Roosevelt and labor in war time a political note
The writer discusses global labor unrest shown by English miners strikes and warns that poor manpower control in the United States risks war-time danger. Roosevelt is seen as the likely Democratic nominee, with no clear successor to FDR emerging. A reflection on faith, home life, and kneeling prayer recalls lessons from Hitler era and the need to defend rights won by past sacrifices.
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United States
England
Wise prep behind two powder plants near Minneapolis
The article argues duplicating munition plants in the Mississippi valley, referencing Rosemount and New Brighton near Minneapolis. It notes reasons such as water supply, proximity to allies, and quick readiness to withstand invasions, concluding that foresight may have aided relations with Central and South American nations. All's well that ends well.
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New Brighton
Minneapolis
Minn
Rosemount
Mississippi Valley
Russia
China
Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
Mexico
Svith
Mississippi River
Central
South America
Degree of Necessity Governs Draft and War Roles
The President declares the degree of necessity will guide draft decisions regardless of fathers. Public demand calls for common sense in determining necessity while ensuring feeding of the nation. Russians employ women on farms, Americans join VAC and WAVES to free men for combat. women also work as nurses aides, fundraisers, and in Red Cross tasks. The President’s statement fails to clarify the situation, leaving outcomes uncertain as strikers and labor issues mix with wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Red Cross
Finland Faces Possible War After Rejected Soviet Terms
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports Helsinki’s government likely rejects Soviet armistice conditions. Finnish leadership prepares for resumed hostilities as Moscow weighs next moves. Outcome could force Finnish surrender and potential Red occupation, signaling a major shift in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Associated Press
Moscow
Finland
Adolf Hitler
Red
Old Home Town Verse of Local Socials
Social notes from Burlington and nearby cover weekend plans and gatherings. Mr and Mrs E J Logson and daughter to Burlington. Mrs Paul Dinsmoor and daughter in Kansas City. Virginia Jo Moore honored at a kitchen shower. E O W club hosted by Mrs George Hedrick. contract club at Mrs Harry Nevin's. B H and S bridge club meeting hit by high water. Rev Frank Jennings sails to France. Swede Wilson and Eric Owens to play a dance in Tonganoxie. city clerk office moved to city hall. H J Hanna and Alva B Carter open auto tire service at 1718 Massachusetts Street Lawrence.
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E. J. Logson
Burlington
Paul Dinsmoor
Earle Patton
Kansas City
A. J. Anderson
Frank Jennings
New York
France
Swede Wilson
Eric Owens
Tonganoxie
Lawrence
H. J. Hanna
Alva B. Carter
Rain floods close to Kansas river disrupt travel
Twenty five years ago C P Radcliffe and H B Ober returned from Chicago when heavy rains caused washouts and flooding in Leavenworth and Douglas counties. The Kaw valley watershed and Kansas river watersheds saw water over roads and streams, stopping telephone service and delaying trains. A span of the Eudora bridge over the Kaw river, about twenty feet long, was carried away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Radcliffe
H. B. Ober
Chicago
Kansas River
Big Stranger
Leavenworth
Douglas
Kaw Valley
Eudora
Kaw River
Singing Star Horizontal Puzzle Teaser Page Fragments
A fragmented page shows a mix of crossword style clues and a vertical list of terms. Among readable entries are references to metals, plant terms, and common nouns arranged as puzzle hints. Readers may find scattered definitions like iron symbols and sun god, with several partial entries and thematic wordplay cues.
Forty Years Ago Clock Repair and City Work
Forties era notes show a Western Union mechanic repairing the post office clock while the telephone company runs a large crew in North Lawrence to fix lines across the river. University thermometer shows 54 degrees at 2 PM and Harry Raymond travels to Topeka on business. A law school dance is planned for Monday evening March 21 in Phthian hall. Judge L S Steele returns from Excelsior Springs Mo as millinery openings bring out the ladies tomorrow.
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Western Union
Telephone Company
North Lawrence
University
Harry Raymond
Topeka
Law School
Phthian Hall
L. S. Steele
Excelsior Springs
Kansans Honored in Bomber Command
Allied Headquarters announced in the Southwest Pacific that Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross to Fifth Air Force bomber command members from Kansas. Recipients include 1st Lt. Don D. Martin of Mt. Hope, S/Sgt. Charles R. Alvord of Mediva l, and 1st Lt. Carl A. Nelson of Emporia for sustained aerial missions against enemy airfields ships and vessels.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Mar
Lpi
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Southwest Pacific Area
Fifth Air Force Bomber Command
Kan
Carl A. Nelson
Emporia
Fifth Air Force
Ordnance Depot Sets Month Without Lost-Time Accident
Whittemore Army Ordnance depot Aver Miss completed 300000 man-hours in one month without a lost-time accident. Corporals Roy and Ray Niblick, 41, twins, are armorers with the 2961st Army Ordnance company at Kessler Field Miss. They previously served a four-year hitch, re enlisted in 1942. Army Ordnance and related industries develop all-weather gasoline for year-round combat use.
