80 German Tanks Destroyed In Battle At Tunis
Allied headquarters report a big axis clash near Pont du Fahs with 80 German tanks destroyed as British and American forces push toward Tunis. American infantry attacked Djebel El Azzag, gained Djebel El Ajred, while Patton’s men advanced toward Medjez El Bab and Tebourba under heavy fire. Air forces flew over 1 000 sorties supporting the advances as Goumiers pressed toward Pont du Fahs from the southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Pont du Fahs
Tunis
Tunisia
Djebel el Azzag
Mateur
Lake Achkel
Jefna
Djebel el Ajred
Tunis-Pont du Fahs
First Army
Médjez-El-Bab
Tebourba
Toum
Medjez- El-Bab
Mediterranean
George S. Patton, Jr
Green Hill
Bald Hill
Goubellat
Grosseto
Rome
Il Duce
Eighth Army
Allied Patrols Close to Salamaua Base in New Guinea
Allied forces including American and Australian troops now command hills near Mubo, 12 miles south of Salamaua, with patrols within six miles of the base. Air action remains persistent as New Guinea operations press toward aggressive targets while Japanese troops endure ongoing bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Jap Salamaua Base
Associated Press
Douglas MacArthur
Mubo Village
Salamaua
New Guinea
MacArthur
United Nations
Wau
Mubo
Burma
Archibald P. Wavell
Buthedaung
Maya
Planes in Action on Soviet German Front
Moscow reports intensified air combat as Soviet forces push night and day. Red Star says German air activity in Kuban slowed after April 22 while Soviet air power increased, with large bomber and fighter concentrations. Soviet raids hit German airfields, claiming hundreds of German planes lost. Kuban artillery duels and sniping persist amid overall lull on other fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kuban
Caucasus
Red Star
Taman
Crimea
Kerchstrait
Red
Hitler
Donets
Svest
Rostov
Red Cross Moves Headquarters To Main Floor
The Red Cross headquarters will move from the basement to the main floor of the Community buildings. The general office and home service departments will occupy two rooms in the northeast corner recently vacated by the rationing board. The basement room becomes a class area for home nursing and first aid classes plus Junior Red Cross activities. Miss Eva Bourne will keep her county health unit headquarters downstairs. Recreation groups gain downstairs telephone access for Saturday night parties for service men.
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Red Cross
Home Service
WPA
Eva Bourne
Japs Report Grouping of U S Planes in Alaska
The Japanese radio says a strong concentration of United States bomber and fighter squadrons is in Alaska and the Aleutian islands as a warning toward Tokyo. The broadcast urges Americans to prepare to thwart air attacks. The rationing office has no sugar canning information for the season.
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U. S
Alaska
United States
Aleutian Islands
Tokyo
Associated Press
Asahi
Eugar
Teachers: A Vital War Time Need broadcast Tonight
The University of Kansas will broadcast at 9 45 this evening a program titled Teachers A Vital War Time Need in response to the government plea for teachers to fill vacancies in thousands of schools The program is part of the KU Women and the War series and is sponsored by the university school of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
K. U
University School of Education
Tolle Sells Beer License In Eudora Council Vote
Clay Tolle, trailer camp operator, secured a beer license by a 3 2 vote of the Eudora city council last night but must relocate as Masonic rules prohibit liquor sales in the same building as lodge sessions. The mayor had previously closed the establishment for lacking a regular permit. The new council also appointed city officials including Mayor Bert Seiwald and City Clerk William Staffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Tolle
Eudora
Tolle
Bert Seiwald
William Mercier
J. N. Hearin
J. D. Adams
George Lothholz
Zimmerman
Mercier
Hearin
Adams
Lothholz
Seiwald
Russians Claim Novgorod Base Captured by Forces
Berlin radio reported by AP that a German source in Hitler’s paper claims Novgorod lies “in front of” the German line after the Soviet winter offensive. The broadcast says Lake Hmen and surrounding front are under Russian control, with Timoshenko achieving gains near Leningrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novgorod
Berlin Radio Today
Adolf Hitler
Voolkischer Beobachter
Associated Press
Lake Hmen
Leningrad
Semeon Timoshenko
Churchill Hopes to Patch Up Russia Poland Ties
In London on April 27 Churchill Eden and Polish Premier Sikorski joined in a conference to restore Soviet Russia Poland relations. Ambassador Winant was summoned to 10 Downing Street signaling U S involvement in the mediation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Russia
Poland
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Wladyslaw Sikorski
John G. Winant
No. 10 Downing Street
United States
Missing plane crew at Langley Field after sea crash
Langley Field officials said ten crew members of a multi engine plane missing after a sea crash last Wednesday have not been found. Among the missing is Flight Officer C. L. Barbour co pilot from Pratt Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan
