Badoglio to confer on coalition war cabinet in Naples
Premier Badoglio plans talks with six Italian parties amid mounting opposition to cabinet personnel. pessimism grows over forming a coalition as anti Badoglio factions resist, while some leaders hint at reluctant acceptance if a unity plan clears the stalemate.
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Naples
Pietro Badoglio
Janta
Carlo Sforza
O Ation
Sforza
Bartoglio
Sforze
Benedetto Croce
Giulio
Christian Democrat Party
Badoglio
Eugenio Reale
Lawrence school closings and teacher moves noted
In Douglas county eight month schools will close Friday afternoon for the 943-44 term. Miss Irene Fox, Woodlawn primary teacher, is elected to a Kansas City Missouri primary teaching post via Emporia State Teachers College placement bureau. Mrs Rolland Ryan from Oganonoxie brought an unusually large egg to the Journal World office now on display in the window. Fred Cox Western Union manager to take a three week vacation. Ru J Brooks of Hutchinson will oversee the office during absence.
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Douglas County
Irene Fox
Woodlawn School
Kansas City
Ment
Emporia State Teachers College
Rolland Ryan
Route &, Onganoxie
Journal-World
Meaures
Fred Cox
Western Union
Cox
Ru. J. Brooks
Hutchinson
Death notices and survivors for Stella Kelly Ward
Mrs. Stella Kelly Ward's death is reported by Mrs. R E Love of Lawrence. Funeral services will be in Los Angeles with burial back in Lawrence. Survived by three sons Clarence Roy and Edward. four daughters Lenora Mable Laura Nina. two sisters Nina Agnes. one brother Tony. Lawrence relatives include five cousins. Harper elected Kansas Farm Bureau president and Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance head succeeding Dr C C Wolf who died April 7.
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Stella Kelly Ward
R. E. Love
Stella Kelly
Los Angeles
Calif
Kelley
Lawrence
Kelly
Clarence and
Roy
Cpl
Edward Kelly
Salt Lake City
Lenora Erwin
Anna Copp
Bade Cobb
Harper
Farm Bureau
Manhattan
Kan
CP Harold Harper
Beardsley
Kansas Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company
C. C. Wolf
Ottawa
Wolf
Watego
Ration calendar updates extend validity of stamps
The Associated Press reports extended validity for several ration stamps. Red stamps M8 PS Qe become valid April 23 and indefinite. Blue stamps LB M8 NB PS Q May 1 and indefinite. Sugar stamps 30 31 valid five cards. stamp 40 five pounds for home canning through Feb 28 1945. Gasoline coupons 17-A and others vary by region through late May to August.
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Associated Press
Police hunt for Matt Capone in Larkin slaying case
Chicago police and Cook County officers, acting on a pickup order, searched for Matt Capone and Wally Sanders in connection with the death of James D. Larkin, a gambler and former horse trainer. Capt. Alcock said Larkin was shot after a tavern quarrel linked to a missing $6 bill, with Capone's tavern in Cicero as the scene of the dispute.
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Chicago
Cook County
Matt Capone
Thomas Alcock
James D. Uarkin
Captain Alcock
Wally Sanders
Cicero
Larkin
Capone Brothers
Alcock
Sanders
Capone
Tvo
Service Members and Relatives Noted in Local Updates
Pfe Jess Trine visits friends of service in the infantry after a 20 day furlough from Camp Shelby. William Lonnecker joins Centenary College aviation program in Shreveport after training, graduation, and preparatory work. Pfc Lowell Copp and Pvt William Copp return to camps after a grandfather's death. Lt Arthur M Spalding serves as relations officer in a Marine division. Ensign John E Howe completes training and heads to sea duty. Ensign Campbell Hodge to sea duty aboard a merchant ship. Lt Col George O Reed visits Omaha relatives before returning to Minnesota and Missouri. Robert W Pickett graduates Machinist Mates school as honor man. Thomas Page to Lubbock as flight officer. married to Barbara Kester. Cpl Lloyd S Purcell Jr writes from England praising Red Cross support. Adam A Salisbury completes Bainbridge boat training and returns home on furlough. Wayne Crowe and Hazel Tucker wed after obtaining license in Douglas County. Acacia Lodge to hold special Masonic meeting April 20 with open invitation.
AWOL to join Marines in Navy Cross case
William M Murphree a 26 year old from Old Hickory Tenn deserted Fort Benning in 1941 then joined the marines under an assumed name. He earned the Navy Cross at Guadalcanal Midway and Makin Island. President Roosevelt considered his case but marines await army action on his unauthorized absence.
