Three Hills Taken In Fierce Fighting
Allied forces drive southeast from Pont du Fahs and seize three hills along the Mateur to Bizerte road. American troops capture Djebel Dardy and Djebel Azzag as Patton’s corps fists toward Tunis. British forces near Tebourba and Medjerda valley press toward Tunis amid heavy German counterattacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Mateur
Bizerte
George S. Patton, Jr
Jurgen von Arnim
Djebel Dardyss
Jefna Station
Djebel-el Azzog
Jefna
Djebel el Ajred
Jenna
Lake Achkel
Izerte
Green Hill
Medjjera
Tunis
Medjez-El-Bab
Masshcault
Tebourba
Si Abdallah
Haskell Institute Commencement Stresses Spirit and Duty
Chancellor Deane W. Malott of the University of Kansas addressed 92 graduates at Haskell Institute, urging youth to blend training with discipline and action. He cited wartime sacrifice, warned against reliance on resources alone, and noted the four day graduation program ending with a senior alumni dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deane W. Malott
University of Kansas
Haskell
Malott
Haskell Institute
Trebizond
Dr. Malott
Institute
Polish government appeals to Russia to free Polish captives
The Polish government in exile urged Russia to release all fighting Polish men on Soviet soil and thousands of Polish families and orphans. The 550 word cabinet statement, issued after a meeting, reiterates a policy of friendly understanding with Russia while denying Soviet territorial claims and condemning Nazi propaganda. Prime Minister Churchill then conferred with Poland's premier and foreign minister to resolve the rift in relations with the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hitler
Russia
U.S.S.R
Germany
Churchill
Poland
German and British Naval Clash Off Brittany Coast
German radio claims heavy hits on allied destroyers during a two hour battle in the English Channel near Brittany. The German unit returned to base safely, but Allied sources did not confirm the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Brittany
Associated Press
Allied Air and Ground Pressure Shape Tunis Front
Allied forces press the Tunis front with steady advances and heavy air attacks. Coordinated strikes by American British and French units target enemy positions, airfields, and supply dumps from Ksar Tur to Bari, while a British pilot reports smoke rising from Djebel Kouran as tanks concentrate on the Pont du Fahs slopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Ksar Tur
Meljez-el-Bab
Kourba
Tunis
R.A.F. Hisley
Sidi Ahmen
Bizerte
Villacidro
Sardinia
Desert Air Force
R.A.F
Bari
Adriatic
Italy
Sheriff Hale Denies February 13 Intoxication in Trial
Ottawa Kan April 28 Sheriff George W Hale of Wichita testified he did not drink February 13 the day of his Ottawa arrest on intoxication and liquor possession charges. He claimed bottles in his car may be from a Sedgwick raid and that a sinus drug plus two tablets explain his memory gaps during the trip with youths Harold Fish and Harold Durflinger. He noted officers smelled liquor and that 15 witnesses were subpoenaed as the case proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
George W. Hale
Wichita
Franklin County District Court
Sedgwick County
Hale
Halé
Supreme Court
A. B. Mitchell
Composer Peter DeRose to speak at Lawrence event
Lawrence will host composer Peter DeRose during University of Kansas music week as he speaks at Liberty Memorial High School Freshman Assembly tomorrow morning. Will Yearout curates the program, to be broadcast on WREN. eighth grade graduates will attend with Oliver Hobbs leading the 85 member high school orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter DeRose
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Liberty Memorial High School
Will Yearout
WREN
DeRose
Oliver Hobbs
Ruth Russell
So Pure
Bob Mendenhall
Martha Dooley
Parson s J M Service lays off workers in Kansas plant
Officials of the J M Service Corporation report the classification of all employees at the Kansas ordnance plant is complete to determine layoff order. Alexander Cromwell says the firm will aid workers in finding other jobs and Sunflower Ordnance Works representatives have begun interviews for possible employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons
Kan
J-M Service Corporation
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Alexander Cromwell
J-M
Sunflower Ordnance Works
DeSoto
Sunflower
War Department
Allied air raid on Kiska positions reports Canadian action
Allied fliers raided Japanese positions on Kiska Island in the western Aleutians 18 times Monday, destroying several buildings. The Navy said Canadians participated, marking the first Canadian involvement in the Aleutians campaign since September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
Miss Hilda Borg Visits Kansas City
Miss Hilda Borg is spending the day in Kansas City visiting local sights and meeting friends. She plans to return home later today.
