New Asiatic War Chapter II Opened
Associated Press reports a new phase of the Asiatic war with a coordinated British American French and Dutch assault on Sumatra and Sabang. Allied naval forces strike airfields as US and British fleets expand operations across the Indian and Pacific oceans.
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Associated Press
Sumatra Lake
Times of London
Shonga
Sumatra
Sabang
Times
Indian Ocean
Ita
Pacific
Philippines
Central
Southwest Pacific
Wake
Ponape
Marshalls
Carolines
Geelvink Bay
New Guinea
Rabaul
Janes
Matra
Fears Land Boom Seen Threatening Farms
W Duggan acting governor of the Farm Credit Administration in Kansas City urged farmers to halt mounting farm sales and rising land prices to avoid a repetition of the postwar land boom. He warned costs may outpace wartime purchase prices and incomes as mortgage activity rose in 1943.
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New Orleans
LPI
W. Duggan
Farm Credit Administration
Kansas City
Farm Credit Board of the
Fifth Farm Credit District
Duggan
Blimp Wreckage Found Nine of Crew Missing
A storm damaged navy blimp in the Gulf of Mexico off the Mississippi river. Nine crew members remain missing from a ten man crew. Ensign William Thewes was rescued and returned to base, while the official search continues.
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New Orleans
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Eighth Naval District Headquarters
William Thewes
Lakewood
Houma
Thewes
Resene
Gulf
Aderstorm
American Marauders Strike Across Channel Into France
London reports Allied air supremacy as American Marauders and Harocs join Mosquitos and Spitfires in a cross-Channel raid on northern France. Bomber formations hit multiple targets while Raf Liberators strike Balkans rail yards. Mosquitos return from Cologne raid. Mediterranean air force suffers losses. Cologne remains on fire from night bombings.
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London
France
Britain
Cologne
R.A.F
R.A.F. Dominion
Was
Thunderbolt
Naples
Balkan
Bucharest
Turnu Severin
Mediterranean
Aiiay
Daring rescue reveals Nazi secrets from Sabang raid
On a Sumatra raid, a British submarine rescued an American pilot while 80 percent of the attacking aircraft were American made. Hellcats shielded the sub as a Japanese destroyer closed, with one pilot saved and the others strafing the shore. At Anzio, experts studied a remote controlled “Goliath” robot tank and a German human torpedo with a teen marine aboard.
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Sabang
Sumatra
Dale Christian
Klondike
Burns
U.S
Pacific
Swift Navy
Sabang Island
Lhonga
Klahn
Lara
Bob} Dose
Coronado
Calif
Earl B. Crawford
Stamford
Tex
Anzio
Italy
No Man's-Land
Predict Worst Flood In History Threatens Wichita Area
The most serious flood in history was predicted for the Little Arkansas river and all tributaries from Halstead to central Wichita, according to W. V. Phillips of the Wichita weather bureau. Evacuations were ordered as water rose through the north end, with Marion and Hutchinson also affected by rising streams and blocked highways. Rain totaled 4.37 inches in 14 hours, flooding basements, streets, and buildings as sewer failures worsened the crisis.
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Wichita
Little Arkansas
Halstead
W. V. Phillips
Wichita Weather Bureau
Phillips
Cow Creek
Hutchinson
Marion
Lear Creek
Mud Creek
Cottonwood
Philips
Neosho
Lyon County
Emporia
Verdigria
Altho
Coffeyville
Kaw
Ty Perry
Delaware
Valley Falls
Perry
Santa Fe
Trafic
Fire destroys Berry Garment Factory in Columbus Kansas
A fire of unknown origin swept Berry Garment Manufacturing in Columbus Kansas last night. Owner J B Berry estimated total loss between 50000 and 75000 dollars, covering building, equipment, and stock. The plant operated on army clothing orders.
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Garment Factory
Columbus
Kan
Berry Garment Manufacturing Company
J. B. Berry
Floods hit Kansas City as rivers rise and rail lines flood
April 22 report from Kansas City notes rising rivers and creeks flooding industrial areas and homes. Four inches of rain swollen streams, shutting rail lines and forcing detours. Missouri Pacific service disrupted. a wheat train derailed in Kansas City Kansas. No injuries reported. Missouri River level easing upstream may limit downstream rises. Superintendent race filings include L. W. Brooks and incumbent George L. McClenny.
