Japs Press Burma Drive Near Mandalay Amid Heavy Fighting
Allied forces report a grave turn in Burma with Chinese led units checked within 100 miles of Mandalay. Japanese tanks push to sever the Mandalay Lashio link while bombers strike Chinese bases as MacArthur notes air actions over Port Moresby and Lae.
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Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mandalay
Japan
Tokyo
Chekiang Province
Chekiang
Kiansi
Imperial Tokyo
Eadquarters
U.S
China
Lashio
India
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Lae
Melbourne
MacArthur
Gallipoli
May Tire Quota Reduced for Douglas County
Douglas county receives its May tire quota through Paul Lyons county rationing administrator. The new allocation lists passenger tires 15, retreads 72, tubes 43 while trucks and buses receive 59 new tires 95 retreads and 82 tubes. Lyons notes the passenger new tire total is about half last month and retreads and tubes about a third. He urges use of remaining quota this month and warns of a farm vehicle shortage next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Paul Lyons
Mr. Lyons
French General Escapes From German Fortress
Berlin radios report General Henri Honore Giraud, once a commander in the Battle of the Bulge area, escaped Koenigstein fortress. The captured officer since May 21, 1940, was said to have health-based privileges, with a 100000 marks reward for recapture and death threats for aiding his escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Henri Honore Giraud
France
Koenigstein
Germany
Giraud
Three Axis Subs Sink Steamer Off Atlantic Coast
Surviving passengers report three Axis submarines torpedoed and shelled a cargo passenger steamer off the coast. Ninety-five survivors were landed at Norfolk after an 18 hour adrift in lifeboats. nine passengers and five crewmen are missing. A second American cargo ship was sunk with 27 rescued. three crewmen are missing. Captain Robert W. Hart went down with his ship. Lawrence W. Earle, son of former Gov. George H. Earle, was among the 169 survivors from the steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Atlantic
Navy
Lawrence W. Earle
Pennsylvania
George H. Earle
Robert W. Hart
Rutherford
N.J
Earle
Resistance grows as Belgian patriots fight Nazi grip
The Belgian government in exile reports Nazis shoot 20 to 25 patriots monthly to quell pro British sentiment. White Brigade members arm for future action. Sabotage rises with strikes reducing production. trains and depots attacked. Free French say Laval’s return spurs assaults on German troops in Lens Lillers Mericourt.
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London
Information Service
Kingdom
White Brigade
Herstal
Pierre Laval
Lens
Lillers
Mericourt
Pas de Calais
Paris
Homon
Istanbul
Red
Orel-Kursk
Fatezh
Kursk
Moscow
France
Vichy
Laval
Charles de Gaulle
Lawrence High and City Groups Shine in District Music Festival
Lawrence musicians from Liberty Memorial High School and local groups earned top division ratings at the district festival at Kansas University. The L M H S girls quartet, flute quartet, trombone quartet, brass sextet and other soloists won high marks, with several Lawrence performers taking division 1 honors alongside ensembles from Baldwin and Perry and Os kaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
K. U
Liberty Memorial High School Girls’ Glee Club
Max Falkenstien
Pat Moyer
Ogden Jones
Betty Anderson
Lawrence High School
Joan Vickers
Anabel Keeler
Phyllis Marlowe
Mildred Carpenter
Avarell Keroher
Glenn Lessenden
Fred Firner
Elizabeth Ashton
Phyllis Searle
Carol Buhler
Martha Jewett
Kenneth Pine
Adrian Smith
Jimmy Murray
Bob Mendenhall
Lawrence High Brass
Ralph Ward
Harry Johnson
David ‘Jones
Dick’ Thompson
Ralph Pine
David Jones
Bill Barnett
Jack Twente
Howard Hurwitz
Bay
Wayne Hird
Alan
Steward
Marilyn Smart
Helen Howe
Rudy
Arl
Mary Smith
Delores Jackson
Baldwin
Shirley Nan Margiss
Mary Stark
Perry
Bob Collins
Overbrook
Albert Spalsbury
Dick Cottel
Dick Thompson
Janet Woestemeyer
Jack Payne
Ruth Craig
Park Hetzel
Doris Merriott
GM and UAW bargaining deadlocked before War Labor Board
Detroit April 25 UPI A renewal contract dispute between General Motors and the United Auto Workers affecting about 150 000 workers in 82 plants goes before the War Labor Board for a final decision. Federal conciliator James F Dewey called talks hopelessly deadlocked after four weeks with five main union demands sticking points.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors Corporation
United Automoile Workers
War Labor Board
James F. Dewey
Washington
Perkins
Dewey
U.A.W.C
WLB
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
British Citadel Hit By 2000 Tons Of Bombs In March
Malta endured heavy bombardment as Cairo Malta reports say the citadel received about 2000 tons of bombs last March averaging 70 tons daily. Over four months 11000 planes attacked from Sicily with Malta’s fighters and ground guns credited with downing 200 and likely 70 more. about 250 damaged too badly to return.
