MacArthur's Liberators drive toward Philippines from Hollandia
The Associated Press reports long range bombers based at Hollandia Dutch New Guinea will threaten Mindanao and Japanese shipping as aims shift toward retaking the Philippines. From Hollandia airfields bombers could target Palau and Celebes Sea shipping, with Mindanao a likely theater as advance guards move west.
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Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Mindanao
MacArthur
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Marshalls
Saipan
Tinian
Marianas
Philippine
Celebes Sea
Palau
Truk
Berau
Japan
Babo
Australia
Deaths and Funerals in Local Notices
Mrs Stella Kelly died last Tuesday in Los Angeles and funeral services are set for 1 30 Wednesday at Rumsey Chapel with burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Survived by granddaughter Miss Mary Barber of Lawrence and grandson 2/C William Barber in the Pacific. F Hoskinson, 65, died Saturday night in Lawrence Memorial hospital from injuries in the County Home fire on April 13. Burial in Liberal. Mrs Violet Durene Elliott died Thursday at the Marine hospital in San Diego California. Funeral service Wednesday at 2 pm at Barnett funeral home Baldwin with burial in Oakwood cemetery. W F Myers of Wichita father of Eugene Myers, medical student at KU and hospital orderly at Lawrence Memorial hospital, died Saturday at St James hospital in Wichita. He was brother of S Leroy Myers, 900 Michigan street.
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Stella Kelly
Los Angeles
Rumsey Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
F. Hoskinson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Liberal
Violet Durene Elliott
Marine Hospital
San Diego
Cal
Barnett Funeral Home
Baldwin
Clyde Brewster
Oakwood Cemetery
FL Myers
W. F. Myers
Wichita
Eugene Myers
University of Kansas
Lawrence Memorial Hosital
St.Jan¢is Hospital
S. Leroy Myers
Michigan Street
North American Aviation, Inc
Kansas City
K. U
Armed Services
Wace
Army Air Forces
Massachusetts Street
E. D. Buehler
U. S. Employment Service
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Boy Scouts
Red Cross
Lawrence County Plans and Deaths Delay Public Meeting
Douglas county commission set for Wednesday to transact routine business. Mrs Emma E Falley age 82 died Sunday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital her home 933 Ohio. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of daughters Mrs Clay Anderson and Mrs Ruby Von Schmeling. Survived by two sisters Mrs Clara Creel and Mrs Trace Banks. City council to meet tonight at city hall. County Treasurer A M Gardner received 7243.81 from state for weaker schools. Flood closes Wichita livestock market and halts receipts until Wednesday. Southern Kansas bus aimed to Baldwin Junction then US 75. Boy Scout court of honor rescheduled for tomorrow at Chamber of Commerce WREN building. Salvation Army reports many paper pickup calls hindered by flood relief. President Roosevelt nominates William M Lindsey of Kansas for reap pointment US marshal for Kansas.
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Douglas County Commission
Emma E. Falley
Ers
Wrence Memorial Hospital
Ohio
Falley
Clay Anderson
Ruby von Schmeling
Burlington
Calif
Clara Creel
Los Angeles
Trace Banks
Kansasj City
Old Dance Night at Community Building Fun Fest
A Wednesday evening at the Community building features old square dance with Miss Ruth Hoover calling and University High square dancers demonstrating. From 9 to 12 Rio Grande Serenaders play in the ballroom for modern dancing while downstairs offer games and Madame Zerelda’s fortune telling. Rancho Grande members perform Mexican folk dance during intermission. Event supported by the American Association of University Women and community groups.
