Rommel’s last stand on Tunisian peninsula bends under Allied push
Allied armored units broke through thin Axis rearguards below Enfidaville and Djebebina as Rommel withdraws toward Tunisian defenses. British Eighth Army advances north of Sousse and Kairouan while Medjez-el-Bab area falls to First Army. Doolittle’s bombers strike Bizerte Trapani Naples and Sousse airfields amid heavy Allied air raids.
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North Africa
Enfidaville
Djebebina
Erwin Rommel
Tunisian
London
Eighth Army
Gedaphle
Ousse
Tunis
Vittoria
Tunia-Bizerte
Sousse
Kairouan
Bernard ‘L. Montgomery
African Corps
Lake Kelbia
Rommel
Soussé
First Army
Djebel Ousselat
Medjez-el-Bab
James H. Doolittle
Sicilian Straits
Bizerte
Channel
Trapani
Sicily
Ste. Marie du Zit
Oudna
R.A.F
Wellington
Bou Ficha
Zaghouan
Desert Air Force
Naples
Vittorio Emmanuele Mole
Malta
Pozzalio
Pee
Marsala
Carthage
Kairouar
Soussi
Germanicontrolled
Four Alcatraz Convicts Escape Into San Francisco Bay
Four long term convicts wearing soldier uniforms overpowered guards at Alcatraz and leaped into San Francisco Bay. Warden Johnston named Harold Martin Brest Floyd Hamilton Fred Hunter and James A Boardman as the escapees. Guards fired and the prison launch searched the area as two men were seen in the water and a tire possibly used as a flotation aid was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Alcatraz Prison
Bay
Warren J
Johnston
Harold Martin
Brest
Floyd Hamilton
Fred Hunter
James A. Boardman
Henry Weinhold
Smith
Coast Guard
Harold Martin Brest
Alcatraz
Pittsburgh
Army
San Francisco Presidio
Lawrence cleanup week urges residents to bag trash
Lawrence residents are urged during Kansas cleanup week April 11 to 17 to place all trash at the curb with tins kept separate for Friday collection. City officials stress removing rubbish and fire hazards to brighten homes while the fire department assists.
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Kansas
Lawrence
J. C. Harper
Paul Ingels
Sixth Street
North Park Street
Vermont
Kentucky
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
H. E. Eustace
Recreation plans outlined by P T A executive board
The City Council P T A executive board met at the high school to outline summer recreation. Red Cross swimming under University PE guidance. Summer Art Studio at junior high. Bible school returning with playgrounds. Summer Reading program led by Mrs Gagliardo. May meeting to honor new officers: Mrs Guy Keeler president, R S Fox vice president, Ernest Pontius treasurer, Miss Alice Gill secretary.
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P.-T.a
F. T. Stockton
University Physical Education
D._Gagliardo
Deal Six
P.T.A. Council
Guy Keeler
R. S. Fox
Ernest Pontius
Alice Gill
Stock Market Averages Report Mixed Steps
The market closes with a 60 stock average at 47.3 while the Dow Jones average stands around 49.6. Financial notes indicate modest gains and mixed sector performance amid cautious trading.
Confiscation Sought in Liquor Case in District Court
County Attorney Miltop Beach filed confiscation proceedings in district court yesterday against a 1987 Terraplana car used by Edwin Appleby to transport liquor. Appleby, arrested by Lawrence police last Friday, pleaded not guilty in O J Lane justice court to possession and transportation charges. Jerome G Barulio, also charged with possession in the same case, pleaded not guilty. Trials are set for next Saturday.
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Miltop ‘Beach
Edwin Appleby
Appleby
Lawrence
O. J. Lane
Justice Court
Jerome G. Barulio
Mayor Russell Expected to Return Home This Week
Mrs Russell said Mayor C Br Russell is expected to come home from St Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City the latter part of this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. ‘Br. Russell
St Lukes Hospital
Kansas City
Signs of New Jap Threats Observed
Australian commander warns 200000 first line troops massed in island bases above Australia likely to strike. In Alaska area Japan builds stepping stone air bases toward Alaska with a half mile runway at Kiska and a bomber field at Attu. Allied forces claim 37 of 100 enemy planes downed over Port Moresby, boosting two day total to 76 as part of a larger Pacific air campaign.
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Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Japan
Australia
Thomas A. Blamey
MacArthur
Blamey
Navy
Frank Knox
Washington
Knox
U. S
Alaska
Tokyo
11Th Bomber Command
Kiska
Attu
Aleutians
Berlin
POUND THE NAZI LINES
Soviet aviation kept up pressure on German supply columns though front action was limited. In the Kuban Caucasus German air forces intensified attempts to strike Russian columns near Krasnodar, while Soviet forces reported downing 25 German planes and five Soviet aircraft lost. On the Volkhov front German thrusts near Leningrad were mauled, and attempts to raid Kursk ended with nine German planes shot down to two by Russians. Long range artillery spoke along the front amid bearing duels.
