Miners Await Word From John Lewis on War Labor Board
Miners push toward a nationwide shutdown as John L. Lewis United Mine Workers reject Roosevelt's order for uninterrupted production. The strike threat, with 40 000 plus miners in Pennsylvania and potential 20 000 soft coal workers in Ohio, hinges on Lewis and War Labor Board actions. The anthracite contract also expires tonight and a wider stoppage looms.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
America
WLB
New York
Lewis
Ennsylvania
West Virginia
Mountaineer
White House
Ohio
UMW
F. A. Norman
Fayette
United Mine
Army
Navy
Thomas Kennedy
Japanese Hint They Are Ready To Launch Assault on Australia
A Japanese army spokesman signaled a looming invasion of Australia with bases established across Timor, New Guinea, and the Solomons. U S forces reported destroying a nine man Japanese patrol near Guadalcanal while Allied air units attacked Japanese positions across the Solomons and Timor in a wider engagement.
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Australia
Associated Press
Japan
Parifiec
United States recalls consul general from Martinique
Secretary Hull announced the United States has recalled its consul general from Martinique and abrogated all agreements with Admiral Georges Robert the French high commissioner. The note brands Robert a tool of the Hitler regime and cuts any prior informal understandings with respect to the French Antilles. Food shipments to Martinique were halted last November.
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Washington
United States
Martinique
Georges Robert
Caribbean
Hull
Robert
United Nations
French Guiana
Guadaloupe
Associated Press
France
Republic
Bearn
Emile Bertin
Jeanne d’Arc
Napoleon
Josephine
Antilles
French Antilles
Councilman Stough Commissioned as Ensign in Naval Reserve
Charles D. Stough, third ward councilman and attorney, has been commissioned as an ensign in the U S naval reserve and expects active duty within days. A KU law graduate of 1938, he previously practiced in Chicago, worked for the state highway commission, then joined Hercules Powder on Sunflower Works. He would be the second council member in service, following Joe Schelbar who resigned to join the army.
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Charles D. Stough
Third Ward
U. S. Naval Reserve
Stough
K. U. School of Law
Chicago
State Highway Commission
Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Joe Schelbar
Germans Fight Last-Ditch Stand Near Tunisgrad Front
Nazi troops trapped in the Tunisgrad bridgehead counter attacked heavily near Beja and Mateur as U S and French forces pushed forward. American infantry seized another hill while clashes raged at Djebel Talient and surrounding grounds, with German reinforcements including Hermann Goering Grenadier regiment entering the sector.
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Mateur
Tunisia
Tunis
Tunisgrad
Beja
Djebel Talient
Mateur Road
Djebel
Dichel Tahent
Altho
Hermann Goering Grenadier Regiment
Planes Grounded by High Wind at Lawrence Airport
A strong south wind yesterday grounded planes at Lawrence Municipal Airport except for an hour in the morning. Trees and limbs were blown down, with a large tree fallen on North Third Street and limbs reported on Missouri and Louisiana streets. The Kansas Electric Power plant at Cameron's Bluff noted winds reaching 40 to 45 mph between 2 and 4 pm.
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Lawrence Municipal
North Third Street
Missouri Street
Louisiana Street
Kansas Electric Power Plant
Cameron's Bluff
P E O Officers Elected at Ottawa Kansas Meeting
Mrs Lester S Beeler of Beloit was chosen president of the Kansas P E O sisterhood at the two day Ottawa convention closing session. Succeeding Mrs Hugh P Hartley of Wichita. Other officers named include Mrs S T Simpson McPherson first vice president and Mrs W W Rutter Topeka second vice president. Two hundred members attended the convention.
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Ottawa
Kan
CPI
Lester S.beeler
Beloit
Kansas P.E.O. Sisterhood
Hugh P. Hartley
Wichita
S. T. Simpson
McPherson
W. W. Rutter
Topeka
A. L. Clapp
Manhattan
H. O. Davis
S. W. Dodt
Kansas City
R. B. Warner
Plant Electrician Dies After Lexington Restaurant Clash
Mason D. Wilson, 48, an electrician at Sunflower Ordinance Works, died in a Kansas City hospital from wounds sustained in Lexington, Missouri after an argument with a restaurant operator. A first degree murder warrant was issued for John Shilas, owner of the restaurant.
