Subscription rates and notices at Lawrence Journal-World 1941
The Lawrence Journal-World outlines subscription rates by carrier and by mail for various distances and payment terms. It lists national representatives and credits the Associated Press with dispatch republication rights and standard publication notices. The paper notes delivery issues and contact times, with the date Wednesday September 3, 1941.
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Lorenzen & Thompson, Inc
New York
West 44Th St
Chicago
North
Michigan Ave
San Francisco
Sansome
Los Angeles
New Orpheum
Kansas City
Baltimore Ave
St. Louis
Star
Detroit
General Motors
Atlanta
Walton
Associated Press
Mubdahetes Helin Sree
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Postoffice
Lawrence
Kansas
Journal-World
The Cup of Salvation Verse Quote
A devotional line invites reflection on gratitude toward God, urging readers to lift the cup of salvation and call on the Lord, citing Psalm 116:13 as a guiding verse.
Ambiguous Opportunity Looms for Japan in Pacific Tensions
The article notes that a US war material shipment to Russia nearing Vladivostok could spark a Japanese response. Some see a chance for Japan to block the route and trigger a Far East showdown, while others doubt Japan would pursue a decisive clash. The piece frames uncertainty and guarded judgments on any action.
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Russia
Vladivostok
Far East
Pacific
The New Tax Bill Sparks Broad Public Debate
The bill’s shift toward higher rates and fewer exemptions worries many. A theater operator warns tax on admissions rising to 15 percent could curb attendance while businesses fear added costs from federal taxes. He questions if vending machines would face new levies, reflecting broader concern over the bill’s impact.
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Congress
Not Alone A British Official Faces Labor Criticism
A government member is pressed by Labour leaders for allegedly hoping that German and Russian armies would annihilate each other. The row suggests Labour aims to restore leftist influence and the clenched fist salute to party lines. The remark, if true, echoed widely held domestic views.
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Labor Party
Russia
Hitler
Enduring Hope Against Totalitarian Threats
The article argues Americans remember the Berlin Moscow pact and note that Germany and Russia now fight each other under totalitarian regimes. It stresses that both regimes deny representative government and threaten self governing nations, urging that the totalitarian movement be restrained.
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Steppes
Hitler
Germany
Russia
September flood threat grips western Kansas
Kansas experiences early September flooding as the Smoky Hill near Lindsborg runs high and the Solo Mon river waters spill over farms and townsites. The wet summer has left Kansas unusually green and reminds readers that anything can happen in this state, and usually does.
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Kansas
Smoky Hill
Lindsborg
Solomon
Read Blank’s column for more confusion on Far East
The State Journal pans a syndicated column as oddly original, urging readers to choose their shade of confusion on the Far Eastern scene. Forecasters mislead, and the street knows little more than the headlines, with reporters delivering bite by bite summaries of a chaotic Russia front.
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Topeka State Journal
Blank
State Journal
Pacific
Japan
Toll of Labor Day Deaths Hits 626 in Holiday Toll
A Labor Day tabulation records 626 fatalities from accidents over the holiday. The piece notes Americans accept high holiday tolls and take limited effective prevention action, comparing to a hypothetical deadly air raid.
Local Girl Vows Bold Stand Over Lipstick Tale
In Great Bend, a local girl asserts her lipstick won’t wash off easily, insisting she will fight to prove it. The playful claim has drawn attention from neighbors and sparked lighthearted chatter around town.
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Great Bend Tribune
Wondrosoap Plot Twists Into FBI Exposé Mystery
Kay Donovan inherits a factory and a million cans of Wondrosoap. An explosive secret hidden in a washstand pulls in chemists, lawyers, and FBI agents as a tense confrontation unfolds at the plant with a gun, a gunfight test, and a shocking reveal. Mary Marshall turns detective and Benton hints at a counterplay exposing the government stake.
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Kay
Mary Marshall
MacLeod
Goldberg
Flynn
Rolay
Ted Andrews
Washington
Ted
FBI
Hans Stadt
Joe Benton
Mary
Wondrosoap
America
Germany
Hans
Benton
Joe
Sam
Mike Flynn
Mike
Katie
Taylor
Domination of Europe Debate Echoes From War Talks
London press reports accuse Colonel Moore-Brabazon of hinting that Germany and Russia should exterminate each other to leave Britain dominant in Europe. The piece notes Britain’s Russia alliance, and comments on war aims, with Stalin’s reactions and Moscow expansionist goals amid a Europe unsettled by war.
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London
Edinburgh
J. T. C. Moore- Brabazon
Britain
Europe
Jack Tanner
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Tanner
Russia
Moscow
Hitler
England
Fuehrer
John Bull
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Moore-Brabazon
Red
Governor seeks 25 percent cut in school text book prices
The governor proposes lowering textbook prices by a quarter from the current schedule. Germany and Austria renounced their proposed customs union after actions through their foreign ministers at the Pan European commission. The move lacked wide support from other nations.