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Ruth Hoover
Lloyd Shaw
Cheyenne Mountain School
Colorado Springs
University High
Kansas City
Rio Grande Serenaders
Madame Zerelda
Lawrence
Rancho Grande Club
Rancho Grande
Senor
Ramon Savejo
Senora Soledad Nunez
Tau Sigma
University High Square
Clifton Calvin
Carl Sandburg
A. J. Mix
American Association of University Women
K. U
Community Service League
Two Men Fined for Driving and Drinking in Douglas County
Two men received fines in Judge O J Lane's court yesterday morning. Guy Hunsinger paid 100 dollars plus five dollars costs for driving a car while intoxicated. Homer Collins was fined ten dollars plus five dollars costs for being drunk on a public highway. Both were arrested Saturday night by State Highway Patrolman Harvey Schmedemann near Lawrence on Highway 59. They spent the night in Douglas county jail before court appearance.
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Guy Hunsinger
O. J. Lane
Homer Collings
Judge Lane
Hunsinger
Collins
Harvey Schmedemann
Lawrence
Frank Tait
Tait
ration calendar details wartime ration stamps for goods
The notice lists ration programs for April and May detailing Book four red blue and other stamps, including meat fats processed foods sugar shoes and airplane stamps. It notes validity periods through 1945 and regional variations for gasoline and other items. It emphasizes indefinite validity for some stamps and specific canning allowances.
Why some airmail travels by train still
Washington reports the post office explains delays in air mail while some sacks move by train due to crowded planes and heavy postwar demand. After Pearl Harbor armed forces diverted transport planes to military needs. air mail volume and pound miles surged, though peacetime plane totals lag.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Pearl Harbor
Atchison Victory Ship Named for Kansas City Area
The S. S. Atchison Victory, 10 500 tons, was launched at California Shipbuilding Corp. and named for Atchison Kansas. It is the first of 21 Victory ships to be christened at the yard honoring American cities.
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Atchison
Wilmington
Calif
S. S. Atchison Victory
Atchison, Kan
California Shipbuilding Corp
Hemisphere Bases Map Shows Atlantic Bases Under 99 Year Lease
The Hemisphere Bases Map marks eight Atlantic bases now under a 99 year lease from Great Britain. The acquisition in perpetuity was recommended to the House Naval Affairs Committee by Representatives F Edward Herbert Louisiana W Sterling Cole New York and William E Hess Ohio, plus three small subcommittees.
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Atlantic
Great Britain
House Naval Affairs Committee
F. Edward Herbert
Louisiana
W. Sterling Cole
New York
William E. Hess
Ohio
Senior recital tonight at Fraser theater in KU
Barbara Huls, Lawrence violinist and University senior, will perform at 8 o'clock in Fraser theater. Her program includes Erich Concerto in C minor and selections by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Granados, Debussy, and Karzycki. She studied with Karl Kuertstiner and Waldemar Gelteh, serves as concertmaster of the University Symphony Orchestra, and is a member of the University String Quartet.
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Department of Fine Arts
University of Kansas
Barbara Huls
Lawrence
Fraser Theater
Erich Concerto
Bach
Beethoven
Schubert
Granados
DeBussy
Karzycki
Miss Huls
Karl Kuersteiner
University of Michigan
Waldemar Gelteh
University Symphony Orchestra
University String Quartet
Weekend Guests Include Dunns and Gimbler Visit
Weekend visitors include Mr. and Mrs. O G Phillips and family from Kansas City, Sgt William H Dunn Jr of Shreveport La, and John H Gimbler of Eugene Ore. Mrs Bernice Engle spoke on Lemnos Island of Women at a Missouri Kansas Classical meeting. Also noted are local drills, hospital recovery, a Camp Claiborne return, and a drunk driving sentence for Charles E Blakenship.
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William H. Dunn, Jr
Shreveport
William H. Dunn
Kansas City
W. A. Dunn
W. A.dunn
O. G. Phillips
L. H. Frink
Misa Dorothy Werner
Henry Werner
Market News Highlights and Grain Wheat Prices Fall
Market news from New York and Chicago shows stocks at a glance lower amid prewar pressures. Cotton and grains move. wheat futures dip slightly while corn demand remains limited. Livestock in Kansas City and Chicago sees steady to higher beef and lamb prices with lighter hog competitive activity.
