Java sea battle repels Japanese invasion fleet
Allied US Dutch and British warships supported by planes faced a large Japanese invader armada off Java as night fell. Dutch and Reuters reports described heavy fighting with uncertain losses, while Tokyo claimed victories. No Japanese landings had been reported by Indies command at 1 p m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
C.W.T
Java
Dutch East Indies
Indies
Tropics
Bandoeng
Archibald P. Wavell
United Nations Command
Java Sea
Tokyo
Imperial
Indies Command
Australia
Japan
Macassar Strait
Lombok Strait
Bali
A. Reuters
Pacific
Anr'n. E. I
United States
Troops Trained for Spring Are Rushed to Bolster Nazi Fronts
Dispatches from Moscow report Soviet forces tightening the noose around Staraya Russa as German troops and transport planes rush to the frontline. Germans face surrender or death in the frozen marshes near Leningrad while Russian offensives press across the Donets and Crimea fronts as Axis manpower and fuel strain.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Germany
Adolf Ritter
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Hitler
Sevastopol
Kerch
Crimea
Donets River
Ukraine
Bombers Strike Kiel and Wilhelmshaven Bases in New Wave
British bombers hit Kiel and Wilhelmshaven in a moonlit raid on 26,000 ton battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. The operation aims to immobilize the German fleet and ease Atlantic escort by hammering bases and hindering submarine servicing amid favorable weather.
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London
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Brest
Prinz Eugen
English Channel
Japan Claims Naval Victory in Java Sea Battle
Japanese headquarters reported a fierce Java Sea clash with allied cruisers and destroyers. Domei said Exeter class British cruiser was put out of action near Batavia after two hits, with fires ignited. Japanese planes reportedly hit three enemy warships and returned safely.
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Tokyo
Eet
Dutch East Indies
Java Sea
Imperial
Domei
Batavia
Indies
Nichi Nichi
Singapore
Bangka Rai
Parachute infantry raid hits German radio post near Le Havre
British parachutists and sea-borne infantry attacked a German radio detector post on the northern French coast near Brittany. RAF fighters and navy support protected the assault, which ended with a successful withdrawal and a ruined target. Casualties were light, and authorities suggested further such raids may follow to pressure German garrisons.
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London
Admiralty
War Office
le Havre
France
Royal Air Force
Brittany
Brest
English Channel
England
Kaw Valley Land Purchases by Zimmermans and Althaus
Mr j and Mrs Warren Zimmermann of 2208 Vermont street complete sale of 190 acres in Kaw Valley farm. Mrs Zimmerman acquired a 90 acre farm from Prof B Althaus one mile north of Bismarck school. Zimmermans bought 100 acres with 80 adjoining Althaus land to the north and 20 west of the main. Althaus farm features cottage tile silo hay and cattle barns and other buildings. Stiner acreage has a tenant house and other buildings. W H Hayden leases the Althaus lands and Stiner takes possession on July 1.
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Warren Zimmerman
Vermont Street
Kaw Valley
Zimmerman
Prof
B. Althaus
Bismarck School
Zimmermanns
Althaus
Stiner
Sailor Marries Iceland Bride In Reykjavik
Chester T. Swalm a Detroit naval mail clerk becomes the first U S force member in Iceland to wed an Icelandic woman Hertha Thorkels 22 The couple met at a grocery where she worked after weeks at sea He proposed two months ago and they married this week Honeymoon delays due to naval rules while over 25 officers and British troops in Iceland have already wed local girls.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Chester T.swalm
Detroit
U. S
Hertha Thorkels
Miss Thorkels
Swalm
House Votes Compensation Protection for Industry
The House tentatively backed compensation protections for industrialists whose plants and machinery are requisitioned for war work by a 91 to 77 teller vote. The measure, pending a roll call, amends the broader war powers bill to authorize the President to muster the nation’s resources.