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Washington
Armed Services
William M. Murphree
Old Hickory
Tenn
Army
Pacific
Murphree
Roosevelt
Tennessee
Nashville
War Department
Navy
Salid
Fort Benning
London Bus Strike Hits Trolley Lines Amid New Regulation
London faced a one day strike by about 2,000 bus drivers and conductors protesting a wartime order that bans wildcat strikes and imposes penalties up to five years in prison and fines to $2,000. Critics move to annul the measure in Parliament as the 28 day window looms.
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London
UPI
Aneurin Sevan
Bevan
Appointments Earn permanent Civil Service Posts in Kansas
Theodore A Grindol of Perry has qualified for a permanent Auto Mechanic 1 post with the State Highway Commission after provisional service. Edward Hughes of Lawrence ranked high in a state wide automotive drivers exam and secured permanent appointment after provisional work at Kansas University.
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Theodore A. Grindol
Perry
State Highway Commission
Kansas Department of Civil Service
Grindol
Edward Hughes
East Twelfth
Lawrence
Hughes
Kansas University
Kansas university speakers tour visit several counties
K U speakers led by E C Buehler with four vice speakers will tour Jefferson Atchison and Brown counties Thursday and Friday to address Oskaloosa Effingham Horton Valley Falls Seaman Perry and their Rotary clubs and high schools. Student speakers include Patsy Creel Henry Gunnels Dick Stutz and Leots Marks describing gremlins geography the German air force and medicine at the battlefront.
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E. C. Buehler
Kansas
Jefferson
Atchison
Brown Counties
Oskaloosa
Effingham
Horton
Oskaloosa Rotary Club
Valley Falls
Seaman
Perry
Rotary Club
Patsy Creel
Henry Gunnels
Dick Stutz
Leots Marks
Hi Y Conference Officers Elected at L M H S Meeting
L M H S Hi Y club elected Andrew Murray president Charles Wagstaff vice president Roy Browning secretary and Robert Eggert treasurer for the new year Past officers were Dick Wagstaff Vic Hart Robert Eggert Eldon Shene man The big event is a Hi Y conference in Lawrence Kansas on April 25 1944 inviting eastern and northeast clubs with about 125 attendees Registration is 150 includes two meals and expenses Sessions run 930 am to 4 pm at First Methodist church with Dean Paul B Lawson Kansas University and a luncheon at noon There will be discussions on topics like Are We Color Blind Have We a Faith to Live By Why Do We Like Mary Can We Prepare for Victory A list of leaders and topics follows Then a visit to Dyche Museum and a 530 pm banquet with Ted Lehmann and Dean Raymond A Schwegler The conference is organized by Topeka area Y M C A representatives Howard Kusterm an and Howard W Boltz Committee members Archie C Asher and Robert E Wood Harry Dandy leads the effort The Hi Y creed emphasizes Christian character and clean living
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L.M.H.S
Andrew Murray
Charles Wagstaff
Roy Browning
Robert Eggert
Dick Wagstaff
Vic Hart
Eldon Sheneman
Paul B. Lawson
Kansas University
Howard Kusterman
Supt
Clifford Dean
0. B. Allison
Mary
Lawrence Deever
E. Russell Carter
Dyche Museum
Ellowship
Ted Lehmann
Raymond A. Schwegler
Topeka
Howard W. Boltz
Archie C. Asher
Effingham Hi
Effingham Hi-Y Club, and Robert E. Wood, Sponsor of the Lawrence Hi-Y Club
Harry Dandy
Kan
Hi-Y
Hiy
Rabies Outbreak Triggers County Quarantines in Kansas
Dr George A Rathman Kansas Livestock Commission chief veterinarian announced a serious rabies outbreak in Cherokee County and an infected steer found in Shawnee County Health authorities ordered a 120 day dog quarantine in Cherokee and a 40 day quarantine north of the Kaw River in Shawnee Sheriffs were authorized to shoot stray dogs on sight About 14 or 15 head of rabid cattle were reported across Cherokee County and officials fear spread if controls are delayed
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Topeka
Cherokee County
Shawnee
George A. Rathman
Kansas Livestock Commission
Kaw River
Rathman
Will J. Miller
State Livestock, Sanitary Commissioner
Washington
Shawnee County
Millikin Farm dry hole ends oil drill near Big Springs
The Millikin test well a mile northwest of Big Springs fell dry at 2,512 feet after penetrating the Arbuckle formation without oil showing. Geologists halted further drilling after hard lime was reached. Traces of oil in Bartlesville and Mississippi lime were deemed insufficient to indicate production.
