Roosevelt urges 24 seven use of defense industry tools
President Roosevelt called for defense industry machine tools to run 24 hours a day seven days a week with overhaul only for repairs. He appealed for expanded and expedited supply of new tools to meet rising munition and aircraft demands. He discussed speeding plane output by using auto plants and sought mobilization of tools and labor without longer worker hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Defense Industry
Office of Production Management
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
OPM
United States
Junior High Girls Present Spring Circus in Gym
The junior high school girls under Miss D J Willcats will perform a Spring Circus in the high school gym. About 280 girls will take part in a one hour program featuring tumbling relay races and dances such as the South American La Conga the Polka and modern rug cutting. Clowns band and peanuts will be included with a small admission. Show starts at 7:30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Willcats
Yesteryear
Clyde Beck Receives Internal Revenue Appointment
Clyde Beck of 1210 Rhode Island street has been named an agent in the U S internal revenue department under civil service. He will go to Washington May 16 for a six week training before assignment. Mrs Beck and the children Danny and Marjorie will stay in Lawrence until about August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Beck
Rhode Island Street
Bowersock
WREN
Civil Service
U. S. Internal Revenue Department
Washington, D. C
Beck
Danny
Marjorie
Lawrence
Do You Know Four Objections to State Socialism
The questions list four fundamental objections to state socialism or state communism and ask what these objections contradict. They probe whether socialism or communism can truly solve poverty and what core principle or norm is violated by these systems.
Four Objections to State Socialism and Its Effects
The text outlines four main objections to state socialism or communism. It argues it would centralize dangerous political and economic power eroding liberties, suppress individual will, and threaten Christian values. It also claims socialism would lower living standards for the upper two thirds while failing to aid the lowest third, contrasting with capitalist history of improving the common man's lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony
WSR
Tuberculosis Clinic Set Monday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital
The monthly tuberculosis clinic will be held Monday at Lawrence Memorial hospital with Dr. C F Taylor of Norton conducting the examinations. Patients should use the west entrance and call the city health office 462 to make appointments. Sponsored by the Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health association and funded by Christmas Seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
C.F. Taylor
Norton
West
City Health Office
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Campus landscaping talks spark plan for University of Kansas grounds
Donald Durell and Dr. Cora Downs led illustrated talks on campus beautification before a dinner with Irving Hill. Chancellor Malott and Dr. Stewart authorized a committee to publish a prospectus and a funds committee to be formed. Dick Martin previewed the booklet as guests included Endowment and Alumni officials and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Durell
University of Kansas
Cora Downs
Irving” Hill
Borell
Miss Downs
Kansas
Deane W. Malott
Dc. C. Stewart
Endowment Association
Stewart
Fred Ellsworth
Alumni Association
Dick Martin
Malott
Dr. Downs
Olin Templin
Lyle Armel
The
George Fisher
Dell Davidson
K. W. Davidson
Fred. Ellsworth
C. C. Stewart
Lions Club Cameraman Goes To Haskell Pictures
Lions Club cameraman travels to Haskell Institute to photograph the band and Indian club. He will film the school play Frenesi on Sunday night and scenes will air later. The public is invited to Frenesi a student written musical about campus life. Campus Queen and Brave names will be announced during the show. Student councilors for Haskell Institute dormitories were elected yesterday listing names for each hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Haskell
Brave
Haskell Institute
Dpemltstias
Winona
Hall
Elaine Walker
Bonnie Thaxton
Lucille Wadsworth
Pocahontas Hall
Ida Holmes
Cecile Dailey
Yvonne Barberousee
Keokuk Hall
George Howell
Arthur Coons
Victor Courtwright
Osceola Hall
Charles Broker
Wendell Jackson
Vann Dooley
Lawrence water levels steady as Wakarusa Kaw rise
Despite rain the Wakarusa and Kaw rivers show little increase with Wakarusa around four feet and the river stage at 11.7 feet this morning. In Lawrence homeowners push for city trash collection reform as no pickups occurred for over a month. Firemen’s Relief buys 500 defense bond to aid financing while rainfall totals in Worden show April at 38.80 inches and year to date 9.47 inches with 13 measurable days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Holcom
Lawrence Firemen’s Relief Association
Paul Ingels
Worden
Walter Schwarz
Cooperative Observer
Three Students Fined for Parking Violations
Three students J Rex Watkins Floyd Mallory and Eugene Miller co owners of an automobile were fined 1 each in police court this morning for leaving their car in a 20 minute zone. Gordon Gray and A Northnagle were fined 1 each for parking in a restricted zone and Arthur Oatman was fined 1 for wrong parking. May Strike at Bendix Plant South Bend Ind United Automobile Workers authorize a bargaining committee to call a strike at Bendix Aviation corporation s products division demanding a 10 percent wage increase, union leaders announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Rex Watkins
