Allied Bombs Hit Ploesti Oil Field and Italian Front
Liberators of the Fifteenth air force attacked the Ploesti oil center near Bucharest, meeting enemy fighters as heavy bombers struck rail yards and refineries. In Italy, Allied planes flew 1,400 sorties against German bases, rail yards, and coastal targets while ground fighting raged south of Cassino near Sant’ Andrea and Sant’ Ambrogio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Fifteenth Air Force
Bucharest
Ploesti
Romania
Black Sea
Hitler
Europe
Italy
Britain
Iddla
Loesti
Budapest
Garigliano
Sant’ Andres
Robbied Cassino
Sant’ Ambrogio
Cassino
Piombino
Santo Stefano
Viterbo
Rome
Leghorn
Cerraldo
Bucine
Arezzo
Cecina
Axis Powers in Tokyo Discuss Allied Invasion
London reported a Tokyo meeting of Germany, Japan, and the Italian puppet regime on the eve of Western Europe invasion. The three power talks claimed complete agreement on war plans and Tojo vowed the Wehrmacht would counter and accelerate victory for the trio while Japan asserted dominance in East Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tokyo
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Japan
Hideki Tojo
E Am
Wehrmacht
Tojo
East Asia
Stock Market Index Shows 60-Stock Average at 51.9
The 60-stock index recorded an average of 51.9 points yesterday with the figure noted as the market's closing level. Analysts indicated modest gains and cited small fluctuations across major groups as contributing factors to the day’s overall movement.
Allied Forces Move to Clean Up Jap Road Blocks on India Border
Allied units push east from Dimapur to clear the Naga hills road to Kohima and the Manipur valley of Japanese road blocks. Small Japanese parties still hold the Bishenpur Silchar trail while heavy casualties slow attempts to choke the supply base. Mountbatten met a Japanese deserter during a brief Imphal visit as Stilwell’s Burma offensive advances toward Kamaing and Myitkyina. Allied aircraft bomb and strafe across fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
New Delhi
UPI
Dimapur
Naga Hills
Kohima
Manipur
Nga
Imphal
Southeast Asia Command
Bishempur-Silchar
Altho
Bishenpur-Silcher
Res Bengal
Kehima
Bengal-Assam
Kohima- Dimapur
Imphallest
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Mountbatten
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Myitkyina
Mandalay
Kamaing
Snider Retained As First District Highway Commissioner
Harold K. Snider of Lawrence was re appointed highway commissioner for the first district for a two year term by Gov. Andred Schoeppel. The first district includes 17 counties in the northeast and parts of the first, second and fifth congressional districts. Snider also remains owner of the Snider Coal Company and will devote about half his time to the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Harold K. Snider
Lawrence
Andred Schoeppel
L. L. Robinson
LaCrosse
Charles Cushing
Downs
Schoeppel
State Board of Health
J. F. Gsell
Wichita
R. T. Nichols
Hiawatha
Hugh A.hoye
Hunter
Snider
Snider Coal Company
Payne Ratner
Lyon County
Wyandotte
Shawnee
General Vatutin Dies After Illness in Kiev
London reported the death of General Niko la F. Vatutin aged 42 after an operation in Kiev. The First Ukrainian army commander notable for recapturing Kiev last November and for the Cherkassy trap west of Kharkov. He was praised as a talented young commander and known as The Hunter by his troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Russia
Kiev
Ukraine
Moscow
Vatutin
Dnepr
Cherkassy
Kharkov
Gregory K. Zhukov
Romanian communique cites Allied air raid deaths and damage
A Bucharest and Ploesti air raid on April 4 and 5 killed 3,204 Romanians and wounded 2,477, with 905 houses destroyed in Bucharest and 197 structures damaged in Ploesti by American and U S air forces. In Coffeyville a training plane crash killed Capt James L Lenau and Cadet B Banner Jr during a routine flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bucharest
Ploesti
U.S. 15Th Air Force
Coffeyville
UPI
James L. Lenau
Portland
Ore
Coffeyville Army Airfield
B. Banner, Jr
Liberty
N. C
Here
KU professors attend 76th Kansas Academy of Science meet
More than thirty University of Kansas faculty journeyed to Topeka for Washburn hosting the 76th annual Kansas Academy of Science meeting. Chemistry section papers listed by Bouters Brewster Sisler VanderWerf Taft Jirk Renich Frye Hibbard Jewett Plummer Swineford Williams Schoene read two geology papers. mathematics and mathematics teachers meeting featured Smith Stouffer Ullmer. zoology group included Franzen Hibard Latimer Leonard A Bryson Leonard. symposium participation by A. B. Leonard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Academy of Science