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Cairo
Malta
Sicily
Peruvian Congress Grants Prado Leave to Visit United States
Lima reports the Peruvian Congress approved a leave of absence for President Manuel Prado y Ugarteche to visit the United States. No departure date from Lima was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lima
Peru
Manual Prado Y Ugarteche
Washington
Fire Rages in Berlin Grunewald District
A vast Berlin fire swept the Grunewald forest in the southwest, blamed on the carelessness of children. Grunewald covers about 7,500 acres with lakes and villas, near Charlottenburg and Potsdam, Wansee to the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Grunewald
Berlin
der Grunewald
Greater Berlin
Charlottenburg
Potsdam
Print ee World Company Offer Ad
Small ad promising printing services from Print ee World Company with contact phone number 22. The message reads as a brief promotional note by Adyv.
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Printee World Company
Adyv
RAF Losses Reported in Daylight Raid on Northern France
The air ministry stated 15 RAF fighters and one bomber were missing after British daylight attacks over northern France. Eight German fighters were destroyed in the action reported tonight.
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Air Battle
London
Air Ministry
R.A.F
France
Bombs Hit Rostock and Exeter in Allied Air Raids
RAF bombers pounded Rostock for a second night, heavily damaging Heinkel works and Neptune shipyards while leaving Rostock and Lubeck devastated. Dunkirk docks and French airfields also targeted. In England, Exeter suffered major damage with hundreds homeless and at least 10 feared dead. Soviet reports claim heavy Red Army action around Leningrad and Crimea.
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Heinkel
Rostock
R.A.F
Luebeck
Neptune
Dunkerque
France
Low Countries
High Command
Exeter
England
Plymouth
Bristol
Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Academy
Calais
Boulogne
Flushing
Leningrad
Crimea
Sugar Rationing To Freeze Retail Sales Next Week
Washington reports the office of price administration warns that retail sugar sales will be frozen starting Monday at midnight with no sales after 12:01 am April 28 unless supported by ration stamps or a sugar purchase certificate. Consumer registration runs May 4 to 7 and actual rationed sales start May 5.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
U S Destroyer Drives Away German Submarine To Save Norwegian Ship
A Norwegian merchant vessel exchanged fire with a German submarine about 80 to 100 miles off the Atlantic coast. U S destroyers planes and a blimp forced the submarine to retreat. One crew member died and two were wounded aboard the Norwegian ship which reached New York harbor safely.
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U. S
New York
U.S
New York Harbor
Atlantic
Relays Race Leads Amid Rain at Baker Relays
At Baldwin Baldwins Baldwin hosts the Baker Relays with Fort Scott leading Class B and Wichita East atop Class A at midafternoon. A heavy shower halted events for minutes, strong wind disrupted runs, and nearby schools Sperry and Kelly posted notable marks in the junior college pole vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Junior College
Fort Scott
Wichita East
Baldsvin
Lawrence
Sperry
Blackwell
Kelly
Kemper
Wentworth
Wyandotte
Topeka
Shawnee Mission
Iola
Cummins Wins Drake Relays 120 Yard Hurdle Final
Bill Cummins of Rice Institute wins the 120 yard high hurdles at the Drake Relays with a :14.6 time, defeating Charles Hlad of Michigan Normal and Roy Bucek of Texas A M. Ohio State’s Bob Wright crashes the fifth hurdle and finishes poorly. Lee Farmer of Iowa takes the 100 yard title in :01.1.
