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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1940
Page
4
A biblical citation from Psalms 121:1 emphasizes seeking help from above and looking toward hills as a source of aid. The phrase invites contemplation of divine guidance and reliance on higher powers for support.
The opening day of the war shows Holland and Belgium fiercely resisting the German invasion. Parachute and air troops link fronts as the war machine expands. Authorities warn of continued attacks and the risk of wider European involvement.
Italy shows no mobilization and Mussolini appears to withdraw deeper into his dugout while experts debate whether invasion of the Low Countries is on Hitler's timetable. The Allied fleets in the eastern Mediterranean likely influenced Italian restraint as Mussolini weighs his next move. Two AP employees publish a history of the Associated Press, noting its evolution.
Over years the Associated Press has covered ten major wars and now faces a tougher task in the current conflict. Yet reporters are delivering faster and more accurate stories to Americans than any other source.
The article notes Chamberlain’s downfall and Churchill’s appointment in England while France revamps its ministry with no major upset. It suggests allied powers face duties beyond politics as war on the western front looms and leaders rally across parties. Chamberlain’s farewell urged unity and sacrifice.
Von Ribbentrop’s statement repeats prior German justifications for overrunning neutral neighbors. He claims knowledge of allied plans to attack through Holland and Belgium, but the world views the claims as fabrications. The invasion of Denmark Norway and other nations is seen as treacherous aggression.
Civic leaders in Kansas City express hope that the city will close the fiscal year with a surplus under the new government. They contrast with the old regime where the machine prevented any surplus from forming.
The forecast predicts Kansas will lose a congressman due to the 1940 census based redistricting. Which seat will disappear remains uncertain and likely to draw attention as officials weigh the impact.
The Stratoliner flew 580 miles from Kansas City to Denver in 2 hours and 57 minutes yesterday. The column recalls how far travel has advanced since early times and contrasts it with Mary Ellen Lease’s Populist era advice to Kansas to raise more hell and less corn.
Roy Bailey questions the wartime food shortages in the Salina Journal, joking that rationing spinach signals a dire national state beyond mortal imagination.
Plans for a main sanitary sewer for North Lawrence received approval at the regular weekly session of the city commission this morning. The report notes expansions and related civic developments alongside several community notices and upcoming events.
Sherry Bond faces a plotted derby setback as Pepper Boy loses the Derby Trial by inches. Ted Duncan Bond and Uncle Willie confess a betting scheme. Sherry contemplates borrowing money and confronts a gambler offering a loan tied to Pepper Boy's Derby entry. She walks off in a rush to secure funds.
Topeka May 11 Gov Payne Ratner's next week plan takes him across the state. He opens Tuesday with a noon address at the Crippled Children's association meeting and will visit several towns and counties during the tour. Sam interrupts the tack-room scene as Sherry Bond agrees to hear the visitor about a prior matter.
Kansas musicians won many honors at the national festival. Awards covered multiple classes and ensembles including Fort Scott Topeka Salina Wichita East Highland Park Chanute Ottawa Lindsborg Neodesha Pratt Atchison Kingman Burrton Moundridge Graham towns. Details list numerous first second and third placements across choruses bands and groups. An advertising note offers a four line classified ad for 80 cents.
Amsterdam CBS correspondent Edwin Hartvich reports a daring Nazi air force attempt to capture Queen Wilhelmina failed. Sixteen Junkers with twenty or more soldiers each reportedly landed near Ruggenhoek and Huis ten Bosch, with automatic rifles and machine guns aboard. the operation ended in death for the attackers.
Mrs. Dorothy Harrison Craig attends her grandfather S. S. Woodruff funeral. Baldwin hosts Holcombe Hour Club with Jeremiah study and plans for next year. Local clergy, cemetery meeting attendance, and community moves are noted alongside residents visiting Galva, Ft. Lauderdale, and Manhattan events.
Topeka May 11 Pi Jay Park er attorney general filed four additional ouster actions against oil royalty companies doing business in Kansas bringing total cases to 17 Defendants in Cowley county were Industrial Investment Co Inc Los Angeles Commonwealth Trust Co Inc Wilmington Del Basic Oil Royalties Inc Detroit and Johnston Co Inc Hollywood He alleged the firms lack authority to do business and asked they pay fees for the years operated.
Forty years ago a formal engagement announcement noted Alfred G Vanderbilt and Miss Elsie French. The marriage is planned for next year with Miss French described as a fortune heiress. Vanderbilt is heir to vast family wealth. The item sits among a set of town notices and social items from the era.
Gov. Payne Ratner urged Kansans to dedicate themselves to humanitarian work as May 12 is designated Hospital Day. The date marks Florence Nightingale's birthday, honoring the founder of nursing.
A dense, linearly listed radio timetable for Saturday May 11 and Sunday May 12 across WREN KMBC WDAF and other stations. It catalogs programs by time including newscasts orchestras bands talk shows and special features with numerous named acts and venues.
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