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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
4
Silent War on Small Shops Threatens Defense Shift
A new defense planning board curbs non essentials, threatening many small manufacturers. Illinois survey shows 64 percent expect to close without priorities, while only 2 percent foresee viable substitutes. The policy risks worker layoffs and undermines small business rights amid rushed defense expansion.
Defense program reliance on existing industry questioned
The text argues that the nation lagged in mobilizing already available plants for defense. It cites a wool mill ready to produce gun stocks at scale but ignored by officials, suggesting prior assurances of full use of existing equipment were forgotten when the emergency arrived, causing confusion and insecurity.
Stabilizing the Front in Europe and the Suez Question
Analysts debate whether Russian gains have solidified the front or if German pauses signal new drives. Some expect Russia’s counterattacks to stabilize the line, while others believe Hitler will push southeast toward oil fields and Suez after consolidating in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
England
Russia
Suez
Bulgaria
Hitler and Mussolini Hold Talks Over Frontline Gaps
Report indicates Hitler seeks more troops to fill Russian front gaps caused by losses and would consider deploying the Italian army. The conference with Mussolini signals heightened urgency in reinforcing Soviet theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Fuehrer
Duce
Opening day debate hints at voting strength on tax measure
On opening day of debate the senators appeared unsure about tax details yet showed a keen sense of where votes lie. The piece notes strategic awareness among lawmakers regarding expected support for the measure.
Funny Man: A Parody of a World Figure
The piece portrays a man who creates inventions like electric light, vaccines, radio, and television apparatus, while also persecuting others and fueling a massive war. It contrasts his claimed progress with his destructive actions and global domination aims. The tone mocks a powerful figure as both genius and villain.
Bolshevik Offense Intensifies Near Smolensk Goma
The article reports a major Red counterattack across a 200 mile front in the Smolensk Gomel sector with Timoshenko's offensive sustaining for nearly two weeks. It notes retaken villages, German supply-line strain, and speculation on whether this marks a decisive push toward Leningrad and Moscow. It also cites a Japanese observer praising Russian resolve and the resilient "guts" of Muscovites amid the siege of Leningrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smolensk-Gomel
Hitler
Moscow
Leningrad
Odessa
Timoshenko
Red
Red Command
Bolshevists
Karelian
Trbes
Russia
Germany
Kismet
Red Army
People’s Army
Plane sets transcontinental flight record in 11 15
Major James Ee Doolittle lands in Jersey with a new flying record of 11 hours and 15 minutes pacing the West's speed surge. Rural and city residents attend Mt Hope nursery fair showcasing 4 H club and vocational agriculture excellence. Community notices include Legion election results, barber shop move, and summer religious services at South Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Woodring
West
James Ee Doolittle
Jersey
Lawrence
Mt. Hope Nursery
Dorsey-Liberty
American Legion
Everett Stith
C. W. Pollom
O. Davis
Karl Kreider
J. W. ‘Twente
William Kollender
Roy Martin
Co. W. Pollom
Ed ‘Brass
Art Watkins
Chester Daum
Massachusetts Street
Eastern Romania Faces Frontline Struggle in War News
Reports from the Danube to the Black Sea describe Bulgarian and German forces clashing with Rumanians along the front as second campaign opens. In U S Kansas, school sessions resume as university offices rush to organize amid pending term start. Charles Pilla, longtime Eudora merchant, dies. Lincoln home stead dedication seen as Wilson accepts on behalf of the United States. A countywide school restart occurs this morning and a local social group gathered for a Bowersock event Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danube
Black Sea
Rumania
Froner
Charles Pilla
Eudora
Abraham ‘Lincoln
Wilson
United States
Lincoln
Lincoln Farm Association
Bowersock
Gladys Luckan
Margaret Fitch
Ruth Peairs
Helen Peairs
Eleanor Atkinson
Matilda Smithmeyer
Lois Greenlees
Irving Hill
Paul Dins
Birth of Son to Mr and Mrs Joseph Simeon Flipper
Mr and Mrs Joseph Simeon Flipper of Columbia South Carolina announce the birth of a son August 25 at Wheatley Kansas The mother was previously Miss Charlotte Pierson daughter of Mr and Mrs Clar ence N Pierson The father is Rev Carl F Flipper of Kansas City and Mrs William E Taylor of St Louis The baby has been named Joseph Simeon after his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Simeon Flipper
Columbia
S. C
Wheatly
Kan
Flipper
Charlotte Pierson
Clarence N. Pierson
Carl F. Flipper
Kansas City
William E. Taylor
St. Louis
Joseph Simeon
Moore and Bowersock Motored to Topeka for Golf
Mr. Sam Moore and Mr. Earl Bowersock traveled to Topeka this morning to play a round of golf.
