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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1943
Page
11
Classified notices include a farm house for rent with garden and chicken house, a plea to return personal items, a cherry bedroom set for sale, a line of overall pants from Western Auto, plus a bazaar and rummage sale. Market data and stock news follow.
Auction listing for 1001 Mississippi Lawrence Kansas items include 18 beds 2 twin beds 30 pillows 6 dressers 20 chairs 6 tables a cabinet radio a 6 foot Kelvinator refrigerator gas range heater stove and other dishes and utensils. Sale set for Wednesday May 19 cash terms. Auctioneer C D Thomas with clerk Howard Longanecker.
Market roundup lists heavy stock selling amid some advances in oats and gains in futures, with wheat and corn largely flat or down. Hogs and cattle in Kansas City weaken slightly, while cash grain and livestock metrics reveal uneven demand and open interest shifting in multiple commodities.
Washington May 14 The nation faces a clash between executive and legislative branches as the army extends furloughs for new inductees to three weeks by September 1 and paves the way for drafting fathers. Senate military chair Reynolds moves to hold hearings on exemption bills while Wheeler seeks a flat exemption for 1943.
The article notes disfavor of the Kil day bill and War Department opposition to Wheeler's proposal. Officials from selective service and the War Department will testify at Monday's hearings. Director Hershey warned the draft must begin for fathers by August 1 to meet a 2.5 million man need this year under the bill prioritizing state quotas and staged deferments by marital and dependent status for men aged 18 to 37.
A dated ice box cake recipe assembles three cups graham crackers two cups chopped dates two cups diced marshmallows fourteen cup broken nut meats fourteen teaspoon salt one and a half teaspoons vanilla five tablespoons cream. Mix and shape into a roll, wrap, and chill twenty four hours. Slice and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
The House approved extending the bituminous coal act three months beyond May 23 to allow study of a bill continuing the act two years. The measure, passed by unanimous consent, now goes to the Senate.
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