Armies Move Up For Spring Drive In World War II Front
Nazi forces continued hard counter attacks on the Russian front as fresh Soviet reserves Peter the thawing battle line from Leningrad to the Black Sea. Soviet reports claim seven million Red Army troops facing about 4.5 million Germans with both sides probing for weak spots ahead of a planned spring offensive.
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Hitler
Leningrad
Black Sea
Moscow
Ukraine
Red Army
Berlin
Geroe
Easter Parade Likely With Sunshine In Kansas
Topeka reports balmy conditions with more sun than rain for the Easter parade tomorrow. Showers may touch extreme northern Kansas tonight but will be scattered. drought relief comes after ten dry days as temperatures hit 78 in Topeka and Goodland with another 44 at night.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Wind Reaches Gale Force at Local Port and Airport
Wind at the municipal airport peaked at 55 mph with steady gusts near 40 mph. Port activity halted as a full gale described. a four place plane from Kansas City landed and crews were required to secure the ship when it stopped.
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Municipal
Port J
Kansas City
American Submarines Sink Four Japanese Warships in Far East
Navy reports recent submarine actions in the Java Sea and Indian Ocean sunk or damaged four Japanese warships. One light cruiser near Christmas Island was sunk, two torpedo hits damaged another cruiser, two seaplane tenders were damaged near Bali, and a supply ship and a barge were damaged near Lombok and Bali.
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Washington
Java Sea
Indian Ocean
Christmas Island
Java
Indies
Bali
Lombox Island
United States
Pacific
Navy
United States Navy
Pearl Harbor
Navy Department
Bataan holds under Japanese pressure as Corregidor feared
Berlin reports citing Tepaness from the Philippines say American units on the Bataan peninsula are under pressure from Japanese tanks as Corregidor’s water reservoir is damaged and food runs short. Official Washington notes heavy artillery fire on Bataan while Corregidor’s anti aircraft gunners claim two more bombers shot down.
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Berlin
Eran
Tepaness
Philippines
Bataan
Wainwright
Corregidor
Washington
War Department
Corregidor Fortress
Correpidor
Income Tax Offices to Stay Open in Evenings
Topeka April 3 State income tax offices will stay open in the evenings starting Monday to handle the April 15 deadline. Returns are arriving about 35 percent faster than last year and the department estimates totals will exceed 3 million dollars. James Due income tax director reported the early April period saw 50 thousand dollars more paid than in 1941. Individual and corporate payments last year totaled about 2.51 million.
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Topeka
James
Department
Downed Japanese Planes Reported Over Darwin and Timor
United Nations air forces claim six Japanese planes were shot down over Koe pang Dutch Timor yesterday and four over Darwin today with two more probably downed. Of the four definite Darwin losses two fell to fighters and two to anti aircraft batteries. The attacking force was intercepted before reaching target area and only a few bombs were dropped. Two civilians were killed at Darwin with no property damage.
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Darwin
Australia
United Nations
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Lawrence Man Issued Wichita Resident Sues for Damages
R B Francis a Wichita grocer filed a Douglas county district court suit against Archibald R Miller of Lawrence seeking 15546 40 damages for injuries from a July 6 1941 collision at the Greenwich road and U S highway 54 intersection. The petition states Franciss car was struck while crossing the highway by a speeding vehicle.
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Douglas County
R. B. Francis
Wichita
Archibald R. Miller
Lawrence
Greenwich Road
Francis
Dutch Caribbean put under American command at Curaçao
Under American Command Willemstad Curacao April 4 the governor G J J Wouters announced all Netherlands forces in Curacao and Aruba and nearby Dutch Caribbean islands are placed under Rear Admiral J B Oldendorf US Navy Aneta Dutch news service circulated the proclamation today.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Apr
Aruba
Army Bomber Crashes Near Utah Idaho Border
A four motor Army bomber crashed near the Utah Idaho border last night. Two men were killed and seven aboard are missing. Gowen Field Public Relations Officer R S Gibbs disclosed today.
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Boise
Ida
Utah-Idaho
Gowen Field
R. S. Gibbs
Government seeks voluntary 44 to 48 hour work week pact
Washington reports administration officials and labor leaders are negotiating a voluntary 44 or 48 hour work week in war industries with regular pay. Aimed at quelling 40 hour week disputes, any agreement would require overtime only after the threshold to be paid back to the government. Senators Barkley and Connally weigh amendments linking longer hours with war-profit limits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Congress
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Connally
Friend Campaign Swing Shows Broad Western Support
Carl Friend returned from a western campaign swing and plans a two week tour of the south central region including Wichita. He has canvassed 52 western counties and found strong interest while noting improved crop and livestock markets and optimistic wheat prospects ahead of the August primary.