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Woodring
Germany
Austria
Pan-European Commission
U. S. Guyer
Eugenie Hat
Kiwanis Club
Lawrence
Board of Education
Altho
Atlantic
Chicago
America
Henry L. Stimson
Hoover
Border college guards affect grid players this season
Twenty five years ago border news reports that college and university students in the national guard would not be discharged ahead of their commands. Coach Olcott faces loss of players to guards as practice nears. Other notes include a close lightning strike incident on a silage cutter injuring Fred Korb and social news of Winnie Roberts returning from Pittsburg Kansas.
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National Guard
Olcott
Fred Korb
Tonganexie
Winnie Roberts
Pittsburg
Kan
Varsity
Theda Bara
C. C. Lescher
W. A. Lescher
M. W. Lane
Kansas City
Flashes of Life No Bargain and Bitter Reward News
Police disrupted a bargain sale in Philadelphia after learning a pound of butter sold for a dime and found a haul of groceries looted from cellars at a street intersection valued at 84 dollars but sold for 10. In Columbus a driver suffered brain concussion after a push turns violent. Kansas City reports a chaotic negro labor picnic with 4000 attendees and 30 taxis rushing to Wildwood lake amid disorder.
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Philadelphia
Columbus
Ohio
William Sedoruk
Kansas City
Wildwood Lake
Names and chicken joke in Des Moines column
Mr and Mrs Robert Bartley allowed their son Tom to keep a chicken as a pet after a Sunday dinner gift. They retaliated by naming the chicken Sunday dinner, a playful twist in a local humor note.
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Des Moines
Robert Bartley
Tom
Brinkley Improves After Heart Attack At Kansas City Hospital
Dr. John R. Brinkley 56, famed gland surgeon, is described as improved at the Kansas City hospital where he has been treated for a circulatory ailment for ten days. He was placed under an oxygen tent last night after a heart attack, but staff say his condition, while critical, showed a turn for the better and the tent is no longer required.
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Brinkley
Kansas City
John R. Brinkley
Altho
Lawrence Schools and Businesses Open New Terms and Expansions
Lawrence hosts the fall term openings at the Lawrence Business College with new and old students including Maude Morse and others. Haskell Institute reports 200 new enrollments in ten days while Griffin Ice Company plans to expand capacity from six to fifteen tons daily. A party of fifty northern Cheyennes arrives from the reservation.
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John
Smith
Susie
Lawrence
The
State University
Kansas
Griffin Tce Company
Lawrence Business College
Maude Morse
Lydia Trimble
Josephine
Julia Gill
Ed. Powell
Albert Peterson
Arthur Campbell
Frank Chapman
W. H. Quakenbush
Emporia
State Normal
Business College
Haskell Institute
No Stockyard Strike Averted By Wage Increase Agreement
Kansas reports a threatened strike by 200 union livestock yard workers was averted after a last minute conference reached a wage increase. Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee Local No 16 sought 10 cents an hour raise, arguing rising living costs. J C Cash of the company cited a 1940 contract term and arbitration for differences. Neil Beam of the CIO headed the union delegation stating the contract did not bar a wage strike.
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Kansas
Kan
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee Local No. 16
Stock Yards Company
J. C. Cash
Neil Beam
C.I.0
Hess Messerschmitt Had Tires Made in the U. S.
Burbank California September 8 American made products were part of the equipment of the Messerschmitt 110 used by Rudolf Hess on his flight to the British Isles said Donald Dunning after 15 months in England. He served as maintenance instructor to Royal Air Force members assigned to Lockheed bombers. Dunning said he examined Hesss plane and found tires stamped with a United States manufacturer. The fuel tank called for 100 octane an American designation and an American aviation oil brand was specified above the intake valve. The tires were new live rubber too.
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Burbank
Calif
Rudolf Hess
Germany
British Isles
Donald Dunning
England
Royal Air Force
Lockheed
Dunning
Hess
United States
Signs of Axis Weakening Reported by Wavell
Simla reports General Wavell says signs the axis is growing weaker and more anxious. He notes over 100,000 Indian troops serving overseas and India nearing one million fighting forces as the war enters its second anniversary.
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Simla
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Germany
General Wavell
Wavell
Galloway and Barber Lead K U Relays Club Drive
Chi Galloway and Richard A. Barber named majors in charge of the annual membership solicitation for the K U Relays club. The drive starts next Tuesday with captains to be chosen today and a 9 30 am meeting at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Major solicitors will gather for a 7 30 am breakfast at Eldridge before the campaign begins.
