Miners Split Over Work Fight Amid Nationwide Picketing
About half of the nation’s 521,000 miners were idle as roughly 445,000 Pennsylvania workers and more than 10,000 West Virginian miners stayed off the job. UMW leaders urged a return by Monday while locals in Uniontown and Bethlehem Steel districts voted to resume work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
U.M.W
West Virginia
Iti
U. S. Steel Corporation
Kentucky
Ilinois
Gary
U. S.teel
Clairton
William ‘Blizzard
District 17
Blizzard
War, Labor Board
Pennsylvnia
Gates and Palmer
The
C. Frick Coke Company
Uniontown
Michael’ Honus
Tephan Ezar
Gates
Washington
Ezar
Guus
Honus
Johnstown Democrat
Bethlehem Steel
Franklin Orough
Magnet Used in Brooklyn Boy’s Stomach Removal
A Brooklyn physician used a magnet to extract a one inch lock from the stomach of five year old Donald Brown after 13 days of swallowing it. Dr. Samuel Silber arranged for a specially magnetized tool supplied by General Electric with help from Roy C. Muir of Schenectady. The magnet guided through the stomach to the esophagus where Dr. Carl Kaplan retrieved the object at Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sloctors
Brooklyn
Donald Brown
Samuel Silber
Armature
M. L. Beyer
Inter‘National Postal Supply Company
General Electric Company
Roy.c. Muir
Schenectady
General Electric
Beyer
Siiber
Smith
Bov
Jewish Hospital of
Brooklyn. . S
Carl Kaplan
City Weed Notice Requires Lawn Maintenance on Affected Lots
The city council will weed and cut all lots or portions of land deemed necessary and will assess costs against property owners within the town for failure to cut. This action follows local ordinances and official notices recorded by Clerk Fisher.
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Fisher
Gitty
Washburn College Receives $163000 Gift for Scholarships
Topeka June 25 Washburn College trustees announce a 163500 gift from the estate of Mrs Lillian M Wiseman for a scholarship fund. A separate 80000 bequest from a local business family will be added later. Trustees will administer the funds.
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Topeka
Washburn College
Lillian M. Wiseman
Washburn Municipal University
V 12 Program to occupy KU fraternity houses July 1
About 500 V-12 men will report to the University of Kansas in uniform. They will sleep in seven fraternity houses including Kappa Sigma Delta Upsilon Phi Delta Theta Phi Gamma Beta Sigma Nu and Phi Psi and stay in Templin Scholarship Hall. The program offices will be in Frank Strong Hall rooms 218 and 220 formerly the school of business offices.
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University of
Kappa Sigma
Delta _U
Phi Delt
Phi Gam
Beta Sigma Nu
Phi Psi
Templin
Frank Strong
School of Business
Lawrence City Briefs Highlight Local Crime and Civic Notes
A mid aged woman swindled at Eldridge Coffee House by dining and leaving without paying. Supt Dean urges parents to book kindergarten tests for children born Sept 1943 to Jan 1944. A gold bracelet engraved Grace Boardman was found near University High School and returned to Lt. Pipes. Civil Air Patrol praised by a captain for flood relief efforts. City budget committee to meet tonight. A marriage license issued in Kansas City to Edwin Denham and Ruby Harris. Captain and Mrs. Humphrey plan relocation to Southern California for health. Milk and Ice Cream Company served State Guard after flood threat. Naturalization day noted for J B Harris. Service members moved from Haskell picnic by local transit fleets. Western Union line relocation near Linwood underway. Minor auto collision on Massachusetts Street. Bus schedules and pool pickup listed.
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Haskell
Rapid
Transit Company
Santa Fe Trailways
Kansas University
City
Couty
Hall Bros
Joe Wilson
Bomb Raids Reach Peak of Violence
Allied air actions report heavy losses as 33 RAF bombers go missing in a six day total of 135. In Italy Mussolini orders a purge, while Soviet troops advance near Belgorod and Kharkov. MacArthur and allied forces strike Sala maua and other Pacific targets as battles rattle across Europe and Asia.
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RAF
Elberfeld
R.A.F
Adolf
Hitler
Ruhr
Italy
Mussolini
Bern
Russia
Belgorod
Kharkov Front
Pacific
MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
Burma
Chindwin River
Middle East
North Africa
Catania
Sicily
Chilivania
Venafiorita
Golfo Aranci
Capoterra
Sardinia
Bizerte
Salonika
U. S
Balkans
Sull
Red Army
Kharkov
Coal Strike Deadlock Deepens As WLB Pushes Signatures
The War Labor Board maintains the dispute is resolved directing 521,000 strikers to accept terms near the 1941-42 contract with minor concessions. Interior Secretary Ickes plans a conference with mine operators while Byrnes may seek White House support. Ickes warns of possible fuel rationing if coal production remains cut.