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Hilda Borg
Kansas City
58000 Stay Off Job at Coal Mines
More than 58000 soft coal miners stayed away from work in a wage dispute that could become a full strike. The walkouts spread across Pennsylvania Kentucky Alabama and West Virginia threatening war production as the War Labor Board weighs actions and President Roosevelt considers military guard use to protect workers. John L Lewis warned no contract after midnight Friday and the UMW would not work without a deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Alabama
West Virginia
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
W.L.B
U.M.W
New York
Lewis
U. M. W. Policy Committee
Illinois
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Three WAAC Applicants Named by Lawrence Committee
Three women have applied to Waac headquarters in Kansas City Kansas this week. Miss Ruth Bartz of Eudora R R 2 teaches in a Johnson county rural school. Mrs Opal Wainscott of 914 Vermont moved from Joplin Missouri to join the army. Miss Alida Whipple a former Haskell graduate has worked at Roseau boarding school in Mission S D for six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waac
Kansas City
Kan
C. E Daniels
Lawrence
Waacs
Ruth Bartz
Eudora
R. R
Opal Wainscott
Vermont
Alida Whipple
Bartz
Johnson County
Wainscott
Joplin
Miss Whipple
Haskell
Roseau
Mission, S
State nutrition committee eyes community canning centers
Manhattan Kansas April 28 a state committee on nutrition aims to create community canning centers to provide equipment and instruction for home canning Dean Margaret M Justin of Kansas State College home economics division said centers should be set up when there is a shortage of pressure cookers and other gear centers would help Kansans have plenty of food for next winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Kan
State Committee On Nutrition
Margaret M. Justin
Kansas State College Home Economics Division
Bombers Hit Japanese Bases Across Pacific Theater
Allied air forces report heavy and medium bombers striking enemy bases from Australia to New Guinea. A 4000-ton Japanese merchant ship and a wireless station were damaged or destroyed. Liberator reconnaissance hit two 4000-ton vessels in the Arafura Sea. Gasmata wa s tower toppled by a Flying Fortress. A-20s strafed Green's Hill near Mubo as Finschhafen area saw bombing and heavy detonations.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Liberator
Arafura Sea
Dobo
Aroe Islands
Gasmata
New Britain
New Guinea
Wewak
Mubo
Green’s Hill
Finschhafen
Huon Peninsula
Kansas League of Women Voters Holds 24th Annual Meeting
Fifty six delegates from five Kansas communities attend the Kansas League of Women Voters annual meeting at the University of Kansas Memorial Union. Sessions feature a luncheon speaker Mrs Bailey Galvin from Galveston Texas and discussions on wartime league activities and proposed programs for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kansas League of Women Voters
Memorial Union
University of Kansas
Kansas Room
D. Bailey Galvin
Galveston
Tex
Bailey
National League of Women Voters
C. O. Wright
Topeka
State League
Oliver A. Witterman
Wichita League
L. E. Anderson
James Stewart
Roy Moore
John McNally
Sedgwick County League
Gunselman
McNally
Edward Curry
State Board
Oliver Witterman
Charles Brooks
J. C. Hedges
Wichita
Wade Walton
Sedgwick County
Myrtle Gunselman
Manhattan
C. C. Wright
J. G. Stutz
Laura Hall Hamilton
Annabel Pringle
Allen Crafton
Lawrence
L. H. Frink
Lawrence League
Waldemar Geltch
Arthur Mix
Fred Ellsworth
Clifford Dean
Ralph Canuteson
Margaret Kane
Transportation Committee
J. J. Jakosky
Jan Chiapasso
C. M. Baker
L. N. Lewis
Polish exile government not representing Polish people
Wanda Vasilevskaya of the Union of Polish Patriots declares in Izvestia that the Polish government in exile, based in London, does not represent the Polish people. She questions who the exile government represents, noting the Polish people did not choose or authorize it and that the government is a remnant of the September defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Izvestia
Wanda Vasilevskaya
Union of Polish Patriots
London
Poland
Ridz - Smigly
Government pledges aid to harvest 1943 crop
Short handed farmers were promised by the government today that help would be provided to harvest the 1943 crop, the most important in American history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio tornado spurs $1 million damage and four deaths
A series of four tornadoes sliced northeastern Ohio April 28 killing two Akron orphans and a Norwalk farmer, injuring over 150 and destroying or damaging about 2,000 homes. Cleveland, Akron and Norwalk bore the brunt as utility lines fell and emergency crews, Red Cross, and civil defense aided victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Akron
Fremont
Richard Paternoster
Anthony Fernbach
Medina
Arthur Cawrse
Norwalk
C. G. Andrus
Red Cross
Cleveland Electric Iluminating Company
Civilian Defense Corps
U. S. Naval Reserve
Boy Scouts
Tiffin
Canton
Warren
Lorain
Morgan Mack Motor to Open House in Douglas County
Morgan Mack Motor Company, new Ford franchise holder for Douglas County, invites the public to an open house at its 609 Massachusetts Street showroom and service facility. L E Morgan, in the business since 1922, and associate Herb Mack will host with Ford executives I B Groves Paul Griffin and Paul Larson among special guests. Local dealers including Al Nordstrom of Newton Nordstrom Mack are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan-Mack Motor Company
Ford
Douglas County
Massachusetts Street
Ford Agency
L. E. Morgan
Mosby-Mack Company
Topeka
Herb Mack
Buick
Lawrence
Capital City
Kansas City
Ford Motor Company
I. B. Groves
Paul Griffin
Paul Larson
al Nordstrom
Newton Nordstrom- Mack
Mack
Levi Jones
Harold Westerhouse
Carl Beier
Lambert Ronsick
Walter Sullivan
Howard Csiviness
T. F. Patterson
Marian A. Stark
Guy R. Street
Glenn Stark
J. C. Hunt
Phil Overbaugh
Willard H. Whiteman
Robert P. Fay
Perry Johnson
H. S. Woodard
Bulldozer Collapse Splits Bridge on U.S. 59 Near Erie
A steel span bridge on U.S. 59 near Erie collapsed under a heavy truck hauling a large caterpillar bulldozer, plunging 30 feet into the Neosho river. Driver Earl Cooke of Tulsa escaped with bruises and a wrenched back.