McKinley visit to Canton and parade of travel plans
President and Mrs. McKinley attended the county fair in Canton Ohio yesterday afternoon. Preparations for the Buffalo trip required a traveling executive office and special trunks were readied. Also noted is progress on the St Louis World’s Fair plans and local work in Forest Park. General MacArthur reports minimal organized resistance in the Philippines and that civil government has functioned since July 4. C Johnson attends Angora goat sale in Kansas City. Central school interior near completion with exterior work soon finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Canton
Ohio
Buffalo
Exposition Company
St. Louis
Forest Park
C. Johnson
Kansas City
General MacArthur
Phillippines
War Department
United States
Graf Zeppelin Stamp Honored by Paraguay in 1933
Paraguay issues a Graf Zeppelin stamp depicting the airship over Paraguayan terrain. The German craft, decommissioned in 1937, served from 1928 and logged over a million miles including 143 Atlantic crossings. Paraguay’s riverine outlet to Buenos Aires supports air and river travel with an aviation school established in Asuncion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Paraguay
Lakehurst
N. J
South America
Buenos Aires
Paraguay River
Asuncion
Hunter Becomes Quarry as Hounds Track Warden Case
In Baton Rouge a hunter bagged a squirrel out of season and was pursued by game warden L H Blanchard. Bloodhounds traced the trail to the hunter's home, ending a pursuit that began in the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
L. H. Blanchard
Hartford Interviewee Describes Lifelong Struggle for Jobs
In Hartford Connecticut an elderly Black job seeker told an interviewer for the state employment service that his life has largely been spent trying not to become dumb. The exchange highlights barriers faced by minority applicants seeking work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
Connecticut State Employment Service
Mouse nest yields long-lost gold note in Fergus Falls
In Fergus Falls Minnesota a piano tuner found a mice nest behind Turner Askew's piano containing a chewed ten dollar gold note missing for years and a fresh one dollar bill. The gold note was sent to the treasury for redemption. In Kansas City Kansas on September four a blackout hit the Argentine district for five hours when two woodchoppers misjudged a tree fall snapping lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus Falls
Minn
Turner Askew
Treasury Department
Kansas City
Kan
Argentine
Treasury August 26 Statement Shows National Debt and Deficit
Treasury report dated August 26 outlines the July 1 1941 to August 26 1941 financials with expenditures of Ceranata g00 and receipts of 762 471 360 resulting in a national debt of 50 446 355 010. The per capita share is 383 88.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Ceranata
Wondrosoap Bonded by Crime to Vacation Plot Twist
Kay Donovon learns her Wondrosoap invention is a powerful explosive after tests by Joe Benton and Hans Stadt. FBI involvement guards the secret as Kay and Ted Andrews plan a government tied future with Tim Donovan and Mary Marshall amid a summer cottage escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Donovan
Joe Benton
Hans Stadt
Kay
Ted Andrews
Flynn
MacLeod, Goldberg
MacLeod, Goldberg and Flynn. Ted, Kay, Joe Benton
Mary Marshall
Ted
FBI
Mary
Benton
Joe
Lake Olivara
Pieter
Mike Flynn
Tod
Taylor
Europe
Tim Donovan
United States
Hans
Washington
Chemical Research
Army Ordnance
Tim
Lake Olivera Vacation Ends With Questioned Love
Ted contemplates proposing to Kay during their Lake Olivera holiday as money flows in. Joe Benton reveals Mary will marry him after deciding police work is risky, and Kay shares a kiss with Joe before Ted secretly witnesses the moment. The scene closes with Ted discarding a doorknob into the lake as it ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Kay
