Allies Hold Nazis in Tunisia Facing Heavy Losses
Allied forces repulse a major German drive in central Tunisia near Thala and Tebessa as Eisenhower reports the front “has died down.” American and British guns and air power halted tanks and mobile units, with Rommel shifting focus to Kasserine pass and the Kremansa plateau amid fierce fighting and significant losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Thala
Kasserine Pass
Tebessa
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisia
Kasserine Gap
U. S
Kasserine
Kremansa
Reuters
Algeria
Kremamsa
K.A. N. Anderson
Rommel
Bbiba
Sbiba
Crafton to Host Broadcast on Sons of Their Fathers
Prof Allen Crafton presents General Ennis White head and the fightingest sponsor of K U on the Sons of Their Fathers program tonight at 9 30 over station KFKU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crafton
K. U
Ennis Whitehead
Allen Crafton
KFKU
Finland Eyes Separate Peace With Russia Amid War Fatigue
Stockholm reports Finland seeks peace with Soviet Russia on terms guarding independence and freedom since World War I. Finland may contact Russians via intermediary, preferably America, while not pledging to sue for peace with Moscow. Welles urges Finland to withdraw from war against Russia to avoid aiding Axis enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Finland
Russia
America
Moscow
Germany
Hungary
Romania
Risto Ryti
KU Enlisted Reserve Begins Induction For March 6
First group of 50 University of Kansas men in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps is ordered to report March 6 at Ft. Leavenworth for active duty. About 150 more expected. total 168 from KU already withdrawn or deferred. Included in the first class are most of KU basketball players. Additional names listed include Samuel Alexander Jr and many others from multiple Kansas cities. A second group with surnames F through W is ordered to report March 7 8 and 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Kansas
Army Enlisted Reserve Corps
Ft. Leavenworth
U. S. Army
Laurence C. Woodruff
Woodruff
Seventh Service Command
Omaha
Army Reserve
R.O.T.C
Hoyt Baker
Don Blair
Bill Brill
George Dick
Armand Dixon
Ray Evans
Kansas Aggies
Samuel SK. Alexander, Jr
Topeka
Richard PP. Adams
Lyons
Harlan C. Altman
Kansas City
Burton R. Bowlus
Coffeyville
James H. Bradley
Merriam
Wallace UK
Bradshaw
Peabody
William W. Bri
Arthur U. Brock
George T. Brooks
Howard Brown
Robert D. Buehler
Seneca
Allan L. Burns
Leavenworth
John
B. Burns
Wichita
Stephen J. Butcher
Mautchinson
Robert Ll. Cogan
Fort Scott
Louis M. Culp
Troy
George FE. Darville, Jr
Sabetha
George M. Dick
McLouth
Gerald T. Dick
Perry
Rex E. Diehl
Oberlin
Armand Tu
Dixon
Hermosa Beach
Calif
Ralph W. Pockstader, Jr
Baoit
Charles H. Dunn
Donald L.irh
Fairview
Paul N. Ericson
Ray R. Evans
University
Navy Secretary Knox Says Iowa Seven Months Ahead
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported from Washington that the 45000 ton battleship Iowa was seven months ahead of schedule and the overall shipbuilding program was well in front. He praised the aircraft carrier program as going good but desired faster progress.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Iowa
First American War Materials Arrive for French Morocco
A delayed report from Casablanca notes the first delivery of U S war materials to French Moroccan forces is made in a flagdecked square before troops from the United States and France. The event occurs on George Washington's birthday.
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Casablanca
United States
George Washington
Rationing Expands to Five Fresh Vegetables Nationwide
Washington reports 95 percent of food under price controls as emergency measures curb scarce buys of tomatoes, green beans, waxed beans, carrots, cabbage and peas. OPA sets wholesale and consumer price ceilings and points for dried beans, peas, lentils, soups. March allowance stays at 48 points per person.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Registration Draws 600 for Book Two in Eudora
About 600 residents signed up yesterday for rationing book No 2 in Eudora township. The process was led by D E Kerr, the high school principal. Registration hours for the rest of the week are 3 to 5 p m and 7 to 9 30 p m tomorrow and Thursday, and 1 to 5 p m Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora Township
D. E. Kerr
Gandhi's health wanes amid fast in Poona protest
Gandhi's 14th day of a 21 day fast in protest of detention by British authorities continued with a quiet day in New Delhi. Dispatches from Poona say he is growing progressively weaker and slept several hours.
