Convention Held in Michigan Chooses Delegation Notes Dewey Favor
Detroit Apr 20 The Republican state convention commends Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as the overwhelming favorite for the presidential nomination and selects a 41 man delegation. Michigan wields influence as delegates may be instructed or remain uninstructed amid ongoing national ticket talk. Numerous comments echo Dewey Warren and Bricker speculations with cross currents from Delaware and Nebraska leaders.
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Detroit
Gov
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Michigan
Harry F. Kelly
Dewey
Delaware
Buck
Del
National Convention Arrangements Committee
Chicago
Earl Warren
California
Representative Martin
Massachusetts
House
Warren
Martin
Senator Butler
R-Neb
Nebraska
Dwight Griswold
Republican House
White
Maine
Austin
Altho White
Nandinenberg
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Phoenix
Ariz
Allied Air Raid Pounds Hitler’s Coast on Birthday Eve
London reports hundreds of allied bombers from British bases attacked the occupied European coast to mark Hitler’s 55th birthday. Planes of all types roared over the Channel for about three hours, targeting the Atlantic Wall as Italian and American crews joined in the broad assault. At Plovdiv Bulgaria, Italy-based A F bombers struck a railway center amid a six hour offensive that yielded about 9 000 tons of explosives from roughly 6 000 Allied aircraft.
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London
Hitler
Europe
Atlantic
Britain
A.F
Plovdiv
Bulgaria
Public Should Hold Hearings on Tax Form Simplification
Representative Rees of Kansas urged the House Ways and Means Committee to hold open hearings on simplifying income tax forms. He said the public should be allowed to express views and Congress members should participate in the deliberations.
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Washington
Bailie
Rees
House
Ways and Means Committee
Calendar of wartime ration stamp validity and changes
Wartime notices detail validity dates and extensions for ration categories. Meats and fats stamps from book four red stairs AB through M8 become valid. blue book four stamps from A through K are active. sugar stamps 30 and 31 cover five pounds indefinitely. stamp 40 covers five pounds for canning through February 28, 1945. Shoes stamps and airplane stamps extend to April 30 or indefinite. Gasoline coupons 9-A and 11-A cover gallons through specified dates. fuel oil period four and five coupons valid through August 31.
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Asecesced Press
Elected New Officers for Kansas Evangelical Lutheran Synod
In Kansas City Kansas on April 20 the Kansas Evangelical Lutheran Synod announced new officers. Women’s division president Mrs C C Emmerich Wichita Kan secretary Mrs Kenneth Jackson Washington Kan treasurer Misa Harriet Kierulff Kansas City. men’s division president Rev George R Whittecar Tulsa Okla secretary Rev George L Search Waterville treasurer Louis T Bang Emporia. The synod selected Eureka to host its 1945 meeting.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Evangelical Lutheran Synod
C. C. Emmerich
Wichita
Kenneth Jackson
Washington, Kan
Misa Harriet Kierulff
Men’s Brotherhood
George R. Whittecar
Tulsa
Okla
George L. Search
Waterville
Louis T. Bang
Emporia
Synod
Eureka
Veterans find jobs for 27 returning service men
Albert I. Decker of the U S Employment Service reports 27 returning veterans from Douglas, Miami, Franklin, Jefferson and Anderson counties have been placed in jobs since March 7. The Douglas County Reemployment Committee, led by Dolph Simona, assists immediately if an employer rejects a veteran’s return to his old position. Both offices note little difficulty in placing veterans seeking civilian work, with local offices in place at 201 West Eighth Street.
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Armed Services
Altho
Albert I. Decker
Veterans
U. S. Employment Service Office
Douglas
Miami
Franklin
Jefferson
Anderson
U.S.E.S
Douglas County
Selective Service Board
Draft Board
Dolph Simona
Decker
U. S. Employment Service
Weat Eighth Street
Military and civilian military notes from Kansas area
Inductees and service members from Topeka and nearby areas are noted. Joe Traylor serves at Great Lakes Naval Training Station while Mrs. Traylor runs an insurance office. Hayes, a former KU football star, is now a navy lieutenant and to report for training in Florida. Pvt Vaughn Pontius completes training at Camp Wolters and visits family. Lt Richard Freeman is now a captain stationed in Tyler. Cadet Conard, Navy Pre flight graduate, on leave before Ottumwa training. Pvt Travis Glass graduates Chanute Field as weather observer. S/Sgt Lenahan awarded Good Conduct Medal, overseas in Mediterranean. Lt Archie Mills to 30 day leave home then transfers to California. Continental Oil to drill 20–25 wells in Sheridan County as part of a $1,000,000 program. 2,000 Victory ships expected in American shipyards in 1943.
