Tunisian Front Reported Quieter Amid North African Pushes
The Allied update notes a quieter Tunisian front with patrol activity along the lines north of Gabes and Sedjenane. Patton’s U S divisions reportedly in action with limited details as Montgomery presses a push toward Mateur and Bizerte while Rommel receives more reinforcements.
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North Africa
First Army
Sedjenane B
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Gabes
Erwin Rommel
Eighth Army
Montgomery
Oudres
Gabos
United States
George S. Patton, Jr
Algiers
Patton
el Guetar Secor
Soviet advances slow near Novorossisk and Kharkov fronts
Moscow reports three more villages fell to Soviet troops along the Black Sea coast near Novorossisk as fighting along the long front yielded mostly minor activity. Russian noon bulletin notes battles north east of Smolensk, Donets river clashes near Kharkov, and German counterattacks repulsed.
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Moscow
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Berlin
Associated Press
Lake Lagoda
Smolensk
Bely
Donets
Kharkov
Sevsk
Traffic fatalities drop in Kansas in March
Kansas reports an 11 traffic deaths in March down from 32 in March 1942. State Highway Safety Engineer Claud McCamment attributes the drop to reduced travel and to slower, more careful driving. For the first eight months, the year totals 40 deaths versus 57 last year, an apparent 37 percent decline.
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Topeka
Claud McCamment
Kansas
Injured in a Cave-In at Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto Kansas April 2 1960 Walter H Schwartz 60 a plumber's helper known as Tongan xie suffered a fractured pelvis in a sewer cave in Thursday He was taken to the University of Kansas hospital for treatment.
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DeSoto
Kan
Walter H. Schwartz
Tonganxie
Sunflower Ordnance Works
University of Kansas Hospital
American bombers clash with Japanese force in Solomon Islands
U S bombers battered five Japanese destroyers southwest of Kolombangara as fighters battled 30 to 40 Zeros, downing 16. Six U S planes were lost northwest of Guadalcanal but two pilots were rescued. Additional attacks on Kiska were reported.
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Washington
Kolombangara
Navy
Purieu Suuase
Solomon Island
United States
Guadalcana Island
Kiska
Aleutians
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Rebuke to Lewis by Senate War Investigating Committee
The Senate War Investigating Committee condemned John L Lewis for not binding his no-strike pledge. It said labor leaders must show they are statesmen and patriots with duties as well as rights. The panel stressed the obligation to the United States during war and to citizens alike.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
John L
Lew
United Mine Workers
Truman
D.-Mo
Lewis
United States
Hercules Workers Rewarded for High War Bond Participation
Henry Morgenthau Jr announces in a March telegram that Hercules Powder workers at Sunflower Ordnance Works Lawrence have payroll savings plan bonds averaging over 11 percent of pay. By end of February 97.11 percent at SOW participate, with army units also showing strong deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Hercules
S.O.W
J Frank Jones Dies After Heart Attack at Home
J Frank Jones dies at his home 645 Mississippi street after a heart attack. He had been ill before but recently returned to work at Mount Hope nurseries and was last at the office. Survived by his wife, funeral set for Saturday at 2 PM at the Masonic temple with Dean R A Schwegler officiating. Interment private. Jones long active in Lawrence life since 1904, member of Masonic lodge, charter member and former secretary of the Lawrence Rotary Club. Pallbearers named Max Whellems J MSanderson Julius Marks Will Pendleton Hovey Anna Otto Barteldes.
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J. Frank Jones
Mississippi Street
Altho
Mount Hope
Masonic Temple
Dean R. A. Schwegler
Jones
Lawrence
Rochester
N. Y
Masonic Lodge
Big Increase in Federal Income Taxes in Kansas
Kansas tax receipts surged in the first quarter of 1943 with 53.4 million collected from January through March, nearly triple the 20.8 million a year earlier. March alone brought in 41.97 million, with most individuals paying on the installment plan, according to Internal Revenue Collector Lynn Brodrick in Wichita.
