JAPS STILL SEEK ANSWERS ON BOMBING
The Japanese search for how they were bombed at home continued as the United Nations planned an Australia based counteroffensive in the Southwest Pacific. Burma saw limited gains as Chinese and British forces recaptured Yenangyaung and attacked Japanese positions. RAF raids damaged bases along the Irrawaddy and Flying Tigers claimed two Japanese aircraft. MacArthur met with Curtin in Canberra to discuss confidential offensive plans.
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United Nations
Chungking
Yenangyaung
Burma
Yenanpyaung
R.A.F
Bassein
Irrawaddy Delta
Allanmyo
Irrawaddy
Prome
Flying Tigers
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
John Curtin
Canberra
Southwest Pacific
Curtin
Rabaul
New Britain
Japan
Rabaul Harbor
Sakunai
Tokyo
Janan
London
Aleutian Islands
Soviet Russia
United States
Imperial Headquarters
Kansas Weather Beats Back Floods As Rivers Subside
Kansas rivers eased from weekend rains though Cimarron and Elk rivers flooded highways in the southwest and Elk county. Bankfull stages and detours noted while rainfall totals from Saturday and Sunday were listed for multiple towns. Weather forecasts expected light showers and modest warming across eastern and north central counties.
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Topeka
Kansas
Flora
Cimarron River
Elk River
Smoky Hill
Lindsborg
Salina
Cimarron
Ulysses
Liberal
U. S. 160
U. S. 166
Elk County
Highway Department
Republican River
Nebraska
Scandia
Concordia
Clay Center
Dodge City
Ellis
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Geneseo
Wichita
Quenemo
Reading
Lebo
Stockton
Parsons
Ellsworth
Lindsberg
Hill City
Plainville
Oberlin
Norton
el Dorado
Great Bend
Japanese in Fierce Effort to End Resistance on Corregidor
The war department reported a renewed Japanese assault on Corregidor with heavy artillery bombardment from the Bataan peninsula and south Manila bay. Five dive bombing raids targeted Corregidor as defenders silenced three batteries and disrupted enemy concentrations on Bataan. Near Mindanao, an American Filipino patrol ambushed two Japanese buses, inflicting casualties.
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Corregidor
Washington
Philippine Island
War Department
Taan Peninsula
Manila Bay
Bataan
Fort Hughes
Mindanao
Tired Of Carrying Mail In Oklahoma City Apr 20
Robert F. Morris a 57 year old former mail carrier awaiting an 18 month federal prison sentence refused to explain why he dumped 2100 pieces of mail in his garage rather than deliver them. He told reporters he did not want to discuss the matter and did not answer in federal court adding he had been sick for three years. An unpaid bill surfaced with the large box of mail left in storage.
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Oklahoma City
Robert F. Morris
Postal Service
Morris
Six Million Dollar Camp Funston Cavalry Housing Project
Fort Riley officials announced a six million dollar project to house cavalry units at Camp Funston, with construction to begin within 30 days. Engineer M. G. Thompson and Major Robert F. Metcalf outlined plans for stables, barracks, officers quarters, warehouses, hospital additions, utilities and roads.
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Fort Riley
Manhattan
Kan
Camp Funston
M. G. Thompson
Robert F. Metcalf
Enrollment Open for Civilian Defense at Lawrence Schools
Defense registration opens tonight and tomorrow in Lawrence public schools from 7 30 to 10 with on duty interviewers listed for Liberty Memorial Junior Pinckney Cordley McAllaster Lincoln New York Woodlawn and substitutes. The program adds divisions and is directed by Dick Williams civilian defense director for Lawrence.
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Lawrence
O’clark
Liberty Memorial High School
Suel Starr
Ruth Myers
Evelyn Hannon
T. D. Fank
Frank T. Stockton
Abbie Atherton
Pinckney
A. B. Weaver
Ivan D. Rowe
Cordley
W. C. Hunsinger
R. R. Jackman
McAllaster
Esther Belgh
Maxine Schmidtendorf
Lincoln
Lillian M. Webster
Hayter
New York
Hazel Dawson
Grace Vernon
Woodlawn
A. B. Ewing
Freda Rundell
A. B. Mitchell
Charles Radcliffe
Madonna Harner
Dick Williams
Laval Calls War a Crime Urges Accord With Germany
In Vichy France Laval declares the 1919 war a crime and urges rapprochement with Germany or risk civilization disappearing. He cites Montoire and October 1940 as extending the war and appeals to farmers and workers while Petain presides over his first cabinet meeting.
