medalist Race With 72
Glenn Oatman former Missouri and Kansas amateur golf champion shot 36 and 36 for a one under par 72 to take an early lead in the transMississippi medalist competition at Kansas City.
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Early Oatman
Kansas City
Glenn Oatman
Missouri
Kansas
FLY FREIGHT TO CHINA DURING MONSOON
New Delhi June 23 The flying freighters of the United States Ferry Command move medium and heavy bombers fighters gasoline spare engines and parts from India to China. The planes will continue the run throughout the monsoon though regular air lines suspend operations in this period.
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New Delhi
India
United States Ferry Command
Chiang Kai-shek
Chines
Burma
China
Ferry Command
Lawrence Yards Promote Building Without Permits
Five Lawrence lumber yards launched a campaign to inform residents about how much building and remodeling can occur without permits or government authorization. The ad notes liberal provisions for new construction, maintenance, and repairs, clarifying limits of up to 1000 dollars for farm buildings and 500 dollars for home remodeling and new residential construction.
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Lawrence
Journal-World
Ford opposes federal housing near Willow Run plant
Detroit June 23 Ford Motor company plans to fight the federal public housing authority plan to erect a permanent bomber city for workers at the Willow Run plant near Ypsilanti Michigan. Spokesman Harry Bennett said the company will use a very legal method and cited a letter to Col. F Charles Starr FPHA representative denying a request to permit construction.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Federal Public Housing Authority
Ford
Willow Run housing project faces opposition and debate
The article notes surveys to enter property owned by him and his vow to fight the housing project as unnecessary and extravagant. It mentions about 100,000 workers planned for the plant and opponents arguing nearby Michigan communities already have sufficient surplus housing to meet workers' needs.
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Eral
Michigan
Willow Run
Liquor transport defendants jailed in Kansas dry law case
Federal Judge George H. Moore said Kansas voters had chosen prohibition for 50 years and appeared to want it, as two men were sentenced to jail for attempting to move liquor into the state.
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St. Louis
George H. Moore
Kansas
Hillion
Frances Boerkircher Weds Bernard Vohn In Washington Creek
Frances Boerkircher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Boerkircher, marries Bernard Vohn of Leonard Wood on Saturday evening. Mrs. Elva M. Craik and Dr. David H. Hoover of Urbana IL wed Sunday morning. Dr. Hoover is economics professor at the University of Urbana, and the couple will live there.
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Carl Boerkircher
Frances
Bernard Vohn
Leonard Wood
University
Urbana
Hoover
C. P. Aliller
Charles KE. Haas
Independence Co
Frank Haas
Dc. P. Miller
J. C. Miller
Enterprise
Glenn Schwartz
Worden
Lioyd Simon
la Pier
Dorothy Waetzilg
Topeka
Miss Hoover
The
Western Union
Lawrence
Vera Postma
Lila McMillan
Lone Star
Learn to be a competometer operator at the business college
A brief note states instruction on becoming a competometer operator at the business college. It emphasizes practical training and certification steps.
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The
Business College
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