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Joe Traylor
Kentucky Street
United States Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Rutherford B., Hayes
K. U
Topeka Capital Sports Department
Associated Press
Kansas City
Hollywood
Fla
Hayes
Navy
John Conard
K. A
Lawrence
Athens
Conard
Naval Air Station
Ottumwa
Archie Mills
South Pacific
Mississippi Street
Nazi Leaders Urge Support of Hitler on 65th Birthday
London reports Nazi leaders urged German loyalty as Hitler reached age sixty five amid war strain. Goebbels Goering and Dietrich led exhortations while Hitler gave no public remarks. Goering warned of many dangers ahead and Goebbels contrasted Hitler with historic greats. Berlin broadcast and Swiss paper notes added context.
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London
CPI
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Auf Joseph Goebbels
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Otto Dietrich
Berlin
Germany
Fuehrer
Goering
Goebbels
Dietrich
Reich
Alexander the Great
Caesar
Frederick the Great
Office of War Information
Aarguaer Tagblatt
Reichsmarshal Goering
Tokyo
Japan Times
Rural districts vote to hold next year’s school term
Lawrence reports rural schools Spring Creek Young and Glenn voted at their annual meetings to resume classes next year. Budgets for 1944-15 and meeting reports must be filed by 5 pm Monday April 24. Toneka police destroyed two one armed bandits this week amid suspicions of a sealing. A window peeper was spotted at 616 West Seventeenth street but fled. Massachusetts street residents protest out of town gas buyers as car owners keep engines running during winter. University of Kansas law professor Robert McNair Davis spoke in Topeka on Opportunities Are Responsibilities for the Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers.
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Margaret Hurley
Spring Creek
Young and
Glenn
Massachusetts Street
Robert McNair Davis
University
Kansas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Topeka
Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area Personal notices
Mrs. Caroline Williams 72 died at home Route 4 Lawrence. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Survived by husband David Williams two sons Raymond Wichita and Carl Chillicothe Mo one brother John Brohammer Lone Star two sisters Rose Flory and Katherine Flory Moose Park Calif and three grandchildren. Nick Sullivan died Wednesday April 19 at home Rock Falls. Buried Rock Falls. Former Lawrence resident. Survived by wife Lillian Sullivan three sons Joe Kenneth Rock Falls and Harold in armed forces and sister Mrs A E Lowery Lawrence. Alex Bryant 93 died Thursday morning at 827 Garfield Street. Lived in Lawrence 65 years member of Christian Church. Survived by two daughters Viola Franklin and Margie Holloway both Lawrence five grandchildren three great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Funeral announcement forthcoming.
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Caroline Williams
Route 4
Lawrence
David Williams
Raymond Williams
Wichita
Carl Williams
Chillicothe
John Brohammer
Lone Star
Rose Flory
Katherine Flory
Moose Park
Calif
Nick Sullivan
Rock Falls
Lillian
Sullivan
Joe
Kenneth
Harold
A. E. Lowery
Alex Bryant
Garfield Street
The
Christian Church
Viola Franklin
Margie Holloway
Breat
Inter-American education project announced for teachers
Washington April 20 The federal Office of Education will run an inter American education project to raise the hemisphere knowledge of U S teachers. It includes demonstration centers sending teams to schools, curriculum workrooms in teachers colleges, and a community program in the southwest serving many Spanish speaking children. Winfield public schools in Kansas will join the first program.
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Washington
CPH
United States
Federal Office of Education
Southwest
Winfield, Kan
Editor William Allen White name chosen for ship
Washington reports the maritime commission will name a Liberty ship after William Allen White famed Emporia Gazette editor who died January 29. The vessel is one of ten named and is under construction at Permanente Metals in Richmond California.
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William Allen White
Washington
Emporia
Kan
Maritime Commission
Permanente Metals Corporation
Richmond
Calif
Ralph T. O'Neil
Osage County
Kansas
Topeka
The
American Legion
Ease Up On Typewriters Ends Saturday, OPA Announces
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will end rationing of all used typewriters and new machines held by dealers this Saturday. New typewriters in manufacturers' stocks remain under War Production Board control.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
Curtin to Washington for Roosevelt talks in April
Australian Prime Minister John Curtin and 16 aides travel to Washington to confer with President Roosevelt. Curtin and his wife will visit the White House before heading to London for dominion war and postwar conferences, joined by Gen Sir Thomas Blamey who leads allied ground forces in the Southwest Pacific on the Washington and London trip.