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Kansas City
Frisco
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Dodson
Swope Park
Blue River
Santa Fe
Olathe
Kan
Paola
Pleasant Hill
Lenexa
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Weather Bureau
Red Forces Mass To Capture City In Carpathian Front
Soviet dispatches report Crimean armies and the Red fleet massing at Sevastopol to attack the German siege. Russian flank advances and heavy artillery halt German thrusts near Stanislawow as battles spread across eastern Poland and the Carpathians.
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Moscow
Russia
Red Fleet
Sevastopol
Dimitri Nikoslaev
Old Poland
Red Army
Stanislawow
Germany
Prut
Dnester
Lwow
Tic
Stanialawow
TA Berlin
Ukraine
Pripet Marshes
Berlin
Fritz Eric von Mannstein
Carpathian
Mohl
von Mannstein
Crimean
Black Sea
Helpful Neighbors Rebuild Broader House After Fire
A week after a blaze destroyed Mrs. Harry Broers 20 by 20 foot home and 600 turkeys neighbors in Pleasant Valley rallied. Eighteen men from the area built a new broader house while local women served lunch, with volunteers including Bert Babbit Dale Babbit Evan Griffith Donald Stitler and others from Eudora aiding in the effort. The item also notes Pop Carter the old roller skate champion performing at the Rollerdrome Ady.
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Harry Broers
Broers
Veterans’ Hospital
Danville
Ill
Vernon
Pleasant Valley
Breera
Bert Babbit
Dale Babbit
Evan Griffith
Donald Stitler
Charles Howe
Ward Landis
Otto Luckan
George Luckan
Jack Maloney
Vernor Garrett
Gus Hadl
Leonard Walker
William Kramer
Alfred Hagerman
Heulan Richardson
Clifford Thiry
Herbert Thiry
Carl Koehler
Eudora
Eugene McCabrin
Schotts
Hitler Paper Warns of Worst Summer
The Voelkischer Beobachter warned of a grim summer for the German home front, predicting the bloodiest battles yet and possible territorial losses. NBC reports Bjornson broadcast a prediction of invasion before May, citing tides, reduced ground fighting, Russian massing, Anzio reinforcements, and Allied air assaults targeting invasion defenses and supply lines.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Voelkinder Beobachter
Bjorn Bjornson
N.B.C
Anzio
Wet Track Meet at KU Amphibious Interscholastic Meet
Rain soaked ground turns the fortieth annual Kansas University track meet into an amphibious event. 22 Class A and 25 Class B schools entered 660 athletes, but many did not arrive. Field preliminaries held indoors, running events moved to wet outdoor track with an inch of water. Notable results include McCray of Ottawa winning 420 yard high hurdles, Knight of Salina capturing the Class A shot put, and McDonald of Lawrence placing in Class A events.
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University of Kansas
Kansas
Clifford McDonald
Lawrence High School
Mcclay
Ottawa
A. Thomas
Kansas High School Activities Association
Knight
Salina
Parnes
Wichita North
Stegerman
Olathe
Weaver
Leavenworth
Bennett
Freeman
Clearwater
Noll
Winchester
Turin
Perry
Campbell
Troy
Lawrence
Seco Elliott
Marysville
Wichita East
Agnew
Senter
Talley
Overbrook
Lewis
Holton
Harrison
Sterling
Schmidt
Axtell
Argentine Delegate Blocks Seat at Labor Conference
Philadelphia April 22. Labor delegates voted to detain Luis Girola of Argentina as workers' delegate amid a heated dispute over charges of a fascist regime. Girola announced he would leave, and Vicente Toledano of Mexico urged excluding the entire Argentine delegation.
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Philadelphia
LPI
International Labor Conference
Luis Girola
Argentina
Girola
Vicente Toledano
Flood Warnings As Kansas Rivers Rise Across State
Heavy rains drenched eastern Kansas driving flood fears statewide. Forecasts show the Marais des Cygnes and Kaw near flood stages at Ottawa and Topeka, with emergency evacuations from Burlingame and rising water in Marion. Crests expected in Emporia and Neosho, Cottonwood basins as rainfall totals reach record-like levels.
