Bombs at Cassino fall upon Allies in aim to halt roadblock
Allied Headquarters in Naples reports Lt Gen. Ira C. Eaker saying air bombardment on Cassino March failed to break German resistance but achieved expected air force objectives. Some bombs mislaid due to mechanical faults and target misidentification, killing and injuring allied troops. Eaker stressed air power limits and that ground forces were not faulted.
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Allied
Naples
Ira C. Eaker
Cassino
Eaker
Cassina
Venafro
Baker
Anzio
Haker
Luftwaffe
Yugoslavia
Britain
Mrs Willkie Satisfied With Husband Decision
Mrs. Willkie praised her husband Wendell Willkie after his withdrawal from the Republican presidential race. She said they would return to New York and appeared amid crowds at the city auditorium in a black evening dress with turquoise accents, carrying roses. Meanwhile, two German prisoners were recaptured near Emporia after escaping from an Oklahoma camp, surrendering without resistance when caught by local sheriffs.
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Omaha
Wendell Willkie
Mrs. Willkie
City Auditorium
New York
Emporia
Ge Okla
Here
Ernest Owens
Lyon County
W. G. Covert
Butler County
They Learn to Repair Farm Machinery at Local High School
A six week series began at Lawrence Memorial High School teaching farmers and farm workers to repair machinery. E J Logsdon leads sessions held 7 to 11 pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The class, now in its fourth run, drew 33 men last session and completed projects to ready equipment for spring.
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Lawrence Memorial High School
E. J. Logsdon
Logsdon
Army Day Reflections On U S War Strength And Parades
Washington notes Army Day with no parades as six and a half million troops are deployed worldwide. Congress set the day to honor the army, which now nears seven and a half million total, facing replacements from battle casualties and discharges since Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Congress
America
Pearl Harbor
Honor Roll Student Mary Tudor Hanna at KU Business School
Mary Tudor Hanna, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hovey Hanna, a KU School of Business junior, makes the honor roll for the past winter term.
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Mary Tudor Hanna
School of Business
Lawrence Student Veterans Education After War Board
A report by Dean Frank T. Stockton notes Miss Hanna’s attendance in public Lawrence schools and describes the business school’s varied enrollment. Ralph Fleagle, a Guadalcanal veteran, has been discharged from the army and resumed his education at the Lawrence institution.
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Frank T. Stockton
Hanna
Lawrence
School of Business
Ralph Fleagle
Guadalcanal
Hull to speak on radio on foreign policy
Washington reports the State Department announced that Secretary Hull will deliver a 45 minute speech on foreign policy Sunday. The address, elaborating 17 points with examples of policy in action, will be broadcast by the Columbia Broadcasting System from 5 30 to 6 15 p m on April 9.
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Washington
State Department
Hull
Columbia Broadcasting System
Obituary of Fred J. Harris Reflects Military and Civic Service
Fred J. Harris died suddenly at noon Tuesday. Funeral services were held at Rumsey funeral parlors at 2 pm and his body will be cremated in Kansas City today. A Lawrence resident for years, he married Nellie Weidline and served in the US Navy during 1917-18. He later worked as a national rehabilitation officer and adjutant for Missouri Disabled Veterans, then returned to Lawrence to help his daughters through Kansas University. He operated the Rollerdrome Skating Academy at 737 New Hampshire street for five years despite war injuries. He leaves wife Nellie, two daughters Florence Harris and Mrs. Edward Bishop, and three brothers Montgomery Harris, William Harris, and Grant Harris.
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Fred J. Harris
Rumsey
Kansas City
Harris
Lawrence
East Nineteenth Street
Nellie Weidline
State of Missouri
Kansas University
Navy
New Hampshire Street
Nellie Weidline Harris
Florence Harris
Edward Bishop
Rhode Island Street
Montgomery H. Harris
Chicago
William H. Harris
San Antonio
Tex
Grant W. Harris
Texarkana
Collision kills Grover Barrett in Dodge City train crash
Collision between Santa Fe train No. 7 and a pickup truck east of Dodge City fatally injures Grover A. Barrett, 53, a longtime city employee. The locomotive suffered extensive damage, making repairs unlikely. A four line classified ad for a full week costs 96 cents.
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Dodge City
Santa Fe
Grover A. Barrett
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Country Today
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