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Lewis
WLB
Ickes
White House
James F. Byrnes
Will Stand Trial in Kansas Theft of Government Property
Timmerman, 59, a farmer near De Soto, arraigned in Kansas City Kansas on a federal theft charge for allegedly stealing 4,000 feet of government lumber. Indicted June 4 by a grand jury, he pleaded not guilty before Judge Richard J. Hopkins.
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Rollo
Timmerman
DeSoto
Kansas City
Kan
Richard J.hopkins
Federal District Court
Senate Overrules Veto On Strike Bill War Labor Control
Senate votes to override President's veto on a war industry strike control bill. He objected to mandatory secret ballots and strike notices for plants, arguing it would provoke unrest and undermine labor pledges. Debates focused on using the draft as leverage against strikes in war sectors.
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War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Capitol
Congress
Senate
House
Service members and families note from Camp Walters visit and transfers
Armed Forces First Lieut Richard A Barber arrives at Camp Walters to visit his parents. Pfc Clifton E Barber, air forces band member in San Bernardino, visits family. Trumpet player Clinton Barber, ex Warner Brothers studio musician, recently enlisted. Several others transfer or report for duty at Camp Perry Camp Endacott Davisville Camp Hood Camp Swift Jacksonville and More.
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Richard A. Barber
Camp Walters
Tex
J. W. Barber
Pfc
Clifton’ E. Barber
Army Air Forces Band
San Bernardino
Calif
Clinton Barber
Army
Warner Brothers Studio Band
Hollywood
Laurence Rice
The
Seabees
Camp Perry
Williamsburg
Camp.Endacott
Davisville
R.I
Health officials monitor scarlet fever case at Cedar Point plant
County health director Dr H L C reports a girl plant worker with scarlet fever was taken to her home at Cedar Point. Close contact among workers prompts ongoing checks by SOW health service and county unit. Nurse Ethel P Lynn will run nightly clinic at 7 in city hall basement. Miss Mary McCracken left for Allen Nebraska to visit aunt Mrs Edwin Andrews in her nineties.
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H. L. C Babe
Health Department
Cedar Point
SOW Health Service
Seleee
Chambers
Ethel ‘P
Lynn
Mary McCracken
Allen, Neb
Edwin Andrews
War Meat Committee Formed in Douglas County
The Douglas County War Board created a War Meat committee to lead the county meat program. George R. Frazier chairs the group with members including Harvey Booth Roger Williams George Beal W R West Charlies Holmes Henry Bell Mrs LeaRoy Hurley and county superintendent of schools. The panel will oversee slaughter permits and anti black market measures and plan public education through the press and meetings.
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Douglas County
Usda War Board
War Board
George R. Frazier
The
Lawrence Egg and Poultry Company
Harvey Booth
Baldwin
Roger Williams
George Beal
W.R. West
Charlies Holmes
War Price and Rationing Board
Henry Bell
LeaRoy Hurley
County War Board
Harry Swope
AAA
L. H. Phillips
David Noe
Fire Marshal Tours Kansas Cities for Fourth of July Fireworks
State Fire Marshal Fred A. Werbe and deputy Walter McClanahan toured Lawrence to inspect dealer stocks for illegal fireworks ahead of the Fourth. Lawrence allows legal fireworks July 1 through July 5, while state law restricts retail sales to certain dates. Werbe aims to halt dangerous types and has already found bomb-type fireworks in stock elsewhere, promising confiscation or return to manufacturers.
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Lawrence
Fred A. Werbe
Walter McClanahan
Marshal Werbe
Kansas Cities
Kansas
Werbe
Paul Sigels
Salomey Groundhog Donated to Topeka Zoo
Salomey the groundhog, famed from Groundhog Day coverage, has been donated to the Gage Park Zoo in Topeka. Mrs Montell warns keeping the pet confined is challenging, noting it repeatedly escaped through heavy mesh.
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Groundhog
Gage Park Zoo
Gage Park
Topeka
Journal-World
Kansas ,Fish and Game Magazine
Montell
Salomey
R. L. Montell
Card of Thanks for flower gifts after sorrow
We express our gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and floral offerings during our hour of sorrow. Signed by Mrs Anna Wilsy and children.
