Front Line Holds On Bataan Against Third Japanese Assault
Washington reports American troops mopped up pockets of Japanese units that broke through the Bataan line in two heavy attacks. Officials say a considerable number of Japanese troops are encircled, with foxhole defense planned. Parachute assaults are deemed unlikely after a failed Dutch East Indies drop.
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Washington
Bataan
U.S
War Department
Dutch East Indies
Pelembang
Sumatra
Some Norwegian Ships May Have Escaped Nazis
London reports say 11 Norwegian ships detained in Swedish ports may have broken toward Britain with limited German patrol contact. Official ministry statement cautions reports are preliminary and details are not yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ministry of Information
Fire Flare Contained At Hercules Powder Plant Jamaica?
A fire at Hercules Powder plant in Kenvil New Jersey threatened the dynamite house where a deadly 1940 explosion killed 52. The building was heated by a paraffin kettle. State police reported later the flames were extinguished as workers evacuated and the plant fire department fought the blaze.
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Kenvil
Hercules Powder Company
Charles Schoeffel
Trenton
Harry Cibulla
Moristown
Gaid
Japs Close On Burma Oil Fields As India Fights Plan
Allied Burma front suffers reverses as Prome's right wing falls back near Yanangguang oil fields. Chiang Kai-shek presses India for self rule in exchange for support. Akyab landing reports disputed. Darwin bombed for eleventh raid with minor damage.
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Associated Press
Burma
Prome
India
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chiang
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress Party
Mandalay
Yanangguang
Irrawaddy River
West Burma
Akyab
Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
Toungoo
Yedashe
Prome Rangoon Road
Tokyo
Timor
Rotti
Leti
Barbar
Australia
John Curtin
Darwin
Washington weighs blanket price freeze across consumer goods
Washington officials discuss a permanent price freezing order for all consumer goods not already under ceiling. If enacted it would reset prices to levels from months ago, bypassing the five day rule and excluding farm products, with protections for retailers and broader inflation concerns cited by OPA and WPB officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
OPA
Leon Henderson
Dexter M. Keezer
U S Navy Reports Attacks on Merchant Vessels and Tug
The U S Navy announced torpedoing of two medium sized U S merchant ships in the Caribbean weeks ago and the shelling and sinking of a small tug off the Atlantic coast.
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Washington
United States
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic
Navy
U. S
Jurors Drawn for May Term Court
Thirty six men were drawn for petit jury duty in the May term of court this morning in the presence of two justices of the peace and the under sheriff. The list includes F S Davis 1912 Louisiana Terry Crall 908 Maine Leon Andrews Route 6 Lawrence and others from Baldwin Lawrence and nearby towns.
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F.S. Davis
Louisiana
Terry Crall
Maine
Leon Andrews
Lawrence
Jack Armstrong
Massachusetts
Orville Elm
Baldwin
Ray Walters
West Fourteenth
C. E. Hundley
Ed Starliper
Pennsylvania
C. S. Edmonds
Ilinois
Otto Lackan
W. C. Sanderson
Kentucky
F. D. Walters
W.R. Matherly
West Fourth
Heaston
Wesley Flory
Hugo Nieder
D. J. Richardson
Vermont
M. G. Robertson
Loren Wade
Roy Goff
J. B. Maness
Earl Burns
Tlinois
George C. Rutter
Chester Wible
Glenn Ellis
Connecticut
J. H. Carney
Delatvare
George Musick
Raymond Pine
Robert Ridley
Hugh Boyce
Gasoline Truck Explosion Destroys Building in Ottawa
A PRA report says a 8200 gallon gasoline truck unloading at a north Main Street station in Ottawa exploded after catching fire. Flames damaged the filling station and a nearby shop building, but no injuries were reported. Driver William Houston and attendant Marvin Durbin were unsure of the cause.