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Carl Friend
South
Wichita
Althe
Kansas
Friend
British Fighters Fire Shuttle Bombing Runs to Nazi Coasts
British airmen swept from the Kentish coast in waves to the German occupied continent. As the first formation returned, others pushed toward France and Nazi territory in shuttle bombing missions.
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England
Kentish
France
Ships torpedoed and sunk, navy reports losses
The navy announced today that a medium-sized U S merchant vessel a medium sized Latvian merchantman and a small Canadian merchantman were torpedoed and sunk. The U S vessel was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast and the other two weeks ago with no further details disclosed.
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Washington
Navy
U. S
Atlantic
Lawrence Hits First 90 Degree Day Of The Year
Lawrence recorded its first 90 degree temperature of the year today with the gas office thermometer showing 90 at 3 15 p m and holding for a while. The last 90 degree reading occurred on September 20.
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Lawrence
Langley and two other ships lost in Java battle
Navy reports the aircraft tender Langley and two other U S warships were sunk by unopposed Japanese bombers during the Java engagement. About 700 crewmen perished on Langley and Pecos, with only a fraction saved. Destroyer Peary also lost near Darwin. Officials note growing U S naval strength could reverse earlier losses as air support improves in northern Australia.
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Washington
Navy
Langley
Java
Pecos
Peary
Darwin
Australia
U.S. Asiatic
Macassar Strait
U.S
MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Coast Guard
Pearl Harbor
United States
America
Bluejackets
Robert P. McConnell
Elmer P. Abernethy
San Francisco
John M. Bermingham
Paul Talbot
Indian Ocean
Tapas
Prices Frozen on All Types of Plumbing Fixtures
The Office of Price Administration froze prices on all plumbing fixtures as a prelude to a forthcoming War Production Board order. The temporary ceiling, effective Tuesday, matches levels from March 30 and excludes plumbers who install fixtures. The move widens beyond the WPB plan and aims to curb production restrictions on materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
OPA
Draftees Sent to Fort Leavenworth for Induction
Douglas county sent its second group of 26 draftees within a week to Fort Leavenworth for physicals and induction. They were honored at a luncheon at the Armory before marching through Massachusetts Street to the bus depot led by the Haskell Institute band.
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Douglas County
Fort Leavenworth
Armory
Haskell Institute
Bruce Cameron
Selective Service Board
Edwin A. Fritz
Dorsey Liberty American Legion
Massachusetts Street
Clarence Bliesner
Gilbert Francis
State Guard
United Spanish War Veterans
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lawrence Company
Army
MacArthur Seeks Divine Guidance From Easter Message
General Douglas MacArthur in Australia during Easter week asked for divine guidance as he leads in the Southwest Pacific. He held talks with Australian and American leaders while planning to observe a sober Easter, sending thanks via Little Rock church figures and receiving a message of faith from supporters. President Quezon, in Australia, also broadcast inspiration to Filipinos through the Voice of Freedom.
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MacArthur
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
McArthur
Little Rock
Ark
W. P. Witsell
Christ Church
Church of Your Baptism
Buildings Sold In Eudora And Trade Talks Open
Two business properties and a residence in Eudora changed hands recently. Stan Schwahn of Lawrence buys the former C L Fuller hardware store near City Hall and a theater may be planned. W K Leatherock and O R Hall of Perry purchase Joe Zillner’s Main Street blacksmith shop. The S W Carr residence on Church Street goes to C B Darnall of Kansas City. In Washington Acting Secretary Welles says reciprocal trade talks with Mexico and Bolivia will be pursued with a public hearing set for May 18.
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Eudora
C. L. Fuller
City Hall
Kaw Valley State Bank
Stan Schwahn
Lawrence
Joe Zillner
Main Street
W.K. Leatherock
O. R. Hall
Perry, Oklo
Washington
Welles
United States
Mexico
Bolivia
Committee For Reciprocity Information
Stock Market Index Stands at 34 6 on Thursday
The average of 60 stocks settled at 34 6 on Thursday signaling a steady session. Traders watched blue chips closely as the index held despite mixed movers across sectors.
Local men learn on Parsons trip
Members of the local war industries committee spent a day in Parsons asking hundreds of questions and surveying housing, sanitation, and transportation needs as Lawrence eyed the $40,000,000 Eudora munitions plant. Parsons faces trailer camps and rapid housing shifts as construction ends and operating crews move in.
