Wilson rejects Pershing plan to end war
Washington reports reveal a 1918 Pershing proposal for coordinated Allied offensives on multiple fronts to hasten German defeat. President Wilson rejected the plan in a letter found among wartime papers, noting it would require broad allied action and would be unlikely to gain approval.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
John J. Pershing
State Department
Robert Lansing
Lansing
Pershing
Lansing Powels Grublisie
Howver
Supreme War
Wilson
Saloniki
Mesopotamia
Austro-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Germany
Spain
Wart Bauer
Nazi Planes Down London Raid Ends Coastal Assault
The air ministry announced two German Heinkel bombers were shot down off Gritts and near the Firth of Forth as raids resumed. RAF fighters downed one Heinkel east of Northumberland with three crewmen seen in a rubber boat. An earlier communique reported the first Heinkel downed off the Firth of Forth.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Fighter Command
Firth of Forth
Edinburgh
Rosyth
Donn
Northumberland
Tea and coffee aid travels to Germans from Kansas friends
Citizens report sending tea and coffee to Germany as rationing tightens supplies there. Mrs. Byron F. Cooke recalls a German resident buying four pounds of coffee here for about $20 after duty, while Mrs. Mo Law notes Vienna contacts sending tea at 28 cents locally but four to five dollars with duties.
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Kansas
Germany
Byron F. Cooke
Cooke
Help Yourself Grocery
Mo Law
Kentucky Street
Vienna
Cocke
Honor Miss Vena Fiory Receives Top Honors at McPherson
Vena Fiory of Lone Star a junior at McPherson College earned the highest honor point total for the first semester, announced by president V. F. Kwalm. Miss Fiory is the daughter of Mr and Mrs M D Flory of Lone Star.
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Vena Fiory
Vena Flory
Lone Star
McPherson College
V. F. Kwalm
Miss Fiery
Mre
M.D. Flory
Artillery Fire Rises on Luxembourg Frontier Front
Reports from Bruese dated February 27 1943 describe intensified artillery barrages shaking frontier villages in neutral Luxembourg while German troop movements are seen across the Moselle. Cavalry infantry and supplies move steadily since Saturday with bar racks appearing between Nennig and Beach. Eyewitnesses claim Field Marshal Hermann Goering among German officials on a bridge near Echternach over the Sauer river.
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Bruese
Moselle
Mose
Obermaose Zeitung
Nennig
Beach
Rhineland
Saar
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Echternach
Sauer River
Saturdas
Byrd Maps Antarctic Coast From Air Survey
Admiral Richard E. Byrd and two assistants mapped the South Pacific coast of Antarctica from the air, filling a long-sought line about 1,200 miles from Little America. The expedition noted a mountain range to the south with peaks near 400 feet and described hard ice and darkness during the voyage.
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Washington
Richard E. Byrd
South Pacific
Antarctica
Little America
Byrd
Barkentine
Io Vasilian
Byrd Wes
Tus Naval Mer
Ashley C. Snow
Farle
Kaowaka 4-H Club February Meeting At Hird Home
The Keawaka 4-H club met Saturday evening February 24 at the home of Carl and Wayne Hird with Bill Lonnecker assisting. The gathering featured games followed by refreshments.
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Keawaka 4-H Club
Carl
Wayne Hird
Bill Lonnecker
Eudora Social Life and Local Visits Highlight Weekends
Residents attended gatherings and visits across Eudora and nearby towns. Families hosted dinners and bridge games with prizes awarded. A birthday birth announcement and a Boy Scouts trip to Kansas City are noted, along with numerous weekend visits to relatives and hospitals.
Community notices and social events in Kansas area
Local society items recount dinners for anniversaries and birthdays, weekend visits, and church group gatherings. Names include Everett Elmore Oscar Broers Verle Neis Allen Westerhouse Henry Schlesse Louise Luckan Reifschneider Sue Wolfe and others across Kansas communities. Roosevelt visits Balboa for Panama Canal defenses inspection.
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Everett Elmore
Erwin Kanzig
Oscar Lothholtz
Kansas City
Fred Schlegle
Oscar Broers
Broers
Verle Neis
Allen Westerhouse
Bobby
Henry Schlesse
Lawrence
Schlette
J. N. Hearin
Daugh
Kerneth Rash
Thayer. Kan
Lester Massay
Tonganoxie
Merle Reusch
The
Methodise Church
Old Age Insurance Policy Offers Monthly Benefits
An advertisement promotes an Old Age Policy from Life Insurance Co offering up to 50 dollars monthly for ages 35 to senior status. It touts no medical exam, low daily costs, and extra accident benefits up to 300 dollars, with terms aimed at older individuals seeking affordable protection.
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Pesta
Life &Surance Co
Kansas
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Daniel van Voorhes
Frank Sadler
Panama Canal Zone
Camp Clayton
Bundsman
Fuehrer
James Wheeler-Hill
Wheeler-Hil
Bund
New York
Frite Kuhn
Bund Fuerrer
Luxembourg
Admiral Byrd
Kaowaka 4-H Club
Eudora
Paul Sommers
Henry Breighaut
Lester Massey
Memorial Hospital
Reusch
Iota Phi Phi Club
Fred Rothberger
Ray Miller
Henrietta Schubert
Alma Gerstenberger
Paul Luckan
Oscar Lothholz
Will Miller
Otto Roseneau
Leon Durr
Chain Williamson
George Gerstenberger
Heneritta Schubert
Lillian Fuller
Clarence Fuller
Chester Baecker
Erwin Votan
Robert Cory
Topeka
Ward Cory
Pauline Cory
Richard
George Jennings
John Sommers
Chester Buecker
Ralph Uotan
Ralph James
Leslie Kindred
Delbert Adams
Allen Cochran
Robert Schalleck
Fall Leaf
Pearl Daugherty
Joh Mitchell
Ray Stroud
Chester Baeche
Quid Strider
Linwood
Farr Bohnsack
San Theco
Calif
Wen Ald Farr
Earl
Rus Bohtsack
John Reusen
Bob Reuscn
Everett Rink
Melsin Morriss
Bobby Lothholz
Dumior Stradler
Eldon Davis
Milton Reifschneider
Howard Grush
Richard Cory
Jimanie Kangic
Billy Woodard
Billy Miller
Hlerby Weidensaul
Billy Weidersaul
Arson Gale Gerstenberger
Norton
Louise Luckan
Reifschneider
California
Hollywood
Sue Wolfe
Reith
Demetria
Rosanna
Bertha Pasher
John Weixeldorfer
Cathedral
St. Benedicts College of
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Wook
Vivita Sheldon
Round Table
Ada Dewitt
Mes
Gottheb Neider
Famie
Oscar Westerhouse
Beserey
Margene
Sulan Markley Natherine
Gbd
Wilbap
Valley Trapes
A. A. Weber
Oskaloosa
API
Guttlieb Neider
A. A. Naamaeir
Wellsville
Jenna Nasmaier
Clarence Fitting
Marea Bower
Bower
St. Pauls Church
Clarence Nels
Balboa
U.S.S
Journal-World Classificate
Mercury
Ford Motos Company
Ford, Mercurt, Lincoln
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Sasa
Oruas
Tony
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Amal
Sas
Joers Gers
Nam
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Dougles County
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Standard Life Association
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