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Gandhi
New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Poona
Red Army advances in Caucasus and Kursk regions victory report
Soviet war bulletin says Russian forces push from Krasnodar toward Novorossisk 25 miles from the Black Sea, advance west of Rostov and Kursk areas, capture several towns, and inflict heavy losses on German units. Escapes to Crimea remain via Kerch Strait as encirclement threats rise.
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Red Army
Rostov
Voroshilovgrad
Krasnoarmeisk
Donets Basin
Kursk
Dnieper River
Krasnograd
Pavlograd
Kharkov
Dnieper
Trostynets
Sumy
Konotop
Moscow
Kiev
Crimea
Novorossisk
Caucasus
Taman
Kerch Strait
Crimean
Orel
Wholesale Egg Prices Fixed by OPA to Stabilize Markets
The Office of Price Administration set wholesale egg prices effective March 6 aiming for greater price uniformity. For March to May, B grade eggs in Topeka and Wichita will anchor the scale with AA, A, B, and C price differentials. local retailers expect limited immediate impact on consumer egg costs in Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Topeka
Kan
Wichita
Ceres
Lawrence
Ship Reaches Port after Torpedo Attack in Southwest Pacific
A medium-sized American merchant vessel torpedoed in mid January reached port with a large stern hole. The attack occurred off the east coast of Australia. Three men on watch in engineering quarters were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southwest Pacific
Navy
Australia
Work or Fight Plan Approved by House Naval Committee
The House Naval Committee endorsed the work-or-fight principle and criticized war plant workers for absenteeism. It urged transferring absentee workers into armed forces if conditions cannot be corrected and directed navy yards to report each draft-age worker’s unexcused absences to local draft boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Naval Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Wheat Quotas Lifted as War Needs Adjusted
Secretary Wickard suspended AAA marketing quotas on wheat for 1942 and 1943 crops to ensure food and livestock supplies. The change lets overplanting farmers still receive benefit payments and wheat loans if at least 90 percent of AAA goals are met. Wheat storage may be released for sale or use without penalties, though no sharp production rise is expected this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wickard
AAA
United States
Garden stakes sow aid to Victory Gardens program
The salvage department at the soar plant will sort scrap lumber for tomato plant and bean stakes to be given to local gardeners. Warden committee chair Deal Six, with supervisor Harry Gregg, oversees sorting and storage at Seventh and Connecticut streets. Volunteers are sought to haul lumber to the county yard and a pledge system will limit stakes to gardening use.
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Victory Gardens
Soar
Victory Garden Committee
George West
U. S. Engineers
Deal Six
Harry Gregg
Six
Seventh
Connecticut
Bona Fide
Sunflower Ordnance
British Resident Minister Injured in North Africa
Harold MacMillan British resident minister in North Africa was slightly injured in an aircraft accident in North Africa it was announced. The Journal World reaches about 35 000 readers daily and many read the Too Late to Classify column.
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North Africa
Harold MacMillan
Aorth Africa
Toay
Journal-World
Citizens Sign Up For Book No Two War Ration Distribution
About 8 500 No 2 war ration books issued at the Community building as W C Boardman reports daily reception aims to finish by Friday. Registration ran 9 a m to 4 p m with 12 tables plus six checking stations and a new validation table. Most delays come from missing declarations or No 1 books. outside Lawrence registration runs tomorrow with sites in Palmyra Baldwin Vinland Eudora Lecompton and Midland.
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W. C. Boardman
Boardman
Lawrence and
West Hills
Lawrence
Palmyra Township
Baldwin and
Vinland
Eudora Township
Eudora High School
Leecompton Township
Lecompton High School
Grant Township
Midland Hall
No Severe Weather Ahead For Topeka Forecast
Colder air displaced springlike warmth across Kansas with light snow possible in the western part. Meteorologist S. D. Flora said no extreme cold is expected but temperatures will drop to overnight lows. Eastern Kansas may stay above freezing. some areas report light freezes elsewhere. Goodland bottomed at 27 while highs today near 78 yesterday. Snow cover spreads into Nebraska Wyoming and the Dakotas.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Ellis
Goodland
Flora
Nebraska
Wyoming
Dakotas
Keep the Same Hours for Lawrence Stores
Lawrence merchants voted to keep store hours 9 to 6 on weekdays and 9 to 9 Saturdays. A committee led by Al Green with C C Carl and J G Jeffries will work with City Engineer J C Harper and the streets committee on cleaning Massachusetts Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Street
al Green
C. C. Carl
J. G. Jeffries
Program to Buy Cuban Sugar Negotiated with United States
A formal plan to buy 2,700,000 tons of Cuban raw sugar at 2.65 cents a pound has been negotiated with the United States. The Havana notice says details were not disclosed and the announcement came last night.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Will Hitler Follow Napoleon Address Urges View
Dr Walter I Wison will speak on March 2 at 7 30 PM in the Community building auditorium about comparing Hitler and Napoleon and their political legacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Walter I. Wison
Ady
Australia flies civilian pilots to reinforce Buna front
Australian civil aviation chief A B Corbitt says civilian pilots formed an air cargo force to move troops guns and munitions to Port Moresby and Buna Gona to aid Gen Douglas MacArthur. Brig Gen Ennis Whitehead praised the Australians for landing within a mile of the battlefront.