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New York
Apr
Chicago
War Food Administration
Lawrence Flood Wipes Out Towns As Kaw Waters Rise
The Kaw and Wakarusa rivers surged over the weekend flooding Lawrence and surrounding areas. Local crews manned dikes and sandbags along the Kaw near the bridge as water rose to 23.3 feet, then began to fall after midnight. Military, Civil Air Patrol, and Red Cross volunteers aided in levee defense, with K U naval cadets and ASTP soldiers assisting on the levees. The drainage district plans a new levee by May 7, funded by the city, state highway, and district. Districts also reported flood impacts on events, including a track meet held in heavy rain. Community efforts continued with salvage drives, job recruitment, and war-support activities.
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Kaw
Lawrence
K. U
North Lawrence
Army
W. L. McMorris
A. H. Buhl
Kansas State Guard
Civil Air Patrol
City
Red Cross
Channel of Commerce
Naval Air Cadets
ASTP
Electrician Mates School
Kaw Bridge
City of
State Highway Department
Drainage District
Wall Street Caution Weighs On Leading Stocks
In New York on April 24, investors limited commitments as pre invasion discretion took hold. Moderately resistant morning gave way to a retreat with near closing declines of a few points. Transfers ran about 700000 shares as rails sagged after the 1943 Union Pacific tax hit. J P stock and several rail names slipped. Bonds moved with stocks.
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Wall Street
New York
Union Pacific
J. P
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Great Northern
Northern Paseifle
N.Y. Central
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A. M. Gardner
Livestock Market
Kan
WEA
Southern
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Chamber of Commerce
Wren Builing
Salvation Army
Robert Getz
Getz
Lindsey Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
William M. Lindsey
Kansas
Catholic Hierarchy
America
William Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Pair
Lyndle Teyton
Anzio Beachhead
SG Robert Haynes
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville, Fla
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O. T. Black
Fort Belvoir
Washington, D. C
Donald Forrest George
Ernest George
Ohio Street
Kansas City Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Naval Reserve
University
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Camp Adair
Ore
J. W. Reed
Kentucky Street
Robert C. Reed
Northern Ireland
Bedford
England
Arthur Ward
Richland
Pvt
George Ward
Alice Harris
Fred H. Harris
Washington State College
Pullman, Wash
Alice Jean King
the Waves
U. S. Naval Air Station
Bunker Hill
Ind
Miss King
Letty Cutler
Charles Douglas Fuller
Garden City
Brooks Field
San Antonio
Tex
Cadet Fuller
H. R. Fuller
Alabama
Fort Leavenworth
Dale H.maple
Chris Hunsinger
C. J. Lane
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Iney
Damala Caribbean Sea
Susana
Dantigon
Trinidad
Verto Rico
G.O. P
Earl “Warren
California
West Campus
Wealthy Babcock
West Twenty-third Street
William Wrigley Jr. Company
Navy
United States
Epsom
N. H
Delight Mountain
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
C.so
Montgomery Ward and Company
Robert Mufford
Third and Locust Streets
Mufford
Raymond Sanders
Charles E. Blakenship
Dudger Lane
Ed Elam
Gond
Choice
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Kans City
Ap-Wfa
Idaho
Kai Kansas
Buddy
Wichita East
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Lawrence Post
American Legion
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University of Kansas Mechanical Engineering
Sluss
Naval Training School
Walter Zoellner
Tonganoxie
Leavenworth County
Munro
Los Neerros Island
Pleasant Valley Area
Harry Broers
Broers
Veterans’ Hospital
Danville
Millikin
Big Springs
Roger Allen
The
T&t
Leth Steel
Chrysler Corp
Cent Motors
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Hercules Pond
Johns-Manly Kenneentt
Central BR. Wy Aviation
Lerth Am Ca
Joe Penney
Phillips
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Texas
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U.S
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Kanpara
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Jayhawk Taxi CO
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Reliable Stock Company
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