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San Francisco
Australia
John Curtin
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
London
Thomas Blamey
Southwest Pacific
Curtin
War Prisoners Sought After Escape From Camp Phillips
Topeka Apr 20 search for three escaped German prisoners of war continued with no hint of their route. Internal security headquarters and the Kansas highway patrol said efforts to locate the trio had been fruitless.
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Topeka
Camp Phillips
Kansas Highway Patrol
Oklahoma City
Kan
Margette
One Man Attack Makes On Field In Northern France
London reports that Captain Richard E. Turner of Bartlesville Oklahoma led a one man bombing and strafing run on a German airfield in northern France. He released bombs and then fired on about 100 soldiers, wounding or killing forty to fifty as they raced toward anti-aircraft positions. Turner, a squadron leader with nine and a half enemy planes credited, described flying about 50 feet off the ground at roughly 450 miles per hour as the attack unfolded.
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London
France
U. S. Ninth Airforce
Richard E. Turner
Bartlesville
Okla
Turner
Finland Sends Negative Reply to Russian Armistice Proposals
Stockholm April 20 Dagens Nyheter reports the Finnish government has delivered a negative reply to the latest Russian armistice proposals via Stockholm to Moscow. The note reviews all prior negotiation steps and reiterates Finland’s wish to pursue peace.
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Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Moscow
Finland
WOUNDED IN ACTION AND OTHER WAR NEWS ITEMS
Washington reports 410 soldiers wounded in action including Kan residents Pfc Leslie Faslgn Lakin Pfc Louis Phillips Leavenworth Cpl Kenneth Keller and Tech Gr Alfred Meyer. Douglas county war price board issued tires and tubes certificates. Twelve die in hospital bombing in London with 12 dead and 1 121 hospitalized. Three German POWs recaptured after escape from Camp Phillips Kan. Baltimore ferry collision injures twenty people in fog.
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Washington
War Department
Mediterranean Area
Leslie W. Faslgn
Lakin
Louis A. Phillips
Leavenworth
Southwest Pacific Area
Kenneth A. Keller
Olathe
Tech
Alfred A. Meyer
Gardenity
Douglas County War Price and Rationing Board
Presbyterian Aid and study club host events in OsKaloosa
In OsKaloosa the Presbyterian Aid hosted a Tuesday program with Mrs A L Williamson chairing the host group and Mrs Kate Morrow leading hymns. Devotions by Mrs J Heberling and Joan and Lonnie Sands featured songs, an Easter egg hunt was run by Mrs A C Wilson, and luncheon service included Mrs Williamson Heberling Wilson Rorabaush Sands and Stet. The article notes visits to Topeka for W C conference with Bishop W Y Chen of Chung king and other missionaries, plus a Study club session led by Mrs Lloyd Morris with lessons on Peru and Ecuador and musical interludes by Louise Gowen and Joan Mortis. A spring contest and a luncheon followed. Mr and Mrs Robert Turner and children attended a Wichita wedding, and several members joined church events including baptisms and candlelight services.
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Presbyterian Aid
A. L.] Williamson
Hostex Group
Kate Morrow
Plaing
Hymins
Joan
Lonnie Sands
A. C. Wilson
Mescdames Williamson
Heberting
Wilson
Rorabaush
Sands
Stet
John Roberts
Topeka
W. c
W. Y. Chen
Chungking
China
Bishop Pickett
India
Roberts
Lydes
Lloyd Morris
K. Li. Lewton
Walter Pennington
Charles Long
Peru
Tom Moore
Ecuador
Latin America
Louise Gowen
Joan Mortis
Kate Merrow
Jennie Davis
America
Davis
Willard Thompson
Presbyterian Church
Marie Elise Huey
Sue Leech
Amos Leech
Methodist Church
Homer Wroten
Jean
Joyce Kilpatrick
Wre
Jesus
Win Thoms
Gues
Wilma Sumpter
Chancey
Kansas City
Her
Max Frederick
Leavenworth
Dora Thomasen
E. F. Wettig
Valley Fa
Ralph Hawk
Lawrence
Maud Hawk
P. C. Machless
Robert Frick
Leland Edwards
James Swoyer
Norman family mourns. services for Mrs Hannah held in Norton
The article notes the funeral for Mrs Ethel Perry Hannah from the Norton Methodist church with Rev Homer Written in charge. Survivors include husband Joseph C Hannah and three sons and five daughters. A Norton sanatorium patient earlier, she was born in Hillsdale Michigan in 1884 and lived most of her life here, active in church and community. A high school band concert followed with director Marlin Dorel presenting a 60 member group and a plaque unveiling honoring graduates now in service.