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Washington
House
Train wreck injures two near Marietta Oklahoma
A Santa Fe Ranger northbound from Galveston to Chicago wrecked three miles north of Marietta Oklahoma. The locomotive and two baggage mail coaches overturned as the engine rolled about 100 feet down an embankment to the creek bank. A broken rail is suspected as the cause.
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Santa Fe Ranger
Marietta
Okla
Galveston
Chicago
Duke of Windsor Returns to Miami After Naval Talks
The Duke of Windsor flew to Miami from the Florida coast after overnight talks with U S naval officers. He said the conferences were very satisfactory and that the military outcome remains secret while noting his concern for defending the 29 islands 661 cays and 2387 ocean bound rocks that form the colony.
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Miami
Fla
Duke of Windsor
Florida
United States
Windsor
Senior recalls 102 years facing war ages in Oketo
Pi-Susan Delair of Oketo Kansas reflects on 102 years of life and her wish to see the end of war. She has lived through the Civil War Spanish-American War World War I and now watches the current conflict daily with hopeful interest.
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Oketo
Kan
Pi—Susan
Grandia” Delair
Japan strategy to join with Nazis aims at Indian Ocean assault
Tokyo argues in the Japan Times that Japan plans a westward push into the Indian Ocean to loot India and sever UN supply routes to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. It says a junction with Germany could be established in the Middle East, with Java and Calcutta as pivotal factors.
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New York
Japan
Indian Ocean
India
United Nations
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Germany
Middle-East
Tokyo Foreign Office
Japan Times and Advertiser
Singapore
United States
Cape of Good Hope
Russia
Tokyo
Java
Bay of Bengal
Indian
Andaman Islands
Rangoon
Calcutta
Penang
Malayan
Africa
Burma
Brahmaputra
Sadiya
Assam-Sikang
Colombo
Ceylon
Arabian Sea
U.S
Iran
Red Army
Hawaii
Suez
Mediterranean
China
Britain
Australia
Aleutian Island
Alaska
Vladivostok
Outsiders Fill Jobs On KU Military Science Building
State WPA headquarters in Topeka reports 29 workers from outside Douglas county are employed on the Kansas University military science building. The workers come from Shawnee 10, Greenwood 10, Bourbon 5, Leavenworth 3, Woodson 1, highlighting local employment concerns amid rising welfare costs.
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Douglas County
K. U
WPA
Topeka
Shawnee County
Greenwood
Bourbon
Leavenworth
Woodson
Waldemar Geltch to Perform at Leavenworth Episcopal Church
Prof Waldemar Geltch will appear in a Sunday recital at the Episcopal church in Leavenworth at 4 PM. He will be accompanied at the piano by Winifred Hill. Geltch will also lead the instrumental forum at Hays on March 5 for the Kansas Music Teachers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldemar Geltch
Episcopal Church
Leavenworth
Winifred Hill
Professor Geltch
Hays
Kansas Music Teachers’ Association
Laming Granted Bus Line Authority Between Chanute and Parsons
The Kansas state corporation commission authorized Whitsed Laming of Chanute to operate a bus line between Chanute and the Kansas ordnance plant east of Parsons. The action was announced today and covers transportation service for the route.
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Laming
Topeka
State Corporation Commission
Whitsed Laming of
Chanute
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Parsons
Lambertson seeks 48 hour work week extension
Representative Lambertson of Kansas introduced a bill to temporarily raise the work week under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 from 40 to 48 hours. The measure aims to extend permissible hours for certain workers.
