Second U S Army Corps praised for Tunisian advance
General Eisenhower reports the Second U S Army Corps captured 4 680 prisoners and destroyed 683 axis vehicles in Tunisia. casualties totaled 5 872 killed wounded or missing. Corps helped draw axis forces from Mareth line aiding Montgomery and the Eighth Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. Army
Second Corps
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
el Guetar-Makinassy
Eisenhower
Beja
Althoit
Nis
Rommel
Arthur Tedder
Carl Spaatz
Northwest African Air Force
Mediterranean
Arthur
Mareth
Tunisia
Harold Roder
Second Army
First Army
Mareth Line
el Guetar
Montgomery
Montgom
French Admiral Robert Hints at Joining Allied Camp
Washington reports that Admiral Georges Robert sent a letter to the Associated Press outlining conditions to swing his French Caribbean domain into the allied camp. The State Department would only say it would study the document, while Fighting French HQ called it a pivotal outline of core issues facing French forces in exile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Georges Robert
Associated Press
Joseph E. Dynan
State Department
Robert
United Nations
Martinique
Dynan
Charles DeGaulle
Giraud
United States
France
One of 7 U S Fleets Assigned To Serve In Australian Waters
Washington reports say seven U S fleets are operating against the Axis with one in the Australian area and another in the South Pacific. MacArthur’s forces in the Southwest Pacific and allied air actions against Japanese shipping near New Guinea are highlighted as Allied bombers hit Lae Madang and Gasmata. Bissell notes air raids have denied Rangoon. over 10 000 plane sorties were flown as Allied ground forces hold positions north of the Mayu peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Associated Press
Australia
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Frank Knox
South Pacific
MacArthur
Stimson
Fuera
Wewak
U. & Flying
Lae
Madang
New Guinda
Gasmata
New Britain
Aroo Islands
Baucau
Timor
Burma
Clayton L. Bissell
Armyuntite
U.S. Air Forces
India
America
Rangoon
Welch
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
Mayu Peninsula
Weather warms up in Topeka area with mild frost noted
Topeka reports warmer temperatures ahead after a night of light frost in northern districts. Ellis measured 30 degrees and Topeka 34 with no significant damage and little rain. Rivers receded, Kaw river falling, and highs near 68 expected as temperatures rise toward normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Ellis
S. D. Flora
North Central
Petition seeks majority rights for Pfouts siblings estate claim
A district court granted 19 year old John Charles Pfouts majority rights while a similar petition for his sister Alice Virginia Pfouts 18 was denied. Their mother Alice Pfouts resides at 704 Indiana. The petitions aim to facilitate management of their late father Ralph A Pfouts Atchison estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Charles
Pfouts
Alice Virginia Pfouts
Alice Pfouts
Indiana
Ralph A. Pfouts
Atchison
Dance for Service Men at Community Building Tonight
Herb Price's orchestra provides the music for a formal dance in the Community building for armed services men. The event starts at 9 o'clock and is sponsored by the War Dads of the Sunflower Ordnance Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Price
Armed Services
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Red Army Opens Slow Drive in Kuban Delta Front
Soviet forces push into German positions near Novorossisk and along the Black Sea coast as rain mud and German resistance slow and then yield to renewed Soviet artillery and air strikes. Red Star reports 50 tanks knocked out by Germans in three days and renewed Soviet thrusts roll the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Taman
Red Star
Germany
Donets
Landon visits Dewey as Republicans eye New York 1944
Former Governor Alf Landon sped to Albany for a social visit with Gov. John Bricker after predicting Republicans will carry New York in 1944. Landon urged unity in the war effort and urged a national war council to coordinate policy beyond publicity. He praised Bricker as a possible Republican nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Roosevelt
New York
Bricker
Dewey
Landon
New York City
United States
Columbia Broadcasting System
America
Blood Bank Volunteer Drive At Baldwin April 24
A complement of 234 Baker University students faculty and town folk have volunteered to furnish blood for the Baldwin blood bank Thursday April 24. E R Sweet and his corps of Red Cross workers from Kansas City Missouri will be here for the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Baker University
E. R. Sweet
Corps of Red Cross
Kansas City
Kansas Red Cross surpasses national quota in April drive
In Kansas every county exceeded its quota in last month’s Red Cross drive. National officials advised the state Red Cross that Kansas led all states in quota-plus returns, highlighting strong participation across counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opeka
UPI
Kansas
Red Cross
Red Cross Sa
Massive Night Raid Strikes Mannheim and Pilsen Targets
London reports more than 600 bombers attacked Mannheim Ludwigshaven and Pilsen in Czechoslovakia in the biggest night operation of the year. The raids hit Skoda munitions works and armament centers, with 55 planes missing and claims of concentrated, successful assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mannheim
