Allies Launch An Attack In Pacific War Fronts
Allied forces press the Pacific offensive with heavy losses to Japanese planes and troops in the Solomons and Aleutians. MacArthur reports progress on New Guinea as air and ground campaigns disrupt supply lines and threaten Port Moresby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Solomon and
Aleutian Islands
Pacific
U. S. Navy
Airforce
Solomons
Aleutians
MacArthur
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Gona
Buna
Buin
Bougainville Island
Sunflower Project Seeks Surveyors and Skilled Trades
Surveyors are needed at the Sunflower Ordnance Works for field parties. Instrument men and rodmen must apply at 201 West Eighth Street to prevent project delays. The office also seeks skilled maintenance men to supervise machine, pipe, tin shops, lead burning and Diesel locomotive repair. Competent millwrights and welders will be needed soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunflower Ordnance Works
U.S
West Eighth Street
Knox Arrives in Brazil for Navy Mission
Secretary Frank Knox of the United States Navy arrives in Rio de Janeiro by navy seaplane and is greeted by Brazilian and U.S. officials. He travels to Brazil for naval diplomacy and cooperation talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary Knox
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Frank Knox
United States
U.S
Watertown Scrapyard Drive Closes Town for Unified Campaign
Watertown Minnesota closes for a scrap metal drive. All schools and businesses in 12 districts shut as 770 residents join the effort with 43 servicemen in the armed forces contributing to the drive on 400 farmyards. Town officials led the effort under Mayor Albert Thorson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Minn
Albert Thorson
Kansas Leaders Consider Drafting Rural Labor for War Emergency
Gov. Payne Ratner called a war emergency to recruit high school students, college students, and government workers for field labor as farms face critical labor shortages. Officials urged shortening school hours, curtailing athletics, and tapping WPA and AAA resources to mobilize help for harvests especially sorghum after a freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Payne Ratner
Kansas
State Board of Regents
H. L. Collins
Bureau of Agricultural Economics Statistician
George McCarty
Farm Security Administration
C. O.wright
State Teachers Association
Wright
Lawrence
Harold Lewis
U. S. Employment Service
Marvin Groebe
WPA
Ratner
Collinsee
Karsgas
AAA
E. W. Franzke
U.S. Employment Service
Carl Shoemaker
Kansas State College
Indian summer brings warm spell across Kansas
Topeka reports a fine brand of weather with temperatures rising to 82 in Goodland. Meteorologist S. D. Flora notes the Indian summer pattern and forecasts warm conditions statewide with no rain in sight. Phillipsburg logged 44 degrees while other areas ranged 50 to 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Wedge In German Lines Is Widened
Nazi forces press the Stalingrad front as Marshal Semyon Timoshenko reports a widened counter assault on a 40 mile front between the Don and Volga. German radio claims the last phase in the battle for buildings has begun while London reports Red troops breaking defenses and recapturing villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalingrad
Don
Volga
Stalin
London
Red
Red Army
Moscow
Rzhev
Heated Senate Debate Over Anti-Inflation Bill Amid Partisan Clash
In Washington on September 29, Senator Barkley urged rapid enactment of anti-inflation legislation with the President, while Senators Nye and Wheeler argued for independent action. The dispute centered on including farm labor costs in parity provisions, with administration foes warning of inflation and allies warning of a constitutional crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barkley
D.-Ky
Roosevelt
Nye
R.-N.d
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Congress
Senate
Union Pacific Dispatches Men for Scrap Drive Effort
W M Jeffers president of Union Pacific ordered three representatives to Kansas to aid the state scrap drive and coordinate a companion campaign by all Union Pacific employees. D F Tracy Walter Wilson and R A Kirkpatrick were in Lawrence yesterday as agents in each county to collect scrap iron and credit counties for their totals. Each city will appoint a Union Pacific man to secure scrap railroad property during the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Kansas
D. F. Tracy
Walter Wilson
R. A. Kirkpatric
Jeffers
Union Pacific
Lawrence
Wilson
Scrap drive kicks off in Douglas County with 26 tons collected
The first day of a three week scrap drive in Douglas County yielded 52 891 pounds as residents aim for 100 000 pounds daily for war production. Will Green warns the effort is life and death for soldiers and urges full participation. Rural schools lead in supplies while city yards lag behind in the four week contest among 87 districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Will Green
Cochairman
City
McAllaster
Cordley
Woodlawn
Lincoln School
Pinckney
New York
Rubber Boots and Shoes Frozen Until October 5
Washington reports the first wartime clothing rationing move as the Office of Price Administration orders a sales freeze on rubber boots and rubber work shoes until October 5. The required later certificate rationing will limit sales to workers on essential war jobs or public health and safety. Ordinary rubbers arctics gaiters and most women's and children's boots are exempt due to reclaimed rubber content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Scrap Drive Seeks Items for Nation’s Steel
Citizens urged to donate metal from homes and schools to meet a critical shortage. The article lists items such as stethoscopes beds pipes lamps clocks baskets tools and bicycles as eligible scrap items for the city to gather before sending to blast furnaces for steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
National service act eyed to allocate war labor force
