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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1942
Page
2
The Office of Price Administration sets price ceilings for consumer services effective July 1, limiting shoe shines auto repairs piano tuning funerals and other services to the March high. About 1,000,000 establishments nationwide affected. exemptions include professional services such as physicians dentists lawyers and barbers.
The office of price administration explains that ceilings apply to each service establishment based on March 1942 prices, with variances by shop. Licenses are automatic for sellers, and noncompliance can lead to license suspension up to 12 months.
In Mexico City on June 24 41 the Mexican senate seeks explanations from a special committee about why Fernando Ortiz Rubio, accused of killing a state governor, has not faced trial and why he was allowed to leave jail to serenade the governor’s widow.
On the Kharkov front the Red army reports their troops pressed back to new positions as Von Bock's offensive drives in the Izyum Barvenkova sector. German forces claim to have destroyed 13 Soviet tanks in a fierce engagement and claim 11 000 prisoners taken June 7 to 22. Allied and axis naval actions are noted with submarine sinkings and Caribbean casualties, while RAF bombers are constrained by weather.
The Dies committee says purge lists target congressional members to discredit the legislative branch and erase Congress. It singles out Time PM New Republic Daily Worker New Masses and the Union for Democratic Action as aiding the attack, while Dr. Frank Kingdon defends the group as not a communist front.
More than 8,000 delegates from 25 nations attend Rotary International's 33rd annual convention at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Fernando Carbajal of Lima, Peru, is installed as president for 1942-43, succeeding Tom J. Davis of Butte, Montana, as Rufus S. Chapin of Chicago is reelected treasurer.
Kansas City June 24 Cor poral Joe Louis Barrow the heavyweight boxing champion was overcome by an acute case of stage fright during a brief stop en route to join the cavalry at Ft Riley Kan He greeted about 50 negro boxing fans but could not find words to thank them He said he had almost forgotten the Conn bout and doubted the army would let him fight soon A crowd of negro girls watched but kept distance while Louis in uniform stood with hands in pockets and dodged questions about horses and a possible return fight with Billy Conn.
The senate agriculture committee approved a bill to create a Rubber Supply Agency with power to expand synthetic rubber from agriculture and forest products. A president appointed director would ensure rapid availability of adequate rubber to meet military and civilian needs alongside other agencies.
The Senate Appropriations Committee refused to provide 80.8 million dollars for CCC operations, voting 15 to 9 to cut the funds. The action follows a prior House move, signaling another setback for CCC continuation.
President Roosevelt signed a supplemental appropriation to fund the Navy for building 500000 tons of auxiliary vessels. The measure provides 655074740 dollars for ten ders tankers and service ships.
A marriage license was issued yesterday to John C. Boblet of Lawrence and Goldie M. Buskirk of Topeka.
A sharply split Washington committee vows to continue an investigation into war department contracts amid charges of waste. The majority urges tighter accounting, reduced red tape, and stronger contractor controls, while minority members complain they were not given time to read the report.
Two teens Roger Martin and Robert Bettisworth reached a dock in Little Rock after paddling from Coffeyville Kansas to New Orleans, completing a river journey begun June 12. Their canvas canoe sprang a leak on a floating tree but they bailed and paddled 40 miles to safety. Martin is a Sea Scout and Bettisworth an Eagle Scout. They plan to sell the canoe and hitchhike home after reaching New Orleans.
Kansas retailers must send their cost of living ceiling price statements to the nearest war price and rationing board by July 1. H O Davis urges any retailer unsure of the board location to contact city or county authorities or the state OPA office for guidance.
Topeka merchants announce a July war bond and stamp sales contest challenging any town of 75 000 population. D E Blacksome leads the local committee and vows to face all comers in a drive beginning June 30 with a mass meeting before stores open at 10 a m.
A sitdown strike by about 60 CIO mill room workers today at General Tire and Rubber in Akron Ohio halted work in the tire and tubes division. The action left 500 workers idle, as 25 reinstated alien employees were involved in the stoppage at the war production plant.
The House Ways and Means Committee votes to raise third class postage for periodicals and advertising to cover handling costs. Second class newspapers face a $78 million annual deficit. committee asks for reports before any rate increase. Proposals include higher duties on photographic equipment and exemptions for goods sent to Axis prisoners and American prisoners in Axis lands. Protests grow over postwar refunds and a 5 percent tax on state and express transport. Debates cap by night, with floor action targeted for July.
