President Roosevelt Becomes Involved in Coal Strike
President Roosevelt declares the 70 000 plus coal miners’ walkout a strike against the United States government and sets a Saturday 10 a.m. deadline to return to work. He warns he will use all powers as president to protect the war effort and asks miners to submit their case to the National War Labor Board. He cites potential seizure of mines if the men fail to comply.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Mr. Roosevelt
Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
National War Labor Board
WLB
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Eginemen
Walter White
Morris L. Cooke
U.M.W
OPA
Connally
D-Tex
Congress
Senate
Red Air Force Intensifies Attacks on Nazi Airdromes
Moscow reports heavy day and night assaults on German communications and air bases with claiming over 50 planes destroyed in 24 hours and raids on two enemy airfields. German reports deny Russian air losses and note German air force claims of 52 Russian planes shot down. Submarine M-172 returned after sinking 10 transports and two torpedo boats.
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Moscow
Red Air Force
Berlin
Associated Press
Kuban
Leningrad
Nikolai Akimov
Moscow News
Kerch Strait
Akimov
Caucasus
Donets
Rom
Roosevelt ends war tour urges youth service after victory
President Roosevelt completed a 20 state war inspection tour covering 7 652 miles in 17 days. He suggested youths could volunteer a year of service to government using plants and camps but offered no specific plan. He cited benefits to fitness and alertness and backed extending training beyond military to both sexes after victory. He traveled from Washington through the southeast to Monterey Mexico and Denver.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Mexico
Manuel Avila Camacho
Monterey
Denver
Tire Quota Increase Draws County Rationing Board Action
The Douglas county rationing board approved April increases and May allocations including 145 Grade I tires 142 Grade III tires 184 passenger car tubes 167 new truck tires 199 truck tubes and 23 tractor tires. Grade I and truck tires lead the rise while Grade II is eliminated by May 1. Certificates remain for truck retreads but the quota system ends.
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Douglas County
Esther Jones excels at Horton Ayreshire show and KU student
Esther Jones of the Jayhawk 4-H club won first second third and fourth places with her livestock at the Northeast Kansas Ayreshire show in Horton. She also took first in produce of dam and get of sire. A Lawrence High School graduate, she attended the University of Kansas and now works as a technician at Hercules Powder company.
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Esther Jones
Jayhawk 4-H Club
Horton
Miss Jones
Lawrence High School
University of Kansas
Hercules Powder Company
Navy Accepts Selectees After Ft Leavenworth Induction
The selective service office reported acceptance by the Navy for Ellis Ralph Hayden Doyle Arden Kellogg and Roy Nathaniel Norwood who went to Ft Leavenworth for induction on Monday.
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Navy
Selective Service Office
Ft. Leavenworth
Ellis Ralph Hayden
Massachusetts
Doyle Arden Kellogg
Manhattan
Roy Nathaniel Norwood
Lecompon
War Labor Board Delivers Appalachian Wage Dispute to President
More than ten percent of 600,000 miners are on strike and hundreds more ready to join by midnight as the war labor board transfers the dispute to the President. Frances Perkins calls for stoppages to cease at once while Col Roane Waring warns the walkouts threaten war production and call for unity.
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War Labor Board
Frances Perkins
Col
Roane Waring
American Legion
America
Kansas League of Women Voters elects officers at KU campus
Mrs. John Virtue of the Law rence League was elected president of the Kansas League of Women Voters during the twenty third annual meeting at the Memorial Union on the University of Kansas campus. Mrs. Oliver A. Witterman of Wichita becomes first vice president. Mrs. Roy T. Moore of Lawrence is treasurer and Mrs. E. C. Rainey of Sedgwick County is secretary. A three plank platform covers labor management under the Kansas labor law, re organization of education with an executive secretary, and juvenile court law improvements. The one day wartime meeting was shortened from three days.
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John Virtue
Lawrence League
Kansas League of ‘Women Voters
Memorial Union
University of Kansas
Virtue
Oliver A. Witterman
Wichita
L. BE. Anderson
Witterman
Roy T. Moore
Lawrence
Kansas
D. Bailey Calvin
Galveston
National Board
Calvin
League of Women Voters
League
Hale Found Guilty in Liquor Case Conviction
Sheriff George W. Hale of Wichita was found guilty by a district court jury on charges of intoxication and possession of liquor. His attorneys will seek a new trial by May 3, with sentencing set for May 8 if denied. He faces up to six months and fines up to 500 dollars on the first count and up to 30 days and 25 dollars on the second. Hale has been suspended from office amid an ouster suit by Attorney General A. B. Mitchell.