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Ottawa
Kan
North Main
William Houston
Marvin Durbin
Axis Sub Attacks a Tug and Its Three-Barge Tow
An axis submarine attacked a tugboat and its three-barge tow off the Atlantic coast early Tuesday, sinking the tug and two barges. The tug’s master and chief engineer along with nine crewmen on the barges were saved, while 16 men aboard the tug were listed as missing. Survivors suggested some may have boarded a raft.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Fifth Naval District
Leland Barrows Named Executive Officer for War Relocation
Leland Barrows son of Dr Florence Barrows is named executive officer of the War Relocation Authority a wartime agency to move Japanese from the west coast Barrows has been sent to California and will work under M S Eisenhower head of the agency Barrows previously served seven years with the soil conservation service and joined the marketing administration January 1 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Barrows
Florence Barrows
War Relocation Authority
West Coast
Barrows
California
M. S. Eisenhower
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Agency
Marketing Administration
Combat Tempo Rises On Leningrad Front War
Heavy fighting on the Leningrad front reported with high tempo as Soviet dispatches claim 15,000 Germans killed at Leningrad and 10,000 at Staraya Russa while Russians seize a fortified settlement. Berlin claims German naval success and a chilling note of new drydocks as RAF and German raids intensify across Paris suburbs and southeast England.
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Leningrad
Staraya Russa
Red Army
Staraya Ussa
Adolf Hitler
London
Berlin
Atlantic
Europe
R.A.F
Paris
Matford
Hell’s Corner
English
Dover
Portland
Hitler
Lambertson to campaign on labor program opposition in Topeka
Rep. W P Lambertson arriving in Topeka for a campaign speech on opposition to the administration labor program He plans to analyze wartime effort and labor difficulties noting more strikes since Christmas than before Pearl Harbor A Kansas labor writers debate invitation failed to materialize earlier in the week
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Topeka
W. P. Lambertson
Lambertson
Pearl Harbor
Kansas
New Residents Arrive as City Sees Water Use Rise
The City Water Department notes changing customer counts with February through April, showing 20 fewer customers on March 1 and 2 more on April 1 than January 1. A Rolla Missouri woman moved to Lawrence to rent a large house for workers at the Eudora munitions plant, with her carpenter husband employed on Fort Leonard Wood construction.
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Lawrence
City Water Department
City
Rolla
Eudora
Fort Leonard Wood
What Would You Call the War Roosevelt Seeks Short Name
President Roosevelt asked for public help naming the conflict. He favored a term from below rather than officials' choice and dismissed war with the axis powers as too long. He described the war as defense of democracies and small nations.
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F.D.R
Washington
Roosevelt
KU and Lawrence men urged to apply for defense plant jobs
Dean John J. Jakosky of the KU School of Engineering invites qualified KU and Lawrence men to apply for positions in the Eudora defense plant project. Jobs include graduate engineer 65 to 100 a week, chief of party 60 to 65, draftsmen 40 to 45, surveying redmen 30 to 35, instrument men 45 to 50. Applications due by Monday evening April 6 with age address job desired experience and academic standing.
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K.U
Lawrence
John J. Jakosky
K.U. School of Engineering
Eudora
Jakosky
K.U. and Lawrence
Redmen
Dean Jakosky
Marvin Hall
Repulse light Japanese attacks on Bataan
Washington reports Philippine defenses on Bataan repulsed several light Japanese attacks with considerable enemy losses. Manila bay forts faced a 11th day of bomber raids described as light. An artillery duel occurred on the south shore of the ay. A Japanese air attack hit a church at Miral near Digos on Mindanao on Good Friday.
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Washington
Philippines
Bataan
War Department
Manila Bay
Miral
Digos
Mindanao
Hour Limits Recommended For Kansas Gas Stations
The marketing committee of district 2 of fice of petroleum coordinator recommended 12 hours daily and a maximum 84 hours weekly for gas stations in 15 midwest states including Kansas. If approved by Harold L. Ickes, a directive would set the exact date for enforcement. Retailers may choose hours per day within the guideline.
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Chicago
Marketing Committee of District 2
Midwest
Arold L. Ickes
Washington
Ickes
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ottawa Man Seeks Bus Route to Eudora War Plant
Milo Hewitt of Ottawa asked the state corporation commission for authority to operate a bus line from Ottawa to the Eudora war plant via Lawrence Wellsville and Edgerton. The hearing likely April 23, aides said.
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Ottawa
Eudora
Topeka
Milo Hewitt
State Corporation Commission
Eudora War Plant
Lawrence
Wellsville
Edgerton
Commission
Guilty Plea on Liquor Charge Leads to Indeterminate Farm Sentence
Mildred Tut pleaded guilty to possession of liquor before Justice Robert Oyler. She was fined $100 and costs and sentenced to an indeterminate term at the women's industrial farm in Lansing. Varsity policy shifts show double bills moved to Friday to Sunday at the Varsity Theatre starting next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Tut
Robert Oyler
Lansing
Varsity
Property Owners Urged to Ready Lawrence for Defense Area
FHA official Jonas Graber urged Lawrence leaders to prepare a report on absorbing workers and facilities, recommending limited new housing, rent guidance, and local training. He said designation as a defense area would secure priority on materials and aid future school and hospital needs.