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War Industries Committee
Parsons
Lawrence
Eudera
Jayhawk Ordnance Plant
Johnson County
Altho
Eudora
Kansas City
Eudora and
DeSoto
Sugar Rationing to Proceed as Scheduled Says Officials
Washington leads the war effort with a joint statement from War Production Board Chair Donald M. Nelson and Price Administrator Leon Henderson. They deny any dispute over sugar rationing and affirm the program will continue as planned, urging the public to ignore unauthorized reports.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Price
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Associated Press
Large Good Friday turnout at Trinity Lutheran service
A big crowd of about 275 attended the Good Friday service at Trinity Lutheran, with Dr. Mark A. Dawber delivering a forceful address on the cross. Local ministers gathered for a luncheon and Dawber spoke again to Haskell Institute students later in the evening.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Ministerial Alliance
Mark A. Dawber
Home Mission Council
Federal Council of Churches
Russell Carter
Haskell
D. E. McGregor
The
Evangelical Church
C. E. Allison
First Methodist Church
A. J. Beil
Trinity Lutheran
Crystal Price
Gethsemane
C. W. Straffon
Dawber
Evans Hearth
Eudora
Haskell Institute
Lawrence Attendees Planned for Kansas Social Work Meet
Lawrence residents will attend the Kansas Conference of Social Work in Wichita starting Monday. Highlights include Eri Hulbert on Housing as Affected by Defense, Bert Nash on Clinical Facilities for Children in Kansas Courts, Dr. Henry Asher on public health, Esther Twente on a merit system survey, with John Stutz and Mrs Mildred D Watson among other county staff also set to participate.
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Lawrence
Kansas
State Board of Health
Topeka
Esther E. Twente
K.U
John Stutz
Mildred D. Watson
Lillian Bliesner
Margaret Broadwell
Geneva Detler
Elizabeth Kester
First Ward Contest Sparks City Election Interest
In the city election only the first ward shows contest with Willard Brown facing Ralph Achning. All other wards will reelect incumbents I F Eberhart Charles D Stough R O Bur gert Joe Schelbar and Roy E Bushey. Achning filed March 27 as an independent candidate.
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Willard Brown
I. F. Eberhart
Charles D. Stough
R. O. Burgert
Joe Schelbar
Sixth Ward
Roy E. Bushey
Brown
Ralph Achning
Achning
Britain and Italy Begin Prisoner Exchange at Smyrna
Britain and Italy started exchanging sick and wounded prisoners of war today as brok en captives met at Smyrna. Negotiations through a protecting power move the exchange forward with a full statement to follow when completed.
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London
Britain
Italy
Smyrna
Foreign Office
First National Bank of Lawrence Wins $110000 School Bonds
The First National Bank of Lawrence bid the top premium for the 110000 in school refinancing bonds issued by the board of education. The bank offered 4.10 premium and 1 percent interest, with $5000 per bond of 1000 each. Other bids ranged from 2.10 to 4.10 at 1 percent. The board will pay for printing and transcript. the state fund may take them if needed. The meeting covered bids, then a report on teachers' salaries. next board meeting set for Tuesday.
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First National Bank of Lawerence
Board of Education
State School Fund Commission
Baum, Bernheimer & Co
Kansas City
Soden & Co
Topeka
Rhodes, Seltsam Co., Inc
Beecroft, Cole Co
Lloyd Purcell
A. E. Woestemeyer
A. B. Martin
Carroll D. Clark
Lloyd Houston
Howard Sutherland
Clifford D. Dean
C. C. Stewart
Bondy
Education Committee
Navy Recruiter to Visit Post Office on April 11
Navy recruiter Anthony Leal will be at the Lawrence post office on April 11 from 10 a m to 4 p m to interview men 17 to 50 interested in enlisting in the naval reserve. He seeks high school juniors and seniors and college juniors and seniors planning to enlist after the school year ends.
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Anthony Leal
Navy
Lawrence
Naval Reserve
No 3-4s to Army Soon
Wichita, Apr. 4. Lieutenant Colonel Raymond F. Montgomery, assistant state selective service director, told clerks and employes of five local draft boards that there will be no wholesale shipping of men with 3-A classifications to the army in the near future. He said a general trend toward less liberal deferment for men with dependents is indicated, but the transition will be gradual.
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Wichita
Army
Raymond F. Montgomery
Selective Service
Montgomery
Bomb Axis Drome at Derna in Second Day of Attacks
The R. A. F. announced that the axis airfield at Derna was bombed for the second day in a row and claimed one German fighter was shot down and others damaged. The Malta raids were followed by British planes shooting down one bomber and three anti aircraft guns.
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Cairo
Derna
Malta
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Walter Keeler
Real Estate Board
Uiversity
Ordnance Plant
Clyde Reed
Parsons Sun
U. S. Senate
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Col. Montgomery
R. A. F. Downs
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