Chinese villages massacred by Japanese troops shock U S officials
Secretary Morgenthau read Chiang Kai-shek's cable describing Japanese forces fatally harming every man woman and child in coastal China where U S fliers landed. He compared the killings to Lidice and warned Americans that Japan knows no law or decency.
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San Francisco
China
Tokyo
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Treasury
Morgenthau
Chiang Kaishek
Lidice
Reinhardt Heydrich
Victory tax take projected at nine million in Kansas
Lynn Brodrick, Kansas internal revenue collector, estimates nine million dollars will be collected in victory taxes in the state during the first quarter. Returns filed total three and a half million from seventeen thousand five hundred filings, and about forty five thousand more returns are expected. The filing deadline is Friday.
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Wichita
Lynn Brodrick
Internal Revenue
Kansas
Brodrick
Pamphlets claim Rommel left Africa tell Germans to surrender
Allied headquarters in North Africa reports that German troops in Tunisia are receiving pamphlets from captured Nazi documents stating Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and his staff left Africa weeks ago. The leaflets urge surrender as a chance to save lives, portraying a doomed situation.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Africa
Kansas panel backs $25,000 gas study and sorghum program
In Topeka on April 29 1979 the Kansas Industrial Commission Technical Advisory Committee recommended a special $25 000 study of natural gas and a three point research program on grain sorghum problems. The commission will act on the recommendations Monday. The gas study would canvass German methods of making petroleum from natural gas to aid Kansas industry development.
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Topeka
Kansas Industrial Commissions
Kansas
War Bond Quota Narrowed in Federal Reserve District
The tenth federal reserve district covering Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Oklahoma and parts of Missouri and New Mexico was within 1 million dollars of its 25 million dollar April war bond sales quota as of today.
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Kansas City
Federal Reserve District
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Missouri
New Mexico
New Car Quotas For May Set for Dallas Area
Kansas sets May quotas for new automobiles to be sold in Dallas area markets with tentative allocations announced April 29. Officials state the quotas reflect regional demand and manufacturer allocations.
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Dallas
Kansas
May Quotas Rise as Demand Season Approaches
Oklahoma and May quotas rise to 1058 and 936 respectively. OPA officials say the increase over the prior month addresses seasonal demand growth.
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Oklahoma
OPA
Two Millions Over Quota In Kansas War Bond Drive
With two days left, the Kansas April war bond drive is more than $2,000,000 above its $50,000,000 quota. Local officials report strong public response as campaigns continue toward the deadline.
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Topeka
Kansas
Ladies' Aid Society Meets in Washington Creek
Washington Creek community notes a quilting gathering on Wednesday afternoon led by Mrs. Fishburn with Mrs. Postma and guests. Rev Ralph Hodgden from Topeka named as the coming year’s pastor and Lone Star school teacher. Hodedens plan August move to the area.
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Ladies' Aid Society
Asa Postma
Aubrey Fishburn
Fishburn
Ralph Hodgden
Topeka
Lone Star School
Hodedens
D. H. Hoover
Urhana
Family Visits and Spring Plans Highlight Local Notices
The column lists numerous visits between families in Lawrence, Topeka and nearby towns including Miller Craik Postma and Mohler households. It notes travel to California and Denver, social gatherings, and a closing event at Number Four school with a basket dinner. Easter egg roast plans by the Leaders Sunday school class are announced for after Sunday services.
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C. P. Miller
Warren Craik
Chester Desque
Pleasant Grove
Desque
William Kingery
Ben Morler
California
William Wolfe
Salina
Clayton Frank
Frank
Karen Ann
Vera Postma
Asa Postma
Postma
Lawrence
J. C. Miller
Frances Waetzig
Overbrook
D. H. Hoover
Urbana
Emerald Oil Promise for Relief of Foot Pain
An advertisement promotes Moones Emerald Oil as a cure for tired aching feet and legs with swollen ankles. It claims quick relief after a hot foot bath and a fifteen minute application, urging readers to buy at local druggists.
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Moone
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Vinland
Carl Boerkircher
Harry Richardson, Jr
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Long Island City
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Ward
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Alow Wale
Penn
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