Japan and Thailand move to annex northern Malay states
A Domei Bangkok broadcast reported Japan and Thailand agreed to annex Perlis Kedah Kelantan and Trengganu in Malaya and Burma’s Kengtung Mong Pan provinces. The Thai Japanese communique tied Tojo and Songgram’s talks to East Asia consolidation and war effort. The Malay states cover 4770 square miles with about 1 million people and rich tin rubber and rice resources.
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Associated Press
Thailand
Perlis
Keach
Kelantan
Trengganu
Burund
Keng Tung
Mong Pan
A. Domei Hisnatch
Bangkok
Tokyo
Japan
Pile Tojo
Singaore
Domei
Singapore
Lanett
Tojo
Pearlands
Uang
Bipul Songgram
East Asia
Apan Radio
Burma
Kengtung
China
Iigtung
Ailand
Sugar Ration Rules Expanded For Caning Season
Wetzel chief clerk says sugar allotment rises to 25 pounds per person with 15 and 16 stamps giving five pounds each and a possible extra 15 pounds by application. Canning season runs March 1943 to March 1944 with a limit of 100 quarts per person. excess sugar requires sale of canned goods and mint blue points are needed for each quart sold.
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George, Wetzel
Ererson
Raon Board
Wetzel
Douglas ‘Counlast
Interview for Alaska Highway and shipyard work opens
Charles G Kopald of Metcalfe Hamilton Kansas City Bridge Construction says a quota of 100 laborers 50 mess hall cooks 10 100 waitresses and 5 office workers are sought in Lawrence to staff Alaska Canada highway and West Coast shipbuilding projects. Applicants must be 18 to 65 pass physicals and endure nine months work with transportation paid there and home. Wages taxed federally not by Canadian tax. defense priority AA 1.
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Ean
Commission
Kansas
sAlaska-Canadian
West
Met“calfe
United States Employment Auervue
West Eighth
Kopald
Lawrence
Defense
Angaa
Wark
Ansans
Glick Family Honors War Hero Captain Howard L. Glick
Mr and Mrs William Glick and daughter Pearl of Eudora boast son Captain Howard L Glick acting bombardier officer in a North Africa based US Army Air Squadron He has earned the Purple Heart Airman’s Medal and oak leaf clusters for numerous missions plus the American and European campaign ribbons He was wounded in combat and was recommended for the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery The family plans a reunion in Galveston Texas and a visit to relatives in Eudora
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William Glick
Pearl
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Eudora
Howard L. Glick
U. S. Army ‘Air
North Africa
Associated Press
Glick
Sicily
Lack of Mail From Home Folks Irks Men Abroad
Excerpt from a Kansas soldier’s letter from England criticizes parents and siblings for infrequent letters. He notes how letters from home boost morale and aid in wartime efforts, expressing gratitude to his mother and father.
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Kansas
England
Missing Car Found After Overnight Report
Marion Stark of 825 Rhode Island Street reported at 9 15 Sunday morning that his 1987 Pontiac coach parked midnight was missing. The car was found about 8 o clock Sunday evening in the 900 block on Delaware Street.
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Marion Stark
Rhode Island
Delaware
Funeral for Mral Liston in Baldwin Kan
Funeral services held today for Mrs Mral S M Liston mother of Emil Lie ton athletic director at Bakersfield University. She died Saturday night in Baldwin Kansas.
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Mral S.M
Listoré
Baldwin
Kan
G. M. Liston
Emil Lieton
Bakersuniversity
Premier Sikorski Killed in British Plane Crash
London reports General Wladislaw Sikorski premier of the Polish government in exile and commander of its armed forces died when the Liberator aircraft he rode in crashed after takeoff from Gibraltar. The only survivor was the plane’s pilot. Sikorski’s daughter and several staff members perished.
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London
Wladislaw Sikorski
Gibraltar
Air Ministry
IAS
Sikorski
Middle East
Cairo
Poland
Klimecki
Tadeusz Klimecki
Dentarecki
United States
Victor Alexander Gazalet
Deuty
Stanislaw Mikolajeyk
Eader
Polish Peasant Party
Marian. Kukiel
Mid East
Anthony Eden
Russia
Me ‘ Sikorski
Beirut
Lebanon
Bagelist
Berlin
Laldisjatch
Junea
Pain
Associated Press
DNB
Intockholm
Secret Service
Escow
Bombers Hit Air Fields in Sicily
Allied bombers scored a fierce attack across Sicily destroying 14 enemy planes in one clash near Ostia and Fiumicino seaplane bases while targets at Trapani Comiso and Sciacca were struck. Italian reports tallied higher Axis losses and claimed many Allied planes down.
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Ostia
Tiber
Rome
Fiumicino
Lido di Doma
Trapani
Comiso
Associated Press
Catania Plain
Catania
R.A.F
Theiddle
Warenth
Sicily
Sciacca
Gomiso
Milo
Viennese Soprano Arrives for Fraser Theater Concert
Maria Hussa, a Viennese soprano, arrives in Lawrence with accompanist Joseph Anderson for tonight's Fra ser theater program at 8 20. The concert features Dvorak and Schubert songs plus English and American standards. general admission is $1 at Fraser theater. Madame Hussa has sung with major European opera companies and debuted with the Metropolitan Opera.
