Bombs on Naples and North Africa Drive Intensifies
Allied forces launched a major Naples raid as U S Second Army repelled a German counterattack near El Guetar and pressed toward a junction with the British Eighth Army. Rommel named commander in chief, while Allied air power claimed heavy hits on Naples and surrounding targets.
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North ‘Africa
Naples
Tyrrhenian Sea
Second Army
el Guetar
Eighth Army
James H. Doolittle
Northwest African Strategic Air Force
U. S. Second Army
George
Patton, Jr
Gafsa- Gabes Road
Bernard J. Montgomery
Eighth
Wadi el Akarit
Gabes
Tunisia
Medjez-El-Bar
Bizerte
Tunis
First Army
High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
Bougie
Algeria
Massive Allied Air Raids Hit Kavieng and Pacific Targets
Allied forces report Flying Fortresses destroyed or dispersed a Japanese naval concentration near Kavieng New Ireland sinking at least two cruisers and two destroyers amid low level skip bombing. U.S. and British aircraft also struck targets across Dutch New Guinea Timika Langgoer Saumlaki Kiska and Attu while bombers hit Meiktila Chittagong and Rangoon and Chinese forces advanced near Sinchang.
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Kavieng
New Ireland
Port Moresby
Douglas MacArthur
Silver Bay
Australia
Markham Valley
Lae
Salamaua
Kitchen Creek
Timika
New Guinea
Langgoer
Kae Islands
Saumlaki
Tanimbar Islands
Navy Department
Kiska
Pacific
Attu
Aleutians
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Marine
Guadalcanal
Burma
R.A.F
Minbwa
Akyab
Pinlebu
Chindwin Valley
Meiktila
Mandalay
Chittacong
India
Buthedaung
Akvab
Yunnan - Burnis - Indo- China
Sinchang
Shanghai
Chekiang
Thilawa
Rangoon
Lawrence Memorial Wins Two Awards at Speech and Drama Festival
Lawrence Memorial high school placed two entries in the first division at the festival held at the University. Patsy Miller won first division for Dramatic Reading "A Pair of Shoes" and the one act play "For the Love of Allah" also earned a first division award. Wyandotte led class A with many entries. class B and C were closely matched.
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Lawrence Memorial High School
Patsy Miller
Love
Allah
Wyandotte
Lawrence
Bonner Springs
Lansing
Stockton
Imogene Durham
Shawnee Mission
Beverly Jean’ Mott
Jerrie South
Highland Park
Darlene Gooch
Capito
Catholic
Sheila O'Connor
Lea Falls
Sarah Marks
First Aid Class Girks Call Red Cross Office for Enrollment
Those interested in receiving first aid instruction are asked to call the Red Cross office in the Community building at 803. A class will start when a sufficient number is enrolled. K. U. Symphony tonight promises a real thrill in entertainment.
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Red Cross
Russians Beat Back German Attacks Near Kharkov
Russian forces repelled heavy German assaults northeast and southeast of Kharkov with tanks and air support, while reporting 200 more German dead and a toll of about 1,000 slain in the Izyum region. Soviet units hold bridgeheads on the Donets south of Izyum and near Belogorod, aided by saved supplies and mobile equipment.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Izyum
Serafimovich
Don
Donets
Associated Press
Berlin
Red Army
Orel
Lake Ilmen
Leningrad
Spitfires Down 13 Junkers at Tunis Fighter Base
A squadron of American piloted Spitfires shot down 13 Junkers 87 bombers near El Guetar, delaying a German assault as they defended American positions. The same group claimed two Messerschmitt 109s and damaged two more in a later brief engagement.
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Tunisia
el Guetar
Inmate Registration for Military Service Planned
Inmates at the Kansas state reformatory near Hutchinson will be registered by a special draft board for possible military service. They will be classified based on their release date.
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Reformatory
Hutchinson
Kansas State Reformatory
Four Haskell youths nabbed after joy ride in Buick
At 1 30 Sunday morning county officers stopped a government owned 1938 Buick near Lawrence. The car had been taken from a Haskell garage and three youths Alton Nordwall Neal Kitson and Cletus Samqua were turned over to Haskell officials. The fourth Francis Angwaush is jailed and is reportedly wanted in Minnesota on parole violation. A road buy tonight K U Symphony gala concert 50c Adv.
