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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1942
Page
8
Chicago reports a nationwide grain storage shortage as harvests approach. Grain men warn there will be insufficient room for wheat and other crops, prompting embargoes and calls to expand storage via temporary facilities and new bins funded by government programs.
Ottawa dispatch outlines how Canada curbed inflation with price controls since December. Expect reduced choice and lean packaging, tighter margins, wage bonuses, subsidies for imports, and merchants facing squeezed profits as war production skews supply.
The Kansas Bankers Association inducted C. E. Floersch of Manhattan as president at its three day Topeka convention closing Friday. New officers include H. C. Bigelow of Gardner as vice president and Fred M. Bowman elected secretary for the 338rd time. The council voted to reduce expenses by one third and curb travel and printing.
Mrs John G Stutz conservation chairman for Junior Red Cross announces a gift of 6 85 from Cub Scout Pack No 58 under Rev A J Beil. Seven boys at McAllaster school collected paper on Saturdays for weeks to aid Junior Red Cross and plan to continue summer collections. Meetings were held at McAllaster Cordley and New York school with Pinckney Pack 55 also active. Donations fund hospital and summer courses and materials for army and navy hospitals. Call 803 to donate waste material.
Bundles for America hosts a Thursday evening party at the Community building to raise funds. A 2:30 pm Thursday planning meeting for bridge and bingo prizes will precede the event. Tickets available from several chairmen and at Bundles workrooms daily afternoon.
A small aircraft crashed into a garage near Wichita injuring no one on the ground and killing three aboard. Victims were Ben H. Miller Baltimore Sun correspondent Cecil J. Lucas Wichita pilot and William Knorr Wichita businessman. The men were en route to inspect a glider plant and had just left the municipal airport.
The maritime commission plans a mass launch of 30 merchant vessels to inaugurate a two ships a day program as part of National Maritime Day ceremonies. Truman pushes a new defense policy while Roosevelt signs ICC regulation for freight forwarders. Navy enlistment details Roscoe Swain Jr. and training options.
U S Representative Patrick J Boland Democratic whip dies of a heart attack at his Scranton home on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary seeking a seventh term. The 62 year old man known as a Roosevelt ally had just returned from Washington and spoke on radio for his campaign. He collapsed at 5 am and died before a doctor arrived. Boland, a Scranton native, had a long record of service from the largely Republican 11th district and was famed for his work ethic and leadership under Burns Bankhead and Rayburn.
Lew Ayres, known for his antiwar role in All Quiet on the Western Front, leaves Camp Wyeth Oregon to join the draft. He will be assigned to medical duty and trains for 13 weeks at an army cantonment after reporting to Portland induction center.
Norman Oklahoma May 18 The University of Oklahoma 50th birthday celebration scheduled for December has been postponed indefinitely because of the war. Professor C C Rister history chairman said the decision was reached by the committee last week and that funds should be directed to war efforts.
Educators in Ottawa discussed adding aeronautics to the high school program. Superintendent Clifford D. Dean and Liberty Memorial high school principal Neal M. Wherry attended. If offered next fall the course would operate in cooperation with the War and Navy departments.
Truman G. Reed 47 longtime Spokane high school principal and widely known educator died of a heart attack. He led Lewis and Clark high school after moving to Spokane in 1937 from Wichita where he spent more than 15 years in the school system. A native of Eddyville Illinois he was a Colorado State Teachers College graduate who taught at NYU summer session in 1989 and Harvard the next summer. Survived by his widow Florence Reed and son Gervais Reed. brother G F Reed publisher of the Garden City Daily Telegram.
Guards will block traffic on U S highway 40 entering the Fort Riley reservation for civilians after May 25 unless they have business at the post. East and west entrances will halt nonmilitary vehicles while regular buses and personnel may enter. Civilians may use a special tag for entry and guards will log arrival time license number and passengers. Bus riders with post destinations receive passes to surrender on exit.
Contracts on the Smoky Hill air base near Salina were awarded to M. W. Watson Construction Company. The firm already holds two prior contracts and now covers road construction on the 1,411 acre base and laying track on a spur railroad line.
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