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Ottawa
George W. Hale
Wichita
Hugh Means
Hale
State Supreme Court
A. B. Mitchell
Waacs Convert Guardhouses at Fort Devens
Waacs assigned to a section of Fort Devens Massachusetts convert two idle guardhouses into a date house where visitors can meet and enjoy soft drinks and a separate guardhouse is being transformed into a beauty shop for female personnel.
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Fort Devens
Mass
Waacs
Tunisia
Stolen 1941 Maroon Coupe Sought By Police
Police nationwide searched for a 1941 five passenger maroon coupe with Kansas license 11 5279 reported stolen at 10 45 from a Sunflower Ordnance Works parking area. Two men suspected. vehicle particulars specified. Belgian government in exile notes Belgian expeditionary corps arrived in the Middle East in April.
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Highway Patrol
Kansas
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Middle East
London
Information Bureau
Orthopedic Clinic Tomorrow at Lawrence Memorial
An orthopedic clinic will be held at Lawrence Memorial hospital from noon to 2 p m tomorrow. Dr. C B Francisco will conduct the session and assess patients in need of joint and bone care.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
C. B. Francisco
Stock Market Index Report Shows Mixed Early Gains
The market opens with the Dow and Nasdaq showing modest moves as early trading hints at mixed momentum. Investors weigh small gains in technology against weaker notes in energy and industrial sectors.
North Africa battle reports show Allied gains and Axis counterattacks
Allied ground advances in north Tunisia press on as U S forces push toward Mateur and Bizerte. German counterattacks with tanks strike British positions near Djebel Bou Aoukaz and Medjez el Bab, causing heavy losses on both sides amid persistent Axis resistance.
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North Africa
United States
Tunisia
Djebel Bou Aoukaz
Medjez-el-Bab
Tunis
Daniel da Luce
Associated Press
First Army
Harold Alexander
U. S. Army
Mateur
Bizerte
First
Djebel Bou Auckaz
Police Chief Addresses Kiwanis on Wartime Policing
Police Chief Clarence Bliesner spoke at Wiedemania's to Kiwanis members about wartime policing challenges in fast changing communities. He noted a mix of courteous and tough duties, praised veteran officers, and cited rising juvenile delinquency with a call for parental education on late night youth activities.
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Kiwanis Club
Clarence Bliesner
Wiedemania’s
Bliesner
Lawrence
Street Car Tie Up in Cleveland Ends Promised Return
Cleveland April 29. AFL Street Car and Motor Coach Operators Union president Thomas P. Meaney forecast a quick end to the mass transportation strike after it tied up street cars and buses. He called a meeting for 2 p.m. and urged an immediate return to work with wage negotiations to resume tomorrow. City transit officials expected service to restart by about 4:30 p.m. for the evening rush after talks with Mayor Frank J. Fatto and the War Production Committee.
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Cleveland
Thomas P. Meaney
A.F.L
Meaney
City Transit System
Union
C.T.S
Frank J. Fatness
Haskell Summer Session Opens May 3 and Runs to August 21
The Haskell Institute summer session starts Monday May 3 and continues until August 21, offering a full semester. Enrollment forecasts show about 50 in commercial courses and 75 in high school and vocational departments with a limited schedule in the latter. Machine shop, welding, auto mechanics, and radio electricity are included. An Indian service summer school runs June 8 through June 30 for teachers in Indian schools, sponsored by the United States Indian Office, with staff assisting teachers.
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Haskell
Dahler
Haskell Institute
Indian Service
Service
United States Indian Office
Indian Office
Roosevelt transfers Civil Air Patrol to the war department
President Roosevelt issues an executive order moving the Civil Air Patrol from the OCD to the War Department effective immediately. About 60 400 civilian owned planes under James M. Landis remain active, with two planes on duty locally. Local leaders include Harold Emick John Emick and Glen Harris.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Civil Air Patrol
Office of Civilian Defense
War Department
James M. Landis
OCD
Army
Altho
Lawrence
Harold Emick
John Emick
Glen Harris
Frank C. Jackman
Lawrence Group
W. C. Hunsinger
C. E. Pipes
Emma Sempleberg
John Lynn
Tokyo Foresees New U S Bombing Raid
Tokyo warns of fresh American air attacks after intercepts of a domestic broadcast claim Washington is preparing to strike again. The message predicts a raid like the April 18 incident and alerts wartime wardens nationwide.
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Tokyo
United States
Japan
U. S
Enemy Trawler Sunk Off Dutch Coast
British forces sank an armed enemy trawler off the Dutch coast before dawn during a brisk naval engagement. No British casualties were reported, according to the official announcement issued today.