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Millikin
Big Springs
Douglas County
Arbuckle
Bartlesville
Mississippi
Niles Recital Brightens Music Week at Fraser Theater
John Jacob Niles, renowned folk music specialist, performed an evening of balladry and folk songs at Fraser Theatre as part of Music Week. The English department hosted the event with faculty and students in attendance, delivering a vivid program of dulcimer songs, carols, ghost stories, and famous ballads.
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John Jacob Niles
Fraser Theatre
Department of English
School of Fine Arts
Niles
Zodiac Club
Friends-in- Council
Lawrence
John W. Ashton
George Raft
Jefferson County
Mr. Niles
Kentucky Mountains
Low Countries
Kaw
Mermaid
Barbery Ellen
Mattie Groves
Villa Eden and Topsy: Rural notes from Topeka region
Topeka visits by Orville Hughey and Kansas City guests mark a week of travel. Rain halted farming including sowing oats and planting peas. About two and a half inches of rain fell. Mother daughter banquet at Linwood high school. Linwood rural high school meetings held. John Perry elected treasurer. Susie Zimmerli returns from Kansas City. annual school meeting and reelection of Mr Sawyer noted. Journal-World classified ads note ongoing livestock and farm product trade.
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Orville Hughey
Topeka
Fred Harmon
Marcus
Kansas City
Walter Greenwell
Elsie Mitchell
Albert Torneder
Alice
Linwood High Schoo
Three German Prisoners Escape from Camp Phillips
Three German prisoners of war escaped from the Camp Phillips internment camp in 8 jeep early this morning. Ma Hosea J. Dixon said the men wore dark green rain coats stamped PW and appeared headed to kitchen duty. Names given: Kurt Zurb, 23. Herbert Meike, 32. Walter Wernicke, 23. Wernicke had previously escaped from a camp at Hays.
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Topeka
Camp Phillips
Ma Hosea J. Dixon
Dixon
Kurt Zurbe
Herbert Meike
Walter Wernicke
Wernicke
Hays
Dixon Sai Woodring
Markets at a Glance Mixed Footing Across Stocks and Grains
New York stock losses slim as selling eases. bonds uneven with some lower yields. Cotton firm with active trade and buying by houses. Chicago grain shows steady to firm wheat and oats, rye weak on Canadian feed grain influx. May rye slips. Wheat futures hover near unchanged. oats and rye mixed. Kansas City hogs steady with broad price ranges. cattle active with strong beef steer prices and steady to higher yearlings. lambs and sheep slow to sell with steady undertones. Estimated tomorrow livestock receipts include cattle 2,000 and hogs 4,500.
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New York
Chicago
Chisagos
United States
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Ap-Wfa
Wheat and market prices in mixed commodity report
Grain quotes for Wheat Corn Oats and Rye appear with mixed highs lows and closes. Regional potato and eggs markets show firm northern demand Cobblers weaker Idaho Bliss Triumphs priced around 2.00 to 2.35 with Kansas City and local market figures for butterfat poultry and eggs listed.
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Chicago
Idaho Russel Burbanks
U. S
Nebraska Bliss
Minnesota
North Dakota
Bliss Triumphs
Cobblers
West El Mtg Cities Service U 8 Robber
Wall Street retreated with limited losses as early rally attempts faded. Industrials stayed near lows, a few specialties edged ahead while transfers traded around 900 shares amid cautious bidding following Wednesday’s steep drop. Invasion fears dampened speculative interest and bonds were down.
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Wall Street
New York
Selimni
Our
Rails
Memphis Belle Flight: Bombing War Film At Granada
A vivid portrayal of the Flying Fortress Memphis Belle on a mission from England to Berlin. Soldiers, flak, and fighter escort amid dangerous skies, culminating in a safe return after 25 European bombing missions. A technical color documentary designed to inspire pride and patriotism, suitable for family viewing at Granada for three days starting Thursday.
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Bngland
Berlin
Hitler
America
Granada
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Aleutian Islands
Bartel Des Seed Company
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New Hampshire Street
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Centenary College
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Neb
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Lowell E._ Copp
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William W. Copp
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Fred F. Copp
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E. Spalding
Marine
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San Francisco
John E. Howe
University of Kansas
U. S. Naval Armed Guard Center
New Orleans
Campbell Hodge
George O. Reed
Omaha, Neb
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Mr. Guffin
St. Louis
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Dearborn
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Lubbock
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Lloyd S., Purcell, Jr
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Toneka
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Asby
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Florsheim
Lawrence National Bank
Lawrence, Kansas
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