Washington reports Paul McNutt, war manpower chief, urged Congress to consider an administration sponsored labor allocation bill to place workers where they are most needed to support the war effort. He warned persuasion may not suffice and noted constitutional questions, with England's wartime precedent cited. He suggested higher farm wages to keep workers on farms as an alternative to industrial pay. In other dispatch, Dr. R. W. Mahan of Topeka lost sight in one eye after a hunting accident in Mitchell, South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CPR
Paul McNutt
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
England
Hill
D-Ala
Austin
R-Vt
McNutt
Agriculture Group
Fire prevention address urges individual responsibility
Harry K. Rogers chief instructor of the Fire Prevention department of the Western actuarial bureau of Chicago addressed the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Eldridge on fire prevention. He warned that incendiary bombs could be used and urged checks of premises from basement to attic with water extinguishers. Fire prevention week kickoff included various speakers and school assemblies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Rogers
Western Actuarial Bureau
Chicago
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Ae Hotel
Eldridge
Rogers
Bible Times
United States
Lawrence
Ray Prest
Kansas State Fire Prevention Association
W. BE. Herbert
Fred A. Werbe
Topeka
Kansas Fire Prevention Association
Paul Ingels
Fire Prevention Association
Earle Patton
Insurance and Fire Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
State Association
Water Department Report Presented to City Council
A 35 page 1941 Water Department operations report was submitted to the city council by water superintendent Frank Willey. The document covers alum usage, meters repaired, water pumped per ton of coal, operating expenses, bonded indebtedness, and other phases of department work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Water Department
Frank Willey
School Children in U S May Be Called Upon to Work
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey told a conference at the Hotel Pennsylvania that U S children might be required to work four to five hours daily on farm or other useful tasks. He warned civilian life had not shifted to war footing and education could be limited if needed to boost farm and industrial production during wartime. An audience of about 2,000 executives heard the remarks at the American Management Association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Pennsylvania
Hershey
American Management Association
U S Employment Service urges farmers to stay in business
J W Higgins and A I Decker of the local employment office appeal to farmers to produce as much as possible and contact the office at 201 West Eighth Street. They note a 50 percent depletion of farm labor and say Mexican labor may be brought in if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Higgins
A. I. Decker
U. S. Employment Service
Higgins and Decker
West Eighth Street
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Republic of Mexico
United States
Mexico City
Stockton
Sacramento
Calif
Douglas
Jefferson County
Disciples of Christ Hold 3 Day Earning Convention in El Dorado
About 1,000 gather in El Dorado for a three day Disciples of Christ convention with Rev. George Myers presiding, daily forums led by Rev. J B Robertson, and speakers including Mrs A J Henderson, Mrs H B Marx, Eugene Briggs, Dr Owen Kellison, and others. The Zam Zam sinking and German internment are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Dorado
Kan
Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church
George Myers
Salina
J.B. Robertson
Wichita
Hillside Church
A. J. Henderson
Africa
U. S
Germany
FBI
Eugene Coontz
Owen Kellison
H. B. Marx
Indianapolis
Ind
Eugene Briggs
Phillips University
Enid
Okla
H. G. Harvey
Edith Eberle
The
Philippines
Three October Calls For Selective Service Inductions
A group left Lawrence for the army induction center at Fort Leavenworth. October calls include October 5 9 and 12 with no October 15 later list. The board continues re opening cases of men with wives and received enlistment notices for Clyde Elvin James Edward Penchard Harold Darby Fry Charles Willis Kassinger Jr and Norman James Biggs. Bruce Cameron chairman returns from a week long business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Army Induction Center
Ft. Leavenworth
Selective Service Board
Clyde Elvin James
Bell
Cal
Kentucky
Navy
Los Angeles
Edward William Penchard, Jr
Massachusetts
Kansas City
Kan
Harold Darby Fry
Alabama
Charles Willis Kassinger, Jr
Ohio
Norman James Biggs
Air Corps
Bruce Cameron
Stock Market Index Rises to 37.9 After Day
The index for 60 stocks advances to 37.9, ticking up from 37.8 the previous day, signaling a modest gain in overall market sentiment.
City council approves two trailers per lot and eases sewer tie
Amendments allow two trailers on a lot with consent from adjacent property owners, loosen rigid sewer connections to flexible options, and permit temporary trailer camps with a $2 six month per trailer license fee. Health department and building inspector must approve camp plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddo
Health Department
M. N. Penny
Cannon to Junk Yard Moves From South Park
At 4 30 tomorrow afternoon the World War I cannon in South Park will be moved to the Auto Wrecking and Junk company yard to be melted into steel. Liberty Memorial high school football players will pull the cannon from its concrete moorings along Massachusetts street to East Ninth yard, under coach Elmer Schaake who offered the team’s help after city council favored scrap.
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South Park
Liberty Memorial High School
Auto Wrecking and Junk Company
Elmer Schaake
City Street
Schaake
Massachusetts Street
East Ninth
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Navy Department
Marine Corps
Tonolei Harbor
Guadalcanal
Marine
Ion
Kiska
Sunflower Project
Associated Press
Marshal Semeon Timoshen
Metropolis
Scrar
NEA Service, Ina
Green
Mitchell
S.D
R. W. Mahan
C. of C
Hersey
Disciples of Christ
Army
Water Department
City General Fund
Water Committee
E. E. Alexander
Board of Equalization
Org
Indiana
Robinson
Junk Yard
H. S
Dodge City
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