Ludwigshaven
Pilsen
Czecho-Slovakia
Skoda
Air Ministry
Rhine
Germany
Bremen
Cologne
Essen
Associatedress
Berlin
Koenigsberg
Danzig
British
Bomber Command
Czechoslovakia
Mannheim-Ludwigshaven
Warn motorists to buy their 1943 licenses in Kansas
Topeka April 17 Highway Patrol Supt Will Zurbucken warned the public that starting April 26 officers will arrest Kansas motorists lacking 1943 vehicle licenses. Motor Vehicle Director C M Voelker urged enforcement of the motor vehicle registration law and noted lagging passenger car registrations, even with an estimated rise in vehicles, particularly near defense centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Highway Patrol
Will Zurbucken
Kansas
C. M. Voelker
Zurbucken
Voelker
Federal debt hits new high after war loan drive
The national debt rose to a record 125,130,572,225 overnight, up 4,486,317,792 as the $13 billion war loan drive continues. Expenditures for the year reached 58,467,089,601 with net receipts of 15,520,400,892 as of April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
New Mile Record at Kansas Interscholastic Meet
Bob Karnes of Overbrook high school broke the Class B mile record at the 39th annual University of Kansas interscholastic meet held at Memorial Stadium. Karnes won the Class B mile in 4 minutes 29.9 seconds, breaking Woelk’s 1939 mark of 4 minutes 31.3 seconds in cool, breezy conditions. The event drew about 600 athletes from over 60 Kansas high schools amid war-time adjustments to the meet schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Karnes
Overbrook High School
University of Kansas
Ogden Jones
Lawrence Liberty Memorial High School
E. A. Thomas
Kansas High Schools Activities Association
A. E. Talbot
Kansas City Sporting Goods
Wondy Lowman
Bentley
Nelk
Perry
Charlton
Mulberry
Carlson
Axtel
Dawson
Shawnee
Tidwell
Hutchingon
McEnaity
Wichita East
Jones
Lawrence
NEED NURSE'S AIDES CLASS SEEKS MORE ENROLLEES
The new nurses' aide class starts Monday April 19 at Watkins Memorial hospital with room for several more. Those not yet enrolled may join at the Monday meeting. The course runs Monday Wednesday and Friday mornings 9 to 11. Mrs. Harold Wilson is the instructor. Class three will have its quiz next Thursday morning and cappping exercises follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Nurses’ Aide
Watkins ‘Memorial Hospital
Harold Wilson
R.N
Tom Harmon Reported Found After Missing Flight
Antilles air force HQ says Lieut. Thomas Harmon, reported missing April 14 after a flight over the South American area, has been found. The famed All-American Michigan star crashed in a jungle and his crew fate was not disclosed. Harmon had been missing since April 8 and reached a South American base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Antilles Air Force
Thomas Dudley Harmon
Michigan
Harmon
Washington
Tommy Harmon
Army Flier
Farmers urged to apply for tractor tire quotas this month
Elmer Ousdahl chairman of the Douglas county war price and rationing panel urges farmers to apply for tractor and implement tire allocations this month. The county has a large quota and farmers should take advantage of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Ousdahl
Douglas
Ousdahl
Diploma Examinations Held for Rural School Graduates
Diploma examinations were conducted in Douglas County today for 116 prospective graduates from eight month rural schools. Tests covered social studies and English and will continue next Saturday with arithmetic spelling and reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Dr Walter L Wilson to Speak on How to Save Yourself
Lawrence Business College announces a talk by Dr Walter L Wilson titled How to Save Yourself. The event is scheduled for Tuesday night April 20 at 7:80 oclock according to the advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Wilson
Lawrence Business College
Douglas county rallies for Second War Loan drive total reaches 312000
Douglas County residents raised 72350 in the Five Days of the Week drive bringing the county total to 312066 75 toward a 783200 quota as of Friday. The campaign highlights include a 25000 large purchase by the Douglas County Building and Loan Association and broad participation at local banks post offices and shops. The women’s drive reports 46286 75 in sales with massive support from Lawrence National Bank First National Bank and local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Douglas County Building and Loan Association
Henry Werner
Irving Hill
Lawrence National Bank
L. N. Lowin
A. J. Anderson
C. N. Ashton
Henry Schlagel
First National Homes
George Stratton
L. N. Flint
F. K. Kester
L. C. Harris
Edith Martin
Slectric Power Company
Penney
R. Moore
C. M. Baker
A. M. Ockerblad
Arthur Kirchhoff
Charles Springer
Penney’s
Ethel Miller Harmon
Montgomery Wards
C.B. Milroy
G. E. Landon
Weaver’s
St. John’s Altar Society
K. E. Butler
E. D. Kinney
D. Loone
A. F. Hunter
Thomas Lenahan
HEL Ss. Kress
B. H. W. Club
H. W. Firner
Letha Harwood
Eunice Belshe
Claudia Junkins
K. C. Evans
Woolworth’s
Erna Corey
Minnie’ Rocklund
Will Johns
Charles
Acquit George Welsh of Murder of Sister