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Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
Nesy
Germany
London
Laval
Britain
Montoire
Adolf Hitler
Marshal Petain
Japanese heavy guns shell Corregidor and Panay action
Washington reports Corregidor bombarded by 240 mm Japanese guns with some casualties and damage. Enemys landings claimed on Panay near San Jose while Lambanao defense halted counterattacks. Curacao coast shelled by submarine. fire brief and no damage. submarine dispersed after shore batteries opened fire.
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Washington
Corregidor
War Department
Panay
Philippines
San Jose
Lambanao
Curacao
Netherlands West Indies
Delay Action on Control of Labor
The senate delayed until April 28 taking up restrictive labor legislation as President Roosevelt plans to outline national cost of living controls. Senator Connally said the delay is to avoid veto risk and allow executive recommendations after a wartime report. Labor concerns include wage controls and 40 hour week. House and Senate leaders anticipate a fireside radio address.
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Congress
Senate
House
Connally
Austin
R-Vt
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Chamber
Labor Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Ball
R-Minn
McCormack
Wells Begin at Sunflower Ordnance Works Site
The Lane Western company of Kansas City started sinking two wells at the Sunflower Ordnance Works east of Eudora. Water from the wells will be pumped for drinking by workmen until Kaw river water services are connected. No plant boundary details have been released.
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Lane-Western Company
Kansas City
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Eudora
Kaw River
Germans Execute French Hostages in Rouen After Train Incident
German occupation authorities in Rouen announce the execution of 30 French held people for a sudden April 16 Nazi troop train incident in which many German soldiers were fatally hurt. Additional reprisals threaten more executions by April 23 and 1,000 communists Jews and sympathizers are ordered deported.
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Vichy
Rouen
Europe
Journal de Rouen
Ernst von Schaumberg
Paris
Calais
OFF TO THE ARMY Draftees depart for Fort Leavenworth
A third April draft contingent from Lawrence leaves for the induction center at Fort Leavenworth. Rev John Bowers frames service as a duty of total war and a mark of distinction. Edgar Haage of Herington leads the group after a lunch at the Armory, then rides a Rapid Transit bus to Greyhound departure at 1 38.
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Lawrence
Fort Leavenworth
John Boswers
Selective Board
Mr. Bowers
Edgar Allen Haage
Herington
School of Fine Arts
Haage
Rapid Transit Company
Leavenworth
Greyhound
Taft Calls Price Ceiling Shift For Raw Materials
Senator Taft argues prices are rising too fast and urges shifting wartime controls from retail to raw materials. He cites basic farm goods and Henderson backed limits while noting current farm prices could outpace imposed ceilings. Taft favors a gradual ~10 percent yearly rise under war plans.
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Washington
Taft
Leon Henderson
Quisling Orders Norwegian Teachers to Join Nazi Party
In Oslo and Stockholm reports, Vidkun Quisling demands all Norwegian school teachers join his National Party Teachers association by May 1 or face dismissal. Swedish papers warn the order could suspend education in Nazi-occupied Norway, amid broader coercion of clergy and educators.
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Norway
National Party
London
Vidkun Quisling
National Party Teachers Association
Reuters
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Quisling
AAA to Be Dinner Hosts State Triple Man Speaker
The Douglas county agricultural conservation program organization will host a dinner Thursday at 8 o'clock at Trinity Lutheran church. L. M. Knight from the state AAA office will speak, expected to discuss wheat quotas and the AAA program. Community and county committeemen will invite guests.
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Douglas County Agricultural Conservation Program
Trinity Lutheran Church
L. M. Knight
AAA
Young musicians coming this week festival at Kansas campus
More than 1800 students from 538 high schools are set for the Kansas State High School Activities Association annual music festival at the University of Kansas campus Friday and Saturday. To reduce travel, schedule changes avoid Friday night drives. Neal M. Wherry, Liberty Memorial High School principal, is festival manager.
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Kansas State High School Activities Association
University of Kansas
Neal M. Wherry
Liberty Memorial High School
Plug Train Returns to Service on Daily Emporia Kansas City Run
The Plug, a Santa Fe local train with a 30 year run halted in June 1939, resumed service this morning passing Lawrence at 8 25. Three passengers boarded to complete the Emporia to Kansas City leg. DeSoto hosted a welcome with a band and townspeople. The daily schedule now includes Emporia departure at 6 10 p.m and return from Kansas City at 6 30 p.m.
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Santa Fe
Lawrence
Emporia
Kansas City
DeSoto
Grow Castor Bean Under Triple A Seed Plan
Douglas county Triple A secretary George Butell says farmers sign up with the program to get government seed and a guaranteed purchase after production. Seed must be planted with isolation to ensure purity, and nonmembers face restrictions on supplying castor beans.