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Wichita
Kan
UPK
Kansas
Kansans
Lynn Brodrick
Internal Revenue
Nazi Talk of Parachutists Used to Mask Sabotage
London reports note German radio claims of British parachutists in Denmark and Norway. Observers say the broadcasts mask rising native sabotage and stricter controls. Friesland station cites a Danish factory bombing with Danish collaboration. CBS in New York records the Nazi claim of armed parachutists entering plants to persuade guards to stay silent.
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London
Denmark
Norway
Friesland
British Broadcasting Corporation
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Objectors Assigned to Medical Units in Kansas
Topeka reports that conscientious objectors to military service are being reassigned to medical units. Lt. Col. R. F. Montgomery states the order is in effect in Kansas, moving objectors from other non combatant roles to medical replacement training centers and medical units.
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Topeka
Apr
R. F. Montgomery
State Selective Service
Kansas
Prunes and Raisins Released for Retail Market
Washington reports the food distribution administration released 31,000 tons of dried prunes and raisins for sale through regular channels. Of this total 13,382 tons are dried prunes and 17,625 tons are raisins. Earlier releases totaled 113,000 tons of raisins and 89,000 tons of prunes as ration controls were lifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food Distribution Administration
OPA
Classified Ads Drive Property Sales Swiftly
The Journal-World notes hundreds of homes and farms were sold in the past year through its classified advertising. The low cost and rapid results make the listings an effective tool for sellers.
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Journal-World
President Vetoes Bankhead Farm Parity Measure
President Roosevelt vetoed the Bankhead bill to raise farm prices by boosting parity payments, calling it inflationary and dangerous. He returned the measure unsigned, arguing it would lift costs for consumers and undermine stabilization and the war effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Congress
Brazilian Physician Dr Tavares to Speak Tonight
Dr Herman Tavares a distinguished Brazilian will address the University club smoker tonight at 8 o clock. He tours the United States promoting inter American understanding and cooperation. A University of Louvain graduate he is professor of medicine at the University of Sao Paulo and has visited over 60 colleges in North America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Tavares
Tavares
University of Louvain
Belgium
University of Sao Paulo
Brazil
North
South America
North America
Stock Market Index Shows Stable Reading Amid Volatility
The report records a 60 index with 49.0 points yesterday, indicating little change from the prior session. Traders watch nearby support levels as market sentiment remains cautious amid mixed economic signals.
Milwaukee wins fire waste contest grand prize in 1942
Milwaukee Wisconsin is named a grand winner in the annual fire waste contest by the U S Chamber of Commerce and the National Fire Waste council. The honor covers all population classes and cities over 500000 with recognition for fire loss records prevention work and permanent hazard reductions. Other winners include Topeka Kansas and Wichita Kansas as honorable mentions in various population classes.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
National Fire Waste Council
Milwaukee
Wis
Topeka
Kan
Wichita
Kansas housing survey targets low income families in Lawrence
Dr Mabel A Elliott of the University of Kansas and students report on housing conditions for Kansas families in the lowest income group. The study covers 496 dwellings, many substandard, and aims to influence policy and potential federal funding, presented to the Lawrence League of Women Voters on April 8 at Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Mabel A. Elliott
University of Kansas Sociology Department
Kansas
Lawrence League of Women Voters
Trinity Lutherans Church
State League of Women Voters
State Department of Social Welfare
League
Geneva
Will
Eloise Penner
Donna Jean ‘Stember
Janet Marvin
Mary Forsyth
Nadine Potter
Anita Smith
Duane Smith
Harriet Hutchinson
Eugene van Scoter
Betty MacDonald
Marie Chamney
Lucile York Paden
Mary Thompson
H. C. Tracy
Austin ‘Turney
Miss Elliott
Europe
America
Edith Elmer Wood
National Housing Committee
American Association of University, Women
Depositions Planned in Sunflower Ordnance Plant Fraud Suit
In Kansas City Kansas on April 2 attorneys will take depositions tomorrow afternoon in the informer suit charging fraud in the construction of the Sunflower Ordnance plant at DeSoto Kansas. Several employees were served subpoenas by U S commissioner PLW Croker in the federal court. RL and the Truman senate investigating committee were invited to attend. The informer suit was filed in Topeka March 25 by William V Ryan a former plant employee.
