Allies seize offensive in Tunisia drive toward Gafsa
Allied forces report a rapid counteroffensive in central Tunisia recapturing Kasserine Pass and high ground on both sides. Rommel’s forces fall back toward Gafsa as Montgomery’s Eighth Army nears Mareth line in a pincers move.
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Tunisia
Kasserine Pass
Erwin Rommel
Sbiba
Faid Pass
Gafsa
Harold Alexander
Rommel
Thala
Fintesy
Mareth Line
Bizert
High Plains
Jme
Gabes
Bernard L. Montgomery
Africa Corps
Yanks at Kasserine Pass Find Italian Souvenirs
American troops at Kasserine Pass in Tunisia report easy sales of Italian gear with rifles pistols and souvenirs. The battlefield shows widespread destruction as Axis forces retreat noting scarce German material and extensive Allied artillery bombardments.
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Kasserine Pass
Hatab River Valley
Dr. Raymond A. Kent Dies on Train in Louisville
Dr. Raymond A. Kent 59 president of the University of Louisville was found dead in a Pullman seat on a Chesapeake and Ohio train on arrival in Louisville. His career spanned administrator roles at multiple universities including Minnesota Kansas Northwestern and Louisville.
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Louisville
Raymond Asa Kent
University of Louisville
Chesapeake & Ohio
Aday
M. Rodger Dougherty
Shelbyville, Ky
Kent
Washington
Fountain, Minn
Mable
Lanesborough
Duluth
Minn
University
University of Minnesota
Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
College of Liberal Arts
Northwestern University
Tire inspections roll through Lawrence garages today
Lawrence garages faced a last minute tire inspection surge as B and C card holders rush to meet deadlines. A card holders must complete by April 1 while garage workers urge earlier checks to ease crowds and prevent delays for defense workers and others with A and C cards.
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Lawrence
Srarageman
Scottish Rite Officers Elected at Lodge Meeting
Officers elected include H. D. Johnson master Warren Zimmerman senior warden Guy H. Phillips junior warden T C Ryther orator Dr E M Owen almoner C E Birch secretary Verne M Smith treasurer to succeed the late David Passon Retiring master Edgar Denny Board of trustees named Everett Stith J H Robinson M N Penny H H Tuller E E Alexander II D Johnson and J R Holmes Degree work to begin at reunion Wednesday March 3 Supper at 6 80 o clock
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Johnson
Warren Zimmerman
Guy H. Phillips
T. C. Ryther
E. M. Owen
C. E. Birch
Verne M. Smith
David Passon
Edgar Denny
Everett Stith
J. H. Robinson
M. N. Penny
H. H. Tuller
E. E. Alexander
II. D. Johnson
J. R. Holmes
Ben Bernie Seriously Ill in Los Angeles Hotel Suite
Ben Bernie remains seriously ill in his hotel suite in Los Angeles on February 26. His brother Herman Bernie says the band leader has spent much of the last three weeks in an oxygen tent and doctors forbid visitors.
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Ben Bernie
Los Angeles
Benie
Herman Bernie
Six Men Inducted at Fort Leavenworth Today
A local selective service board sent six men to the induction center at Fort Leavenworth today. Their induction had been postponed previously due to emergencies.
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Selective Service Board
Ft. Leavenworth
T B Clinic Monday At Lawrence Memorial Hospital
An all day tuberculosis clinic will be held Monday March 1 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Dr C F Taylor of Norton will conduct and patients should use the west entrance. Appointments can be made by calling 462. The event is sponsored by the Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health association and funded by seal and bond sales.
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T. B
T.B
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
C. F. Taylor
Norton
Douglas County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Stock Market Index Dips Amid Short-Term Volatility
The index for 60 stocks shows a slight drop from yesterday with a 0.1 point decline to 46.0 as investors react to brief market volatility and mixed signals from leading securities. No major shifts in overall market direction are indicated.
War ration book registration closes in basement tonight
Registration for war ration book No. 2 continues in the Community building basement with doors kept open until every applicant is served. W. L. Boardman leads registrars with help from husbands of women volunteers, as business leaders join to ease turnout. Some rural areas show light activity while stores across town report ample book supplies and reallocated reserves to prevent shortages.
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W. L. Boardman
Boardman
George Wetzel
Altho
State Office
Eudora
Wakarusa
Grant
Clinton
Kanwaka
JAP PLANES DOWNED IN ASSAM AIR FIGHTS
Fresh reports from New Delhi state the 10th U.S. air force destroyed 29 Japanese planes with nine of 46 raiders sighted returning. Six bombers and three escort fighters were wrecked. 20 more likely were shot down. Americans refuel then bomb bases in northern Burma.