Edge Forward On Flanks In Tunisia
Allied and Axis forces clash across Tunisia on April 30. French troops advance east of Cap Serrat and near Bizerte while U S and British divisions press from Medjez el Bab toward Tunis and the Mateur area. Naval and air actions sink ships and shoot down aircraft as fighting intensifies.
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Lorge Jn
Algiers
Bizerte
Cap Serrat
Djebel Tourrau
Pont du Fahs
North Africa
K. A. N. Anderson
Medjez-el-Bab
Tunis
U. S. Army
Tunisian
Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
First
Madjez-el-Bab
Medjerda
First Army Zone
First Army
Djébel Bou Aoukaz
Djebel Bou Aoukaz
Long Stop Hill
Sidi ‘Abdulla
U. S.second Army Corps
Gulf of Tunis
Sicilian
Rome
Associated Press
Tunisia
Japanese Take Over Cable Lines Across Asia
A Tokyo radio report says Japan will control the Danish Great Northern Telegraphs lines from Vladivostok to Nagasaki with a relay at Nagasaki. The Danish firm, once a key link between Europe and the Orient, ceded rights in 1940 after German occupation, placing all communications within Japanese territories under Japanese control.
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Tokyo
Berlin
Japan
Great Northern Telegraph Company
Vladivostok
Kanghai
Nagasaki
Great Northern
Europe
Orient
Denmark
Associated Press
Germany
Vladivostok-Nagasaki- Shanghai
Floor collapse at Sunflower plant cited in fraud deposition
In Kansas City on April 30 a deposition in an informer action against Sunflower Ordnance Works cited a building whose floor collapsed before machinery was installed. Vincent Maxsted named the building and testified to substandard concrete and blown cracks in walls and water lines.
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Kansas City
Kan
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Vincent Maxsted
Shawnee
Maxsted
U. S
Patrick V. Croker
William V. Ryan
Croker
Alvin C. Hammitt
Leonard H. Holliday
Clark S. Tipton
Lawrence vocal music director takes Army Navy post
Joe M. Williams, veteran Liberty Memorial high school vocal director, will become program director for the Army and Navy division of the U S CO. Mo. He reports June 7 for three weeks at Columbia University New York City, then training and a permanent posting. He will notify his family when assigned. Williams previously led Norton schools for six years and holds a master’s in music education from the University of Kansas earned in 1940.
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Joe M. Williams
Liberty Memorial High School
Army and Navy Division
U.s.co
Columbia University
New York City
Williams
Lawrence
Norton
Missouri Wesleyan College
Cameron
University of Kansas
Naval Training Center
Jefferson
Douglas Counties
Mrs Nadelhoffer sustains broken arm after fall at daughter’s home
Mrs Mary Nadelhoffer 94 fell and broke her arm at her daughter Mrs Will Johns 1036 Connecticut yesterday. She was found by a neighbor and taken to stay at the Johns home where she is reported improving. She is the widow of contractor William Nadelhoffer who built many campus structures.
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Mary Nadelhoffer
Will Johns
Connecticut
Johns
William Nadelhoffer
University
Haskell
Plant Worker Injured After Entangled Glove Mulled by Wire
A plant worker suffered severe back and neck sprains when his glove tangled in wire as a power drum wound it. Major Peterson, 57, was hurled over the drum and against a truck, then taken to Providence Hospital in Kansas City. He resides at the YMCA in Kansas City.
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Peterson
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Providence Hospital
Kansas City
Y.M.C.A
Stock Market Index Shows Uptick in 60-Stock Average
The index of 60 stocks rises to 49.4 from 49.2 the prior day. A reader notes the Journal World classified page provides thriftiness tips and notices.
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Journal-World
Second War Loan Drive Near Close
The Second War Loan campaign in Douglas County and Lawrence nears completion with a morning total of 872000 plus, surpassing the local quota of 788200. Daily sales and personal reports show strong community participation as Irving Hill urges final buys before day end.