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Tom Norman
Lone Tree
Owen Lindsey
Normans
Ethel Perry Hannah
Methodist Church
Homer
John Sutton
Elmer Weibel
Mary Hay Roberts
John Roberts
Clair Rogers
Pleasant View
Oskaloosa High School
Frank Landon
Mecouth
van Bilas
Albert Hamilton
Leslie Wargoner
Will Sheldon
Joseph C. Hannah
Charles
Oskaloosa
Archie
Topeka
William
Phoenix
Ariz
Louise Lockner
Los Angeles
Cal
Eleanor Solomon
Norton
Lorraine Shillcut
Wichita
Rosemary
Carolyn
Arthur Perry
Edward
Hannah
Norton Sanitorium
Hillsdale
Mich
Marlin Dorel
Esther Davies
Doris Johnson
Warraor
Williamstown Community Notes A Busy April Report
Williamstown records show a windy April with a school meeting on April 15 electing Earl Ellett as treasurer amid field work constraints. Others include hospital updates, blood donor trips to Kansas City, revival meetings at the Baptist church, social visits, and a stork shower for Mrs. Rodman.
Weekend visitors and locals share news from Pickens area
The column lists numerous residents visiting relatives and friends from Kan sas City and nearby towns. It mentions soldiers in Australia and New Guinea, weekend social events, a mother daughter banquet at Linwood, and visits by families including the Richlew, Hubbard, Anderson, Babcock, Stoneking, Henik, and Thistlethwaite households among others.
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Louie Richlew
Kangas City
Jacob
Wadsworth
Martin
Johnnie
Juanita Sheldon
Edna Tones
de Soto
Leonard Anderson
Buddy
Velma German
Kansas City
Quince Garman
Laura M. Anderson
Bredshott
Malden
Jess Babcock
Theodore Stoneking
Irene
Bonner Springs
Lawrence Stoneking
William Henak
Robert Elder
Leon Jamison
George Henik
Linwood
Uir
Itson
Frank Henik
Larry
George Wenik
Fred
Edie
Edna
Aseline Green
Dean
Kenneth Thistlethwaite
Jarbalo
da Thistlethwaite
Bethel Community Notes From Overbrook Weekend
Miss Lila Elaine Oehrie spent the weekend in Overbrook with her grandmother Mrs Mae Vanve. A family dinner honoring Theron Clark and Robert Coursen was held Sunday at the G C Clark home with many local residents attending. Birth announced of a son Thursday April 13 at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa to Mr and Mrs Arthur Flory. Other local visits and entertaining listed include John Hoffman Mary Wilson Ben Baker Sam Sunday Helen Hoffman and families, and Cecil Brevheisen hosting a Friday night party.
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Earl Ellett
Bee Green
Ean
W. HO Allen
Bille
David
Gracie
Lewis Williams
Lecompton
Anna May
Kansas City
Lyle Green
Topeka
Virgil Green
R. W. Amerine
Wuawrence Memorial Hospital
Amerine
Perry
Red Cross Blood Bank
Cpl
Ralph Frandle
Fort Leavenworth
Frank Peel
Williamstown Baptist Church
Lester Tomberlin
Art Melgrin
W. H. Allen
Billie
C. E. Wilson
Lawrence
Oak Grove
Sunshine Ciih
Hob Clark
Disney
Hetts
Neva Jean Vogel
Dorothy Ann Caskey
Clark
John Rodman
Esther Dick
Eugene O'Trimble
Mae Disney
Jennie Gibson
Dean School
Billia Allen
Charles Johnson
Winona Lelsh
Leonard Lobb
Lobb
Clyde Wulfkuhie
John H. Lamar
I J. Lamar
McFarland
Lila Elaine Oehrie
Overbrook
Mae Vanve
Theron Clark
Robert Coursen
G. C. Clark
Sant Owens
Teddy Clark
Clarence Coursen
Charles Jones
Robe
Coursen
Larry
Alvin Fisher
Harold Fisher
Margaret
Arthur Flory
Ransom Memorial Stal
Ottawa
John Hoffman
Mary Wilson
Ben Baker
Sam
Helen Hoffman
Mae Ware
Cecil Brevheisen
Birthday and visiting notes plus local school and election updates
Community events include Mrs Srechelsen's birthday with relatives visiting Overbrook and Topeka. Raymond Schott on furlough. Glen Vance’s April marriage and Portland shipyard job. funeral for Mrs Rebecca Simon at Overbrook. Shirley Hoffman at Globe school. district meeting dismissals and elections for treasurer Everett Kingery, Centennial, and Brubaker posts. Brubaker teacher rehire Mrs Izer Jones.
