Roosevelt proposes seven point war economy plan
President Roosevelt outlined a seven point program to curb living costs during wartime. He urged wage stabilization, price ceilings, farm price parity fixes, higher taxes on high incomes, rents controls, and rationing while discouraging credit. He warned Congress he will seek extra measures if living costs rise further.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Barkley
White House
House
Corregidor Guns Still Answer Japs in Pacific War
Allied and Japanese actions dominate Asia and the Pacific as Corregidor in Manila Bay fires back at Japanese siege guns in Bataan. The Washington communique notes American fire breaks up a convoy in Bataan and a truck park blaze. Burma fighting shifts with air power improving Allied leverage.
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Burma
Associated Press
Japan
United States
Bataan
Asia
Pacific
Manila Bay
Philippines
War Department
Fort Hughes
Bataan Peninsula
Washington
Mandalay
Irrawady Valley
Chungking
American Flying Tigers
Soilem
Joss
Southwest Pacific
United Nations
Lae
New Guinea
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Port Moresby
Rotary club selects John Brand as new president
John Brand was elected president of the Rotary club at a board meeting before a student program from Lawrence High School. He will take office in July, succeeding John Andrews. Dr. F. C. Allen was elected vice president, Karl Klooz re elected secretary, and Clifton Calvin named treasurer.
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John Brand
Rotary Club
Lawrences High School
John Andrews
F. C. Allen
Karl Klooz
Clifton Calvin
Hugh Bayles
Walter Russell
Ralph Ward
Bob White
U.S. Navy
Calvin Dresser
Doris Mitchell
Max Falkenstien
Helen Howe
Rudy Carl
Bob Bayles
L.M.H.S
Stanley Schwahn
Flood Ties Up Kansas Roads As Showers Persist
Topeka reports continued spring showers and thunderstorms across Kansas. Arkansas river floods threaten Garden City and Dodge City while Salina and Beloit see rising water. Highways 50S 83 283 and K45 blocked. motorists aided by crews.
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Kansas
S. D. Flora
Arkansas River
Smoky Hill
Solomon
Garden City
Dodge City
Salina
Flora
Thankful
Beloit
Smoky
Arkansas
State Highway Department
Kinsley
Ration Board Certifies Tire and Tube Claims
Lawrence rationing board issued three certificates at a Saturday meeting. Charles Roterman of Delaware received one passenger retread, Manuel Snavely of New Jersey two retreads, and John Ulm of West Fifth two truck tires and two tubes, with inspectors C R Allen and C J Topping noting details.
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Charles William Roterman
Delaware
C. R. Allen
Manuel Snavely
New Jersey
John Hatton Ulm
West Fifth
C. J. Topping
Pause At Eudora Delays Munitions Plant Progress
A spokesman said no further developments on the Eudora munitions project were available. Although site work and heavy equipment are present, construction awaits Washington orders as boundary lines for the Sunflower Ordnance Works are unsettled. Officials expect final negotiations to finish soon and announce plant boundary decisions within days.
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Altho
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Youth Take Charge As Lawrence Officials For A Day
Lawrence high school students will run city offices for one day. A Chamber luncheon at Eldridge hotel features Student Mayor Bill Conroy and replies from Mayor C B Russell. Wintry events include broadcasts on WREN and assemblies on college themes.
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Lawrence High School
Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
Frank T. Sullivan
Ralph Ward
Harry Johnson
David Jones
Dick Thompson
Kenneth Pine
Ralph Pine
C. B. Russell
Bill Conroy
Clarence Bliesner
Eneck
Wayne Hird
WREN
W. T. Markham
Paul B. Lawson
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
K. U
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Derailment on Katy Road near Coffeyville Kansas
Three cars broke loose from a Missouri Pacific switch engine and rolled into a Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight train at a crossing near Katy Road Coffeyville. Six tank cars derailed and traffic on U S 169 was detoured about five hours while crews cleared wreckage.
