Eisenhower Praises Mareth Front Progress in North Africa
General Eisenhower, returning from talks with Montgomery and Alexander, said fresh Allied forces and air support were making steady gains at Mareth. He outlined the new troop dispositions in Tunisia, highlighted the Allied drive against Rommel, and praised the united American British effort as the campaign continues toward victory.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Harold Alexander
Alexander
Africa
Mareth Front
Erwin Rommel
Foror Areth
Teortin
Unisian
K. A. Anderson
Rommel
Gabes
Eisenhower
Tunisia
18Th Army Group
First Army
Anderson
Koeltz
George S. Patton, Jr
First Armored
Eighth Army
Montgomery
New Zealand
Four Die In Topeka Fire Destroy Highland Park Home
Four Hastings children died in a Highland Park fire in Topeka with James Franklin Jr. escaping shouting fire. The mother was at a grocery store. Bodies were found in the bedroom of the ruined three room house. Fire Chief Paul Little said the cause had not yet been determined.
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Topeka, Agr
Pfour
James Hastings
Highland Park
Topeka
James Franklin, Jr
Virginia
Faye
Christina
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Eudora
TDM
Paul Little
Topeka Township
Allied Planes Scatter Another Concentration of Enemy Ships
Allied warplanes dispersed nearly 20 Japanese ships in the islands north of Australia. MacArthur's HQ noted signs of renewed Japanese naval push toward Guadalcanal as Tokyo claimed losses and battles near Kolombangara. US air forces hit Kavieng, Madang, Gasmata, Cape Gloucester, and Finschhafen while Burma operations targeted Kanbalu and Akyab. U.S. fliers report seven Japanese planes down for each lost in three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Guadalcanal
Calamane
Steffens Strait
Kavieng
Madang
New Guinea
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Mubo
U. S
Finschhafen
Burma
R. A. PF
Kanbalu
Mayu Peninsula
Bay of Bengal
Archibald P. Wavell
Akyab
Wari Department
Washington
U. S. Army
Roosevelt Veto Faces New Farm Bloc Clash In Congress
Washington reports feverish congressional moves to sustain President Roosevelt's veto on a bill cutting government benefits from parity price calculations. Senator Bankhead leads the pro measure while Leader Barkley predicts a Senate fight. Labor groups split, with CIO and AFL backing the veto, N G Grange opposing it.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
House
City
Capitol Hill
Congress of Industrial Organizations
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Roosevelt
Philip Murray
William Green
Alberts. Goss
National Grange
Kennedy quits War Labor Board amid wage dispute
Thomas Kennedy secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers resigns from the War Labor Board. Ed Lynch says Kennedy told the president he has resigned, while the White House declines comment. The move follows clashes with policy including the Little Steel wage formula amid coal miners wage demands.
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Hazelton
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Ed’ Lynch
Tony
Roosevelt
Lynch
White House
Washington
Kennedy
Stephen Early
Washington Post
John L. Lewis
The
Post
WLBE
Lewis
No Frost Tonight in Topeka Forecast Says Warm Weekend
The Kansas weather forecast predicts no frost for tonight and a mild weekend. Eastern counties will see rising temperatures while western areas stay similar. no rain is listed for dry western wheat fields. Ellis reported 32 degrees last night with no freeze expected tonight.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Ellis
Nester Pennes
Woodland
LaGuardia Zanuck Controversy Over Army Rank
Washington reports Mayor LaGuardia may receive a high army commission while Movie Maker Darryl Zanuck, a lieutenant colonel in the signal corps, faces questions on his status. Senate war investigating panel hears Patterson say Zanuck asked for inactive status and Truman questions if political life should yield general officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LaGuardia
New York
Truman
D-Mo
Senate War Investigating Committee
Darryl Zanuck
Zanuck
Signal Corps
la Guardia
Robert Patterson
Altho
Fellows
Reynolds
D-N.c
Senate Military Committee
Patterson
Brewster
R-Me
Tunisia
Kiska
War Department
Battle near Guadalcanal yields heavy losses for both sides
A Berlin radio relay, via the Associated Press, reports 47 American chaser planes shot down over the Russell Islands near Guadalcanal, while Japan concedes nine of its planes. U S Navy confirms 16 Japanese Zeros down in a clash near Guadalcanal as six American planes are lost. An additional engagement near Kolombangara island, northwest of Guadalcanal, involved five Japanese destroyers and a cargo ship with unobserved results.
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Guadalcanal
Berlin
Russell Islands
Japanas
Tokye
U. S. Navy
Kolombangari Island
Tokyo
U.S
Kolombangari
United Nations
Kavieng
New Ireland
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Associated Press
Ruégsell Islands
Solomons
Navy
United States
U. S
Kolombangara Island
City Board Grants Bicycle Certificate and Tires
Marvin Stohs of 709 Mississippi received a certificate to buy a bicycle yesterday. The city rationing board issued certificates for passenger car tires and tubes, including Grade I tires, Grade III tires with eight tubes, and for trucks three tires two tubes and four retreads.