Washburn
Roy A. Bouters
R. Q. Brewster
Harry H. Sisler
Calvin VanderWerf
Robert Taft
Frank E. Jirk
Paul W. Renich
The
Mathematical Association
Kensay Association of Teachers of Mathematics
G. W. Smith
E. P. Stouffer
Graduate’ School
Gilbert Ullmer
Dorothea S. Franzen
Claude W. Hibard
Homer B. Latimer
Herbert E. Leonard
A. Bryson Leonard
Miss Franzen
A. B. Leonard
Soviets Push German Forces From Sevastopol Crippling Crimean Stand
Reports from Moscow describe a powerful Red Army land drive pinning Germans to a narrow Sevastopol coast strip while Soviet air and naval forces pound docks and embarkation points. Pravda says ships sunk, wreckage and enemy dead litter the harbor as German and Romanian troops retreat toward Simferopol and Sevastynol amid panicked retreat and continued assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Sevastopol
Crimean
Black Sea
Pravda
CBS
James Fieming
Germany
Simferopol
Sevastynol
Crimea
Monitor
London
Red Star
WAC Offers Station Choice as Air Transport Command Joins
Sgt Donald Groves of the Army Air Forces will be in Lawrence on April 17 and 18 to introduce the Air Transport Command to Wacs. Headquarters at 646 Massachusetts street Jayhawker theater building. Eligible Wacs may choose their first station in the United States or overseas and begin three months at the St Joseph air field if assigned. Mrs C E Daniels remains Lawrence civilian representative, appointments at 767N5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Transport Command
WAC
Donald Groves
Army Air Forces
Lawrence
Groves
Massachusetts Street
Jayhawker Theater
Wacs
Service Command
St. Joseph, Mo
United States
Air Forces
Air Wac
Women’s Army Corps
C E. Daniels
Tornadoes Strike Arkansas Killing Several and Damaging Property
Tornadoes hit Little Rock and northern Arkansas on April 15. A second series in a week left at least one dead, several injured, and extensive damage from Marshfield Missouri to Heber Springs and Oil Trough. John Saviers,Oil Trough merchant, killed. Shoals near Heber Springs reports heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
UPR
Arkansas
Marshfield
Heber Springs
John Saviers
Oil ‘Trough
Men Study Machines At Liberty Memorial High School
Twenty four men enrolled in a farm machinery repair class run by E. J. Logsdon at Liberty Memorial High School. The program runs evenings from 7 to 11 for four more weeks and draws attendees from Clinton Lecompton Midland Eudora and Lawrence. Participants work on self chosen projects including repairing trucks and farm equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Memorial High School
E. J. Logsdon
Logsdon
Clinton
Lecompton
Midland
Eudora
Lawrence
Red Cross allocates 15000 for flood tornado relief
Washington April 15 preliminary allotments exceeding 15000 have been made by the Red Cross for emergency care of the homeless in flood and tornado affected areas. Funds will aid struck communities across Arkansas Kansas Oklahoma Virginia Alabama Mississippi Texas Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Indiana Tennessee Ohio Illinois and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Red Cross
Red Cross National
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Virginia
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Indiana
Tennessee
Ohio
Illinois
Kentucky
Red
Tarnopol Taken by Red Army in Ukraine Campaign
Premier Stalin announced Tarnopol capitulation after weeks of Soviet pressure. Zhukov’s First Ukrainian Army freed for drives toward the Hungarian border or Lwow while other Red forces advanced toward Sevastopol. The Moscow broadcast cited 20 salvoes from 224 guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Tarnopol
Red Army
Stalin
Lwow
Gregory K. Zhukov
Moscow
Ina
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Music Week Opens with School Choirs and Szigeti Recital
The 1944 Music Week in Lawrence and the University of Kansas kicks off tomorrow at 3:30 pm with elementary, junior, and senior high pupils and choral groups directed by Barnhart and Scott, plus the senior high band under Hobbs. Hungarian violinist Szigeti arrives Monday and performs at Hoch Auditorium with accompanist Felder, featuring the Franck Violin Sonata. Delegates to the Kansas College Conference on Post-War Problems attend the concert. Niles attends as Swarthout’s guest. Tickets remain at Bell Music, Round Corner Drug, and the fine arts office. box office opens 7:30 pm Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Hoch
