Flag Still Waves Over Corregidor in Pacific War News
Wireless reports from Cebu indicate a Japanese invasion force gathering as American torpedo boats sink a cruiser off Cebu. General Wainwright proclaims our flag still flies over Corregidor amid news of Bataan surrender and ongoing fighting on the peninsula.
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San Francisco
Cebu
Radio Corporation of America
Washington
Corregidor
Philippine Archipelago
Bataan
Manila Bay
Roosevelt
Jonathan M.wainwright
Philippines
Gorregidor
Manila
General Wainwright
War Department
Mr. Roosevelt
Wainwright
Correcidor
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregido
Evacuation From Bataan To Corregidor Deepens U.S. Losses
The navy reports most of about 3 500 marines and bluejackets in Bataan have been evacuated under cover of darkness to Corregidor. Three ships and Dewey drydock were destroyed to prevent enemy use, while a submarine reportedly sank a large Japanese vessel near Celebes. Evacuation ordered by Lt Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright followed the peninsula’s collapse.
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Washington
Bataan
Philippines
Corregidor
Navy
Dewey Drydock
United States
Celebes Sea
Jonathan M. Wainwright
India Hope Dimmed as Cripps Talks Fail
The All India Congress party rejects the British plan for independence after talks with Sir Stafford Cripps. Key leaders Azad Nehru and Rajagopalachariar reportedly oppose further negotiations citing defense control disputes. Mohandas Gandhi opposes accepting the offer now.
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New Delhi
India
All- India Congress Party
All-India Congress Party
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Cripps
London
Maulana Abul Karan Azad
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Sir Stafford
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress Committee
Nehru
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachariar
Madras
Hospital Board Reports Busy Month At Lawrence Memorial
Lawrence Memorial hospital board notes March was busy in obstetrics with 32 births. The daily patient average, including newborns, was 35. A new large west entrance door aids wheelchair and ambulance access. Board approves purchase of a dozen new mattresses and other necessities and adds dark green awnings for patient comfort.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Mary Dunden
Women join wartime workforce across industries
Philip Lawlor, Kansas director of the U S employment service, reports rising registrations of women for war industry work and to replace men in normal business. Of 44 000 workers registered, 11 000 are women. Airplane factories in Wichita Kansas City and the Parsons ordnance plant employ women with about 75 percent of plane factory work suitable for them. The biggest opportunities lie in normal business activity as men leave for military duty. women are being hired as taxi drivers bank clerks filling station attendants and sales reps.
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Toveka
Philip Lawlor
Kansas
U. S. Employment Service
Wichita
Kansas City
Government Ordnance
Parsons
Lawlor
Lawlor Sal
Employment Service Sees 200 Percent Rise Tied to Eudora Plant
Albert I. Decker of the Lawrence office reports a twofold increase in employment service activity since the Eudora defense plant project was announced. Most gains are new registrations with a 30 day renewal rule, and re registrations rise alongside demand. The rush is expected to grow when construction starts, potentially straining local labor and prompting outreach to other districts. Facilities will expand to handle higher volumes.
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United States Employment Service
Eudora
Albert I. Decker
Lawrence
Decker
Employment Service
United States
World wheat conference poised to outline postwar relief plan
Washington reports an impending two fold agreement from the international wheat conference. The plan aims to relief destitute nations and stabilize world wheat trade, with participation by Argentina Australia Canada United States and Great Britain. Nations would align crop targets to cover domestic needs world market share and emergency reserves pending UN victory.
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Washington
Argentina
Australia
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Europe
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United Nations
City Council To Canvass Tuesday Election Votes
The city council will meet this evening to canvass votes from Tuesday's city election and handle other business. The session starts at 8:00 p m in the summer schedule, instead of 7:30 p m in winter.
Clash In Libya and Crimea Shapes World War II Fronts
British and axis forces fought fiercely in the Libyan desert as tanks burned and columns clashed. Soviet and German fronts saw heavy attrition with Red Army advances toward Smolensk and renewed fighting around Kharkov Sevastopol and Kalinin, while Malta endured ongoing air raids.