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Marvin &. Stohs
Mississipi
Rationing Board
Soviet Push Near Velizh and Novorossisk in Caucasus Drive
Soviet maps released in Moscow show Red Army winter offensive claims 850000 German deaths and gains across front. Troops push toward Velizh 70 miles from Smolensk and within 15 miles of White Russia while threatening Novorossisk and Staraya Russa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Velizh
Smolensk
White Rus
Sia
Kuban
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Staraya Russa
Lake Ilmen
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Rostov
Velikie Luki
Vitebsk
Smolensk-Riga
Yartsevo
Orel
Kirisha
Leningrad
RAF raids hit Lorient and St Nazaire submarine yards
London reports RAF heavy bombers attacked the Nazi submarine pens at Lorient and St Nazaire in western France last night. Two bombers were lost. Residents near Folkestone heard raids across the channel but Britain remained free of raids for a second night and 36 hours with no bombs dropped on England. Air sources say Germans may fear costly reprisal raids amid waning air power.
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London
RAF
Lorient
St. Nazaire
France
Air Ministry
Folkestone
Dunkerque
Britain
England
Berlin
R. A.F
Cattle rustler blamed as black market revives in Oregon
Portland OregonApril 3 1943 cattle rustler activity blamed on price ceilings and ration books as the black market resurfaces. In Douglas County small farmers report 50 head lost in 90 days prompting calls for mounted police reserves and civilian defense units to patrol back roads at night. The 1943 rustler targets one or two cattle at a time slaughtering nearby and moving meat to black market dealers while authorities warn against vigilante necktie justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Dalton
Douglas County
Douglas County Mounted Police
Shipyards Set March Record in Merchant Vessel Output
Washington reports American shipyards built 146 ships totaling 1,516,000 deadweight tons in March, a projected annual rate of 18 million tons. The figure includes 103 Liberty ships, 19 C-type designs, 12 tankers, 11 special types, and one tug, with West Coast leading production.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
West Coast
East Coast
Gulf Coast
Senate weighs death penalty anti sabotage bill after House vote
Opponents in Washington urge the Senate to kill a death penalty anti sabotage measure passed by the House. Debate centered on free speech concerns and the act’s broad reach, including data transmission judged to aid the enemy. The bill, lasting during wartime, would impose fines up to 5 million dollars on implicated groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Justice Department
United Nations
United States
Jeffers May Quit July 1 Over Rubber Program
Washington April 3 Pi Rubber Director William M Jeffers said he is thinking of quitting after July 1 if the rubber program is all set and coming through. He told reporters by midsummer he can tell if the program is shaping up, and if it is all set he faces a big railroad job but will stay until he knows the program will be a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William M. Jeffers
Union, Pacific Railroad
400 Serbs Shot in Reprisal Reported from Poza revac
A Swiss report cites Yugoslav sources claiming 400 Serbs were executed in Poza revac as a reprisal for not answering a German labor enlistment demand. The Yugoslav press Novo Vreme reportedly carried the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Pozarevac
Novo Vreme
Yugoslavia
Stock Market Index for 60 Stocks Report
The average of 60 stocks. Yester day 49. No further details available in readable text.
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Stock Market Index
Traffic Tickets Spark Tempers in Lawrence Parking Vote
Police report tensions over today’s parking tickets as Lawrence faces a special election next Tuesday on purchasing and retaining parking meters on Massachusetts Street. Voters will decide the meters issue and also elect city officials including mayor seven councilmen police judge and treasurer with polling centers open 8 am to 6 pm.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Red Cross Mobile Unit Sees Blood Drive Surge
The Red Cross mobile unit near doubles its target to 450 pints over a two day visit next week as demand for blood donations rises. By noon today 430 appointments are filled for Thursday and Friday with 20 spots still open, and organizers plan another drive in May or June if volunteer turnout remains strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ralph Canuteson
Red Cross Blood Bank
Canuteson
Colonel Wilson Nominated for Temporary Brigadier General
Col Thomas B. Wilson of Lawrence, chief of transportation in the Southwest Pacific, is among 73 colonels nominated by President Roosevelt for temporary promotion to brigadier general. He led Transcontinental and Western Air before entering military service to coordinate troop movements and supply shipping in the war area. His son, Thomas Bayne Wilson, is a University of Kansas freshman.