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Haskell
Lawrence
Topeka
Alton Nordwall
Neal Kitson
Cletus Samqua
Francis Angwaush
Minnesota
Ceiling Prices Set On Retail Meats by OPA
The Office of Price Administration announced April 5 that specific cents-per-pound ceilings would govern retail beef veal lamb and mutton from April 15, with pork ceilings effective April 1. The plan aims to restore order after shortages and price chaos, with zone based pricing and a three cent differential allowing small independents more than chains.
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Washington
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Detroit
New York
San Francisco
Rural school pay boosts and meeting plans amid shortages
County Superintendent Mrs. Margaret Hurley reports growing vacancies and dwindling teacher supply. Rural districts meet this week to discuss salary increases, with many districts offsetting by holding 2 pm or 730 pm sessions to accommodate ordnance plant workers. Average rural salaries run around 89.58 a month, with graded schools at 108.57 and high school teachers averaging 1404.87 annually.
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Margaret Hurley
Altho
Ordnance Plant
Hurley
Douglas County
Des Moines Merchants Convert One Day’s Receipts to War Bonds
Des Moines merchants will apply April 18 receipts to the second war loan drive. A Des Moines Tribune advertising push will precede the effort with all copy devoted to war bond sales. Local retailers and agencies donate advertising free to meet Polk county’s $28,000 quota and aim to buy $300,000 bomber bonds.
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Des Moines
Des’ Moines Tribune
Desi Frey
Retaile War Activities Committee
Polk County
Frey
Ration Book Issuance Reaches 34231 in Douglas County
Douglas county total No 2 ration books climbs to 34231 by end of March. 10846 issued outside Lawrence, 23885 in Lawrence. Residence rules lax, many nonresidents got books in the city. Since registrations began 2547 obtained books at the Community building. Turnover in population complicates the count and balance of inflow and outflow remains speculative.
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Douglas County
George T. Wetzel
Tony
Lawrence
Pope Receives Count Ciano In Brief Audience
London reports Pope Pius XII met with Count Galeazzo Ciano Italian ambassador to the Holy See and former foreign minister in a 30 minute audience yesterday. The Vichy radio broadcast was recorded by the Associated Press.
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Pope
Count Ciano
London
Vichy
Pope Pius XII
Galeazzo Ciano
Holy See
Associated Press
Write-in candidate shakes up Eudora mayoral race
Early today handbills appeared in Eudora urging Ray Winch for mayor and a five-seat write-in council slate. With only one official ticket on the ballot, turnout was low at noon and high expected once workers return. Winch recently moved from Garden City and manages a cinema. Other official candidates listed include Bert Seiwald for mayor and council hopefuls George Lothholz J TD Adams William Mercier J N Hearin and William Zimmerman.
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Eudora
Ray Winch
Mark
Winch
Garden City
Bert Seiwald
George Lothholz
J. TD. Adams
William Mercier
J. N. Hearin
William Zimmerman
Young Officer Fails in Invasion of WAAC Hotel
A 19 year old lieutenant attempted an unauthorized entry at a WAAC hotel in Kansas City. He pushed elevator operator Wanda Fifield, was pursued by hotel staff and allied guards, and surrendered on the first floor. He was placed in military police custody after arrival of an ambulance.
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Kansas City
No Man's Land
Waacs
Wanda Fifield
Sam Goldstein
Goldstein
Miss Fifield
Lloyd Atchison
Waaes
Douglas County Budget Shows Stronger Finances in 1942
Unencumbered cash rose to 184 162.73 by December 11 1942 and the budget balance climbed from 18 705.41 in 1941 to 69 011.84 under budget estimates. Welfare funds, road and bridge, and general fund savings drove the improvement aided by Sunflower Ordnance Works employment tax receipts and higher fee collections.
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Douglas County
Mildred LeSuer
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Kaser Construction Company
Normal Institute
U S Fortresses On A New Attack
London reports United States Flying Fortresses crossing the Strait in renewed daylight bombing on the continent. They followed yesterday’s Paris Renault works strike and a heavy Kiel raid by the RAF, with five formations seen over the southeast coast and twelve bombers missing from Kiel.