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Des Moines
Bill Cummins
Rice Institute
Drake
Wright
Lee Farmer
Iowa
Harold Hall
Orville Mathews
Oklahoma
Dick Kelley
Minnesota
Giants Extend Streak by Defeating Braves 5-1
New York beat Boston 5-1 to push its winning run to four behind Bob Carpenter's four hit pitching. Dick Bartell added a three run homer as the Giants totaled nine hits while Ernie Lombardi homered for Boston.
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New York
Giants
Boston Braves
Bob Carpenter
Dick Bartell
Boston
Ernie Lombardi
Red Sox hold off Yankees in ninth inning rally
Boston defeats New York 4 2 as Joe Dobson blanks the Yanks through eight. Mace Brown preserves the win by closing out the ninth in a tense finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Red Sox
New York Yankees
Joe Dobson
Yanks
Mace Brown
Senators Defeat Phillies 10-7 Behind Two Big Innings
Washington Senators collect 10 hits in two decisive innings to down Philadelphia 10 to 7. Stan Spence homered in the second inning as Washington builds early lead and holds on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
Washington Senators
Stan Spence
Tigers Beat Browns 4 2 In Seven-Game Losing Streak Stop
Detroit defeated the St. Louis Browns 4 to 2 as Tigers hitters produced timely runs off Brownie pitchers Bob Harris and George Caster to halt a seven game Browns skid.
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Detroit
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Browns
Bob Harris
George Caster
Lewis to Organize Dairymen
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers of America plan to organize dairymen as the campaign expands from Michigan and the New York milkshed to the west coast next week.
Queen and Brave lead Haskell commencement events
Commencement at Haskell College set for Monday at 7 30 PM in the school auditorium. Samuel H Thompson of the Indian Office in Washington DC will speak. Week's events began with Indian student award program and College activities including a coronation, St Johns game, lawn barbecue, student council induction, farewell dance, and concerts by the Haskell band. Dr Robert A Hunt will deliver the commencement sermon at 7 30 PM Sunday. Alumni lunch and band concert follow on Monday with a 2 15 PM afternoon performance. Chilocco and Haskell baseball meet Monday afternoon on the local diamond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskell
Samuel H. Thompson
Indian Office
Washington, D.C
Brave
St.Johns
Hunt
Robert A. Hunt
Lawrence
First Methodist Church
Salina
Chilocco and
Wheels found in ditch linked to local theft
Four automobile wheels without tires were found yesterday afternoon in a ditch near the Paschel dairy west of the city. One wheel was identified at the sheriff's office as stolen from Dean Paul B. Lawson’s car six weeks ago from a garage at 701 Ohio. Another wheel is believed to belong to W. E. Spalding, who reported a theft at the same time. both cars had good tires when taken. The remaining two cream colored wheels have no identifiable ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paschel Dairy
Sheriff’s Office
Dean Paul B. Lawson
Ohio
W. E. Spalding
Spalding
U S Troops on a Free French Isle
War department announced the arrival of American troops on New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific about 800 miles east of Australia. The Free French authorities approved their help to defend the island, but the force size was not disclosed.
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Washington
New Caledonia
Southwest Pacific
Australia
War Department
United States
Noumea
Money to China Relief Fund Receives Unclaimed 9.50
Pi United China Relief reports a $9.50 unclaimed check from Commercial National Bank Muskogee Oklahoma. The funds stem from 1923 Muskogee citizens earthquake relief efforts for Japan. The bank warns inactive accounts require bank examiner approval, but endorses applying the amount to aid Chinese relief.
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New York
United China Relief
Commercial National Bank of
Muskogee
Okla
Gideons Plan 5 Million New Testaments for Armed Forces
The Gideons announce a new task to distribute 5,000,000 New Testaments to military personnel as part of their longtime effort of placing Bibles in hotel rooms. The Philadelphia convention cites the slogan Arm them with the gospel too and notes their history since 1899.