Mabel Barnhart
Jeanne Scott
Oliver Hobbs
Szigeti
California
Hoch Auditorium
Cesar Franck
Andor Felder
Kansas College
John Jacob Niles
Aser
Dean D. M. ‘Swarthout
Bell Music Company
Round Corner Drug Company
Fine Arts Office
Light rains ease Kansas flood fears forecast colder windy night
Topeka reports light rains across Kansas did little to worsen floods. Weatherman S D Flora predicted mostly cloudy skies with no new rainfall and cooler air moving in tonight with temperatures dropping to 28 to 30 degrees in extreme northwest to southeast Kansas. River stages were falling at several towns while some rivers remained above flood levels. by tomorrow the flood danger was expected to end and highs today ranged 55 to 60 with tonight’s lows 30 to 35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
S. D. Flora
Kansas
Flora
Horton
Corcordia
Centralia
Enterprise
Neosho
Igla
Okishoma
Ora
Burlington
Chanute
Nola
Parsons
Marais Des Cygnes
Missouri Line
Trading Post
la Sygne
Mercury
Goodand
Gas Office
Prisoners freed in Mexico City after alleged conspiracy
In Mexico City on April 15, President Manuel Avila Camacho released all persons held during the severed conspiracy case against the president his brother General Maximino Avila Camacho and ex President Plutarco Elia Calles. Attorney General Jose Aguilar y Maya said the release was “out of the goodness of his heart” but warned the men to use their liberty wisely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Maximino Avila Camacho
Plutarco Elisa Calles
Jose Aguilar Y Maya
Lawrence office reports 63 placed in essential jobs this week
The U S Employment Service in Lawrence lists 63 people placed in essential employment last week, with 15 of them 4-F men. A 15 percent rise in placements is noted, plus nine workers placed outside Lawrence and 15 in non essential work. Barnard urges interviews to confirm status and notes openings at Sunflower Ordnance Works with Hercules Powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
U. S. Employment Service Office
County Selective Service Board
Harry R. Barnard
Barnard
Ottawa
Douglas County
U. S
Man Power Commission
Washington
War Manpower Commission
Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Soft Drinks on Way to Major Bong
Apr 15 Two car tons of soft drinks are en route by air to Major Richard Bong ace fighter pilot in the Southwest Pacific. Gen Arnold notes Bong favors soft drinks over others and praises his record of 27 enemy planes destroyed. A challenge prize offers Scotch to the first pilot in the region surpassing his score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richard Bong
Southwest Pacific
H. KH. Arnold
Arnold
Bong
Army Air Forces
DIES IN AUTO CRASHINVOLVING HACKMAN FAMILY IN K C
Mrs Hazel Hackman, daughter in law of Mrs George W Hackman of 1100 Tennessee, was killed in an auto accident in Kansas City Missouri last night when her car collided with a streetcar. Her husband Robert G Hackman, an insurance agent, is in critical condition at General Hospital. Hazel was a 1911 Kansas University graduate. Robert earned an engineering degree in 1912. C W Hackman of 1423 Ohio is listed as the injured man’s brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Hackman
George W. Hackman
Tennessee Street
Kansas City
Robert G. Hackman
General Hospital
Hackmans
University of Kansas
B. J. Leslie
Lawrence
C.W. Hackman
Ohio Street
Fire damages Emporia State college library and old cafeteria
A fire of unknown origin at Emporia State college last night caused about 10000 in damage to the library and the old cafeteria building. Fire Chief Charles Stinson said the blaze started in the rear, destroying electrical supplies and irreplaceable wartime equipment. Stored furniture from Moore hall and items in the women’s dormitory training detachment were smoke and water damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Empora State College
Charles Stinson
Moore Hall
College Training Detachment
President Accepts Passes To First Game of Season
President Roosevelt approves continuation of major league baseball during wartime via secretary Stephen T. Early. Washington Senators host Philadelphia Athletics to open the season as Vice President Wallace throws out the first ball. Also notes K U Concert Course featuring Joseph Szigeti at Hoch Auditorium and bus advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Clark Griffith
Washington Ball Club
Stephen T. Early