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London
United States
Strait of Over
Paris
Kiel
Germany
Renault Works
Air Ministry
Jupp
Essen
Destroyed Japanese Planes By U S Air Force in China
America’s China air task force, one of the smallest U S air forces in active combat, reports definite destruction of 182 Japanese planes and probable 63 more since last July. It has lost nine fighter pilots in air combat and another in bombing. Tonight KU Symphony Concert presents Poco Frazier’s Dancer in Wild Cherry.
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China
America
U. S
K. U. Symphony
Frazier
Adv
Kansas meat prices fixed by OPA April 1945 sample list
Washington announces new standardized retail prices for beef veal lamb and mutton. The schedule shows costs per pound for good grade and A grade in independent stores under 250000 annual sales and other retailers across Kansas Nebraska Missouri area zone 4 with figures for leg of lamb lamb rib chops veal cutlets roast beef round and sirloin steaks porterhouse chuck roast and ground beef.
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Washington
OPA
Federal Meat Inspectory
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Fire damages press box at University of Kansas stadium
A blaze shortly before midnight damaged the KU stadium press box. Fire broke glass panes and damaged wiring in the radio room, with estimated repairs around 300 to 500 dollars. Intruders possibly entered via a broken window and a smouldering cigarette or small bonfire was blamed.
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University of Kansas Stadium
Radio Broadcasting Room
Paul Ingels
Memorial Union
Ingels
Dell Davidson
K. U. Athletic Association
In Praise of Kansas by Allen Crafton
Allen Crafton head of the University of Kansas speech and drama reviews Kansas in a Lawrence Rotary luncheon. He mocks geography with humor and praises Carry Nation climate politicians women and men while naming John Steuart Curry as a distant rival. His history handling leaves even logicians puzzled.
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Allen Crafton
University
Kansas
Lawrence
John Steuart Curry
Phosphate Use Grows Among Douglas County Farmers
Douglas County farmers increasingly apply phosphate to soil as part of conservation programs. George Butell, secretary of the Douglas County Agricultural Conservation Association, notes 390 tons have been advanced with a strong supply remaining. Farmers top dress alfalfas and seedings of lespedeza, sweet clover, and grasses, using oats and flax as nurse crops during seeding.
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Douglas County
George Butell
Douglas County Agricultural Conservation Association
Butell
Stocks Hit 1943 High as Week Opens
Average 60 stocks rise to 49.6 with 1943 peak noted. Saturday's 49.0 level leads into a Saturday night program featuring a Symphony concert with dancers, soloists, a narrator, and sculpture.
Lawrence Voters Set Tuesday Ballot For City And School Posts
Registered voters in Lawrence will cast ballots Tuesday to elect ten city officials and five school district officials and decide if parking meters should be retained. Six polling places open 8 am to 6 pm across wards with single election boards handling voting and counting after closing.
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Lawrence
New York School
Woodlawn School
Wheat Fields Day Forecast: Dry Stays In Topeka
Topeka reports dry spell extending for wheat fields across western Kansas. No rain in sight in today's forecast. Weatherman S D Flora predicts a slight dip in temperatures and a light frost on low ground in northern eastern Kansas. Wichita highs reached 72 with temperatures mild overall. Phillipsburg showed 25 degrees last night.
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Topeka
Western Kansas
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Kaw Valley
Wichita
Phillipsburg
Sullivan Named Judge for Fifth Judicial District
Governor Schoeppel appointed Jay Sullivan of Emporia as judge of the fifth judicial district to fill the unexpired term of Joe Rolston Jr. of Burlington who resigned to join Cities Service Gas at Bartlesville. The district covers Chase Coffey and Lyon counties.
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Schoo Board
A. W. Berger
Oliver Beaman
Joe Schelbar
C. B. Russell
E. E. Alexander
C. J. Lane
Harold Emick
W. C. Hunsinger
F. A
Lloyd Purcell
G. Whipple
Lloyd Houston
R .H. Wagstaff
Agerman
Whi Churchill
Topeka
Schoeppel
Jay Sullivan
Emporia
Fifth Judicial District
Joe Rolston
Burlington
Sullivan
Lyon County
Rolston
Cities Service Gaa Company
Bartlesville
Oklo
Chase
Coffey
Lyon Counties
Lawrence Board of Education to Elect Teaching Staff
The Lawrence board of education will hold a meeting this evening at 7 30 in the Liberty Memorial high school building to elect the teaching staff for the coming year.
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Lawrence Board of Education
Liberty Memorial High School
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