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New Delhi
Assam
U.S. Air Force
Burma
Irrawaddy
Myitgne
Mandalay
Cost of Naval Land in Kansas for Bases and Air Fields
Congressional Record report by Rep Maas details land purchases for naval facilities in Kansas. It lists Gardner Auxiliary Field with 150 acres costing 18,900 and 160 acres for an additional reserve air base at 17,140, plus Hutchinson Naval Reserve Air Base at 2,656.2 acres costing 387,115. For 1941-42 Gardner outlying field 160 acres 10,761 and three spur tracts 20.02 acres 1,806 and outlying field 181.5 acres 18,900.
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Washington
Kansas
Maas
R.-Minn
Gardner—Auxiliary Field
Naval Reserve Air Base
Hutchinson
Gardner Naval Reserve Air Base
Red Army advances near Novorossisk push toward Kerch Strait
Soviet reports say the Red Army shattered German remnants near Novorossisk and seized Angelinskaya and Staronizhe Steblievskaya while moving toward Krasnodar. The drive threatens the Seaport and stains German counterattacks in Kharkov and the Donets basin as 200 Germans die near Voroshilovgrad.
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London
Novorossisk
Kerch Strait
Red Army
Angelinskaya
Staronizhe-Stebliev
Staronizhe-Steblievskaya
Kramatorks
Donets
Stalino
Kramiatorsk
Krasnoarmeisk
Voroshilovgrad
Rostov
Kharkov
Orel
Kursk
Akhtrskaya
Krasnodar
Mingrelskaya
Caucasus
Taman
Dnieper Vally
Knotop
Kiev
Poltava
Kremenchug
Dnieperopetrovsk
Weather forecast for eastern Kansas cool wind easing
Topeka report predicts a diminishing cold wind across eastern Kansas by nightfall and little statewide temperature change. Daytime readings expected 40 to 45 with 20 to 25 at night in the east and 15 to 20 in the west, no moisture forecast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weatherman S., D
Flora
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Dodge City
Myron Husband Returns to Kansas State Health Chair
Dr Myron Husband is named head of the Kansas State College department of student health after resignations by Dr John W Hanson. Husband had served at the U S Veterans Hospital in Minneapolis since last June 1 and resumes the post amid board of regents action.
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Old Job
Manhattan
Myron Husband
Kansas State College
John W. Hanson
Hanson
Board of Regents
Husband
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Minneapolis
House panel votes to include farm labor costs in parity pricing
The house banking committee backed a measure to add increased farm labor costs since 1909-14 to parity price calculations. The plan would reflect national averages for hired farm workers pay and could raise food costs, drawing opposition from President Roosevelt and other administration leaders amid inflation fears.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Brown
D-Ga
Roosevelt
Barkley
Senate
Clean Streets Plan Proposed by Merchants Bureau
The Merchants Bureau and city council pursue a plan to keep downtown streets and alleys clean. A committee led by John Schrader urges merchants to provide rear alley containers, sweep and store debris, and share responsibility to restore Lawrence as a clean town. Members: Al Green, J. G. Jeffries, C. C. Carl.
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Merchants Bureau
Bureau
John Schrader
Lawrence
Wreck on Santa Fe Near Spencer Delays Topeka Train
A westbound Santa Fe passenger train derailed near Spencer after a boulder fell on the track. Engineer Hi. FE of Emporia was injured with a bruised nose and wrenched arm, treated at Santa Fe hospital. Regular service planned to resume this afternoon via Union Pacific routing.
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Topeka
Santa Fe
Spencer
Here
Hi. FE
Emporia
Kansas City
Union Pacific
Lawrence
RE. P. Addy
Santa Fe G
Ottawa
Baidhyin
Wheat futures rise to six year high on Bankhead bill
Kansas City February 26 UP reports a wave of buying after Senate passage of the Bankhead bill sent wheat futures to a six year high. By mid session prices were 1% to 1.5% higher with May at 1.37 per bushel as support eased. The bill would curb deductions for benefit payments in parity calculations, lifting price ceilings for agriculture.
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Kansas City
Senate
Trailer suburb project scrapped near Sunflower Idnance Works
Kansas City February 26. UPI A regional housing official says a trailer suburb plan to ease housing congestion for Eu Dora Kansas workers has been junked. Permanent construction will be ready before trailers could be deployed, giving workers quarters only briefly.
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Kansas City
UPI
Sunflower Idnance
Eudora
Kan
W. F. Day
National Housing Agency
Women volunteers plan Red Cross war fund canvass
A mass meeting of 240 house to house solicitors is set for 7 p m at the community center to finalize plans for the Red Cross war fund drive. Mrs Six, division chairman, releases a full list of residential canvass workers and urges residents to prepare contributions in advance.
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Red Cross War Fund
Deal Six
Red Cross
Mra
Six
Douglas County
Tags Sold on Hill for Jayhawk Nursery Drive
A tag day in Fraser theater raised funds for the Jayhawk Nursery. About $104 was added to the fund after $12 in expenses, with Lieut. Althea Shuss leading the effort and 4 30 admission days. The drive ends tomorrow as Red Cross campaigns start.
