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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1944
Page
4
On the Farm Front Critical weeks for Kansas crops
Weather delays hinder regu lar season work and timely planting. Warm weather may allow near goal if conditions improve. subsoil moisture is adequate but surface handling remains hampered. Government aims to boost production as farm battalions, though depleted, rely on sun and rain to win the coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Leahy Viewed as Best Naval Secretary Choice
Washington reports support for Admiral William D. Leahy as secretary of the Navy to succeed the late Frank Knox. Commentators say a professional naval officer could connect sea service with civil government and bring broader national understanding to ship operations and defense needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William D. Leahy
Navy
Frank Knox
Admiral Leahy
Secretary of the Navy
Sea Service
Poll Tax Debate Faces Senate Filibuster Risk
Senate politics intensify as debate over abolishing the poll tax shows signs a filibuster could defeat the bill. Southern senators push to keep the tax citing its role in voting qualifications. The piece notes past regional practices and argues the tax amounts to little relative to broader government revenue needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Kansas
Purge in Hungary cited as Nazi terror tale
The piece notes German purges in Hungary targeting upper class suspicion to erase witnesses. It contrasts German wartime method with Russian record keeping, suggesting future war guilt trials. It warns that even if many are removed, other witnesses will remain and the brutal acts leave traces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Leome
Soldier Legislation in Weekly Office Letter
Representative Errett P. Scrivner reports on the GI Bill and veterans readjustment aims. Provisions cover hospitalization, discharge corrections, education, re-employment, unemployment readjustment, and 1500 dollar loan guarantees. The act places veterans affairs under the Veterans Administration to cut red tape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errett P. Scrivner
World War Veterans Legislative Committee
Veterans Administration
War Today analysis on China defense against Japan
Dewitt Mackenzie warns allied risk if China falls fast while Japan drives westward along the Yellow River and toward the Peiping Hankow Canton rail line. Chiang Kai-shek clings to interior strongholds as Loyang battles rage and Chinese air support under Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault aids the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Chinea
Hitler
Orient
China
Henan
Great Yellow River
Peiping-Hankow-Canton
Chiang ‘ Kai-shek
Chungking
Chiang
Honan
Eiping Canton
Ernest J. King
United States
Nippon
London Evening Standard
Far East
Lord Mountbatten
Loyang
Marshal Chiang
Claire L. Chennault
Logan receives Purple Heart for Navy ship attack injury
Russell L. Logan of 501 Florida Street was awarded the Purple Heart by Col. John W. Sherwood at Winter General Hospital Topeka for head injuries suffered when the transport was torpedoed south of New Guinea. Logan served with the engineers overseas and was discharged March 29 at Schick General Hospital Clinton Iowa. Anslin makes possible exact timing of explosives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell L. Logan
Florida Street
John W. Sherwood
Winter General Hospital
Topeka
Logan
New Guinea
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Old Home Town News Roundup
