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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1943
Page
4
A sermon centered on Matthew 9 38 urges believers to petition the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his fields. The message emphasizes faith action and communal outreach in the church.
Not Yet on Top notes cautious optimism over Allied naval and land successes in the southwest Pacific. Experts warn the margin remains precarious and a single reverse could reintroduce uncertainty, despite disciplined forces protecting American interests and keeping Japanese fleet vigilant and capable of swift action.
Congress contemplates applying a 20 percent withholding tax to all payrolls after July 1 to fund wartime needs. Officials admit the government is six months behind in planning and expect collection challenges as many taxpayers, new to paying income tax, must adapt. Relaxed filing deadlines and flexible collection methods aim to ease last year’s tax burdens.
Washington officials show a showdown stance over food supplies and harvest outcomes. Officials warn that actual crop results will determine policy, not word pictures or promises from the past New Deal era.
The country faces a tightened economic regime as surplus wealth diminishes and restrictive policies loom. Washington directs farming, despite prior warnings, leading to reduced abundance and broader national constraint.
Rommel unable to break the front of the British Eighth Army in southern Tunisia. Allied air surveillance and ready British forces thwart his attack with tank losses on the Axis. Analysts say Allied pressure will tighten in Africa, worsening Axis supply lines.
Dispatches from Washington say the wartime ban on pre sliced bread will be lifted. Officials claim people proved they could manage without ready sliced loaves, while critics question the need and value of such government activity.
Vice President Wallace warns the third world war seems likely unless Allies obtain an understanding with Russia. He argues maintaining full employment and happiness after victory to blunt communism. He questions if an early US-Russia understanding would preempt a communist surge.
Germans plan to attack shipping lanes as a surface fleet operation. The move ties to a stepped up submarine campaign in the Atlantic, aiming to disrupt Allied maritime traffic.
Ten years after abundance era, the nation tightens rationing as scarcity grows. The piece argues rationing aims to reduce food use from 30 million to 18 million cases yearly and reflects a shift back to familiar limits amid shortages and price pressures.
A. B. Carey suffers a broken leg from a horse kick this morning. The Jolly Jane's bridge club meets Friday at Mrs. H. Messmore's New Hampshire street home. Fifteen KU track athletes head to Columbia Missouri tomorrow for the Big Six indoor meet. Merchants bureau holds monthly meeting Monday at Hotel Eldridge. KU business faculty member to address UIP. Mrs. W. B. Downing hosts contract club luncheon and cards. Mrs. W. E. Higgins is a chees, and Mrs. E. E. Bayles wins club prize. Dr H. W. Craig makes a business trip to Topeka. Mrs. T. H. Astman elected presiding officer of the Presbyterian women's Guild. Mrs. Neal Wherry elected vice president, others named. Lawrence Red Cross seeks volunteers for bandage and gauze work. Otto Fischer and Charles Stark will attend state shoemen convention in Hutchinson March 13–14. Tom Sweeney to Topeka on business. Lieut. Alfred Hill visiting Topeka spends days in Lawrence. Julius Marks goes to Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Monk host dinner honoring Gordon Gibbs. Union C. E. holds informal mixer at First Baptist. Year Around club meets with Mrs. H. B. Asher. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity plans a fundraiser at the chanter house. Lieut. S. P. Mover of Camp Funston arrives in Lawrence for weekend.
Historic note reports Mrs Emma Rogers suffered severe injuries after falling from the stitching room to the cutting room at Wilder Bros shirt factory. Other items include George W Savage filing a 10000 bond for the new courthouse plumbing and gas fitting, Ed Anderson selling his restaurant to John Johnson, and KU baseball practice beginning on McCook field.
The piece assesses Rommel’s defensive hold at Mareth and the broader North African front. It notes Montgomery’s success at El Alamein, Allied advances from the west, and Rommel and von Arnim's holding actions to delay Hitler’s continental pullback. It highlights Axis strengths and Allied superiority in resources and air and naval power.
Yonald C. Bargdill of Hutchinson Kansas received the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in the South Pacific. He and a flight photographer engaged over Guadalcanal’s Lunga Point, fending off 30 bombers and 20 fighters in ten minutes, downing at least four enemy aircraft. The citation covers actions on September 11, 1942.
Washington report shows selective service rejections exceed 40 percent of those examined. Among the first two million registrants, about half were rejected for physical mental or educational reasons. Dental defects and eyesight account for large shares, with later standards lowering thresholds.
Rep Rees of Kansas urges a daily war cabinet of about ten members including army navy air corps finance production transportation economic warfare and manpower to end bungling and red tape and ensure president finality in decisions. He cites WWI practice and notes gaps in current coordination.
The League of Women Voters will hold a luncheon meeting Thursday ending a six week study on Post-War peace. Prof H B Chubb of the University politics department will discuss the Russian problem in the post-war context. A study group on expressing convictions in votes will precede the luncheon at 11 o'clock. Both meetings take place at the Lutheran church.
Professor Edward R. Schwarz of MIT asserts that accidental deaths and injuries at home exceed battle losses. He estimates 1942 nonfatal injuries would sideline aircraft and shipbuilding for 54 days, totaling 93,000 dead and 9,300,000 injured nationwide in the first year of war.
Reading draft board No. 4 to reclassify for induction any war worker in 2-A 2-B or 3-B adjudged guilty of unnecessary absenteeism as part of a new work or fight order issued today by the board in Reading Pennsylvania.
Palermo in Sicily, a frequent enemy target for Allied bombers from Africa and Malta, serves as a key Axis base for operations in Tanginia.
Captain James Carr prepares a two seater sailplane for a transcontinental tow flight with the passenger Loraine, amid last minute checks and a crowded field. Colonel Furedy presses for a timely start as 11 a.m. nears and a missing passenger prompts a swift emergency lineup.
The Baldwin area reports visits to Fort Leavenworth for Jimmie Leiteaker’s army induction. Baker librarian Christine Reb and companions travel to Lawrence to deliver books to soldiers. Local births, engagements, and church plans are noted, with Baker and Phi Delta Delta ties.
Classified readers of the Journal-World stay informed on rental and home buying options. Listings show available apartments houses and sales tools. Community ads highlight local properties and market activity.
A dense schedule of radio programming across stations KMBC WAP WREN and others for March 9 and 10, listing orchestrals news, dramas, comedies, and musical acts. Notable names include Fred Waring Joe Rines Lawrence HS band and Hall. The listings cover 5:30 PM to 1:00 AM with multiple stations and programs.
US heavy bombers raided Rouen and Rennes in Brittany today. Rennes is a key rail junction feeding submarine bases at Lorient St Nazaire and Brest and to Cherbourg while Rouen sits on the Paris Le Havre line. The attacks were escorted by Spitfires marking the fifth raid in 11 days.
Constipation causes stomach upset and discomfort after meals. Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin eases lazy bowels and stomach, a familiar combination doctors used for gentle relief. Pleasant tasting for children and adults. follow label directions or physician advice.
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