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Missouri Pacific
U. S. 169
Reds May Sweep Finland From War Front
Soviet forces pressed on the Karelian isthmus and near the Stalin canal north of Lake Omega, with Finnish claims of repulsed attacks. The RAF conducted its largest offensive of the war, bombing Rostock and northern France while US planes prepare to join. Navy and air actions continued around Murmansk, Archangel, and the Libyan front amid Mediterranean activity.
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Stalin Canal
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London Air Ministry
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Kuibyshev
Libya
Catania
Malta
Gale Winds Cause Damage At Local Farms
A wind gusting to 70 mph with 55 mph sustained velocity struck Cameron's Bluff and Chester area north of Midland. Rainfall measured a quarter inch at the Kansas Electric Power plant. A chicken house blew down at the Winfred Thiry farm and farm outbuildings were destroyed at Dan Smith farm. Guttering detached from the William Hamilton home.
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Cameron’s Bluff
K.E.P
Chester
Midland
Winfred Thiry
Dan Smith
William Hamilton
Army designates Atlantic coast as Eastern Military Area
New York April 27 1942 the army announces a sweeping wartime measure designating the entire Atlantic seaboard 400000 square miles bigger than Germany and Italy as the Eastern Military Area to regulate the conduct of 52000000 civilians enemy aliens and all others a safeguard against subversive activity Corps area commanders are ordered to take control of coast fighting to prevent silhouetting ships and enemy submarine attacks the New England coast darkened last night by Maj Gen Sherman Miles to enforce measures until further notice
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Italy
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Sherman Miles
First Corps
Boston
New England
Haskell Institute holds Indian commencement events
Graduates in traditional caps and gowns form a procession at Pocahontas Hall before marching to the auditorium to receive diplomas. Samuel Thompson from Washington presides. Luncheon at 11 45 features toastmaster Mrs Barbara Harden and music by the Has Kell swing band.
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Haskell Institute
Samuel Thompson
Washington, D. C
Haskell
Barbara Harden
E. Russell Carter
Joe Hilderbrande
Clarence Powless
Clifford Bowen
Joseph B. Storrs
Mr. Carter
Joe
Cecile Dailey
Glee Club
Thompson
Hilderbrande
Robert A. Hunt
Lawrence
First Methodist Church of
Salina
Senate Recommits Bill On Women Aux Army Corps
The Senate returned a bill to its military committee seeking a women’s auxiliary corps within the army enlisted reserve. A voice vote approved recommitting amid debate whether the corps should be Army attached or organized outside for non combat duties. The House approved a 150000 member corps outside the Army. Senator Thomas proposed a senate substitute to place it inside the Army.
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Washington
Senate
Army
Senator la Follette
House
Thomas
Utah
Treasury to advise on $25,000 income ceiling
Secretary Morgenthau said the treasury will be ready by tomorrow to advise Congress on placing a 25000 dollar ceiling on individual incomes in the United States.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Congress
Army Aviation Cadet Program Open to Young Men
The War Department unveils a new U.S. Army Aviation Cadet program with relaxed entry requirements for Air Corps officer training. A University of Kansas exam board will visit soon, and Prof. Laurence Woodruff at KU is the Army Aviation Cadet Faculty Advisor for more information.
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War Department
U.S. Army
Journal-World
Air Corps
University of Kansas
Laurence Woodruff
K.U
Older Men Ready to Do Their Bit at Armory
Bulletin reports 2,606 men registered in the fourth selective service phase with 755 signing up today. Over two days, 1,835 have registered at the Armory as the 9 pm close looms. County totals estimate 2,200 to 2,500, with few from other counties choosing Douglas County.
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Selective Service
Douglas County
Charles Taylor
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Bruce Cameron
Draft Board
W. C. Simons
Armory
Taylor
Don Jones
Claire Wiesselman
Jane Woestemeyer
Betty Lee Biggs
Doris Worland
Garvin Gillum
Wilma Windett
Opposition to Roosevelt plan to trim farm price controls
Congress reacts to the anti inflation message with swift resistance. Senator Bankhead and farm bloc leaders object to tying price ceilings to parity. Representative Cox says the plan does not go far enough especially on labor. Senator Reed calls the stance disappointing yet unsurprising.