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Chi Galloway
Richard A. Barber
Chamber of Commerce Rooms
Eldridge
Wheat Seeding Starts in Kansas With Best Soil Moisture
Kansas farmers begin wheat seeding in the southwest while others wait for Hessian fly free date. Soil moisture across the state is reported as the best in years. A larger fall alfalfa acreage is under seed, prairie hay cutting nears completion with good yields. Sheep are moved to western Kansas to graze forage crops and winter wheat pastures.
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Topeka
Kansas
Federal
Too Late to Classify column showcases nightly reads
A newspaper column titled Too Late to Classify offers late night reader notes and brief, humorous items. It highlights quirky observations and small-town happenings in a concise format.
Eudora Social Notes Include Family Visits and Reunion
Sunday gatherings span San Benito to Lawrence with Warmkers Daughertys and Baeckers visiting Eudora families. The Strobel reunion held in the city park drew 96 members, while fires and moves mark the week as Ogden joins Garnett High School staff and others relocate.
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Ray Warmker
San Benito
Tex
Fred Walker
Katherine
George Warmker
Dorothy
Retta Daugherty
Lawrence Brown
Stephen
Kansas City
Charles Brown
Marvin Gail
Gardner
Pearl Daugherty
Lawrence
Roy Daugherty
Wayne
Harold Daugherty
Paul Frazier
Helen Lucile
Ebden Scott
J. Scott
Strobel
City Park
Jack Strobel
Eudora
Dorothy Watts
Emporia
Heaney
Margaret Ogden
Washington, D. C
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Carlyle Trabant
Charles Gerstenberger
Ida Breighaupt
Topeka
Anna Baecker
Philip Gabriel
San
Roland
Eudora High School
Keith Starr
Garnett High School
Midd Ogden
Garnett
Radio Programming Schedule for Wednesday and Thursday Nights
Radio listings show WREN KMBC WDAF actions for September 3 and 5 with multiple show times, hosts, dramas, newscasts, musical acts, weather forecasts, and public affairs across stations. Entries include The Thin Man, Quiz Kids, Glenn Miller’s Orchestra, Amos and Andy, Easy Aces, and Weather Forecast segments.
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Wren
Marian Mann
KMBC
Mandrake
WDAF
Cavaliers
Grand Central
Manhattan
Dr. Christian
Elmer, Davis
Eddie Cantor
Ted Steele
Glenn Miller
O Wdafp
Kay Kyser
Orch
Kansas City
Amos and
Andy
AP News
Lanny Ross
Easy Aces
KAIBC
Howard and Shelton
Chez Paree Orch
Western Echoes
Fred Waring
Paul Sullivan
Star
Gabriel Hoeatter
Melody Treasure Chest
Lionel Hampton
Woody Herman
Selberling
Kmbc—Press News
Dick Powell
Aldrich
Ren
Ruay Vallea
Parada
Rainbow Room Orch
WRIEN
Wdaf—Star
Melody Treasure
Herb
Joe
Clancy
Tanners
Ciros
United Press News
Press
A.P
Local families recount summer travels and visits
Mr and Mrs Ray Ogden and relatives shared news of a California trip and visits from Mrs Myrtle Fiegenbaum Miss Alice Darling and Miss Genevieve Ogden. Mr and Mrs John Reusch and Donna Mae returned from California. Mr and Mrs Herbert Knipp and son came back to Eudora after a summer in Onaga. 4 Mr and Mrs Paul Luckan of Norton were guests of Augusta Durr Saturday night.
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Ents
Ray Ogden
Myrtle Fiegenbaum
Alice Darling
Genevieve Ogden
John Reusch
Donna Mae
California
Herbert Knipp
Eudora
Onaga
Paul Luckan
Norton
Augusta Durr
Community Visitors and Local School Notes at Yarnold
Mrs. Jim Joseph and family and Miss Ruth Gress visited O. A. Bidinger. Elden Walker and George Walker from Missouri stayed with O. T. Tuey. Hedges and Miller of Tulsa joined July Kampschroeder, Mesdames Moss and Hildenbrand spent time in Topeka. Esther Moss returned home. School started at Yarnold with Clarence Smith. Deer Creek and Mound teachers listed. Jones School out this year. Henry Damm ill at daughter’s home in Lecompton. cards welcome.
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Jim Joseph
Ruth Gress
Medicina Lodge
O. A
Topeka
George Moss
Esther Moss
August Kampschroeder
Harry Miller
Rufus Hedges
Clinton
Sadie Kampschroeder
Medicine Lodge
Kan
James Brass
Ralph Ice
Will Johanning
Worden
Frank. Selch
Yarnold
Clarence Smith
Deer Creek
Rosemary Shirer
Mound
Phyliss Sainford
Jones School
Harry Buchheim
Big Springs
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