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Srechelsen
Raymond Oehrie
Alan
Sant Owens
John Brechelses
Stra
Leland Bannin
Airs
Otto Garber
Nettlelsen
Raymond Schott
Hugo Schott
Ernest Albright
Topeka
Clarence Albright
Mary
Martha
Raymond Oehrle
Albert Turner
Overbrook
Mae Vance
John
Glen Vance
Vance
Portland
Ore
Charles Rappard
John Brecheisen
Rebecca, Simon
Shirley Hoffman
Globe School
Centennial
Marion Dodder
Jannings Price
Everett Bailey
Everett Kingery
Globe
Earl Huston
Brubaker
Riser Jones
Market News Markets at a Glance From Chicago to Kansas City
Market activity shows wheat leading an upturn on flour demand with cash grain sales to mills improving. Rain in the Midwest supports oats and barley while deferred wheat contracts close higher. Livestock demand remains steady with hogs and cattle mixed but generally firm in Kansas City trade.
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Chicago
Milwest
Russia
Romania
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas
Kansas City
Potato and Egg Market Highlights Across Regions
Chicago markets show potatoes arrivals at 9 percent with 25 percent on track and total U.S. shipments at 779 with moderate supplies. Northern stock demand remains firm while western demand is slower. higher quality fetches steadier prices. Idaho Russets and Nebraskan WY blends quoted at around 13.77 and 13.56 per cwt. City produce notes Kansas City specials and current egg receipts near 38.6 with eggs at 2.6 to 4.7, butterfat around 44. Butter and poultry prices listed for hens, broilers, and turkeys with varied regional quotes. Government bonds also cited.
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Chicago
Ap-W.f
U. S
Idzhe Russet Burbanks
Braska
Wyoming
Bliss Triumpha L. S
Saneze City
Kansas City
Springs
New York Stocks The Day in Wall Street
The day on Wall Street showed a slow start with cautious trading as investors weighed market signals. A jumble of financial terms indicates the text reflects a snapshot of stock movements and a general sense of market mood without clear buy or sell conclusions.
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Wall Street
New York
Card of Thanks for Ed Payne
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness shown during the illness and recent death of our father and grandfather Mr Ed Payne. Signed by Mr and Mrs R L Harisa and family Mr and Mrs N O Harding and Miss Vera Payne.
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Ed Payne
R. L. Harisa
N. O. Harding
Vera Payne
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Kansas Evangelical _ Lutheran Synod
Vaughn W
Chick) Pontius
Camp Wolters
Tex
Pontius
Fort Meade
Richard Grant Freeman
E. W. Freeman
United States Army
Tyler
Kansas State College
Pvt
Travis B. Glass
Mabel Glass
Tennessee Street
Army Air Forces Training Command School
Chanute Field
Itl
Kenneth Hornberger
Camp Livingston
Joseph T. Lenahan
P. H. Lenahan
Army
Mediterranean
Allied
Sheridan County
Continental Oil Company
W. C. MacMillan
Feodor Ivanovich Tobbukin
Sevastopol
Crimean Black Sea
Toneka
West Seventeenth Street
Mrs
Phillips
Finn
Baltimore
Williamstown
Pickens
Bethel
Thany
Journal-World
Ceatensenine
T& SF
Beth Steel
Chrysler Corp
Edney Douglas Air
Eastman Kodak
Ae General Elea
General Foods
41Steneral Motors Hercules
Montgomery Ward
Nat Dairy Cn
NY Central
North Am Penney JC Philips Bettay
Teadino Corp
West el & M
Jayhawk Taxi CO
Mass
Varsity
Asby
Mgr
Dunfield
Fulton
Brune Brothers R. F. D. No
Bela Lugosi
Voodoo Man
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