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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1941
Page
4
A quoted Biblical verse from II Chronicles 20 9 is cited, invoking faith and seeking divine hearing and aid in affliction. The fragment frames a devotional plea before a house, mentioning camels in the house and invoking judgment pestilence and sword as afflictions to endure.
Editorial urges quick passage of new laws to curb strikes during the emergency. It argues the miners’ union agreement to arbitrate came late and that ongoing stoppages threaten defense production. It links labor agitators to most strikes and calls for accountability for all parties.
Dispatches stress American made planes tanks and trucks shaping the North African campaign. An American mission with technicians operates with British forces to test equipment in combat and provide direct observations for U S policy and wartime understanding.
Saturday's Lawrence football clash between Jayhawks and Tigers delivered more than a game as early morning conditions shifted expectations. Out of town visitors faced unexpected travel risks while the crowd endured an unsettling mix of gridiron thrills and weather driven excitement.
Travelers from distant points faced stormy winds rain and snow in eastern Kansas forcing many Missouri supporters to leave at halftime to beat worsening conditions. Those who stayed endured a bitter finish as roads grew treacherous and darkness gathered.
Missouri would accept a bowl invitation if offered and waits to learn which one, while Kansas avoided bowl trouble in the final game as the stadium became a slush bowl. The Missouri student body and authorities mull the potential post season path after a successful season.
Nazi moves signal a broader strategy to solidify conquest in Europe. Petain may meet Axis leaders in occupied France, with promises of independence for others and a peace treaty in exchange for French colonial concessions. Regardless, German power remains the decisive factor behind negotiations.
A western traveler, a woman, stopped at a Coolidge filling station and asked about cockleburrs. The attendant claimed they were porcupine eggs and sold her a dozen for a dollar before she departed.
The piece analyzes Hitler's push for a broad anti Bolshevik peace alliance, with Finland Denmark Bulgaria Croatia Romania Slovakia and Japan joining the anti Comintern pact. It argues a renewed Nazi offensive against Moscow may serve as window dressing for consolidation of conquests and a Nazi federation across Europe. It notes Europe lacks essential oil and grain, especially Caucasus flows, and outlines risks including Russo German fronts and Italian weakness.
Dispatches from Mukden report fighting south of the city began this morning and persisted into mid afternoon as League of Nations council members failed to resolve the Manchurian crisis. Also noted are the wheat and cotton purchases by the farm board and a Kansas University student holiday after a football win over Missouri, along with weather damage to crops and a KU math department head taking a spring leave for studies at Columbia.
Twenty five years ago Archduke Charles Francis of Austria-Hungary assumed the title of Emperor and King Charles I and declared his decision to maintain the war until a peace that sustains the monarchy. Also noted are local deaths, a shoe factory plan for Lawrence, troop withdrawal talks, a student paddling ban, and fashion shifts for spring.
Report notes Libya seeks decisive action to remove Mussolini from power, framing the move as a complete rout of his regime. The language suggests strong optimism about ending Mussolini's rule and securing a new political arrangement.
Local residents report improvement in influenza cases among Dr. and Mrs. Frank Gleason. Kin and friends from Russell Phoenix Tucson and Kansas City visit the Baldwins, while Lt. Paul Lobingier returns from Panama to attend a friend’s funeral in Greenville Tennessee.
Pi Joe Potter a 17 year old Kansas State College freshman from Garden City collapsed and died Saturday near the campus while en route to basketball practice. Roommate Dayton Gerlach said they were running part of the way. Coroner W H Clarkson ruled the death due to heart disease. Potter was the son of Mr and Mrs Roy Potter.
Navy reports Private Price Harrington of Hartford Kansas died of malaria at the station hospital during mobilization. He was 32 and with the head quarters company of the 137th Infantry. He leaves a widow.
The Haskell Indians defeated the Ottawa Baptists 17 to 0 yesterday before several hundred spectators despite a chilly wind. Theodore Poehler is improving and nearing recovery. About 25 friends surprised Miss Almira Noyes at 746 Mississippi Street for an enjoyable evening. Snow was light and temperatures cooled overnight. The Beta fraternity held its annual turkey pulling at the chapter house on Fenner Street with elaborate hosting. The Dixon home on Connecticut Street is now complete and ready for occupancy.
Thanksgiving reminders urge Scouts to finish good turn projects avoid duplication and complete inventories. Alpha Phi Omega alumni attended a Kansas Union breakfast with KU leaders. next year’s homecoming breakfast is planned. Scouts praised for ushers at KU football game and are asked to help at Kansas Relays. Re-registration deadline is December fifteenth.
Canton Ohio resident Sherwin Albert mails a ten dollar Thanksgiving gift to his sister Mary Albert in Waynesburg Pennsylvania. The letter is misdelivered to a different Waynesburg Mary Albert who forwards it to the intended recipient. The four Alberts plan a social gathering.
In Logansport Indiana Mrs William Barnett finds her car stolen and driven about 100 miles then returned to the garage undamaged. In Wichita Kansas next month F W Ike Smith seeks Kansas University professor Joseph Taggart to address a hotel convention but Taggart remains elusive. He learns Taggart is believed to be living at the Park Lane in Kansas City.
Reuben Schwab failed to attract fish as he fished Tillamook Gre. He called it quits after a final cast and reeled in a duck instead.
Four men identified as Russell Churchill Wendell Hull Edward Hitler and Albert Goering are listed as soldiers stationed at Camp Grant in Rockford til aaichurchill. The group name resembles a wartime roster and reflects historical confusion in OCR text.
A boiler exploded in the basement of the Salina Journal building causing minor damage and slight injury to custodian George Sottong. He lit a pilot light with a match when the blast occurred, scattering bricks across the basement.
Diana meets with her father to discuss Stephen Curt's marriage proposal tied to a $10,000 payoff and a potential inheritance loss. She weighs personal security against a life with a famous, married, political figure as family ties and farm duties unfold in a cold November morning.
Wyandotte high school of Kansas City defeated Newton in the finals to win the Topeka high school invitation debate tournament. Forty six teams competed. The notice also promotes Journal-World subscriptions for Lawrence readers.
Radio listings for Monday November 24 show WREN KMBC WDAF and KABC with multiple programs including News, Orchestras, dramas, sports reports, and features such as I Love A Mystery, Amos and Andy, Vox Pop, and Gabriel Heatter. A following Tuesday schedule includes more musicals, comedies, and news segments across stations.
Eight cars of the Illinois Central Seminole passenger train derailed after a 30 foot embankment fall near Corinth Mississippi. One dead and more than 80 hurt, three gravely, as a rail fissure caused the crash on the Florida to Chicago run. Fire from a dining car lit the scene while rescue crews evacuated the injured to local hospitals.
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