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Army
Jonas Graber
Kansas
Lawrence
Graber
Chamber of Commerce
FHA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Real Estate Board
Parsons
Wichita
Augusta
Newton
Hal Aronson
Broadcast on Schools in Wartime by Lawrence League
The third radio program from the Lawrence League of Women Voters will air on KFKU at 6:15 p.m. with Mrs. Hardy Nelson leading a discussion on Our Schools in Wartime. The group focuses on budget revisions and rising costs faced by Lawrence and similar communities. Mrs. John Virtue is the radio chairman, organizing talks from KFKU on the first Friday each month at 6:15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence League of Women Voters
KFKU
Hardy Nelson
Lawrence
John Virtue
Lawrence League
Lindbergh Starts Work at Ford Willow Run Bomber Plant
Charles A. Lindbergh wore a photo badge as he began work at the Ford Willow Run bomber plant in Detroit. He said he would contribute to the war effort and work on aeronautical and engineering research with Ford’s Charles E. Sorensen.
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Detroit
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ford
Willow Run
Henry Ford
At Fork of Road Theme In Good Friday Address
Dr. Mark A. Dawber of the home mission council spoke at a Good Friday gathering in Hoch auditorium at KU. He compared today’s American position to Christ at a fork in the road choosing Nazareth or Jerusalem and urged followers to take the harder path of confronting world issues. The program featured Brahms organ prelude and a cappella choir performance of Crucifixus.
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Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
Mark A. Dawber
Home Mission Council
Federal Council of Churches
Hoch Auditorium
K. U
Dawber
Christ
Nazareth
Dawher
Brahms
Laurel E. Anderson
Royal Humbert
University
Lotti
Cooler Breezes in Topeka Apr 3 Weather Report
The weather bureau forecast cooler breezes and near freezing temperatures for tonight in northwest and north central counties. Normal early April temps expected despite recent abnormally warm conditions. Topeka's high reached 77, while Ellis saw a low of 30 as spring weather moderates. Farm work and victory garden activity continued amid drying sun and wind.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
North Central
S. D. Flora
Victory Gardens
Ellis
Kansas
Ham
Ssmtwt
Smtwtfs &Smtwtfs
Approved milk sources listed by Lawrence health department
Lawrence Department of Health publishes approved milk and dairy products including Grade A pasteurized and raw milks and creamers. Brands listed include Fritzel's Dairy Jayshaw Creamery Golden Crest and others with sanitation inspection and lab analysis oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Department of Health
Lawrence Health Department
U.S. Public Health Sc
State Board of Health
Fritzel’s
Jayhawk Creamery
Lawrence Sanitary Milk Company
Golden Crest Palys
Cedar View
Chamney
Ford Dairy
Forrester Dany
Golden Star Dary
Lawrence Guernsey
Lawrendale Dairy
Vanroyee Farm
Health unit plan up for action in Douglas County
Preliminary steps outline a fulltime county health unit to be funded by city county and state board of health. Dr. Henry H. Asher notes a proposed $17 000 annual budget with city and county contributions and state support, plus education and Red Cross participation. An open meeting is set at 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday at city hall to discuss the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
State Board of Health
Henry H. Asher
Jstate Board of Health
Lawrence
Lawrence Toan
Asher
City Board of Education
Douglas County Red Cross
Douglas County TB Association
Board of Education
Douglas
Eudora
Labette County
Jayhawk
Cherokee County
Health Department
Kansas
Pratt
Sedhwick
Marion
Butler
Lyon
Shawnee
Labette
Geary
Riley
Cherokee
State Health Board
Parade to Lead Douglas County Selectees Friday
Douglas county's second detachment of selectees will depart tomorrow after lunch at the Armory. At 12 20 the parade starts on Massachusetts street behind the Haskell band with color guards from the American Legion and V F W and the Kansas State Guard unit. Thirty men travel in this group aboard a bus leaving at 1 o'clock, following a civic luncheon.
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Douglas County
Armory
Massachusetts Street
Haskell
American Legion
V.F.W
Kansas State Guard
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U. S. Navy
Caribbean
War Relocation Agency
The
Lindbergh
Ford Bomber
Mark Dawber
Allison Armstrong
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