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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1943
Page
4
A proverb refines guidance on wisdom as a fountain of life that helps one avoid deadly snares and danger.
The Solution. Labor leaders oppose the anti-strike bill yet acknowledge a mandate from the people. William Green, AFL president, said the group will work to make the law unnecessary and urged strict observance to ensure uninterrupted production and high wages, serving national interests.
The Immediate Issue Two reports Congress rebuffed attempts to extend the presidential term and end its stance on war production. It extended action against the strike weapon while opposing a broad subsidy system to keep prices down and grow the national debt. Public sentiment backed restraint and production free from recent controls, signaling hope for broader economic reforms and rejection of policies tied to lower production.
Report from Norway notes growing reluctance of submarine crews to venture at sea. Allegations of mutinous conduct and imprisonment in Norway emerge as historians warn a morale breakdown echoes the first world war where ves sels sent out failed to return.
Allied statements align with Norwegian reports that submarine losses are shrinking and anti submarine operations have grown more successful in recent months.
The May 10 Supreme Court decision gives the Federal Communications Commission authority to control how traffic on radio wires is formed. Justice Frankfurter states the act requires the commission to determine traffic composition, while Justice Murphy dissents, warning the move exceeds Congress's grant and risks free expression. The ruling, amid wartime concern, sparks debate over potential speech restrictions.
A machinist mate class from the Naval Training school at the University graduated on Saturday and almost every outgoing train carried detachments of the graduates toward active duty. The lads had shown quality in serving the community during the flood emergency and now the town offers its best wishes as they move to defend the country.
Scattered Japanese squads on Attu still flee and are hunted as American bombing squadrons strike around Kiska whenever weather allows. The text notes the Japanese cannot match American forces on the Aleutian war front, showing the tightening U S pressure and deteriorating Japanese defense.
A possible reduction in the state property tax levy is noted due to higher revenue from the state income tax. The levy remains the smallest item on the taxpayer’s receipt, and any cut would be welcomed despite some surprise.
Heavy bombing of Messina Sicily links to the Italian mainland. The Axis expects Allied action soon but cannot be sure if Sicily will be the target.
Harald D. Smith, a Kansas-born director to the federal budget, purchased a 280 acre Virginia farm to test his theories of scientific management. The piece ends with a wry note hoping he has someone to do the farming.
Manhattan Kansas June 28. The extension farm labor committee reports a likely large state wheat yield and 325 Beloit residents have signed up for harvest work starting tomorrow morning. Stores may close or run skeleton crews. 800 more workers are needed near Beloit Concordia and Russell to save the crop. Mitchell county yields expected among the state’s best. Dodge City yield reported below expectations.
New York reports Mrs. Julia Kiene manager of the Westinghouse Home Economics Institute Mansfield Ohio won the 1942 Josephine Snapp Award from the Chicago Advertising Women’s Club at the Advertising Federation of America conference at the Waldorf Astoria. Her War Plant Nutrition program Health for Victory operates at the Mansfield plant and has spread to 1116 industrial sites nationwide. Kiene, Kansas native and Kansas State College graduate, previously taught home economics and served as a Capper’s Farmer editor.
Citizens endure a tenth straight day of extreme heat with 109 degrees reported in Salina and 98 in Lawrence at 3 PM. Social notes mention bride to be Florence Edmonds, upcoming parties, and local engagements. Police court sees about 25 violators, weather bureau notes harvests nearly finished in eastern Kansas.
Twenty five years ago the threshing season began on the Frank Blechel farm in the Kaw Valley district. Seventy seven selected men will depart tomorrow at 7 40 PM by Union Pacific for Camp Funston. Mrs Louise W Gephart reports her son Capt Gephart of the Sanitary Corps has arrived in England. Lieut Charles Topping has arrived safely overseas per a cable to his father J R Topping. Mrs Levi Silvis and Miss Naomi Stewart plan a shower this evening for Aga Man Stackwall.
Forty years ago the Scott ferry cable broke at 1 30 leaving a crowded boat to drift downstream. No one was hurt though soaked. Local news notes include a high school planned for September, boat and government ferry cable incidents, and local visits to Kansas City Overbrook Pratt and North Lawrence.
A reader’s Letter to the Editor blasts wartime bread slicing control and home front complaints, praising hardy pioneers and recalling a front line miner’s courage. The piece argues for resilience and criticizes belated shifts in policy as Japan’s rise reshapes strategy. Liquor case notes close with several fines.
Max Hill reports W J Haley warns in The War Today column that Britain knows a direct path to Tokyo is unlikely and Churchill calls for Tokyo to fall like Berlin and Rome. He urges America to awaken to the Pacific crisis and unjust complacency among eastern and midwestern readers.
Police reported the theft of four fishing reels valued at about $20 and a dozen golf balls from the Miller and Malott store. The apparent incident occurred around the noon hour Saturday afternoon.
Baldwin residents share weekend visits with relatives in Kansas City Lawrence and Emporia. Ella Bradford takes a government radio post in Washington and weddings in Fillmore Mo. hold local interest. Hospital, caravan youth work, and property sales mark a busy period.
Paul Seaton, longtime De Soto grade school principal, faces induction in August. Community notes celebrate birthdays, farm improvements including a 16 by 40 concrete silo by attorney HE McVey, cherry harvest shortages, a stray hog rescued from Kaw bottom, and visits by relatives from Kansas City and Sioux Falls. Local clubs pause until September, others host relatives and share family events across De Soto and nearby areas.
County Engineer Max Engle reports more than 70 bridges damaged by floods in Jefferson county. The Marks bridge between Valley Falls and Half Mound on the Delaware was among the largest washed out, with the heaviest damage along the Delaware from north to south. Pvt Harley Hatch at Fort Leavenworth reception center reports a forthcoming appendicitis checkup.
In a tense confrontation Deputy Sam Shaw arrests Mrs Michael Kraik for the killings of Derek Grady and Margaret Reilly. The investigation reveals alleged complicity by Mattison, Connie, and others as evidence points to a complex motive and staged escape.
The article lists Jefferson county men accepted at the Leavenworth induction center and due to report June 30 including Donald M. Robertson Benjamin L. Hope William R. Cory Walter K. Robinson William A. Kern LeRoy Hatch Alfred T. Roberts and Leland Smalley. It also notes Leland Smalley visiting Seattle relatives and a local dinner in his honor. Additionally it covers Red Cross news and engagements including Betty Harrison and Don Kimmel.
A dense listing of radio programs across WREN KMBC WDAF and EMBC for Monday June 23 and Tuesday June 29. It catalogs singer orchestras newsrooms and theater broadcasts with many hour by hour entries featuring names like Jack Armstrong Nan Merriman Earl Godwin and Arthur Godwin.
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