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Red Army
White Russia
Vichy Radio
Orel
Kharkov
Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimea
Adolf Hitler
Kerch
North Africa
Italy
Malta
Mediterranean
Russia
Kalinin
Berlche
Lake Ilmen
Novogorod
Novgorod
Staraya Russa
Helgoland Bight
English
Co-Ops Hold Annual Father and Son Banquet
About seventy five men and boys attended the Lawrence Co- Operative club Father and Son banquet at the Armory. Before the meal boys played games, six won defense stamps in a drawing, then watched a technicolor film Sun Valley shown by Union Pacific under Joe Gallagher. John Robinson, local Union Pacific agent, was a guest.
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Fathers and Sons
Lawrence Co- Operative Club
Armory
Sun Valley
Union Pacific Railroad
Joe Gallagher
John Robinson
Union Pacific
West Texas Army open house hems in visitors guns
Still wild and woolly at Goodfellow Field where an Army day open house drew crowds. Guards at the gates warned visitors to park their shootin irons and keep pistols holstered as they toured a display of shotguns rifles and holsters.
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San Angelo
Tex
West Texas
Goodfellow Field
Air Corps
Furnace Smoke Evacuated Home of George Docking
Firefighters responded to a Stratford road address, finding a defective gas furnace filling the house with smoke. George Docking's residence at 1604 Stratford road was evacuated as crews worked to clear the smoke and secure the furnace.
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George Docking
Stratford Road
Japs Move South on Bataan Occupy Cabcaben Town
Japanese broadcasts report forces advancing down Bataan's east coast have occupied Cabcaben the last settlement before Mariveles. Aerodromes and other installations at Cabcaben and along the road south were destroyed as retreating American and Filipino troops pulled back. Japanese dispatches say large columns of smoke were visible along the south coast.
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Tokyo
Bataan
Cabcaben
Mariveles
Jumay
Lamao
Induction notices mailed for 17 Douglas county draftees
Seventeen men registered with the Douglas county selective service board received induction notices. They are scheduled to depart Monday April 20 with a dinner and parade, as in prior April quotas. Additional draftees may be called at any time.
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Douglas County
County School Boards Prepare Funds and District Maps
After the annual meeting of grade and rural districts, the county treasurer will release funds to school boards. Rural high school district meetings at Eudora, Vinland, and Lecompton were reported, while two new maps of Douglas county districts move toward completion.
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Harold Fisher
Eudora
Vinland
Lecompton
Douglas County
Lawrence
Kansas
Wakarusa
Haskell Students Present First Aid Demonstrations
A group of Indian students enrolled in first aid courses at Haskell Institute will present a public first aid program this evening at 7:30 in the Auditorium. The demonstrations, led by Miss Laura Q'Hara and Wilbert T. Allen, will showcase first aid skills toward eligibility for certificates.
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Haskell Institute
Haskell
Laura Q’hara
Wilbert T. Allen
No Increase in Hazards From Gas Truck Traffic
Topeka April 10 Fire Marshal Fred A. Werbe said there will be no rise in explosion hazards from more gasoline transport trucks on Kansas roads. He noted rail tank car shifts could raise truck traffic but safety plugs on these trucks neutralize dangerous fumes, making the explosion danger negligible.
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Topeka
Fred A. Werbe
Kansas
Werbe
Stock Market Index Reports 60-Stock Average 34.2
The index for sixty stocks shows an average of 34.2 with yesterday's value also at 34.2. No further data on movements or components is provided.
Sun Flower Ordnance Works boundaries clarified at town meeting
Maj. W C Strecker told about 200 residents that exact plant boundaries must be known by tomorrow night and that dirt moving would begin soon. Lozier and Tuttle spoke on housing, wages, and labor, urging workers to register with the Employment Service and promising community cooperation.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Maj. W. C. Strecker
Army
Strecker
William S. Lozier
William Lozier, Inc
Isle
E. B. Tuttle
Broderick and Gordon
Lawrence
Lozier
Tuttle
United States Employment Service Office
University of Kansas Relays queen candidates named
Pictures of ten KU coeds were sent to the University of Minnesota track team for judging. The Gopher thinclads will select the queen of the 20th Kansas Relays and her two attendants. The name is to be announced April 16.