Floyd Mallory
Eugene Miller
Gordon Gray
A. Northnagle
Arthur Oatman
Bendix
South Bend
Ind
United
Automobile
Bendix Aviation Corporation
West Los Angeles Man Fined for Reckless Driving
Phillip Baker of West Los Angeles California paid a $25 fine and $5 costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving. He was involved in an accident Wednesday five miles south of town on Highway 59.9
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Baker
West
Los Angeles
Calif
Baker
Price rise warned as danger to business and defense costs
Washington May 2 Leon Henderson price administrator warned at a consumers goods conference that rising prices destroy sound business and raise defense costs for taxpayers. He cited inflation's impact on armament costs and stressed price stability amid expected hikes in meat, dairy, and clothing products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leon Henderson
Consumers’ Goods
Henderson
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Harriet Elliott
William M. D.miller
National Food and Grocery Conference Committee
Agriculture and Commerce Departments
Allison Is President Of Lawrence Co Operative Club
Homer Allison was elected president of the Lawrence Co Operative Club for the coming year. The annual officer election was held at Liberty Memorial High School during Boys and Girls Week. Officers include Robert Brooks, Rhody Skinner, Emil Heck, Merle McKinney, Armin Wostemeyer, Charles Banning, H. W. Craig, Ed Elam, and Phil Ernst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Allison
Lawrence Co-Operative Club
Liberty Memorial High School
William R. Essick
Stan Stockton
Margaret Harwood
Charlotte Price
Rudy Carl
Mary Smith
Clarke Hargiss
Jack Mercer
Bill Stanton
Bob Mendenhall
Oliver Hobbs
Martha Rayhill
Nancy Nevin
Nevin
Burris Lavery
Dan Ragle
Eldridge
Co- Operettes
Evans Hearth
Crystal Room
Co-operative Club
Allison
Robert Brooks
Rhody Skinner
Emil Heck
Merle McKinney
Armin Woestemeyer
Charles Banning
H. W. Craig
Ed Elam
Phil Ernst
Officials Are Appointed In Tonganoxie City Government
Appointive offices in the Tonganoxie city government were filled Monday evening by Mayor William Heynen. The officers named include L. E. Hazen as city clerk, Fred Angell as treasurer and fire chief, Nelson Quisenberry as street commissioner, Charley Love as marshal, and Mialcohn Maila as water superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonganoxie
William Heynen
L. E. Hazen
Fred Angell
Nelson’ Quisenberry
Charley Love
Midcohn
KU Glee Club Elects Officers at Frank Strong Hall
The University of Kansas Men’s Glee Club elected officers yesterday afternoon. John William McIntire of Gardner, engineering sophomore, was chosen president. Also elected were Donald S. Mitchell Coffeyville junior in business as vice president, Victor Miller Ness City senior in fine arts as business manager, and Robert Gale Pyracute freshman in the college as a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wendorff
Carl Seymour
W. J. Stephenson
Bert Grems
Leonard Turner
Elma Blackwell
Leland Bryan
Gwendolyn Mounkes
Topeka
Jane Williamson
Charles Merritt
St. Joseph
Allen Isaac
John Allen
Iola
Isaac
Ralph Remberg
Louise Peterson
Emporia State Teachers College
Charles Peterson
Robert Campbell
Ray Ridgeway
Robert Schenck
Schenck
Janice Knox
Alfred Knox
Tonganoxie
Parent-Teacher Association
Fred Zoellner
J. A. Pratt
Jeanne Throope
Wilma Rawlings
Dollie Lee Coburn
David Parker
John Jeanquart
C. E. Miller
Independence
Kan
Zoellner
Kendall Day
Edwin
Butterfield
Jeanquart
Edward Hunt
Uriel Harling
Charles E. Miller
G. A. Emerson
Ralph Cain
Mary Coburn
Donnell Pearson
Robert Robinson
Albert DeVoe
Luther Modlin
Josephine DeVoe
A. F. Kistler
Knox
Phyllis Newsome
Kansas City
William Newsome
John Fox
Irene Lenahan
Drunk in Court Fines for Four Men
Norman Matthews William Kitchen Dean Rice and James Lynn were fined five dollars each in police court this morning for being drunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Matthews
William Kitchen
Dean Rice
James Lynn
Civil Service Carpenter Exam At Haskell Institute
The Civil Service Commission announces an examination for the carpenter position at Haskell Institute Lawrence Kansas. Applicants must be at least 20 and under 48, with four years of practical experience, and must file applications by May 15 1941 with the ninth U S Civil Service district in St Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Civil Service Commission
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kan
U.S. Civil Service District
St. Louis
Civil Service Examiners
Post Office
Impossible rescue of imperial troops from Greece to Cairo
Belgrade war reporter Robert St John describes a perilous Balkans flight to Greece and a daring evacuation by sea, saving nearly 50 000 British imperial troops to Cairo. He notes Greek and Allied morale, heavy losses, and fearless navy action amid Nazi advances in Yugoslavia and Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert St. John
Associated Press
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Egypt
Balkan
Cairo
St.John
Kotor
Greece
Dunkerque
Royal Navy
Pelononnesus
Italy
Rhodes
Dodecanese Islands
Bulgaria
Navy
Berlin
Mount Olympus
Parthenon
Berlin Observers See Changes as Weakness in War Economy
Berlin political and military observers say changes in London indicate something rotten in the British war economy. An authorized spokesman calls it a definite sign of a political crisis. Read the Journal-World classified page for bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