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Melbourne
Australia
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Buna-Gona
Paria
Marne
A. B. Corbitt
Corbitt
Port Moresby
Ennis G. Whitehead
U. S. Army Air Forces
Governor Schoeppel Looks Ahead At Postwar Kansas
Gov Schoeppel addressed a Rotary audience in the Crystal Room Eldridge hotel outlining postwar planning. He urged leaders to strengthen home life and leadership, balance agriculture and industry, and prepare to reintegrate returning servicemen into society and the economy.
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Lawrence
Andrew Schoeppel
Rotary
Crystal Room
Eldridge Hotel
Topeka
Kansas
Money Coming In for Red Cross War Fund Drive
The first preliminary report from Corlett Cotton shows nine contributions totaling 722 dollars. Listed groups include Rotary, Co-Operative, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Women’s Relief Corps, and Alford Clarke Auxiliary. The campaign targets a Douglas County quota of 17 150 dollars as county-wide house to house solicitation begins next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross War Fund
Corlett Cotton
Kika Lodee Na
Faa
Rotary OU
American Legion
Kappa Kappa Gamma Almawave Association
Veterans of Foreign War
Women's Relief Corps
Alford-Clarke Auxilary
Cotton’s Committee
Monay
Douglas County
GU Stocks 45.4 On Saturday Market Update
The report notes GU shares trading around 45.4 with Saturday activity cited. It references Stationery Keeler's Adv and mail related details in brief market summary.
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Keeler
Youth Dies After Truck Crash In Lawrence City
Richard Olmstead 21 dies after collision between his coupe and a Lawrence Transfer truck at Massachusetts and Twenty first streets. James O Leary 42 charged with driving drunk. Mrs Olmstead and a nurse attend to injuries. Authorities cite probable intoxication and criminal negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O'Leary
Justice Court of
O. J. Lane
Milton Beach
R. Skinner
O'Leary
Richard Olmstead
Sheriff's Office
State Highway Patrol
Nolice
Beach
Connecticut Street
Lawrence Transfer and Storage Company
Massachusetts
Twenty-first Streets
Jeanne Olmstead
New Hampshire Street
Imstead
Memorial Hospital
Massachusetts Street
Friends
Ecole
Kansas City
Twenty-First Street
Olmstead
Ethel P. Lynn
County Health Unit
H. B. Chubb
Vermont Street
Lawrence
Naval Training Program
K. U
Ong Company
Arents
Phyllis
Paul Olmstead
Lebanon
Eudora Receives FWA Aid For Garbage Disposal
Mayor George Lothholz of Eudora announced a telegram from Senator Arthur Capper confirming approval of a 1200 dollar grant by the Federal Works Agency for garbage disposal. The notice did not mention the 1800 dollar request for extra peace officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora
Federal Works Agency
George Lothholz
Fudora
Arthur Capper
Hudora
Washington, D. C
Weather Forecast for Kanaas Region Deteriorating Conditions
Tonight colder in the south central and extreme east with light snow in the west. Much colder in the southwest and extreme southeast with little temperature change in the west and north central. Southeast Wednesday fore noon colder with winds up to 30 mph. northern portion by noon Wednesday.
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Bulletin
Sumner Welles
Welles
United Nations
K. U. Army
Secretary Knox
Black Sea
Kerch
London
Sian
Krasnodar
Kholmskaya
Akhtyrskaya
The
Agricultural Conservation Association
Give Garden Stakes
Sunflower Plant
Merchants Bureau of C. of C
Governor Schoeppel
Lawrence Rotary Club
Nevik
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