Flynn
Joe
Mary
Lake Olivera
Daily Hej
Joe Benton
Poodby
Ted Andrews
Altho
Plans Approved for $27 Million Parsons Shell Plant
Washington reports final approval by the War Department of preliminary engineering plans for a $27,000,000 shell loading plant at Parsons Kansas. Construction will start immediately with administration buildings first. Capt Earl Pattee will supervise. J M Service Corp is operating contractor, Battey and Childs and Consoer Townsend and Quintan are architect engineers. Major Otto Jank, Parsons project commander, announced after a War Department conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reed
Battey and Childs
Consoer, Townsend and Quin- Tan
Chicago
War Department
Otto Jank
Jank
Burlington
Corliss Land Purchase by Cunningham Couple in DeSoto
Mr. and Mrs. Warnle Cunningham of DeSoto bought an acreage in the Corliss bottom from L. H. Plummer. The T. A. Hall family currently occupy the property. The Turner brothers performed at a Thursday night dance in Eudora sponsored by the Rebekah lodge. Thelma Murphy Bessie Wycoff and Verner Christman, Cedar Junction school teachers for the coming year, were among Johnson county instructors at last week’s Institute in Olathe. Mr. and Mrs. Webb, previously residents there, were noted travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warnle Cunningham
DeSoto
L. H. Plummer
T. A. Hall
Turner Brothers
Eudora
Rebekah Lodge
Thelma Murphy
Bessie Wycoff
Verner Christman
Cedar Junction
Johnson County
Olathe
Webb
Radio Schedule Guide for Kansas City Area A
A dense listing of radio programs across WREN KMBC WDAF and other stations for the evening into midnight. It enumerates shows from dramatic comedy to news casts and musical programs with station identifiers and varying times. Numerous program titles include The Nickel Man Parade Sportcast and Amos and Andy along with weather and news segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
Beneafar
Parade
Af—Cavaliers
WDAF
KMBC
Dick Powell
Aldrich
Wren—Ricerdo
Kansas City
Ruay Vallee
Amos and
Andy
Iwdaf
Fred Waring
Lanny Ross
Sportcat
Rainbow Room
KNBC
Paul Sullivan
Wdaf—Star
Lionel Hampton
KMIBC
Weather Man
Carl Ravasta
Muehlabach Or
KAIBC
AP News
DAF
Eratle Petii
Herb
Joe
Clancy
Eee
Orch
Ak—Ciros
Wren United Press News
Kmbc—Press
A.P
Bob Chester
Mandrake
Cavaliers
Claudia
Elmer Davis
Hollywood
Uncle Walter
Ted Steele
Nickel Man
Wings of Destiny
Maudie
Listening America
Fred Wares Orch
KMBG
Lanny
Answer Man
Howard and Shelton
Chez Parea
Gabriel Heatter
Carl Hoff
Woody Herman
Seiberling
Claude Sweeten
Red Nichols
Emile Petil
Baron Elliott
Muehlebach
United Press News
Local Families Attend Rolla Jordan Home Gathering
Earl Ross workers moved to a dairy farm near Linwood for steady farm jobs. Mr and Mrs Virgil Jordan of Kansas City hosted relatives for Sunday dinner. A Cedar Creek baptism service officiated by Mrs. Virgil Jordan drew twelve baptisms. Clark and Elbert Sonntag and music teacher Pansy Penner joined a program in Olathe at the Teachers Institute. Penner visited her parents and shared tales of a weekend trip to the Ozarks with her son Leland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ross
Linwood
Virgil Jordon
Kansas City
Rolla Jordon
Cedar Creek
Virgil Jordan
Clark
Elbert Sonntag
Pansy Penner
Olathe
Teachers’ Institute
W. H. Dent
Ozarks
Leland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Journal-World
BY the World
Www. Co
Illinois
National
Small Business Men’s Association
Super-Board
Funny Man
By Dewitt MacKenzie
South Park
Theodore Astman
First Presbyterian Church
Afo
Graf Zeppelin
The
Associated Press
Uncle Sam
NEA Service, Inc
Parsons
Corliss
Optometrist
B. G. Gustafson
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