Defense housing to a standstill across the nation
Washington May 21 Defense housing construction nationwide slows as the army's hold on softwood lumber tightens, threatening 416,099 planned units and 213,680 contracts. WPB reports say the freeze affects private and public projects, with 15 cities reporting halted or critical conditions. Officials seek priority rules and amendment to continue essential defense housing.
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Washington
Defense
War Production Board
WPB
War Department
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Defense Housing
James S. Knowlson
Altho
National Buddy Poppy Day in Lawrence Sets Sale Drive
Mrs. Mary Clepper V F W auxiliary president announced that a Saturday sale event will be staffed by women and children to raise funds for disabled veterans in hospitals and the community. The National Buddy Poppy committee bids posts raise at least 25 percent over last year’s sales.
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Lawrence
Mary Clepper
V.F.W. Auxiliary
National
Washington Briefs Highlight Wartime Policy And Personnel
The War Production Board exempted women at least 5 feet 8 inches tall from skirt length limits, with judges’ robes as another exemption. The Office of Defense Transportation urged baseball games start earlier to ease peak traffic. President Roosevelt drew serial number U-2 in the fourth selective service register, with 1-C designation. James M. Landis rebuked Mayor LaGuardia for remarks about helmet shipments, accusing him of wartime irresponsibility and misattribution to the federal government.
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Associated Press
War Production Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Roosevelt
Selective Service Board
Steve Visalankos
Peanut Vender
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Landis
OCD
New York City
Kansas Wesleyan Speaker Salina May 21
Earl C. Sams president of J C Penney Inc and Kansas native to speak at Kansas Wesleyan University commencement Friday morning. Sams born near Beloit Kansas and funded the chapel named for his parents.
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Kansas Wesleyan
Salina
Earl C. Sams
J.C. Penney Inc
Kansas Wesleyan University
Sams
Beloit
Kan
Shadow Star Puzzle Answers and Clues
A compact listing of across and down clues with numeric references and some near-matches for a filled crossword style puzzle. Includes elements like earthen vessels makers and royal families alongside mineral, linguistic, and nautical terms for quick puzzle-solving reference.
Finals Begin Tomorrow On Hill Amid Dating Pranks
Final examinations start at 8 30 a m with a busy five four and three hour schedule. Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledges Charley Black a star with Phi Psis as the chapter fills with nine winners and two freshmen, amid campus pranks and surprise visitors.
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Sig Alpha
Phi Psis
Charley Black
Phog Allen
Bill Hargiss
Black
Charley
Ralph Miller
Original Music at K U A Review of student compositions at KU school of fine arts.
The program featured seven works by Laurel Everette Anderson students spanning from post-Franckian string quartet writing to late romantic and neo-classic scores. Highlights included Helen Goode's fragile quartet, Miss Dunn's Arioso, Wadley's Canzonetta, and Zack's Quintet for Woodwinds and Hauptfuchter's Quintet for Strings.
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K.U. School of Fine Arts
Laurel Everette Anderson
K.U
Karl Euersteiner
Don Michel
Peggy Kay
Barbara Huls
David Draper
Helen Goode
Miss Goode
Debussy
Suzanne Schmidt
Mezzosoprano
Lois Worrell
George Hauptfuehrer
Marvin Wadley
Council
Guish
Moon Shadows
Mr. Woolley
Eugene Nininger
Margaret Dunn
Miss Dunn
Mr. Nininger
Shelley
Virginia Gsell
Melvin Zack
Margaret Fultz
Alberta Everett
Marshall Butler
Margaret Holcomb
Robert Ferman
Jack Moehlenkamp
Vern Sinclair
James Berkson
Pavane
George Hauptfuchter
Young artists shine in manuscript reading program
An acrid tone was skillfully projected by Don Michel, violin, Barbara Hull, viola, and two cellists David Draper and Betty King. Commendation goes to all the young participants for expert manuscript reading with no slips across the footlights.