Langley Field
C. L. Barbour
Pratt
Kan
Possible nuisance air raids warned by Navy secretary
Secretary Knox said there is always a chance of enemy nuisance air raids on either coast but regards the likelihood as remote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knox
United States
Theft of Beer Charged in Box Car Break-In
Police Chief C A Bliesner filed a complaint in O J Lanes justice court charging Eddie Henderson and Clarence McDuff with breaking into a Santa Fe box car on April 20. They allegedly stole 72 cases of beer valued at 144 dollars belonging to Park Hetzel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Bliesner
O. J. Lane
Justice Court
Eddie Henderson
Clarence McDuff
Santa Fe
Park Hetzel
Soft Coal Mines Are Hit by Strike Across Regions
More than 50 mines shut down as a broad strike idles about 22 200 miners in the Pittsburgh and Birmingham areas. Leaders meet in New York while the War Labor Board appeals to patriotism to avoid stoppages. Alabama Illinois Indiana crews warned to quit Friday night as the panel for wage disputes forms with Morris Cooke as chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U.M.W
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Alabama
Ohio
New York
Lewis
WLB
Althe U.M.W
Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Southeastern
Illinois
Indiana
Morris Llewellyn Cooke
Philadelphia
Cooke
David B. Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Walter White
Hale's Trial Delayed by Missing Defense Witness
Ottawa Kan April 27 A Wichita defense witness delay postponed the district court liquor trial of Sheriff George W Hale on appeal from Ottawa city court verdicts of drunkenness and unlawful liquor possession. Hale was fined 25 and sentenced to 60 days. Ouster proceedings were filed in the supreme court and Hale remains suspended pending the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
George W. Hale
Wichita
Hale
A. B. Mitchell
Supreme Court
Explosion rocks Bokoshe coal mine kills three miners
UK government investigators probe a Bokoshe Oklahoma blast that killed Clyde Bell 40 Guy Hudson 41 and Burt Johnson 42 while two other miners were preparing to descend. The Keener No 1 shaft will be suspended for 10 days as rescuers recover bodies 3500 feet from the shaft mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bokoshe
Okla
Clyde Bell
Guy Hudson
Burt Johnson
McCurtain
ArmyCannotMeetMunitionsNeed.Somervell Says Shortage Delays Equip
General Brehon Somervell told the U S Chamber of Commerce that the army service forces lack munitions and will not equip all troops with basic gear until late 1943. He denied munitions surplus, noted production rising about 100 million dollars monthly, and warned against Axis propaganda claiming rapid victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brehon B. Somervell
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Army Service Forces
Somervell
Freshman Day Honors Eighth Graders at Liberty Memorial High
The sixth annual Freshman Day at Liberty Memorial High School welcomes eighth grade graduates from Douglas Jefferson and Leavenworth counties. Joe M Williams leads the event with assistance from the freshman class. Invitations went to 65 graduates and many already accepted. The program includes assemblies, a gym demonstration, luncheon, classroom demonstrations, and a senior class showcase featuring music, readings, and a quiz with a skit Dont Let This Happen to You.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Trade Territory
Liberty Memorial High School
Douglas
Jefferson
Leavenworth
Joe M. Williams
Williams
Margaret Hurley
Harold Fisher
Ralph B. Graber
Clifford D. Dean
Lawrence City
Oliver Hobbs
Miss Iva
Belle Harper
Laurence Clark
State Field Forces Consolidated In Kansas Tax Commission
Topeka April 27 The Kansas revenue and taxation commission announced a consolidation of field forces under Chairman William Ljungdahl. Auditing and inspecting functions in sales tax motor fuel cigarette and beer tax divisions will be combined in one division with an expected 12 to 15 percent reduction in staff. One auditor per district will replace several employees and the enforcement staff will be reduced similarly. About 75 field men were in Topeka being trained under the new setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Revenue and Taxation Commission
William Ljungdahl
More Cars Allotted for May
The Office of Price Administration set May quotas for rationing 50 000 new passenger cars up from 38 000 in April and 88 200 new bicycles, unchanged from April.
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Washington
UPA
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Jail Release After Paying Fine for Drunk Driving
Hardin Tucker paid 105.75 in Justice O J Lane's court this morning to secure release from the county jail after being committed for failure to pay a drunk driving fine yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin Tucker
O. J. Lane
Stock Market Index Points To Market Slide
The index shows an average of 60 stocks at 48.9, with yesterday’s figure at 42. Investors watched the market for signs of momentum after the day’s close.