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Douglas County
Lawrence
Irving Hill
Wipe Out Japanese Patrol On Guadalcanal
American troops wiped out a nine man Japanese patrol on Guadalcanal near Beaufort bay. The navy gave no reason for the patrol's presence on the Solomon island and noted ongoing forays against Japanese bases in the Solomons.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
Solomon Island
Beaufort Bay
Solomons
Soviet summer land campaign may decide war
Izvestia notes an intensive summer land campaign to begin next month that could determine the war's outcome. German claims of Kuban offensives are unconfirmed, while Red air forces and artillery strike back near Krasnodar and on other front sectors. 116 German planes were destroyed in two days west of Krasnodar.
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Moscow
Russia
Izvestia
Kuban
Caucasus
Black Sea
Taman
Kerch Strait
Crimea
Krasnodar
Athletic office moved to Frank Strong Hall in fall plan
The athletic office in Robinson Gymnasium will relocate to the University business office in Frank Strong Hall on Monday due to curtailment of the athletic program next year. Earl Falkenstein says the move may be temporary as reforms unfold with local schedules and Big Six meet changes in May.
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Robinson Gymnasium
University Business
Frank Strong Hall
Earl Falkenstein
The
Athletic Association
Falkenstein
Imogene Webster
Frank Strowhall
Lincoln
Neb
Robinson
Military Science Department
Military Science
Fowler Shops
Bevin urges arbitration over strikes in Scotland
Aberdeen delegates hear Labour Minister Ernest Bevin appeal to workers to settle disputes by arbitration and avoid stoppages. He says strikes cannot be afforded at the moment when the country needs every ounce of energy.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Ernest Bevin
Scottish Trades Union Congress
Ginsburg Inducted Into the Army
David Ginsburg, former OPA general counsel whose draft deferment drew congressional criticism but received presidential commendation, was inducted into the Army yesterday.
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Ginsburg
Army
Washington
David Ginsburg
OPA
Dutch Armed Forces urged to resist internment in Netherlands
The Netherlands government in London appealed to former Dutch soldiers to resist internment imposed by German occupation authorities, calling on veterans to refuse capture and stay free.
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London
Netherlands
Hyatt seeks beer license for Muehlebach Grill
Paul Paddy Hyatt, 935 Connecticut, filed yesterday for a beer license for 846 Massachusetts the Wonder Bar site. He turned in Orville Getty’s license and plans to open soon naming the venture the Muehlebach Grill as a large investment activity. The committee will review the application just before the May 10 city council session.
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Paul
Paddy
NO FROST EXPECTED IN KANSAS AS COOLER AIR ARRIVES
Topeka reports a shift from midsummer heat with 92 degrees yesterday to cooler air that should bring lower temperatures tonight. No frost is expected as forecasters warn of unsettled conditions and no rainfall in today’s forecast. Goodland dipped to a low of 39 degrees after the cool air moved in.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Gift from '43 class funds mountain picnic ground near Potter Lake
The University of Kansas class of 1948 voted to donate a Potter Lake picnic area near Mount Oread. The proposal by Paul Gilles envisioned ovens and an outdoor dance floor with benches lights water and a jukebox under university supervision. Ray Pearson spoke for the Kansas Alumni association. Commencement events were condensed to two days, per H. G. Ingham.
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Potter Lake
Mount Oread
University of Kansas
Fraser Theater
Willis Tompkins
Paul Gilles
Ray Pearson
Kansas City
Kansas Alumn Association
H. G. Ingham
Ingham
Attempt on Laval's Life Reported in Broadcast
A Brazzaville radio broadcast from French Equatorial Africa said Laval was wounded in the shoulder in an assassination attempt as he returned from talks with Adolf Hitler. The item notes the claim and urges readers to report missed copies of the Journal-World.
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Laval
New York
Brazzaville
French Equatorial Africa
France
Pierre Laval
Adolf Hitler
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U. S. Plan
Bulletin
War Production Board
Tokyo Radio
Nakao Yahagi
Imperial Headquarters
Timor Island
New Guinea
U.S. Navy
Henderson Airfield
Solomon Archipelago
Kahili
Shortlands
Kolombangari
Munda
Amboina
Douglas MacArthur
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Tanimbar Islands
Burma
Bay of Bengal
R.A.F
Akyab
NAZI
Lester Beeler
H. W. Firner
George Richardson
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau
Women’s Committee
Women’s Club
Denney's
U. S. Highway 69
Erie
Earl Cooke
Tulsa
Okla
Lawrence Man
Wonder Bar
K. U
Lake
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