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London
Wonder Bar beer license revoked by city council
The Wonder Bar at 846 Massachusetts had its beer license revoked after owner Orville K. Getty failed to appear. The council published notices, discussed gambling concerns, and indicated 20 days to appeal. A sale ad appeared after a special meeting, and other license actions were approved.
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Massachusetts
Orville K. Getty
Bliesner
Journal- World
Paddy” Hyatt
Clarence Gorrill
C. A. Bliesner
Getty
C. R. Johnson
Gorrill
W. S. Russell
Olathe
Russell
Johnson
Showers and Cooler Move Across Kansas Weather Update
Federal Meteorologist S D Flora reports unsettled conditions across Kansas may trigger thundershowers. Warm highs today with cooler air tonight. no frost expected. Dodge City reached 76, Goodland dipped to 52, lows 55 to 60 in many areas.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Flora
Dodge City
Goodland
Boys and prisoners in German mines
The Office of War Information report states Germany uses large numbers of school boys war prisoners and workers from conquered countries in coal mines. It notes boys as young as graduates were sent underground in 1941 with fines imposed on reluctant fathers, and describes slave conditions and fuel denial for Germany’s industries. It lists coal basins under Nazi control including Polish Silesia France Czecho Slovakia Belgium Yugoslavia Romania and the Russian Donets region.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Germany
Polish Silesia
France
Czecho-Slovakia
Belgium
Jugo-Slavia
Rumania
Donets
Douglas County War Loan Drive Surpasses Quota by Large Margin
Douglas County and Lawrence resist fatigue as Second War Loan sales reach 850 894 70 by close of last night. Irving Hill urges continued purchases through Friday to boost local support for the war effort. Women’s drives at Penney’s Woolworth’s and area stores report strong daily gains with individual booths and citywide bond sales including a 10 000 bond to Lawrence. Pinckney School reports 1 713 in sales on Defense Day and total local bonds and stamps reach 135 in 1943.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Irving Hill
Eudora
Baldwin
City Club
Penney’s
Charles Springer
Penney
Woolworth’s
Evans
Friends In Council
Weaver’s
Kress
Quivira Club
Montgomery Ward
Ethel Miller Harmon
Lawrence National
City of Lawrence
E. A. Alexander
Julius Marks
Mr. Alexander
Mrs. Marks
Mrs. Lytle
Pinckrey School
Pinckney Quefinse
Bombers Hit Wilhelmshaven and Baltic Mining Raids
Allied air forces attacked the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven and conducted mining in the Baltic Sea. Twenty three bombers were reported missing from the raids, resuming large scale daytime operations after a one night lull.
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London
UCP
R.aif
Wilhelmshaven
Baltic
Music Week At University Of Kansas Opens With Guest Conductors
University of Kansas hosts a Music Week featuring guest conductors Domenico Savino Peter De Rose Jack Robbins Ferde Grofe and more. Activities include public school groups at Hoch auditorium a recital by Albert Spalding and a Gala Festival concert with KU choirs orchestra and band plus dances by Haskell Institute students.
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University of Kansas
Domenico Savino
New York City
Peter de Rose
Jack Robbins
Robbins Music Corporation
Ferde Grose
Hollywood
Calif
D. M. Swarthout
Lawrence Public
Hoch Auditorium
Lawrence Memorial High School
Ferde Grofe
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial
Lawrence Memorial Band
Albert Spalding
Deane V& Malott
Kansas
Union Building
W. Otto Miessner
Kappa Chapter
Pi Kappa Lambda
Organization
Dean D. M. Swarthout
University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra
Karl Kuersteiner
University of Kansas Band
Russell Mc Wiley
Joseph Wilkins
Sunflower worker shot in Lexington after restaurant argument
Mason Wilson, 49, electrician at Sunflower Ordnance Works, was shot and critically wounded in Lexington after an argument at a restaurant. John Shilas, 60, operator, is jailed. Wilson is father of nine. one son, Pvt. Thomas E. Wilson, was captured in the Philippines and another, Sgt Mason Wilson Jr., serves in North Africa.
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Lexington
Pi— Mason Wilson
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Homer J. Kessler
John Shilas
Pvt
Thomas E. Wilson
Philippine Islands
Sergeant Mason Wilson, Jr
North Africa
Weather Forecast for Kansas South and East
Scattered showers and thunderstorms expected tonight in the south and east with stronger winds 25 to 30 mph, diminishing tonight and cooler Friday morning. Temperature readings show highs near 68 and a low around 41 with records from Gas Office. Yesterday’s high 68 low 41.
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Kansas
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Margaret Whitfield
Delta Phi Delta
Russell L. Wiley
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