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Whittemore Army Ordnance Depot
Aver
Miss
Roy
Ray Niblick
2961St Army Ordnance Company
Kessler Field
Army Ordnance
Quartermaster Scorps
And
Oil and
Automotive Industries
Democrats project House majority after next election
Washington reports Rep. Drewry predicts Democrats will retain a numerical House majority in November but warn of a close fight. He cites Republican split on a candidate as hurting GOP chances. Democratic National Committee chair Robert Hannegan calls for unity as insurgent Republicans consider future Senate reorganization pending November results.
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Washington
Mar
Rep. Drewry
D-Va
Congressional Democratic Campaign Committee
House
Roosevelt
Robert Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Altho
Senate
Taft
Robio
Bridges
R-N.h
Nine Fairs Scheduled as War Food Stress Urged
Kansas City dispatch reports nine midwestern state fairs set as scheduled while fair circuit representatives met with fifty attendees. Maurice W. Jencks of Topeka Kansas Free Fair stated fairs would stress increased food production to meet wartime needs. Attending secretaries included Max Jencks and Sam Mitchell of Hutchinson Kansas.
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Kansas City
Mar
UPI
Maurice W. Jencks
Topeka
Max Jencks
Sam Mitchell
Hutchinson
Kan
Air ace missing in action from Southwest Pacific
Dallas reports Col. E Kearby a top U S air ace with 21 enemy planes credited is missing in action since March 5. He received the Medal of Honor from Gen. MacArthur for a six-kill day and holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and other honors. His wife and three sons live in San Antonio.
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Dallas
Tex
Meal E. Kearby
San Antonio
Army Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
J. G. Kearby
War Department
Kearby
Fifth Air Force
Douglas McArthur
Douglas MacArthur
University of Texas
Kelly Field
Kansas Could Convert to Post War Work in a Harry Kansas
Topeka March 16 CPI If the war ends soon Kansas could have between 15 and 20 million dollars worth of projects ready in 60 to 90 days Highway Director Dr Fair told Governor Schoeppel He said Kansas has 4 million dollars of post war highway projects approved and ready and about 3.5 million awaiting approval by the US Bureau of Public Roads Elliott Roosevelt sued.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dr. Fair
Schoeppel
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Elliott Roosevelt
Wife Seeks Divorce From Roosevelt Son In Texas Suit
Ruth Goggins Roosevelt filed for divorce in Fort Worth district court citing unkind harsh and tyrannical conduct by Col. Elliott Roosevelt second son of the President custody of their three children to be determined in court noting the date March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth, Tex
Elliott Roosevelt
Ruth Goggins Roosevelt
Marriage and Separation Noted in Petition
A petition describes a couple who wed on July 22 1933 and separated on or about October 1 1933. The document mentions children and community property and references Roosevelt now with the army air forces in the European theater.
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Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
Baldwin News Highlights Local Socials and Club Actions
Mr and Mrs C Scott Morgan visited relatives in Kansas City Wednesday. George Kelley of Vinland, after a major operation, is recovering at Amelia Betts home before returning to Bitter Sweet. Mrs B H Schultze hosted Mrs John Thomas for Sunday dinner. PEO Chapter CE met for annual officer elections with 21 members present. New officers include president Mrs Stanley Flickinger and treasurer Mrs Robert C Mitchell. Chapter CK presented a $100 Red Cross bond. next meeting March 28 marks its 20th anniversary. March birthdays celebrated at Mrs Lawrence L Thompson home with high school faculty and school wives in attendance.
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C. Scott Morgan
Kansas City
George Kelley
Vinland
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Amelia Betts
Katherine Kelley
Bitter Sweet
Big Hill
B. H. Schultze
John Thomas
PEO
Alfred E. Leach
Stanley Flickinger
Nelson Pllfern
Lawrence L. Thompson
Elizabeth Bentley
Robert C. Mitchell
Grace’ Irwin
Charles Batdorf
F. C. Leitaker
Flickinger
Mitchell
Atchison
Chapter CK
Red Cross
Frank E. Wolf
C. N. Murray
Ethel Watkins
Gilbert M. Gander
Wilson Counts
John W. Heaton
C. W. Vaughn
Lightnings To London By Capt Bernard W Crandell
The story recounts the 1942 P 38 fighter transfer to England via Labrador Greenland and Ireland. Lieut Peyton Mathis’s crippled craft made a perilous wheels down landing in Greenland after an engine failure. He landed within 20 feet of the runway end and quipped about the Mosquitoes, as ground crews celebrated a remarkable cross Atlantic flight.