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George Butell
Douglas County
Triple-A
Butell
Minor ear operation on Yvonne Dionne in North Bay
Yvonne Dionne, usually the most robust of the quintuplets, underwent a minor ear operation last night in North Bay hospital. The procedure was performed by Dr. G F Guest and Dr. I Joyal, with the child reported resting fairly well today.
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Quint
North Bay
UPI
Yvonne Dionne
G. F. Guest
I. Joyal
Talk by KU Freshman Coach on Yellowstone Fire Control
Wayne Replogle KU freshman coach and former Yellowstone ranger spoke at Rotary about the park 65 miles square, ranger headquarters, intercommunication, and fires shown via slides. He noted cigarette butt fires are common but less destructive, while lightning fires cause the most damage and slower control.
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Wayne Replogle
K.U
Yellowstone Park
Rotary
Neal Wherry
Peru
Ernie Wright
al Rothschild
Otto Wittman
H. P. Fones
S. W. Fries
Kansas City
Albert Stoneman
Topeka
James Perry
Lawrence
Porter Fones
Recruits Form New Army Ordnance Regiment in Kansas
More than 250 recruits in Kansas join the army's new ordnance regiment formed by the National Motor Car Dealers association. Kansas aims for a first quota of 820 men as technicians with automotive experience. The first 99 depart for Omaha Wednesday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Army
Ordnance Regiment
National Motor Car Dealers Association
Clive R. Lane
The
Kansas Association
Rocky Mountain
Lane
Omaha
Ration Board Grants 25 Tire and 4 Tube Permits
The Lawrence rationing board issued purchase permits for 25 tires and four tubes in the past week. Recipients include Meredith W. Lonnecker, James Art Beague, Thomas Jackson Shannon, Hugh Taylor, Co. J. Tapping, Jayhawk Creamery, Hunsinger Taxi, Rapid Transit and others, with various counts of tires retreads and tubes.
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Lawrence Rationing Board Today
Meredith W. Lonnecker
Massachusetts Street
J. O. Hamilton
James Art Beague
Vermont Street
C. J. Topping
Thomas Jackson Shannon
Rhode Island
Gilbert Francis
Hugh Taylor
Locust Street
Delmar Gravitt
Rapid Transit Company
C. RB. Allen
Robert Claude Flory
C. J. Tapping
Jayhawk Creamery Company
Co. J. Tapping
Hunsinger Taxi Company
Howard H. Harris
Irwin RB
Hess
Ohio Street
Hull returns to desk after over two months away
Secretary of State Hull returned to his desk in Washington after an absence of more than two months and said he was satisfied with wartime progress especially in war supplies for the fronts. He told his first press conference since February 4 that the United Nations must move forward today not tomorrow.
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Washington
Hull
Stozen
United Nations
Hu Shih to Speak at Kansas University Monday
Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese ambassador to the United States, will deliver a convocation address at the University of Kansas on Monday April 27 Chancellor Deane W Malott announced Dr Shih has a long record in education literature and international service He studied at Cornell before rising to prominence with the 21 demands on China.
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Hu Shi
United States
K. U
Hu Shih
University of Kansas
Deane W. Malott
Shih
Cornell University
Cornell
College of Agriculture
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Carson Prize
Browning
China
Peking National University
Kwang Hua University
Peking National
Philosphy
McNutt outlines labor priority system for war plants
Washington Apr 20 war manpower chief Paul V McNutt announced plans for a labor priority system to move workers into critical war industries. He projects 3 000 000 new plant workers needed this year and says group deferments may be proposed to fit regional shortages, though legislation would be required.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Olathe Man Bound Over In Assault With Intent To Kill
Olathe Kansas case binds 61 year old Royal T Barnett over to district court on charges of assault with intent to kill. Johnson county lawyer Thomas F Wells testified he was shot amid a dispute over a real estate commission lawsuit. Wells said Barnett had threatened him repeatedly over the case after Barnett was subpoenaed as a witness.
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Olathe
Kan
Royal T. Barnett
Thomas F. Wells
Johnson County
Justice of Peace
John S. Steed
Wells
Barnett
Nazis Lose 15 Planes in Russian Fleet Battle
Moscow reports heavy German attacks against the northern fleet were repulsed. Fifteen Nazi planes were destroyed, with many more damaged. Russian fighters reportedly suffered no losses. Location and battle time not specified.
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Moscow
Weather Outlook with Light Rain in West and South
Kansas weather brings occasional drizzle in western and south central areas with a cool night. Some warmer readings in eastern and northern portions Tuesday morning. observed highs around 55 and lows near 47.
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Kansas
Lla
Hitch
Ineh
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