Local notes report Earl G Pringle assuming police chief duties first of month. Evelyn Swarthout piano soloist on music week. Mr and Mrs B B Power visit from St Petersburg to Kilworths in Osborn. H S Foster plans summer visit to Colorado Springs. Frances Tindal to wed Dr H X Dolen at her parents home. Rev Mrs H Reifschneider announce birth of daughter. Faculty Women host garden party in Miss Downs Litchen Rich gardens. Ex students plan to continue teaching next year at high school. Mariella Chalkley to graduate from Rodgers Hall in Lowell. Lila Lee shows in Rustling a Bride at Today at the Varsity. Bowersock and Mable Normand in The Pest. Fave Nutter to spend weekend in Ottawa with mother and brother Harlan Miller. Mrs F C Hester to return from Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl G. Pringle
Evelyn Swarthout
Dean
D. BM. Swarthout
Music Week
B. B. Power
Lawrence
St. Petersburg
Fla
John L. Kilworth
H. S. Foster
Edward Foster
Colorado Springs
Frances Tindal
Ray Tindal
Osborn
H. X. Dolen
Tindal
Faculty Women’s Club
Cora M. Downs
Ruth Litchen
Marcel Rich
Harlan Miller
F. C. Hester
C. E. Warren
Kansas City
Forty Years Ago Appoints Charley Kincaidh to police force
Forties era notes report Charley Kincaidh has been appointed to a position on the police force. Dr J A Poff, at the World's Fair, injured after being pushed from a crowded street car in St wis. Miss Mary Copley hosts Saturday afternoon for guest. Katherine Rockwell of Junction City among visitors. Mr and Mrs R G Jackson announce birth of a daughter on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lee Jones host last evening for Miss May Mercer’s birthday. Harry Hutchings travels to St Joseph. Mrs J H Rutherford attends grand chapter meeting of C E S at Topeka. Saturday night tagged as the city’s darkest night with all lights out. Miss Edna Cone travels to Chicago for extended visit. Mrs Mary Whitney departs for New York City for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Kincaidh
J. A. Poff
St.wis
Mary Copley
Katherine Rockwell
Junction City
Hirs
R. G. Jackson
Lee Jones
May Mercer
Harry Hutchings
St Joseph
J. H. Rutherford
C.E.S
Topeka
Edna Cone
Chicago
Mary Whitney
New York City
Presbyterian church hospital project planned for Lawrence
Twenty five years ago Lawrence planned a $100000 Presbyterian church hospital after a unanimous Presbyterian Brotherhood meeting. Mrs J B Lawrence of Ellsworth and her daughter Jaconette visit her mother Mrs A J Lane. A lecture dispute over sneezé powder at Patee theater led to two police court calls this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Conger
Elmo White
L.H.S
Stu
Group Riding Aid At Powder Plant
At Sunflower Ordnance Works in Kansas, a coordinated employee transportation plan moves workers from Baldwin and nearby towns to the isolated plant. Albert Danley and five Baldwin riders form a group to secure gasoline ration cards, sharing shifts and keeping punctual despite long 56 mile round trips. Riders include Danley, his wife and others, all contributing to war production while balancing family and farm duties. Dalton and Johnson families also participate, reflecting the community’s effort to support smokeless powder production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Transportation Department
DeSoto
Kan
Baldwin
Albert T. Danley
Danley
Employee Transportation Department
Sunflower
Albert Danley, Jr
Navy
144Th Machine Gun
Frances Whan
Whan
Baldwin Rider-Group
Doris Johnson
Golely
Irma Harris
Flora Brown
Movie Star Horizontal and Vertical Puzzle Clues
A partial crossword like set of clues from a movie star themed grid featuring horizontal items such as 11 Exist 12 Chair 13 Container 14 Greek letter 16 Transpose and vertical clues including 1 Virginia abbr 2 Anger 3 Veteran 4 Like Seine 6 Prevent 8 Frozen water 9 Short sleep 10 Half an em 15 Provide with weapons 17 dapioaive 418 Trees 19 Dined a.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Fragmented Puzzle Clues Surface in Historical Page
A list of fragmented crossword style clues appears on a historical newspaper page segment. Items include numbers and partial words such as Eradicate abbr, Far Eastern, Observe country, Distress signal, and Nova Scotia, with several missing letters or incomplete entries.
