Letters From Prisoners Highlight Red Cross Efforts In Geneva
A field report from Bern Switzerland describes how American POWs in axis camps rely on the International Red Cross in Geneva for books letters and games. The article notes 1942 food shipments and the crucial role of Marguerita Strahler and others in tracing prisoners and delivering aid while emphasizing the emotional value of contact with the outside world.
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Bern
Switzerland
International’ Red Cross
Geneva
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Europe
Marguerita Strahler i
Washington
Miss Strahler
Yokohama
San Francisco
Newamen
Associated Press
Sha
Larry’ Allen
Tobruk
Teleim
Russell Brines
Shanghai
Brines
Taylor Henry
Mel Most
Baden
Germany
American Red Cross
Francis B. James
International Society
Red Cross Y.M.C.A
International
Ne Cross
Fishing Popular Sport In County
County records show 8,368 state resident fishing licenses and 1,752 hunting licenses issued in Douglas for 1942-43, with higher totals than 1941-42. Nonresident permits and Lone Star tags are noted, plus license changes for 1943-44 and uniform nonresident fees. Seasonal limits and hunting areas for quail pheasant prairie chicken and other game are outlined, including bass and catfish size rules.
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Douglas County
T. R. Gerhart
Lone Star
Erhart
Gale
Cheyenne
Decatur
Ellis
Gove
Graham
Logan
Norton
Osborne
Phillips
Rawlins
Rooks
Russell
Sheridan
Sherman
Smith
Thomas
Trego
Wallace
Mitchell
Jewell
Republic
Allen
Anderson
Bourbon
Coffey
Franklin
Wilson
Woodson
Weather favoring harvest across Kansas in early July
Topeka report says harvest weather remains favorable for wheat and corn. Forecasts indicate little temperature change with slight northwest warming, and pleasant nights for sleep. Yesterday reached 95 degrees at Ellis with 60 degree lows. Phillipsburg saw 0.18 inch rainfall in the last 24 hours. Chance of rain today and tonight remains remote.
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Topeka
UPI
Kansas
S. ‘D. Flora
Ellis
Goodland
Weather Bureau
Phillipsburg
Flora
Bombs Dropped Accidentally Near Boise City Court
Four bombs fell near Boise City's courthouse square early today from a service plane, smashing a church window and punching a hole in a garage roof. No injuries reported. damage minor according to Deputy Sheriff C F Ricks. Communication with Oklahoma City was down, complicating plane identity checks.
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Boise City
Okla
Courthouse Square
C. F. Ricks
Ricks
Here
Oklahoma City
State Highway Patrol
M. G. Willis
Guymon
Oklahoma reports three new infantile paralysis cases
Oklahoma City officials report three new cases of infantile paralysis today. Dr Grady Mathews says the outbreak may be waning as 83 children remain in Crippled Children's hospital isolation. No new city cases. patients come from Cleveland Hughes Choctaw counties. more nurses are sought.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Grady Mathews
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Cleveland
Hughes
Choctaw
Mathews
Hussa Opens Fraser Hall Recital In Summer Series
Madame Hussa a Viennese soprano now based in Chicago gave a 19 song recital with Joseph Anderson at Fraser Hall as part of three summer session events. Her program blended Verdi Strauss Schubert Grieg and English pieces with two encores and closed with Czardas. Audience warmed to her refined voice and precise intonation as the final encore drew strong applause. The next summer concert features the Southernaires at Hoch auditorium on July 22 with tickets already selling.
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Ecenca
Fraser Hall
Dean. D. M. Swarthout
Maria Hussa
Joseph Anderson
Madame Hussa
Europe
Schubert
Gretchen
Grieg
Richard Strauss
Massenet
Dvorak
Stepan
Johann Strauss
Roger Quilter
Brewer
Hagemann
Hugo Wolf
Storks
Mercury
Leoni
Frank la Forge
Anderson
Radio Negro
Southernaires
Hoch Auditorium
Dxm.s
Dutch Physicians Report Imprisoned in London
The Netherlands news agency Aneta reports that hundreds of Dutch physicians have been imprisoned in London. The item notes wartime tension and broad confinement affecting medical professionals, with details sparse but indicating a mass detention scenario.
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London
Aneta
Concentration camp inmates reject Nazi medical ideologies
A fragment notes prisoners refuse to accept Nazi medical ideologies and practices, highlighting resistance within concentration camps against medical experiments and forced procedures.
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Allied Bases
Huon Gulf
Robinson Bay
Buna
Rendova
Banyetta Pt
Miles
Kula Gulf
Bluff Pe
Vangarenga
Pt. Pisasont
New Georgia
Ramada Bay
Clib Pt
Voheli
Tetipari
New Guinea
Pacific Islands
C. of C
Entertainment
Chamber of Commerce
Women’s Athletic Association
Santa Claus
Altho
Robert Brooks
Alvin Klein
Gordon Siebers
James J. Beatty
Wade Pierce
Clarence Bliesner
Lawrence
George Hedrick
C. W.pollom
LaVon Jacobson
Kathryn Schaake
E. L. Haynes
Ruth Cadwell
Elwood Haines
William Haines
Jeffries
Richthofen
Italy
Berlin
Baron von Richthofen
Britain
Imexsana
Sseaumont Saray
Vermont
Maxum Serie
Topeka - Lawrence
Kansas City
Lo. Law
Am. A
Ven
Southwestern Greyhoune
QA Pacific
Esse Ee
Union Bus Depot
Rail Travel
America
Rock Island Lines
Regent
War Production Board
Hugoton
Kansas Public Service Co., Inc
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