Washington reports a Senate agriculture subcommittee heard Dr. O P Sweeney of Iowa State College argue the nation has enough raw materials to produce elastic for military needs. He urged converting grain alcohol to rubber, predicting rapid, year end production to meet war demands and deeming grain a cheaper path than petroleum.
Lawrence announces summer water rates with new base charges set by six month usage. Bills from June readings arrive around July 1 and August 1 marks the start of the summer rates. The city notes continued customer growth, adding 29 new accounts this month.
The Senate irrigation committee approved legislation S 2604 authorizing Colorado Kansas and Nebraska to negotiate a new compact for dividing the Republican River waters with a deadline of June 1 1945 for negotiations. A prior pact received a Roosevelt veto over a non navigability provision.
William Henry Edwards, 62, a river village resident inside Wichita, pulled about a ton of old truck tires from the Arkansas river with a heavy 20 foot rod and spike, discovering a submerged school of tire casings.
New York stocks drift narrowly as leaders. bonds uneven and rails lag. Cotton eases on liquidation and local selling. Chicago Wheat closes slightly higher on short covering. Hogs steady with slow trade. cattle and beef ceilings influence prices. Kansas City reports steady bids with ranges across hogs and cattle categories.
Dr. Henry Smith Leiper of the World Council of Churches says spiritual contact remains between Congregational churchmen in Germany England and the United States despite the war. He notes this was not true in WWI. The council, despite opposition from about a quarter of delegates, voted to support the nation’s war effort at any cost.
Estimated livestock receipts list 1,500 cattle 300 calves 2,500 hogs and 4,000 sheep for tomorrow.
Lawrenc e County Treasurer Roy Flory received a 1.94 dollar check drawn on First National Bank. The counter check was typed but unsigned and no return address was on the envelope. Patrolman Pryor is to join highway 10 patrol duties between here and Kansas City. A boy at the station led in a fox terrier with old shoes and rubber heels, which were discarded with scrap pile metal weighing 6 000 to 7 000 pounds.
Hogs closed steady with others unchanged. Cattle watch: good to choice heifers 25 points weaker. Colorado heifers 13.40. Sheep show spring lambs steady to strong. top native spring lambs 15.25, typical shipments 15.00 to 15.25, clipped lambs 11.50 to 11.85, slaughter ewes 5.75.
Charles E. Price died at his Tujunga home and will be buried in Lawrence after arrangements are announced. Infant William Thomas Corcoran Jr. was buried at Mt Calvary cemetery after graveside services in Kansas City following his birth yesterday to Mr and Mrs Corcoran.
Kansas City market report shows wheat prices with several grades listed, including No 2 dark hard and No 3 nom., with cents per bushel changes. Corn oats and other grains report varied bids, while milk and eggs futures index data appear alongside miscellaneous farm commodities.
Chicago grain traders noted fractional declines in wheat due to war news and pending congress bills affecting grains. Cash wheat receipts stayed above last week’s arrivals but below last year’s level, reflecting slow new crop movement and hedging activity.
The Office of War Information said foreign radio broadcasts show Japan is systematically looting occupied areas and forcing its culture and economic controls on subjugated peoples.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson lifted the ceiling on government purchases for immediate delivery of any commodity in cases of emergency need. The action broadens government buying power to secure essential supplies without ceiling constraints.
London reports that Oliver Lyttleton said the United States now leads in war production, surpassing Britain by about 40 to 50 days, altering expected timelines for Allied material output.
Priorities clinic for area manufacturers using over 35000 worth of critical materials each quarter will be held in Wichita on Friday.
Eleven men from the University School of Law completed the three day state bar examination in Topeka. Those who passed will be allowed to practice law in Kansas. Students who failed may retake the test at a later date.
Weather improved harvest prospects for rye in key districts while wheat and corn futures posted small gains from late short covering. Wheat July 1.1354, September 1.31, corn up fractionally, oats and rye mixed, soybeans up about 1.1 percent. Open futures volumes show wheat 33,919,000 bushels, corn 61,246,000, soybeans 3,983,000. In New York stocks little changed with oils and industrials retreating, coppers and some aircrafts stronger, motors steady.
Mrs A B Weaver left Monday to attend the national Kappa Kappa Gamma convention as a delegate from the Lawrence alumnae chapter. The event will be at the Seignior club near Montreal. She will join A D Weaver in New London after visiting the summer home.
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