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Thomas B. Wilson
Lawrence
Pacifi
Roosevelt
Army and Navy Journal
Wilson
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
Australia
Thomas Bayne Wilson
Williamstown
University of Kansas
Dutch Patriots Burn Records in Amsterdam Fire
Aneta reports Dutch patriots overpowered guards March 27 in Amsterdam and set fire to the bureau of vital statistics, destroying population registers used for Nazi labor draft in German factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aneta
Amsterdam
Bureau of Vital Statistics
OPA Under Scrutiny as Brown Faces Dual Probes
Washington report says the office of price administration faces a House inquiry led by Patman to determine if OPA overstepped powers. Brown ordered a deputy to review actions affecting public relations to reduce irritations. A separate special committee will study OPA operations for authority compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Prentiss Brown
Brown
Lou Maxon
OPA
Patman
D-Tex
House Committee On Small Business
Congress
House
Axis armor fails near El Guetar in Tunisia defense
Delayed dispatch reports Field Marshal Erwin Rommel failing armored thrust near Kebili Gabes Gafsa as American 105 and 155 mm guns neutralize 32 Axis tanks. Luftwaffe losses push Rommel to night air assaults with four engine bombers as German planes suffer heavy hits in southern Tunisia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
el Guetar
Tunisia
Mrshal
Erwin Rommel
Kebili-Gabes-Gafsa
Rommel
U. S
Love Bound Over for Trial in Shooting Case
William S. Love, 44, charged with three counts in a shooting Saturday night, waived arraignment and preliminary hearing, bound over to district court on $5,000 bond. Beers wounded in left arm and chest. moved from hospital to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Love
Court of Justice of the Peace
O. J. Lane
Love
James Beers
L. M. Dowers
Sherl Beers
Paterence Memorial Hospital
Landon Attacks Secrecy on Postwar Plans
Former Gov Alf Landon criticizes secret hearings on peace proposals. He argues for greater press access and transparency, saying the administration masks actions as Democratic party dictates and echoes Woodrow Wilson’s call for open covenants.
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Topeka
Apr
Alf Landon
Landon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Churchill Holds Long Friendly Talk With De Gaulle
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill had a long and friendly talk with General Charles De Gaulle and Rene Massigli of the Fighting French. The discussion covered not disclosed topics as De Gaulle plans to depart for Algiers to resume talks with General Henri Giraud on uniting allied French forces.
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London
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Rene Massigli
General de Gaulle
Algiers
Henri Giraud
United Nations
Tulsa Woman Held on Manslaughter Charge
Judge Grady S. Cornett ordered Ella B. Howard of Fort Worth held on $10,000 bail for trial on manslaughter in the hotel room slaying of Mrs. T Earl Simmons a well known Tulsa horsewoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Oklo
Upx—Commons
Grady S. Cornett
Ella B. Howard
Fort, Worth
T. Earl Simmons
World Co World Co Adv Sale Books Stationery Form
Advertisement notes availability of sales books stationery printed forms and ruled forms from The World Co. Includes variety of paper products for business use. Prices and bulk orders may apply.
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the World Co.—Adv
Federal Rent Suit Filed Across Kansas Cities and Towns
Seventeen rent control suits were filed in federal court led by U S District Attorney George H West. The cases charge property owners in Kansas City Wichita Topeka Lawrence Liberal and Baxter Springs areas with charging rents above OPA maximums and making false statements when registering properties. Penalties include up to two years in prison and a 5000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas City
Wichita
Topeka-Lawrence
Liberal
Baxter Springs
Federal District Court
U. S
George H. West
OPA
West
Selma Wallace
Bonner Springs
Burns
Floyd Ruppelius
Olathe
S. Cherry
C. W. Brenneilsen
Kan
J. D. Seiler
Lawrence
Vermont
Carl Broeker
New York
Angie C. Ticknor
Lydia E. Clayton
M. R. Gill
Blanche Gill
A. W. Olson
Mass
Baxter Springs Aves
E. V. Grubbs
Pittsburg
R. Arnett
J. A. Brooks
Gill agency pressed on rent cases and owner status
The Gill agency administered property and collected rent while Gill claimed A W Olson was not the owner but an agent for Kansas City owners. Rent adjustments and refunds were made on several properties after consulting local rent officials and aligning rentals with OPA regulations. No Lawrence rent case details were available at the local rent office today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Gill
A. W. Olson
Kansas City
Masschusetts Street
Gill
Massachusetts Street
Dana McFarlan
Earl Campbell
OPA
Lawrence
Tenants of Mrs Cochran Move Out in Lawrence Case
In a justice court hearing, tenants Mrs. Starr Cochran sought possession of her 1142 Indiana street unit from Robert Plaster and J F Peters. The tenants revealed they moved out yesterday to cabins at Green's Lake Lawrence after paying $3.20 costs. The OPA had ordered rent reduction for the apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
Frank B. Dodds
Starr Cochran
Indiana Street
Robert Plaster
J. F. Peters
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