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Washington
Lambertson
R-Kan
No Sugar Ration Books To Persons Having More Than 2 Months Supply
Washington reports that sugar hoarders with more than two months stock will be denied sugar ration books until stocks return to normal. Four day registration period planned for late March will utilize 1.4 million registrars and 245000 public schools with teachers supervising locally. About 130 million ration books will be issued to all civilians except armed forces, inmates, and hospital residents.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
United States
John Q
Germany
Italy
Japan
KU Football Star Jumps to Safety in Texas Mishap
Russ Chitwood 238 Conway Springs star end and KU 1939 letterman parachuted from a basic training plane 15 miles east of Brady Texas at about 1 AM. Instructor Richard Wayne Clarke of Toledo Ohio died when his chute failed to open. Chitwood reached a ranch house to report the accident and had been an aviation student and instructor at Curtis Field Brady after earning engineering honors at KU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russ Chitwood
Conway Springs
University of Kansas
Brady
Tex
Chitwood
Curtis Field
Richard Wayne Clarke
Toledo
Clark
Texas
Don Ashcraft
Sigma Tau
Tau Beta
Owl Society
Wake Island Action Report From Imperial Headquarters
Imperial headquarters said Japanese forces on Wake Island fought a dawn engagement with a naval squadron that included an aircraft carrier two cruisers and six destroyers. A destroyer was damaged by bombs and Japanese planes struck a large cruiser while five planes were shot down. The loss reported was a patrol boat with minor damage to land installations and some fatalities among Japanese troops. The island was referred to as Otori by the Japanese.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Wake Island
Wake
Otori Island
Big Six Faculty Works On Rule Recodification
Kansas City February 28 Big Six faculty representatives recoding the conference rules clarifying them with no drastic changes. Chairman H H King of Kansas State and athletic director Mike F Ahearn noted discussion on freshman participation with no firm recommendations until the spring meeting at Lincoln. Faculty officials postponed the subject until May. The spring outdoor track championship will be held at Lincoln May 15 16 instead of May 22 23 due to final examinations at four schools.
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Kansas City
Big Six
H. H. King
Kansas State
Mike F. Ahearn
Kansas State College
Lincoln
Patrol Skirmishes Reported on Bataan Peninsula
Washington February 28 The war department said fighting on the Bataan peninsula has dwindled to patrol skirmishes. General MacArthur's forces have retained positions won in this week's surprise advance and the invaders still hold their main battle positions as American and Filipino troops push back enemy forward lines.
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Washington
Bataan Peninsula
War Department
MacArthur
Senator Hatch in Serious Condition After Accident
Albuquerque February 28 Senator Carl A Hatch Democrat of New Mexico remained in serious condition after a car crash. He suffered a fractured spine and internal injuries but was reported progressing as well as could be expected by doctors at the hospital.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Carl A. Hatch
D.-N.m
Trials Aftermath Of Hawaii Attack
Washington announces court martial for Major General Walter C Short and Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel over Pearl Harbor. Short’s retirement is accepted. Kimmel also retires March 1 and faces trial later. Both await public safety to permit proceedings. Short is 62 turning 63, Kimmel 60.
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Washington
Walter C. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
War Stimson
Knox
Stimson
Roberts Inquiry Commission
Admiral Kimmel
Short
Kimmel
Roosevelt
Pacific
War Department
Secretary of War
Roberts Commission
General Short
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
H. E. Kimmel
U. S. Navy
Henderson
Fillmore
Ill
Light Snow From Northwest Hits Topeka Area
Topeka reports new snow from the northwest on February 28 with light accumulation expected. Temps to rise in eastern counties while western areas stay cooler. S D Flora notes snow would start in the west this afternoon and move east by tonight.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Concordia
Demand for Aryan Blood Complicates German Front Medical Care
Moscow reports quote German army physician Dr. Paul Schultze saying insistence on Aryan blood for wounded soldiers worsens blood supply and hampers transfusion on the Russian front. He notes a drastic lack of bandages iodine and cotton and high wound mortality amid widespread skin diseases.
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Moscow
Paul Schultze
German U boats Sink Five Ships Totaling 32000 Tons
The German high command claimed five ships totaling 32 000 tons were sunk by U boats in the Atlantic. The area of operations was not disclosed.