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Kansas City
Kan
Sunflower Ordnance Plant
DeSoto
Ordeance Works
PLW
Croker
U. S
Truman Senate
Tote
William V. Ryan
Survivors of Jap Convoys Taken by Australians
London April 2 Reuters dispatch from an Allied base in New Guinea says Australian patrols on Goodenough and the Trobriand islands captured hundreds of Japanese convoy survivors in the Bismarck sea. Over 100 were killed resisting.
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London
Reuters
New Guinea
Goodenough
Trobriand Islands
Bismarck Sea
Goodenough Island
Papua
Bismarck’ Sea
Induction Delayed as Registrants Await Second Blood Tests
The local selective service board will require several registrants to take second blood tests after not being called for induction within 90 days of their original screening. Most are married men ready for induction months ago. delays occur as enough single men become available to fill calls.
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Selective Service Board
Heavy Demand for Feed in Lawrence
Lawrence dealers report feed demand nearly double last year across poultry cattle hogs and dairy. Oats and corn remain ample but markets show a developing corn shortage as farmers withhold sales awaiting higher ceilings. Demand for pasture seeds and legumes like red and sweet clover and alfalfa rises, while protein supplements such as linseed soybean cottonseed meal meat scraps and tankage run scarce with a mill noting no cottonseed meal since last December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Drouth
Change Is Rejected on Death Penalty Anti-Sabotage Bill
Washington reports the house defeated an amendment aimed at striking a clause that critics said would let prosecutors target newspaper criticism of the war effort. The 112 to 82 vote rejected Representative Sauthoff’s proposal to remove the clause defining certain data sharing as a deadly hostile act. Committee Chairman Sumners opposed the change, saying fears were unfounded.
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Washington
House
Sauthoff
Wis
United States
Sumners
D-Tex
Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
Farmers Must Observe Rationing Regulations
Farmers must observe new meats fats cheese and oils rationing rules. They may not transfer ration items without points, slaughter for sale without a USDA county War board permit, or fail to keep transfer records. Producers must register with the local OPA board after April 0 and report March operations, turning in points for cancellation, and follow OPA ceiling prices.
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Usda County War Board
OPA
Apartments Ready Near Sunflower Ordnance Works
Housing suits at the 832 unit Sunflower project on Highway 10 near the plant open to applicants living farthest from the facility. James G. Bolen, Hercules Powder housing superintendent, will handle the applications and says distant applicants have a better chance of eligibility. Project expected to be ready for occupancy by late May.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Highway 10
James G. Bolen
Hercules Powder Company
Bolen
Wheat crops worry over moisture prospects in Kansas
Western Kansas wheat growers fear drought as Lane county reports only half an inch of rain this year. Subsoil moisture remains but farmers warn crop could suffer without timely rainfall.