General's Nephew Here On Sick Leave From West Point
Topeka May 10 Lloyd E Eisenhower 19 nephew of Gen Dwight Eisenhower is at Winter General hospital for a physical check up Col John W Sherwood announced He is a first year West Point student home on sick leave and attending the University of Kansas to keep up the pace He is enrolled in liberal arts and sciences and is a Sigma Chi pledge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Upr
Lloyd E. Eisenhower
Junction City
Dwight Eisenhower
Eral Hospital
John W. Sherwood
West Point
Eisenhower
Kansas University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The
University
Sigma Chi
Dr Nash at Council Opens PTA Year With Talks
The City PTA Council met at Liberty Memorial High School with president Mrs Guy Keeler. New officers were introduced: Mrs Justin Hill president Rev Alfred Beil vice president Miss Marion Lane secretary and Mrs C W Pollom treasurer. Dr Bert Nash spoke on the Kansas receiving home for children detailing its salvage approach and future juvenile law recodification to improve foster care custody and post release follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A. Council
Liberty Memorial High School
Guy Keeler
Justin Hill
Alfred J. Beil
Marion Lane
C. W. Pollom
Keeler
Elmer F. Beth
Jane Stuart
Ray Wright
P.T.A
Bushong Sisters
Recreation Council
Bert Nash
Kansas Receiving Home For Children
Atchison
Governor’s Advisory Committee
Kansas Council of Children
The
State Association of Judges
Poppy Lady Moina Michael Dies In Georgia
Miss Moina Michael founder of Poppy Day in 1918 died after months of illness in Athens Georgia. She originated the memorial to war dead and soldiers who died at sea and annually sent a seven foot poppy anchor to Savannah then Annapolis. Her work earned a state statue and inspired Legion and British Legion campaigns raising funds for disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Moina Michael
Savannah
Annapolis
University of Georgia
Georgia
State Capitol
American Legion
British Legion
Michael
Talk Farm Problems Meeting for Douglas County Farmers
Douglas County farmer committeemen and war board members will meet May 16 at 10 am in the Chamber of Commerce room to discuss wartime farm problems. George H. Butell announces the session will cover local issues and how agencies can aid war production and conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Chamber of Commerce
Atwrence
George H.butell
Douglas County Agricultural Conservation Committee
County War Board
Govet
Butell
Dauglag
Vitamin Gives Clue To Fish Oil Blood Pressure Link
New York May 10 UP Vitamin has given scientists a clue to a mysterious substance in fish oil that may reduce high blood pressure. Dr Irvine H Page of Indianapolis presented to the medical society of the state of New York. He noted sensational claims that vitamin A cures hypertension and that people self treated with large doses failed to achieve lasting results. Animal studies with dogs and other lab induced high blood pressure helped partly explain the mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Medical Society
State of
Irvine H. Page
Indianapolis
Page
Mysterious fish oil compound eyed in animal cures
Doctors note vitamin A in fish oil concentrates may be curing animals, with a possible second compound responsible. Researchers rush to identify the elusive substance while tests vary in concentrate composition. Miss Katherine Tissue invites interest in a standard nutrition class Thursday at 7 30 in the Red Cross classroom of the Community building basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Katherine Tissue
Red Cross
Baldwin News Highlights Local People and Activities
Silver Lake visitors Mrs. C H Thompson stays with son Supt Lawrence Thompson. Dr Stanley Flichbinger reelected treasurer of the State Dental Association at Topeka meeting. Dr Harold W Guest transfers to Kansas City as a wage analyst with the Bureau of Statistics. Guest on leave from Baker University, visited Baldwin family. Robert Gibbon, Howard senior, elected Phi Beta Kappa and to be initiated at commencement. Girl Scout Junior Bird club reports 31 species observed on a walk. Sergeant Sutor back home after missing in action and later confirmed safe. May Day Kindergarten party for mothers featured dramatization, singing, and handmade baskets. Mrs A Gessner and Mrs Allen Daugherty led the kindergarten this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Thompson