George W. Welsh Jr., 29, was acquitted of a murder charge in the slaying of his sister Leila Adele Welsh two years ago in Kansas City. The jury deliberated 514 hours. Funk's Mortuary Ambulance service listed in the advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
George W. Welsh
Jjr
Leila Adele Welsh
Congress to Probe Power Plants
The 78th Congress pursues an investigation into government roles in large electric power projects at home and abroad. Representative Coffee proposes a ten member joint committee to study agencies handling power scheduling, production and disposition for war needs. He cites a loan to Aluminum Company of Canada for a plant development and argues U S aid favored Canadian priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S&s
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Coffee
Aluminum Company of
Canada
United States
Vey
Noth America
British First Army presses toward Tunis with Djebel Ang gain
Allied forces renew pressure on the Tunisian front as the First Army seizes Djebel Ang north of Medjez El Bab and pushes toward the plain of Tunis. RAF and US air units strike Palermo and Catania while destroyers and trucks are damaged in coastal attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
First Army
Tunis
Djebel Ang
Medjez-El-Bab
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Bou Arada
Pont du Fahs
Erwin Rommel
s_ Enfidaville
Eighth Army
K. A. N. Anderson
Diebel Ang
Palermo Harbor
Oudna
David L. Paine
Englewood
Colo
Naples
U. S. Desert Air Force
Catania
Sicily
R.A.F
Messina
Rossano
Big Decrease In Tin Can Collection Citywide
About six tons of tin cans were collected by street department trucks yesterday, half the amount from three weeks ago, says city engineer J C Harper. With staff shortages the department will not separate cans from rubble during the cleanup week while residents are urged to place trash on regular pickup piles by the first of next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Harper
Harper
Six Draftees Leave for Induction by Bus
Six colored draftees left by bus this morning for Fort Leavenworth for induction into the armed forces. The march to service marks another step in wartime preparations as local draft officials coordinate with the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Leaven
Armed
Orces
Stock Market Index Advances Slightly
The average of 60 stocks rose to 48.5, up from 48.2 yesterday as investors moved to gains. Trading activity remained modest with several names contributing to the uptick and modest gains across sectors.
City Day at Liberty Memorial High School Mayor Patsy Creel Leads
Patsy Creel a senior at Liberty Memorial high school will serve as city mayor for City Day with 34 student officials. The event, sponsored by the American Legion, runs Tuesday morning with a Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Eldridge hotel at 12 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Creel
Liberty Memorial High School
Lawrence
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge Hotel
Ivan D. Rowe
American Legion Post
C. B. Russell
Clarence Gorrill
Rudy Carl
Clarence A. Bliesner
Clifford McDonald
Bert A. Nash
Department of Education
Theniversity
Bob Mendenhall
R. S. Brooks
T.e
The
Harold Fisher
Cora Davenport
Lorraine Buehler
Elena Ernst
Local Ration Office Lacks Data on Canning Sugar
The local rationing office has received no information on issuing canning sugar certificates. A Wichita headquarters letter cautions against alarm over preliminary reports that the 1943 canning sugar procedure will resemble last year. The 1943 program has not been announced and last year’s certificate issuance had several unsatisfactory aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Wetzel
Wichita
Rumors of Tax Plan Spark Debate in New York
Rep. Frank Carlson warned in New York that retroactive income tax levies threaten treasury solvency. He spoke to the American Taxpayers association and said Congress may adopt the pay-as-you-go plan sooner rather than later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Treasury
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
American Taxpayers Association
Carlson
Congress
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Patton
Bulletin
Gama- Maknassy
Tuenisia
Harold Alexander Aid
U. S
George S. Patton, Jr
Allied Headquarters
Andrew Browne
Igenhower
Oran
Algiers
Casablanca
K.A. N. Anderson
Misia Jate
French Caribbean
Keeler’s.— Ady
G.O.P
Lorient
St. Nazaire
Pilsen Brewery
I. G. Farben Industrie
RAP
Skyda-works
Krupps
Schneider-Kreuset
Europe
United States Air Force
Brest
le Havre
Ostend
Belgium
Haarlem
Netherlands
Overbrook
Grimes
Ashland
Benedict
Waterville
Bennett
Robinson
Lacy
Blue Rapids
Sexton
Johua Flast
Hale
Port Beatt
Tom Harmon
H. Richardson
Pleasant Valley
Grace Porter
L. Webster
Lincoln School
Gates
George Warner
Waldemar Geltch
Booth
A. J. Mix
George Welsh
Funk’s Mortuary — Ambulance Service
Adv
L.M.H.S
Ivan Rowe
M. C
Lavonna Hopper
Virginia Winter
Jeanne McGrew
Lawrence Morgan
Joann Ruese
Wendell Schuffert
Georg Webb
Elaine Jost
Frances Chubb
Wayne Stallard
Patsy Miller
Patsy Moyer
Preaters Fisher
Irma Kield
Harette Perry
Richard Potter
Harry Robson
Jeanne Cooper
Frank Findley
Ruth Craig
Philslip Pine
Dan Thomas
Parkettel
Donna_Sue Landrith
Marilyn Smart
Thelma Bedingfield
Martha Jewett
John Wise
Maxine Eody
Bruce Wilder
Mary Knapp
Mary Heltzclaw
Taxpayers Association
C. A
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