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Dighton
Kansas
Lane County
Russia Accepts Bid to Conference on Postwar Food Questions
Moscow reports the Soviet Union accepted the U N invitation to send representatives to a United Nations conference on postwar food issues. The talks, limited to executive sessions, begin April 27 with participation planned from 38 governments and possible follow-up meetings between U S and Soviet leaders.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Roosevelt
Washington
State Department
Russia
Anthony Eden
Eden
United Nations
Sunflower Ordnance Works Boosts Smokeless Powder Output
The Sunflower Ordnance Works now produces smokeless powder for the U S Army following a April 1 release praising the Army Ordnance and the Army Service Forces for a sevenfold production increase in the past year. General Somervell highlighted new weapons and redesigns while noting the plant began spring 1942 on government land. The Hercules Powder Co operates the plant under contract to the War Department.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
United States Army
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Ordnance
Army Ordnance Department
Somervell
Army Ordnance
S.O.W
War Department
Hercules Powder Company
Ordnance Department
City election to decide parking meters and Fifth ward race
Two city contests on Tuesday include a June vote on continuing parking meters in Massachusetts street business blocks and the Fifth ward council seat between Oliver Beaman and veteran A W Berger. Meter supporters call it helpful to shoppers and traffic flow, while removal backers seek unmetered parking. Berger, eight year council veteran, faces Beaman with strong Ways and Means backing praising fiscal oversight and savings.
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Massachusetts Street
Fifth Ward
Oliver Beaman
A. W
Gus” Berger
Beaman
Berger
Kansas Faces Maylike Weather With Warm Dry Outlook
The Topeka forecast notes temperatures about ten degrees above normal for Kansas with Maylike conditions. Wichita reached 80 degrees and other cities hovered near 75, with no freezing or rain expected. meteorologist S. D. Flora reports little change ahead.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Wichita
Ellis
Annual Spring Window Unveiling Draws Massive crowds on Massachusetts Street
Thousands of spectators toured windows along Massachusetts Street under clear skies and mid seventy temperatures. A popular window guessing contest drew over 20 000 estimates as merchants gave away twenty five dollar war bonds to winners Mrs Irmogene Howard Bryant Wiley and Mrs Minnie Liggett. Committee members including Vernon Linn and Ernest Pontius oversaw the event with James Messer conducting the drawings and Vernon Linn presenting prizes.
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Massachusetts Street
Irmogene Howard
Barker
Bryona Wiley
Kentucky
Minnie Liggett
Rhode Island
Oliver Hobbs
Ernest Pontius
James Messer
Vernon Linn
James
Pritchett
Shaw Lumber Company
C. W. Pollom
Charles Radcliffe
John Schrader
E. Tith Verrace
Kansas City
Pritts
Ralph E. Guaber
Kansas Electric
Baier Gores Vo
R. A. Cassell
Vermont
Arthur’ Inman
Green Bros. Hardware
South
Mgrace Long
Louisiana
North
Evelyn Grader
West Hills Phwy
Journal- World
Oliver ‘Hobbs
Lawrence
Mr. Norman
Pennsylvania
Guards of Lawrence Enter Short Training Course
Guards of industrial and utility properties in Lawrence join a five week course as auxiliary military guards under the fourth internal security district of the seventh service command. Lt. Walter N Harrity led the first session at the Community building.
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Lawrence
Internal Security
Seventh Service Command
Walter N.harrity
Topeka
Harrity
Governor Renames S C Commission Appointments
Topeka Apr 2 Gov Andrew Schoeppel reappointed Pi Teff Robertson Kansas City and Dewitt Stiles Iala to the state corporation commission with Robertson serving as chairman The governor also reappointed Harold Bates Salina to the state board of administration.
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Topeka
Apr
Pi—Teff Robertson
Kansas City
Dewitt Stiles
Iala
State Corporation Commission
Andrew Schoeppel
Robertson
Harold Bates
Salina
State Board of Administration
Kannas Forecast Shows Little Change Tonight Through Saturday
The weather page notes only minor temperature shifts for tonight and Saturday with no major fronts. It includes a scanned date grid and stray numbers from the OCR reading, offering no additional regional details.
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Buties
Rommel
Bulletin
Tunisia
Jurgen von Arnim
K. A. N. Anderson
Sedjenane
Bizerte
Mateur
First
Rome
Sfonx
Sicilian
Messina
Atania
Pril
Italy
Germany
Africa
State of Kansas
Morgenthau
Copel
National War Labor Board
The
K. U
Sunflower
Sunflower Works
Win
School For Guards
Schoeppel
Jeff Robertson
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