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Roosevelt
House
Representative Cox
D-Ga
Pepper
D-Fla
Bankhead
D-Ala
Congress
Reed
Kansas
Jayhawkers and Tigers to Meet on Diamond
The Kansas Missouri baseball game scheduled for this afternoon was cancelled due to set grounds. The second game of the series will be played tomorrow at 3 30 o'clock. Knute Kresie will pitch for Kansas with Warren Hodges catching. Spencer will pitch for Missouri with Devereaux catching.
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Missouri
Knute Kresie
Jayhawkers
Warren Hodges
Spencer
Devereaux
World Company Prints Stock Market Snapshot
A brief market blurb shows an average of 60 stocks at 31.3 with a Saturday figure of 32.3. The ad notes the World Company handling print ink jobs and provides a phone contact 22.
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Printink
the World Company
Elementary Aeronautics May Be Taught in High Schools
Topeka Kansas teachers may teach elementary aeronautics in high schools under a state board ruling. A text for the introductory course was approved. The board also eased teacher shortages by issuing a one year non renewable elementary certificate to former elementary teachers who earn four college credits after April 1.
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Topeka
UPH
Kansas
State Board of Education
Louise Leslie
Leslie
Liberty Memorial High School Dominates District Music Festival
Twenty two first division ratings awarded to Liberty Memorial High School at the University of Kansas district festival. Eleven ensembles and soloists earned second division, two earned third division. First division entrants eligible for regional in Omaha May 8-9. large groups barred from regional per State Activities Association due to travel cost.
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University of Kansas
Omaha
State Activities Association
Alan Stewart
Marilyn Smart
Helen Howe
Rudy Carl
Joan Vickers
Jack Payne
Shirleynan Hargiss
Adelbert Spalsbury
Dick Thompson
Geraldine Houk
Doris Merriott
China relief drive organized in Lawrence
Dr O E Allison pastor of the First Methodist church has accepted the chairmanship of the local committee for China relief. United China Relief aims to raise 7 million dollars to aid China’s impoverished population. After Pr Hu Shih's convocation address at the University of Kansas, Allison said China and the United States share aims and that aiding China benefits America. A meeting of representative citizens will be called soon to plan local fundraising.
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O. E. Allison
First Methodist Church
United China Relief Organization
China
Hu Shih
United States
University of Kansas
Allison
Shih
Thirteen Criminal Cases On Bar Docket for May
Thirteen criminal cases with 20 named defendants are listed in the May term district court bar docket. The docket appeared today as the May term opens Monday May 4. Jurors are summoned to report at 9 a m the following day. Civil cases in the docket number 91.
Ship Sunk in Atlantic Off Florida Coast
The destroyer Sturtevant was sunk by an underwater explosion off the Florida coast within the past 24 hours. Navy says loss of life is small and most of the crew reached port safely, suggesting a slow sinking.
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Washington
Navy
Sturtevant
Florida
Eudora Man Fined for Stock Tank Theft
Eudora resident E Clark was found guilty in O J Lane's justice court this morning for stealing a stock tank. He paid a $2.50 fine plus $27.25 costs and was released.
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E. Clark
Eudora
O. J. Lane
China’s Hu Shih Outlines 21 Century Ideals at KU
Dr. Hu Shih, China’s U S ambassador, told a University of Kansas convocation the middle west is sympathetic to China’s cause. He compared China and Japan noting China’s classless civili an society, laissez faire government and six guiding ideals from 21 centuries of culture. The speech contrasted peaceful Chinese tradition with militaristic Japan and called for universal peace, free speech, and equitable wealth distribution.
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China
B.C
Hu Shih
Japan
Commodore Perry
Confucius
Asia
Weather forecast for Kansas scattered showers and cooler
Scattered showers and thunderstorms sweep Kansas with cooler temperatures in the east and central areas. Tonight remains slightly cooler in the eastern portion with a cooler Tuesday forenoon in the same region.
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