Early
Washington Senators
Philadelphia Athletics
Wallace
Rubber Director Dewey Says Our Tires Must Last
Dewey of the War Production Board told Boston manufacturers that no ban on pleasure driving is expected this year yet the tire shortage remains severe. He warned that civilian drivers will ride on tires made to last many months as military demand persists and synthetic rubber production may slow under stricter draft rules. He projected 1944 tire output around 22 million passenger tires for about 25 million passenger cars on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
CPI
Bradley Dewey
War Production Board
Dewey
County Purchases Households Furniture For New Convalescent Hospital
Douglas county commissioners bought all household furniture from the old Alpha Tau Omega house at 1004 West Fourth Street known as Victory Mansion. The $300 purchase covered tables, kitchen utensils, and living and dining room furniture. Beds had been sold earlier. Frank Wilcox owned the goods. officials plan to operate the site as a county convalescent hospital after a fire destroyed the previous home. Red Cross thanks local groups and individuals for clothing donations from the county farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County Commissioners
Alpha Tau Omega
West
Fourth Street
Victory Mansion
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Frank Wilcox
Armed Forces
M. N. Penny
Ed Johnson
Mildred Watson
Mildred LeSner
Topeka
State Social Welfare Board
Red Cross Thankful
Fire causes unknown in Douglas county home tragedy
A coroner's jury at the county courthouse ruled eight residents died in a fire at the Douglas county home with the cause listed as unknown. Members included foreman Edward Fritz and jurors Ed Arnold Homer Allison Willian Underwood Al Bromelsick and Harold Fisher. Witnesses named were George Hoskinson J F Tolbert T W Porter Harold Hutton C B Rumsey and H B Broeker. C B Rumsey presided and John J. Riling attended as county attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Douglas County
Alice Bebout
Alice Clark
Elizabeth Whitelaw
Peter Luzius
Fred W. Plateman
William St. Clair
Isaac Tabor
Lafayette Tabor
Edward Fritz
Ed Arnold
Homer Allison
Willian Underwood
al Bromelsick
Harold Fisher
George Hoskinson
J. F. Tolbert
T. W. Porter
Harold Hutton
C.B. Rumsey
H. B. Broeker
John J. Riling
Hammer Japan's Island Outposts in the Pacific
U S Pacific Fleet reports daily aerial strikes against Japanese island outposts across the North Pacific to the tropics under Adm. Nimitz. Four attacks on the Kurile chain were logged, reaching 13 raids in four days, with Ponape and several eastern Caroline islands also hit. Public notices warn of possible liquor shortages next year without revived distilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
North Pacific
Tropics
Adm
Cheater W. Nimitz
Come ‘Mand
Kurile
Ponape
Truk
Caroline Islands
Ulul
Pekin
Kusaie Islands
Caroline Group
Weather Calendar Snippet March To May
Fragmented OCR shows a weather calendar layout with days of week SMTWTFS and numbers 1 through 31, plus scattered figures like 97 and monetary token $6. The readable content points to a monthly grid style forecast rather than a narrative report.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thunderbolt
It 4
Ately
K. U
Topeka Aday
Nazi
Sevastopo
MUSIC
U. 8
Lsoft
Harold C. Fisher
Ear
Red Cross Drive
Ei Istricta
County Granges
C.P
Ield Evangelical Church
Leeelsie
Fisher
Dist. O Amt
Lakeview
Spring Creek
Stony Point
Eee
Weybright
Esper
Number
Hopewell
Black Sigel
Oakdale
Walnut Grove
Kaw Valley
Rock Creek
Pleasant Valley
Kanwakenew
Franklin
Enterprise Als
Young Q
Barker
Fairview
Washington Ree
Globe
Greenwoor
Old Belv
Welcome
Bloomington
Twin Mound
Glenn
Union
Mound Esereey Onometris Ne
Epperting Wein
Peagant Grove
Coal Creek
Yarnold
Baldwin
Olger
High Pra Ane
Rozcoe
Pleasant
Brubaker
Lone Star Tbeer Creek
Vinland
Belleview
al Willow Springs
Riverside
Brackett
Privsceoet
Asinine
Prospect
Harmony Errant
Clearfield
West Fairview
White
Oak Ridg
Columbi
Crowder Aie
Winter Il
Farmland
Big Springs
Independence
Excelsior
Bismarck Meee
Arber W
Belvoir
Centennial Ray
Weaver
Prairie City
Same
Midland Grange
Twin Mound Grange
Kanwaka Good Will Club
Midland C.P
Clearfield Evangelical Church
Grand
Cominco
R. G. Hackman
Kansas City, Mo
Emporia State Teachers Library
Joseph Szigeti
Hoch Audito
Irium
Lawrence Building and Loan Association
Mass
Salvation Army
Social Service
Buridlea
Erica
Hammer
Pacific
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