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Don Michel
Barbara Hull
David Draper
Betty King
G.C.S
Tulsa Father of Triplets Faces Draft Reclassification
CPI Roy L. Kidd, father of triplets Wesley Warren and Walter born prematurely yesterday, was reclassified from 3-A to 1-A. He plans to appeal after showing his status as father of triplets. Kidd wed after the draft law began and quips he still has triplets to raise.
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Tulsa
Okla
CPI
Roy L. Kidd
Kidd
Wesley
Warren
Walter
High School Engineers Meet KU Professors on War Effort
Thirty five top mathematics students at Liberty Memorial High School met this afternoon with Eugene Stevenson petroleum engineering professor and W P Hessler electrical engineering professor from the University of Kansas. They discussed future engineering careers for graduates in support of the war effort at the suggestion of the U S Office of Education.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Eugene Stevenson
W. P. Hessler
University of Kansas
United States Office of Education
Walter Morton Completes Air Corps Training at Sheppard Field
Pvt. Walter M. Morton son of Mr and Mrs C O Morton of Lawrence completed five months of study at Sheppard Field Texas the world largest air corps technical school He is attached to the 314th technical school squadron and now one of eight specialists needed to keep a plane airworthy He becomes eligible for assignment to any air corps unit The classified page offers the quickest way to locate room or housing rentals.
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Air Corps
Walter M. Morton
C. O. Morton
Lawrence
Air Corps Technical School
Sheppard Field
Tex
Morton
314Th Technical School
Honors Assembly at Liberty Memorial High School
The annual honors assembly at Liberty Memorial high school will be held tomorrow at 9:20 AM. The high school orchestra, directed by Oliver P. Hobbs, will perform two numbers as part of the recognition. Awards include the Frank Hart Olney for a top junior, the Bausch and Lomb for top science senior, and the Kappa Alpha Kappa for top Negro student, plus student council service awards and honorable mentions for outstanding underclassmen.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Oliver P. Hobbs
Frank Hart Olney
Bausch and Lomb
Flood damage to Kansas roads and bridges worsens
Kansas roads and bridges suffered heavier damage than first believed after the southwestern floods. Highway Director D J Fair said the Cimarron and Arkansas rivers were the most damaging in years with bridges torn from their anchors. Engineers estimated damage near 1 000 000 dollars and materials were moved in for quick repairs.
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Topeka
Kansas
D. J. Fair
Fair
Cimarron
Arkansas
Douglas County Calls Ten Colored Men for Army Draft
Douglas county was asked to supply ten Black men for the army on June 1. The selective service headquarters issued a notice directing the usual preliminary induction procedures to be skipped.
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Douglas County
Selective Service
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Relief For Backache
The ad promotes Doan's Pills as a 40 year trusted remedy for tired kidneys. It claims kidney dysfunction causes backache and other symptoms like night awakening, swelling, headaches, and loss of energy, and urges readers to ask their druggist for Doan's to flush out waste from blood.
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Dean’s
Doan
Bond Pledge Drive Extended Into Next Week
The war bond pledge campaign, originally set to end May 17, will close Monday or Tuesday next week after C. E. Decker announced the extension. University Co ed Volunteer Corps members handling districts begin final exams tomorrow, prompting the extra time for Lawrence residents to pledge toward purchasing bonds for the war effort.
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C. E. Decker
Decker
Lawrence
Topeka Meeting Attended by City Officials
A. W. Berger councilman J. W. Stone city clerk and E. E. Alexander city treasurer attend the League of Kansas Municipalities meeting in Topeka today.
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Topeka
A. W. Berger
J. W. Stone
E. E. Alexander
League of Kansas Municipalities
Marriage License Issued to Reece and Dyatt
A marriage license was issued yesterday to Harry William Reece of Scandia and Mary Bell Jane Dyatt of Kanorado.
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Harry William Reece
Scandia
Mary Bell Jane Dyatt
Kanorado
Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth
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