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University of Kansas
Sleeping Beauty to Be Shown Tonight at High School
The Sleeping Beauty, seventh Children's Theater production directed by Mrs. Deal Six, debuts tonight in the high school auditorium at 7 30 PM. Mrs. Six says it is the most beautiful of the seven. Assistants are Mrs. R. R. Jackman and Mrs. Frank Stockton. The Princess Primrose is Lois Elaine Willcats, a K A freshman.
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Children’s Theater
Japanese raid on Trincomalee hits Colombo and Ceylon
A British communiqué reports yesterday's air raid on Trincomalee in Colombo Ceylon with twenty one Japanese planes destroyed for certain twelve probably destroyed and two damaged
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Colombo
Ceylon
Trincomalee
Chinese vow to aid in avenging Bataan defeat
Chinese War Minister Ho Ying-chin announced China will stand shoulder to shoulder with allies to avenge U S losses on the Bataan peninsula. He praised the Filipino and American defenders who held out four months against superior enemy forces and said China will continue the fight toward final victory.
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Chungking
Bataan
United Nations
Ho Ying-Chin
China
Plans for April 27 men 45 to 64 registration
The local selective service board considers central registration or multiple sites for the April 27 signup. Government estimates expect the fourth registration to be 50 percent larger than the third. Douglas county registered 1,875 on February 16 but kept 1,510 cards. remaining cards went to other counties and states. Based on estimates, 2,200 to 2,500 men may register in Douglas county on April 27.
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Local Selective Service Board
Douglas County
Near Freezing Temperatures Expected Across Kansas Tonight
Weather forecast warns of near freezing temperatures and heavy frost across eastern Kansas after recent rains. Weatherman S D Flora notes rivers rising from prior rainfall, with Neosho at Oswego and minor overflows possible near Iola and Chanute. Some towns report over 60 inches rainfall and frost in the north with limited damage expected to early gardens and fruit buds.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Neosho
Oswego
Iola
Chanute
Flora
Marais Des Cygnes
la Cygne and
Trading Post
Missouri Line
Burlington
Coffeyville
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Kappelman Leaves for Army Service Monday
Lester Kappelman assistant state director of the WPA recreation program plans to leave for the army next Tuesday after winding up business. He registered in Hays transferred to Salina and will be inducted there. He graduated from the University in 1939 and began recreation work in December 1939. His brother Francis is seeking an army entry while drafted April 20.
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Lester Kappelman
WPA
Army
Kappelman
Hays
Salina
Topeka
Lawrence
C. L. Kappelman
Francis
Tulsa
Jefferson Barracks
Frost Nips Begining Frost Touches Fruit Blossoms
A light frost and skim of ice were observed in various places this morning. Vegetation largely escaped damage while fruit growers remained uncertain about effects on fruit. At KU stadium the cinder track froze solid, not breaking under a walking man.
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K.U
Lawrence and Douglas County Learn Civilian Defense Tactics
About 400 citizens attended a joint Armory meeting led by Prof. G W Bradshaw on aerial bombardment protection. He covered active and passive defense, shelter basics, bomb types, and the value of sand and water for fire control, emphasizing personal responsibility and registering for defense duties.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Armory
G. W. Bradshaw
Civil Engineering Faculty of
K. U
Hugh Means
Bradshaw
England
U. S. Army
Office of Civilian Defense
A Cappella Choir Plans April 20 Home Concert
The University A Cappella choir of 80 voices under Dean Swarthout will present its annual home concert on Monday evening April 20 in Hoch auditorium. The program features many secular choral numbers and admission is free to the public.
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D. M. Swarathout
Dean Swarthout
Hoch Auditorium
Hunter Brothers market worker undergoes appendicitis operation
Lauren Hunter of the Hunter Brothers market underwent an operation last evening at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for appendicitis. Physicians report his condition satisfactory.
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Lauren Hunter
Hunter Brothers Market
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Weather outlook for Kansas frost and warming
Near or slightly below freezing tonight with heavy frost possible in the eastern parts. Temperatures rise slowly Saturday forenoon as conditions warm across the region.
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Kansas
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