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Philadelphia
Gideons
Pennsylvania
Mass Deportation Ordered in Nazi Occupied France
A Stockholm dispatch reports Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt ordered mass deportations of residents at St Nazaire France in reprisal for the British commando raid from nearly a month ago. The notice cites the German commandant of western occupied territories issuing the order.
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Moscow
Stockholm
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
St. Nazaire
France
Stock Market Index Shows 60-Stock Average at 32.3
The index for sixty stocks reported a 32.3 average as of yesterday. The reading repeats 32.3, indicating no change in the prior session and suggesting steady market tone across common shares.
President Roosevelts wartime register to occur Monday
President Roosevelt will register in the White House cabinet room Monday morning as part of the nationwide 45 to 65 age man power check for non military war duty. The select service board led by James D. Hayes includes Dr Henry Heath a 76 year old Negro and several World War veterans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Armed Services
James D. Hayes
Veterans Administration
Henry Heath
Charles A. Kohen
Russia
Spiro Sargentich
Serbia
James O’davis
Lawrence youths plan busy week for boys and girls observance
Lawrence youths prepare a packed schedule for boys and girls week with church recognitions Monday and an all day high school assembly. Rotary luncheon at the high school Tuesday features Walter Russell host and Bob Bayles presiding. Students showcase music woodwind trio scale model aircraft and fashion segments. Mayor Bill Conboy leads youth civic events with council visit planned for Monday evening.
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Lawrence
Lawrence Rotary Club
Walter Russell
Bob Bayles
Oliver Hobbs
Max Falkenstien
Helen Howe
Rudy Carr
Bob White
Ralph Ward
Calvin Dresser
L. H. Emmett
Faye Orelup
Mildred Ambler
Virginia Hazlett
Mary Evelyn King
Vera” Louise Durbin
Irene Hoover
Doris Mitchell
Betty Scoggins
Robert Frowe
Vera Margaret Hurt
Muriel Rodgers
L.M.H.S
Bill Conboy
Flood fears grow as Kansas rains prompt warnings
The Weather Bureau warned of potential widespread floods across central Kansas as heavy rainfall raised river levels. Sedgwick saw an 8.7 foot rise on the Little Arkansas with the Big Arkansas rising rapidly, prompting forecasts of overflows in the Smoky Hill and possible record heights along the Arkansas River in western Kansas.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Tony
Arkansas
Wichita Weather Bureau
Little Arkansas
Sedgwick
Smoky Hill
S. D. Flora
Indsborg
Salina
Lindsborg
Smith Center
Ellsworth
Cawker City
Geneseo
Concordia
Wichita
Dodge City
Goodland
Kansas City
Wamega
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nebraska
Axis Diplomats Begin Homebound Voyage From South America
The Spanish steamer Cabo de Buena Esperanza departed Rio de Janeiro today carrying axis diplomats returning to Europe after their South American mission.
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Axis
Rio de Janeiro
Europe
South America
Older men register in Douglas county drive
Thousands of men aged 45 to 64 lined the Armory for the second World War draft registration. By 2 PM 674 had signed up and a 50 percent increase over February’s third registration was forecast. Registrants included farmers and professionals, many with prior service, drawn to the orderly sign up system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Selective Service
Douglas County
Selective Service Board
River on Rampage Bakes Wichita Area as Floods Rise
Heavy rains totaling over 3 inches drenched western McPherson and eastern Rice counties. Floodwaters reached the Galatia extension depot near Little River and lowland floods began along the Big and Little Arkansas rivers. Evacuations were reported for oil workers southwest of Wingdom, though a federal meteorologist said damage should remain limited.
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Wichita
Kan
Little Arkansas
McPherson
Rice Counties
Little River
Windom
Galatia
Santa Fe
Bornholdt
Wingdom
Big
A. A. Justice
Independent Farmers to Discuss Wheat Referendum Meeting
Independent farmers gather in Oskaloosa on Tuesday evening April 28 to review the forthcoming AAA wheat referendum. A. T White, vice president of the Independent Farmers of Kansas, will be the principal speaker. Farmers from Douglas Leavenworth and nearby counties are invited.
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Oskaloosa
A. T White
Independent Farmers of Kansas
Douglas
Leavenworth
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