Silver Lake
Lawrence L. Thompson
Stanley Flicbinger
State Dental Association
Topeka
Harold W. Guest
Dallas
Tex
Kansas City
Bureau of Statistics
Guest
Baker University
Baldwin
Robert Gibbon
Howard
University of Kansas
Bobby
W. C. Gibbon
Peoples State Bank
Ivan Boyd
Junior Bird Club
Igirls
Keith Sutor
Sergeant Sutor
Allen Daugherty
Take Away The Lady Reviewible Plot Outline
Captain Azaraski commands Niji Prison in Yokohama and plans a coup with Captain Baldwin and Tilda Court right. They plot with interned Americans Lt Link Belt and Norma Greer, who become uneasy after a suspicious automobile ride with Azaraski and Courtright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azaraski
Niji
Yokohama
Baldwin
RAF
Tilda Court
Link Belt
Norma Greer
Link
Norma
Azarask
Courtright
Inn on the Hilltop: a Japanese inn visit and budding tension
Link and Norma tour a hilltop inn in Japan with Courtright and Azaraski. They admire autumn foliage, chrysanthemum dolls, and the serene setting. Norma recalls a prior visit, and Link jokes about inns while the group enjoys the scenery and slippers. The scene ends with plans to explore the inn and sky, in a paced, drifting narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azaraski
Link
Japan
Courtright
Nor ‘Ma Greer
Norma
Lespedera
NeiNhe
China
Local Notables Help With Music and Community News
Assistance from several mothers and Mrs Earl Yoe at Stone Hall supports music efforts. Mrs Carl Storum joins Baldwin Post Office, replacing O Scott Morgan who moved to the Marines in San Diego. Mrs Finis Rosa left for Kansas City to join her husband. Mrs J C Aus recovers from appendicitis at home in DeSoto after hospital transfer from Kansas City. Charles Bonebrake and Ralph Ritchie seek third degree in Masonry. Dr and Mrs Fred M Bailey of St Louis visit the Baileys’ son and his wife. Dr Ivan Boyd takes Junior Boy Scouts on a hike to The Cliffs with 14 boys. Tests on knots passed by Robert Guest, Russell Bailey, Clifford Ikenberry, Marvin Pohl and Warren Gaswint. flowers test passed by Clifford Ikenberry, Don Fields, Du Wayne Ordman, Vernon Rockers, Charles Xirker and Charles Gilliland. trees test passed by Warren Gaswint and Clifford Ikenberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Yoe
Stone Hall
Carl Storum
Baldwin Post Office
O. Scott Morgan
Marinies
San Diego
Calif
Finis Rosa
Kansas City
J. C. Aus
DeSoto
Aus
Harriett Osborne
Charles Bonebrake
Ralph Ritchie
Fred M. Bailey
St. Louis
Charles W. Bailey
Ivan Boyd
Robert Guest
Russell Bailey
Clifford Ikenberry
Marvin Pohl
Warren Gaswint
Don Fields
du Wayne Ordman
Vernon Rockers
Charles Xirker
Charles Gilliland
Radio Programs Wednesday and Thursday Evening Schedule
Radio listings show Kansas City area stations from May 10 to May 11 with a dense lineup of WREN KMBC WDAF and others. Programs include Jack Armstrong News Cloak of -broadcasts Fred Warne's Orb Dinah Shore and Navy Wings of Gold, plus musical acts and lectures featuring major figures like Dr. Phog Allen and Miss Mary Elizabeth Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
Jack Arrstrom
KMBC
WDAF
Wren—Newws
Western Echoes
AWDAF
Fred Waring
Ord Wren
Connee Boswell
KALBC
World Today
Newzroom
Big Ranger
Waarschnrey
Dr. Christian
Wren—Qunninger
Daf—Eddie
Jack Carson
Wren—Reaymond Gram
Kay Kyser
BC Newacott
Wrens Bente Sherwood
Jack Armstrong
EMBC
Fred Warine
Orb
Wren—Kelly
Courthoues
Mr. Keen
Bob Burns
Herbert Hoover
Navy Wings of Gold
Wdaf- Nle
Brice
Paul
Joan Davis
Jack Halay
KMEBC
Raymond Gram
Abbott and Costello
March of Time
Heart of America
Newa
Newacast
KIBC
John Nesbitt
Richard Harkness
Texas Rangers
Guy Lombardo
WWDAF
Treasury
A.P
Glen
Glen Grays Orch
Eddie Oliver's
Muehlebach
Ill
Snyder.p
Wilhel Mobberg
Mary Larson
Mary Elizabeth Evans
University
Sportacast
Phog
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Adem
United States of America
United America
Ll Corinthians
Vandenberg
Europe
Dewitt MacKenzie
Powder Plant
Wichita
Nova Scotia
K. A
DR. Nash
Council
Children’s At
Baldwin News
Gosh
Tink
Amsterdam
World News
B. G. Gustafson
Ginssen
Nyaaa
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