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Maria Hussa
Fraser Theater
Lawrence
Joseph Anderson
Dvorak
Trout
Gretchan
Schubert
Madame’ Hussa
Europe
Metropolitan Opera Company
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Fight at Bob's Tavern Leads to Police Booking
Godfrey 28 was booked about 11 p m Saturday on a fighting charge and released on 25 bond for court Wednesday morning. Police say Shorty Britton moved a car at Bob's Tavern to free his vehicle, prompting Godfrey to strike Britton knocking him out. Godfrey went to the station after the altercation.
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Everett
Godfrey
Shorty Britton
Second
Locust Street
Britton
Poet Edward Schauffler Publishes Poems from My Heart
Edward R. Schauffler, KU College of Liberal Arts graduate 1910, releases a new book of verse titled Poems from My Heart this week. The collection spans twenty-five years and contains forty-two short poems.
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Edward R. Schauffler
College of Liberal Arts
University of Kansas
Modern canister ammunition adopted for invasion use
Major Charles H. Pruden Jr. reports Sunflower Ordnance Works that canister shot, modernized for 57 mm tank guns, replaces shrapnel shell for many roles. Canister fires 122 balls, uses a tin can and bursts at 200 to 400 yards, with high explosive shell preferred against troops and aircraft.
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Charles H. Pruden, Jr
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Prudent
Pruden
Ordnance Department
Army Service Forces
California and Missouri stars dominate Jayhawk Open tennis finals
Charles Hubbard 18 of Long Beach California defeated Wallace Smith of Maskopee Oklahoma 6-8 6-3 6-1 to win the men's singles and then paired with Kirke Mechem Jr of Topeka to win the junior doubles. Gloria Thomson and Batty Hurlbert of St. Louis swept the women's competition and teamed to win the doubles. Len Prosser and Alex George of Kansas City captured the men's doubles title with a 6-4 1-6 6-1 7-5 victory over Sterling Lord and Gus Craige.
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Topeka
California
Missouri
Charles Hubbard
U.C.L.A
Long Beach
Calif
Wallace Smith
Maskopee
Okla
William Miller
Kansas City
Kirke Mechem, Jr
Lucian Barbour
Winfield
Robert ‘Taggart
Gloria Thomson
Batty Hurlbert
St. Louis
Miss
Mound City
Len Prosser
Areal Land
Alex. George
Sterling Lord
Burlington
Gus Craige
Waco
Tex
Lord and Thompson
Prosser
Mary Helen Sieperd de Topeka
Martha ‘Wallingord
To- Se
Local Servicemen Updated on Promotions and Transfers
Armed Forces personnel including Harold Lee Crady advanced to corporal and moved to San Bruno California with wife Helen Banks Crady. Clifton transferred from Camp Polk to Camp Gruber with wife Bessie Clifton. Burgen and Burgess families relocate via furloughs. Burgess brothers and William Watson listed for Navy Reserve apprentice seaman selection. Stough joins aviation branch training in Jacksonville after graduation from University High School.
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Harold Lee Crady
Camp Stoneman
Pittsburg
Calif
San Bruno
Helen Banks Crady
California
Ernest K. ‘Clifton
Gruber
Oldey
Bessie Clifton
Inare Avenue
Corporal Clifton
Amp
Camp Polk
William B. Watain
D Watson
Rhode Island
Lee Lawos
Kansas Ree
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
United States Naval Reserve
The
University High School
Quiet Fourth of July in a Missouri town amid war efforts
In the town, stores closed for a day of rest as War Bond funding shifts spending away from fireworks. Farmers report a slow start but now harvests pick up with potatoes and grain. Navy V-12 cadets swell campus numbers at K U. Local anecdotes include a denaturalization case, a gunman incident, and community charity through Red Cross knitting.
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Massachusetts Street
Berl
Tokyo
Emporia
Fort Worth Girl Stricken With Infantile Paralysis
Mary Elizabeth Edwards ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Phil W Edwards of Fort Worth Texas is hospitalized with infantile paralysis at Harris Memorial Methodist hospital. The family notes the Kenny treatment has begun and Mary Elizabeth has passed the crisis. Mrs Edwards a nurse's aide with four hundred hours experience is allowed to stay with her daughter. Mr Edwards formerly with the Journal World is now assistant city editor of the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
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Mary Elizabeth
Phil W. Edwards
Fort Worth
Tex
Harris Memorial Methodist Hospital
Kenny
Edwards
Mr. Edwards
Journal-World News
Vacation Absent as Red Cross Dormitory Rolls Still Active
In Lawrence the Red Cross production room at the Central building of the Junior high school ran as usual with volunteer women sewing surgical dressings for the armed forces. Classes meet 9 to 12:30 in summer. more workers are needed to meet quotas.
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Red Cross
Appointment of Miss Jacqueline Coe as director of women pilots
Miss Jacqueline Coe was appointed director of women pilots in the air forces and special agencies of Major General Barney M. Giles. The War Departments announced the placement today, with Giles serving as assistant chief of air staff.
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D Washington
Jacqueline Coe
Barney M. Giles
War Departments
Nazi thrust gains in Kuban district
Soviet midnight bulletin reports tank supported elite guardsmen wiped out 800 of 2,400. Action tied to Velikie Luki sector about 90 miles from Latvian border. Berlin radio says German high command expects Soviet offensive any day and confirms Russian attack repulsed. Guerrilla attacks in Leningrad derail a German train and injure two officials.
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Velikie Luki
Berlin
High Command
Red Army
Barents Sea
Arctic Circle
Leningrad
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