Bacon Travels to Italy and Back in Hopeful Return
A bacon shipment mailed from France on April 28 to Col. Robert Crowder in Italy returned to Lawrence yesterday marked missing in action. Crowder led a heavy bomber raid over Romania on April 15 when a German fighter downed the aircraft. Co‑pilot and engineer are in a prisoner camp. notes say a parachute escape was near. Mrs. Crowder’s packing method used a fruit jar with warm lard and a tin box, postage 34 cents, to boost morale at the front.
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Frence
Robert Crowder
Italy
Lawrence
Colonel Crowder
Crowder
Bucharest
Pitesti
Romania
Yugoslav Exile King Names Subasic Premier and Cabinet
King Peter of Yugoslavia announced in London a coalition cabinet led by Dr. Ivan Subasic as prime minister. Subasic also took foreign affairs and war portfolios while Tito's aides join as part of the liberation movement.
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London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Ivan Subasic
Marshall Tito
Tito
S Liberation Movement
Subasic
Faces Death in House
Washington July 7 UPi If the senate passes pending legislation providing for reduction of the tax on colored margarine from ten cents to one fourth cent a pound the bill will face death in the house agriculture committee Representative Hope ranking minority member said today The bill to remove all tax from oleomargarine was killed earlier this year by the house committee when a motion by Representative Andresen providing that no such legislation would be considered during this session of congress was adopted Hope said under the Andresen motion the margarine bill would have to be side tracked if it passed the senate and came to the house even though it contains different provision
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Washington
Upi
Senate
House Agriculture Committee
Representative Hope
R-Kan
House Committee
Andresen
R-Minn
KU Fine Arts Faculty Members Study Music in New York
University of Kansas fine arts faculty members Prof Joseph Wilkins and Prof Meribah Moore study music in New York City this summer. Wilkins will return to Lawrence in October to perform in a faculty recital. Moore studies voice at Juilliard and will give a recital at the University in late October.
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University of Kansas Fine Arts
New York City
Joseph Wilkins
Meribah Moore
Wilkins
Mary
New York
Lawrence
Miss Moore
Juilliard School’ of Music
Mary’ L. Beatty
Juilliard
Induction Physicals Planned For Local Men
Two colored men Freddie Finley of 28 Alabama Street and Deckard Durley of 715 Michigan Street were slated to travel to Fort Leavenworth this afternoon from Lawrence for pre induction physicals for U S armed forces. Thirteen white men are scheduled for pre induction exams and Douglas County calls 18 white men on July 14 for induction.
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Freddie Finley
Alabama Street
Deckard Durley
Michigan Street
Fort Leavenworth
Lawrence
Armed Forces of
United States
Douglas County
Soldier Innocent in Camp Tulelake Shooting Verdict
Pvt Bernard Gee an army guard at Camp Tulelake California was found innocent of manslaughter by a general court martial in the May 24 shooting of Shiochi Okmoto Japanese American. Five colonels one lieutenant colonel and two captains deliberated about an hour before the verdict. Ambassador Hayes to Washington to fly tomorrow after a 88 minute conference with Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
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Tulelake
Calif
Bernard Gee
Army Guard
Shiochi James Okmoto
Capper seeks higher retail apple ceilings in direct sales
Sen Capper of Kansas urged OPA chief Chester Bowles to allow apple growers to set retail prices when selling apples directly to consumers. State Horticultural Society secretary J. Rinkeed said growers oppose price controls and want a chance for a reasonable profit amid pricing restrictions.
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Topeka
Daly al UP
Capper
OPA
Chester Bowles
Kanaasa
Gesle
Jorgene Rinkeed
State Horticultural Society
Nazis Reported to Have Put Out Six Peace Feelers
New York July 7 dispatch reported by CBS noting Germany had put out six peace feelers. A foreign office spokesman denied Franz von Papen, German ambassador to Turkey, was sending peace offers. The FCC dispatch said such claims belong to the realm of fiction.
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New York
Glen Stadler
Peane
Zmaride
Una Dnb
Foreign Office
Franz, von Papen
Turkey
FCC
Vandergrift Wounded On Saipan Front Lead Marine General
Washington July 7 Lt Gen Alexander A Vandergrift commander of the Marine Corps was notified that he was wounded in Saipan while leading his troops. The general’s son was among those serving in the action.
Lt Col Vandergrift Jr Wounded on Saipan Fight
A wartime note reports Lt Col A A Vandergrift Jr marines wounded in action on Saipan. He was shot in the leg while leading an infantry battalion against Japanese forces near Tapotchau on June 28. The 83 year old is identified as the elder Vandergrift’s son.
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A. A. Vandergrift, Jr
Saipan
Young Vand T
Tapotchau
German bread shops to cut trucks in fuel saving plan
Bomb shattered Jenpical reports Spain sees German bakers cut fleet from 20 000 to 2 000 trucks to save fuel. Berlin retailers urged to sell unused household items for cash via war bonds as war effort accelerates. Phone 22.
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Jenpical
Spain
Madrid
Berlin
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