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Anna
Wilsy and
Childen
Wind scatters 35 bills in Mile High gust
Wallace Grover Jr delivery man at 303 West Thirteenth street reports a gust blew five-dollar bills from his hand this afternoon. He left the First National Bank around 2:30 pm and about $105 was recovered, leaving $25 missing. Grover asks for the finder to return the money.
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Wallace Grover, Jr
West Thirteenth Street
Grover
National Bank
Local Notes From Villa Eden Over Several Weekdays
Idaho based Jack Davidson reports he is well after quarantine for measles ended. Mrs. May Hughey enjoys mountain and desert trips and visiting a brother in San Diego. Families from Lawrence and Kansas City visit relatives and attend a 4 H club meeting at Frank Pettengill home as a storm brings high wind and lightning.
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Jack Davidson
Idaho
May Hughey
San Diego
Merlin Brock
Kansas City
Vincent Schoenhofer
William Torpeden, Jr
Claude Henson
Lawrence
Omar Browning
Victor
Charles Davidson
Orville
Hughey
Mackey
Miss Holliday
Lloyd Douglas
William Torneden
Hadl
Alfred Torneden
Beverly, Douglas
Russell Stewart
William Tornedence
Ollie Atte Pury
Peggy
Lawrenes
W. Brock
Poe
Local notes list visits and club activities
A neighborhood report notes an air current or storm damaging shingles on small buildings and the Frank Godfrey house while Mrs. Maurice Heywood and baby visited the Charles Davidson home. Sgt Elmer Zimmerli visits from California. The Happy Hour club met at Mrs. Marie Hallenbeck with hostess Mrs Florence Vitt unable to attend due to high water. Seventeen men and three guests answered roll call about the flag. Guests included Mrs Hogee of Kent Mrs Bertha Wise and Mrs Frank Henik and son of Kansas City. No meeting in July.
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Frank Godfrey
Maurice Heywood
Baby
Charles Davidson
Elmer Zimmerli
California
Happy Hour Club
Marie Hallenbeck
Florence Vitt
Hogee
Kent
Bertha Wise
Frank Henik
Kansas City
Livestock and Farm Equipment Sold Through Journal-World Ads
Trainloads of livestock and used farm implements were sold through Journal-World classified ads. The listings indicate active buying and selling of agricultural goods, reflecting a bustling rural market through the newspaper’s classifieds.
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Journal-World
In loving memory of Gene Rexroad three years gone
A family memorial for Gene Rexroad recalling his passing three years ago. Mom Dad Mary Kay and Natalie express enduring love and remembrance with a hopeful prayer for sleep and rest.
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Gene Rexroad
Mom
Dad
Mary Kay
Natalie
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Clifford D
Kinder-Garten
G. E. Pipes
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Ways and Means
Edwin S. Denham
Ruby Duff Harris
Saginaw, Mich
George F. Humphrey
Barker Avenue
Souther
Humphrey
Wadsworth
Lawrence Sanitary
State Guard
Arte Hugh Means
J. B. Harris
Safeway Grocery Store
Western Union
Linwood
LeRoy Rowland
Earl Rogers
Elm Street
Massachusetts Street
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Armers
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Fraternal Order of Hagles
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Ring & Prospect
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K. Petefish
Celticus O
Andrew Schoeppel
Columbus Army Service Forces Depot
Columbus
Cpl
Joseph Votaw
Camp Hood,Tex
George J. Votaw
Budora
Ross Fisher
Sioux Falls
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Air Corps Radio
Harold Fisher
John W. Martin
Ruth W. Martin
Rhode Island Street
Naval Air Training Center
Corpus Christi
U. S. Naval Reserve
University of Kansas
Delta Chi Fraternity
Harold Clark
Ricketts
Louisiana
Camp Swift
Charles D. Stough
USNR
Jacksonville
Fla
William J. Dill
W.A. Dill
Ohio Street
Dill
K. VU
Ft. Leonard Wood
Robert J. Busby
Battal Louisiana
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Richard D. Schrader
E. E. Schrader
Mississippi Street
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
John R. Miller
On Caroline State College
Raleigh, N
St. Petersburg
Pvt
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Fred Stubeck
Ed Fr Field
Colo
Carl H.seiwald
Has .Com
Chevrolet Motor Division
Detroit
Mich
Mexico City
J. F. Baker
Fred A. Bremer
Pamemes Sure Exchange
Villa Eden
John C. Emick
Atak Sea
Rosemary Lane
Patric Knowles
Evelyn Ankers
Neil Hamilton
Grant- Mitchell
Louise Beavers
Loumell Morgan
Ben Varsity
Ashese
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