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Berlin
High Command
Atlantic Ocean
Stock Market Index Report Shows Narrow Rally
The stock market index for 60 stocks rose to 57.0, reversing yesterday’s 36.9 decline. Traders watched key industrials and banks as sentiment shifted on small cap gains.
Word About Max Louk Lieut Max Louk
Lieut Max Louk of the U S Army Air Corps stationed at Clark Field had not been heard from since the Pearl Harbor attack. His parents Mr and Mrs Charles Louk received a Red Cross message in New York confirming his safety and well being but offering no further details. The Red Cross was asked to inquire and brought the information to the Louks in two weeks.
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Max Louk
U.S. Army Air Corps
Clark Field
Pearl Harbor
Charles Louk
Red Cross
New York
Louk
Farm bloc to seek Roosevelt talks on parity price plan
Senate farm leaders designated seven members to consult President Roosevelt before pressing to raise all agricultural prices to parity. They may drop a parity rider on the war spend bill as Vice President Wallace counseled peace, with opposition from the White House noted.
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Washington
Senate Farm Bloc
Roosevelt
Thomas
D.okla
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Gillette
D.-La
Mlender
Lucas
D.-Ill
McNai
House
Wallace
Housing sites chosen for 3800 dwellings in four war plants
The federal works agency announced four housing projects to house 3,800 workers in war industry areas. A 352 acre Wichita Kansas site will hold 2,300 dwellings with 1840 demountable units and 460 permanent dwellings. Three demountable projects lie in the Chateau Pryor Oklahoma area with 250 units near Pryor on 45 acres, 150 units on 25 acres, and 100 dwellings at Wagoner on 18 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Works Agency
Wichita
Kan
Chateau-Pryor
Oklahoma
Pryor City
Wagoner
Chester Shore Promoted to Major in Air Force Intelligence
Chester K. Shore, a KA graduate and former Augusta Gazette editor, promoted from captain to major. He previously served with the press section of the 36th Division at Camp Robinson and now works with the air force intelligence division in Washington DC.
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Chester K. Shore
K. A
Augusta Gazette
Washington
Major Shore
Camp Robinson
Air Force Intelligence Division
Washington, D. C
Army private may wed with girl's consent now
Washington announces a new war department regulation ends the long standing rule that a private must obtain his superior officer's consent to marry. The updated rule requires only the girl's consent.
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Washington
CPI
War Department
March Approaches With Deadlines Pressing on Tax Dates
February ends with several obligations including enemy alien registrations for February 28, license plate renewals, federal auto tax stamps, and upcoming real estate and personal property assessments. March brings income tax deadlines and driver permit reminders, plus early farming and moving activity as tenants relocate.
Nebraska Leads Field of Big Six Meet Qualifiers
Nebraska topped the early Big Six indoor track preliminaries led by Red Littler in the 440 and Arden Kersey posting 2 01.8 in the 880. Nebraska swept multiple events with Morris leading the broad jump at 22 feet 4 inches. Kansas State claimed five places, Oklahoma three, Missouri two, and Iowa State one.
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Kansas City
Nebraska
Red” Littler
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Iowa State
Bill Lyda
Arden Kersey
Don Morris
K U Grad Appointed Assistant State Attorney General
William P. Timmerman of Kansas City Kansas was named assistant state attorney general to replace Ernest N. Yarnevich who resigned to join the army. Timmerman a KU graduate admitted to the bar in 1939. Yarnevich had been appointed the previous July. In Webb City Missouri an armed bandit robbed the local bank at 12 30 pm taking about 7000 from ten hostages and fleeing into the vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
William P. Timmerman
Kansas City
Kan
Ernest N. Yarnevich
Timmerman
Kansas University
Yarnevich
Webb City
Light Snow Falls at Dodge City and Dighton
A light snow fell in Dodge City and Dighton Kansas today, driven by an east wind, as observed on February 28.
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Dodge City Dighton
Kan
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Middle East
Aim
Leavenworth Episcopal Church
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