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England
Atlantic
Labrador
Greenland
Ireland
Peyton Mathis
Montgomery
Ala
Davis Strait
Mathis
Cline Rites Held After Illness In Topeka
Mrs A E Burgtorf and others attend funeral services for John Cline of Baldwin area who died last Sunday in a Topeka hospital after years of illness. Survived by wife Ida, brother Charles of Independence, sisters Nettie of Independence and Mrs Hattis McNees of Torrance California, and many friends. Rev William Deckinger led the Evangelical church service at Barnett Funeral Home with music by Mrs Russell Greer Kra Leonard Whitted and Mrs Herman Brown Honorary pallbearers named. Dr H K Ebright spoke at Garnett Rotary club meeting where district changes were discussed. Marion Hume of Ottawa and other Rotary members accompanied the Ebights. Martha Jane Spradlin visited with her parents in Garnett.
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A. E. Burgtorf
Melvin Cook
Earl F. Martin
Anna Moore
Nelya Hunt
Marcella Dyer
W. A. Laucier
Clyde W. Brewster
Hale Steele
Webb Fenton
Ella Denney
Katherine Kelley
Frances Bailey
Anne Lewis
John Cline
Sutton Cemetery
Barnett Funeral Home
Cline
Baldwin
Sor
Topeka
Ira
Ida Cline
Charles Cline
Independence
Kany
Nettie Cline
Hattis McNees
Torranes
Calif
Russell Greer
Kra
Leonard Whitted
Herman Brown
William Deckinger
Evangelical Church
Worden
Pall
Bert Emery
Charles Detwiler
O. M. Hurd
Milton Krink
Richard Butell
Millard Jackson
H. K. Ebright
Garnett
Ebright
Rotary Club
Dr. Ebright
Marion Hume
Ottawa
Ottawa Rotary Club
Ebtights
Martha Jane Spradlin
Obituary for Ulysses S Large of Topeka Kans
Ulysses S Large 77 of 400 Fairfax Topeka died March 11 in a Topeka hospital after a short illness Born May 10 1866 in Barrion county Michigan he moved to Kansas at age 3 and settled near McLouth then Topeka in 1923 Member of the Church of the Brethren at Me South Survivors include his widow three sons Estel and Edward of Topeka Perry Large of Lecompton four daughters Leona at home Mary Shrader Retha Miller and Geneva Frost all of Topeka two sisters Maude Wright of Topeka and Vira Freeman of Kansas City Kansas 17 grandchildren 5 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services were held Tuesday March 14 at Penwell funeral home Topeka burial in the Topeka cemetery Me emanates
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Ulysses S
Ulysses
Large
Fairfax
Topeka
Lecompton
Kan
Leona
Mary Shrader
Retha Miller
Geneva Frost
Maude Wright
Vira Freeman
Kansas City
Penwell Funeral Home
Radio Programs Thursday Evening Schedule Highlights
A dense listing of radio programs across stations WREN KMBC WDAF KOIBC and KIBC for Thursday evening and late night. Entries include Armstrong Big Brother Club Western Echoes Newscasts orchestras talk shows dramas and music with multiple time slots from 5:50 PM to 2:00 AM featuring personalities such as Jack Armstrong Fred Waring and Abbott and Costello and programs like The Lone Ranger and Texas Rangers.
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Wren
Jack Armstrong
KMBC
WDAF
WVN
Fred Waring
Orch
Wren—Frollcs
HHS
AIBC
the World Today
Newsroom
Coast Guard
Bob Burns
K.C. Philharmonic
Fannie Brice
Paul Neilson
Lum
Abner
A Pym
Wee En Iitory
Tack Hale van Daley
Harry James
Richard Harkness
KNBC
Texas Rangers
Guy Lombardo
Music of the New World
Freddie Martin
KIBC
Orew_ WREN
KOIBC
Moment Musicale
Pat Neilson
Kate Smith
Wren—Parker
Embco
Ty Baye
Benent
Cane
Busters
Kaibc Wdaf
Wrens
Wdafbill Stern
HMBC
Borinie
King
WDAP
Newascast
KMEBC
Wren Florize
Wdaf- Bara and the Boys
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New Hampshire
Andrew Jackson
F.D.R
Wesleyan University
Salina
Methodist Church
Dewitt. MacKenzie A. P
New York City
Germany
Hitler
Baltic
Balkans
Spain
Red Air Fleet
Uncle Sam
State Department
Hull
Bomber Command
Andre Maurois
Life
Frere
Tu Cnisia
Army
United Na Stn
Lmao
Armenia
Drewry
G.O.P
Baldwin News
London
Bernard W. Crandell
NEA Service, Inc
Tomcats
Eire
Peter Way
Britain
U. S
North
Iblin O
Irish Sea
Great Britain
United Nations
B. G. Gustafson
Maza
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