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Jayhawk Nursery Fund
C. V. C. Corps
Ean Hoffman
Fraser
Althea Shuss
Jayhawk Nursery Committee
Tire inspection deadline tightened for rationed drivers
Local rationing office reminds motorists with B or C gasoline cards to have tires inspected by tomorrow night to continue receiving gasoline and tires. Olders of A books have until March 31 to complete inspections.
Byrd seeks top to bottom review of 32 federal corporations
Washington February 26. The joint committee on reduction of non essential expenditures plans a broad inquiry into 32 federal corporations. Chairman Byrd states a “fourth branch of government” has grown up and wants details on activities and spending not covered by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The committee may hear from the RFC next week as it weighs a bill to raise RFC borrowing authority by 5 billion dollars to about 23 billion.
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Washington
Joint Committee
Byrd
D.-Va
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
R.F.C
Congress
Rural Douglas county kicks off Red Cross drive
Harold C. Fisher reports rural Douglas county crews begin Red Cross fundraising through school districts. Centennial No 85 leads with 25 dollars, Oak Ridge No 63 adds 60.75, Exelsior No 77 contributes 18.50 and Bloomington No 31 seven dollars as districts organize to reach a 17 500 county quota ahead of March 10.
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Douglas County
Red Cross
Harold C. Fisher
Centennial
Fisher
Oak Ridge No
Excelsior No
Bloomington
Farm labor policy debated as farmers seek wage relief
Rep. Frank Carlson argues farm labor shortages stem from a lack of experienced workers. He criticizes Wickard’s plan to recruit city dwellers and urges allowing higher wages to attract skilled labor back to farms, linking farm parity prices to rising production costs. The Kansan advocates policy changes to include labor costs in parity pricing.
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Washington
Wickard
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
Kansan
Hearing for Glick Couple Set for Next Wednesday
Charles and Cleo Glick were arraigned in the justice court of Lane today on charges stemming from bad checks in Lawrence. Preliminary hearings for both were scheduled for March 8 at 10 a.m. They remain in county jail with bonds set at 500 dollars for Mrs. Glick and 1,000 dollars for Charles Glick. Mrs. Glick faces forging and a 22.30 check count. Glick faces three forging and passing counts involving checks to John Stavros and Flory Grocery.
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Charles
Cleo Glick
Justice Court of
Lane
Lawrence
Justice Lane
City Court Officials Seek Higher Pay and Expanded Duties
The Kansas House passed a bill to raise office expenses for the city court clerk and marshal by 25 percent. The stenographer's salary could rise 25 percent with county commission approval. A Malone Bryant measure would have the deputy district court clerk serve as parole officer with 600 dollars additional pay.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Malone
Bryant
Williams
Wichita
Crusading Author Dr Sheldon at 86 Seeks Global Unity
Dr Sheldon, author of In His Steps, is 86 in Topeka and still crusading to unite 100 million Catholics, Jews and Protestants against war. He says the effort would mean more than anything else, and notes questions about Hitler following Napoleon. Dr Walter L Wilson will speak March 2 at 7 30 p m in the Community Building auditorium.
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Topeka
Charlier M. Sheldon
Hitler
Napoleon
Walter L. Wison
m—Ady
Police crack down on speeders in Lawrence streets
Chief C A Bliesner ordered a statewide campaign to curb speeding in Lawrence. Six offenders paid fines or forfeited bonds after speeding near South Massachusetts Street West Seventh and the Kaw River bridge.
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C. A. Bliesner
South Massachusetts Street
West Seventh
Kaw River
James Eberhard
Kaw River Bridge
Howard Powers
Wast Seventh Street
R. H. O'Neil
Massachusetts
Orville Rapue
Thomas Williams
M. Griffith
State defense council eyed for legislative funding
The Topeka state defense council may receive a legislative appropriation after operating last year on donations from the governor’s office and other departments. The house ways and means committee proposed an 8500 appropriation covering the remainder of the fiscal year and the next two years.
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Topeka
State Defense Council
Governor's Office
House Ways and Means
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U.S
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Strait
Ukraine
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Akhtirskaya
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Associated Press
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First Ward
Conrad Mmcgrew
M. E. Jones
Jira
Sumery Underwood
Arthur Peck
J. M. Johnson
Irving Bratton
George S. Ware
P. P. Lester
E. FE. Alexander
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Harry Shenats
EB. Ia. Haynes
Misa Hilda Lofgren
J. B. Mack
Brooks
RB. Appino
George T. Marshall
KF. Sullivan
Ey J. Logsdon
Lenna Brown
Harry Treworry
George Wish
Third Precinct
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Fred Noll
Cocaptain
B.D. Talddy
Sean Abole
Margaret Swixher
C.J. Kompter
Emma Welch
W. YT. Quinlin
Charlen EE. Brown
J. W. Barber
G. O. Rodgers
J. W. Twente
Tamr. Clodfolter
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U. S
Harold Fisher
Carlson
Glick
Defense Council
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Bleisner
Allott
Tampera
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