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Topeka
Kansas
D. Flora
Flora
Burlingame
St. Marys
Union Pacific Railroad
Will Zurbucken
State Highway Patrol
Marion
Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Missouri Line
Quénemo
Trading Post
LaCygne
Delaware
Valley Falls
Smoky Hill
Blue
Stock Market Index Turns Up Amid Mixed Trading
The Market Index of sixty stocks shows a move higher at 511 last night after a day of uneven results. Trainloads of livestock and used arm implements appear in the Journal World classified ads, signaling continued demand in rural markets.
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Journal-World
Court Will Not Stop Sedition Trial
The U S circuit court of appeals refused to halt the sedition trial of 30 defendants in a Nazi conspiracy case. The court rejected mandamus relief and left jury selection to proceed from a reduced venire after a judge’s disqualification ruling.
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Associated Press
Washington
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Edames Smythe
New York
James J. Laughlin
Laughlin
Joseph BfcWilliams
Edward Eicher
James True
Justice Eicher
Talis
Missouri and Kansas Rivers Flood Up Across State
Kansas City reports heavy rains pushing Missouri and Kansas rivers toward near flood stages. Levees strain and crack as trains switch lines to reach drier routes. Mississippi at a near flood, Grand river rising, Osage near threshold. highways blocked including U S 40, 71 and state routes. Rescue efforts underway in Maplewood as areas flood.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Missouri River
Mississippi
St. Louis
Maplewood
Grand River
Chillicothe
Tuscumbia
Medicine Creek
Grain Valley
U. S. 24
Knob Town
Peculiar
Sedalia
Boonville
Howard County
Douglas County Selective Service Announces Early Inductions
The Douglas county selective service office received a cut from state headquarters in Topeka for 22 white men to report at Fort Leavenworth on Monday May 8 for pre induction physicals. The county will send 17 men for navy induction on May 4 and eight for army on May 4. One man will report for limited army service on May 1.
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Douglas County
Selective Service Office
Topeka
Fort Leavenworth
Navy
Army
Flood Blocked Highways Across Kansas from Topeka to Valley Falls
Flooding inundates U S 77 near Marion and U S 50 west of Topeka with several state routes closed or submerged. Kansas highway department maintenance engineer L L Marsh lists K15 at Durhan K68 around Paola and Lewisburg K57 east of Le Roy K31 west of Burlingame K4 at Chalf K17 east of Inman and Medora K4 east of Valley Falls K13 north of Strong City and El Dorado K14 north of Arlington K99 Alma to Elk Ridge K7 at Independence Creek north to Atchison and K82 east of Lawrence. Some roads remain open despite inundation.
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Topeka
Kansas
L. L. Marsh
Kansas Highway Department
Marion
City
Durhan
Paola
Lewisburg
Missouri Line
Leroy
Burlingame
Chalf
Inman
Medora
Valley Falls
Strong City
el Dorado
Arlington
Alma
Elkridge
Independence Creek
Atchison
Lawrence
Marsh
Yugoslavia Almost Free Says Priest Normal Activities Resume
Bari Italy April 18 Delayed The Rev Vlado Zechevich minister of the interior for the partisan provisional government said today nearly three fifths of Yugoslavia has been freed from German control and normal activities are being resumed as quickly as possible He is in Bari for treatment of a German bullet wound above his heart Known in Yugoslavia as the fighting priest
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Bari
Italy
Yugoslavia
Vlado Zechevich
Enest
Zechevich
Threat of Floods Looms Here Again
Ongoing heavy rain and rising rivers threaten flood conditions across the area. Wakarusa and Kaw rivers surged past gauges while Mud Creek overran near Dutton and Highway 22. Delays and road closures spread as rainfall totals exceed normal April levels by over five inches.
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Lawrence
Lone Star Road
Dutton Bridge
County Farm
Haskell
Weather Update for Kansas East to West
Occasional light rain in the east with cloudy skies and partial clearing in the west. Colder tonight with lows from 30 in the northwest to 45 in the southeast. Winds around 30 mph in central regions. Sunday partly cloudy and warmer in the west.
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Kansas
Pore Son
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Reel Gone Over
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