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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1941
Page
2
Soviet forces reinforce Bessarabia across the Prut from Nazi Romania and a Russian note warns Bulgaria that German troops there would extend the war. Romania accelerates mobilization toward 1,000,000 by March 15 as border tensions rise with Germany and moves into Bulgaria.
Clayton Harbor and his orchestra will furnish music for a spring style swing at the Armory Thursday night at 9. The dance closes the spring opening program.
Question prompts explore how capitalist states have managed prosperity and inequality over 150 years. Analysis covers effects of leveling standards of living, democracy and liberty status, definition of capital within production, and key traits of capitalist states.
W S R argues that capitalist states show higher living standards and broader freedom. He cites Britain, the United States, Holland, Belgium, and France as examples of democracy expanding with capitalist growth. He contrasts ownership patterns with past times and emphasizes individual freedom and self-government under capitalist systems.
Senator Warner warns axis victory threatens US democracy and economy. An amendment proposes banning use of US army or navy to deliver defense articles outside the western hemisphere without congressional consent, aiming to ease rapid enactment.
The Singer Sewing Center at 728 Massachusetts street will sponsor complete sewing courses in afternoon and evening sessions. Dressmaking home decoration and children's clothing will be taught. A special class for girls 12 to 16 will join the National Junior Sewing club. No Singer machine is required to enroll.
British bombers reported seeing bombs straddling docks at Brest where an Admiral Hipper class cruiser was berthed. Other raiders torpedoed a 2000 ton vessel in an enemy supply convoy in the North Sea. Authorities noted the Hipper cruiser was the same ship attacked by the RAF last week at Brest.
A fabrics and fashion style show for Farm Bureau women and 4 H club girls takes place Saturday at 11 in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Miss Mary Owen of J C Penney lectures on fabrics and yard goods and models spring styles. She will visit Liberty Memorial High School Haskell Institute and the University of Kansas in Lawrence for three days.
British bombers attacked Cologne in the Rhineland and described the raid as heavy and successful. The force also struck docks at Brest Ostend and Boulogne and bombed Nazi airfields in occupied France along the coast.
Diplomatic observers say Regent Prince Paul of Yugoslavia planned to leave Belgrade on Thursday to meet Adolf Hitler in Germany. An accord between them could bring Yugoslavia to join the three power pact alongside Slovakia Hungary Romania and Bulgaria.
Wisconsin selected to represent the eastern playoff in Madison March 21 and 22 after defeating Indiana, last year’s national champion, to earn the honor. Other eastern and southern teams will join. the western tourney in Kansas City will decide the fifth district entrant with Arkansas as a likely participant. The national tournament runs in Kansas City on March 29 with advance rounds in Kansas City and Madison.
Washington reports that Germanys blitzkrieg and British blockade cost the United States about 200 million dollars in normal export sales in 1940. Total American exports abroad rose to over 4 billion, aided by higher shipments to Britain and Latin America despite wartime losses.
Federal court orders Mrs. Douglass to repay nearly 80000 in debts including 53000 in taxes on a 250000 trust for her three children. Judge Hopkins granted a final decree for composition and extension of debts after a 1938 divorce and later reconciliation.
Arthur Grant 18 son of Mr and Mrs D Grant Lawrence was brought to Memorial hospital after an eight ton tank crushed his left arm against a stone pier while welding tanks for L F Phillips Construction company at Lavonburg. He had been working there for a week. The classified page offers listings to find housing or rooms to rent.
Kansas City faces a possible citywide tax strike as reform groups press the county to adopt J L Jacobs tax methods. The Citizens Council backed by Chamber of Commerce Real Estate Board and Merchants Association proposes a trust tax account while urging citizens to withhold county tax payments to fund demands. Porter T Hall and Hal W Luhnow lead reforms that toppled the Pendergast machine and a gambling ring prosecutor.
The Lawrence Evening school offers a third term in typing shorthand and Spanish at the high school. Most classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays with several time slots including 7:15 8 8 8 45 and 8 45 9 30. The recreation class for women runs 8 to 9 30 and the men’s volleyball meets Thursday at 8.
About 12 more measles cases in Lawrence were reported to the city health office since Saturday, bringing total ill to roughly 69. Pinckney school is hardest hit with about half the class out. Woodlawn, McAllaster, Cordley and other campuses show smaller outbreaks while a few mumps cases appear at several schools.
Harold K Snider commander of Company H 137th Infantry returns to coal company and state highway commission after failing final physical. His company honors him with a banquet and a diamond ring as Second Lieutenant Jack Hawk takes command. Donor Bill Ashcraft plans to attend the Kansas City light plane convention March 8. Real Estate board of Lawrence discusses standardizing commission rates and aiding newcomers plus publication of real estate trends.
Gov Payne Ratner ordered department heads to tell staff not to park on statehouse grounds until after the legislative session. Lawmakers complain they cannot find space for cars at the capitol amid the season’s usual grumbling.
The German high command reported a second North African clash with British mechanized forces. German forces claimed a victory with British units driven off, prisoners taken, and matériel seized. Nazi dive bombers reportedly hit British truck convoys near Agedabia while the British attacked Giarabub and the Italian garrison was urged to surrender. Italian defense said they repelled attacks west of Gondar in northern Ethiopia.
Paola senior law student at the University of Kansas spoke at the Douglas County Bar Association meeting last night in the Eldridge hotel Grill room. Eugene Ricketts, a senior law speaker, discussed the operation of recording acts.
Chinese sources in Shanghai citing Nanking circles said Japan again sent peace feelers to Chungking to settle the war. Proposals reportedly call for quick Japanese withdrawal from Hunan Kiangsi Hupeh and Anwei, allow Chiang Kai-shek to return to Nanking, then withdraw south of the Yellow River leaving about 8,000 troops in Shanghai or on the Chusan islands. Further steps depend on a political economic cooperation plan.
A decree by Arthur Seyss-Inquart, the German commissioner for the Netherlands, imposes compulsory state service for all Holland civilians and includes a measure to prevent individuals from changing their jobs.
A Swiss telegraphic agency dispatch in Bern reports talks on an armistice with Greece. The brief notes progress and the possible dates or conditions remain uncertain as officials confer.
Detroit March 4 Henry Ford II 23 son of Edsel Ford and grandson of Henry Ford will go before his draft board next Monday He will not ask for a deferment Harry Bennett head of Ford personnel department said Benson 21 Edsel Ford's other son is registered with a draft board in Macomb County His order number is 2585 and he will receive his questionnaire this week
British newspapers announced plans to publish four page editions on two days weekly to save newsprint. On other weekdays papers would stay at six pages and Sunday editions would be limited to ten pages.
Patch from Belgrade reports preliminary conversations under way toward an armistice between Greece and Italy as hostilities continue.
Cardiff Wales endured a major night raid with incendiaries and high explosives as fires raged across the city. American Red Cross ambulance units were dispatched from London. Casualties were not yet known. Other Nazi raids targeted London the northeast coast and southeast Scotland but were not extensive.
Topeka March 4 legislators on the fiftieth day of Kansas' 1941 session reach the end of pay for the session. The constitution sets three dollars per day and a maximum of one hundred fifty dollars. Stipends are issued every ten days with four eighty dollar checks already received. the final ten days' pay awaits adjournment.
Barcelona March 4 Former Republican minister of finance Louis Nicolau d Olver and Jaime Aygua de Miro ex mayor of Barcelona were sentenced by the political responsibilities court to loss of property and lifetime banishment from Spain along with other Catalonians accused of wartime political activity.
The British communique said Pi-Hos tile aircraft raided the Suez canal area last night dropping bombs but causing no material damage or casualties.
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