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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1941
Page
8
With more than 16 million dollars in their pockets nearly 400000 troops in the second and third armies splurged across Arkansas and Louisiana. Merchants rushed to meet demand as restaurants, refreshment spots, and movie houses saw packed crowds and overflow, while some soldiers left without purchases due to crowded counters.
In a tight race the Springfield and Joplin Miners clash in a pivotal doubleheader as Springfield needs one win to seize the lead while Joplin seeks a repeat of Sunday’s 7-5 and 9-0 rout. Fort Smith trails Muskogee after a 12-6 and 5-3 split. Topeka and West play out a mixed program.
Hutchinson Pirates struggle from sixth place but topple Salina 9-4 and 10-9 in a doubleheader. Earlier the Browns won 8-3. Sunday night action features Springfield at Joplin and Fort Smith at Muskogee along with Topeka at Carthage.
Edward Alexander Morrison, a United States citizen and gunner in the ninety-ninth squadron, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry in daylight attacks on German battleships Gneisenau Scharnhorst and cruiser Prinz Eugen near Brest. Morrison’s mother lives in New York.
Roy C. Wilson of the Kansas AAA committee warns farmers the September 30 deadline ends the 1941 soil building program. Projects completed after this date qualify for the 1942 program. terracing pond construction and seeding alfalfa and grasses remain possible. The Journal-World classified page invites readers.
In Kansas City Kansas Judge Richard J Hopkins shows a strong bias for probation with 66 percent of 257 defendants receiving probation last year. Of the total, 85 went to prison and 172 were placed on probation under officer supervision.
Senator Byrd declares possible and probable saving of $2,000,000,000 in non-defense spending as the government debates budget cuts. He cites army and navy costs at about $8,000,000,000 yearly and urges real reductions. Legislative work continues on tax measures and price control. Harriet Elliott calls the price bill best protectant against inflation while Senator Smith signals amendments to freeze government stock holdings of wheat and cotton.
Tokyo traders push stock prices higher as news suggests the United States will route aid to the Soviet Union via the Middle East rather than Vladivostok. Shipping shares gain on hopes U S policy may avoid offending Japan and a Chugai Shogyo columnist urges Japan to relearn flexible diplomacy.
Ko kumin argues that the pean war reaching Iran threatens broader prosperity interests and urges Japan to strengthen total war capacity. He insists on adhering to the tri power pact and advancing a new Japanese order in East Asia.
President Roosevelt vows to crush Hitler and Nazi forces while stressing a free labor system as the foundation of democracy. He warns against appeasers and calls Americans to unite across workers, farmers, business, and churchmen to build a democratic world.
State police search for the bodies of three children and two adults missing since a car plunged through a washed out bridge into the Black River tributary near Lowville. Four others escaped. victims include Mrs Bruce Robbins and three Robbins children. The family from West Martinsburg were joined by a cousin and a hired man who were rescued.
A French Air France transport plane crashed into a lake near Turin Italy killing thirteen people including a member of the French Italian armistice commission. One engine failed after takeoff.
Washington reports a high national labor strength as workers mark Labor Day with mass meetings parades and picnics. Some factories on defense orders stay running while leaders urge greater civilian and defense support and radio speeches project national resolve.
Dean F T Stockton of the University of Kansas School of Business has been appointed for a fourth consecutive year as a representative in the university body. The decision sustains leadership at KU and reinforces ongoing governance.
A fragment cites tentative relation between the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business and the American Council of Education, suggesting an organizational linkage or collaboration under review.
In fog a 700 ton lumber schooner Gadsby from Port Orford Oregon tangled in San Francisco harbor submarine nets. Two tugs freed her and towed to a stock for rudder repairs. Coast guard said the net system not badly damaged. Also Paris-Soir editorials suggest reprisal executions by England for French dead in raids.
The Lawrence Business College office is open for enrollments from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Local students are urged to enroll this week.
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