City doubles bonds purchases and school beer inspections debated
The Lawrence city council reported buying a $10,000 U S treasury coupon bond and an $8,000 refunding bond tied to the 1868 Pleasant Hill railroad project. The water finance committee announced purchases from the water sinking fund and discussed beer inspections, health provisions, and licenses while planning budgeted agency expenses and a police training trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Pleasant Hill
Water Finance Committee
A. W. Berger
F. A. Russell
Frank Willey
Osawatomie
Kan
Plan A Club Room Opens for Servicemen at KU
Sailors from the Machinists Mate training school at the University of Kansas prepare the People's State bank building for a new servicemen's lounge sponsored by KU Y M C A. The building is rent free. owners cover no costs, and university faculty will run the lounge with planned game and reading rooms and a letter-writing area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
People’s State Bank
University of Kansas Y. M. C. A
Harry O’kane
O’kahe
Y. M
K. U
George Docking
Lawrence Community Chest Fund
Fred Montgomery
Karl Kreider
Harold Allen
Thornton McClanahan
Green Starts Work on KU Military Science Building
B A Green, contractor for finishing the KU military science building, began work with a small crew moving in equipment. He hopes to place roof steel on the second floor Thursday and start rock laying next Monday. Completion is set in six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Green
University of Kansas
Green
WPA
War Manpower Chief Seeks 5 Million Additional Workers
Paul V. McNutt head of the War Manpower Commission told the U S Chamber of Commerce that about 5,000,000 more workers must be found and trained to meet 1943 production goals in munitions and essential war industries. He cited replacements from housewives students older workers and minority groups as key sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
McNutt
Frost Expected Tonight Across Northwestern Kansas
Cooler air and recent rains forecast frost in Kansas northwestern counties tonight. Eastern areas may dodge frost while scattered showers and storms persist. The Solomon River remains high with a possible Beloit overflow. temperatures yesterday ranged 70 to 82 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Weather Bureau
Solomon
Beloit
Wichita
Dodge City
Whites Celebrate Guisien Wedding in the Hospital
New York, Apr. 27. The William Allen Whites mark their golden wedding anniversary in Roosevelt hospital after influenza and double pneumonia. Editor from Emporia, Kansas and his wife are convalescing, receiving greetings nationwide. They plan to stay in hospital rest of the week and read mail from well-wishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Allen Whites
Roosevelt Hospital
Emporia
Kan
Mrs. White
Bond drive over top at 789 782 in Lawrence
Lawrence and Douglas county Second War Loan drive surpasses the local quota with 789 782.95 dollars. The drive continues through April 30 with firms and individuals contributing, including Montgomery Ward and local banks. Special booths report progress and call for more volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Douglas County
Irving Hill
Drive
Wrence
Journal-World
Chamber of Commerce
State School Fund Commission
Montgomery Ward
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Bulletin
Key Point
William Staffer
Curt Dedrich
FB. Miller
Warry Hagenbush
G. M. Adams
George Southhalz Sreet
William Zimmerman
J. N. Tearin
Willam Mercier
J. N. Wearth
George Lothhalz
Wo. Adams Electrician
Carl Adkins
Pittsburgh-Birmingham
Oklahoma
Wilkie
Keeler’s
Lawrence High School
Ruth Kimmel
John Morgan
1.M.H.S
Martha
Tlesiia Demeritt
Lusinhy
Richard Heine
Hanosola
Velma Pine
L Edward Brass
Percy Moyer
Carol Buhler
Bert
Lloyd Atwood
J. BR. Lelland
Clark
Lorenzo
Max Kickox Herhs Howard Stephenson
Wilber
Marvin Bailey
Oscar
Jimmy Hotchkiss
Gertrude
Joseph
Wanda de Nio
Hortense
Sara Underwood
City
Pleasant Hill Railroad
Ralph Pine
Health Department
Howard Weindel
Willard Larkin
Weindel
W. W. Hatfield
Vermont
Massachusetts
First Presbyterian Church
Roy Bushey
Max Roberts
KMBC
American Legion
Military Science
Guisien
Funk’s Mortuary
Chapel— Ambulance Service
Merchants Aid
Kansas Electric Power Company
K. C. Evans
Booth
Woolworth’s
Penney’s
Weaver
Kress
Kress Store
Weaver's
Quivira Club
Friends In Council
Kress’s
Justica Neale
Quivira
Jan Chiapasso
First National Bank
Lawrence National Bank
Charles Snringer
William Zweifel
E. P. Mooman
E. F. Ingle
H. EF. Don Carlos
A. Kirchhoff
Harry McConnell
J. W. Smoyer
N. A
M. Rene
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