85th division pioneers journalism training at Camp Robinson
Major Fred B. House spoke at the Little Rock press conference as the 85th division begins a pioneering journalism program with one representative from each company attending five nights weekly. The Soldiers Service club at Camp Robinson offers ballroom, library with 4 000 volumes, cafeteria, and guest housing. Mothers day observances, radio transcriptions, and furlough schedules for May 18 to 24 are noted alongside upcoming inspections and personnel movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Robinson
Ark
Fred B. House
Little Rock High School
U. S. Army
85Th
Major House
Soldiers Service Club
Camp Robinson
Service Club
Lettie Jones
Kathleen England
Margaret Nicholson
Thelma King
General Truman
Highway Marker Dedicated to Topeka Capital History
Supreme Court Chief Justice John S. Dawson spoke at the highway marker dedication in Topeka. The Kansas State Chamber of Commerce Historical Society marker, built by the highway department, marks the establishment of the capital at Topeka and sits along U S 75 just north of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Supreme Court
John S. Dawson
State Chamber of Commerce Historical Society
Kansas
Highway Department
U.S. 75
City
Adoration Services Mark Third Day of KC Eucharistic Congress
Kansas City hosts the third day of the Catholic diocese Eucharistic Congress led by Archbishop John J. Glennon. An outdoor holy hour is planned with about 10 000 parochial students and Catholic youth council members. Diocesan officers are to be elected Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
UPI
John J. Glennon
St. Louis
Catholic Youth Council
Frank A. Thill
Concordia
Kan
Charles H. Leblond
St. Joseph, Mo
Roosevelt to Tour Virginia for Weekend Visit
President Roosevelt will depart by automobile this afternoon for a weekend trip in Virginia. He will stay tonight at Charlottesville at the home of Major General Edwin M. Watson, his secretary and military aide, then proceed to Staunton for the dedication of Woodrow Wilsons birthplace with a brief informal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Virginia
Charlottesville
Edwin M. Watson
Staunton
Woodrow Wilson
Baldwin Guernsey Show Shines at Kaw Valley Breeders Meet
Guernsey cattle breeders from the region exhibited their top stock at the Kaw Valley Guernsey association show in Baldwin. More than 70 entries were expected at registration close this morning. Tomorrow Holstein breeders from northeast Kansas will display at the Northeast Black and White show in Tonganoxie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaw Valley
Guernsey Association
Baldwin
Kansas
Tonganoxie
Spain declares liberty within European order
Madrid May 2 Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner second only to Franco in Spain's government declared that Spain alone is master of her destiny and would defend liberty within the European order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Ramon Serrano Suner
Generalissimo Franco
Evacuation Route For British Women And Children
British women and children evacuated from Iraq are passing through Damascus Beirut and Aleppo on their way to Palestine. The movement is reported by a Beirut dispatch to the French information office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
France
Iraq
Damascus
Beirut
Aleppo
Palestine
Lebanon
Ete
Senate panel to delay draft training for medical students
May 2 report from Washington states the senate military committee will consider next Friday a revised Murray bill to defer compulsory military training for medical and dental students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Menzies Seeks U S Aid For War Effort
Australian Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies appealed to the United States for war assistance on a great scale. He warned that Australia cannot approach the war in an amateur manner and urged strong allied support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menzies
U. S
London
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
United States
Thrifty Habit Reading the Classified Page Daily
A reader keeps a thrifty routine by scanning the classified pages each day to spot bargains, sales and local notices. The habit helps find price discounts and community postings, reflecting thrifty behavior and daily routines in print media.
Tonganoxie Community News Highlights Apr 25 to May 1
Social bridge played at two events with multiple prize winners. Local families and students attended gatherings and visits across Topeka and Kansas City. PTA and church activities included officer installations and annual meetings. FFA judging team, scholarships, and state conference notes feature among community items.
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Sia
Internal Revenue Bureau
T.B. Clinic
K. U
Tyedd
Allison IS
Journal-World
Pvt
John Larber
35Th Division
Neeple
Second Army
J. F. Baker
Fred A
Bremer
Epon
Inter Parseiren
Wilson
Guernsey
Kaw Valley Association
Detroi Kan
Tonganoxie Rural High School
Norman Turner
Arthur Turner
St. Margaret's Hospital
E. E. Hoskins
Tonganoxie Reading Club
Jessie Himpel
Owl Bridge Club
Jean McKone
Izola Farrell
James Farrell
Henry F. Geib
Dale Rawlings
Paul Sanders
Ed Schillings
Grace Schillings
Perry Walters
Congregational Church
Boy Scouts of
State Lake
Y.M.P
Ambrose Davoren
Billy McGraw
Junior Black
Amos Wilson
P.E.O
Floyd Ratliff
Tiffany
Co. Richardson Insurance Agency
Mass
Pickens Machine Works
Westinghouse
Olson Bros
Douglas County
John C. Emick
Masa. St
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