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Parsons
Apr
U.S. 59
Erie
Neosho River
Earl Cooke
Tulsa
Suit Filed to Test New Kansas Labor Law
The Building and Construction Trades Council of Kansas City and Perrin D. McElroy filed a federal suit seeking a declaratory judgment that the 1943 Kansas labor union control act is invalid. They request a restraining order and injunctions against enforcement by Attorney General A. B. Mitchell, Secretary of State Frank J. Ryan, and county attorneys in Wyandotte, Johnson, and Shawnee counties. The suit attacks licensing provisions and bans on boycotts and jurisdictional strikes, and argues restrictions on picketing violate free speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Kan
Kansas Labor Union Control
Building and Construction Trades Council of
Perrin D. McElroy
A. B. Mitchell
Frank J. Ryan
Wyandotte
Johnson
Shawn
Schaake Ensign of Liberty Memorial Coach
Elmer Schaake longtime Liberty Memorial high school coach for all sports was commissioned as an ensign in the U S naval reserves in Kansas City Missouri He will report for active duty May 27 at Chapel Hill North Carolina He previously coached Bethany College and played for Kansas University earning All Big Six honors He is to begin a 30 day training period in Chapel Hill before assignment to the navy physical fitness program Mrs Schaake and their two children will stay in Lawrence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Schaake
Liberty Memorial High School
United States Naval Reserves
Kansas City
Chapel Hill
N. C
Schaake
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Lawrence High School
K. U
Bill Hargiss
Ad Lindsey
Jayhawker
Lawrence
Topeka
Navy
No Frost Repealed as Warmer Weather Reaches Kansas
Topeka reports warmer weather ending frost threats in western and central Kansas counties. No frost observed last night with Ellis at 35 degrees and Wichita posting a high of 72. No rain expected in the forecast per Weather man Flora.
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Topeka
Ellis
Wichita
Flora
Reed Seeks Rules for Postwar World Police Group
Reed argues the United States should join a world police body after the war but demands clear rules and purposes first. He questions how the force would interact with the British empire and whether the four freedoms apply to Burma India and Malaysia, while opposing relinquishing the Monroe Doctrine or Panama Canal control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Len- Clyde
M. Reed
United States
Winston Churchill
Burma
India
Malaya
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Joe Beatin
World War II plane output to reach 100000 this year
William L. Batt, vice chairman of the War Production Board, announced that nearly 100000 airplanes would be built this year, up about 50000 from 1942. He warned that management and labor must be prepared for idle plants in wartime.
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New York
Wiliam L. Batt
War Production Board
Food Wastage Probe Spurs Navy Army Checks
Chairman Truman of Missouri led the Senate War Investigating Committee as agents review potential food wastage in both the Navy and the Army. The inquiry aims to uncover waste and improve wartime efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
D.-Mo
Senate War Investigating Committee
Navy
Army
Bond drive total reaches 814650 in war loan push
Douglas county and Lawrence report 814 650 95 dollars in Second War Loan sales surpassing the 788 200 quota as workers push toward a possible million. Banks stores and schools show strong participation with outlying towns adding 24 868 yesterday and 7 225 from Eudora and 2 874 25 from Baldwin.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Eudora
Baldwin
Lecompton
John V. Lees
Many Seek Tires at City Rationing Office
The city rationing board issued 9 Grade I tires 2 Grade II tires 4 Grade III tires 5 passenger tires 2 truck tires and 1 truck tube yesterday. A long line of applicants waited outside the rationing office before it opened at 9 this morning. The county board met today with heavy business the past month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rationing Board
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Djebibina
Djebel Zaghouan
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Tunisia
Second
U. S. Army Corps
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Goubellat
Ahad
Mathennet
Grand Dorsal
Sir Bernard I. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Djebel Medeker
Kiska
Ethel Dawson
Ida Lyons
Gertie K. Johnston
Fred Williams
The
League of Women Voters
Lawrence High
Reed
Sam
Lillian Webster
Lincoln School
Mary Corcoran
Lawrence National Bank
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