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Moscow
Kuban
Caucasus
London
Krasnodar
Volkhov
Leningrad
Kursk
Kharkov
Othe
House unit strips FSA and cuts farm programs in 1948 bill
The House Appropriations Committee recommended abolition of the Farm Security Administration and transfer of most functions to the Farm Credit Administration. The proposal includes 12 million for FCA rehabilitation, 40 million from Reconstruction Finance for loans, and keeps parity plans under price controls. It lowers overall farm program spending, tightens administration, and shifts resettlement and tenant purchase duties to FCA and related bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Farm Security Administration
House
Agriculture Department
FSA
Farm Credit Administration
FCA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Budget Bureau
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Federal Land Banks
National Farm Loan Associations
Bankhead-Jones
Roosevelt dedicates memorial to Jefferson in wartime
President Roosevelt dedicates a marble shrine to Thomas Jefferson in Washington amid a gathering of diplomats and descendants. He says those fighting today will learn Jeffersons lesson that liberty cannot be the dawn of tyranny and quotes the Declaration authors creed against tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Marble Temple
Ito
Thomas Jefferson
Jerson
Jefferson
Frost Forecast and Local Weather Update
Topeka reports scattered frost in the eastern sector tonight with possible light freeze in the northwest. Weather official S D Flora notes gardens safe for now though a light freeze may peak in Beloit area while Goodland records 34 degrees as temperatures run near normal overall.
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Topeka
S.D. Flora
Kansas
Flora
Solomon
Beloit
Lower Solomon
Goodland
Concordia
Bond sales lag in first day of Second War Loan drive
In Lawrence 135 people bought war bonds totaling 20843 dollars on opening day of the 13 billion dollar Second War Loan drive. Douglas County must average about 41500 daily to meet its 788200 quota by May 1. Banks post office and local stores serve as sale points while organizers push civic groups and women’s committees to boost contributions.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
George Hedrick
United States
Somer
Yin Eee
Hedrick
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Douglas County Building and Loan Association
S. H. Kress
F. W. Woolworth
Organization of Women’s Groups
Renna Hunter
Topeka
State War Savings
Henry Werner
A. J. Mix
Waldemar Gelich
L. N. Lewis
George Warner
H. M. Stucker
T. D. Prentice
Chamber of Commerce
Hunter
Stearns
University of Colorado
Naval Training School
Africa
Europe
Plant Worker Suffers Fractured Right Hip At Sunflower Site
Robert Garroutte an 88 year old Sand Springs Oklahoma resident is hospitalized in Lawrence Memorial with a fractured right hip after falling about 15 feet from a scaffold while installing an air duct on the Sunflower Ordnance area. He is employed by Day Co. and his Lawrence address is 304 West Fourteenth Street. Attendants report his condition as satisfactory.
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Robert Garroutte
Sand Springs
Okla
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Sunflower Ordnance Area
Garroutte
Day Co
Lawrence
West Fourteenth Street
Gasoline Tank Caps Stolen on Vermont Street
Gasoline tank caps and gasoline were stolen from several cars parked in the 600 block on Vermont Street overnight. Police were alerted at 6:55 this morning by Lawrence Turman of 622 Vermont.
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Vermont Street
Lawrence Turman
Vermont
Missouri River Flood Crest Expected This Week
St Joseph Missouri April 18 The Missouri river floods are worsening across Nebraska but northern Missouri faces limited damage as crest arrives later this week. River at St Joseph stood 16.8 feet, under flood stage. crest of 18.4 anticipated by Friday with minimal impact on farms and highways. Upstream towns on high ground report no danger while Fort Leavenworth notes no water at Sherman Field yet.
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Omaha
i—Army Engineers
Carter Lake
Hamburg
Here
McPaul
Percival
Lewis Pick
U. S. Army Division
William R. Milner
Red Cross
Howard M. Burnett
Council Bluffs
St. Joseph
Althe
Missouri River
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas-Missouri
Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Leavenworth
Sherman Air Field
Beer Parlor Sparks City Hall Debate in Eudora
Clay Tolle opened a beer parlor in the Masonic building without a city license. Mayor George Lothholz ordered it closed. Tolle sought council approval to operate until a regular meeting on April 26. The city attorney said licenses require a council meeting. The next council session will install Bert Siewald as mayor with five council members.
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Clay Tolle
Eudora
Tolle
George Lothholz
Lothholz
Mmarshal
George Melvin
Nee
Ofice
Bert Siewald
J. N. Hearin
William Mercier
William Zimmerman
J. D. Adams
Backfire Feared on Equal Rights Amendment Debate
Washington observers fear the proposed constitutional amendment for equal rights for men and women would backfire on the very group it aims to aid. The judiciary committee sent the bill to a table with a 12 to 4 vote amid worries it would disrupt existing laws and provisions, while sponsors argue it reflects growing female participation beyond wartime roles.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Gillette
Iowa
United States
Connally
D-Tex
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Car plunges toward Campi Fish Pond in Topeka incident
Darryl Baker of Topeka was taken into custody after his 1987 DeSoto balanced on a rock ledge beside a pond at El Navajo tourist camp. He admitted driving while intoxicated in Justice Frank Dodda's court and paid a 25 dollar fine plus 7.50 in costs, with a 60 day license suspension.
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el Navajo
Darryl Baker
Route 1
Topeka
Baker
DeSoto
Frank Dodda
Fluker Named Honor Man at Kansas Ceremony
John Robert Fluker of Clay Center was selected 1942 honor man at the KU honors convocation where Dr. Robert L. Stearns of Colorado spoke. Fluker, a Princeton graduate student and former Mt. Creek football guard, also highlighted Phi Beta Kappa elections and other 1942 honors.
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School of Business
University
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Counene
8Th Army
Alle
Omaha Airport
P.-T.a. Council
Yoray
Carter
The
Associated Press
Journal- World
Masonic
Robert Fluker
America
League
Union “of Nations
Fluker
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